On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, it is also a good day for the opening of the Wangji Building.

There were signs in the early Ji Mansion, and all the lanterns in the garden were replaced, with a new cluster of bright red, indescribably festive, and even two of them were hung outside the small courtyard where Yu Shu lived.

Yu Shu left a message and went out, she had a lot of things to do today, first she forgot to open the door at noon, I don't know how busy it will be, and she has to pick up Yu Xiaoxiu to accompany Aunt Cui for the festival at night, if she has time, she wants to go back to Huixing Street to have a look, maybe Jingchen will come back tonight or tomorrow morning.

People come and go on the street today, the teahouse shops on several nearby streets seem to have opened their doors today, the three yuan in Anling City day and night do not stop supper, do not sell, do not stop the sound, the small merchants and vendors in the south of the city have swam to the north of the city, the stalls and shelves are set up on the side of the road one by one, all kinds of colored lanterns are hung out, and there are people who pinch rice balls to sell and blow candy, there is no noise at this time, but I want to light the lights at night will be more lively.

Yu Shu deliberately passed by the front door of the Wangji Building, and was not surprised to see that there was an extra red silk plaque on the face of the elegant door outside the building, which was colorful and full of flowers, attracting many passers-by, but the door was not opened.

Go around to the back door and go in, it was a mess, the originally empty backyard was full of sundries, Lin Fuzheng commanded Gui Liu and a few men who hired temporary helpers to lift them up and down, and when they saw Yu Shu, they put down their work and said hello.

Yu Shu motioned for them to continue working, turned around and entered the kitchen at the back of the building, Xiuqing was taking two cooks to prepare the snacks to be used today, and there were seven or eight steamers on the stove two feet long, steaming white smoke.

Then to the front building, the tables, chairs and benches are all neat, there are fifteen or sixteen jars of old wine behind the counter, Fluttershy Xiaoqing is pasting colored paper on the stairs, seven feet above the ground, and nearly a hundred colored lanterns are hung vertically and horizontally above the head, all of which are square hole-shaped palaces.

The front and back of the building are making the most preparations for the opening at noon, everyone is busy, and there is only Yu Shu as an idler.

Yu Shu saw that she had nothing to do, so she went up to the second floor, and yesterday she went to Zhao Hui's house for her birthday and left Jinbao to Yu Xiaoxiu, afraid that there would be more people today and it would run around.

As soon as she took the account book and sat down at the desk, Xiaoqing knocked on the door, saying that the hot water was boiling and asked her to bathe and change clothes.

"The girl didn't come yesterday, and the clothes were put in the next room, and the slave maid brought them to you to see, and the needlework was done carefully."

As soon as Yu Shu heard this, she asked her to send her to this house, Xiaoqing went to pick up a stack of neatly folded clothes, put them on the couch and shook them off one by one, and saw that they were even more delicate than those painted that day.

asked Xiaoqing to bring hot water up, and she waited to wash it and then changed her clothes.

Yu Shu took a shower and sat in the elegant room, wearing a clean white shirt and a cotton jacket in front of the Huali short-footed makeup mirror, her face was steamed pink by hot water, I don't know if it is the benefit of taking pills these days, the yellow color on her face has faded, and her skin has smoothed a lot.

The others couldn't move their hands, so Xiaoqing went to the back of the building and asked the pianist Bai to comb her hair.

"How does the girl want to dress up?" The Bai people look beautiful and quiet, and they speak softly

Yu Shu thought that he would wear a Hufu later, so he said: "Comb a simple, crisp style, don't have so many buns and corners."

Bai Shi comprehended and saw that there were few hairpins on the dressing table, so he took a comb and brushed her freshly dried hair, and said, "Then tie a bun to the sky, I will take a ribbon to wrap a headband around the girl, and a white hosta, you don't need to wear any silver and red stacked emeralds, it looks good."

Yu Shu didn't understand this, so she said casually, wait until her hair is tied up to be beautiful, her facial features are not exquisite, she has a standard goose egg face, and she really looks like those famous ladies who go to the cloud sideburns and hairpins, but they don't look like this, they seem to show their forehead and whole face generously, their eyebrows are clear, but they are handsome.

Then put on Hufu boots, narrow waist and flat shoulders, and stand in front of the mirror, that person is more energetic, with slender hands and feet, three points more tall than women, clear facial features, and three points better than men.

Xiaoqing stood aside with the teacup, looked at Yu Shu, blushed slightly, and the Bai family was embarrassed to stare at Yu Shu more, and then touched her eyebrows slightly with powder, and then retreated.

At this time, someone spoke outside the door: "Is the girl cleaned up, the princess is here, please go downstairs to see him."

Yu Shu was rubbing snake oil ointment on his hands, and when he heard Xue Rui coming, he responded: "Let's go down."

"Big brother, you're here."

In the small hall downstairs, Xue Rui was listening to Lin Fu's report, turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw the sunlight shining in at the door, Yu Shu walked in cleanly, wearing a dark green dyed brocade with narrow sleeves and long lapels, the board hung down to the knees, revealing a pair of magnolia-colored slender trouser legs, straight in the small leather boots, back in the light, slender and straight figure at a glance, green silk into bundles, with a bright face, sweeping eyebrows, like a bearded noble girl who walked down from the mural in the past.

