pastoral wedding

Chapter 9 The Lantern Festival
Although Qingshi Town is not a big town, because there are official roads passing by here, and there are no comparable towns around, there are also many merchants coming and going. The Mets are here to stay.

The government also attaches great importance to the Lantern Festival every year. This year, several wealthy and powerful families in the town jointly funded the purchase of a large number of fireworks. The people in the town have already spread the news. Many people from some villages rushed to watch the excitement.

Twilight has just come, and the relatively spacious main streets of Qingshi Town are already full of vendors. There are all kinds of food and gadgets, and most of them are guessing lantern riddles. All kinds of lanterns are lit and hung up. In front of the booth, against the backdrop of the crowds of people going back and forth, it was really lively.

The three Su Tang sisters all followed behind Mrs. Liu. Brother Shuo was lifted high by his father and rode on his neck. The so-called sitting high and looking far, was more excited than the few sisters, and grinned from time to time. Pointing and laughing, Su Qing, who provoked the youngest, took a sneak peek at her father Su Wenhai. Seeing that he still couldn't see her after looking at her for a while, she could only pouted and tugged at the corner of her mother's clothes in silence.

A few people strolled around for a while, because they ate too early, they were already hungry. Seeing a stall selling floating dumplings, Su Wenshan asked everyone to order a bowl of floating dumplings, which was both suitable for the occasion and satisfying their cravings.

Naturally, Erfang would never take the money out on his own initiative. Mrs. Liu was rarely in a good mood, and seeing Su Wenshan take the initiative to pay the bill, she didn't bother to worry about it.

There were also many diners at the stall selling floating balls. Su Jin was eating when she heard someone at the next table say: "Today, the Han family, Zhu family and Yang family in our town have each invited a lion dance team. Just perform in front, let's hurry up to get a seat after eating."

Another person was busy talking about the gossip he had heard, "I heard that these three companies even set up stalls on the street to guess lantern riddles and give away lanterns. I heard that those lanterns were all brought from the capital. They are all exquisite, let's go and have a look later?"

After hearing this, Su Jin couldn't bear it any longer. What kind of lanterns were brought from the capital?They have grown so big, but they have never left Qingshi Town.

Seeing the children staring at him eagerly, Su Wenshan chuckled, "Let's go, let's guess the lantern riddles."

Su Wenhai and Xiao Lu's faces were displeased when they heard the words, and Xiao Lu pouted and said, "Brother is really very elegant, but we don't know a single word, guess some lantern riddles, we'd better wait here and watch the dance later." Lion is good."

"Then it's up to you." Liu Shi was not willing to be with them at first, so he answered the words very neatly, and left with a few children.Su Wenshan was worried at first, thinking how good it would be to have a lively family together, but the two sides disagreed, so he naturally wanted to leave with his wife and children.

The booths of Han, Zhu and Yang's families were all placed together, occupying almost a large area. Because of the novelty lanterns, the surrounding area was already full of people, but most of them were watching the fun, but few actually guessed the lantern riddles.The servants of several families seemed to be looking forward to the early opening of their own houses, so they loudly called everyone to guess.

Su Shuo had already pulled Su Jin's hand into the stalls of the Han family. After he entered, he glanced around, and then fell in love with the only revolving lantern among them. The painting on the revolving lantern was the Eight Immortals, a person Lifelike, the tassels below are also made of fine silk thread.

Su Jin also liked it, so she couldn't help but glance at the lantern riddle above. The crossword puzzle was very simple, with only three words 'I don't know', and the name of a Chinese herbal medicine was marked next to it.

Su Jin is not familiar with Chinese herbal medicine, but she knows something about it. The word 'don't know' is hard to guess.While she was meditating, someone beside her also fell in love with this revolving lantern. It was a young girl wearing a jeweled emerald head and pulling a young man in a brocade dress. The girl pouted and pointed out that she wanted this revolving lantern, but the boy couldn't figure it out after several guesses. I didn't guess correctly, and I was secretly annoyed, but I saw a person passing by out of the corner of my eye, so I went in and pulled him in, "Brother Zicheng, come and help me figure out this crossword puzzle, my sister really likes this revolving door."

Although the clothes on this man named Zicheng are not of the best quality, they are not affordable by ordinary people. He looked at the young man with a half-smile and said, "Second Master Yang, do you know that this stall is from my Han family?" government?"

Everyone knew that this was the young master of the Han family, but Su Jin had never seen him before, because although her family had some connections with the Han family, she had never been to the Han family, and the only heir of the Han family she knew was Han Chen. One person, therefore, listened to them curiously.

"Of course I know," Second Young Master Yang said with a smile, "There are also many lanterns in my house, but Sister She only took a fancy to this revolving lantern, but I'm too ignorant to figure it out. We all know it, Han. The young master of the family is a well-known talent in our Qingshi town, and as the second young master, you also went to the school with the young master, and you are also a talented person; what's more, my family and your family..."

