Chapter 34 Shangyuan Festival

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the annual Shangyuan Festival, it is the traditional customs of this day to enjoy lanterns, guess riddles, and eat Lantern Festival.

As early as the twelfth o'clock of the first month, Nancang County has begun to prepare to build a lantern shed. On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the whole street is filled with lanterns, and each stall will prepare a program to guess lantern riddles. It is said that on this day every year, there is also a dragon lantern dance and stilt performance!

Of course, on such a lively day, Youran also decided to participate in one, that is, the second floor of the Vegetable and Fruit Pavilion began to open.

After getting up early in the morning, Qin Yanran and leisurely came to Nancang County to prepare! In the past few days, he has been busy teaching Yu Man's mother and daughter to make pastries and desserts, and Qin Haoran is also busy with the affairs of Zhuangzi and the opening of the second floor of the shop.

"Miss, there are not enough barrels to keep warm, what should I do?" Wanyun had just returned from the pastry-making kitchen, and saw Youran teaching the newly hired maidservants how to set up the pastries on the second floor. After a few steps, he walked over and asked.

"Huh? Didn't you take a lot of them? How can it not be enough? Leisurely while doing the command, he asked Wanyun.

"My aunt said that it was cold, and I made a lot of sugar water to warm my body, and this left and right used one, and it was gone!" Wanyun pursed his lips and said.

She had already told her aunt that in fact, it was enough to make two or three kinds of sugar water, after all, there were many pastries and desserts! However, it was useless to say it, she didn't listen much to Ben, and still went her own way. Well, now there aren't enough utensils!

"How many kinds have you made?" Blinked leisurely and asked, my heart said, how many kinds of things have you done? Have you used all the insulated buckets?

Wanyun counted his fingers and said: "There are mochi and red bean soup, peanut milk candy, sweet bean curd, taro sweet soup, sweet potato sweet soup, purple rice rice balls, assorted rice balls, wine-stuffed rice balls, almond milk syrup, sesame paste, brown sugar ginger mother tea, and today's main longan red date lotus seed soup!"

After listening to this series of sweet soups leisurely, the head is full of black lines! This sugar water alone uses up 12 insulated buckets, so do you need to make anything else?!!

"Then cancel all the other food that needs to be used in the thermos! Or switch to pastries and desserts. Anyway, the shelves and stalls on the second floor are full for me tonight. He commanded leisurely and solemnly.

"Yes, the slave will go and say......" After Wanyun saluted, she turned around and ran downstairs.

Looking at the back of Wanyun leaving, she shook her head helplessly, and then continued her work just now.

After a period of busyness, the shelves on the second floor are finally full! And the time was approaching noon.

"You'er, are you ready? It's almost time! "Qin Xianran went upstairs to confirm that the leisurely work was completed?

"Phew—done!" Leisurely exhaled deeply and replied.

"Well, let's go, then? Mom and Dad have arrived. Qin Yanran slightly hooked the corners of his lips and said.

"Mom and Dad are here!"

"Well, in the backyard, I'm waiting for you!"

"So what are you waiting for? Let's go! After speaking, he leisurely took his hand and dragged him downstairs.

Qin Haoran shook his head helplessly behind him, still smiling like a spring breeze.

"Hmm~ The dishes in this restaurant are good! The taste is also good......"

At this time, the leisurely family sat in the private room of the best restaurant in Nancang County and happily ate lunch.

"Yes! This Ruixiang Building has stores all over the country! If you can do this, of course, the taste has its own unique side! Father Qin picked out a chopstick fish, put it on the plate in front of Mother Qin, and said leisurely with a smile.

"I think these dishes are not as delicious as those made by Yoo'er!" Qin said faintly.

"Uh-huh...... My sister's cooking is delicious! Qin Enran also nodded strongly and said.

"Hey, hey~ huh? That sister will often cook food for En'er in the future! You Ran blushed when she was praised by them, and patted her brother's round little head with a smile.

"Mmmmmmmm......mmmmmm

"Oh, that's it! Hurry up and eat, and go back to the shop when you're done! Prepare for the opening in the afternoon. Qin Yanran put a chopstick dish in the bowl and said gently.

"Good ......"

The afternoon was busy again, and it was finally time to open.

A few days earlier, Qin Haoran did a good job of propaganda in the shop, and leisurely made a leaflet for the boys in the shop to distribute on the street. The leaflet not only states the opening time, but also makes a brief introduction to the food catalog. Everyone who got the flyer said they were looking forward to it after seeing the food catalog! After all, they hadn't heard of most of the food on it.

Therefore, after the opening, the second floor of the Vegetable and Fruit Pavilion is really crowded! In half an hour, all the food prepared in the morning was sold out.

In the back kitchen, Yu Man's cooks were almost crazy, cooking all the time, and they couldn't wait to grow a few more pairs of hands.

As the sun sets in the west, the sky gradually darkens, and all the lanterns that have been prepared on the streets are lit up for a long time.

This is the beginning of the Lantern Festival -

Because the business in the shop was very good, so good that there were not enough people, so Wanyun and other people who served were left in the shop to help, and only the leisurely family of six came out to enjoy the lanterns.

While passing through a stall, Qin Yanran asked, "You'er, is that rabbit lantern good-looking?" Brother bought it for you? ”

Leisurely looking in the direction of her brother's finger, there was a pink rabbit lantern, and the rabbit was also painted with beautiful patterns.

