Chapter 70: The Night of the Lantern (2)
"Trouble Brother Qian, this is the key, we are waiting for you here." Zhao Yuan nodded, took out the key to the small courtyard and handed it to Qian Hudao.
Zhao Yuan's courtyard is at the end of the street, and now the place to hang out and buy snacks is basically in the middle of the street, plus there is more people, and it still takes some time to go back and forth.
"Uncle, will the grandfathers in the village come, as well as Grandpa Meng and Grandma Meng." After Qian Hu and the others left, Luoluo looked at the pedestrians on the street and asked.
"I think they'll come, maybe they'll have someone to dance the dragon lantern." Zhao Yuan thought for a while and said.
The lantern festival of the Lantern Festival is a rare entertainment activity in this era, and many families from ten miles and eight villages go out, everyone is playing torches in the dark, walking a few miles to the market.
From the memory of the original owner, there is a child when his parents took him to participate in the Lantern Festival, at that time Zhao Yuan was only six or seven years old, the village people used torches made of pine needles, connected in a row towards the market, the night was very cold, and his father would always carry Xiao Zhao Yuan on his back. It's just that his parents died of illness one after another, and his eldest brother Zhao Dazhu never took Zhao Yuan to participate in the Lantern Festival again.
Zhao Yuan, who grew up, could also participate alone, but the eldest brother Zhao Dazhu may have been because of his parents, and he didn't like to participate in the lively waiting party during the Lantern Festival, so Zhao Yuan didn't participate in it again.
The big guys in Zhaojia Village should also come this year, but I don't know if they have arrived.
"Luoluo, Xiaobao, Xingxing, and the two of you, you are not allowed to run around for a while, you know?" Wan Yunjun said to a few little guys.
"Yes, you should follow us closely, in this way, Xiaobao, you are the biggest in this, you will be responsible for taking care of them for a while, and if anyone runs around, tell me immediately." Zhao Yuan also commanded.
Lantern nights are very lively, but they are also very prone to problems. Fortunately, the flow of lanterns in the market in Gray Plains Town is not particularly large, otherwise everyone is holding lanterns, which is very easy to cause fires. There are so many people, crowded up and down, and it is relatively dim, children are very easy to get lost, not to mention that there may be bad people mixed in the flow of people.
"Got it, brother-in-law, I'll watch them." Xiaobao nodded and said.
"We won't run around, uncle, second uncle." Luoluo also assured.
The place where the dragon lantern dance was in an open space on the street, and the flow of people was gathering there at this time, and the sound of gongs and drums had already sounded, and the noise of the flow of people was heard in the distance.
"Dad, the dragon lantern dance has begun, can we go and see it first." Chang Song asked like a cat scratching in his heart.
"What's the hurry, this dragon lantern is going to dance in the middle of the night, and you'll see it later." Wan Yunjun said.
"Second brother, isn't the lantern festival in your Chen Mansion very lively?" Zhao Yuan looked at a few little guys who were a little anxious, and asked Wan Yunjun with a smile.
"It's lively, it's a little different from you here, it's mainly a grand event of a group of so-called talented and beautiful people, I've participated in it twice, it's not interesting." Wan Yunjun shook his head and said.
"Uncle Wan, are you also a talented and beautiful woman?" Luoluo heard this word for the first time and asked Wan Yunjun.
"No, your second uncle is just a rough man, and he can't be a talent." Wan Yunjun said with a laugh.
"Uncle, are you a talented and beautiful woman?" Luoluo asked Zhao Yuandao again.
"Luoluo, a talented man refers to a man with literary talents, and a beautiful woman refers to a talented and beautiful woman, so Uncle will not be a beauty, but he is not a genius either, just like your Uncle Wan, I am also a rough person." Zhao Yuan laughed and said.
"My aunt and I, as well as Sister Yingchun, we are all beautiful women." Luoluo said arrogantly.
"Hahaha, Luoluo, you're so funny." Wan Yunjun couldn't hold back for a moment and laughed.
