Chapter 61: The Lantern Festival

Because Chu Tiankuo and Chu Mufeng generally live in the barracks, and there are not many opportunities to come out, they don't keep a carriage at home---- after all, when they are busy, it is possible for them not to go out of the barracks or outside the capital for a month or two.

Chu Tiankuo arranged for someone to book a relatively luxurious carriage seven or eight days in advance.

Not early, not early. Every holiday time, it is a time when the carriage in the car shop is hard to find.

Xiao Man helped Jiang Zhixia into the carriage and sat down.

Chu Tiankuo and Chu Mufeng also followed and walked in and sat down.

Uncle He sat on the wheels with the coachman.

Aunt Zhang took the initiative to stay at home and add lamp oil, and took care of the lamp, but the province went out.

The carriage has a lot of space, and even if there are four people in it, it doesn't look particularly crowded.

Zhixia didn't think that she was everyone's lady, and she was not afraid to show up at night, so as soon as she got in the car, she pulled up the small curtain next to the carriage and wanted to see the scenery.

As a result, after walking for a while, I couldn't see anything except pitch black, and I was a little chilled by the cold wind.

"Put it down. The provincial one was blown cold by the cold wind again, and got the wind chill. Chu Tiankuo sat opposite Zhixia and saw that Zhixia's hair was fluttering in the wind, so he persuaded him.

Jiang Zhixia listened, and saw that he really couldn't see any scenery, so he directly lowered the curtain.

As he walked, the carriage slowed down more and more, and finally stopped moving.

"Childe, girl, the front is almost at the gate of Dongfang. This carriage really can't move, why don't you get down and walk in? Outside the carriage, the coachman's voice of inquiry came in.

Jiang Zhixia opened the curtain next to him and looked at it, he was really startled.

I saw a long convoy lined up in front of me, and there was a crowd of people walking around it.

"On weekdays, it takes about half an hour to walk from here to the gate of the workshop, but there are so many people today, it is estimated that it will take a quarter of an hour, right?" Chu Tiankuo asked Jiang Zhixia hesitantly.

Naturally, the big men of them are not afraid of walking more, but they are afraid that a weak woman in Zhixia will get tired if she walks too much.

"Does Brother Chu really regard me as a weak lady?" Jiang Zhixia said with a smile while wearing a hat, "I'm a palace maid, so this little physical work is not a thing." ”

Jiang Zhixia is not afraid to walk more. Usually, she often runs to Feng'an Street and walks around wearing a hood.

Not to mention, since the thief in the alley, Zhixia will often run in the yard.

At first, Xiao Man thought it was strange. Later, after hearing Zhixia talk about the thieves in the alley, he was also taken by Zhixia to exercise and run together.

Jiang Zhixia and the others got out of the carriage together, looking at the surging crowd, they couldn't help but smack their tongues.

Chu Tiankuo turned to Zhixia and said, "There are a lot of people today, and there is a possibility that they will be separated later." If you get separated, don't panic, go straight to the gate of the square to find this carriage. I've been hiring this carriage for a whole day. He will always be here waiting for us to go back. ”

"Brother Chu can rest assured. We're not children anymore, and we're not young ladies who don't go out of the door, and we get separated and then come back, what is there to say? Jiang Zhixia was a little unimpressed.

are all adults---- even if Xiaoman is not, but he is also a doll who has been running around since he was a child, what is so terrible about being separated. You can find a home even if you ask for directions.

Chu Tiankuo looked at Zhixia's disapproval, and Zhengse said, "It's not particularly terrible to be separated. It's just that there are many people today, and there are many kidnappers. The kidnappers are all committed in partnership, if they see you alone for a long time and directly fascinate you, what is the use of you remembering the road? ”

Jiang Zhixia looked at Chu Tiankuo's stern expression, listened to his words, and suddenly understood that what he was thinking was simple.

