Shao'an City, also known as Xingcheng.

Because it is Shao'an, every house in Shao'an City is planted with apricot trees in front of and behind. And it is said that the ancestors of Kaicheng relied on the wild apricots here to make a living, and since then, Shao'an City has been associated with apricot trees.

March and April are the most beautiful times in Shao'an City. At that time, the apricot blossoms have bloomed, the city is like clouds like the glow, and the Shaogong grand event on the tenth day of April every year is the most lively time in Shao'an City.

At the beginning of the month, I hadn't participated in the Shaogong temple fair for three years, and the last time I visited the temple fair, I still held my father's hand. Thinking about this, my heart is still slightly sour.

"At the beginning of the month? What do you think? Let's go quickly, if you can't catch a good seat for a while, you won't be able to receive the sacrificial bread. Wan Ping on the side urged. The moon nodded and hurriedly followed.

The red apricots on the side of the street are beautiful, reflecting the pretty faces, and there are about six or seven girls, holding hands and laughing all the way. When I arrived at Shao Palace, there were gradually more people. The sound of laughter came from the ears, and several pairs of lovers could be seen walking by. In Chengzhou, there are still many people who ask Shaole Niangniang for marriage. It's said to be quite effective.

At the beginning, there were only a few pairs, and the more I went to Shao Palace, I found that there were almost half of the lovers who came to seek marriage. At this time, Yin Yin on the side looked at Wan Ping and quipped: "Hehe, Wan Ping should regret coming with us today, right?" Before he could speak, several other people also giggled.

"What's wrong? This is? "At the beginning of the month, Nahan said.

Yin Yin raised her eyebrows and said, "My sister has only come back for a short time, so naturally I don't know." Wan Ping, and the Song class leader of the Furong class, ...... "Before he finished speaking, Wan Ping slapped him, "Don't listen to her nonsense at the beginning of the month!" “

At the beginning of the month, he looked at Wanping, a little shy, but he was afraid that what Yin Yin said was true. pursed his lips and smiled: "What's so embarrassing about this, just say it if you like it." If you don't say it, how can you get Shaole Niangniang's protection? “

"Yes, yes, it's not a woman from Zhezhou, so shy and not afraid that the lover will run away?" The classmates next to him also made a fuss. Wanping's face turned a little red for a while, and he hurriedly said: "You cubs, you only ate my family's banquet for lunch, and you will learn to bury me at this time, and you won't be called for a banquet in the future." “

"Yikes! This is not good, then we are not called but we are called Song Class Master? Yin Yin smiled.

"Lu Yinyin! See if I don't tear your mouth! Wan Ping said that he was going to beat Yin Yin again, Yin Yin ran away with a smile when she saw it, Wan Ping also chased after her, and several people around her also coaxed together.

At the beginning of the month, I watched a few of them frolicking in front of me, and I also sighed for a while. Suddenly, I remembered the marriage contract in my mother's makeup box, and it was over in June. was a little depressed in her heart, the marriage contract was like a green shoot breaking the ground in spring, like a stone that caused ripples, opening a hole in her heart, making her faintly look forward to it but with a trace of worry.

Just thinking about it, a lot of people suddenly rushed around him, and when he looked up at the beginning of the month, he had already dispersed with Yin Yin and a few people. Frowning, he thought about it at the beginning of the month, since he had already made an appointment to go to Shao Palace, he should still go over, maybe he ran into it again. He was about to lift his feet and walk again, when a large number of people rushed in. I don't know who is pushing people, but at the beginning of the month, I actually bumped into someone, and I leaned around, and I was about to fall out, but in the end I was pulled by someone.

"Girl, are you alright?" A low, mellow voice came. Looking back at the beginning of the month, it was a son. The body is slender, the face is handsome, and the straight coat of goose egg green looks even clearer on the body.

At the beginning of the month, after standing still, she realized that this son was really tall, and she only reached his chest. Shaking his head, "I'm fine, but did I bump into my son?" “

The man pursed his lips, a little playful: "Girl, a woman, if there is really something, it should be me who asked the girl to be bumped by me." At the beginning of the month, he said: "Whether this collides or not, it should not be judged by the difference between men and women." “

The man thought for a moment, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "What the girl said is extremely true, and I have taken the judgement." Then he said: "You women from Chengzhou are really interesting. “

At the beginning of the month, he was puzzled, "Childe is not from Chengzhou?" “

"I ...... I'm from Qingzhou. Under the surname Shang, the single name Ying. Dare to ask the girl's surname? The man nodded. On the first day of the first month, I heard music, "My surname is Xu." Shang Gongzi came from Qingzhou, did he come to participate in the Shaogong Temple Fair in Shao'an City? “

