Chapter 7: Lantern Festival
The New Year is approaching, Qiao Chen'an is not as leisurely as in the past, the twenty-third day of the lunar month sacrifices to the stove, in order to seek peace; twenty-four sweep the dust, buy New Year's goods, etc., and when there are two or three days before the New Year, he was supported by his mother to paste Spring Festival couplets and New Year's paintings.
Of course, the advantage of having a scholar at home is to avoid the trouble of buying Spring Festival couplets again, Qiao Chenan stood in his small courtyard, and the Spring Festival couplets stickers had already been prepared on the table in front of him, and he pondered for a moment, waved a big pen, and wrote hard:
Fu Lu Shou three-star photo,
Heaven, earth and man are six contract spring.
It is full of endless expectations in the hearts of the family for a happy life in the coming year.
After pasting the Spring Festival couplets, Qiao Chen'an nailed the peach talisman of the two gods to the door, the two gods were angry and round, and they were stubborn, but they were viciously tight, but I don't know if it is really as legendary as it can suppress evil spirits and drive away ghosts, but no matter what, it is a beautiful expectation in people's hearts!
And during this period, there are also many people who come to the door to ask for the Spring Festival couplets, although the literary style of Daxia is very prosperous, but in this era after all, there are a minority, most of them are still illiterate, and at this time a scholar like Qiao Chenan has become a sweetheart.
Just writing Spring Festival couplets for these people, Qiao Chenan has earned seven or eight taels of silver in the past ten days.
Today is the last day of the old year, that is, the commonly known Chinese New Year's Eve, after eating dumplings made by his mother at noon, he stayed at home to spend a boring afternoon, and by the way, cultivating immortals, this is probably the only little entertainment he can enjoy in this world where entertainment is extremely scarce!
An afternoon passed suddenly, night fell quietly, when Qiao Chenan woke up from meditation, the sky had completely darkened, after eating the Chinese New Year's Eve meal made by his mother, listening to the continuous sound of firecrackers on the street, the laughter of children, he suddenly felt a little peaceful in his heart.
This is the life of ordinary people, ordinary and ordinary, but very warm.
Maybe it's because I'm tired these days, so I fell asleep unconsciously.
When I woke up again, it was already noon the next day, so the fourth New Year in this world was spent in such a dull way.
After the New Year, it will soon be the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, which is also one of the most lively festivals of the year.
Qiao Chenan had dinner and walked slowly to the largest street in the city, only to find that the street was already crowded with people, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a sea of people, the most lively Lantern Festival of the year has begun!
The street was full of lit lanterns, looking from afar, the lights were bright, the arc light flowed, and for a moment, Qiao Chenan felt as if he had returned to the original world.
The cries of various vendors come and go, mixed with the laughter of pedestrians and the noisy laughter of children, painted together and interwoven into a gorgeous music called Nian.
"Chen'an, Chen'an......"
Suddenly, he heard someone calling his name on the street, Qiao Chenan turned his head and found that Xu Xian had appeared out of nowhere, and was looking at him with a smile on his face, and said, "I said why are you not at home, it turns out that you have already arrived at the Lantern Festival!"
"You're looking for me?"
Qiao Chenan wondered, the relationship between the two is not bad, but Xu Xian is sticky but sticky, following him all day long like a fart, if this guy hadn't made it clear that he likes women, he almost thought that Xu Xian had a habit of breaking his sleeves!
"How else would I know you're not at home? ”
Xu Xian was obviously very interested in the annual Lantern Festival, and happily pulled Qiao Chenan to the street, his head dangling constantly, for fear of missing something good.
Qiao Chenan felt speechless for a while, he didn't understand where the person next to him was so interested, he didn't have much feeling about this so-called lantern festival, this time he came just because he was bored at home, with the mentality of taking a casual look, let's just take a walk after dinner!
The street is full of colorful lanterns, through the lampshade emitting colorful light, but really a bit of flowery meaning, the two walk along the street, enjoy the lamp scene along the road is also comfortable, there is a special interest.