Although a few people were standing on the side of the street, Wan Yunjun's laughter still attracted the attention of others, and Zhao Yuan saw a few people coming over, among which there were two acquaintances, who were Zhang Xu and Li Yun, two scholars.
"Hey, isn't this Second Young Master Wan, why are you here?" Zhang Xu said in surprise.
The Zhang family and the Li family are two of the richest in Gray Plains Town, Zhang Xu and Li Yun are the eldest sons of the two families, and they are relatively familiar with Wan Yunjun, who came to Danling to do business from Congchen (CD Mansion), and has been in contact with it a few times before.
"Who are you?" Wan Yunjun obviously forgot about these two people.
"Second brother, this is Zhang Xu and Zhang Gongzi, this is Li Yun and Li Gongzi." Zhao Yuan interjected with a smile, last time in Funing Building, these two local sons and daughters were talking to others next to him, but they didn't recognize him.
"Are you Brother Zhao?" Li Yun heard Zhao Yuan interject, and recognized Zhao Yuan by the light.
"Atom, you know each other, Zhang Gongzi and Li Gongzi, the two of you are good." Wan Yunjun greeted.
"Of course I know Brother Zhao, when I was in Funing Building, Brother Zhao's poem shocked us very much, just because of this poem, Brother Zhao's wild mushrooms were sold all over the entire Shu land, by the way, there is also the credit of the second young master, your Funing Building." Zhang Xu said smugly that when Zhao Yuan's mushrooms were sold, he still helped write the poem himself, and now it is still posted on the wall of Funing Building.
"Brother Li, this is what you told me, the village man with a poetic talent?" Behind Li Yun, a son-in-law who was also dressed as a scholar asked Li Yun in a low voice.
Li Yun glanced at Zhao Yuan, whose temperament had changed a lot, and nodded slightly, he and Brother Zhang also made a bet with Zhao Yuan, and that poem was taken out by Zhao Yuan at that time.
"Wan Ershao, why did you come to Gray Plains Town to celebrate the Yuan Festival?" Zhang Xu then asked.
The main channel of the Zhang family's business is in Wanjia, although it is in the forefront in such a small town, but compared with Wanjia in Chen's (CD Mansion), it is several levels worse.
Although Zhang Xu is studying, he knows a lot about business, and he has followed his father to meet the manager of Wanjia in Danling County, and it was also that time that he saw Wan Yunjun.
"Oh, there's some business to take care of here, so I'll come here first." Wan Yunjun seemed to think of the Zhang family in Gray Plains Town, and said with a smile.
"It must be big business, I don't know if there is a place where our Zhang family needs to serve." Zhang Xu asked humbly.
"No need for the time being, today is mainly for the holiday with the Atomic Brothers, so let's not talk about business for now." Wan Yunjun shook his head and said.
"Yes, yes, the festival is important, let's not bother, go first, the second young master has something to order, Brother Li, Brother Cao, Brother Fan, let's go, Brother Zhao will see you back." Zhang Xu said goodbye with a very good look, and also said hello to Zhao Yuan.
"Okay, I'll remember, a few of you walk slowly." Wan Yunjun said with a smile.
"I'll see you later." Zhao Yuan also nodded at a few people and said with a smile.
Zhang Xu and the others bowed and walked towards the open space where the dragon lanterns were dancing on the street, and Li Yun and the others asked Zhang Xu about the details of Wan Yunjun.
"Brother Zhang, what is the origin of this Waner, why are you so respectful?" Brother Gongzi, surnamed Cao, asked.
"We often go to eat in Funing Building, as well as the Funing Wood Store and Funing Grain Store in our town, all of which are the industries of Wanjia, and such restaurants and commercial houses are almost all over every city in Shudi." Zhang Xu said with some solemnity.
As one of the richest families in such a remote town as Gray Plains Town, the Zhang family was involved in business with Wanjia, so Zhang Xu knew what kind of behemoth Wanjia was in the entire Shu region. And Li Yun and the three of them, although the wealth of the family is also in the forefront of Gray Yuan Town, they are all doing some local business, although everyone has heard of Shu like Wan Yunjun's family, but they don't know Wan Yunjun, the second young man of the Wan family.