Shang Ying said: "I came here to do business, and I ...... When a friend heard about the grand event of Shaogong in Guidi, he was interested in it for a while, and he planned to take a look, but he was just dispersed by the crowd. “

"So Gongzi is also going to go in the direction of Shaogong?" Asked at the beginning of the month. Shang Ying frowned: "Yes...... However, I didn't know the way down, and I originally planned to go back to the inn to rest and wait for them to come back. “

At the beginning of the month, he was stunned, as if he had thought of something, and said with a smile behind him: "The Shaogong Festival is held every year, isn't it a pity that Shang Gongzi is not here yet?" Why don't I take you there? It just so happened that I was separated from my classmates, and I also made an appointment in Shao Palace. “

Shang Ying glanced at Yue Yue playfully, and raised her eyebrows slightly, "It's okay, then there is Miss Lao." “

The two walked all the way, and it was embarrassing not to speak, and at the beginning of the month, they told this Shang Gongzi about the legend of Chengzhou Shaole Niangniang.

Shao Le was originally the goddess of Si Lile in the heavenly realm, and fell in love with the god of war, and there were demons in the west after that. The Emperor of Heaven sent the God of War to encircle and suppress, and the God of War and the Demon King fought for three days and three nights, but there was still no victory. Unexpectedly, the demon king's cunning design trapped the god of war in an apricot blossom col, Shao Le in order to help his lover's heart, while sacrificing the three-stringed piano to play music to confuse the demon king, while turning into apricot petals and floating into the col, unlocked to let the god of war come out. Unexpectedly, at this time, the demon king shook Shao Le away from the god form, although the god of war defeated the demon king, Shao Le was also destroyed.

Then every year on the tenth day of April, people from all over Chengzhou will bring apricot blossoms and Shaole Sutra to the Shaole Niangniang Temple to worship this goddess who died for the world.

Shang Ying nodded and said, "It's a pity that the god of war didn't stay with his lover in the end." At the beginning of the month, I was about to refute, and suddenly saw an old woman selling sugar apricots beside Shang Ying. After just a moment's pause, he came back to his senses and continued: "The goddess died for the sake of the world, presumably the god of war can understand. “

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shang Ying suddenly stop and said, "Miss Xu, wait for a while." After saying that, he turned to his side and went to the old woman who sold sugar apricots. At the beginning of the month, she was slightly stunned, she just glanced at it slightly, and he could actually notice. In the blink of an eye, he came back with two strings of sugar apricots in his hands.

"This ......" just now she glanced at the sugar apricot because when her father took her to the temple fair when she was a child, he would always buy her a string of sugar apricots to eat, but because of the tedious workmanship, few people have sold it in recent years, and it is rare to see someone selling it to look twice. In fact, this is a child's food, and although she likes it, she rarely eats it in front of people. ・

Shang Ying said slightly: "I haven't seen this thing, I think it's interesting." I wanted to buy a string for Miss Xu as a thank you gift to guide the way, but the old woman insisted on sending another string. As he spoke, he handed the sugar apricot in his hand to the moon.

Yue Yue said with a smile: "How can anyone eat two strings of sugar apricots at a time, and they must not die of exhaustion." Since the mother-in-law has given another string, it will be given to you. With that, he reached out and took a bunch.

Shang Ying looked at the remaining sugar apricots in his hand and said happily, "Then I'll taste it too." “

The two went all the way forward, and it didn't take long to arrive at Shao Palace. It's just that there are too many people at this time, and I can't find them for a while. The front was full of people, and I couldn't see the festival inside, so I could only hear the music coming from inside from time to time. At the beginning of the month, he took Shang Ying and retreated to the side under the apricot tree, and took a look inside.

Shang Ying looked down at the beginning of the month and asked, "But you want to see it?" “

At the beginning of the month, he looked at the crowd in front of him and frowned, "It's still not good, wait for a while The festival is over, after Shaole Niangniang comes out, there will be fewer people in Shaogong, let's go in and have a look at it at that time." “

"Shaole Niangniang?"

"Yes, during the sacrifice, someone will pretend to be Shaole Niangniang and perform a demon subjugation. When the performance is over, they will come out and scatter the sacrificial bread. You are tall, you can take a few when the time comes, and you can get into the exam by eating it when you take the fame test. "At the beginning of the month, he instructed.

Shang Ying raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Examining merit and fame? “

The moon looked up at him and wondered, "What?" You don't take the test? Shang Ying pursed her lips, and the smile in the corners of her eyes was even bigger;" Test! Naturally, you have to take the test! I'll take a few more when I'm sprinkling the bread later. “

"If it's too much, remember to give me one." The moon nodded.

