Hutao put his hands on his hips and said indifferently, "I am the hall master, so what's wrong with cutting him two bamboos!"
"Hall Master."
Zhongli's voice suddenly sounded behind her, and Hutao froze.
She stood up with a smile on her face, without any embarrassment of being caught doing bad things.
"It's Ke Qing. Why did Ke Qing get up so early?"
"When I heard the sound of chopping bamboo, I got up to take a look, but I didn't expect it to be the hall master." Zhongli's eyes fell on the two fresh bamboos on the ground. "The hall master wants my bamboo, and you don't dare to refuse." .”
"But Master, I want to go shopping for something."
"This..." Hu Tao's eyes wandered, and finally fell on Jiang Bai.
Letting Zhongli do the shopping meant that she was going to have a lot of blood today, but she would be caught first. If Zhongli didn't go shopping, there would be other ways for her to lose money.
She threw the money bag to Jiang Bai, "Jiang Bai! I leave this important task of accompanying Mr. Zhongli to purchase! The budget is limited, so don't exceed it."
Jiang Bai weighed the money in his wallet and compared it with Zhongli's purchasing power. He felt that this "purchasing" trip was very stressful.
"Okay, you go shopping! I'm going to make Xiaolan!" Hutao carried two bamboos and the blueprint and ran away, leaving only the fallen leaves spinning in circles in the air.
Jiang Bai followed Zhongli and walked out of the door of the Hall of Purity. Liyue Port was quite lively today. Lanterns were hung in front of every house, colorful silks were hung over the streets, and even the little ones lying on the roadside basking in the sun The cats and puppies all took a bath and were clean.
Pedestrians also put on new clothes and congratulated each other on the Happy Lantern Festival.
"It's so lively." Jiang Bai couldn't help but sigh.
"This should be your first Hai Lantern Festival." Zhongli walked among the festive crowd with a smile on his lips.
"Yes."
"Liyue's Sea Lantern Festival has a long history and there are many customs. You don't need to accompany me to visit. I won't buy anything. Let's go and have fun."
"ah?"
Jiang Bai was already prepared to be on guard and would never let Zhongli spend a penny more, but he suddenly stopped buying?
"Go play, by the way, give it to me Maura."
Jiang Bai hesitated for a moment, then handed him the Mora given by Hu Tao.
This mora was originally a walnut for Zhongli, that's all, it's the same for him.
"What about you, Mr. Zhongli?"
"I'm going to see an old friend and bring something with me."
Zhong Li took a look at the mola in his purse. It should be enough to buy a pair of [Lianli Zhenxin Powder].
"Happy Hai Lantern Festival." Zhongli congratulated.
"Happy Hai Lantern Festival!" Jiang Bai waved and watched him walk into the crowd.
Instead of accompanying Zhongli on shopping, Jiang Bai wandered around the city alone. Many people greeted him, and he responded to them one by one.
After buying two candy figures, Jiang Bai wandered back to the Hall of Purity.
Licking the candy man, he walked into Hutao's yard and said, "Master, have you finished the Xiao Lantern?"
"It's not that fast!"
Hutao looked up from the pile of bamboo slices and rice paper, "Why are you back so soon?"
"Mr. Zhongli said that he didn't need me to accompany him and asked me to give him Mora, and then I would come back."
Jiang Bai handed her the candy man specially made to look like a little ghost, "Master, eat candy."
"I knew he was trying to blackmail me, Maura!" Hutao bit into pieces the candy man Kaka, mistaking the candy man for a lavish spender.
One hundred thousand moraya! Enough for her to buy as much bamboo as she wants!
"I don't care, I'm going to chop a few more!"
After a while, Hutao came back with a bunch of things. In addition to bamboos, there were fine inkstones, excellent pine smoke ink, cinnabar paint worth one or two thousand gold, and several pieces of different thicknesses that looked very expensive. brush.
Hu Tao happily put these things aside, and began to build the frame structure with Jiang Bai according to the drawings. After the frame was built, a layer of lantern paper was added.
Hu Tao took up the pen and drew beautiful red plum blossoms on it, and then inserted large pieces of floating stone.
Until the sun reaches the zenith, after several processes, this huge sky lantern half a person's height is finally completed!
Looking at the sky lantern, Jiang Bai applauded and congratulated, "As expected of the hall master, he is so clever and clever!"
"Let's put it on for now. When it gets dark, let's put it on together. I guarantee it will be the brightest lantern in the night sky!"
In addition to setting off lanterns, the Hai Lantern Festival also offers sacrifices to heroes and martyrs.
Hu Tao and Jiang Bai cleaned the ancestral hall inside and out, burned incense and placed new tributes.
In the evening, after the sun set, Hu Tao and Jiang Bai carried the extra-large sky lantern they made to Wanmin Hall, and looked at Xiang Ling's shocked eyes with satisfaction.
"Wow! What a big night lantern!"
Xiangling ran into the room and took out her Xiaolan, "Look at the rice cake Xiaolan I made!"
Xiang Ling's Xiao Deng added ears and Guo Ba's face based on Yuan You, making it look very cute.
"not bad!"
"Let's find a spacious place to go to Xiao Deng together." The two held hands and skipped towards the pier. Jiang Bai and Guo Ba each held a Xiao Deng and followed them.
People were coming and going on the pier, and everyone was holding sky lanterns, just waiting for the sky to get darker to let the sky lanterns in their hands rise into the sky together with the huge Mingxiao lanterns.
Vendors of various snacks do not forget to do business during the Hailantern Festival, and the aroma of the food makes people salivate.
The sky was getting darker, but the various colored lanterns in Liyue were a bit brighter than the stars in the sky.
Hu Tao and Jiang Bai each held on to a corner of the lantern to prevent it from flying away before it was released.
The huge Mingxiao lantern rose into the sky, and the immortals depicted on it seemed to come to life, flying in the air and drawing a beautiful arc.
This is the immortal who once sacrificed for Liyue. There are too many such ancestors in Liyue.
People raised their lanterns one after another, released their hands, and let the lanterns slowly rise into the sky.
Warm yellow firelight flickers in the lamps, floating in the sky above Liyue Port, embodying beautiful expectations for the coming year.
Hutao closed her eyes, spoke softly, and made good wishes.
"May the Hall of Rebirth get better and better!"
“I hope to learn more recipes next year!”
"Lulu~"
Jiang Bai may have made a wish, "May life get better and better."
The big sky lantern in his hand slowly rose into the sky, like huge stars rising from the sea.
A child nearby pointed at the big sky lantern and exclaimed, "Mom, what a big sky lantern!"
“We’ll do a big one next year too!”
At Wangshu Inn, Zhongli and Mandrill stood on the roof of the inn, watching the residents of the inn release flying lanterns.
Zhongli asked the person next to him, "Are you okay?"
Mandrill lowered his head with a respectful expression, "Thank you Emperor for sending me the Lianli Zhenxin Powder. It's much better."
"On the last day of this year, let's put up a lantern." Zhongli took out a lantern and handed it to Mandrill.
Mandrill was stunned for a moment, took the lantern, and let the bright light fly in his hand.
With good wishes, the sky lanterns fill the Liyue sky.
