Chapter 27 Qixi Lantern Festival
The night is as cool as water, lying down to see the morning glory Vega.
Tonight is the Qixi Festival, where men and women meet on the riverbank, as well as lantern festivals and poetry gatherings organized by the government for residents to enjoy.
Lu Fengju fell in love with Shi Nianjiao at first sight at the Qixi Lantern Festival three years ago, when Shi Nianjiao was enjoying the lake on the painting boat, surrounded by other girls and maids of the Shi family, she was undoubtedly the most dazzling in the fragrance of clothes and sideburns, like the stars holding the moon, and Lu Fengju looked at each other for a moment.
It was this moment that made Lu Fengju still feel excited when he thought about it decades later, and she was still wearing a red dress that day.
On this year's Qixi Festival, the day still passed as usual, but He Shaoguang could feel that the maids below were about to move.
Not to mention whether they have a sweetheart to meet, just thinking about the lively scene along the riverbank is fascinating.
The Lu Mansion would not give them a holiday, so He Shaoguang finished dinner very early, and under the pretext that he wanted to go shopping, he took Zhijun and Nijun out with the two personal maids.
Today is the little girl's holiday, and she is barely a girl, and no one is holding her.
So she quietly combed back the girl's hair bun and changed into a bright and light summer shirt, so that people could not see her identity.
Zhijun and Nijun also deliberately dressed up today, took off their plain maid clothes, and wore clothes made by themselves, pink and blue, which looked beautiful and beautiful.
Zhijun is elegant, Nijun is cute, He Shaoguang never lets them do rough work and follow him.
Dressed up like this, the two of them don't look like maids, they are both thin skin and tender meat, but they look like ordinary girls.
He Shaoguang, who felt that he had done something wrong, sneaked out of the house with the girl, and took advantage of everyone to rest in his courtyard.
It's already very lively outside, the sky is dark, and the lights are on.
There was a bustling crowd around me, and I heard a little girl talking to her family that there would be a fireworks display on the city gate.
Walking out of the official residence area of Qilin Street, the scene along the street is more lively.
They are all small vendors selling, selling fat powder balm, silk flower headdresses, and all kinds of snacks and snacks... He Shaoguang bought a sugar gourd for everyone and nibbled on it as he walked.
Although the syrup wrapped in the outside of this sugar gourd is relatively turbid, not as bright and beautiful as the later generations, but it is very sweet, and the hawthorn is also big and full.
Walked to the front of a jewelry stall, the stall owner is a man about 30 years old, with a small doll on his back, and a little girl in his hand.
When I saw He Shaoguang and the others, I came over to greet him very warmly.
No matter how beautiful the ornaments on the outside are, they can't compare to those in her dowry. He Shaoguang seems to be a little rough in workmanship, but her instinct to buy still prompted her to pick a pair of silk flowers sprinkled with gold beads and begonia flowers, a silver round bracelet of agate, but a few taels of silver.
"This girl is so good-looking, and wearing silk flowers is even more delicate than flowers." The stall owner spoke in an official dialect with an obvious southern accent, and boasted to He Shaoguang.
"Are you from Huizhou?" Ni Jun was a little surprised, it seems that he has met a fellow countryman.
The boss also smiled: "Yes, I am from Chengkan, where are you from Huizhou?" ”
"Jonlin's."
The boss said, "That's a little far away." ”
"yes... Otherwise, I can ask you to give me a message when you go back. Ni Jun regretted that it was not easy to meet her old family here, she hadn't been home for many years, and she didn't know what her mother was doing?
"Jonlin's!" The little girl has a little pigtail, which is the age when she learns to speak. Hearing the conversation between the boss and Ni Jun, I thought it was fun, so I learned it, and I giggled.
"It's so cute."
When He Shaoguang saw the white and tender child, he couldn't walk.
"He shopkeeper!" Suddenly heard someone shouting behind him, He Shaoguang turned his head, and saw that it was Xue Ran's kid, he was wearing a cyan robe, embroidered with pine and bamboo, and he was white, like a small tender bamboo pestle there.
Look at the side again, it's not Zuofu, it's a little familiar... It turned out to be He Xing'er.
She wore a double-ring bun and a small floral collared blouse and a peach-pink skirt that He Shaoguang had newly made for her. In the past few months, the food has been good, the life has been comfortable, the face has grown a lot of meat, it looks much healthier and more delicate, and it is no longer a sick look.
Seeing He Shaoguang's surprised appearance, He Xing'er was already embarrassed, but now she was even more shy, and shouted glutinously: "Madam." ”
He Shaoguang looked at her like a little sister, what thoughts could two thirteen-year-old children have, just play well. But she seems to have forgotten that this is the ancient age of fifteen or sixteen.
She patted her on the shoulder: "Go play with Xue Jiansheng, you don't have to follow me." Do you have enough money on you? ”
"I..."
Before he could say anything, Xue Ran on the side rushed to answer: "Today is the Begging Festival, I am a man, I should pay for my female companion!" ”
He Shaoguang was amused by him: "Then there is really a prisoner of Lao Xue, can you go back and let Xing'er open a small stove for you?" ”
After a few small talks, a wave of people went their separate ways. Following the steps of the crowd, He Shaoguang was taken to the Jinshui River, where there were people putting water lanterns, and there were rabbit lamps and lanterns hanging on the trees, and the lights were brilliant.
In the painting boat offshore, many official ladies who have not yet left the cabinet are drinking and having fun, and the pale pink curtain hangs outside the window of the boat, and only a fragrant wind can be smelled, and it is impossible to see who is who.
He Shaoguang bought a water lantern, squatted on the shore, gently put it into the water, and made his wish: I hope that relatives and friends in the distance can forget her and live a good life.
For the past ten years, she has made such a wish.
I don't know where I am alone, like a green ping chasing water, only thinking of the old people.
Duan Chao did not exist in the history of her time and space, and even if she disappeared in this time and space, she could not return to the original world.
Living here with peace of mind is the only thing she can do for herself and He Shaoguang.
I didn't go back until the end of the stroll, and a few people who were already tired and paralyzed, He Shaoguang fell on the small bed with his head up.
Zhijun and Nijun were tired enough after walking so much, but they still stood up to wash her.
was driven away by He Shaoguang: "Don't worry about me, I'll wash and sleep by myself later, or let Wanjun Xiangjun come, you can also go back and lie down." ”
was kicked out of the room by her like this, He Shaoguang was no longer too lazy to move, and he didn't take off his makeup, and even fell asleep in a daze.
It was like a dream in my dream, and I couldn't wake up.
I dreamed of He Shaoguang when she was a child, and the moment she just crossed it, she was in the water, and her body began to sink.
Someone on the shore found her and screamed desperately to find someone to rescue her.
But she was so tired that she struggled to move, as if someone had tied her hands and feet.
He Shaoguang had just finished working overtime in the company and was about to fall asleep.
Sink your eyes shut.
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