Late March.
The annual Blue Moon Festival is coming.
As early as ten days ago, people could be seen all over the streets in Fengli City alone who were excited and preparing for the festival.
The white mourning hanging on the late emperor's deathbed at the end of last year can now be taken down and replaced with festive blue and red colors. Blue represents the festival, and red represents the Jingjiu Dynasty. The two colors together are enough to express the extraordinary nature of this Blue Moon Festival.
First of all, this year's Blue Moon Festival is the first major celebration since the new emperor ascended the throne. Secondly, this year's Blue Moon Festival coincides with the South's overall victory in the war against the barbarians. Finally, this year’s Blue Moon Festival is the first festival after the money and food austerity strategy was cancelled.
Daqing! It must be Daqing!
Tight nerves will be released to the maximum extent during this year’s Blue Moon Festival. This is true for both ordinary people and yamen everywhere.
The most active and busiest ones are those flower houses that have just reopened.
As is the case everywhere, a big city like Fengri City cannot escape the ups and downs of the flower house industry. During the long period of money and food shortages, very few flower houses could withstand and survive. Most of them died quietly. When they reopened, they either changed their signboards or secretly changed their owners.
After the war ended, the whole country rejoiced, and the flower house industry was even more grateful, especially those flower houses that had endured the "severe winter" and had lost their pants and were about to die, but suddenly spring came and flowers bloomed.
To others, the Blue Moon Festival is just a "celebration" and an excuse to vent their suppressed emotions, but for the people of Hualou, it is the first big event in their new life!
Blue Moon Club! This time, all the flower houses took out the last bit of their wealth and prepared to give it a try.
The truth cannot be broken or established. Now after a long period of money and food shortages, the flower house industry has ushered in an opportunity for a major reshuffle. All flower houses know this. After this Blue Moon Meeting, who can rise to become the leader and who will sink? Being pinned down and struggling to survive, it all depends on what each person is capable of.
Of course, ordinary people have always watched the Blue Moon Festival organized by Hualou. After all, there are floats parading through the streets. The beautiful singers who are rarely seen on weekdays are very beautiful, posing and posing on the floats, especially standing under the floats. , if you are lucky, you can also see some thrilling scenes, which is very exciting.
On the contrary, people in the circle or rich and powerful people who have been paying attention to the Blue Moon Society only have some inside information that is not known to the outside world. For example, a certain singer ran from one flower house to another.
Or maybe a certain singer has become a good person, no longer does this profession, and has left without a trace.
There are still some flower houses that can’t stand alone, so they stick together to keep warm. Now, on the contrary, the freshmen are generally “strength”, and the wealth can be seen from the floats alone.
There are many new signboards in this float parade, and many familiar signs are missing. For example, Hongenyuan, which used to be the largest and most popular, can no longer be found. It was replaced by a new building called "Ruanxiangfang", which was said to be formed by several flower houses that could not survive.
However, I heard that Reixiang, the top singer of the former Hongen Academy, redeemed herself and was considered a good person.
Originally it was not so easy for the singer to redeem herself. But the world is fickle, Hualou itself has collapsed, and the binding force on the singer is not enough. As long as the singer with some connections and confidence speaks up, and the money for redemption is raised a little more, then everything will be allowed.
As for what the singers do after taking off their makeup after redeeming themselves, that depends on each person. Some disappear from the world and find a remote town to get married. Some put on some clothes and became the mothers of Hualou. Others entered the high gates and red walls and became playthings.
Lianxiang? There are quite a few people asking about her. After all, there are too many men who are obsessed with her charm, and even those with a little bit of strength want to try their luck to see if they can get what they want. It's a pity that Lianxiang's whereabouts are easy to find, but no one dares to find her. Because they were in the small courtyard of Fengri City in the past and hadn't gone anywhere, but there were rumors that this was where Lianxiang was waiting for Shen Mansion.
Which Shen Mansion?
There is only one family in Fengri City that still has a "Shen Mansion" plaque hanging on it. It is the residence of Mr. Shen, the commander of the Black Flag Camp of the Xuanqing Guard.
Mr. Shen is only in his early thirties and has already reached the fourth rank of official obedience. He is currently serving as a thousand-household official and is in charge of the entire Black Flag Camp on the border of Jingxi. Not to mention being a top figure in Fengri City, even in the Imperial City, he has a prominent reputation, and no one dares to underestimate him.
But although Mr. Shen had a smooth career, he never got married. Firstly, Lord Shen has been lonely since he was a child, and no one helped him arrange his marriage; secondly, Lord Shen is busy with official duties, and he does not have time to find a good match; thirdly, Lord Shen has gained increasing prestige, and even an idle person wants to send his daughter to his door. I don't have the guts either.
I heard that Reixiang and Master Shen, the top singers of Hongenyuan, were not clear about each other. Now it seems that it is true. Lianxiang didn't leave even after redeeming herself. She was probably waiting for Master Shen to leave her a concubine position.
Why don't you take Lianxiang in first? That's because there was an unwritten but well-known and followed rule in the Jingjiu Dynasty: before the head of the family comes in, the concubines can only wait outside, and they pay attention to the superiority and inferiority of each person.
Isn't Lianxiang qualified to be the head wife? without. This is the answer everywhere.
But when will Master Shen get married?
Anyone who cares will notice it, it should be soon. Because Mr. Shen is now in the fourth rank but has not yet held any actual position, and according to the practice of the old Jing Dynasty, it is difficult for people without family background to hold high positions, so Mr. Shen should get married within this year.
Compared with the outside world's concern about Shen Hao's marriage, Shen Hao himself is not very concerned about it. The main reason is that the values of another world still affect him invisibly.
Isn’t it because you should fall in love first, then live together, and then get a marriage certificate when everything is suitable? Shen Hao has never been married, but he has given many red envelopes, and he has been the best man twice. Now he is asked to find a woman to get married within a year... This...
Fortunately, if Shen Hao remained silent, few people around him would dare to make decisions for him.
Jiang Cheng was the only one who was trying to help him in a panic. It was said that recently Jiang Cheng always used the excuse of drinking to go to the homes of his former colleagues in the Japanese army, or he also walked diligently to the houses of civil servants he was not familiar with. People who didn't know the reason were still wondering what Jiang Cheng was doing, but those who knew the inside story understood that Jiang Cheng was helping Shen choose the right in-laws.
If someone is busy, Shen Hao will not be idle here either. It's just that he is busy with the affairs of the Black Flag Camp.
Black Flag Camp had never celebrated any festivals before, and it was gloomy and the same all year round. But this time Shen Hao was ready to change. After all, you have to do dirty work, but life cannot be just about these gloomy things. It is necessary to relax appropriately. By the way, you can also give out some holiday money or celebrate the holiday gifts. Wouldn’t it be lively!
PS: The Dragon Boat Festival is coming! Have you eaten rice dumplings? Fresh meat rice dumplings are the best!
