XXXIII. Flower Dynasty Festival
As night fell, Yue Ruyin faintly smelled a burst of flowers in the room.
"Fairy Sister~"
A familiar shout came from outside the house, Yue Ruyin got up and walked out, but she was stunned when she saw someone coming. Dressed in black and with a silver-white mask, if it weren't for the snake-shaped ring on his hand, Yue Ruyin would have thought it was cold.
"What are you doing pretending to be cold?" Yue Ruyin said speechlessly.
Zhao Zizhong held a bouquet of realistic fake plum blossoms in his hand, stepped forward and said: "Let you have the illusion that a lover is by your side." What do you think? Impressed? Unhappy? β
Yue Ruyin couldn't cry or laugh, she thought that Zhao Zizhong was just sometimes narcissistic and humorous, sometimes serious, and it turned out to be quite naΓ―ve. I got used to his jokes, and I didn't bother to refute them.
Walking on the street, Yue Ruyin found that these women were dressed roughly the same as her. She is the red of the plum blossom, and as far as the eye can see, there is the pink of the peach blossom, the white of the pear blossom, and the yellow of the chrysanthemum...... It's like a picture of a hundred flowers blooming. The man is also wearing a mask and holding a flower.
There are people who put lanterns by the river, there are people who guess lantern riddles on the street, there are people who perform songs and dances on the stage, and there are people who chant poems on wine under the moon, and the scene is very lively. Yue Ruyin was also infected by this atmosphere, the corners of her mouth rose, and she said, "Mr. Zizhong, what is the origin of this flower festival?" What does it mean? β
Zhao Zizhong replied: "According to legend, when the god of flowers was born, a hundred flowers bloomed, and the fragrance of flowers was fragrant, and he didn't notice it for three days. There is a talented man in the town, who loves flowers like his life, and dreams of the god of flowers one day, and since then he has been haunted by dreams, and he does not think about tea and dinner. After death, the body turned into petals, and the soul was sent to the flower, and he was with the god of flowers. Later, his residence was built into a flower temple. The Flower Dynasty Festival is to commemorate the birthday of the god of flowers. What does this mean...... It is a full moon that represents all good things. β
Yue Ruyin nodded clearly, and the two walked to a lantern stall, only to hear the young stall owner say: "If anyone is worthy of the three couplets I made, the lanterns will be given for free." If not, the man has to leave the flowers, and the woman has to take off her mask. β
A woman stepped forward and said, "I'll try it!"
The stall owner said: "Girl, listen, my upper link is 'smoke along the eaves of smoke swallow eyes'".
The woman pondered for a moment and said, "The fog covers the bird's house."
The stall owner said, "Okay! My second couplet is 'Wangjianglou, Wangjiangliu, Wangjianglou Wangjiangliu, Jianglou is eternal, Jiangliu is eternal. ββ
This second joint is obviously more difficult. The woman thought for a moment and was ashamed, "I lost." After taking off the mask, a delicate little face is more delicate than a flower. A small flower sachet given by the stall owner ran away in shame.
"Printing the moon well, printing the moon shadow, printing the moon shadow in the printing moon well, the moon well for ten thousand years, the moon shadow for ten thousand years."
Everyone looked for prestige, and the moon came like silver, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a smile.
The stall owner's eyes lit up and said, "The humble bamboo has a bowed head!"
Yue Ruyin didn't think about it, and blurted out: "Proud Bone Plum has no face-facing flowers!"
The stall owner said: "Inch of land is the temple, the temple is next to the poem, the poem says: Mingyue sends the monk back to the ancient temple!"
"Double trees are forests, forbidden under the forest, forbidden clouds: axes and catty are in the mountains and forests."
As soon as the words fell, applause broke out instantly. Everyone else praised it for being wonderful. The stall owner also admired: "The girl is so talented, she lost in the next." These lanterns are picked at will, and I take the liberty to ask, the girl's name? β
Yue Ruyin picked a plum blossom lamp, but it matched her outfit today, and when she was about to answer her name, Zhao Zizhong stepped forward and said, "Her name is Plum Blossom Fairy!" then pulled Yue Ruyin away.
"Most of the people who ask you your name are interesting to you, so you don't have to pay attention to them and cut off his thoughts." Zhao Zizhong explained. In fact, he was afraid of the cold, so he finally met a girl who looked good and was snatched away.
"Hey~ these days, I don't know your name yet. Stygian Hanus didn't tell me, it was so stingy. Don't worry, I'm different from those men! Zhao Zizhong said.
Yue Ruyin hid her face and chuckled, presumably because the cold hindered her identity and didn't know how to introduce it, so she said: "Mr. Zizhong, you can call me Drunken Yue!"
After that, the "fairy sister" in Zhao Zizhong's mouth became "Sister Drunken Moon".