281. Shangyuan Festival
In the first month, except for the strongest flavor of the first day of the new year, it is counted as fifteen, and after fifteen is considered the New Year.
Shangyuan Festival, Xiangze Street in Yunfu City is full of all kinds of lanterns early, the sky is not yet dark, there are some small vendors selling lamps on both sides of the street set up stalls to come out, the street where the lanterns are first ushered in, people are side by side, and the ears are full of shouting voices.
Chanyi looked out through the veiled window, the sky was getting dark, but the street was as bright as day, and the lanterns put out by the vendors were decorated with several layers on the bamboo shelves, whether it was a papier-mΓ’chΓ© lantern or a rabbit lamp made of gauze and silk, all of which were shining on the shelf.
How many years have passed, the Shangyuan Festival in Yunfu City is still so lively, her thoughts are gradually sinking, the year of the previous life, she was the Jian Anjie she met in the Shangyuan Festival, at a glance, she could never get out again, and in this life, Jian Anjie's appearance will gradually blur in her mind, she turned her face sideways, and then didn't look at the lamp.
ββ¦ Second sister, I heard that many of the lanterns hanging out in Guang'an Temple this year are from foreign countries, which are particularly novel and beautiful," Xian Yi looked at Chan Yi with an unconcealed expectation in her eyes, and stretched out her hand and pulled her sleeve, "Let's go to Guang'an Temple for a while." β
Chanyi is a little helpless, since she took her pocket back and burned it that day, she has become like this, careful with herself and some flattery, although there is still some reluctance in her eyes, but she can finally talk to herself calmly.
But when it comes to Guang'an Temple...
That day, I heard what Xian Yi said to Chen's mother in the inner room, the prince has gone to the northwest, so Aunt Yan's plan should have failed, and now I mention Guang'an Temple, is it really just because the lights of Guang'an Temple are good-looking?
She couldn't help but glance at Xian Yi, there was no trace of abnormality on Xian Yi's face, she nodded and said, "Let's go and see what kind of lights they look like in a while." β
The corners of Xianyi's lips rose and there was a little smile on her face, she was originally born well, her delicate appearance has faintly grown up, and the smile added a little coquettishness to the flower and moon appearance, even Chanyi herself couldn't help but sigh, being born well is also a kind of cheapness.
After crossing the Xiangze Bridge, the carriage was not allowed to move forward, Jinping next to him helped Chanyi to get out of the carriage, and at a glance he saw Xia Mingche standing outside, carrying two rabbit lamps in his hands, yes, Xia Mingche went out with them, Xie told him to take care of his two younger sisters outside, so he met familiar friends along the way, and they all said hello.
Xia Mingche saw that his two younger sisters got out of the carriage, his eyes bent, and he stuffed the rabbit lamps into their hands one by one, "I saw a stall selling lanterns on the street, and the rabbit lamps were very good-looking, just one for each person, and no one had to rob them." β
Chanyi couldn't help but laugh a little, the second brother regarded himself as a child, but he thought about it, he was only thirteen years old in this life, most of the young ladies of the family at her age love to play and like these little things, she thanked her brother with a smile, and several people walked forward with the flow of people, while enjoying the lanterns, while looking at the street scene.
The warm yellow lamp will illuminate the dark sky, the flowing water under the bridge is murmuring, the spring is open, even the river water has disappeared the ice, there are many lotus lanterns floating on the river, or a large piece of drifting downstream, or scattered on both sides of the riverbank, even if she is a human in two lives, she still can't help the joy in her heart.
The voices of the people are boiling, the people on Xiangze Street are full, almost people are walking close to people, the corners of their clothes have rubbed the corners of other people's clothes, many girls of her age are carrying lanterns in their hands, their eyes are busy looking at the big and bright lights hanging on the street, and the smile on their lips is more dazzling and bright than the lanterns.
Halfway through, she suddenly felt a little hungry, Chanyi raised her eyes and looked at Xia Mingche with a wink, "Second brother, I'm hungry..."
Xia Mingche smiled and touched her tied hair, in order to make it easier to walk, she didn't pull those complicated buns, but combed a double screw bun, which looked delicate and immature, "The second brother knows that there is a small stall selling rice balls at the mouth of the alley in front of me, with brown sugar and sesame filling, which is still wrapped in osmanthus flowers, which is very fragrant, and the second brother will take it to you to eat." β
Chanyi looked at Xia Mingche with a smile, "I don't know where Sister Qing is at this time, if she is here, she can count the closest delicacies to here." β
Xia Mingche's face couldn't help but be a little red, and he let them walk slowly, and he went to the stall in front of him to order rice balls.
Chanyi couldn't stop laughing, squeezed through the crowd with Xianyi, and arrived at the stall on the bank of the river, at this time there were a lot of people on the stall, the stools on the stall were full, she and Xianyi stood under the eaves, Xia Mingche brought two bowls of hot rice balls, the rice balls in them were no more than the size of a thumb, but there were white, red and black, which looked very good.
