Chapter 016: Silver Flower
If the Chinese New Year is the most lively day of the year, then the Shangyuan Festival is the most leisurely day of the year.
Qiao Shengping and his young grandmother went to Renfu to pick up Brother Bo'an, and carried red lanterns from house to house along the way, even in front of the old door, there was a small homemade kerosene lamp that could not be lit, and it was covered with a layer of coarse yellow paper, which illuminated the warm color of the glowing beans.
Picking up Brother Bo'an out of Renfu, the carriage went straight to the direction of Chenghuang Mountain, and listened to Qiao Shengping and the young grandmother say that Chenghuang Mountain has been lively since the beginning of the year, and this excitement will not stop until eighteen, and the lantern festival on the fifteenth is the excitement in this bustle.
Along the way, the full moon ice wheel, the moonlight is beautiful, there is no lack of dead branches of winter trees, and the fire light that is clearly extinguished penetrates into the cracks of the branches, as if it is blooming on the tree, it is really a grand scene of fire trees and silver flowers.
The carriage stopped at the foot of Chenghuang Mountain on Hefang Street, Liuzi and Gao Zhicong took Bo'an in a wheelchair, I pressed in my purse to hold the movement that I was about to burst out, holding a flower face to look left and right, I thought that the lantern meeting was just to see the lights, but I didn't expect that there was juggling at the foot of the mountain to see, in front of me was the "Knife Mountain and Sea of Fire", there was a drill fire wheel jumping fire circle, juggling opposite was a temple stage play, at this time there was a martial arts clown on the stage, inferior costumes and simple makeup, but it was a performance of half a point without ambiguity, such an open field, You can still see the mist of thin sweat steaming on your head.
In order to take Brother Bo'an out, it took Qiao Shengping a lot of effort, and Brother Bo'an does not go out of the house all the year round, let alone such a lively Chenghuang Mountain.
There were still a few days before the Shangyuan Festival, Qiao Shengping began to think about how to turn the young grandmother to the Lantern Festival, and finally thought of a way to surround Wei and save Zhao.
Qiao Shengping developed the habit of accompanying the young grandmother to eat after dinner, during which he naturally had to say a few words of daily life, this day Qiao Shengping proposed with the young grandmother: "Yimei, let's invite Brother Bo'an and Miss Xin to the Shangyuan Lantern Festival!" ”
The young grandmother was bored cutting the wick at the time, the candlelight shook under the plucking of the scissors, and Qiao Shengping's face was flickering brightly and darkly, and the expression was not clear, but Qiao Shengping's tone could still be heard full of eager expectations, and the young grandmother put down the scissors and looked at him, "What do you have in mind?" ”
"Don't you think Miss Yin is a good match for Brother Bo'an?"
"I don't need to say that."
"There must always be someone around Brother Bo'an, I think Miss Xin also likes Brother Bo'an, but these two people are awkward, maybe we will add to the fire!"
The young grandmother's eyes turned to the emptiness on the side, and she muttered to herself with annoyance for a while, "But the eldest brother never goes out of the house." ”
"It's easy to do!"
Qiao Shengping agreed with the young grandmother that Mengluo would invite Miss Xin to swim together, and Qiao Shengping and the young grandmother were responsible for bringing Brother Bo'an to the Lantern Festival.
"I'm causing you trouble like this, just come back and bring me a lantern."
"Don't hide it from Brother Bo'an, I want to win a few lights for Yimei to come back, I haven't answered the boss's lantern riddle correctly for several years, this time I'm actually here to ask Brother Bo'an for help."
Qiao Shengping's lame reason is also absolute, Brother Bo'an is funny and helpless, "I guess the mini lamp?" ”
Although this is a frustrating rhetoric that can't be frustrated again, as long as you can get Brother Bo'an out, it's a good reason!
The first step of Wei Wei's plan to save Zhao was successful, and now he has gone to Chenghuang Mountain, just waiting to meet Meng Luo and Miss Xin, before I thought that Qiao Shengping's behavior was unscrupulous, how could he do anything for his own selfish desires!
Qiao Shengping poked me several times in a row, "How can you call it unscrupulous?" I really hope that Brother Bo'an and Miss Xin can spend a good time! ”
At this time, all the way to the depths of the streets and alleys, the sky is the bright moon in the sky, the ground is the bright river of lights, thinking about Qiao Shengping's sentence of a good moon, I suddenly sighed, this is really a good time to achieve good things, such a festival is indeed easy to make people give birth to "I hope that the adult is temporarily restrained, you may wish to be hazy in the moon".
In front is the Xinglin Pavilion of Fang Huichun Hall, which is performing a martial arts tune of "Silver Bottle", which is the story of Yue Xiao'e, the daughter of the famous general Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Zhang Xian, the famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty.
It is said that the Shangyuan Festival should be matched with the story of talented and beautiful people is more appropriate, but Hangzhou is always a little different, it was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty in history, it was glorious and prosperous and suffered from war, the people living here always have some heroic complexes, self-reliance, high and low some look down on those weak Qingqing and my state, in my eyes, their weak water town tenderness always does not hesitate to reveal the sonorous chivalrous bones.
There are many small stalls of craftsmen scattered on the street, lifelike face people, ingenious ornaments, painting the people's livelihood on Hefang Street, calligraphy and painting, tea shops, bookstores and other merchants on both sides of the store are open, the dim light of the incandescent lamps in the store is intertwined with the flaming red lanterns on the street, even if I hide it in my purse, I am still confused, it seems that this kind of night scene can only be seen in this era, after all, there is no electricity in the past, and most of the lanterns are modified to use electricity, at this time new technology has sprouted, Old traditions are also preserved in large numbers, like the idea that humanity is progressing, which is a characteristic sign of this era.
Qiao Shengping and the young grandmother stopped in front of the lantern riddle array held by Wenqu Study, because of the inconvenience of wheelchairs, they did not squeeze into the cascading human wall, only stood on the periphery to watch, and I was more embarrassed, the front was full of backs of various costumes, I had the heart to discuss with Qiao Shengping, thinking about the purpose of coming this time and had to dispel the idea, I just hoped that Mengluo and Miss Xin could go faster.
I only heard someone in front of me chanting loudly: "One person divination, two little guesses!" ”
After listening to it, my heart began to be confused, the riddle of a few words, there is no hint to make people guess? No wonder Qiao Shengping said that he didn't win a lantern.
Sure enough, there was a voice anxious and shy, "Excuse me Master Gao, the student can't guess ......"
There was a stir in the crowd, and I heard the man called Master Gao speak heartily, "The lantern riddles that are opened are not used to be sent back, except for this descendant, everyone can try, not only this question, but all the unsolved lantern riddles in the Wenqu study can be arbitrary!" If you can guess the ten questions, you can also get a classic book in the study in addition to the lantern! ”
I secretly asked Qiao Shengping if he had guessed, Qiao Shengping patted me and told me to shut up, "You're not afraid of being heard?" In the temple and Taoist temple on the mountain, it is almost necessary to collect a goblin to accumulate merits! ”
I have a small blade in my heart, and I don't need to pinch my fingers to know that Qiao Shengping will definitely not be able to guess, and he will only play majestic in front of me!
Groups of students gathered around to discuss, I never thought that guessing lantern riddles could also become a test question for the exam, this entertainment is elegant!
Qiao Shengping approached the young grandmother and asked quietly: "Sister Yi, tell me which one you see, I'll go and win it back for you!" ”
I'll just say it! A smile is the fun of guessing lantern riddles!