In a blink of an eye, it’s the Lantern Festival, which they call the Lantern Festival.
During the Lantern Festival of the Song Dynasty, officials had a seven-day holiday. In fact, it was quite good to be a minor official in the Song Dynasty. The state attached great importance to the welfare of official officials, and the high salary was not an exaggeration. Officials have a high social status, make a lot of money, and have enough holidays to rest. The rewards of ten years of hard work are simply not a good deal.
The Tang Dynasty began a three-day holiday during the Lantern Festival, lifting curfew restrictions and allowing people to go out to enjoy the lanterns, which was called "night-time". Even women who are rarely able to go out on weekdays are liberated and can go out on the streets and walk among the bustling crowds. Today it can be said that all people celebrate together, regardless of gender, age or child.
This festival has been full of romance and poetry since ancient times, so when Zheng Ruoying and the others saw such a good opportunity, they lowered their composure and begged Liang Chuan to take them there to join in the fun. I wonder what girl is not pregnant with her child. She rarely goes out on weekdays and fantasizes about meeting young handsome men. Apart from this opportunity, there is no second chance in a year.
According to the folk custom of the Song Dynasty, during the Shangyuan Festival, the mountain made of piles of colorful lanterns resembles the shape of the legendary giant turtle, which is also called "Aoshan". Aoshan in small places and villages are usually piled up in the place where the city god or ancestral hall is located. This is the place where everyone's spiritual sustenance is placed.
Xinghua is a big place, so these piles are larger and more impressive than other places. Every year during the Lantern Festival, the open space in front of the county government office is the most lively. At night, there are thousands of lanterns, colorful hanging flowers, and sparkling trees and silver flowers. Looking around, you can't see the stars in the sky. They are all brightly lit and look like a sky. The city that never sleeps.
Liang Chuan is very free during the day. He keeps chopping firewood and chops firewood repeatedly every day. But now there is a change. He usually splits the wood and then flattens it as much as possible, instead of cutting it into small pieces. Because after cutting it into wooden boards, it can be made into a sand table, and Zhao Jinyu can then process it into a sand table.
Ax training is not something that happens in a day. It requires long-term careful study and hard work to be successful. Li Chuyi just looked at him every day and didn't give much guidance. In his opinion, basic skills were not enough.
If you don’t cut enough during the day, you will continue to make up for it at night. You should do it every day. If you don’t finish it, you can’t rest.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, because Li Chengfu had promised to go to Xinghua early to publicize, there were many servants in the county, and now he felt more and more that he was living in the territory of these local gangsters, so it was impossible not to pay a visit to these landlords.
Liang Chuan had already completed his goal of chopping firewood early, and now he is getting better and better at it. He adjusts his breathing well between chopping firewood, and at the end of the day, he will never be half-dead from exhaustion again.
After half a day's work, I didn't sweat much.
He asked Yi Niang to find him some relatively clean clothes, which he bought during the Chinese New Year, specifically for socializing sometimes. Wearing new clothes, although she looks more energetic, she still has a strong country atmosphere. Liang Chuan really didn't like the long-sleeved round robes worn by literati, as they were quite inconvenient to move around. This is the only decent outfit I have.
No matter what, it's not like I'm going on a blind date, I'm just going to show my face in the county. Why do I dress so beautifully? What's more, a person's temperament does not depend on his clothes. His energy and spirit can add a lot of points, eh. . Forget it, I won’t comfort myself anymore.
Everyone also wants to go to Xinghua to experience the lively atmosphere. After all, there is only one opportunity a year. But Liang Chuan did not agree this time. Because of the smallpox virus, Liang Chuan now really doesn't want everyone to go to crowded places. In an era when there are no medicines and antibiotics, if one person is infected, the whole family will die.
Everyone didn't understand Liang Chuan's painstaking efforts, and everyone pretended to be angry on the surface, but in fact everyone respected Liang Chuan's opinion. If the boss said he wouldn't let him go, then he couldn't go. There was no room for bargaining. Who was his boss? Everyone knows in their hearts that he is definitely not the kind of person who eats meat himself and prevents everyone from drinking soup.
Everyone in the village has gone to Fengshan. Fengshan is also very lively today, three times more lively than the Spring Festival. Children hold small paper lanterns and shine them east and west. A small sense of satisfaction can make them happy. for a long time.
After lunch, Liang Chuan set off for Xinghua. Different times, different customs, everything is new to Liang Chuan. Maybe no one will play with these lanterns in future generations, but in the eyes of pure people, these are fun.
When we reached the intersection of Fengshan Road, where Jiang Lizheng stopped people at the entrance of the village last time to save his grandson, there were two boys standing far away. Looking at Dapan, he looks like Zheng Ruoying's servant, but from a distance he looks unfamiliar and a little familiar.
The two of them seemed to be waiting for someone passing by. Liang Chuan approached and saw, damn, it was Zheng Ruoying and Zheng Yuzhi who were disguised as men again! The two men were wearing the clothes of the clerk who was at their grocery store at that time, and they were looking at Liang Chuan with smiles on their faces.
