On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Sakura Bao and A-Niang changed into light dresses and took a group of palace maids and maidservants to watch the lanterns.

Wei Xiuxiu hugged her daughter and walked in the middle of the crowd with everyone.

She and her daughter Wenzhu ate well and dressed well at Jiang's house, and their bodies quickly recovered, and they looked much younger.

"Auntie, it's good-looking!" Wen Zhu put his arm around Wei Xiuxiu's neck with one hand and pointed to the lantern on the side of the road with the other.

Wei Xiuxiu smiled and nodded: "Go back and which one you like, my mother will buy you one."

The county lord and Anren were very easy-going, and gave her an extra red envelope during the New Year, a total of ten taels, saying that it was New Year's money for Wenzhu.

Wei Xiuxiu plans to buy a rabbit lamp for her daughter to make her happy.

Wen Zhu retracted his hand and said in a low voice, "Don't buy it, let's save the money and support A-Niang in the future."

Wei Xiuxiu kissed her daughter's little face and said, "It's still early for A-Niang to support the elderly, and the lanterns are not expensive, so Azhu can buy one if she likes it, and you can light it up at night."

Wen Zhu nodded and looked carefully at both sides.

Under the eaves of the shops on both sides, there are various lanterns hanging under the porch, emitting a warm light, such as glazed palace lanterns, lotus lanterns, horse lanterns, white elephant lanterns, and crab lanterns.

In addition, there are toad lanterns, official puppet lanterns, carp lanterns, crane lanterns, peacock lanterns, mandarin duck lanterns, cow lanterns, and sheep lanterns, which can be described as varied.

In front of the merchants' shops, there are all crab lamps and square-hole money lamps, a long string, implying that wealth comes from all directions and dominates the world.

Sakura and A-Niang walked all the way to see all the way, and finally stopped in front of their shop.

This three-room upstairs bunk shop, which cost her more than 2,000 taels of silver, is now handed over to the second cousin to operate, temporarily selling four seasons potted plants.

In the spring and summer, when the price of potted plants dropped, the second cousin was asked to come out separately and sell the specialties of Qinchuan County.

Or it's not bad to open a rouge powder shop, and when the time comes, it will be taken care of by the second aunt Yanru.

Yan Ru can make rouge powder, indicating that she is very experienced in this area, and it should not be difficult to do.

and then have their own backing behind their backs, forgive those old rouge and incense powder shops who don't dare to make small moves in private.

"Third aunt, Sakura, you go upstairs, I'm ready."

Jiang Quan stood at the door and said with a smile: "There is a tour coming over when I turn around, and I just sit upstairs to watch."

Sakura nodded and took A-Niang and the maidservants up to the second floor.

The second floor is quite spacious, and there are tables and chairs by the window, so it is convenient to sit and watch.

The second cousin also asked the little girl to cook almond tea, and lit a lot of lamps to brighten the upstairs.

There are also more than a dozen lamps hanging under the eaves of the corridor downstairs, and more than a dozen colored silks are hung, and there are yellow paper strips pasted on the colored silks, and riddles are written on the yellow paper strips, so that the people who come to watch the lanterns guess, guess the riddle, and receive the corresponding prizes.

Sakura Bao gave a very rich reward, and she said to the palace maid and maidservant beside her, "You also guess, and you will receive the prize if you guess."

Among these prizes, the lowest prize is three colored candy balls, followed by five colored ball candies, then ten candies, a silk flower, a lantern, etc., and the best first prize is a pair of silver bead flowers, worth five taels of silver.

These rewards are all written on a large piece of red paper and pasted on the door of the store to attract customers.

The palace maids and maidservants couldn't help but be happy when they saw that the county lord asked them to play, and a few people ran downstairs to see the riddles around the lantern riddles.

Mu Dan and Mei Xiang didn't go down, and quietly stayed by the county lord's side.

Apricot blossom and pearl amber can recognize a lot of words under the urging of Sakurabao, and can barely understand the riddles on the lantern riddles, but there are only two literate people in the palace, and the rest are lively.

