On this day, in the courtyard of the mountain chief's house, Su Qi was playing with the crickets in the jar with great interest, suddenly remembered something, looked up and asked, "Mountain chief, will the academy be closed during the Qixi Festival?" I heard that there is a lantern festival in Hangzhou. ”

"You think about the holidays all day long." Xu Chengyu reprimanded, and took a sip of tea unhurriedly, "Huifang, from noon on the day of Qixi to noon the next day, a total of one day."

Su Qi's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly to Gu Yunji: "Yunji, then let's call Cheng Yan and go to Hangzhou Mansion to watch the lantern festival!" ”

Gu Yunji doesn't like to go to crowded places, so he has no interest in it: "I'm afraid that when the time comes, I won't be able to see any lights except for other people's heads." What's more, isn't the Qixi Festival always a grand event for your daughter's family, what are you doing to make it happen? ”

Su Qi disagreed: "You don't know this, who said that only the girl's family celebrates the Qixi Festival?" The seventh day of July is Kuixing's birthday, and we scholars can also go to Kuixing to seek high school! Even if you don't do anything, can't you join in the fun? If I don't go out to breathe, I'm about to get sick in the academy. ”

Gu Yunji was still hesitating, but Xu Chengyu on the side also helped: "It's rare to have a festival, it's good to go out for a walk." Shuhua and I are also going down the mountain to pay respects to the Weaver Girl, if you want to go out, you can come with us, and when the time comes, I will pack up two rooms in the city house and come out, we can go around for a while that night, and then go back to the academy the next morning. ”

Su Qi was even happier: "That feeling is good!" This way we can have more fun. ”

Seeing that everyone's interest was very high, Gu Yunji no longer refused, and agreed with kindness.

On the afternoon of the Qixi Festival, Xu Chengyu took Xu Shuhua, Gu Yunji, Su Qi, and Cheng Yan down the mountain together, preparing to go to Hangzhou to watch the lantern festival.

By the time a few people arrived in the city, it was already evening. The streets and alleys are crowded with people, and you can see beautiful girls traveling together, or lovers and couples walking in pairs. The streets are full of stalls selling all kinds of knick-knacks, and the hawkers shout one after another, and it looks very lively.

Before the night falls, all kinds of lanterns have been hung on the roadside, although the effect of the colorful lights in the daytime is not obvious, but in the west side of the fiery red sunset against the background, it seems to reflect each other, there is a unique artistic conception.

Among the group, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan's personalities are relatively calm, and Xu Chengyu's identity as an elder is there, so naturally it is not good to be too excited, not to mention that Xu Shuhua is a woman.

In contrast, only Su Qi jumped out of the way, scurrying around like a monkey, and when he saw something strange, he had to stop and take a closer look.

"Qiaoqiao rice, Qiaoqiao rice made of glutinous rice balls! It's sweet, soft and delicious, so I'll have a taste of it when I pass by—"

Hearing the shouting of a hawker on the side of the road, Su Qi immediately leaned over curiously, pointed to the white and round little ball on the stall and said, "What is this?" ”

Seeing someone visiting, the vendor immediately enthusiastically introduced: "Childe, this is called Qiaoqiao Rice." In some places, the rice is dumplings, but I made it with glutinous rice dumplings. There are all kinds of stuffings in it, and eating different things represents different meanings, which is auspicious. ”

"What's in it?"

"Most of the balls are full of peanuts and hazelnuts, and there are some special ones, such as silk threads, which represent ingenuity; Red dates – early marriage; Copper coins - blessed. Generally, the people who buy Qiaoqiao rice are the girl's family, so there are only these meanings, of course, if the son wants to buy it and want to taste fresh, it is naturally no problem. ”

Hearing this, Su Qi became interested: "It's quite interesting to say this, bring me a copy!" As he spoke, he pointed to Xu Chengyu and the others behind him, "And them, all of them have one share." ”

"Okay!" The peddler happily agreed, and soon served Qiaoqiao rice to everyone.

Gu Yunji smiled: "You can just eat it yourself, why did you bring us with you?" ”

"It's just that it's interesting to eat more people, and it's auspicious." Su Qi stuffed Qiaoqiao's rice into his hand regardless of it, "Just take the stomach first." ”

After that, he didn't wait for others, he took the lead in eating, and after chewing a few dumplings carefully, he still didn't eat any special filling, and he couldn't help but be a little discouraged: "It's all peanuts, and none of them have a meaning." ”

Cheng Yan said: "I'm here with hazelnuts, and there's nothing special, it seems that there are still a few dumplings wrapped with silk threads and red dates." ”

"Hmm!" Xu Chengyu was eating, and suddenly his face wrinkled, as if he had been hit by something.

Then he put his hand to his mouth, slowly took out a copper coin, and said with a smile: "I am lucky to have eaten a copper coin, and I will be blessed in the future." ”

Seeing that someone really ate a special filling, Su Qi cheered up again, looked at Xu Shuhua on the side and said, "What about Miss Xu?" What did you eat? ”

When Su Qi asked, Xu Shuhua happened to notice what was wrapped in the dough he ate, so he carefully traced the shape of the object in his mouth, and after half an instant, she bent her eyebrows and spit out a jujube core: "It's a red date." ”

The hawker said auspicious words at the right time: "This young lady is so beautiful and gentle, and now she has eaten red dates that imply early marriage, and she will definitely be able to marry a wishful man on the high school gold list in the future!" ”

Although she was happy to receive blessings, Xu Shuhua was a daughter who had not left the cabinet after all, and when she was told this by a hawker in front of her father and teenagers of the same age, a touch of red suddenly flew on her face, and she smiled reservedly.

While speaking, Gu Yunji, who was eating dumplings, suddenly looked strange, and he felt it a few times with his tongue with some uncertainty, and finally spit out a jujube pit.

"You're also a jujube?" Su Qi raised his eyebrows, and his tone was teasing, "It seems that we Yunji are also going to get married early-" As he spoke, he pretended to glance at Xu Shuhua next to him casually.

Hearing this, Gu Yunji was also a little uncomfortable. It's just that his daughter's family is blessed with early marriage, what is the matter with him eating red dates as a man? In addition to him, Xu Shuhua also ate it.

Two unmarried men and women of appropriate age both ate red dates that imply early marriage, and were ridiculed by Su Qi so meaningfully, Gu Yunji instantly felt that even the air was dyed with a bit of ambiguous color.

Seeing that Xu Shuhua was so ashamed that half of his body hid behind Xu Chengyu, Gu Yunji coughed lightly twice, and quickly stopped Su Qi's words: "It's just a dumpling, there are so many words." Aren't you going to worship the stars? I'll go with you now! ”

Gu Yunji's appearance of changing the topic was too blunt, but it made people feel that the back of him hurriedly walking forward was quite a bit of a desert and fled.

"Okay, okay, I won't talk about it, let's go worship Kuixing!" Su Qi followed his words, but there was a look of clarity on his face, and he turned his head to Cheng Yan and nodded his mouth. Cheng Yan shook his head and smiled when he saw this, and then quickened his pace to follow

Xu Chengyu stood next to him and took everything in his eyes, seeing his apprentice and daughter react like this, he stroked his beard gracefully, and smiled without saying a word.

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