Chapter Seventy-Six: The Adventures of the Lantern Show (3)
The new emperor ascended the throne, the whole world celebrated, and the entire Yingjun city was lit up everywhere, and the three of Xiaoyue walked all the way, and they saw festive crowds everywhere.
This time it can be regarded as a double happiness, the end of the war and the arrival of the young emperor, everyone is estimated to be full of good expectations for the future.
When Xiaoyue and the others walked to the dock, they found that there were not too many people here, and it was estimated that many people were gathered at the gate of the imperial city now, scrambling to catch a glimpse of the new emperor.
There are a few boats parked around the pier, and there are several stalls on the shore selling all kinds of river lanterns.
"Childe, let's go over there and have a look. Yun Yan pulled Xiaoyue and walked towards the vendor, while Xu Chengchang watched them from the side.
"Childe, let's take a look at my river lantern, there are all kinds of styles, the price is cheap and fair. Several hawkers shouted loudly when they saw the customers coming to the door.
Xiao Yue saw that these hawkers looked flamboyant, and she didn't like it very much, she saw an old woman with a little girl setting up a stall in the corner, so she turned around and walked in their direction.
"Mother-in-law, how do you sell river lanterns at home?" asked Xiaoyue in a low voice.
The old woman had gray hair, but her eyes didn't seem to be very good, she looked at Yun Yan and said, "Childe, which river lantern do you want?"
The little girl next to her, wearing floral cloth clothes, looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old, she said apologetically to Xiaoyue: "Childe, grandma's eyes are not good, you can choose what river lantern you want." After speaking, he secretly looked at Satsuki again, and seemed a little ashamed.
Xiao Yue asked gently, "Are you all making these river lanterns yourself?"
The old woman smiled and said, "Childe, you can rest assured, my family's river lanterns are all made by themselves, and they will not be extinguished if they can float to Huajun." ”
"Huajun?" Yun Yan exclaimed from the side, "So far?"
The little girl said confidently: "Girl, my grandma has been making river lanterns for decades, and the best materials are selected. ”
The old woman added, "The farther you drift, the more blessings you have." ”
Xiao Yue listened to a little moved, she looked at the old woman's stall on the river lantern, and found that it was indeed very different from the river lantern of the small vendor just passing by, in addition to the excellent workmanship and full of materials, the style is very special, the only drawback is that the style is a little less, there are only more than 20 river lanterns on the stall, and it is basically not the same. She asked, "Mother-in-law, have you set up all the river lanterns in your house?"
The old woman nodded and said, "I'm getting older, I'm useless, and I'm doing less and less, so I can only do this." ”
The little girl looked at Xiaoyue and asked shyly, "Childe, how many river lanterns do you want to buy?"
Xiao Yue thought about it, and the people around her should buy at least one each, and after a rough calculation, she said, "I want ten river lanterns." ”
The little girl lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Xiao Yue, "Childe, then you can choose for yourself." ”
Xiao Yue said to Yun Yan and Xu Chengchang, "Do you choose by yourself?"
Xu Chengchang waved his hand and said, "I don't want it." ”
Xiao Yue said, "No, I'll buy one for all of you." ”
Xu Chengchang saw that she was so persistent, so he said, "Then please help the son to choose together." ”
Yun Yan looked at the stall and said, "I'll choose a lantern myself." ”
Xiao Yue nodded, "Well, then you can choose for yourself." ”
Xiaoyue chose a little tiger lamp for her son, an orchid lamp for Xiaolan, and then chose a suitable lamp for everyone else one by one, but forgot about herself.
Yun Yan chose a magnolia lamp, she let Xu Chengchang carry all the lamps that Xiao Yue had chosen, turned around and asked Xiao Yue, "Childe, which one did you choose for yourself?"
Xiao Yue looked at the lanterns with few varieties, and was a little embarrassed, to be honest, she didn't know what lantern to choose for herself.
Yun Yan saw a particularly beautiful lamp from the corner of the stall, she picked it up and gave it to Xiaoyu and said, "Childe, this is good-looking, choose this." ”
Xiaoyue didn't find this good-looking river lamp, she couldn't tell what shape this lamp was, some like the moon, some like boats, or simply moon boats, and the wick in the river lamp is also very chic, it is two villains holding the wick, if it is lit, it is like two villains touching the sun, very good-looking.
"It's really good," Satsuki said with satisfaction, "Then I'll want this." ”
The little girl with the flower cloth said a few words in the old woman's ear, and the old woman suddenly spoke: "No, this river lantern is not for sale." ”
Xiaoyue finally fell in love with a river lantern, but the old woman said that she would not sell it.
"Why don't you sell it, do you want to keep it for yourself?" Yun Yan asked puzzled.
The old woman didn't explain, and said directly: "I'm sorry, Childe, this lamp has been booked." ”
Xiao Yue was a little regretful, "Then forget it." ”
Seeing her gloomy expression, the little girl hurriedly said, "Childe, there are other river lanterns, you can choose a new one." ”
Xiao Yue looked at the river lanterns on the stall, these were the ones she chose leftover, that is, she was not very satisfied, so she shook her head and said, "Then forget it, just buy so much, how much is it in total?" Chengchang, you will give the money." ”
The little girl seemed to be unbearable, and whispered a few words in the old woman's ear, and the old woman's expression was a little contradictory, "There were originally 12 copper plates, but the son didn't buy the one he liked, so it's cheaper, 10 copper plates." The old woman said.
After Xu Chengchang handed the money to the old woman, the three of them were ready to leave and go to the dock to put the river lanterns. ”
Xiao Yue turned to look at this little girl with beautiful eyebrows, and asked curiously, "Is there anything else?"
"Childe just chose the river lantern for his family, but didn't you choose it yourself?" she said with wide eyes, her face flushed, and she plucked up her courage.
Satsuki didn't know how personable and detached she was now in the eyes of a young woman.
"I'd rather have less than overuse, and don't buy if I don't like it. ”
The girl lowered her head, thought for a while, and said, "I also have a river lantern here, Childe will see if you like it." ”
"Oh?" Xiao Yue tilted her head to look at her as if she was lying, "Then why didn't you put it out just now?" As soon as the words fell, Xiao Yue heard the old woman say with some reproach: "Chun'er, I explained to you just now, why don't you listen to me?"
The girl blushed and said to the old woman, "Childe hasn't seen it yet, maybe he'll like it?"
The old woman sighed and said, "You child is becoming less and less worrying. ”
Xiao Yue felt a little inexplicable, but she didn't want to embarrass the two of them, "Actually, I can buy it or not, you are a store, if you want to sell it, I will buy it again, and I will make money with anger, and make money with anger." ”
"Childe, you're so nice. The little girl's eyes were dripping.
Yun Yan looked at it from the side and felt very funny, she whispered in Xiaoyue's ear: "Childe, you see how popular you are." ”
Satsuki pretended to be angry and said, "Don't talk nonsense. He turned around and asked softly, "Then do you still sell your river lanterns?"
The little girl looked at the old woman, plucked up her courage and said, "I made this river lantern, but my mother-in-law dislikes me for not doing it well enough, and she does not allow me to sell it." ”
Xiao Yue smiled and said, "It's okay, I don't mind, you show it to me, if I like it, I'll buy it." ”
The little girl looked at Xiaoyue's smile, which was even more beautiful than the spring flowers, and couldn't help but lose her mind.
The old woman said on the side: "Childe, if you just pay attention to the style, you will definitely like Chun'er's river lantern, I am afraid that this river lantern will not float far." ”
Xiao Yue began to wonder what this river lantern looked like.