But regardless of whether they are literate or not, this group of flower-like girls stopped under the lantern at the entrance of the store, which was a beautiful scenery, and soon attracted many young students to gather here.

Jiang Quan let a few servants watch over him, and he was not allowed to let people take advantage of his maidservants.

Wei Xiuxiu also held her daughter to guess the lantern riddle, and she guessed several, but they were all candy.

Wen Zhu happily took down the yellow note that A-Niang had guessed and handed it to the servant who was in charge of distributing the reward.

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The servant is an official slave, named Xiong Shan, about thirty years old, and is a healthy servant issued by the imperial court to Jiang Jie.

"Uncle Xiong, my aunt has guessed another one, this riddle is Lixia, do you see it?" Wen Zhu bent his eyes and smiled at Xiong Shan.

Xiong Shan took it and answered it.

Dayu is the king (playing a solar term), and the mystery is indeed Lixia.

"Yes, I'll give you a prize." Xiong Shan counted out five candies and gave them to Wenzhu.

Wen Zhu was overjoyed and stuffed all the candy into her small bag.

"Auntie, I can't fit in my bag anymore." Wen Zhu nested in Wei Xiuxiu's arms and said.

Wei Xiuxiu hugged her daughter and smiled, "Then let's not guess, go buy lanterns."

"Okay."

Xiong Shan raised his eyes to look at the mother and daughter, and suddenly said, "I happen to have a rabbit lamp here, give it to you."

As he spoke, he took out a small colored rabbit lamp from behind him, and it was just right for a child as big as Wenzhu to carry it.

Wen Zhu cheered and took it happily: "Good looking, thank you Uncle Xiong."

Wei Xiuxiu was a little reluctant and asked, "How much is the lantern?"

Xiong Shan: "I gave it to Wenzhu, I don't need money."

"That's embarrassing."

"It's not worth anything for the children to play with, and you even helped me make clothes." Xiong Shan raised his eyes and looked at Wei Xiuxiu: "Xiuxiu, it's not easy for you to take the child, if you have any difficulties in the future, tell me, if you can help, I will definitely help you."

Wei Xiuxiu blushed and nodded slightly.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the streets, and the sound of gongs and drums was heard.

A group of shirtless men held dragon lanterns in their hands, waving them constantly, and from a distance, the lantern dragon seemed to be alive, swimming with teeth and claws.

Behind the dragon held by more than a dozen people, there are dozens of people holding various koi lanterns, dancing and singing while walking: "The jade mirror of the first month shines on the emperor's platform, the heroic song and drum are sent to the celebration, and the carp golden dragon descends to the earth, and will add longevity and longevity to the ......."

The dragon dance team is followed by many dancing girls and musicians, and some people dress up as various characters, such as Zhong Kui, Xiang Liu, God of Wealth, Goddess, etc., dancing while walking.

These *** teams will walk around the end gate of the imperial city twice, and perform for the emperor and concubines upstairs in Xuande to watch.

Sakura Bao waited for all the dragon dance teams to walk over, and then came down from the upstairs with A-Niang.

She glanced at him as she passed by Kumayama.

This man has a dignified face and a strong body, which is also a good match for Wei Xiuxiu.

Alas, he neglected the life's work of the servants and maidservants in the house.

Especially the four palace maids assigned by the emperor to himself, and Jiang Jie's two servants, are not young.

Just like Mei Xiang, there must be nineteen this year, and Lan Xiang is also eighteen or nineteen, and she should have gotten married a long time ago.

However, what kind of family can you find for them to match them?

Palace maids are not like slaves and maids, they are all good citizens, and when they are older, if the master is willing, they can be directly let go home.

But Sakura couldn't let them go casually, because they were sent by the emperor, and maybe it was the emperor's eyeliner.

Otherwise, go back and ask Mei Xiang a few if she wants to get married.

If they have that meaning, give it to them yourself...... Well, let's recruit a son-in-law.