Chapter 18: The Haunting Miss Kim
Since Han Yixuan broke off his relationship with Xiao Ruyu, he has lived the most comfortable life in Changxia Village.
Xiao Ruyu changed his way to make food for him, and after only ten days of hard work, Han Yixuan felt that he had gained several pounds.
Han Yixuan didn't let her do it, saying that it hurt her eyes too much. His restraints were given to Xiao Ruyu, except that they didn't live together, the two really looked like a young couple.
Xiao Ruyu has no opinion on this. The embroidery work was left by the original owner, and the main reason why she used it to make money was that she didn't want to look too different. It's good to take a break now, anyway, she still has some spare money in her hand, enough to support her and Han Yixuan for a while.
As for what to make money on in the future, we will talk about it later. If she is a senior physician of a dignified ace secret service team, she can still starve to death.
She really didn't pay attention to Han Yixuan's restraints, but the man who earns money for his wife is a good man, although she is not his wife now, she can barely be regarded as his girlfriend. But she will not refuse him to do so, as for whether he has the potential of a wife and slave, she will have to explore it in the future.
There is a lantern festival in the county on the fifteenth day of the first month, and the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth are held for a total of three days. The men, women and children of Changxia Village went to the county seat one after another. Han Yixuan thought that Xiao Ruyu probably hadn't seen much excitement, so he excitedly asked her to go to see the lights together.
Because there are a lot of scruples in Changxia Village, the two have not had a good date, every time they meet, it seems to be cheating, although it is exciting, but I always feel a little regretful, this time the two came out openly, and the mood was about to fly.
The two of them walked around the county for most of the day, Xiao Ruyu was always excited, Han Yixuan was also very happy, the two wandered around like children, ate many special snacks together, and bought some trinkets, and when the night came, both of them had a feeling of unfinished.
When it got dark, the surrounding lights were lit, and the two seemed to have come to a sea of lights. The lanterns of various shapes are dazzling, there are all kinds of cute little animals, there are flowers of various seasons, and there are all kinds of legendary characters, taking advantage of the white snowflakes falling in the air, which makes people dizzy.
bought a cute rabbit lamp for Xiao Ruyu, Han Yixuan saw the joy flashing in her eyes, and knew that she liked it, and her heart was happy.
"In the future, I will accompany you to see the lanterns every year, okay?" Han Yixuan saw her holding a rabbit lamp and picked it up from time to time and put it in front of her to watch, and asked softly.
Xiao Ruyu stopped and raised her eyes to look at him, and asked with a smile on her eyebrows, "Really?" Then he naughtily stretched out his fingers, "Retractor." ”
Han Yixuan smiled and pulled her little finger, then held her hand in his hand and didn't let it go anymore.
Xiao Ruyu twitched and didn't twitch, raised her eyebrows and whispered a scoundrel. Han Yixuan chuckled, and the hand that grabbed her tighter.
There were a bunch of people not far in front, I heard that someone held a lantern riddle meeting, and the person who guessed the most could get fifty taels of silver, Han Yixuan's heart moved, he was good at this before, if he could guess a few more and get fifty taels of silver, he could buy a few beautiful clothes and jewelry for Ruyu.
Thinking of the young days when he was a young man in fresh clothes and angry horses, Han Yixuan laughed at himself, at that time, he would never have dreamed that one day, he would be shy. In order to buy a lovely dress and jewelry for the beloved girl, I have to think for a long time, and a group of scholars and students, poor people compete for dozens of taels of silver.
From time to time, you will see many well-dressed wealthy ladies, daughters of official families, their gorgeous clothes, and exquisite jewelry, attracting many envious and jealous eyes.
Han Yixuan secretly observed Xiao Ruyu, her eyes were calm, those bright and beautiful clothes and jewelry were not as surprising to her as the delicate lanterns on the roadside.
Han Yixuan breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt a little guilty, his rain deserved a better life. Those slender hands really shouldn't be knitted and embroidered anymore.
Of course, knowing Xiao Ruyu's ability in the future, Han Gongzi frowned, this is not as good as knitting and embroidery, is it too exciting?
Come to the place where you guess the lantern riddles, it is said that this is an event held by the richest people in Leping County. The prize money is very high and attracts many people to participate.
In addition to the literati and rioters, there were also some ordinary people. Although some people don't have any ink in their stomachs and can't guess lantern riddles, it's not bad to be able to follow everyone to watch the fun.