Chanyi held a coarse porcelain bowl in one hand, a coarse porcelain spoon in the other, scooped a black rice ball, and took a bite gently, the black layer outside was black glutinous rice, and the stuffing wrapped in it flowed out, but it was white sesame seeds and longan yellow sugar, one black and one white looked extremely good, the sesame seeds were very fragrant, she couldn't help but eat several into her stomach, and drank a mouthful of soup in the coarse porcelain bowl.
The hot soup was swallowed down my throat, and my body, which had been blown by the wind and was a little chilly, instantly warmed up.
Chan Yi felt that her sleeves were being pulled, and then Xian Yi spoke softly, "Second sister, why does that person keep staring at you?"
She looked at Xian Yi's line of sight, and was stunned, that person was ...... Jian Anjie!
The bowl he was holding in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang" and shattered, along with the uneaten rice balls in it, and the stuffing inside was splashed in all directions, as if he was surprised to know that the person in his heart was not her, and he was torn apart.
"Oh, why did you drop my bowl, little lady......" the little vendor's babbling voice rang in his ears.
Xia Mingche hurriedly smiled and apologized, lost the vendor's money, and looked at Chanyi with concern: "Is it hot? Are you still hungry? Do you want to eat more, or let's go ahead and buy other food?"
Chanyi shook her head, and suddenly saw him staring at herself again, she couldn't help but lose a little gaffe, in fact, in the final analysis, she still cared, when did the people she treated wholeheartedly start to live in other people's eyes? She never understood, just like she had to ask clearly before she died, but after all, this is the case, and then he didn't understand, he also did such a thing, he could only blame himself for not knowing people clearly, Chu Shaoyuan had a sentence that was very right, she did have no eyes......
She turned sideways to avoid the gaze from across the street, and said to Xia Mingche with a smile: "Let's go to Guang'an Temple to see the lanterns, the fourth sister just said that the lanterns in Guang'an Temple this year are novel and beautiful, and it just so happens that the peanuts sold in Guang'an Temple taste good, let's buy them together and taste them." β
Xia Mingche naturally had no objection, and led the two girls to walk in the direction of Guang'an Temple, and suddenly heard someone behind him shouting, "Jinyu!
Looking back, it was Shen Boyan who came from the bustling crowd on the street, looking at Xia Mingche with a smile on his face, "You also came out to see the lights?" Because he didn't recognize the two girls of the Xia family, he didn't greet them, but just smiled.
Xia Mingche stopped and said with a smile: "Accompany my two sisters to enjoy the lanterns, Brother Boyan's case is finished?"
Shen Boyan waved his hand and said: "It's just a small case, I caught it that night, recruited a confession and detained him, and beat people to death with sticks and threw them on the mass grave according to Wang Shengkun's orders, tell me, what is this person trying to do?"
Xia Mingche was stunned, with that person's kung fu, he shouldn't have been caught so lightly, not to mention that he had already been sent out of the city at that time......
"Hey, Jinyu, let's go ahead for a drink together," Shen Boyan patted Xia Mingche on the shoulder and invited him to drink, "Pianyun and Yiyun, those two boys are waiting in the wine shop in front," and said with a smile, "There are also the eldest son of the Liang family and the second son of the Wang family." β
Xia Mingche was a little hesitant, before going out, his mother told him that he must take care of the two sisters, if he went, wouldn't he leave the two sisters here?
And Chanyi heard this, her eyes lit up, the two families of King Liang have been fighting for the position of the head of the pavilion in the court, the sons of the two families are there, plus the two cousins Pianyun and Xuanyun, maybe she can find out what news, she was busy saying: "Since Shen Gongzi invited the second brother to drink, the second brother will go, it is difficult to come out and relax, these days I have been studying at home, but don't hold back my illness when the time comes, just leave Xia Qi and Xia Xia to go to Guang'an Temple with us to see the lights, and when I want to go back, I will let Xia Xia go to the wine shop to call the second brother." β
Xia Mingche saw that Chan Yi was properly arranged, nodded, and gently explained a few words to Xia Qi and Xia, and went with Shen Boyan.
Xian Yi couldn't help but look back at Shen Boyan several times, Chan Yi saw it with sharp eyes, and knew that Shen Boyan was eighteen years old this year, and he had not yet married a wife, but he was already on an errand in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the supplement on his body was also the supplement of the commander of the East City of the Sixth Grade, which looked majestic, and he was not bad at birth, so he would naturally attract the admiration of a little lady.
"Fourth sister be careful of your step," Chanyi couldn't help but remind, "Don't be dazzled by the flowers, there are so many lights on the street, you have to pick the one you like the most, don't be confused by the flower shelves outside." β
Xian Yi's face instantly turned red, she just looked at it a few more times, she bit the corner of her mouth and didn't make a sound, followed Chan Yi step by step to Guang'an Temple, the street was full of people, she didn't pay attention to accidentally bumped into a person, she was just about to apologize, as soon as she looked up, she saw that it was the person who had been staring at Chan Yi.
"You!" Xian Yi exclaimed in surprise, halfway through when he was stunned by the smile on the corner of his mouth.
"I'm sorry, I didn't look at the road and bumped into the girl...... It's you!" The man's eyes brightly looked at the girl beside Xianyi, and his eyes burst into surprise, "Does the girl remember me?"