Chapter 106: You Look Good When You Smile
Also known as the 'Lantern Festival', the Lantern Festival is one of the most important festivals for everyone in the Southern Regions.
Because the arrival of the Lantern Festival means the end of winter and the arrival of spring, this day is naturally regarded as an auspicious day of the zodiac by the people of the Southern Regions.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the first full moon night of the year is celebrated, and it is also a day of rejoicing, when monks and mortals alike take to the streets.
"At the Lantern Yuan meeting, there were word puzzles, pot throwing, and falling into a game...... Some fun games, and a lot of good food, fun, and that kind of big fireworks, which will fly into the sky and explode with a bang......"
"Is it really so lively as you say, why is it still so deserted here?"
"We are now in the west of the city, and the Lantern Festival in Canghai City is held in the middle and east of the city, and it has not yet reached a lively place. No, you see, after this alley, you have reached a new world. β
Zhao Shaoqing walked in front, and Lou Xiao followed closely behind to explain to Zhao Shaoqing, because what Lou Xiao said was too interesting, Zhao Shaoqing didn't believe that it would really be so lively.
Like what kind of Lantern Yuan Society, there is no one in the Northern Regions, but there is a mid-year festival in the Northern Regions, which is probably similar to the Lantern Yuan Society.
After turning this alley, Zhao Shaoqing understood what kind of liveliness Lou Xiao said about the Lantern Yuan Jiahui and the celebration of the whole country.
The whole street was bustling with people, some wearing masks and carrying lanterns, the street vendors shouting loudly, and the mortals gathered around to watch and play games......
"How's that, it's fun."
Looking at Zhao Shaoqing, who was stunned and motionless, Lou Xiao kept raising her eyebrows and quietly looked at the brilliance in Zhao Shaoqing's eyes.
"If you learn a practice below, you can explore people's hearts and contemplate your thoughts. I brought you here, why don't you let go of the disguise and have fun, after all, it's a pity to have a once-in-a-year event. β
Camouflage?
Lou Xiao said to her heart, she has been sleeping in the secret realm for nearly five years for more than 20 years, and if she really talks about her real psychological age, she is only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl. The lifespan of monks is very long, ordinary monks are generally hundreds of years old to reach the Yuan infant stage, even those geniuses that Zhao Shaoqing met, they are at least more than half a hundred years old.
A person like Zhao Shaoqing, who is twenty and young, is the only one in the entire continent. The monks in their twenties are too naΓ―ve in the eyes of those old goblins who are hundreds or thousands of years old at every turn.
Pretending to be mature, can you put down the disguise tonight? It's so relaxing.
"Miss, do you want to buy a lantern and a mask?"
The Lantern Yuanjia Association is not only a celebration, but also a chamber of commerce for some poor people to earn a sum of money to subsidize their families.
Looking at the lanterns on the stall and the masks and ornaments hanging on the bamboo shelves, without waiting for Zhao Shaoqing to react, Lou Xiao had already paid.
"Here's for you!"
Lou Xiao put the fox fairy mask on Zhao Shaoqing's head and smiled slightly.
Because it is Xiaolan's body, Zhao Shaoqing and Lou Xiao look more like a father and daughter.
Picking up a lantern on the stall, Zhao Shaoqing didn't say anything, and walked forward blindly.
"Since it's my invitation, my aunt might as well let me lead you to experience a Lantern Yuan event."
Zhao Shaoqing nodded and didn't say anything!
"This is, it's a snack over there in the Eastern Regions, made of sugar drawn into silk."
Lou Xiao didn't know when she took out one and stuffed it into Zhao Shaoqing's hand.
"What is this and how to eat it?" Zhao Shaoqing looked at the one in his hand and asked blankly.
"Hahaha, Mo Fei, you haven't eaten it."
Lou Xiao laughed loudly, patted Zhao Shaoqing's shoulder, and after Zhao Shaoqing nodded slightly, the smile disappeared and became serious.
The exercises he practiced were so far that Zhao Shaoqing was not lying at this time, she really hadn't seen it.
"You wait for me to breathe."
Lou Xiao ran to another stall and took a long object, Zhao Shaoqing didn't recognize what he was brought.
"You'll always recognize this."
"I don't recognize it."
"It's roast lamb sausage."
"Sheep intestines can still be eaten?"
"Of course, it's delicious to wash the lamb intestines, pour meat into them, and grill them."
"I don't want it."
Zhao Shaoqing shook her hand in disgust, making it clear that this was completely the devil, and she wouldn't eat it. She was disgusting.
"Okay."
Walking down a street, it's a new thing again.
Lou Xiao followed Zhao Shaoqing's gaze, where a group of children were frolicking and bouncing in the lattice.
"Do you want to play?"
"What's that? Are they playing something? Zhao Shaoqing asked puzzledly, would he be very happy just jumping on a few grids?
"I'll teach you how to play."
Lou Xiao took Zhao Shaoqing's hand, although Zhao Shaoqing was a little hesitant, he still didn't struggle to shake it off.
With a satisfied smile on her face, Lou Xiao came to the empty squares.
"Boss, two people."
After paying the money, Lou Xiao pulled Zhao Shaoqing closer to the middle of the lattice.
"This game is a grid jump, we punch once to determine the winner or loser, and every time we win, we can jump forward and reach the finish line for victory. Ten squares, one, three, five, seven, nine can only jump on one foot, two, four, six, eighty jump on two feet, can't use Xuan Qi, understand? β
Zhao Shaoqing nodded slightly, but she still didn't think there was anything interesting about this game.
"Come on, let's try our fists."
Although there were still doubts, Zhao Shaoqing still followed Lou Xiao's statement to fight with him to determine the victory. She won the first game.
Jumping into a grid with one foot, she didn't need to rely on one foot to support her body, she felt a little unstable in her body, and staggered in the grid to try to maintain her balance.
"Don't put your feet down, if you put them down, you'll lose."
Zhao Shaoqing nodded.
In the second game, Lou Xiao won.
In the third game, Lou Xiao won.
Fourth inning, fifth inning,......
When Zhao Shaoqing's legs stepped on the finish line, she was in a trance.
"Is it fun?" Lou Xiao asked.
"It's not fun."
"Put the smile on your face away and tell me a lie again."
Zhao Shaoqing took out a small piece of copper mirror from the placket, looking at the slight curvature of the corners of his mouth in the bronze mirror, Zhao Shaoqing pulled his face and returned to that expressionless posture again.
"In front of me, you can confide your heart, and you don't need to hide it."
Zhao Shaoqing didn't know that the corners of her mouth were constantly rising now, even if she tried to flatten the corners of her mouth just now, trying to hold back the expression on her face.
"What's your name?"
Zhao Shaoqing rarely took the initiative to ask a man's name, this was the first time she asked a man who had known him for less than half a day.
"Lou Xiao."
"Hmm."
"So, Grandma, what's your name?"
Zhao Shaoqing hesitated for a few seconds before saying her name.
"Su Xiaolian."
"Su Xiaolian, you look so good when you smile. It's soul-looking, and I like it. β