strong> Chapter 64 Lantern Festival

After the first day of the Lunar New Year and before the Lantern Festival, this time is the time for everyone to visit relatives and friends. &. However, none of them had this activity. So, the basic daily routine is to stay at home and eat.

When he looked at himself in the water when he washed his face, Yuan Anping sighed: "The Spring Festival is really a good time to grow fat." He found that not only had he grown taller, but he also had some flesh on his face, which was much more pleasing to the eye than before, and it was not a good thing to be too thin.

Yuan'anping's house is still a gathering place for children, because tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and everyone's relatives have basically finished, so they are very free to run to Yuananping.

A child asked him: "Brother Anping, tomorrow during the Lantern Festival, will you go to the county seat to see the lantern market?"

"Lamp City?" Yuan Anping certainly didn't understand much about this.

But he didn't need to ask, the children themselves chattered about it. Yuan Anping also learned from their words that it turned out that every Lantern Festival, the county would hold a lantern market, and there was no curfew in the city on this day, and some villagers would go to the county seat to play, which was said to be very lively.

Yuan Anping thought about it, there are old and young in his own family, if he really goes to see the lamp market, it is quite troublesome, if he goes, he has to stay in the city for the night, after all, it is not easy to go back to the village at night, there are no street lights here, and he said: "I will ask them later, if they are willing to play, maybe they can go to Dr. Lin to spend the night." He didn't care that he had only met Dr. Lin a few times, so he was embarrassed to spend the night with others.

Yuan Anping looked at the children who were talking enthusiastically and asked, "Then will you go to play tomorrow?"

As soon as he asked, many children were very disappointed and said, "I can't go if I want to." ”

"The light market is held at night, and when I come back from shopping, it will be very late, and I have to rush back to the village at night, and my father and mother are reluctant to go. ”

"My dad went last year and went to play with my eldest brother, saying I was too young to let me go. ”

"Uh-huh, they said they were afraid that I would lose it, how could I lose it. ”

"My dad said he couldn't go, and promised to tie a lantern for me. ”

"It's good if you have a lamp, but my dad won't go, and he won't make me a lantern. ”

"But my father's lanterns aren't as good as the ones in the market. ”

"My dad doesn't know how to tie a lantern, but he promised to buy me one two days ago. ”

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Yuan Anping listened, the people in the village only occasionally take their families to the county seat to see the lantern market, mainly because they still feel that it is troublesome to walk back to the village at night, and they feel that it is a waste of money to stay in the guest house in the county seat, so they still celebrate at home.

At lunch, Yuan Anping mentioned the matter of the Lamp Market: "Do you want to see the Lamp Market?"

Zhongsun Lianjue has never seen any excitement, so he naturally has an attitude towards a small lamp market in Huaxian County. Zhong Sunrui is a child, of course, he likes to be lively, but he thinks it is up to the adults to decide whether to go or not.

Huo Xiaohan had only heard of the Lantern Festival, which was said to be very lively, and he wanted to see it, but he felt troublesome.

Yuan Anping saw that everyone's attitude was so uncertain, and Zhong Sunrui was indeed the one who wanted to go the most, and it was nothing to think about, so he decided: "Then go to see the light market, tomorrow I will borrow a donkey cart and go to the county seat together." ”

Zhongsun Lianjue thought for a while and said, "You guys go play, I won't go." "His leg injury is not completely healed, so forget it when you go to the light market.

Zhongsun Rui saw that his grandfather was not going, although he was a little regretful, but he still said: "Then I won't go either, I will accompany my grandfather at home." ”

Seeing this, Huo Xiaohan also said: "Then I won't go, I have to stay and cook for my husband." ”

Zhongsun Lianjue didn't want to ruin their interest because of himself: "You don't have to be like this, you can go after dinner, Xiaorui will also go to play with you, grandpa's leg is not good, and I can't accompany you to the lamp market when I go to the county seat." ”

Yuan Anping thought it was a good idea, not to mention staying at Dr. Lin's place, and the old man didn't know if he would be disappointed again, so he made a decision: "Okay, it's decided." ”

Lantern Festival, the last day of the New Year's Festival, the traditional food is tangyuan, every household is their own rice balls, as for the lazy and trouble-free to buy, there is no such thing. Therefore, the women in the village, regardless of their craftsmanship, must know the craftsmanship of making dumplings. Even if you don't study when you are in your own house, there will always be people who □□ when you marry into your in-laws' family.

Yuan Anping them...... No one will pack. Fortunately, Zhou Xiangzhi, the eldest mother of Zhou, knew Huo Xiaohan's situation, so she asked him to go to her house and learn to make dumplings accompanied by Yuan Xiaoyu.

Huo Xiaohan is quite talented in making food and learns quickly, so at noon on the day of the Lantern Festival, Yuan Anping and they ate glutinous rice balls.