"Okay!" Han Zicheng's face was a little hesitant, he smiled and interrupted him abruptly, and impatiently asked the boy watching the stall: "Is there anyone who guessed the revolving lantern?"

Just as the boy was about to reply, Su Jin immediately said: "I guessed it. I don't know if Master Han Er will let me guess it again. My younger brother also likes this revolving lantern very much."

"You dare to rob me? Do you know who I am?" The girl from the Yang family pointed at Su Jin's nose and scolded, "It's shameless for a woman from a small family to dare to be so arrogant. No skin!"

"Am I arrogant?" Su Jin laughed back angrily, "This lantern riddle is originally placed here for people to guess, so whoever can guess who owns this lantern, does Miss Yang even have to rely on it to get a lantern?" Is my family status here to scare people? People say they are arrogant if they don’t let me go, but I don’t know that girls from a small family like mine are much more polite than girls from a noble family like yours.” He said and blocked it. She pointed to her finger, "There is one more important thing I want to tell you, maybe you don't know it, but it's really not polite to point your finger at someone, I think you should ask a nun to discipline you, Otherwise, it would be embarrassing for you to enter and leave your so-called noble families in the future."

"You...you..." The Yang family's girl blushed at what she said, but she didn't know how to refute. Everyone at home gave her way and didn't dare to provoke her. She had never seen such a sharp mouth. Lee woman.

Her brother wanted to say a few words, but was stopped by Han Zicheng. He grinned at the joke, with a hint of fueling the flames, "Master Yang, what the girl said is reasonable. Since she used it to guess lantern riddles, if If someone guesses, naturally there is no reason to take it back, let's see if the girl can guess it first, if she guesses wrong, I will give this revolving door lantern to Miss Yang Si."

Seeing what he said, that young master Yang had no choice but to give up, only thinking that the little girl in front of him was also sharp-tongued, it really didn't look like she had any real talents, and she might not be able to guess it. Then he patted his younger sister's hand to make her calm down.

In this way, Su Jin became more fond of the second young master of the Han family, and gave him face, no longer quarreled with the Yang family, but turned around and looked at the lantern riddle again, and said with a smile: " I guess the answer to the riddle is the birthplace."

As soon as she finished speaking, the boy at the stall said pleasantly, "Isn't that the answer to the mystery?"

After hearing this, Han Zicheng smiled and went forward to take the revolving lantern from the boy's hand, handed it to Su Shuo, and said, "Your sister is really amazing. I didn't even guess this one. Take it."

Su Shuo thanked her with a smile, and took another look at his third sister. Seeing her nodding, she took the lantern with a smile, and proudly made a face at the two brothers and sisters of the Yang family, and then pulled her third sister hand to go.

"Wait a minute, girl," Second Young Master Yang quickly stood in front of the two of them, pointing to a lotus flower lantern and said, "Let's make a bet, if the girl can even guess this, the lantern and the lotus flower The lights belong to the girl, if the girl can't figure it out, how about giving up the revolving lantern to me?"

This person is really... Su Jin can't think of any words to describe him. Call him shameless. This person has not reached that level yet, but if you want to use good words to describe him, he really doesn't deserve it. "Young Master Yang is very calculating. If I win, even if you don't tell me, the two lamps are naturally mine, so why should I bet with you?"

Young Master Yang blushed a little, hated himself for being confused, and hurriedly added: "If the girl wins, the lanterns at my Yang's stall will be up to the girl to choose."

That's about the same, Su Jin smiled and clapped her hands, "That's good, I have my eyes on two, so don't be stingy, Young Master Yang later."

What Young Master Yang was thinking at this moment was that Su Jin would not be able to win again this time. He knew a lot of these lanterns, but this lotus lantern was the most difficult one among them. He was sure he could win this time. , can get back all the face in front of everyone.

Han Zicheng raised his eyebrows when he saw this, but he didn't say much. He was also a little curious about this little girl who had never met before, and hoped that she would be someone worthy of his attention.

The boy took out the lotus lantern, and saw that it said, "Sitting is also standing, standing is also standing, walking is also standing, lying is also standing", guessing it was an animal.

Su Jin said happily, it's a good thing she had heard about this before, otherwise she really didn't know how to guess at this moment, naturally she glanced at the mystery before agreeing to the bet, otherwise she wouldn't agree up.

"Then I'll guess," Su Jin pretended to ponder, "I guess it's a horse."

Then Young Master Yang was startled when he heard the words, he had just thought about it, if Su Jin couldn't figure out how he was going to ridicule her, why...

"The answer to the riddle is the horse." Han Zicheng smiled and handed the lotus lantern to Su Jin, giving him admiring eyes.

"It's okay to sit, it's okay to stand, it's okay to walk, and it's okay to lie down." Guess another animal." The young master of the Yang family said unconvinced.

Su Jin smiled and pushed Su Shuo, and wrote the answer in his palm, "My younger brother knows the answer."

Su Shuo got the order, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, stepped forward and said, shaking his head, "It's fish, fish are always swimming."

(End of this chapter)