Chapter 51: The Temple Fair
So Jiang Xinyue left Ruan Mianmian to change clothes in the room, and she went next door to call Mu Ruqing and them.
When Ruan Bai heard that he was going out for a walk, he was so happy that he almost jumped three feet high, and he couldn't wait to rush out of the door immediately, but Uncle Hua was old, and his legs and feet were inconvenient to go around for too long, and he was worried about a lot of luggage here, so he stayed in the inn to guard.
Ruan Mianmian quickly packed it up, she had already put away her winter clothes, the weather in this high garden really has a bit of a chilling willow wind, although it is a little cold, it is not cold. So she is wearing a light cyan half-arm light gauze skirt today, with a white shawl on her hand, and her actions make people think of the sparkling turquoise water, which is fresh and comfortable. The head is also tied with a loose small flower bud, and the rest of the hair is scattered behind the ears, with a blue and white jade hairpin in the shape of a lotus flower, and a few very small rice beads scattered embellishment, elegant and gentle.
It just so happened that Jiang Xinyue was wearing a white long skirt today, which changed from the previous capable and sassy robe, which looked even more beautiful and elegant.
Mu Ruqing saw them standing together, one green and one white, and couldn't help but think of a story: "Speaking of which, seeing you wearing like this, I think of a legend." ”
"Oh? Let's talk about it, if we don't say it well, we'll get angry. Ruan Mianmian puffed out her cheeks and crossed her waist.
"It is said that a long time ago, there was a pair of sisters, they were originally snake spirits in the mountains to cultivate adults, named White Lady and Xiaoqing, and later entered the world to play, met a white-faced scholar Xu Xian on the broken bridge, because of the rain, borrowed a paper umbrella from this Xu Xian, and later in order to repay the kindness of this umbrella, the White Lady married Xu Xian." Mu Ruqing recalled the story he heard in his previous life and told it eloquently, but the ending was not good in the end, so he paused and didn't say it.
"Then our sister Yue is a white lady, and you are Xu Xian?" Liu Xin'er was also smiling on the side.
A few people laughed and laughed downstairs, and saw the young man walking out with a few men and women, and he also introduced them in a good way, and it seemed that he was going to be a guide for them again. Ruan Mianmian listened to Jiang Xinyue's words and didn't follow, thinking that he had come to this little two and found a new guest.
Ruan Mianmian held Fang Cannon's hand and looked at the few people, it was Wei Xunyi and a few of them who came together, the two young ladies dressed in red and willow green walked in front, Wei Xunyi took the other two teenagers to protect him, and several people seemed to be going to the temple fair.
"Look, isn't that Wei Xunyi?" Ruan Mianmian said in a low voice. When she thought of what Jiang Xinyue said, she felt that this little er's face was a little gloomy, and she couldn't help but shiver.
"It's okay, there are a lot of them, and besides, they are not close people like us after all, let's kindly remind them, maybe they still think we have lost our interest." Liu Xin'er said indifferently.
Indeed, the two groups of people just met on the road and walked together for a while, and they were indeed not close enough to speak openly, Ruan Mianmian said "yes", and stopped paying attention to them.
Gao Yuan is so far away from the capital, Ruan Mianmian and the others are not afraid of others recognizing them, they simply don't wear a veil, they are refreshing and show a plain face, their eyebrows and eyes are exquisite, and their faces are full of spring, and the three girls have their own beauty, which attracts the people on the street to turn back. Everyone has a love for beauty, but after looking at it, no one really came to talk to them, after all, they were followed by three equally handsome young people, and the materials of their clothes did not seem to be available locally, even the young lady of the county lord's family may not be able to wear such a good shirt that is a hundred times more delicate than silk and satin.
Ruan Mianmian and the others didn't care about these envious or jealous glances, they just walked around, the more people walked forward, and there were more interesting things, and there were all kinds of stalls on the left and right sides of the road, thousands of big red lanterns hung overhead, and a sea of red was seen at a glance.
Ruan Mianmian bought a lot of sugar gourds, and asked the candy pincher to pinch one according to her appearance, and she was reluctant to put her mouth in her mouth for a long time.
Fang Dacang saw that she had too many things, so he took a few things and carried them for her, and spread his hands around her like an old hen protecting a chick, for fear that others would bump into her.
Liu Xin'er is particularly interested in those handmade gadgets, wicker grasshoppers, walnut carved villains, she is amazed to see it, and she can't wait to buy everything, but she has already carried a lot of things in her hands.
Jiang Xinyue accompanied Mu Ruqing to inspect the characteristics of the food in the restaurant here, and specially picked all kinds of restaurant stalls to taste it.
Everyone looked at each other, didn't pay attention for a while, didn't walk together, and caught up with a group of people cheering around a folk artist juggling on a float, and when Ruan Mianmian turned around after buying the bean bun, she only saw Fang Dacang still following her, but didn't see anyone else.
"Cannon, what about Sister Yue and Xin'er, why didn't I see them? There are too many people, and I knew I wouldn't go so far. She hid from these people in Fang Cannon's arms, shouting at him, but there was a noisy person next to her, and her voice was just enough for Fang Cannon to hear clearly.