Xue Rui has seen all kinds of women so far, and at this time, her eyes couldn't help but be stunned.

Yu Shu didn't notice the strangeness in Xue Rui's eyes, walked over and stood in front of him, straightened his collar and praised: "It's really good that you found those two tailors, I wear this dress very well."

Xue Rui smiled and came back to his senses, picked up the teacup to hide the commotion in his heart, and said, "It's okay, I'll find them next time." Have you eaten in the morning?"

Yu Shu sat down on the Taishi chair on the other side of the tea house and said, "Well, I ate on the way when I came."

Xue Rui said: "I'll ask them to prepare food, you can eat some later, and wait until noon when the kitchen is busy and won't come."

Yu Shu said okay, Xue Rui looked at her, and said, "I couldn't go to your birthday banquet yesterday as promised, are you unhappy?"

Yu Shu smiled: "How can you be so stingy, you didn't mean not to come."

Xue Rui nodded and said, "Presumably Lao Cui told you, the Nine Emperor Princes returned to Beijing, and they left the palace to our house yesterday, so it is inconvenient for me to leave."

Yu Shuzheng was a little curious about the Nine Emperor Princes, and when he took the initiative to mention it, he didn't seem to be shy about it, so he took the opportunity to ask: "Has this Nine Emperor Princes been away from Beijing for a long time?" Why haven't I heard anything about him in Beijing? ”

Xue Rui poured a cup of tea and handed it to her, and said: "You don't know or blame, the Nine Emperors are from the noble concubine, and he is actually my cousin, because he was weak when he was a child, and he often attracted the trap of ghosts and gods, so he was sent to the holy land of the Taoist sect in the mountains to cultivate, and he only returned to Beijing once every three years, and he didn't show up often, so he was rarely mentioned."

"Oh, I see."

Hearing about the Nine Emperor Princes, Yu Shu couldn't help but think of Jing Chen, who was also sent to the Daomen in order to save his life, and these Nine Emperor Princes could still come back to see their relatives once in three years, but Jing Chen stayed for eighteen years, and finally the next mountain, there were many twists and turns on the way back to Beijing, and he almost lost his life.

I don't know if the Nine Emperors and Jingchen are in the same Taoist sect?

"Son, the meal is ready."

As soon as Yu Shu thought of something, he was interrupted by the sound of talking outside the door, put away his thoughts, and followed Xue Rui to the next door to eat.

It was about noon, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded on the street, and the pedestrians on the street were attracted to the middle of the street by the noise, and gathered outside a newly built restaurant to watch the excitement, but the gongs and drums were beating in front of the door, the dragon and lion dances, the hydrangea was flying, and a long string of firecrackers was hung in front of the door, which was obviously going to open today.

Yu Shu and Lin Fu stood inside the door, watching the people outside gather more and more, and the hour was almost up, Lin Fu said to Yu Shu and went to the door to talk.

He also had a loud voice, first thanked his father and fellow villagers for their support, and let Xiaoqing Xiaodie come out with a plate and send a happy message to the onlookers, and took the opportunity to make a string of auspicious words, which won the hearts of the people, and only after the most eloquent voice did he say in a loud voice:

"It's an auspicious time, please make our big steward popular"

Yu Shu knew that it was her turn to show up, so she took the incense from Gui Liu's hand, put a little smile on her face, walked out of the door unhurriedly, and stood in front of the long list of Jiujiuhong in front of the door.

The crowd of onlookers outside the restaurant was guessing that such a large restaurant was the backstage of which one in the north of the city, and saw a young girl dressed differently walking out, first bluffed, only to come back to the taste, to see her wrist raised, then heard the "crackling" firecracker sound exploded her ears, the smoke in the sky was blind, and when the cannon sounded gone, and then looked back, the figure was gone, the red plaque and silk on the door was unveiled at some point, revealing Han Mo, and the book "Forget the Machine Building".

Yu Shu lit the gunfight, took off the plaque and turned his head in, if it weren't for Xue Rui's inconvenience to show up, it would not be her turn to do such a "beautiful" job.

Lin Fu took Yu Shu's place in front of the door, and greeted him with a smile: "Please come in, we forget that the machine building is open today, and it is in Shangyuan, so if you can guess the lantern riddle, all the drinks are free."

Hearing the sound, everyone outside the building looked at each other, and after a while, they poured into the building.

Let's not go into detail about how dazzling they were when they entered the Wangji Building, and saw the elaborate tables and chairs, dishes, chopsticks, and the rare glass screens, in short, the twenty tables downstairs were quickly filled, and there were guests constantly coming in the door.

Yu Shu stood at the door of the back hall and watched the movement for a long time before putting down the curtain and going to the backyard to report to Xue Rui.

"Two girls, there is no seat downstairs, there is a private room on the second floor, the little one will lead you up?"

"Minmin, I see that there are too many people here, so let's go elsewhere." Ji Xingxuan likes to be quiet, seeing the noise here, it is inevitable that he will not like it, frowning and turning his head to ask the person next to him.

Xia Jiangmin said with a smile: "I just heard from people on the street that this restaurant is open today, and if you answer the riddle correctly, you will get free food money, what are you going to do elsewhere when you encounter this good thing, just this one, Xiao Er, take us upstairs."

"Okay, girl, please."