This family is indeed wealthy, not only has a large observation deck, but also various lanterns are placed in the background and around the observation deck. In the lower left corner of the table, there is a registration table and free tea is provided.
It is said that everyone who participates in the guessing only needs to guess three lantern riddles, and there is also a small gift. This rule attracted a lot of people to participate, and everyone made a lot of noise around the registration table, and the scene was a bit chaotic.
"Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, please be quiet." A person who looked like a manager at the table saw that the scene was chaotic, and hurriedly climbed up to the observation deck and shouted loudly.
The people below were crowding and ignored him. At this time, he snorted with a cold face and gave a few domestic servants a look. Several domestic servants acted separately, only to see the figure flickering, and several people in the crowd who were making a lot of noise were quickly dragged out of the crowd and carried to the stage on their stomachs.
It seems that these domestic servants have some skills, and the people below can still see that they are dead and alive, and they immediately quieted down.
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is Ding San, the head of the Jinji grocery store, today our Jinji boss Jin Da is merciful, and specially organized this lantern riddle guessing activity, the gentleman who guesses the most lantern riddles can get fifty taels." As soon as these words came out, there was a sound of exclamation below.
"Got it, let's get started." The people below shouted, and some people began to rub their hands.
"Wait, due to the number of participants, our boss Jin has set a condition, as long as you meet the conditions, you can come to guess the lantern riddle. Our boss solemnly promises that as long as you meet the conditions for the competition, even a lantern riddle can't be guessed, and there is a small gift to give. ”
After speaking, with a wave of his hand, several brightly dressed girls came up with a few plates. Some of the plates were filled with bright silver, fifty, thirty, twenty, ten taels, and so on. There are also many delicate bead flowers, silver hairpins, bead hairpins and so on.
What a big deal! The people below sighed. They all looked at Ding San with wide eyes, wanting to see what conditions he proposed.
Coughing, Ding San nodded, waved his hand to let the girl who served the plate down, and then began to speak.
"The first condition for the competition, the men's 18-28 between. Good looks. ”
As soon as these words came out, the bottom of the frying pot was fryed, and someone shouted, "Are you making people guess lantern riddles or choosing a son-in-law?" ”
"Do you have an opinion?" Ding San pointed in the direction where he spoke, and the man immediately shut up. Jin Ji he knows, is a big family in the county, not only in the county to run grocery stores, jewelry stores, but also rice shops and oil shops. Is it an existence that even the county master doesn't dare to offend, and he dares to have an opinion?
"Quiet." Ding San was a little impatient, he didn't want to take on this errand, he also felt that this condition was a little ridiculous, but who made the eldest lady like it.
It is said that the eldest lady met a handsome boy in the county a few years ago, and he didn't marry him. At first, I had people draw hundreds of portraits and look for people everywhere, but when I didn't find her, I cried endlessly.
Later, I don't know who gave such an idea, let her take advantage of the Lantern Festival to set up a game, and a high bonus for everyone to guess the lantern riddles, even if you can't find that person, you can find a lovely son-in-law.
When Boss Jin heard it, he thought it was good, so he readily agreed, and told him to do it well. Although he thought it was a bad idea, he couldn't object to it, so he had to come.
Finally the scene settled down again, Ding San wiped the sweat on his head, stared at the audience with a straight face and continued: "Second, there is no wife or concubine at home, of course, you can also take a break." These words stabbed the hornet's nest again, and the crowd below began to talk in a noisy.
"Who said that it was not to choose a son-in-law, looking at the conditions opened, they all caught up with the selection of horses."
"Yes, this Jin family is wealthy, and they have come up with such a way to choose a son-in-law."
"That young lady of the Jin family probably won't be able to get married, otherwise how could the Jin family come up with such a bad idea."
"Let's not participate, although the Jin family is rich, looking at that Miss Jin, it's really unbearable."
Someone at the bottom said about Miss Jin's troubles, some hearsay, some made up, and some true, anyway, there are all kinds of things, when Han Yixuan and Xiao Ruyu came over, they happened to hear everyone's discussion, they glanced at each other and felt inexplicable. How can there be the same conditions for holding a competition as choosing a son-in-law, it seems that this lantern riddle is a bit evil.
They didn't pay attention, from time to time in the crowd someone was holding a portrait and observing, seeing Han Yixuan, some people were overjoyed, and slowly, a few people came over and surrounded Han Yixuan and Xiao Ruyu.