Chapter 44: Shangyuan Festival
Sure enough, as Li Qingning said, after this performance, until the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, there was really New Year's wine every day, and there was only New Year's wine every day.
On the day of the eleventh, there was finally no need to go out, Li Ran was tired lying on the kang, as if she had slept all day, she had no energy to read, picked it up, and fell asleep without waiting to turn the page.
The matter of socializing is torture for her, even if she sits there for most of the day, compared to watching excerpts and watching social dramas, it is still too tiring.
The thirteenth is Huo Wenlin's birthday, this matter, three or four days ago, Huo Wenlin gave her a post, on the thirteenth, how about she want to treat her.
When it comes to birthdays, the host has a banquet, and the guests have no empty-handed reason, which is common in ancient and modern times.
On the 12th, Li Ran went out, ran half of the city, and finally bought a passable azure gray bead lotus leaf celadon pen wash.
Not out of the fifteenth, most of the shops are not open, she can buy this pen wash, it is already God blessed.
After buying and packing, Li Ran simply called a car, went straight to the Hejian County Palace, and personally handed over the pen wash to several porters in the Hejian County Palace.
Early in the morning of the 13th, as soon as it was dawn, the Huo family's car stopped at the gate of the Chang'an Hou Mansion.
According to the invitation on Huo Wenlin's post, as well as the words of the mother-in-law who sent the post, this treat, the carriages and horses were arranged by the eldest lady of their family, and each family came to pick them up, not the family of Chang'an Houfu.
There was only one big car from the Hejian County Palace, and Li Qingrou couldn't have a car with Li Ran anyway.
The second gate of the Chang'an Marquis Mansion was in a hurry, pulled out Li Qingrou's cart, and went out to Beicheng together in front of the cart in the Hejian County Palace.
Huo Wenlin invited them to go to Kaibao Temple today to ring the incense bell and have a vegetarian meal.
The distance of Kaibao Temple is beyond Li Ran's imagination.
I went out early in the morning, rushed to Kaibao Temple at noon, ate a good vegetarian meal and rushed back, and when I arrived at the Chang'an Hou Mansion, it was dark.
This whole day is just staggering in the big car.
The next day, Li Ran rested in Cuiweiju for a whole day.
She had to rest her spirits, and on the fifteenth day, she had to watch a good show, and stroll around in the middle of the night, or all night.
is also about the flutter, since the beginning of the opening of the flutter, but until now, she has not seen it at a glance, and she doesn't know how this flutter is, what kind of good way to play, it can be so fun that no matter who it is, it is a face of eyebrows dancing.
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Li Qingning and Huo Wencan grew up together since childhood, and when they grow to such a big age, they are almost inseparable.
In the early years, they were all young, and when it was like the Shangyuan Festival, the two of them took their respective sisters to go shopping in the middle of the night or even all night.
Later, after Mrs. Chen expressed the idea of wanting to get married, Huo Wencan saw Li Qingrou, and she could avoid it, but she couldn't avoid it, and she had to stand far away.
Especially when it was like the Shangyuan Festival, since the year when Mrs. Chen expressed her thoughts, Huo Wencan said that she would not bring Li Qingrou again. If you don't bring Li Qingrou, it's not good to bring your sister.
Therefore, during the Shangyuan Festival in recent years, Li Qingning and Huo Wencan were hanging out.
On the day of the New Year's Wine of the Marquis of Chang'an this year, Li Qingning and Huo Wencan took Li Ran and Wang Jian to sneak out to watch the music of the teaching workshop, which must not be hidden.
Li Qingning returned to the Chang'an Hou Mansion, first was cried aggrieved by his sister Li Qingrou holding her sleeves, and then was taught a hard lesson by Mrs. Chen on her forehead for a long time, and then she was told a lot by his aunt from the inside and from the outside.
Originally, Huo Wencan told him that on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, he would take his fourth sister who had never seen anything to go shopping, but of course Li Qingning didn't dare to mention it again.
If you don't mention it, there's no way to just forget it.
Li Qingrou's grievances are still there, and he has to find a way to calm it down.
You know, his three sisters can't explain it here, and his wife and A-Niang can't explain it, and these three people can't explain it, how can he live this day?
Li Qingrou's grievances should be calmed down, it is also simple, they took Li Ran out for a trip, then he and the third brother of the Huo family must take her out at least two or three times to barely be considered almost, and Li Qingrou emphasized very clearly that there must be the third brother of the Huo family.
Old Madam Chen's desire to get married, Huo Wencan hated it and must reject it, but this thought is what Li Qingrou hopes for the most. She has liked the third brother of the Huo family the most since she was a child.
Li Qingning was entangled by Li Qingrou with a big bag, so to say, Li Qingrou finally agreed, it was okay to go once, it had to be the day of the Shangyuan Festival, and she had to play until dawn.
Li Qingning was holding Huo Wencan to death, this matter was provoked by Huo Wencan, no matter how Huo Wencan talked about the lotus, Li Qingning just said a word, and bit to death, no matter what, on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, they both had to take his third sister to go shopping, no matter what, they had to let him end this matter, so that he could live this life.