There are not so many kinds of glutinous rice balls here, the whole village has a kind of filling, sesame peanut filling, sweet and fragrant, children are very fond of it, but at this time of year, everyone is willing to pack, so they eat it once a year.

Eating the rice balls, Yuan Anping thought: "Wait for Xiao Han to let him pack more when he is free, I save the space, when I am too lazy to cook, you can eat the rice balls." Well, dumplings can also be saved. "He still has the skill of making dumplings.

Dinner was early, the sky was still bright, Huo Xiaohan covered the wrapped dumplings with a lid, and said to Zhongsun Lianjue: "Sir, if we come back late tomorrow, you will eat dumplings." After the water boils, you put the dumplings in the pot, and when they are ready to boil, add some cold water to continue boiling, add cold water twice, and the dumplings will float up and you can eat them. ”

Seeing that Huo Xiaohan said carefully, Zhongsun Lianjue said with a smile: "Okay, I remember." ”

Yuan Anping, who was on the side, thought to himself: "Xiao Han is talking about Mr. Zhongsun as an idiot in life, do you still need to teach the next dumpling......?" It's useless to be a scholar, hehe, maybe he really can't. He suddenly had an inexplicable sense of superiority, which made people speechless, and it seemed that it was the sequelae of being pumped too much.

The donkey cart borrowed the fat dun's family, I heard that Yuan Anping can go to the county seat to see the light market, the fat dun is very envious, I wanted to go with him, but unfortunately he was dragged to death by his mother, and threatened that if he dared to go, there would be no meat to eat, and the fat dun immediately succumbed.

looked at Yuan Anping with tears in his eyes: "Brother Anping......"

Yuan Anping said very unscrupulously: "Do you want meat? Or do you want to go to the lamp market? You can only choose one." ”

Fat Dun suddenly felt that he felt even more sad!

As a result, of course, Fat Dun chose meat, so he could only watch Yuan Anping and their departure with a blank eye.

When they arrived at the county seat, several people went to the infirmary first.

After all, if you want to spend the night at someone's house, you always have to say that it is not appropriate to give money, so Yuan Anping bought a small jar of wine, and it is also appropriate to give gifts during the Lantern Festival.

Dr. Lin took the wine: "A few of you are coming into the city to visit the lamp market, right?"

Yuan Anping handed over the candy to Lin Yi to the little guy and asked him to play with Zhong Sunrui, and when he heard what Dr. Lin said, he said, "Yes, I heard that it was very interesting, so I will take a look." I didn't expect it to be quite lively, it was not dark yet, and there were stalls on the side of the road. ”

"It's much more lively than usual, you young people go shopping, just don't collect other people's lotus lanterns. Dr. Lin smiled and said something meaningful.

"Lotus lantern?" Yuan Anping is not an aboriginal after all, so he naturally doesn't understand what the lotus lantern in Dr. Lin's mouth means.

Huo Xiaohan heard it by chance, and saw that Yuan Anping didn't seem to know, and felt that he might only care about reading and didn't know much about other things, and wanted to explain to him, but it was difficult for Dr. Lin to speak.

After sitting with Dr. Lin for a while, the two children couldn't wait to go out when it got dark.

Yuan Anping wanted to take them out to play, but Doctor Lin said: "You and Xiaohan go to play, I'll take these two little ones with me, although today is a festival, it's not good for them to play too late." ”

Yuan Anping secretly praised Dr. Lin's empathy, it was really troublesome to play with children, of course, he also wanted to be alone with Huo Xiaohan. Since the two of them came, he had never been alone with Huo Xiaohan again.

took out some copper coins and gave them to Zhong Sunrui, and then happily took Huo Xiaohan out.

Out of the door, the two walked towards the place with the largest crowd. The shops on the side of the road, no matter what they do, have lanterns hanging on the stalls, which are both illuminated and beautiful.

Yuan Anping bought a bag of nuts for Huo Xiaohan, and then asked him, "What's the matter with the lotus lantern that Dr. Lin said?"

Alone with Yuan Anping, Huo Xiaohan was a little uncomfortable, mainly because he was a little shy, and when he asked, he explained to him in a whisper: "I don't know too much, it seems that unmarried men and women will go to buy lotus lanterns, the lamps look different, they are all pairs, when they meet, they find that the lamps of the two are the same, if they are interested in each other, they can exchange the lanterns in their hands, which is considered a friendship." If you don't meet it, you can put the lotus lantern into the river and pray to the heavens for good luck. ”

After hearing this, Yuan Anping thought: "This sounds really romantic." Then after exchanging lanterns, are the two going to get married?"

Huo Xiaohan was a little uncertain and said, "It seems to be, I don't know very well." ”

Yuan Anping looked up at the stalls in front and back, and really saw a place selling lotus lanterns: "It should be that kind of lamp, let's go, let's go and have a look." There were a lot of people, and Yuan Anping pulled Huo Xiaohan and squeezed in front of the stall selling lanterns.

