Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Along the way, Qingyan not only held Yuanbao and introduced it to the outside scene and some things she encountered, but she also occasionally stopped to buy it some things for children.

Especially some clothes and toys. Although I bought tiger-head hats and tiger-head shoes before, they are only suitable for wearing when the weather is cold in winter, especially during the Chinese New Year. After all, wearing them is festive.

After the first lunar month, the weather became warmer and it was not suitable for them, so during this period they stayed in a larger town for a day and asked the tailors in the town to help make some winter coats and small clothes that could be worn in other seasons. Shoes and hats.

The hat is relatively thin, made of two layers of cloth, and can be worn when it gets warmer.

Nowadays, children from ordinary families only wear hats in winter to keep warm. Only children from wealthy families wear hats all year round.

Most poor people don't wear them, except when the weather is particularly cold. They usually either keep their hair bald or leave a haircut.

So they stayed in the town for a day just to wait for the tailor to make a few hats, and there were ready-made cotton clothes and single clothes for purchase.

When I was making hats, the boss looked at me very strangely. Maybe he thought it was strange that they were making hats for hot weather in winter.

Nowadays, it is enough to wear a tiger head hat. There is no need to make so many hats.

Of course they couldn't tell the truth directly. They wanted to cover Yuanbao's ears. They just said that the child liked to wear hats and couldn't take them off anymore.

Later, sometimes when they encountered a place with better scenery, they would stop and enjoy it, so it took them five days to walk to the next county. Otherwise, if they had just kept driving, it would have taken only two days at most. arrive.

This county is called Shiyang County. This time Qingyan can no longer match the name of later generations. It is not known whether it disappeared later or was changed to another name.

After arriving at the county seat, they went straight into the city and wanted to stay at an inn, because today happened to be the Lantern Festival and there was a lively lantern festival in the city.

If you happen to come across it, you must visit it.

In fact, if you go to Fucheng, the lantern festival should be more lively, but it takes several days to walk from here to Fucheng, so it will definitely be too late. You can only experience the ancient lantern festival here.

This county is larger than the previous Xiangyin County, and the population is much denser than Xiangyin County. Moreover, this county is better than Xiangyin County. It has a city gate facing the official road. direction.

There will be more vehicles and merchants coming and going, unlike Xiangyin County. Although they are both county towns, they are still some distance from the official road. If you want to enter the county town, you have to walk a small road, so There will be far fewer pedestrians passing by.

After they entered the city, they went straight to the largest inn. Unfortunately, they arrived late this time. All the rooms were already occupied, and only a few bunks in Datongpu were left.

They definitely won't stay in Datongpu, so they can only settle for a visit to some smaller inns.

It turned out that all the inns in Shiyang County were full. If it was just because of the Lantern Festival, the people who came here should be people from surrounding villages or towns. Most of them would go back after visiting the Lantern Festival. Basically I wouldn't live in an inn. After all, most of those people don't have money to stay in an inn, or they are reluctant to spend money to stay in an inn.

Although there are some really rich people, they may be people in the county. They have their own houses and don't need to live in inns.

It seems that the outsiders who come to the county may not be here for the lantern festival. There are other activities in the county, right? Otherwise, how could we attract people to come all the way?

Finally, they bought a few lanterns from a lantern stall, and after asking around, they found out the reason.

It turns out that these people are all passing by here. Most of them are going to a nearby place called Shending Mountain to participate in the sacrificial ceremony tomorrow.

Legend has it that Shending Mountain was the place where Emperor Xuanyuan mined copper to make tripods. This is also the origin of the name of the mountain.

It is said that at this time every year, there will be a sacrificial event there, which is quite grand. It is said that every year it is hosted by a famous master. After the sacrificial event, people will also give divination and answer questions, so there are several nearby counties. People will basically go there at this time, that’s why there are so many people.

It seems that there are many outsiders, but in fact they are just people from nearby counties or towns. Because this is the county closest to Shending Mountain, so many people live here.

