Evening.

Shu Jinghao returned to Xie's house with Ying Yi in her arms.

I thought she would be asked about this New Year's greeting, but the truth was beyond her expectations.

No one in the Xie family asked her about the New Year's greetings, but instead treated her as if there was no such thing at all, as if she just went out to play and then went home for dinner when it was time.

Shu Jinghao felt very warm about their intimate actions, and didn't want to live up to their hearts, so she also talked to them as if nothing had happened, chatting and fighting.

It's just that the smile on that face, unconsciously, becomes simple, becomes relaxed, and becomes sincere.

Time passed day by day.

During the Chinese New Year, the Xie family did not visit any family, and no one from the eighteen major families came to pay New Year's greetings, except for a young master, of course.

The day came to the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival.

Speaking of the Lantern Festival, it is inevitable to eat the Lantern Festival, and there are also Lantern Festival activities, such as lantern appreciation, boat rides, guessing lantern riddles, playing dragon lanterns, stepping on stilts and so on.

This tradition is particularly important in this world, so there are many activities on this Lantern Festival night.

When night falls, the streets of Hangang Fortress are lit up with colorful illuminations of different shapes but lifelike, illuminating the entire city as if it were daytime.

As long as you can answer the riddles, you will remove the riddles and go to the nearest riddle answering place on the street to verify the correctness of the riddles. As long as the answer is correct, the riddle will be taken away, and the person who answers correctly will be given a beautiful prize. If you don't answer correctly, the riddle will be pasted on the lantern without the riddle until the next time it is taken.

Because of the exquisite prize, the streets of the whole city are very lively, vehicles have long been restricted, and every street is crowded with people, which looks so lively.

Of course, there are also places where groups of people gather together, and there is a large space in between, and the people in that space are playing with dragon lanterns and doing amazing performances.

"Okay—"

"Bang Bang Bang-"

There are also squares filled with teenage girls and teenagers who compete on stilts, and those who win will also receive a wonderful gift. With such an incentive as a gift, the teenagers and girls became more and more energetic, fighting for 'you live or die'.

"Hahaha, I'm number one!"

When Shu Jinghao followed the Xie family to the area where the Lantern Festival Night Party was located in Hanjiang City, he saw such a grand scene, and the always calm heart lake also had a few waves.

Xie Wenshan turned his head to look at the interest in his cousin's eyes, his eyes rolled around, he grabbed her hand, and threw a sentence to the elders in the family: "Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, I took my cousin to play!" Don't disturb the two of you! He quickly dragged a woman into the crowd and disappeared from their sight in a short time.

The Xie family members didn't worry about their safety, and Shu Jing's good cultivation was there, so they were all relieved to divide into three teams, and each of them went to play with their lovers.

And Xie Wenshan, who was separated from the elders, was like a liberated duck, his face was full of excitement, and he chirped to the girl next to him.

"Cousin, cousin, where do you want to play? Let's guess the lantern riddle first? Or go on stilts? Or are we going to see the dragon lantern for a while? ”

Shu Jinghao was suddenly dragged away by him and didn't come back to his senses, but when he heard him chattering non-stop, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless, looked around, and saw another crowded place, so he pointed over.

"What's going on there?"

Alas, I really don't know what 'she' was doing before, she has lived in this world for seventeen years, and she has never participated in this kind of activity. Stay at home every year and don't make friends...... It's really a bit withdrawn.

Xie Wenshan looked in the direction of her finger, grinned suddenly, and said with a smile.

"That's called rowing!"

"Dry boating?"

Shu Jing frowned lightly, searching for her own memories, but whether it was her memories of the previous world or the memories of 'her' here, she didn't find any information.

Xie Wenshan saw that she was puzzled, and the smile on her face was even more, with a little stinky fart, and explained to her in a serious way.

"This rowing boat, folklore is to commemorate the meritorious Dayu in water control. Rowing a dry boat, also known as running a dry boat, is to imitate the boat on land, and most of the people who perform the dry boat are girls!

However, this dry boat is not a real boat, it is mostly made of two thin plates, sawn into the shape of a boat, tied with bamboo and wood, and then covered with colored cloth, tied around the girl's waist, as if sitting in a boat, holding an oar in his hand, making a rowing posture, while running, while singing some local tunes, singing and dancing, this is a dry boat.

Sometimes a man dressed as a boat passenger and performed together, but most of the time he dressed as a harlequin and amused the audience with all kinds of antics and actions.

Cousin, you also know that our Hanjiang City is relying on the big rivers and lakes, and we also had a big flood back then, and thanks to Dayu's control of the river, our Hanjiang City can be preserved. In his honor, this folk event has been maintained for thousands of years. ”

"I see."

Shu Jing was humbly taught, nodded, and looked at the rowing performance over there, and vaguely heard a unique minor-key singing.

Xie Wenshan saw that she looked interested, so he asked specifically.

"Cousin, do you want to go over and have a look?"

"Forget it, there's too many people over there."

Shu Jing looked at the crowded, people who seemed to be about to stick together, and shook her head with some admiration.

Seeing this, Xie Wenshan chuckled and pointed to the other side.

"How about we go on stilts? There is a reward for winning! ”

“…… Well, good. ”

Shu Jinghao looked in the direction of his finger and saw the young men and girls in the middle of the square, stepping on stilts, high above the crowd, and in a messy shape.

Seeing her agree, Xie Wenshan immediately smiled, grabbed her wrist, and dragged her straight to the square.

Squeezing through the crowd, the two came to the staff who participated in the competition.

"Uncle, my sister and I are coming too!"

"Okay."

The staff smiled gently, handed him and Shu Jinghao the two pairs of stilts on the ground, and asked more.

"Have you played it before?"

"Nope."

Shu Jinghao replied very bluntly.

Xie Wenshan nodded, and then looked like a little adult, explaining to her how to use this stilt.

"Cousin, this is above, this is below. Feet on this pedal, just like they did over there. However, if you want it to move, you need to use spiritual power to move it. Moreover, the spiritual power injection on both sides must be consistent, otherwise it will ......"

"Smack—ouch......"

As soon as the words fell, a man fell from the stilts on the playing field.

When Xie Wenshan heard this, he snorted at her and motioned for her to look over there.

"Well, it'll be like that."

Shu Jing looked at the young man who fell from mid-air, grinned in pain, covered his buttocks and left the competition venue with stilts, and the corners of his mouth twitched violently.

Fortunately, they are all cultivators, otherwise it would be strange if they fell from a height of two meters and did not break bones.

"Oh, yes, fall down, and it's over."

Xie Wenshan also added the rules of the competition at this time.

"The first person to reach the finish line within the allotted time wins, while the person who falls down in the middle of the race is eliminated and cannot continue the race. You see, the two in front of them are competing, and they are both very well controlled by spiritual power, using their own strength to trip people up. ”

"How long is the game? Also, tripping someone like that isn't a foul? ”