Me and my Jianghu Tavern

Gu Qingshan looked over the counter, and sure enough, he saw Xiao Qi who was lying on his stomach, his tail was still moving, he probably hadn't slept yet.

"Xiao Qi, come quickly and see what I brought you."

Gu Qingshan held a small flowerpot in his hand, the flowerpot was spread flat with soil, and in the center was another young seedling that just grew out of the soil.

"Wu Manzi, let's compare and see who Xiaoqi will like the flowers from. If you lose, please drink." Gu Qingshan patted Wu Manzi on the shoulder and said.

Wu Manzi sneered, and said confidently: "Bijibi, I still don't believe that your newly sprouted seedlings can be as strong as my purple butterfly."

Ever since, the two of them came to the counter, a newly sprouted seedling, a gorgeous purple butterfly flower, and two pots of flowers and plants were placed in front of Xiao Qi.

Seeing that the sunlight was blocked, Xiao Qi opened his eyes, still a little confused.

Xiao Qi looked at the two people in front of him suspiciously.

When it saw the two pots of flowers and plants in front of its eyes, it was stunned and stood up.

Seeing Xiao Qi walking towards his purple butterfly flower, Wu Manzi smiled and said, "I'm sure I'll win."

"It's not certain who will win." Gu Qingshan was not in a hurry, but just watched quietly.

Xiao Qi originally came from the wild, but was adopted by Zhang Ming. The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is warm, and Xiao Qi has never seen any flowers and plants.

Gu Qingshan understands this very well, Xiaoqi raises the grass for the process of raising the grass, so he prepared this pansy that just sprouted.

"Meow."

Xiao Qi stood in front of the Purple Butterfly and looked at it. After a while, he lost interest. From the corner of his eye, he saw the seedlings in the flowerpot beside him, and then walked over.

Xiao Qi stared at the newly germinated seedling in the flower pot with wide eyes, and didn't cry out, just looked at it like that.

Seeing this, Wu Manzi was a little anxious, and he suddenly felt that he might not win.

"Meow."

Xiaoqi called softly, and it turned to look in the direction of the grass.

At the beginning, it watched the grass grow taller day by day, but now it is not there. It is impossible to forget in such a short time.

Seeing that Xiao Qi was so relieved, Zhang Ming thought to himself: "At least I won't like the new and dislike the old, so I won't call you a scumbag in the future."

After staring at Gu Qingshan's flower pot for a while, Xiao Qi stretched out his flesh pad and touched the young seedling that had just germinated.

It suddenly thought of the little grass again, and its mood became depressed again.

"Wu Manzi, admit it, I'm better than you." Gu Qingshan smiled proudly.

"I..." Wu Manzi was a little unconvinced, and suddenly saw Xiao Qi move, so he said: "Wait, who said you won."

Xiao Qi shook his fluffy tail, turned his head back to the previous position, and closed his eyes.

In the end, Xiaoqi didn't choose any of them, he still liked the little grass that he raised day by day.

"How could it be..." Gu Qingshan was a little puzzled when he saw this, Xiao Qi didn't like it, obviously he cared about it just now.

At this time, Zhang Ming stood up and explained: "Xiaoqi just can't let go of that grass, just like you lost a plaything when you were young, it will be fine after a while."

Gu Qingshan suddenly realized, this is indeed what he did not expect, he just thought things too simply, and forgot that Xiaoqi is very smart.

"Then what should we do?" Wu Manzi looked at the seedlings and purple butterflies on the table.

"I think it's better to put it here first, it was originally given to Xiaoqi, so it's hard to take it back." Gu Qingshan said.

"Okay." Wu Manzi nodded, and then said, "Then who wins?"

"Of course I won." Gu Qingshan said.

"Fart, hasn't that little thing been chosen?"

"It's obvious that Xiao Qi is more interested in my pansy, and it's obviously you who lost."

"Who said, this little guy chose my purple butterfly flower first."

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about!?"

"..."

So the two quarreled over who lost and who won.

"Oh, why are you so uncomfortable today." Scholar Song sighed, poured himself a glass of plum blossom wine, and pursed his lips.

Wu Manzi, who usually quarreled with him, went to quarrel with Gu Qingshan, and he really felt uncomfortable if he didn't spout a few words a day.

Gongsun Yu and Xiong Wanwan couldn't laugh or cry, this guy really couldn't live without bickering with Wu Manzi.

What a happy couple.

Chapter 44: The Lights of Thousands of Houses

Zhang Ming planned not to open the door tonight. In fact, he had two days off every week, but he didn't know what to do, so he simply saved these holidays.

Coincidentally, tonight I can go and meet the Oiran Dabi.

"Xiao Qi, come down." Zhang Ming yelled towards the second floor, and soon saw Xiao Qi coming down the stairs.

"Meow?" Xiaoqi glanced at him, not knowing what he was calling it for, it was already going to sleep.

"Take you out for a walk, let's go." Zhang Ming didn't care if Xiao Qi was willing or not, and immediately hugged it.

"Meow!" Little Seven struggled, it didn't want to go, it just wanted to sleep, wouldn't it be uncomfortable to touch fish?

"You call a hammer."

"Meow."

"I'll tell you not to have dinner tonight."

"..."

Xiaoqi gave up, it really couldn't beat Zhang Ming, who told him to be so vicious.

"You have gained at least three catties compared to last time. You should go out less in the future, and be careful not to be killed by others as a wild boar for meat."

"..."

Xiao Qi rolled his eyes and cursed in his heart, look, look, even his mouth is so poisonous, I really don't know why I follow this kid.