In addition, there was a lantern festival, so everyone, like Qingyan and the others, stopped by to join in the fun.

After Qingyan and the others heard what the lantern stall owner said, they all looked in the direction pointed by the owner, thinking that they could use their spiritual sense to explore the situation there. She wondered if the expert was already there or not. You can see if you are really an expert.

There is also the Shending Mountain. Since that is the place where Emperor Xuanyuan mined copper and made the tripod, there should be copper mines. Is there anything strange here?

Otherwise, the expert would not have chosen that place to perform the ritual. There must be something magical about it. Of course, the expert must be real.

Of course, they won't pay attention to this now. They should go to the lantern festival first. It happened to be five o'clock in the afternoon when they entered the city, and it was going to be dark soon, so they went to the inn to book a room first.

Since there is no inn to stay in now, they might as well not look for it. Then they can just go out of the city and find a deserted place to enter the space. It is very convenient. Now they can take a good look at the lantern festival.

Don’t think that the ancient lantern festivals were just about looking at lanterns. They were much more exciting than the lantern festivals and temple fairs of later generations.

There are not only various jugglers, but also a lot of snacks, guessing lantern riddles is a reserved program, and there are a series of competitions such as pot throwing, archery, poetry, etc. Most of the prizes at the end are lanterns, after all, it is a lantern festival.

They visited all the snack stalls and not only ate, but also bought a lot to take away.

All the jugglers also looked at it, and rewarded the good ones, and applauded the bad ones to join in the fun.

They also looked at the poem for a long time, and most of the poems used were more suitable for this time. Although some of the words were not clear, they could still hear the rhyme.

Qingyan and the others not only bought a lot of lanterns from the stall where they had inquired about the situation before, but each of them bought everything they liked. They also bought a lot from other stalls.

This lantern is not like those of later generations. The things sold at the stalls are all the same, and they are all wholesaled from one place.

Today's lanterns have their own characteristics. Because they are all handmade, almost every one is different, and there will be some differences. They bought almost all the more sophisticated ones they liked, then picked up one of their favorites and carried it around in their hands.

What Yuan Bao is carrying is a rabbit lantern, which is small and cute and suits it very well.

Qingyan was holding a lotus lantern in her hand. The petals were all dyed pink. It was the most expensive lantern they bought.

Chou Chou, Jin Yang and the golden man held an octagonal lantern with a pattern or poem on each side. They each chose the pattern they liked.

The Chou Chou one has more poems written on it, with landscape ink paintings on two sides, the Jin Yang one has flowers, birds, fish and insects, and the Gold one has a fairy-like immortal standing on the top of the mountain. .

I didn't expect that the craftsmen who make lanterns have such high painting skills. Nowadays, there is no copying and printing. Now they are all painted by hand. It can be seen that all the craftsmen nowadays are painters and calligraphers.

They couldn't just make the lanterns and then find some literati to help write and draw them. Those people probably wouldn't be willing. After all, they are all noble, and the craftsmen must have drawn them themselves.

At first, Yuanbao walked for a while holding a lantern. Because he was too short, he was crowded around and couldn't see the scenery on both sides, so he asked Qingyan to hold him.

However, Qingyan's height was limited, and Yuanbao was also quite fat. The fat baby dropped her hands just looking at it, attracting everyone to look at them along the way.

Later, Jin Yang simply picked him up and carried him around his neck. This made Yuan Bao so beautiful. It had seen many children being carried around their father's neck before. In fact, it also wanted to try this. I'm not sorry.

After all, Chou Chou and Jin Yang are not his father, and they can't pamper him. He didn't expect Jin Yang to take the initiative to put him on his neck. Isn't this beautiful?

One chubby hand was placed slightly on Jin Yang's head, while the other chubby hand was holding its rabbit lantern. Somewhat excited, he twisted his little buttocks and turned his big head left and right to look around.