Huo Wencan was covered by Li Qingning's big bag, so he had to take a step back: It's okay to take Li Qingrou to see the lights, but you can't just bring Li Qingrou, you have to add his sister Huo Wenlin.
Li Qingning didn't care who to add to it, anyway, his third sister didn't say that he would only take one of her.
Huo Wencan went back and thought about it, it was not enough to add his sister, there were still too few people.
Huo Wencan simply asked his sister Huo Wenlin to invite the third lady and the fourth lady of the Cao family, and then invited the two little ladies of Zhongyong Bofu and Zhongyi Bofu, after thinking about it, he simply called Cao Ming, the third lang of the Cao family, and several other Xiaolangjun and little ladies who were still compatible with each other, to form a huge Shangyuan Festival sightseeing group.
Of course, this huge sightseeing group does not include Li Ran.
can't include Li Ran, the cause of this sightseeing group is on her.
Xie Pei also received a post from Huo Wenlin inviting sightseeing, but she went to Kaibao Temple that day and suffered a cold wind, and she was not very well.
Wang Ji also received the post, and when she heard that there were so many people, her head hurt, and she was busy using Xie Pei to be inappropriate, she wanted to accompany Xie Pei, and politely declined the invitation. The day before the Shangyuan Festival, he went to the Xie family Zhuangzi outside the city to accompany Xie Pei.
Of course, Wang Ji is reluctant to go, not only because there are many people, but also because of the lights of the Shangyuan Festival, Wang Ji has seen it I don't know how many times, and secondly, she has been busy with A-Niang since the beginning of the year, and she is busy with the Shangyuan Festival, she is already very tired, and she wants to take a break more than looking at the lights.
Wang Ji gave Li Ran a message and invited Li Ran to spend a day in the Xie family's Zhuangzi, but Li Ran refused.
She had to watch the lights.
On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Li Ran was the same as before, followed by Zhou E, and walked out of the Chang'an Marquis Mansion alone and walked into the lively market.
Standing in the crowded street market, looking at the brilliant streets, Li Ran took a few deep breaths and laughed.
At this time, she didn't feel lonely, she just felt free and comfortable.
She has always been very familiar with and enjoyed her loneliness, well, she is indeed a person who was born to live alone.
In the past few days, Li Ran has heard a lot of excitement and legends about the Shangyuan Festival, and she has already planned a route for herself where to see first and then where to see.
Li Ran was originally a person who knew the road and remembered the road, and remembered the beautiful scenery of the capital, when she went out to call a taxi before, she had always raised the curtain high and carefully looked at the road and remembered the road.
Li Ran followed the flow of people and went to Xuande Gate first.
She was going to go to see Aoshan in Xuandemen first and watch a hundred songs and dances.
You must know that the top three of Yingxiangchi Society Opera, the most grand and wonderful performance, is today, in front of Aoshan, in front of the emperor.
After seeing Aoshan, she was going to walk along the royal street to Yingxiang Pond, rest in Yingxiang Pond, have a supper, and then go to Daxiangguo Temple to see the excitement, and then draw lots.
Li Ran walked very slowly.
The bustle on both sides of the street is far beyond her imagination, each shop is extremely ingenious, in addition to dazzling, simply unbelievable all kinds of lanterns, many shop doors, but also set up a small stage, acting shadow puppet shows, puppet shows, and I don't know what kind of play, as well as tricks, swallowing swords and swords, all kinds of things, simply wonderful.
When Li Ran walked to Aoshan, the amnesty showing benevolence had just ended, and several pairs of very energetic lion dancers were jumping on the stake with great joy.
Behind the wooden stakes of the lion dance, the high Ao Mountain is full of lights and drums.
Li Ran only felt that she had to have ten more eyes or eight eyes to barely see enough.
In the countless lively sounds, from time to time there was a loud shout from the waiter: Reward so-and-so.
After this reward, the drums must rise, and Li Ran's surroundings are full of long live, and at the same time as the cries are thunderous, there are bursts of commotion, as if the one who is rewarded is Li Ran's side, and they all have to rush up to receive the reward.
Zhou E had already squeezed out the hot sweat all over her body, clinging to Li Ran, only caring about Li Ran's people, and she couldn't take care of anything else.
Li Ran squeezed into the surging crowd, looking at the height to see clearly, looking at the ...... There were human heads in front of her, and she was a little small.
Fortunately, the excitement is all in the heights.
Also, this kind of excitement is not a year or two, those in charge must be clear and can no longer be clear, naturally know that the excitement has to be arranged to a high place, one can see more people, two, hey, if you squeeze to the front to see, at this time, I don't know how many people have been trampled to death.
Li Ran squeezed and watched while thinking nonsense.
Circled around Ao Mountain...... Li Ran didn't know how far he had turned, as if he had seen the half of his face from the brightly lit Manjushri Bodhisattva, and he hadn't seen the Puxian Bodhisattva on the other side of Ao Mountain.
But she was exhausted, and she was covered in a hot sweat.
Alas, it's all because she has no experience, and before going out, she deliberately picked out the thickest white fox cloak, which is really warm.