"Guess the riddle, guess the riddle, the winner will send the lamp!"
From afar, I saw a large group of men and women gathered on the side of the road, and from time to time there were bursts of laughter, which turned out to be the owner of the lantern riddle selling lanterns.
The two were attracted by guessing the lantern riddles, and couldn't help leaning over, only to find that Li Quan and the others were actually in the crowd, and they were gathering together to say something, seeing Qiao Chen'an and the two coming, Li Quan smiled and said: "Brother Qiao, you are here too!"
Others also stepped forward to say hello.
"It's okay to be idle, come out for a walk!"
Qiao Chenan nodded, glanced at the lanterns hanging all over the wall, and said, "Are you guessing lantern riddles?"
Li Quandao: "Brother Qiao might as well guess a few, if you guess it, it's naturally good, and it doesn't hurt if you can't guess it, the right is relaxed!"
Qiao Chenan smiled and shook his head, "Forget it, you guys can play." ”
Since he cultivated the Dao method taught by the old man, his whole person seems to have opened his mind, his memory is much stronger than before, it can be said that he will never forget it, and even the bits and pieces he saw in his previous life can be remembered in detail.
He just glanced at it and found that all the contents of the riddle were all things he had seen before, and it was naturally not difficult to guess it, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was cheating. However, for Li Quan and others, these lantern riddles are not so simple.
After all, the stall owner relies on this to eat, and if you are asked to guess it casually, then you will not have to pay for death?
"I'll guess one!"
Xu Xian on the side was eager to try, and took out six coins from his arms and handed them to the stall owner, but only the first question stumped him.
"The bright moon is half at the feet of the clouds, and the remnants of the flowers fall in front of the horse's hooves. How can you guess this?" Xu Xian scratched his hair a little embarrassed, frowned and whispered, and looked back at Li Quan and the others as if asking for help.
"The bright moon is half-cling, and the remnants of the flowers are falling?"
"Difficult, difficult!"
A group of people frowned tightly, if it was about rote memorization and poetry recitation, their group of scholars was okay, but they were not very good at guessing lantern riddles.
The stall owner looked at a group of people who were stumped, hehe Yile, and grinned: "How many sons have guessed it?" said in his heart, if it is so simple for you to guess, then I will simply close the stall and leave.
"Don't rush, I can't see what we're guessing!" Li Quan's face was slightly cold, and he seemed to feel a little unbearable on his face.
"Hey, hey!"
Qiao Chen'an, who was watching everyone guess the lantern riddle for a long time, suddenly felt that his sleeve was pulled twice, as if someone was calling him, and when he lowered his head, he found that a young man dressed in a gorgeous dress with red lips and white teeth was pulling his sleeve, and when he saw him, he immediately grinned.
"You are?"
"You forgot, I'm Huangfu Xuan!"
Huang Fuxuan wrinkled his little nose, blinked his eyes slightly, and added, "It's the little beggar you saved!"
"It's you!"
Qiao Chenan noticed the iconic fox eyes of the young man in front of him, and looked Huang Fuxuan up and down a few times in surprise, if the other party hadn't taken the initiative to identify himself, it would have been difficult for him to associate him with the little beggar of the day, but he didn't expect the two to meet again after more than a month.
The end of his nose suddenly smelled a somewhat familiar fragrance, and he couldn't help but sigh lightly, only to find that the woman of that day was actually there, still dressed in white, standing behind Huangfu Xuan.
The eyes of the two touched together, and Qiao Chenan nodded slightly.
Huang Fuxuan looked up at his little face, his small eyes swept around the faces of the two, and the corners of his mouth suddenly flashed with a somewhat mischievous smile, covering his stomach and screaming, "Sister Jiaona, I have a stomachache and I can't hold it back, so I'll go first!"
As he spoke, he ran away, the pain on his face immediately disappeared, and he seemed to remember something, and turned back as he ran: "Sister, you are waiting for me here, don't leave, what if I can't find you when I come back......"