"Well, it's good-looking!" He nodded with a smile.

After Qin Haoran heard this, he walked to the stall and took out the silver to pay. Buy three lights, two rabbit lights, and one tiger light; walked back and gave the three lamps to the three sisters and siblings.

"Thank you, big brother~" After the three of them got the lanterns, they all smiled at Qin Yan and said in unison.

"Hehe, you're welcome." Qin Haoran laughed happily and looked at his younger brothers and sisters with a smile in his eyes.

Father Qin and Mother Qin looked at each other and smiled slightly, looking at the four children in front of them, they were really very satisfied, there is nothing like a happy family together!

The family then walked forward and stopped in front of a large stall. There are a lot of people around this stall, all waiting to guess the lantern riddles!

"I've kept you waiting! Let's start with the lantern riddles! When the stall owner saw that there were enough people around, he opened his mouth to speak.

"This first riddle is: the moonlight sprouts like grass. Make a season. As he spoke, he walked over to a hanging lantern and pulled down the banner that hung down so that everyone could see the riddle.

'Boom', and the surrounding sounds of different discussions were remembered. Some asked, 'Is it the Lantern Festival?', some asked, 'Is it the Dragon Boat Festival?', and some said it was the Mid-Autumn Festival......

In the end, an elderly man guessed correctly, it was Qingming Festival. The old man took the prize under the lantern and left with a smile.

After that, the people who guessed the lantern riddle became even more interested, and they all shouted: "Boss, hurry up and get the next one!"

Leisurely eyes glanced at the prizes placed under the row of hanging lanterns. Suddenly, the gaze stopped under a lantern.

There is a set of delicate ceramic tea sets, and a small purple-pink orchid is painted on the white cup without any blemishes, which looks clean and fresh.

"Yo'er likes that tea set?" Qin Haoran saw Youran's eyes shining staring at the tea set, and asked clearly.

"Hmm!" Leisurely nodded.

"Then we'll wait to guess the riddle of that lamp." It's rare to have a good look, and you must get that set of tea sets.

After guessing a few more lantern riddles, I came to the lantern with the orchid tea set. Leisurely ready to guess.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the prize for this riddle is the best of these, so the riddle has increased its difficulty." The boss still said happily, "The riddle is: one is divided into two families, two are under the bottom, three are stacked arhats, four are round, five are not you, six are long and double-horned, seven are loud, eight are long, nine are more than one mouth, and ten are not today." Type ten words. ”

After reading the riddle, she began to activate her brain, but for a while, she couldn't figure out which ten words they were. Frowning, he hung his head slightly, thinking slowly.

After Qin Yanran saw the riddle, he groaned slightly and asked, "Is it the cross, is it Ri, Lu, Pin, Tian, Wu, Qu, Qi, Only, Xu, and Gu?"

When the boss heard this, his eyes widened, this ...... That's too fast, right?! He looked at the son with an excellent temperament in front of him and praised: "This son is so smart, congratulations, you guessed right!"

Picked up the orchid tea set and packaged it, handed it to Qin Xianran, and said, "Childe, this is the prize for this lantern riddle, please take it!"

Qin Yanran took it and thanked him, then turned around and sent the tea set to Youran: "You'er, give!" The tea set you want. ”

He took it leisurely and looked at it stupidly, but he didn't react for a while. That's too awesome, isn't it? She was still thinking that they had already taken the prize back! Well, worship ing~ \(≧▽≦)/

"Brother, you're amazing!" Leisurely stretched out the thumbs of both hands, professional praise.

“…… Well? Seeing the leisurely gesture, Qin Yanran asked suspiciously, "What does this mean to you?"

"Hee-hee...... This means very powerful. "Youran is now smiling and can't see your eyes.

"Oh-" Qin Hao nodded clearly.

Seeing that she was happy after getting the prize, Qin Xianran couldn't help but reach out and rub her head again, and said funny: "Be happy!" Let's go ahead and see the dragon lantern dance! ”

"Good!"

The gongs and drums were noisy, and the master of the dragon dance wore a festive service, picked up a long dragon lantern, and danced to the beat of the drum.

The streets are crowded with people, and everyone is happy to enjoy the performance. There are happy cheers from the adults, and there are also excited applause and cheers from the dolls, in short, it is very lively.

Behind the dragon lantern dance procession is a team of stilt walkers. The artists have different appearances, each showing their own unique skills.

Youran, like the people around her, applauded hard when she saw the excitement.

When he saw a place on the opposite side, he suddenly looked at a person on the opposite side and was slightly stunned. The man on the other side...... Why is it so familiar?

Ink-like hair, delicate face, smiling Ruifeng eyes......

Blinking his eyes leisurely, the clapping movement in his hand stopped there slightly, and he looked at the man opposite in a daze.

"You'er, what's wrong with you?" Qin Haoran noticed that Youran was suddenly stunned, and asked with concern.

"Huh? …… Uh, it's okay! You Ran came back to her senses because of Qin Yanran's inquiry, glanced at her brother, and shook her head. Turning his head to look at the other side, the person who was standing there was gone.

I looked left and right, but I didn't see the man. Strange, was it there just now? Why did it disappear in a blink of an eye?

By this time, Youran had already remembered who he was—the man who had saved her life on this street. She remembered that she had told him that she would invite him to dinner when we met again, which was a thank you.

But where has he gone now?