Chapter 8: Lingnan Chinese New Year's Eve
As a reward for blocking Ruohe's blow, Siyu ended his training early on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and went to Lingnan Town below the mountain to visit the annual Chinese New Year's Eve party with Wang Minzhi, Yan Luoxia, Yuan Ming, Qingya and others, who had not seen him for a long time.
Lingnan Town is a subsidiary town under the Tianyang Sect Mountain, and the disciples of the Tianyang Sect often come to the town to buy daily necessities.
Here, in addition to the clothing, food, housing and transportation of ordinary people, there are many people here who specialize in selling all kinds of things related to cultivation, such as talismans, spiritual herbs, and pills, but the truth and falsehood are mixed, and it all depends on personal eyesight, and the people are also accustomed to these monks coming and going.
Every year, Chinese New Year's Eve will be the busiest time in Lingnan Town.
Chinese New Year's Eve will begin as soon as it gets dark, and all the streets along the town will be covered with festive lanterns, connecting into a warm and bright sea of lights, which is very spectacular.
In addition to the street stalls selling a variety of Lingnan snacks, almost every street sells a variety of animal masks.
This is because at the Chinese New Year's Eve party in Lingnan Town, in addition to appreciating the beautiful sea of lights and special local food, Lingnan people also have a special custom to wear this animal mask.
The style of the mask is also unique to Lingnan Town, and it is much more exquisite than what you see elsewhere.
The animals on the masks were not chosen by the locals at random, but were drawn by skilled craftsmen according to the 12 zodiac deities that were enshrined in ancient times, and it took three months in advance to make these masks.
Men and women, young and old, local and foreign, buy a mask at the Chinese New Year's Eve party, which can be worn on the face, around the neck, around the waist or elsewhere on the body, as long as you like.
When Si Yu, Wang Minzhi, Yan Luoxia, Yuan Ming and Qingya arrived in the town, it was almost dark, and at this time, when the Chinese New Year's Eve begins, I saw the sea of lights on both sides of the street slowly lit up, extending into the distance little by little, such a magnificent and brilliant light scene is really rare in the world.
Sure enough, it is a unique wonder of Lingnan Town, and everyone thinks that this time is really the right time.
Si Yu, Wang Minzhi, and Yan Luoxia saw such a night scene for the first time in their lives, and they were really surprised, Qingya and Yuan Ming had come to the Chinese New Year's Eve party before, so they were naturally familiar with the rules here. So the two of them went directly to the mask booth with three small ones first, and let them choose their birth animals.
Wang Minzhi belongs to the ox, Siyu belongs to the dragon, Yan Luoxia belongs to the horse, Senior Brother Qingya has a snake mask, and Senior Brother Yuan Ming has the same horse mask as Yan Luoxia.
After buying the masks, the two senior brothers took Siyu and the three of them to the most central Wish Street, and Wang Minzhi and Yan Luoxia made a lot of noise along the way.
The reason is that Wang Minzhi bought a bunch of snacks to hold, although there are pills such as Pigu Dan on weekdays and people who practice do not need to eat, but the food aroma of this Lingnan Town is particularly attractive, and today is Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone rarely comes out to play together, Wang Minzhi simply let go of a mouthful of appetite, see anything delicious do not miss, fiercely eat a large piece.
Among the people, Wang Minzhi is the youngest, and he is in his youth, so he can eat more.
So Wang Minzhi was "ridiculed" by Yan Luoxia, as a man, he loved snacks so much, and Wang Minyi of course refused to give up when he heard it, so the two of them came and went, and no one suffered.
Yan Luoxia was arguing, and at the same time, she tasted the snacks in his hand very quickly.
Si Yu and the two senior brothers listened to these two living treasures in the back and felt very interesting, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going at the Chinese New Year's Eve, and all of them were full of festive joy on their faces, which also infected Si Yu's people.
Qingya and Yuanming took Siyu, Wang Minzhi and Yan Luoxia to the famous Tianxiangju restaurant in the town, asked for an elegant seat, on the way to come, everyone said that today Chinese New Year's Eve will not be drunk and not return, Qingya and Yuanming know that although these three people have been coming to Tianyang Sect for several years, every Chinese New Year's Eve still inevitably has homesickness, so they came up with this method to make these three children happy.
After years of getting along and companionship, Qingya and Yuan Ming like these three children very much.
Among the five people, Siyu was originally the shallowest drinker, but thinking that he had been practicing in retreat this year was too aggrieved, he agreed to indulge with them this time and put aside his cultivation for the time being.
It is said that the geographical location of this day Xiangju is in the middle of Wish Street, built along the river, with a five-story building, overflowing with the fragrance of wine, and the business is very hot. The private room where Siyu and the others are located is exactly the third floor, and when you open the window, you can see the lively scene along the river.
At this time, the five of them were drinking and chatting, waiting for Xiao Er to serve the food, Siyu casually looked out the window, as if he saw Ruohe's figure.
Siyu thought about it and decided to take a look, so he said to Qingya, Yuanming and the others that it would take a while to serve the food anyway, and he would go downstairs first and buy some gadgets.
Qingya asked her not to go far, there were too many people in the province for a while and she got lost and couldn't find it back, Wang Minzhi and Yan Luoxia were arguing over the amount of wine on the side, Yuan Ming was having a headache and was making peace for the two, and the three of them didn't care much about the rain.
Siyu went downstairs smoothly and looked in the direction where he had just seen Ruohe.