Qin Hanzhen had a good time visiting the lantern fair, and guessed several lantern riddles with Zhao Mo, and relied on this to exchange for a few beautiful lights, including Niu's favorite "Chang'e Running to the Moon". It's just that the marquee was taken away first. When Qin Hanzhen walked to the stall, where was there any trace of the marquee?

Zhao Mo saw Qin Hanzhen's disappointed face, so he comforted her and said, "It's okay, my uncle and grandmother just want it when they see that the lamp is delicate." There are so many lights in the lantern festival, are you afraid that there will be no second lantern? Let's go shopping again. ”

Qin Hanzhen readily agreed, walked around with Zhao Mo, and said to him: "If you really can't find a second one that is equally beautiful, it's a big deal for us to buy some materials and make one for our grandmother when we go home." I know the principle of the marquee. She did it in elementary school handicraft class, and she still remembers some of it.

Zhao Mo was surprised, and then he was a little eager to try: "That's great." Regardless of whether we can find a second marquee lantern for my aunt and grandmother, let's try to make a marquee when we go home, okay? Just like the two lamps we made together yesterday. ”

How could Qin Hanzhen say that it was not good? Naturally, he agreed with a smile.

There are thousands of lanterns at the lantern festival, and the marquee lantern is also a very popular lantern style, how can there be no second one? Not only are there any, but there are also a lot of them, and each one is more exquisite than the other. Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo carefully selected for a long time before they picked a lamp that was much more beautiful than the previous one and brought it back, along with a few special snacks sold at the lantern festival stalls.

They had observed in advance that the stalls selling snacks were quite clean, and the onlookers said that the two stalls were set up at the Lantern Festival every year, which was a time-honored brand and was very popular.

Niu Shi was very appreciative of the lamps they brought back, and was also very interested in those snacks, so he took Qin Bai to enjoy them together, and then pulled him to see the lights. Qin Hanzhen looked around the room, the two female musicians were still playing the piano, but they had changed the tune, which was also beautiful, but the two clan brothers had long since disappeared. She asked Baihui, only to find out that they had been sent out by Qin Bai and his wife to see the lights early, and the Niu family also gave them five taels of silver pocket money, which was enough for them to spend for a while.

Mama Wei also smiled and said: "Mrs. also let us go out and open our eyes, but where can we go away? We can't let the old lady and the previous one have no one waiting, right? Where are the guys in the teahouse who have their own family members waiting well? Baihui and I stayed, and the others could see the world and come back to change us after half an hour." Let's go with Sister Fei and them, and also have a good look at the lantern festival in Jinling City. She is also very interested in the lamps and snacks that Qin Hanzhen brought back, she has been in the palace for most of her life, and she is very curious about things outside.

Zhao Mo also brought Qingdai and Fei's mother out today, and smiled when he heard the words, so he asked Fei's mother: "Do mothers have enough pocket money?" Today's lantern festival is very lively, there are many exquisite things, we have never seen them in the north." As he spoke, he rewarded Fei's mother and Qingdai with a penny each. As for Ah Shou and them, when they went out with him, they had already enjoyed it.

Fei's mother covered her mouth and smiled: "Brother is thoughtful, although the old slave does not lack these pocket money, but if he has money, he will not push it out." Qing Dai even smiled and put the money in hand, and said, "Even if my brother wants to go back, we won't give it to us!"

While talking, Qin Hanzhen's two clan brothers came back, and they seemed to have a good time, each carrying a lantern in their hands, and the servants behind him were full of hands, but they bought them as gifts for their families.

They all had excitement on their faces, because they were familiar with Qin Bai and his wife, and they had a lot less scruples when they spoke, and they also mentioned to them the rumors they heard at the lantern festival: "It is said that there is also a lantern festival on the other side of the inner bridge these days, which is very lively." It's not the same as the lantern festival here, the people over there are called the Flower Country Lantern Festival, but it's sponsored by the church, the governor's son and the prefect's son, as well as the prince of the political secretary, all went to the party, and there are churches, all over the Jiangnan famous people, and even the oirans who are rare to see on weekdays also come out to sing, this opportunity is very rare!"

Niu frowned: "What are you talking about? The two children are still here." ”

The Qin brothers were stunned for a moment, and then they reacted, and they regretted it a little in their hearts. Zhao Mo is nothing, he is the same age as Qin Jian, and Qin Jian has already followed his brothers to see the Qinglou Oiran on the bank of the Qinhuai River, although he just drinks tea, eats snacks and listens to music, but he can be regarded as having seen the world, right? Zhao Mo is a boy after all, so it is nothing for him to hear these words, but Qin Hanzhen is a girl, and he really shouldn't say it in front of her.

One of the clan brothers cleverly changed the subject: "Nothing else, I heard that the lantern tied at the Neiqiao Lantern Festival is a little more delicate than the one here, and people who have seen it say that it is rare in the world." There are also many exotic flowers and plants at the Lantern Festival, and people who have been there say that they have seen the world. Just now we heard people talk about it outside, and the excitement of the lantern festival here was compared to it. ”

Qin Hanzhen snorted: "This person who speaks is either to show off, or he is deliberately trying to slap other people's faces, otherwise why do you need to talk about how good things are in one shop?"

