Although Ximenqing had some 'resentment' towards Sima Bai, he still decided to clean the house and wait for his arrival. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn later generations, didn't a great founder also say "clean the house before you have a treat"~

However, in this way, Mingyue and Mingyin suffered from the two daughters, and they were busy from after lunch until the evening, before they cleaned the house up and down, inside and out. And Ximen Qing took advantage of this time to open all the gift boxes and check the gifts given to him by Sima Bai. It doesn't matter if you look at it, it didn't make Ximen Qing angry: nine out of ten gift boxes are filled with moon cakes.

You're asking me to eat mooncakes as a meal! I'm afraid I won't get diabetes?

In order to commend the diligence of the two daughters of Mingyin, Ximenqing deliberately cooked in person and showed the results of learning in the past month or so. When the two women saw the three dishes on the table, they could be described as full of color, fragrance and taste, so they naturally praised Ximen Qing and completely satisfied his vanity.

After half an hour of rest after dinner, the sun gradually sank to the end of the sky. Mingyin and the two girls hurriedly pulled Ximenqing and wanted to go out of the city to set off Kong Ming lanterns. The two knew that Sima Bai would come to Ximenqing soon, so if they didn't act quickly, they would lose the opportunity to put a sky lantern and make a wish.

At this time, a lot of people gathered on the street, and the street was already shoulder to shoulder and lively. The Mid-Autumn Festival night in the Song Dynasty was a sleepless night, and the night market was open all night, playing with the moon and tourists.

Although the Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, it was not until the early years of the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. In the Book of Tang and Taizong, it is recorded that "the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15".

The popularity of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, on the night of August 15, all over the city, regardless of rich and poor, young and old, must wear adult clothes, burn incense and worship the moon to express their wishes, and pray for the blessing of the gods. In the folk, there are also activities such as dancing the grass dragon and building pagodas, and many places have also formed special customs such as burning incense, tree Mid-Autumn Festival, lighting tower lanterns, putting sky lanterns, walking the moon, and dancing the fire dragon.

After crossing two paths and coming to the street, there was a sudden noise, which shook Ximenqing's ears very uncomfortable.

Ximenqing was holding a Kong Ming lantern in one hand, and could only cover one ear with the other hand, and just turned around to urge Mingyin and the two girls to go quickly, but found that there was no one behind him. They didn't know where they had gone.

After a brief glance around, Ximenqing saw the two little girls gathered behind a cluster of people, watching the performance inside.

With a helpless smile, Ximenqing came behind them and looked inside.

The performers are actually small folk opera troupes, and most of the shows are chest stones, stepping on the tip of a knife with bare feet, somersaults, stepping on stilts, and so on. In the eyes of Ximenqing, a later generation, these are basically not creative.

However, in the eyes of the common people of the Song Dynasty, these acrobatics were completely unthought of and very dangerous performances, so many people threw the copper plates on their bodies to them, and they also applauded these folk artists with all their strength.

Not long after, a little girl from the troupe came to the scene, she was only eleven or twelve years old, carrying three large bowls in her hand, and bowed to the spectators.

Then, I saw her "whoosh" and threw the empty bowl in her hand high one after another. The three bowls arced in the air, tumbling and falling. And the little girl was standing directly under the bowl at this time, and she was looking at her posture to take the bowl with her head.

Everyone held their breath at this time, did not dare to make a sound, and secretly cheered for this little girl. The scene fell silent for a moment, and the pin drop could be heard.

Mingyue and Mingyin also grabbed each other's little hands, pinched a handful of sweat for this little girl, and prayed that she could succeed. The two of them also entered the palace when they were as old as the little girl in the scene, and now they see that in order to make a living, they have followed the opera troupe to survive at a young age, and the two naturally have a sense of sympathy for each other, and the eyes of this little girl are also full of pity.

Listening to the three soft sounds of "dong bang", the little girl accurately caught the three big bowls with her head. Countless applause and even whistles erupted.

The little girl picked up the gong on the ground and asked everyone for a reward. Everyone loved this child very much, so they all took out copper plates and rewarded her without hesitation. Mingyue and Mingyin empathized with this little girl, and even put all the money on their bodies into the gong.

Then, the two of them turned their heads at the same time, their eyes sparkling with stars, and they looked at Ximenqing expectantly. However, in Ximenqing's opinion, their expressions were clear: We have given her the money, you can do it~

Shrugging his shoulders, Ximenqing reached into his arms, took out two ingots of silver, and threw them at the little girl in the field, only to hear the two sounds of "dangdang", the silver fell steadily into the gong, and then rolled twice with "jingling", which made the little girl stare at a pair of big eyes.

Where had she ever seen so much money, so she set her eyes on the equally stunned troupe owner not far away. It took the master of the class a long time to come to his senses, and he hurriedly ran into the field, took out the two ingots of silver, and padd them again and again, but he was still not at ease, so he took them to his mouth and bit them with his teeth.

Well, I get a toothache, it's true!

The head of the class immediately hurriedly bowed to the crowd where the silver was thrown just now and thanked him: "Thank you for the reward! Thank you for the reward!"

But the crowd looked at each other, looking for the 'big money', but after searching for a long time, where was the shadow of that broad young man?......

At this time, the sky is dark, and the full moon hangs obliquely on the horizon, surrounded by stars, which is beautiful. Ximen Qing and the others were already some distance away from the troupe, and they couldn't hear the applause and shouting behind them at all.

He pulled Mingyin and the two girls to the direction of the palace gate, and put Kong Ming lanterns in the endless suburbs to make it more charming.

After a short walk forward, suddenly, the pedestrians on the street in front of them turned to the sides, all looking forward expectantly.

Ximenqing and the three of them leaned on the side of the street along the flow of people, listening to the sound of drums in the distance, and looking ahead curiously. I saw a huge dragon head leaping into view: the antlers of a deer, the ears of a cow, the head of a camel, the eyes of a rabbit...... It's really lifelike and mighty!

The dragon's head flew towards the three of Ximenqing, and its body was more than 20 zhang long, and the light flickered. This is because it is a 32-knotted dragon body made of grass, which is filled with longevity incense.

Every year on the occasion of this festival, a grand fire dragon dance will be held in Bianliang City, and this year will be no exception. I saw this winding and undulating fire dragon dancing happily under the lights and dragon drum music, which was very lively.

Ximenqing remembers that the fire dragon dance first originated in Hong Kong, where there is a legend: a long time ago, after a typhoon hit the Tai Hang District of Hong Kong, a python appeared and did evil everywhere, and the villagers went out to search and finally killed it. Unexpectedly, the python disappeared the next day. A few days later, a plague broke out in the pit. At this time, the elders of the village suddenly received a dream from the Bodhisattva, saying that as long as they danced the fire dragon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, they could drive away the plague. Coincidentally, it worked. Since then, the fire dragon dance has been passed down to this day.

"Wow! This dragon is so beautiful! The whole body is shining with golden light~" Mingyue praised in surprise on the side.

"Yes, I've never seen such a long fire dragon before, and I never imagined that life outside the palace was so good~" Mingyin also sighed.

"If you want to, you don't have to go back to the palace in the future. Ximenqing interjected at the right time.

"Really?" the two women said in unison, their faces full of surprise.

"Of course it's true!" Ximenqing said with his hands behind his back, puffed up his chest, and said confidently, "Childe, when did I say big things! If you don't dislike it, you will work in the court in the future!"