Shang Ying looked sideways: "What?" Do you also take the test? "Suddenly, I remembered that she had just said that she was separated from her classmates, and I thought that she should be a student at a local girls' school." Okay, I'll see if I can pick up a few more ...... later."

As he was talking, he suddenly felt that someone was pulling the corners of his clothes, and when he looked down, he saw that it was a child, dressed a little shabbyly, but it was clean, holding a large bouquet of apricot blossoms in his hand, and said, "Childe, do you want to buy a bouquet of flowers for my sister?" "There are a lot of lovers who come to Shao Palace to seek marriage, and I think this child is treating them as lovers who seek marriage in general.

At the beginning of the month, he was a little embarrassed, and he was in a hurry to explain, but he saw Shang Ying squatting down, smiled at the child, and said, "Okay, how much?" I bought them all. The child didn't expect to meet such a generous son, and said happily: "Twenty Wen." “

Shang Ying nodded, took out twenty texts and handed them to the child, "Here you go." He took the bouquet. The child counted the money, exactly twenty wen, and then carefully put it in his pocket, and looked up at Shang Ying and the moon.

Just when the wind is rising, the apricot blossoms are falling, the color is as light as snow, and the two of them are fragrant. The child was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Childe and this sister are really compatible, you will definitely be able to get together for a hundred years." “

On the first day of the first month, he laughed out loud, this kid can really talk about doing business. "I'm friends with this son," she explained.

Hey? The child looked at the beginning of the month in confusion and then at Sang-young, who smiled lightly. Unexpectedly, the child smiled and said, "It's okay, the two of you will be able to get together for a hundred years in the future." “

At the beginning of the month, he thought it was funny and wanted to explain again, but was stopped by Sang-young. "It's okay, the child is just talking, why bother with it." Thinking about it, I just gave up.

As soon as the child ran away, there was some noise in front of him, and he said at the beginning of the month: "Shaole Niangniang has come out." “

Shang Ying raised his eyes and looked, and sure enough, a woman dressed in a heavenly immortal costume came out of the Shao Palace surrounded by everyone. There is also a basket of flowers in hand. As soon as it came out, a plum-sized white flour cake was thrown around.

The cake was thrown very high, so it was also thrown very far, and there was just a handful thrown towards the moon, but when Shang Ying raised his hand, when he opened it again, he was holding a small cake in his hand.

"Here's it." As he spoke, he handed the cake in his hand.

At the beginning of the month, he found that there were two pieces that were sticky, and he was surprised: "You are a god, you caught two at once, and now you have to catch another one." After saying that, he broke the two pieces and handed one to Shang Ying. Only then did he notice that he was still holding a large bouquet of apricot blossoms in his hand. This apricot blossom was given by lovers, and she could never accept it.

Shang Ying seemed to have guessed what she was thinking: "This flower is used to worship Shaole Niangniang for a while." At the beginning of the month, he was stunned, but he didn't expect him to remember what he just said. Seeing that the people in the Shao Palace had dispersed, he said, "Then let's go." “

When I entered the Shao Palace, I still didn't see Yin Yin and them. "I don't know where I went?" She muttered quietly. Over there, Shang Ying had already put the apricot blossom in his hand into a large vase on the right side of the statue of Shaole Niangniang, and returned to the beginning of the month.

"What? Still don't see anyone? He asked. Jianyue nodded, and continued: "I can't find them either, why don't we go shopping again, maybe we can meet in a while." “

"That's the only way to go. The market is followed by the Shao Palace, and it should be the most lively at the moment, so let's go over and have a look, maybe we may go there. With that, the two of them bypassed the Shao Palace and went to the market behind.

The bazaar is full of vendors of all sizes, with all kinds of food, play, and use. There are colorful flags and lanterns hanging everywhere, and there are many entertainers shuttling around, performing from time to time, and the crowd is bustling. At the beginning of the month, when I saw this fun, I took Shang Ying for a round, playing all the way, only to find that it was already dark.

"Looks like I can't find it." At the beginning of the month, I took a look at the crowd and was slightly disappointed.

"There are so many people in the market that it's natural to not find them." Shang Ying glanced at her and agreed.

At the beginning of the month, he looked sideways at his tall figure, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face. "Shang Gongzi, thank you today."

Shang Ying looked at her with low eyes, and also smiled: "Me too." I was about to say something more, but I saw a figure dangling in the dark alley next to me, and suddenly his face turned pale, and then he apologized to the beginning of the month, "Miss Xu, I just remembered that I had an urgent matter and needed to go back to the inn. “

Yue was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Well, good." ”

So far, the two have dispersed.