Liang Chuan was shocked when he saw the two people in this outfit. They were really evil and wanted to join in the fun. "What are you two planning to do with these outfits?"
Zheng Ruoying is well-informed about etiquette and general knowledge, so he usually doesn't mess around with others. However, his family has not forced any marriages recently, and his life is quite peaceful. In addition, the two festivals are so lively, and his calm heart suddenly becomes alive again, and he follows himself. My hot cousin started messing around.
Zheng Ruoying's pretty face had been tanned by the sun since the last time she went to Qingyuan County to buy sugar cane for several days. She had raised it again and again during the New Year, and a layer of embarrassment appeared on her fair and tender cheeks. She was blushing, and she didn't dare to look directly at Liang Chuan, and said timidly: "Liang Chuan, please take us to Xinghua to watch the lantern festival... My cousin and I have been waiting for you here all morning... I promise to stand behind you obediently, I won’t cause you any trouble!”
Liang Chuan didn't even look at it, let alone think about it. He continued walking towards Xinghua without stopping, and refused without thinking at all: "I said no, it's no." The two of them are like children, they can't give in. If they have any illusions, they will think there is still a chance.
As soon as Liang Chuan left, the two of them stuck together like gummy candies. Xiao Suibu followed Liang Chuan.
Liang Chuan originally thought that after sending the two people away, they would go back obediently after being wronged. Unexpectedly, the two people followed him, and they looked decent, just like the two servants of the Liang Chuan family.
Liang Chuan walked for more than ten meters, stopped and turned around and said: "You two eldest ladies, you should go back and stop following me. Xinghua is a mixed bag today with all kinds of people. I can't take care of you two aunts. , if we meet a pervert or something, how do you want us to face your father?"
Zheng Yuzhi said arrogantly: "Humph, we are all dressed as men, who would be interested in us? You clearly don't want to take us!"
Liang Chuan was so angry that Tian Ling Gai was about to fly, and he said helplessly: "Do you really think you pretend to be similar? Go and look at yourself in the bronze mirror. Are there any servants whose faces are whiter than those of your boss? Your hands are as thin as Tofu, you don’t even have an Adam’s apple on your neck. Anyone who’s not blind can tell that you’re a woman disguised as a man, okay?”
Zheng Ruoying and Zheng Yuzhi looked at each other, burst out laughing and said: "Cousin, you also said that no one can see when we are dressed up like this, hahaha, it turns out that they look so obvious, what should I do, oh you Your hair is loose, let me comb it for you."
Two women pretending to be men, actually laughed at each other and played with each other's hair on the official road in broad daylight. The passers-by got goosebumps when they saw it.
"That's enough for you two!" Liang Chuan couldn't stand it anymore. His voice rose several decibels and he yelled out involuntarily.
The two little girls were yelled at by this voice, and they stuck out their tongues. Instead of walking back, they pretended to continue to follow Liang Chuan.
Unable to throw him away or persuade him back, Liang Chuan shook his head. Yes, Liang Chuan came up with a plan and said: "Since you want to come, you two should pretend to be more similar and follow me. Don't leave." ”
When the two girls saw that Liang Chuan was willing to lower his head, they immediately beamed. The two of them followed Liang Chuan like little birds. They didn't look like a boss followed by two lackeys, but Liang Chuan was a bodyguard. Open the way ahead. .
Liang Chuan led the two girls and walked straight to the east gate.
"Liang Chuan, oh no, boss, are you going the wrong way? This is the way to my house. The lanterns are not in this direction!"
"You still dare to question your boss, is there any servant like you? Follow closely and don't talk nonsense. If someone sees the clues later and comes to trouble you, I won't be able to protect you!" Liang Chuan cajoled and deceived you. said.
Zheng Yuzhi curled her lips and endured it for the sake of the lanterns.
The three people walked to the Zheng Mansion at the east gate. Liang Chuan rushed directly into the Zheng Mansion. Only then did the two of them realize that Liang Chuan wanted to find Zheng Zuliang and imprison them back! Liang Chuan found the servants of the Zheng Mansion and asked, "Where are you, sir and madam? The head of the family just called someone over."
The servant looked at Liang Chuan and wondered where you came from, a wild thing who dared to yell at our master and his wife. He said coldly: "The master went out to the lantern festival early in the morning, and my wife also went to Fengshan to get married. , are not here, go, go, go." The servant immediately kicked Liang Chuan out.
When the two girls saw Liang Chuan come back in frustration, they looked at Liang Chuan with smiles. Liang Chuan realized that the two of them had already made plans and were well prepared. No wonder they both looked unworried. expression.
There is no other choice but to take these two girls away for a while.
"We have agreed, you must listen to my orders. If something happens, I will help you carry it. If you are bold enough to act blindly and mess around, you will take care of it yourself if something happens. Mr. Zheng will probably be at the lantern festival, too. Don’t embarrass him!”
The two people looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison: "Yes, sir."