"It's okay, maybe they're going to see something else, we agreed to go back to the inn to meet directly, and we won't get lost." Fang Dacang was hit several times on his back, and there were two spicy women next to him who didn't know why they quarreled, and he couldn't stand the noise.
"Shall we go back then?" Seeing that there were more and more people, Ruan Mianmian and Fang Cannon were almost pushed forward by the crowd, but there were more people in front, and they were all a little out of breath. Fang Cannon protected Ruan Mianmian, still carrying something in his hand, and finally moved to the side of the road, and pulled out to cling to the back of a fortune-telling stall on the side of the road.
Ruan Mianmian frowned and tidied up her skirt, this skirt was the first time she wore it, but it was crumpled as soon as she wore it.
"Why are there so many people, it's really going to be crowded." Ruan Mian couldn't help complaining, Fang Dacang's face was not good, he looked down at the sugar stains on the sugar gourd on his body, and he couldn't scrape it off with his fingers.
"It's a common thing, more than a dozen people have to be trampled to death at this time of year, and it's still early." The old man, who had been sitting behind the fortune-telling booth, spoke slowly, and his voice was hoarse.
Ruan Mianmian and Fang Dacang looked up, only to realize that the old fortune teller seemed to be blind, his face was furrowed, and the position of his eyes was covered with a gray strip of cloth, and his eyes could not be seen. In front of him sat a broken wooden cane diagonally on the side of the table, a long patched robe, but the shoes on his feet were much better in comparison, a pair of half-worn gray cloth shoes.
"Old man, have you been living here? Do you know any way to get out, there are too many people for us to go on. Fang Cannon said.
"The guest is from out of town, right? The Lantern Festival temple fair is not only for the people in Gaoyuan City to visit, but also for tourists from the surrounding towns and towns, and even in Ruliang City, so many people are crowded on one street, and they can't disperse for a while. The old man fumbled for a while, and picked up a bamboo tube from the table, which contained dozens of bamboo sticks with words written on them: "Guests might as well sit down, I'll give you a divination for free, anyway, you can't get out now." ”
Fang Dacang was also bored waiting, a little moved, and looked at Ruan Mianmian next to her, she didn't seem to pay attention to what the old man said, she only lowered her head and tried to make her clothes more flat.
So Fang Dacang sat on the bench beside the old man, took the bamboo tube and shook it for a while, and threw a bamboo stick. The old man didn't need him to take it, he fumbled for it, picked up the bamboo stick, and rubbed the words on it from top to bottom with his fingertips.
Fang Dacang saw that the word was engraved on a bamboo stick, and he could see what was written on it by touching it like this, so he could naturally deduce the hexagram without his eyes.
"You are destined to meet nobles, turn evil into good fortune, and make steady progress. It's a good sign! The old man seemed to have an endless sigh and praised.
"Is that so? That's good, you see... Sleep? As soon as Fang Dacang turned around, his heart immediately trembled, and even his breathing was about to stagnate, and his back was empty, where was Ruan Mianmian's petite figure? He stood up suddenly, stepped on something under his feet, and looked down to see that it was the candy man who Ruan Mianmian couldn't put down and pinched according to her appearance, and at this time he fell to the ground and shattered, and he could vaguely see the green sugar cubes. Could it be that Mianmian left by herself, but this crowd of people, she will never leave herself and go elsewhere.
"Uncle, have you..." He panicked, turned his head to ask, but saw that the "old man" took off the strip of cloth on his eyes, which were obviously a pair of bright and intact eyes, and even the skin that was originally covered by the strip of cloth was definitely not old.
Oops, fooled! This was the thought that popped into Fang Cannon's mind for a moment, and then the "old man" reached out and grabbed a stone and slapped it at him, Fang Cannon was hit hard and quickly fainted to the ground. The crowd was crowded and noisy, and no one noticed what was happening here, and the "old man" curled his lips and smiled, and nodded his head to the sky.
At the same time that Ruan Mianmian and Fang Dacang had an emergency here, Liu Xin'er had already found Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue, who were tasting osmanthus cakes in a shop, and the three of them were also blocked in the hall and couldn't go out, looking at the crowd outside a little worried.
"It's a shame, Mianmian and the cannon are still wandering outside, there are so many people, it's not good if something happens." Jiang Xinyue patted her head, her willow eyebrows frowned, obviously very anxious.
She pondered for a while, and immediately untied the short knife that Mu Ruqing was carrying and tied it to her waist, handed over all the things in her hand to him and Liu Xin'er, and said in a low voice: "Ruqing, you protect Xin'er, try not to go out, I have martial arts on my body, go out and find them." ”
Mu Ruqing nodded, watching Jiang Xinyue leap a few steps, climb to the roof lightly and disappear, but the worry on the faces of the two people did not decrease.
At this time, the fortune-telling stall on the street had been cleaned up by Ma Li, leaving no trace at all, and the Fang cannon who had fainted on the ground was leaning against the corner of the wall, and at his feet were those broken sugar cubes, and Ruan Mianmian was nowhere to be found.