This is not the rule of law society of the previous life. Even in previous lives, weren't there traffickers who abducted and sold children and adult women? They have a lot of means.

"I remember, Brother Chu." Jiang Zhixia nodded solemnly, and Xiao Man also nodded again and again while listening to it.

After a group of five people got out of the carriage, they slowly followed the flow of people to the gate of Dongfangfang.

Jiang Zhixia and the others first lined up and entered the gate of Dongfang. After the square gate, it is the west of the Yongan Street Bridge.

Today, because it is the Lantern Festival, Yongan Street is open to all the people in the capital, and because Yongan Street only has shops in the west of the bridge, so let the vendors come in to set up stalls to meet the various needs of people who visit the Lantern Festival.

However, because behind the curtain on the east side of the bridge are the sheds of the officials' dependents, and the streets are mixed, so for the sake of safety, the government also sent a large number of officials to patrol Yongan Street, especially the officials on the east side of the bridge.

It may be because the shops on Yongan Street are really scarce, so several shops in the west of the bridge have agreed to open shops of different natures.

On this side of the road are daily life restaurants, teahouses, grain shops, grocery stores, and medical halls; Over there is the exquisite life of silk and satin garment shops, jewelry shops, embroidery shops, pen, ink, paper inkstones, and book shops.

These shops can basically cover the daily life of people. Like those who buy in large quantities from large families, they will go to the shops in Nanfang.

Tonight, these shops, except for the restaurant, the teahouse is still open, and the others are closed.

Both sides of the road are filled with various vendors.

"Girl, look at this lantern, right? How exquisitely it is done. ”

"Childe, how delicate is this wood carving?"

"Master, look at how cute this mud tiger is? Why don't you bring one for the young lady at home? ”

"Childe, girl, sit down and rest, and eat a bowl of osmanthus glutinous rice balls, right?"

On the road, there were shouts and greetings, and pedestrians walking on the street.

There are gorgeously dressed sons, there are young ladies who hug each other, and there are children who are pulled by their parents and are still running around.

It's very lively.

Jiang Zhixia participated in the ancient lantern festival for the first time. The two eyes looked at the past, and they were too busy, but they felt that this was the painting in the Qingming Shanghe Picture moved to the front of their eyes.

Chu Tiankuo kept staring at Zhixia beside him. There were several times when Zhixia was about to bump into someone, but he was pulled back by Chu Tiankuo.

was pulled back, Zhixia is a mischievous smile.

Yong'an Street was really crowded, and not long after entering the street, Zhixia and his group dispersed.

Zhixia watched Xiao Man being dragged by Uncle He. Chu Mufeng was squeezed to the other side by herself, and she followed Chu Tiankuo closely.

Fortunately, I said it before, and I was mentally prepared to be scattered, and Zhixia was not particularly panicked, after all, Chu Tiankuo was still by her side.

"What Brother Chu said is really right. You see, we just came in, and we were swept away by the flow of people. Zhixia exhaled and said.

"This is not the most time, I heard that the time for fireworks in the palace is scheduled at the end of the day. When the time comes, there will be more people. Chu Tiankuo stood beside Zhixia and said, his face serious.

"At the end of the day?" Zhixia silently calculated in his heart, it was about nine o'clock, "That's good, can we go to the gate of the palace to see the fireworks then?" ”

Chu Tiankuo nodded silently.

Another wave of people came over, almost squeezing Zhixia and Chu Tiankuo apart.

Chu Tiankuo's eyes quickly grabbed Jiang Zhixia's sleeve, "Zhixia, I was abrupt." But there are so many people, I'm afraid... ”

Jiang Zhixia looked at the hand holding his sleeve, and said indifferently: "Well, it's okay, I'm afraid of being washed away." When the time comes, when I encounter bad people, I can't help it. ”

What's this sleeve grabbing?

In the previous life, when there was really danger, the person who saved people didn't say how to hold it, but had to hug it.