Huo Xiaohan was afraid that Yuan Anping would be seen holding his hand, so he was nervous, and carefully looked at the people beside him, not knowing if it was because the brightness of the lantern was not enough, and everyone didn't pay attention to their situation, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

As a modern person, Yuan Anping sometimes does things without consideration, just like this, holding Huo Xiaohan's hand is unseemly in the eyes of others, after all, the two have not yet married. Even if you get married, your affection must be very subtle.

"This lotus lantern is very exquisite, let's buy it too?" Yuan Anping looked at it for a while and asked Huo Xiaohan beside him.

Huo Xiaohan also likes this lantern, and the meaning is very good, that is: "I don't know if it's expensive?"

"Don't worry about that. After the others dispersed, Yuan Anping pulled him over, "Which one do you like?"

Huo Xiaohan looked at the lanterns carefully, and Yuan Anping asked the lantern boss curiously: "Is this lamp still divided into men and women?" Otherwise, how could he be so sure that he could make a pair.

The lantern boss explained to him with a smile: "Naturally, it is divided, you look at this pair, this slightly larger one will be sold to men, and this one that looks delicate and small will be sold to girls or twins." Although the pair is the same size, the pattern is still slightly different, the blue one in the center is for the man, and the pink one is for the girl and the twins. ”

Yuan Anping nodded: "It's quite interesting." Then asked Huo Xiaohan, "Are you optimistic?"

Huo Xiaohan pointed to a pair hanging on the upper floor: "That pair is good-looking, with lotus flowers drawn." ”

Yuan Anping followed his fingers and looked, the pair of lanterns were indeed quite beautiful.

After the boss looked at the lantern he pointed to, he said with a smile: "This Shuang'er has good eyesight, and I made the pairs of lotus lanterns on the upper floor, but it took a lot of thought." Do you want one, or do you want a couple? ”

Yuan Anping said: "Of course, I want a pair." "If he buys one, will he let Huo Xiaohan make a pair with others.

The boss could naturally see that it was Yuan Anping who paid the money: "Chenghui, this pair of lanterns costs 470 Wen." ”

"It's so expensive! It's enough to buy more than ten catties of meat. Huo Xiaohan was surprised and said to Yuan Anping: "Don't buy it, it's too expensive." In his opinion, it would be a waste to spend so much money on the right lanterns.

A young lady who was brightly dressed and had more than one hairpin on her head happened to come over, and when she heard Huo Xiaohan's words, she said sarcastically: "If it's too expensive, you shouldn't come to see it, you look poor and sour!" and then pointed to the boss Huo Xiaohan's favorite pair, "Get me that." ”

Huo Xiaohan didn't care about this young lady's words, he was said that there would be no shortage of meat, he was afraid that Yuan Anping would not be happy, so he pulled him to leave: "Brother Anping, let's go." ”

Yuan Anping will not be as knowledgeable as this woman, after all, they are out to play, and they don't want to affect their mood. Seeing that this woman deliberately snatched the lamp that Huo Xiaohan fancied, of course he was unhappy in his heart, and it was not easy to rob this woman, looking at what it would look like in the eyes of others.

Therefore, after the young lady left proudly, Yuan Anping went to the upper floor to pick out a pair of lanterns, "This pair is also very good-looking, why don't we have this pair." ”

"It's pretty good. Huo Xiaohan saw that he was not angry, so he happily took the lamp.

After buying the lamp, Yuan Anping bought another one, Huo Xiaohan was a little strange: "Brother Anping, why did you buy this?"

Yuan Anping smiled, didn't take a few steps, he grabbed a young man who passed by, this one was not good-looking, and his clothes were patched, but he looked very clean, Yuan Anping smiled kindly and said to the other party: "This brother, this lantern is given to you." I think you have good luck today, you can take this lamp to try your luck, maybe you can find a good match. Then he gave the lamp to the other party without saying anything, and pulled Huo Xiaohan away quickly.

The man held the lamp in his hand, confused, but felt that it would be okay to try it with the lamp, maybe he could really find a good match.

After getting into the crowd, Huo Xiaohan looked at Yuan Anping a little helplessly: "Brother Anping, you spent more than 200 yuan just to give the lamp to others?"

Yuan Anping smiled: "That woman is so bitter and mean, there is no one in her eyes, add a little bad luck to her." Either she just can't find a match, or when she meets the young man just now, no matter what the situation, she must be holding her breath. Haha......"

Huo Xiaohan was speechless: "...... Brother Anping, if that lamp is exchanged for meat, it can be exchanged for more than five catties of meat. "It's a pity.

Yuan Anping said very boldly: "It's okay, our family is not short of meat to eat." Let's go, let's go shopping. Grab the lights, but don't put them out. ”

Huo Xiaohan glanced at the delicate lotus lamp in his hand and smiled happily: "Well, it won't go out." "He will take care to protect his happiness. 166 Reading Network