"Are you still watching?" Li Ran turned her head hard and looked at Zhou E, who was sweating, and asked.
"Look at what? I'm just looking at you! "Zhou E is no longer angry.
She is most annoyed to squeeze around with others, in previous years, looking at the lights, she was looking for an excuse to get a random errand, standing on the city tower to watch, how many years, this is the first time to squeeze like this!
"If you don't see it, let's go back." Li Ran is also squeezing the hot dizziness, Zhou E is not angry, she is also not angry, this is understandable, there are too many people.
Li Ran squeezed out and sweated a few more.
She was already dizzy, she had no sense of direction, she didn't know where it was, and she didn't know where it was in the direction of the Chang'an Hou Mansion, anyway, it was against the flow of people, whether it was the way to go or not, first go against the flow of people, at least squeeze out of the crowd of people who were close to each other.
Although Li Ran didn't know the direction, she was extremely firm against the flow of people, Zhou E just stared at her with her head stuffy, and followed her step by step.
After a few more sweats, at least, Li Ran squeezed out of the crowd, and there was still a lot of people around, but it was no longer one by one.
Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief, walked forward for a while, found a pillar to lean on, and stood and gasped.
After gasping for a while, Li Ran looked down at herself.
On the frost-white background and silver thread embroidered peony cloak of the moonlight, it is dirty.
This piece on top of each other, one piece is more disgusting than a piece of dirt, only the origin of the large dark sauce stain on the placket, she knows, it is a little fat dun, and the big bag of sauce meat that is being eaten is detained on her.
What about anything else?
Li Ran was holding the cloak and twisting her body to look, she thought that the packet of sauce meat that Xiao Chubendun gave her must be the dirtiest, but at this moment, this packet of sauce meat was not conspicuous at all.
Alas.
Zhou E hugged her arms in front of her chest, and glanced obliquely at Li Ran, who was looking up and down, left and right, and looking at her clothes and cloaks, and saw her unkempt hair from the sweat on her face.
The eight-treasure branch she inserted today to cover her temples, if anyone picks it up, she will be able to make a small fortune.
Li Ran looked at the cloak and looked at the skirt, and the short jacket of the skirt was also a mess of dirt.
The dirt on the skirt and short jacket, Li Ran, who saw it, sighed several times.
This filth, as before, made her wonder, where did it come from?
It used to be the same, no matter how careful she was, the clothes would still be dirty and old and torn.
Alas, filth is truly everywhere.
As for her white lambskin boots, Li Ran didn't look at them.
She was kicked one by one, I don't know how many feet she stepped on, and her feet still hurt at this time, what are the dirty boots, and you still need to look at them?
Li Ran stopped looking at his clothes, wrapped himself in a cloak, and stood for a while, under the cold wind, the hot sweat all over his body immediately became cold, so let's go back quickly.
Li Ran stopped, turned and looked around.
The lights are bright all around, and countless lanterns will outline the Xuande Building, and then illuminate the heaven and earth.
The light of this lantern shines like day, which is not at all the same as day, but like the world of the gods.
Li Ran wrapped her cloak again and recognized that this was the west side of Xuande Building.
Alas, she came from the west of Xuande Building, intending to see the east side, and then to the royal street, it turned out that after squeezing for half a day, she was still on the west side of Xuande Building!
It is good in the west and goes back close.
"Let's go." Li Ran recognized the direction, wrapped his cloak, and walked towards a small alley.
She decided to go all the way back through the alley.
When she came, she turned from the most lively West Jiaolou Street to Panlou Street, and at this time, she didn't have the strength to squeeze into the lively street anymore.
Zhou E followed, walked not far, and entered the alley.
It's probably because the alley is too lively, too brightly lit, and against the backdrop, the alley is exceptionally dark and cold.
After a gust of wind, Li Ran only felt cold, grabbed the cloak with both hands and wrapped it tightly, lowered his head and shrunk his shoulders, and trotted all the way.
didn't run far, Zhou E suddenly took a step forward and patted Li Ran.
Li Ran paused, and looked up to see a tall black shadow that seemed to have just separated from the darkness.
Li Ran stood in the middle of the alley under a moonlight, unable to see the tall black shadow hidden in the darkness, but he didn't need to see the cold air rushing to his face...... It's General Xie.
When Li Ran rushed into the alley, Xie Ze saw her.
He looked at her unkempt hair, covered in dirt, walking fast, but her steps were staggering, as if she were a panicked creature who had just escaped from the chaos of war.
Li Ran stood still, and when he looked at him with a trace of horror, he clearly looked at the sweat on Li Ran's face, as well as the pale and panicked face.
Li Ran subconsciously took a step back, and was about to take a step around the side, when Xie Ze suddenly stepped forward, reached out and lifted the hat of Li Ran's cloak, and put it on her head.
Before Li Ran could react, Xie Ze had already walked past her.
"Let's go." Zhou E stabbed Li Ran, who was stunned.
Li Ran reacted, subconsciously reached out and pulled the cloak hat, wrapped the cloak tightly, and ran forward in a hurry.
She had forgotten that the cloak had a hat, and that it was much warmer when she put it on.
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