Originally, their group's appearance was quite good, but now coupled with the behavior of Yuanbao, a fat kid, it attracted many people to stop and look over.

They all have kind smiles on their faces, and some of them will greet them familiarly and compliment their children on how good they look.

Because Yuanbao was transformed according to Qingyan and the others when it transformed, so its current facial features are actually somewhat similar to theirs.

If Qingyan hadn't pulled her hair into a bun and dressed up like a girl, everyone would have thought Yuanbao was her and Jin Yang's child. Now they all think he might be her brother or nephew.

Carrying it like this, it really looks like a father and son. Who wouldn't like the handsome young man carrying a cute doll?

Huang Jin also likes Yuanbao and wants to hug him, but Yuanbao won't give him face. This guy is a face control person and has always disliked the appearance of the human form he transformed into. Anyone who doesn't meet his aesthetics will not let him go when he was a cat. Golden hug.

Gold couldn't help it, but he wasn't angry. He would tease the little guy from time to time.

After they bought the lanterns, they also participated in games such as guessing lantern riddles, throwing pots, and archery.

Needless to say, guessing lantern riddles, including Qingyan, is not the kind of person who has studied ancient Chinese literature.

Today's lantern riddles are not like those of later generations. They are very straightforward and have descriptions that are very close to the object. Nowadays, they write lantern riddles based on certain poems and verses, and then ask you to guess which word or object it is. To be honest, they I really couldn't guess it, so I just joined in the fun and didn't get any luck.

There's no problem with throwing pots or anything like that, and they can do archery too. They still have good accuracy, but the lottery numbers aren't as exquisite and beautiful as the lanterns from the Guessing Lantern Fans. They all bought them, so they weren't too excited after winning. I stopped playing it after playing it twice and found it boring.

I went to watch people guessing lantern riddles for a long time. Especially at the largest stall, there was a man and a woman who guessed the last one. The competition was quite fierce.

Not only did they guess the lanterns on the lanterns, but when they competed for the best lantern, they also guessed all the questions asked by the boss. They were still neck and neck, and later they even asked each other questions directly. You were coming and going, and the people around you were very excited to watch.

Qingyan watched it with gusto, as if she was watching a TV series, and the two people were quite good-looking. There were no plastic surgery cosmetics here. They were all natural beauties and handsome guys, and they were still very attractive.

Qingyan was even wondering whether the two people would not know each other until they started fighting, and then eventually they would appreciate each other and cherish each other, and become a couple. After all, the two of them still look very cunning when they stand together.

The man is about seventeen or eighteen years old, with handsome and fair facial features. Although he is not very tall, he is considered to be above average here, about 1.7 meters. Southerners are generally shorter in stature. The tall and burly ones in the north are definitely incomparable.

The woman's facial features are also very beautiful, and her height is a bit short, only about 1.55 meters. The two of them look good together standing together, and their skin is fair, so it seems that they come from better family conditions.

If they really become a couple, it will really be a good story, and judging from their clothes and temperament, they should be relatively well-matched.

It's a pity that they can't stay here longer. They will definitely not be able to see the outcome of whether this pair succeeds or not, and they can only rely on their own imagination.

They stood and watched for about an hour just at the lantern riddle guessing booth. It was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

In later generations, nightlife would have just begun at this time, but in ancient times it was already relatively late.

Although there are still a lot of people on the road, some stalls have begun to be packed up one after another, so Qingyan and the others are also preparing to leave the city to find a place to rest.

Before I left, I went to the food stall and bought some more. The stall might be closing soon. Not to mention the price, I would give out a few more.

While they were waiting to fry the Lantern Festival, a burst of crying suddenly sounded not far away. It could be heard intermittently. It was a woman whose child was lost. She was crying and begging everyone to help find it.

Qingyan looked over with her consciousness and saw a woman in her twenties slumped on the ground, crying out of breath.