Shi Huiqin pinched her sleeves and looked at the retreating figure of the carriage. Her originally rosy face turned even paler.
"Where are they going?"
Li Fu came to his senses after hearing this and explained slowly: "Let's go to the Chinese Valentine's Day together."
The noble daughters of the Gaomen clan can do their own activities in their own mansions on this day, or several girls can gather together to play, worship the double stars (Cowherd and Weaver) under the Milky Way, and ask for luck from Weaver.
But girls from ordinary families outside love the bustle of the market more, and make appointments with girls they know well to go out on the street together.
There are even unmarried couples or newlyweds and their wives, traveling together on the Chinese Valentine's Day.
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in the sky meet on the Magpie Bridge, and the lovers on the earth travel together hand in hand.
The lights dimmed and lovers murmured.
Li Fu glanced at Shi Huiqin's pale face and said, "If mother feels uncomfortable, we won't go."
"Go!" Shi Huiqin gritted her teeth and her eyes were firm, "I want to go take a look."
Since she was a child, she had been dreaming of flying to the branches one day, thinking that she would be successful in the future and have a group of slaves. However, her whole life was trapped in that small space, and what she wanted was too far away from her.
From Shiqiao Village to Nanshan Village, from a village girl to a village woman, she lived a simple life every day. The glory, wealth, and high status in her dreams had nothing to do with her.
Now that she came to the prosperous Imperial City from Shiqiao Village, it was Chinese Valentine's Day again. If she didn't go out and take a look, she wouldn't be able to close her eyes until she died.
She really wanted to see what the girls in this imperial city, or those noble daughters, looked like and what kind of life they lived.
She always couldn't figure out what was wrong with her, or why the world was so unfair, why others were born as noble girls, but she was a village girl.
"Then go." Li Fu didn't bother to explore the eagerness and unwillingness in her eyes. Together with the maid beside him, he helped her get into the carriage next to the door. Two guards were arranged to protect her.
Although neither Su Wan nor Li Lin wanted to see these two people, everything that needed to be arranged was arranged. They had three meals a day, good food and good drinks. They also invited the imperial doctor, prescribed medicine, and had maids to serve them. , we arranged a carriage and escorted him when he was about to go out, and there was nothing wrong with him.
Shi Huiqin is a little greedy for days like this. This is what she dreams of.
He lived in a beautiful palace and house, ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, and wore splendid clothes. He was always served by someone, and he didn't even have to pour a glass of water himself. There was a carriage and escort when he went out.
While sitting in the carriage, her pale face turned red again, and she coughed several times: "Ah Fu, it's great that we can live here in the future, it's so nice here."
Li Fu pinched it with his short fingers and said calmly: "I have already agreed with my cousin that you are almost cured and will go back to Shiqiao Village tomorrow."
"Go back?" Shi Huiqin's face changed slightly, "What are you going back for? Isn't it a good place to live here?"
Li Fu paused: "This is someone else's house, mother."
"That's your cousin's house too." Shi Huiqin also wanted to say something about getting Li Fu and Li Lin close, but then she remembered that there was a maid sitting in the carriage, so she changed her story and said, "Why can't you live in your cousin's house?" .”
Li Fu thought to himself, if he is an upright relative and his family is in trouble, and his cousin's family is not lacking in this, they can certainly live in it, but you clearly want to covet other people's wealth and status, and also want to disturb the peace of other people's couples.
"I asked my cousin before that if you go back, I will hire a doctor to treat you in Shiqiao Village. If you don't go back, I won't hire this doctor. Mother, you can choose for yourself."
Shi Huiqin's face turned a little paler: "Your cousin will hire a doctor for me. Isn't that what we promised before? Besides, he is my cousin after all. Is it possible that if we stay, he won't hire me?"
"Besides, the imperial doctor wasn't very good before. I took the medicine for a few days and I feel much better."
Shi Huiqin felt satisfied and proud that the imperial doctor came to treat her. Who among ordinary people could afford an imperial doctor.
Li Fu's face remained calm when he heard what she said. After hearing what she said, he said calmly: "If mother doesn't want to live anymore, it doesn't matter if she stays."
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Li Lin and Su Wan on the other side got off the carriage at the edge of the market, took off the packages and gave them to Huifeng to carry. Then they both put on their curtain hats, lit lanterns, and ordered Yuanyou to drive the carriage away. At the place where it was parked, he was asked to come over and join the returning wind later.
If it is a spring outing and everyone is familiar with each other, it is not necessary to wear a curtain hat. However, if it is a lively festival at night like the Chinese Valentine's Day and Lantern Festival, everyone goes out to play in the market and does not want to be recognized, so wearing a curtain hat It is more convenient.
Originally, women wore more curtain hats, but Su Wan felt that Li Lin's face was recognized by many people in the Imperial City, so if he wanted to have more fun, he might as well wear it, but Li Lin didn't care about it. , that’s what she said.
The two of them walked onto an arch bridge carrying lanterns, and saw that the other side of the arch bridge was already bustling with people coming and going. There were a couple of men and women traveling hand in hand, a group of well-dressed girls, and a group of people. A group of young masters and students.
It's lively, but it's also a bit chaotic, so be careful when going out.
The two of them got off the arch bridge and quickly merged into the crowd. They blended in with these lively people and became the scenery in the eyes of others.
The two randomly chose a direction and walked down the street. There were many stalls on the edge of the market, selling some simple food, including wontons, glutinous rice balls, dumplings, and various sesame pancakes.
Li Lin bought two pancakes with red bean filling and some fruit food made with oil, flour and honey, and the two of them ate some.
Because she had to go out, Su Wan only ate a bowl of white fungus soup during the evening meal, leaving her stomach to eat something outside, so she ate a lot. She ate a piece of red bean pancake and several fruit snacks.
Finally, the two of them went to buy a bowl of herbal tea. It was still hot in summer, so drinking this bowl felt very comfortable.
Along the way, we watched the excitement around the market, including jugglers, opera singers, and lantern riddle guessers. When we arrived at a lakeside square, we also saw various exquisite water floats and grain boards.
Floating on the water are geese, mandarin ducks, turtles, fish and other objects made of yellow wax and painted with gold threads, making them all lifelike.
To make a grain board, some soil is placed on a small wooden board, corn is planted on it, and rice seedlings are produced. Then a small thatched house is built as a farmhouse, and a kneaded little man is added to form an elegant scene of the village. Weigh the grain board.
There were many people around to watch. I heard that there was a competition, and whoever made the first thing would be rewarded with how much silver.
Su Wan especially likes the lifelike village farmhouses on the grain boards, which are so leisurely and comfortable. The grain boards where the old man is fishing are the most beautiful.
Further ahead is a lively observation building by the lake. At this time, the observation building has been set up as a begging tower. Many girls are worshiping the double stars in front of the building and begging for luck. There are also many people watching the excitement. .
