Chapter 263: Visiting the Night Market

Lu Baochun hung two red lanterns at the gate and side door of the Zhao Mansion, illuminating the front of the Zhao Mansion brightly. Even the small garden in front of it has two lanterns, which illuminate the hazy scenery at night, which is particularly poetic.

As soon as Zhao Mansion was like this, the nearby residents also hung two lanterns in front of the door, making Cangxia Street bright and having some festive atmosphere. However, only a few elderly people here come out and walk around the door, gossiping. The children and adults of the family have taken to the streets and gone to the most lively places.

Before Mei Yixuan and his party reached the corner of the street, a commotion came to their faces.

Everyone was in good spirits, and they couldn't help but quicken their pace, and even the horses pulling the cart were in good spirits, and in a short time they arrived at the corner of the street.

This north-south street is called Kaiyuan Street, and it is the only way to the City God Temple. Walk south along Kaiyuan Street, pass through an apricot grove alley, and you will arrive at the City God Temple.

Therefore, Kaiyuan Street is also very lively tonight, and the streets are also lined with red lanterns, which looks joyful. The road was full of traffic, crowds, adults and children happily all ran in one direction.

Mei Shengjie lifted the curtain in the carriage and shouted excitedly: "Mother, it's so lively outside, look, there are so many lanterns, wow, there are rabbit lights, eight immortals crossing the sea lanterns, wow, and marquee lanterns······"

Tong Hongying sat in the car, holding Xiao Nan Nan in her arms, and was also attracted by all kinds of lanterns outside, while looking intently, she let Xiao Nan get close to the window, and said lovingly: "Nan Nan, come, look at the lanterns outside, is it good?"

Xiao Nannan has been studying with Mei Yixuan these days, and she has lost her initial cowardice and fear, revealing the child's original innocence.

At this time, looking at the lively flow of people outside and all kinds of red and bright lanterns, he stared at his big round eyes, slightly opened his pink mouth, and let out a crisp and immature scream from time to time: "Ah, there are fish lanterns! There are birds! There are sheep······!"

This year is the Year of the Goat in the Tianyu Dynasty lunar calendar, so sheep lanterns of different colors have appeared on the streets, attracting children along the way to shout and scream. In bursts of laughter, the carriage came to the City God Temple in the south of the city.

The City God Temple, located on the South Street of the South Tower in the south of the city, is said to have invited the opera troupe to sing tonight, as well as performances such as wandering gods and burning towers, and of course, all kinds of snacks, so it has attracted the whole city.

Mei Yixuan's carriage was forced to stop when it was still some distance away from the City God Temple, and the carriages in front of them blocked the road tightly, and they couldn't pass at all.

Lu Baochun looked ahead, and hurriedly came back to report: "Madam, the eldest young master, the second young master, you can't get ahead of me, do you want to ask the masters to get off first······?"

Mei Yixuan also saw the scene in front of her, so she leaned in front of the carriage and said, "Mother, the front is too crowded, the carriage can't pass, why don't we walk over?"

When Tong Hongying heard this, she immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's go over and look carefully." ”

Mei Shengjie couldn't stay in the carriage for a long time, and before Mei Yixuan's words fell, he jumped off the carriage neatly and walked outside the carriage with a smile.

Chunlan took a pedal from the car, helped Tong Hongying to get out of the car, and Snow Lotus, Baiguo, and Bitao also came over, and took out kettles, tea cups, cloth towels, water basins, cushions and other things from the carriage, and even brought straw paper.

Today's driver is Wang Dashan, don't look at the tall and big, but he is very cautious. Seeing that the masters had all gotten out of the car, he agreed with Lu Baochun and Mei Yixuan to drive the carriage into a small alley on the left, where he would wait for the masters to come back.

At this time, several carriages had already stopped in the alley, and several coachmen were chatting, and when they saw Wang Dashan's head driving the carriage in, they all stopped laughing and looked over.

"Borrow light, borrow light, more little brothers!" Wang Dashan humbly thanked a young coachman who had given him a place, and parked the carriage by the south wall.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's fate to come out and meet it. The little coachman will also come to the trouble and will reply immediately.

The two chatted together after a while, and they were affectionate like old friends who had known each other for a long time.

When Mei Yixuan saw that the carriage was settled, she hugged her mother and younger brother and walked forward.

Zhang Si, Zhang Wu, Zhang Liu and Lu Baochun opened the way in front, Feiming, Zhang Qi and Zhang Ba guarded in the back, and everyone hugged Tong Hongying's mother and woman and walked forward.

Chunlan hugged Xiao Nannan and followed closely by Tong Hongying's side, staring closely at Tong Hongying and Mei Shengjie, and let out one or two sounds from time to time, "Ah, Madam be careful!", "Second Young Master, don't run so fast!", more nervous than Mei Yixuan.

Seeing Chunlan's nervous appearance, Mei Yixuan couldn't help but soothe and said, "Okay, Sister Chunlan, don't be so nervous, it's okay, you just look at Nannan!"

Chunlan also knew that she was a little too nervous, but she just couldn't control it.

Tong Hongying's matter, others in the house don't know, but she is one of the insiders. At that time, she happened to be on an errand in the old lady's yard, and listened to it casually. Therefore, when she came out this time, she was more nervous than anyone else, just in case.

Xiao Nan's fleshy little arms hugged Chunlan's neck tightly, and she also comforted her with a milky voice: "Sister, don't be nervous!"

Everyone laughed and praised Xiao Nannan for her cleverness.

Lu Baochun, who was in front, heard the movement behind him, and couldn't help but look back at his daughter, his face was doting.

Chunlan also turned her head shyly at this time, just in time to see Lu Baochun turn around, and then look at Xiao Nannan's motherless at such a young age, she couldn't help but sigh secretly: It's really not easy for this man to be both a father and a mother!

Before Mei Yixuan and his party entered the main street, they were attracted by the small stalls selling food on both sides of the street.

Selling oil cakes, red turtles, scallop skewers, spring rolls, mud nail jelly, large intestine noodles, fried noodles, light cakes, three glutinous cakes, a handful of snow, mung bean cakes, mandarin duck noodles, fried horse ears, fried ghosts and so on, it is simply dazzling, dizzying, and it also makes everyone's gluttony run straight out.

All kinds of cries of hawking rushed to fill the streets.

"Delicious maltose, three pieces of copper plate, come and buy it!" A white-bearded old man squatted on the ground, shouting hard, and the old man's voice was full of hope and vicissitudes.

He guarded two bamboo baskets of shiny, golden maltose, and a plank and knife in front of him.

As soon as the old man's voice fell, several children immediately stepped forward to buy maltose with copper plates.