In the forty-eighth year of Hong Guang, the first snowfall came earlier than last year.
On January 5th, just two days after the New Year's festival, Lanling City was blanketed in a heavy snow, marking the first snowfall of the new year.
With snow swirling everywhere, the whole of Lanling City was draped in white.
On the city walls, snow covered the glazed tiles. The high tower stood tall, snowflakes swirling in the wind.
The streets were already covered with a thick layer of white snow. As pedestrians in thick cotton robes walked by, the snow beneath their feet made a "crunch, crunch" sound.
Inside a tavern in the Inner City, steam rose in the air amid the lively voices of people.
Bang!
A wooden block was slammed heavily onto the table, and a storyteller sat in the center of the first-floor hall on a wooden platform:
