Because Chunquan is back, Minwon decides to have dinner in the evening.

Yao Su was also an important guest of Minyuan, and naturally he was politely left to eat by Shumin.

Naturally, Liu Er was the chef for dinner, and Shu Min started, since Liu Er came, Liu Er was almost in charge of the kitchen work.

"Come, Hui'er, eat vegetables. Chunquan sandwiched a piece of lean meat with chopsticks and gave it to Hui'er, and also gave a piece to the children in turn, and finally, naturally, he also gave Shumin a piece.

Seeing Chun Quan serving vegetables to everyone like a master, Chu Feng also stretched out the bowl, but took it back in Yao Su's terrifying eyes.

However, Chun Quan didn't let it go, and still sandwiched a chopsticks rabbit meat into Chu Feng's bowl.

"Uncle, you also eat vegetables!" Hui'er sensibly gave him a chopstick greens, in winter, this green greens are a rarity.

"Hui'er is so good. Chunquan glanced at Shumin and enjoyed the food.

"Uncle, you also eat vegetables. Seeing that Yao Su was alone and had no one to pick up vegetables for him, Hui'er also used chopsticks to clip a chopstick and vegetables to him.

"Hui'er is so good!" Yao Su looked at Hui'er, his eyes showing his usual liking.

Under the turmoil of picking vegetables, Chu Feng only hoped that he was a transparent person, and quickly ate dinner and slipped out.

The atmosphere in Minyuan was too weird, especially the pair of master and apprentice. It's safer to stay away from them.

After eating, Chun Quan, as usual, cleaned up the table with Shu Min. In the end, I also shared the dishwashing with her.

Yao Su was angry on the side, the gentleman was far away from cooking, he even did such a thing as washing dishes for the sake of a woman.

Uh, he's wronged Chunquan, he's been dependent on his sister since he was a child, and he still doesn't do much in the kitchen?

But it's also a person who has come over, Chunquan's little admiration for him all in his eyes, originally planned to take him to the capital while he was not in love, and then find him a good family affair, over time, this kind of admiration for Shumin naturally faded, who knew that he was so unconscious, and he secretly ran back.

After this period of getting along, he was also impressed by Shumin, if there was no such thing, he would have turned a blind eye.

However, that Qin woman is obviously already already

Hey, it seems that I can only start with her, I hope she is sensible.

"He's not your average friend, is he?" he asked, standing beside Shumin.

"Huh?" Shumin looked back at him, a little confused by his inexplicable question.

"I mean, he seems to have something for you" Yao Su coughed, and said with some weakness in Shang Shumin's inexplicable eyes.

"You think too much, I can only be friends with him. Hearing this, a ray of gloom flashed in Shumin's eyes.

"Does he know then?" he asked, feigned curiosity.

Alas, Shumin sighed heavily.

"Although you may think that I am troublesome, if you have no intention of him, you should make it clear to him as soon as possible, lest he fall deeper and deeper. Yao Su looked at her, and saw the loss on her face and the sadness that she tried to hide in her eyes, and her heart became even more empty.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was not yet dark, Chunquan picked up the bamboo strips and taught the children to weave lanterns, and the bamboo strips became thin bamboo threads in his hands, and the bamboo silk danced wildly, and the lantern shelves of various shapes were played with by the children one by one.

"Uncle, you said this was a rabbit, but why didn't I see it?" Yang Er looked at the lantern shelf in his hand and said for a long time.

"When the paper is pasted, it's like. Chun Quan's hands did not stop, and a lantern stand in the shape of a horse was made again, and he handed it to Hui'er on the side.

Yang Er couldn't wait, so she quickly took out the rice paper and paste, and pulled Chunquan to help him paste the paper.

The pasting paper is very simple, and the children will learn it as soon as they learn it, and after a while, there will be a few more lanterns in the shape of rabbits, horses, tigers, lambs and other animals in the yard.

"If you draw their eyes, nose, mouth, it's like that. Feng An looked at the lanterns and said excitedly.

"Auntie, will you help us draw it?" Yang Er shouted at Shumin.

Before Shumin could answer, Yao Su stood up and said, "Why don't I draw it for you." ”

He picked up a brush, mixed some ink with water, picked up a tiger's lantern, and used the brush to outline some patterns, and finally, dotted his eyes on the tiger's face, and after a while, a vivid tiger lantern appeared in front of the children's eyes.

"Ah, it's beautiful. Help my rabbit spend one too. ”

"And my tiger. ”

"My horses want too. ”

"Mine too. ”

Yao Su's painting skills immediately convinced this group of children, and asked him to help them flower lanterns, Yao Su seemed to like children very much, and did not refuse the children's requests, and even painted each small animal with a different expression, vividly.

"Cut. Seeing his flirtatious appearance, Chunquan scoffed, silently packed up his tools, and felt a little unhappy.

"Mother, the day after tomorrow, the Lantern Festival, are we going to the town to see the lanterns?" Hui'er asked excitedly with the horse lantern in her hand.

Linjiang Town is on the edge of the Luoshui River, surrounded by mountains and rivers. Every year, a large lantern festival is held, and when the time comes, villagers from nearby villages rush to enjoy the lanterns.

In addition to lanterns, lantern boats of various shapes on the Luoshui River are also a beautiful sight, and they are very famous in the nearby towns.

However, every year, because there are too many people watching the lanterns, there will be some situations every year, such as losing people and children, falling into the water, and hurting people.

There was even a small stampede in one year because of the fire in the house, and although there were no deaths, people were terrified in such a small place.

But these things still can't be compared with the interest of people watching lanterns during the Lantern Festival, especially the children.

"Then you have to be very well-behaved, and you can't run around with your mother. Despite some apprehension, Shumin agreed to the children's request.

"Oh, that's great. When I heard that I could go to see the lanterns, the children danced happily.

"Don't worry, Chu Feng and I will be optimistic about them when the time comes, and it will be fine. As if seeing Shumin's worries, Chunquan nodded at her from the side.

"Thank you, you. Shusensitively smiled at him.

"You and I don't have to be so polite. Chunquan replied. Since confirming his intentions, Chunquan is no longer like before, and everything is much more straightforward.

Yao Su was helping the children paint lanterns, and when he heard the intimate conversation between them, his brows furrowed unconsciously.

It was already dark, Yao Su returned to the city under the moonlight, and Chunquan's sudden appearance made him a little more troubled, and he was silent along the way.

Seeing Yao Su leaving, although Chunquan was a little reluctant in his heart, he still pulled Chu Feng back to his home.

The moon was as cool as water, opened the window, looked at the vertical and horizontal Qianmo, and looked at the yellowish light of Minyuan, his heart was a little soft. Come back secretly this time, he will definitely let her understand his heart.

His courtyard can be seen from afar, and Minyuan can naturally see his courtyard.

It was late at night, and Shumin sat at his desk, holding a homemade pencil in his hand, but the drawing paper under his hand was still blank.

Originally, she wanted to design a carriage that was comfortable and not bumpy, but when she picked up the pen, all she could think about was Chunquan.

Looking up at a certain hut that had already been plunged into darkness, my mind was in turmoil.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, the oil lamp on the desk went out, the moonlight tilted down, and Shumin's body was flooded with a pale white light, and the whole room was still clearly visible in the moonlight.

"Alas" Shumin put down the charcoal, leaned against the window to look at the moon, and sighed heavily.

Ziling, what should I do?

I remembered the precious name that I cherished in my heart.

Coming into this world, this name has become her spiritual sustenance, and every time she hesitates and doesn't know what to do, he will flash in her mind.

It's as if even though the two are in different worlds, he's still by her side.

The Lantern Festival came as scheduled, and on the fifteenth, after a sumptuous dinner, the villagers rushed to the town in groups.

Although Zhengmin is not yet officially in office, he has already rushed back to the Yamen to organize the Yuanxiao Lantern Festival. This is his first Yuanxiao Lantern Festival, he naturally did not dare to have a trace of sloppiness, in addition to adding more funds, adding more than 100 kinds of lanterns, he also sent additional manpower to patrol back and forth at various intersections to maintain order, in case of all kinds of accidents.

In addition, he also united the local major merchants early in the morning to hold a lantern boat competition, participating merchants from all walks of life such as grain shops, cloth shops, restaurants and so on, they all gathered on the second floor of Wangjiang Building at the moment, eating tea and chatting, waiting for the start of the game.

Jeongmin will take office after the year, and holding this lantern boat festival is also a political means, although it is a magistrate, it is the heaven of one party. The people do not fight with the officials. However, behind these merchants are more or less the shadows of some officials, and establishing a good relationship with them is part of his grassroots county magistrate's foothold in Linjiang Town.

"Zhang County Order. Seeing Jeongmin walking towards Wangjiang Tower, these merchants clasped their fists and saluted him. Because he has not officially taken office, Jeongmin did not wear the official palace, but spent a lot of silver to buy a decent brocade robe.

"Boss Li, Boss Weng, Boss Xu" Zhengmin smiled and greeted the bosses present one by one.

After getting to know everyone, he cleared his throat and said to everyone: "Zhang Mou was promoted by his predecessor Xu County, and I was fortunate to be the county commander of Linjiang County. ”

"Zhang Xianling is polite. Although they somewhat look down on Zhang Zhengmin's background, they will have to be under his jurisdiction in the future. The people who come are all merchants, and they are tactful, and the face they should give is still enough.

"All of you here are people with heads and faces in Linjiang County, you don't have to be polite, Zhang is not talented, today is also through the reason of this lantern festival, and everyone is close to it, in addition, I announce the color of this lantern festival, which can be regarded as a little caution of Zhang. ”

Zhang Zhengmin paused and continued, "The first place in this lantern boat festival can get a copy of the inscription by Mr. Bai Juren and a thousand taels of silver. The second place will receive 800 taels of silver, and the third place will receive 500 taels of silver. Any merchant participating in the lantern festival will be given a commemorative prize. ”

Bonuses and prizes, merchants may not pay attention to these things, but the inscription of the white man is really exciting to many people. Besides, this battle for the rank is also a battle for face, in the small place of Linjiang Town, each family represents the face of those powerful figures, and everyone knows it. (To be continued.) )