Chapter 15: The Festival of Lanterns
The lanterns on both sides extend all the way to the bank of the Qingliu River, and Fang Xile strolls through the street and watches carefully.
Lifelike goldfish lanterns, vivid lotus lanterns, simple and elegant official lanterns - all kinds of lanterns are beautiful, elegantly decorated, fine workmanship, and beautiful.
At this time, the outlines of the mountains and houses far and near were completely invisible, and the night had long since concealed it in a state of confusion, replaced by clusters and clusters of flickering lights, as if the goddess had woven a colorful garment for the earth, and gently wore it on the land of her hometown.
Being in this beautiful night is reminiscent of the stars in the sky, as if you are swimming in a galaxy of stars.
Tonight is the annual Lantern Festival.
Legend has it that in ancient times, every night, there were demons and monsters sneaking up on livestock and humans, causing families to close their homes at night and be terrified.
In the heavenly court, which is in charge of all things in heaven and earth, there is a god named Xuannu in the sky, who secretly went down to play and came to a small village, where the people were very poor, but they were simple and honest, and they took out the food that they were usually reluctant to eat to entertain guests.
Impressed by the good people, she told the villagers that the demons and monsters were afraid of the sound of light and joy, so they hung lanterns at night, beat joyful drums, and sounded happy gongs, so that those evil things would not dare to come near.
The villagers tried it according to the Xuannu's method, and it worked, and the demons and monsters were all scared away.
The villagers did not hide their secrets, and told the news to the surrounding villages, so that the way to prevent demons spread throughout the world, and people's lives were getting better and better, and the laughter of the people in the human world could be heard every day in the heavenly court.
The gods of the heavenly court were very jealous, so they punished the Xuannu who went down to earth without permission, and also sent plagues and earth movements to the world, and only one day in the year is allowed to hang lanterns, beat gongs and drums, this day, is the Lantern Festival.
Of course, the above is just a legend, today's lantern festival is more like a large-scale blind date, women usually buy two identical lanterns, write a note and put it in one of the lanterns, the lanterns float down the Qingliu River, and are salvaged by the men in the downstream, choose their favorite lanterns, and take them to the upper class to find the women who put the lanterns.
If a woman has a liking for the person carrying her lantern, she can come forward with the same lantern to identify herself, and if she doesn't like it, throw it away and avoid it.
I have to say that such a custom is very bold in feudal society, which shows that the status of women in Qin is not low, probably because the people are still martial, and there are also many martial arts heroes among women, which improves the status of women.
Fang Xile also bought two beautiful lotus lanterns, anyway, she robbed Fang Zhengming and a few people, and now she is not short of money.
After thinking about it, I picked up a pen and wrote a poem from my previous life.
Thousands of trees bloom at night in the east wind.
More blown down, the stars are like rain.
BMW carved cars are full of fragrance.
The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night.
The moth snow willow is golden, and the smile is full of dark fragrance.
The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the man was there, and the lights were dim.
"Good poetry, I didn't expect Miss Fang's literary talent to be so extraordinary, if a woman can take the imperial examination, Miss Fang is the champion. ”
Fang Xile smiled, slowly put the lantern into the water and said, "It's funny, how can I make such a poem, I saw it from an ancient book." ”
I followed this person to dance for two months, and I didn't have to look back, and I could recognize the owner of the voice just by listening to the voice.
Luoxue blinked, and suddenly said curiously: "Miss Fang puts flower lanterns, but she has a sweetheart?"
"No, it's just that doing the same thing as those boudoir ladies makes me feel a lot younger. ”
Luoxue laughed out loud: "You're only eighteen years old, how can you say that you seem to be eighty." ”
After laughing for a while, Luoxue asked again: "You're going up to dance for me tonight, aren't you ready?"
"No, there's nothing to prepare. It's you, how are you going to get out of it?"
"I have my own way. ”
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Aoyagi River
A flower boat is fixed on the river, and the boat is lit with various lanterns, illuminating the hull of the ship with bright lights, and the sound of singing, dancing and laughter can be heard from time to time in the boat.
A few young masters leaned on the bow of the boat with a smile and ordered the little guy to salvage the lanterns floating in the water.
The young ladies huddled together, holding lanterns in their hands, whispering, sometimes covering their mouths and snickering, sometimes quietly revealing half of their heads behind the fans, looking at the group of teenagers.
The people who can get on the flower boat are all big families in Luo County, and as the three major families in Luo County, they are naturally invited.
When Fang Xile took the maid to board the flower boat, many eyes focused on her veil.
Her affairs have always been the talk of these ladies after dinner.
Since childhood, he made a marriage contract with Bai Xiucheng, and became the object of envy and jealousy of the girls in the county, secretly gritting his teeth, feeling that he was better than her in everything, but it was a pity that he was not born in the three major families.
Later, he was divorced by Young Master Bai, and I don't know how many Miss Boudoir I laughed at, I felt that I had hope again, maybe when Young Master Bai returned to Luo County, a chance encounter, he could climb the branch and become a phoenix.
Later, Fang Xile became an acquired martial artist, and they didn't dare to laugh blatantly, but they were also secretly unhappy in their hearts.
Hmph, it becomes an acquired day after eighteen, and your future achievements are limited!
"Fang Xile, why are you here?" Fang Xiaowu frowned when she saw her.
The girl in white beside her interjected: "Miss Fang, why are you here, do you know how much ridicule and grievances Xiao Wu has suffered openly and secretly because of you?"
Fang Xile paused: "Who are you?"
"I, I..."
The girl bit her lip, revealing a pitiful look, and with a white rabbit-like face, it was extremely distressing.
"Fang Xile, my cousin, don't worry about it!" Bai Xiuxin walked out, his face gloomy, and said word by word.
The corners of Fang Xile's mouth curled: "It turns out that this white lotus is your Bai family!"
Although he didn't understand what the White Lotus meant, he felt the sarcasm in his words, and the eyes of the "White Lotus" couldn't help but turn red.