Both brothers could only laugh dryly.

The Niu family was not very happy, but Qin Bai was a little indifferent: "Although it is done by the teaching workshop, it is not impossible for the girl to go to see it." In the pearl market on the other side of the inner bridge, there are lantern festivals every year during the Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, church meetings, poetry meetings, and Oiran competitions, all kinds of tricks. Some are only for men, while others are for both men and women. I've seen it before, and it's a little interesting, and the lanterns are indeed more elaborate than those here, and the songs can generally be sung well, and you can often meet acrobatic masters. If you're happy, I'll go shopping with you. ”

Niu insisted on it: "No, how can the two children go to such a place? I am also old, and I have seen everything I should have seen, but it is just a few delicate lamps, where can I not look at it? If you want to listen to music and opera, you can also listen to it in the village." If you want to hear those famous singers, please come to your home and have a meeting. "She has been in Jinling for some days, so she naturally knows what the Pearl Market on the other side of the inner bridge is, and the famous Qinglou Chu Pavilion by the Qinhuai River is all there.

The Niu clan decided something good, Qin Bai would never force her to change her mind, and he would not mention it again. He saw that the faces of the two nephews of the clan were scornful, and he knew that the young people were greedy for fun, and the atmosphere in the clan could not be reversed for a while, but for the young people, the more they were not allowed to do it, the more they would be worried, and it would not be good for them as time went by. So Qin Bai said to them: "You are also older, if you really want to go to the inner bridge, bring a few more entourage, go over and take a turn, just be careful, don't get dizzy, and do something that you will regret afterwards." ”

The brothers of the Qin family were immediately overjoyed, and they were busy making promises: "Uncle don't worry, let's just go to see the lanterns and listen to the music, and the others don't dare to do it." "We don't have much silver on us, we can't do anything we want, we just go shopping around and come back, we don't dare to stay out, so that our uncle is worried!"

They went happily with a few servants, but they were true to their word. Qin Hanzhen and they returned to the house near the Confucius Temple not long after, they also came back, looking at the look should be quite happy, but there is no smell of wine on their bodies, but they are stained with a little fat powder aroma, and they also carry a very delicate small lantern in their hands, saying that they are filial to the Niu family.

Seeing that they were well-behaved, Niu happily accepted the little lantern. Qin Bai saw that the beauty above was exquisitely painted, and he also praised it a few times, and said: "This must not be painted by ordinary people, not to mention that there are more than ten years of skills." ”

One of the nephews of the clan hurriedly said: "It was painted by Qiao Niangzi of Meiqing Academy, she was also a famous talented woman by the Qinhuai River when she was young, known as poetry and painting, now that she is old, she has no livelihood, so she opened a class in Meiqing Academy, and taught the girls in the courtyard to paint." Counting her age, she does have more than ten years of skills. This lamp was newly made by her, and if it weren't for our brother who happened to guess her riddle, we wouldn't have gotten such a good lamp. ”

Qin Bai was slightly moved: "It's rare." ”

Qin Hanzhen was learning to draw characters recently, and when he heard that Qin Bai also praised the beauty on the lamp for painting well, he hurriedly leaned over to observe it carefully, planning to learn the skills of others.

The brothers of the Qin family talked to Qin Bai and the Niu family about what they had seen and heard at the Huaguo Lantern Festival, probably knowing that the Niu family did not like to hear the story of Fengyuechang, so they chose another topic: "Not only a few of the most decent sons and daughters in Jinling City went, but also a lot of dignitaries and nobles from the surrounding towns, and I heard that there were also people from Huzhou and other places." Because the governor's yamen is here, officials from all over Zhejiang, but whenever they come to pay New Year's greetings to the governor, six out of ten go to the Pearl Market to watch the lanterns and listen to the play, which is very lively. The Qinglou inns in that area were all full, and even the people on the water made a lot of money. Some people joke that there are not many officials in Jinling City, but there are not many officials gathered in the Neiqiao area. ”

Niu Shi said in disgust: "Why don't these officials learn well?"

A nephew of the clan said with a smile: "Those officials went to join in this fun, but it was not entirely to see the beauties. I heard that during the Lantern Festival yesterday, there was a poetry meeting in Zhu City, and there were more than a dozen famous poets from several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and the scholars in Jinling City, who didn't want to pay homage to their demeanor? As soon as the news came out, everyone wanted to see what the new drama was like. Because of him, many famous artists came. Such an opportunity does not come very often, and who in Jinling City does not want to see the world? ”

None of these people he said had ever heard of in the Niu family, but Qin Bai was slightly moved: "If this is the case, it is worth seeing and seeing." ”

Niu Shi was curious: "Is it really that good?"

Qin Bai smiled: "Mrs. can also watch it." Even if you don't go to the inner bridge, it's nothing. After the premiere of Li Xianweng's play, if the evaluation is good, there will always be dignitaries and nobles who invite him to a meeting. Let's inquire about the news, see which one he went to, and ask the host for a post. ”

The four of them talked lively, but Qin Hanzhen sat next to him and was slightly distracted. She stretched out her hand and secretly pulled Zhao Mo.

She thinks that this flower country event, if it is used well, may also come in handy.