After closing the door of the tavern, Zhang Ming marched towards Jian'an with Xiao Qi in his arms.

…………

Every year on the first day of July, Jian'an becomes lively, and the oiran competition led by Qingyulou is the most interesting event from the first to seventh day of the new year.

Until the seventh day of July, Double Seventh Festival.

That is the busiest day, when thousands of lanterns will light up the night, and the river will be filled with lanterns.

People write their blessings, with admiration and nostalgia, hoping that their wishes will come true.

Zhang Ming went into the city in the afternoon, first he went to the last inn to open a room, and then went to the street to buy some clothes, this time he came out to buy a lot of things, so he had to hurry up.

"Would you like some clothes for you?"

"Meow." Xiao Qi didn't even look at him, but called out softly, twisting her body to show her rejection.

"Okay, it's such a happy decision!"

"???" Xiao Qi was confused, what did I say?Didn't I refuse? Why did he look happy.

Zhang Ming carried Xiao Qi back to the shop, he was very satisfied, Xiao Qi really connected with him in heart.

Most of the items in the shop are made of fabrics, and some ready-made clothes, which Xiaoqi can't wear, so they have to be customized.

I told the owner of the shop about the idea of ​​making clothes for Xiaoqi, and the owner of the shop was not surprised.

These days, rich people like to keep some weird things, so what is a cat?

"It's not impossible, but the young master has to wait for a while, and it won't be long. I think the white cat of the young master is not big, and it will probably be ready the day after tomorrow." The shop owner said.

"Okay, how much is the deposit?"

"It's only one tael of silver as a deposit, and the total is four taels of silver."

After discussing it, Zhang Ming asked the shopkeeper to measure Xiao Qi's size, left a tael of silver and took the voucher, and then left.

Xiao Qi had a helpless look on her face, she thought she was just playing with this guy, who knew it had something to do with her, alas, I really don't know what this kid is thinking every day.

I bought two sesame seed cakes on the street. Zhang Ming held Xiaoqi in one hand and sesame seed cakes in the other, and walked around while eating.

"Meow." Xiaoqi looked greedy and wanted to eat too.

"Stop barking, can you be hungry, nah." Zhang Ming smiled, tore off a layer of skin and threw it to Xiao Qi, and then gave it to Xiao Qi after he finished eating.

The sun has set on the mountainside, and the sky will be completely dark in half an hour.

Life on the streets is full of turmoil. The hawkers who sell gadgets don’t plan to close their stalls today. They want to make a lot of money. These days are the best business days of the year.

People on the street hang the lanterns they bought in front of their doors, and put candles inside the lanterns to be lit when it gets dark.

Most of the wealthy families would buy them and hang them up, while some poor families would use rice paper and bamboo sticks to make lanterns, and no matter what, they had to hang two lanterns in front of the door.

Taking a closer look, the lantern is very beautifully made, and the four colored papers hang down naturally, and each colored paper has poems written on it, most of which are poems of blessing.

Zhang Ming found a place and sat down. He watched the scene with a gratified smile on his face.

Passing by these thousands of lights, I lamented that there are so many things in the world, but I don't know how many people are still running around for their own lamp.

Zhang Ming propped his chin, thinking in his heart, none of the thousands of lights seemed to belong to him.

But speaking of it, this was the first time he had celebrated a holiday in this world.

"What do you think, Xiao Qi? Let me tell you, this is what the world should be like." Zhang Ming looked at Xiao Qi and asked.

"Meow." Xiao Qi didn't understand, she only knew that Zhang Ming was very happy now, so she called casually.

With a white cat in his arms, two lanterns on the door, and two biscuits in his hands, Zhang Ming thought that this might be the most beautiful festival he had ever had.

Finally, it was all dark.

After Zhang Ming finished eating the biscuits, he suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums beating.

"clang!"

"clang!"

People in common clothes came out of all the alleys, knocking on the gongs in their hands, and shouting: "Light up the lights!"

The people who beat the gongs are not ordinary, some people may have been playing the gongs for more than ten years, and the people who beat the gongs are basically one in every street, and they are all recommended by the neighbors.

"It's time to light the lamp, and the old lady will bring the candle light quickly."

"I'm coming."

People from every household came out with candles and lit the lanterns on the door, with smiles on their faces.

"Come on, son, have some."

The child was grinning, and approached the candle in the lantern with the candle in his hand, and the lantern lit up.

The family let out cheers, holding the child and saying blessings.

In just a few minutes, the entire Jian'an city was lit up, and the street vendors began to shout from this moment.

The Goulan restaurant was even more lively. Zhang Ming finally had a smile on his old face when he saw the man knocking the gong looking at the lanterns lit up on the street.

"This year is also very lively."

The old man who was beating the gong was missing two teeth, but his smile was even more down-to-earth.

The old man is the gong beater in this street almost every year, and he has never been absent. He has been knocking for more than ten years, and he doesn't know how many more times he can knock.

Perhaps he was thinking whether to let his younger generation continue to take over the job.

The old man watched the Wanjia lights come on, and his heart was filled with a sense of satisfaction.

Similarly, the gong beaters on the various streets in Jian'an City watched this scene. They were old and young, and they smiled gratifiedly.

Such a smile is really simple.

Zhang Ming was infected by this smile. He touched the gourd on his waist, poured himself a sip of plum wine, and grinned.

The youth tastes the flowers and wine, and the rotten lanterns are ten miles of incense.

"Come on, let's go look elsewhere."