The figure had disappeared into the night.
Qiao Chen'an frowned slightly, and said in his heart that your stomach hurt so suddenly, just leave your sister here alone......
Jiao Na was even more speechless than him, no wonder the little guy in Huangfu Xuan had been pulling her to run this way since before, it turned out that he had premeditated and deliberately created a "chance encounter", so he sold her sister......
But in front of her benefactor, she couldn't leave without saying a word, a pair of beautiful eyes looked at Qiao Chen'an, and said generously: "Little girl Jiaona, last time you said goodbye in a hurry, and you haven't asked for the name of your son?"
There is not much shyness of the daughter's family.
Qiao Chenan hurriedly returned the salute and arched his hand: "It turned out to be Miss Jiaona, under Qiao Chen'an." ”
Jiao Na looked at the man in front of her, although she was covered in a green shirt and dressed as a scholar, she did not have the weak and powerless temperament of an ordinary scholar.
Qiao Chen'an's eyes are clear, with an absolute self-confidence, like a galaxy, like morning dew, born with an inexplicable infectiousness, before you have a relationship, it has already made your heart shake, and you dare not underestimate it.
It's just that she doesn't know why, but she vaguely glimpsed a bit of loneliness from the depths of Qiao Chen'an's pupils, and she didn't know if it was her illusion.
Suddenly remembering what the man said, his heart couldn't help but feel a little heavy, and he couldn't help but look at Qiao Chen'an carefully.
Ordinary people don't see it, but she clearly sees that the latter's heavenly heart contains an extremely rich divine soul power, and the light is blazing like a small sun, almost dozens of times that of ordinary people, and it is possible to condense the Yin God at any time.
This shows that the man in front of him is also a cultivator, but he doesn't know where the teacher is, looking at the appearance of his soul, scattered and condensed, it is obvious that he is about to break through.
But Qiao Chen'an is unlikely to be the destined person in that person's mouth, in the face of such a catastrophe, judging from the strength he has shown so far, it is still 108,000 miles away.
Li Quan and the others over there were all focused on the riddle, and they didn't notice the movement here, and they were still thinking about the riddle at the moment, but they suddenly heard someone on the other side of the crowd say loudly: "This is not simple, the riddle is a 'bear' word!"
The voice of the voice was particularly obvious in the night, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
I saw a group of seven or eight people walking side by side towards this side, the first person was wearing a good purple dress, with a white jade ring on his waist, and at first glance he was the child of a rich family, and in fact, it was the richest man in Qiantang County, Lin Dafu's son, Lin Fei.
A few years ago, Lin Dafu was still a small person, but I don't know how to quickly accumulate this family business in a short period of time, but I think there are some means.
Lin Fei flew in front of everyone, walked towards Qiao Chen'an seemingly inadvertently, and said, "The bright moon is half a moon, and the remnants of flowers are daggers." ”
After a pause, he stepped forward and said, "If you want to come to the foot of the clouds, I don't need to explain it before the horse's hooves!
Li Quan and the others on the side saw Lin Fei guessing the anagram so easily, and their faces were a little unpleasant, and in the end they just said, "It turned out to be Brother Lin." ”
And there was no more to say.
Mr. Wu is not the only teacher in Qiantang City, this Lin Fei and others are students of another private school, and each private school is usually secretly competing with each other, so the relationship between everyone is not too good, not to mention that Lin Fei's family is rich and powerful, and they don't dare to offend too much, and every "confrontation" almost ends in defeat.
But tonight, Lin Fei's target was not on Li Quan and the others at all, he faced Qiao Chen'an and said with a smile: "Who am I, it turns out to be the famous Qiao Da Cai, Brother Qiao, is this guessing the lantern riddle?"
Although the words were respectful, there was no kindness in the tone.
Yan suddenly seemed to have discovered something, turned his head to look at Jiao Na beside him, a look of surprise flashed on his face, and said with a smile: "In Xia Lin Fei, take the liberty of asking the girl's name?"
That's what he's aiming for tonight!