Chapter Ninety-Five: The Lantern Festival

Today is the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Qixi Festival, there is a lantern festival at night, there is a custom in the city, every year on this day men and women in the city will hold a zodiac lantern, if the lantern of both men and women is the same zodiac, and fall in love at first sight, you can exchange lanterns, as a promise.

I heard that Second Master Hua and Cheng's are together like this, but Jiao Niang thought, fortunately, Cheng's family is from a big family, otherwise the old lady will not agree later.

Jiao Niang didn't want to go, but how could this kind of excitement lack Qiao Niang, and she had to be soft and hard to bubble up.

"Who else do you want to marry? I heard that the second aunt plans to marry you to the second son of the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion. Jiao Niang stretched her head and looked at Qiao Niang, in the past, she only loved to tease herself, but now it is the other way around, "Do you still want to allow two families?"

Qiao Niang's face really changed color in an instant, and her cheeks were flushed, "Who said that? Is it Qian Niang? Her mouth is a whole pit, and any fart can burst out." ”

Jiao Niang snickered, "Isn't it? Tell me quickly, how is that second son?

was asked so bluntly by her, Qiao Niang was even more ashamed and wanted to find a crack in the ground, and sneered at Jiao Niang, "When are you so annoying, just talk nonsense about things that haven't been decided, you say it again, and I'll twist your tongue if you say it again." "If you say cruel words, you will start to catch the itchy flesh of the girl, "Look at your nonsense! Look at your nonsense!"

Jiao Niang rolled on the bed with a smile, and begged for mercy again and again, "Don't say it, I won't say it, good sister, you can let me go." Qiao Niang squeezed her hand and said, "Do you dare to tease me again!" Jiao Niang shook her head, "Don't dare, I really don't dare." Qiao Niang just stopped.

Jiao Niang sat up, looked at her, secretly covered her mouth and smiled, and leaned into her ear, "It turns out that Qiao Niang is looking forward to settling down, then I will go to Yao Niang now, let her talk to her mother-in-law, and quickly promote this happy event, so that Qiao Niang can marry quickly." After saying that, Ma Yu ran back to his room, blocked Qiao Niang who was chasing, and shouted that he didn't open the door for her.

Shui Xiang carefully dressed up Jiao Niang, wearing a hooked primrose-colored gold threaded chrysanthemum gauze dress, and the jasper brocade belt on the waist was strangled, showing that the thin waist was not full of hand, and the fullness of the upper body was protruding.

She rolled a snake bun, fixed a peony flower behind the bun, left a big lock of long hair behind, combed to one side, scattered around the chest, and inserted a gold silk eight treasures to save beads and shake, the step is dripping with a ruby bead pendant, hanging in the ear, the earlobe is a pair of dragonfly water gold pendant, and the neck of the red gold inlaid with gems in the same color.

Jiao Niang rarely dresses up with gold jewelry, but she feels a little more enchanting and charming than usual.

Jiao Niang's appearance is like this, if it is light makeup, it is like the fairy who accidentally fell into the mortal dust, but if it is a little heavy makeup, it is the goblin who charms all living beings.

Jiao Niang looked at herself in the mirror, and didn't realize it, Cheng Yu would also go tonight, I don't know what zodiac sign his lantern will be?

The old lady knew that their girls loved to go to temple fairs and lantern festivals, and today they were allowed to go out for a crazy day, and Cheng was afraid that something would happen to them, so he specially called two mothers-in-law and four family members to follow.

Jiao Niang is the first time to visit the temple fair, everything is fresh, those dazzling things, she is dazzled, and she feels novel and fun.

The street stalls are lined with all kinds of fruits and melon flowers, all for the occasion.

Qiaoguo is made of oil, flour, sugar, and honey, and after the dough is made, it is put into a wooden mold carved into triangles, diamonds, patterns, animals, etc., and then fried or baked to dye it into different colors.

The production of melon flowers is more cumbersome than Qiaoguo, it is carved into a variety of exotic flowers and plants or pavilions and pavilions, beautiful scenery on the melon skin, and some craftsmen can also carve out small statues according to the appearance of people, which is really surprising.

In addition to these two things, there are also New Year's paintings of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, tangram needles, worship candles, incense and rouge color threads, etc., in short, there are many kinds of goods, full of patterns.

There is also the troupe, the storyteller, singing "Queqiao Meeting" and "Tianhe Pei" on the stage, and the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meeting on the Queqiao Bridge under the stage are very lively.

Qiao Niang bought two colorful silk threads on the street, one tied to her arm, and the other was put on by Jiao Niang. I heard that this colorful silk thread is the red thread that Yue Lao fell into the world when he was drunk, because it was contaminated with the five flavors of the world, it became five colors, and women can find a beautiful marriage by wearing it.

Jiao Niang teased her, "I also said that I was not in a hurry to get married, and the marriage rope was tied." ”

Qiao Niang was angry, "If you don't like it, I'll come back, take my things and make fun of me, Jiao Niang, you are getting more and more hateful." Saying that, he raised his fist to beat her, and Jiao Niang was so frightened that she grabbed her hand and begged for mercy, "Good sister, you spare my sister, I can't help but fight." ”

Qiao Niang was just pretending to be and withdrew her hand, "Listen to your good sister coaxing me, let you go for the time being." ”

Jiao Niang pursed her lips and smiled, looked at the colorful rope on her wrist again, and asked as if inadvertently: "Didn't you say that Cousin Cheng Yu would come? Why don't you see him?"

Qiao Niang had already forgotten about it, and when Jiao Niang mentioned it, she remembered, she smiled, "It's not that King Xiang, I suddenly called him away, I'm afraid I can't come today." ”

Jiao Niang heard that Cheng Yu couldn't come, and the person suddenly wilted, and said in a low voice: "I see." ”

Qiao Niang saw that she was lost, and she didn't know how to comfort her for a while, so she had to distract her thoughts, and said: "I'm hungry, let's go to dinner, I invite you to the best restaurant in Licheng, I tell you, his rouge goose breast is a must in Licheng, and there are chicken marrow shoots......"

After eating and drinking, the lantern festival over there also began, and Jiao Niang and Qiao Niang made their own lanterns at home for this lantern festival. The lanterns sold on the street all look the same, how can they make their own special.

Qiao Niang is a dragon, she made a long dragon coiled in the clouds, the whole body is red, and the gold sheet is pasted, and it is even mighty. Jiao Niang Da Qiao Niang is one year old, belongs to the rabbit, her lantern is a snow-white jade rabbit, carved out of the eyes with red paper, and the rabbit ears in the middle of the one, Jiao Niang also cut the white paper into a tassel shape, pasted on the rabbit's body, looks fluffy and cute.

"Boss, I want a jade rabbit lantern, why don't you have one?" After the meal, it was already dark, and the street was still crowded, and a man ran to a lantern vendor and chose for a long time but didn't choose his favorite.

"The Jade Rabbit Lantern is sold out. "The vendor is a rough man, and his voice is rough.

"Ahh ”

"Yes, it's strange to say, today someone suddenly bought all the jade rabbit lanterns on the street, and now I guess you may not have one in the whole street. "The vendor's business is very good today, almost all of them are sold out, and they are going to close the stall later," you should choose a different zodiac. ”

"Hey, how can there be such a person, what's the use of asking for so many jade rabbit lanterns. ”

"Who knows. ”

Listening to the conversation, Qiao Niang and Jiao Niang couldn't help but wonder, what is so special about this jade rabbit lantern, they were all bought.

Jiao Niang looked at her lanterns, fortunately she made the lanterns herself, otherwise she wouldn't have to buy them today.