The Phoenix Lantern Festival on June 6 is a major festival in Nanqi, and on this day, the girls who have not left the cabinet and the unmarried sons and buddies have to wear masks and come out to have fun.

At this time, those rituals can be thrown away, and some bold girls will also give their favorite man a sachet containing the girl's personal belongings. If the other party is also interested, a silver pendant will be given back to show the "heart of marriage".

Coincidentally, when Zhou Zijie came to the capital, he could also come to this Phoenix Lantern Festival to have fun, but he did not live in Jingguo Mansion, but directly rented a courtyard with a lot of money.

Qiao Mei tilted her head, searched for the memories of her previous life in her mind, and after making sure that Zhou Zijie was not slapping her face and becoming fat, she relieved herself to take him to accompany her to the shop, buy, buy, buy......, buy

The streets are still as lively as ever, and the places at the end of the alleys where the candy people sell sugar gourds are always surrounded by children.

"Auntie—"

The handsome man had a bitter face, blinked vigorously, pulled Qiao Mei's sleeve and begged, "Please give me a way to live, I'm still waiting for the girls to give gifts on June 6!" ”

Ignoring the attention of the pedestrians on the street, Qiao Mei pulled out her sleeve with a "hum", looking at the flush that was deliberately squeezed out of the corner of his eyes, she smiled lightly again, and said: "I'm helping the sons in the capital, lest the girls be harmed by you, how can they be good?" ”

Zhou Zijie glared at her, "Can you see me die alone?" ”

"I'm ......" Qiao Mei covered his mouth again, and his eyes were crooked, "Whoever is short in the moon will not be short in peach blossoms!" ”

"You little girl!" Zhou Zijie was so angry that he was about to pinch her face.

"Whoa, whoa—"

Both of them looked up, and saw that the children who bought the candy were all around, and some of them still had sugar residues sticking to their mouths, and they were tired of eating, and their mouths kept coaxing, "Uncle bullied the big sister-"

Zhou Ziju's face darkened all of a sudden, and he caught the kid who shouted the loudest in front of him with his backhand, and he asked: "Why do you call her sister, I am uncle?" ”

The little child wiped the sugar on the side of his mouth, but he didn't know that it was a mess, and after listening to Zhou Ziju's question, he replied in a milky voice: "Beautiful uncle, my mother said that the one who bullies girls is a bad guy, and he can't be called brother!" ”

As he spoke, he frowned, "You just pinched your big sister's face, and you want to beat her!" Xiaohu, Ah Shui, did you say? ”

As soon as the milky boy turned around and asked his partners in the back, the children in the back responded together: "Yes-"

Zhou Zijie was angry.

And over there, Qiao Mei fell into the arms of Bai Qing and Bai Yue, laughing breathlessly.

Zhou Zijie ignored the laughter behind, took out a few pieces of broken silver from the money bag, showed them with a smile, and said, "Call me beautiful brother, can I buy you sugar gourds?" ”

The children all shook their heads in unison, and the only little girl in a bun spoke up, her eyes shining with tiny fragments, pure and flawless.

"Beautiful brother," she blinked, looking at Zhou Ziyu timidly, "I called you...... Will you buy me a sugar gourd? ”

Zhou Ziyu smiled all of a sudden, and gently rubbed her hair, "Of course." With that, he headed for the candy man's stand.

At this end, several children looked at him blankly, and Qiao Mei came over and squatted down to talk to them, "What about your father, remember to go home when you play outside, otherwise there will be bad people." ”

The child who had called Uncle Zhou Ziyu earlier scratched his head embarrassedly, "Beautiful sister, we know." ”

Only the girl glanced at Qiao Mei quickly, and replied to her words, "My mother is resting at home, and my father is gone......"

Qiao Mei was stunned, an inexplicable feeling spread in her heart, and asked the girl again, "What's your name?" ”

There was some brilliance in the little girl's eyes, "My name is Lingling, and my mother gave me ......"

Qiao Mei suddenly felt that it was just an illusion, she touched Ling Ling's head, and smiled at them with crooked eyebrows, "That's good." ”

After a while, Zhou Ziyu had already come back with a handful of sugar gourds, and the children surrounded him again, calling him beautiful brother one after another.

Qiao Mei smiled, as soon as she smiled, the two girls around her were also happy.

The streets were full of people and lively, and several people did not return to their homes until the time of the lantern. But fortunately, Qiao Mei explained to the Zhou family before going out, and she would come back later, so as not to let everyone wait for her to eat.

As soon as I returned to Foxiu Courtyard, the maidservant girl in the courtyard came forward and said that Mrs. Qiao had no dinner at night. Qiao Mei thought about it, and simply brought a favor and two second-class maids, and went to look at Mrs. Qiao first.

The maidservant who talked to her told Qiao Mei that the old lady had not been going well these days, and she couldn't eat because she was holding her breath.

And it is.

Previously, the eldest son was frightened by being sent to prison, and later Zhou confronted her because of Qiao Mei's marriage. Not to mention the second room, Qi simply didn't do any flattering gestures to the old lady on weekdays...... Only the Qu family in the third room is still her heart now.

The one who stayed at the gate of the courtyard to keep vigil was the maidservant beside Mrs. Qiao, whose name was Yueshuang. As soon as Qiao Mei came, Yueshuang greeted her, but stopped her and said, "Fourth girl, you're back." But now the old lady has rested, and you can come and see her again tomorrow. ”

Qiao Mei looked at the black in her eyes, as if she had already blown out the lamp, she frowned slightly, and asked, "I heard the girl below say that grandmother didn't eat tonight?" ”

Yueshuang replied respectfully: "Before the old lady eats, she feels that her body is not very hearty and she can't eat. ”

"Can you ask the doctor to come to the house?"

Yueshuang shook her head and frowned, "No, the old lady doesn't allow us to invite a doctor." ”

Qiao Mei pretended to be puzzled, "What's going on?" Didn't I come back today, it's a popular grandmother? ”

"Yueshuang, you tell me, no matter who it is, I will definitely stand up for my grandmother! No matter how bad it is, I will call my father to call the shots, and I want to see who dares to make her old man angry. ”

Yueshuang immediately felt a little nervous, and said in a loud voice: "Where does anyone dare to be angry with the old lady!" The four girls really have a heart, and the old lady sees it in her eyes. ”

"Really?" Qiao Mei asked again with a glare.

Yueshuang nodded heavily, "Girl, please go back quickly, it's getting late, and watch your step." ”

"Then I'll go back, and you'll have to wait for your life." Qiao Mei waved his hand, signaling her not to send it again.

"Yes."

After returning to Fuxiu Courtyard, Qiao Mei wrote a letter of worship and asked Bai Yue to send someone to the Dingguo General's Mansion tomorrow. Since the farewell of Huanxilou, the two of them have not seen each other for a long time, and she wants to go with Lin Xueyi this time for the Phoenix Lantern Festival.