The daily life of Mrs. Xing of the Red Chamber

In his heart, he quietly read to Daiyu hundreds of times, the old man had no choice but to resign himself to watching Xing Shuang and Daiyu walking forward with a smile, and then he was full of resentment. Quickly follow.

Yangzhou deserves to be a prosperous, gentle and wealthy town of smoked willows. When the willows are on the top of the moon, red lanterns are hung high in the streets and alleys, which adds a bit of excitement and festiveness.The small vendors occupied the land early and set up their stalls.Sellers of flowers and plants, decorations, food, etc. all yelled according to their own abilities, and some shopkeepers peddled along the street with boxes on their backs. Inside the boxes were displayed some small gadgets by category, such as face powder, combs, grates, Flavor powder and more...

However, the ones who saw the most were those who sold lanterns.It's no wonder that this is the Lantern Festival, and naturally the lanterns are the protagonists tonight.As the time passed, the sky became darker and darker, and all kinds of bright lanterns were placed on the streets.Lifelike peacock lanterns, colorful flower lanterns, white and fat rabbit lanterns, fish lanterns, shrimp lanterns, and flower drum lanterns...the lights are radiant and beautiful, making people dazzled.

Xingshuang and Daiyu watched from the side, feeling that their eyes were not enough, they looked here and there, very surprised.Especially Xing Shuang, it was the first time in her life to see such a purely antique gathering, so she was naturally very surprised.But Daiyu hasn't come back for several years, she misses her very much.She used to go shopping, but it happened when she was a child. She had been away from Yangzhou for several years, and now she came back to feel the festive atmosphere of Yangzhou, not to mention how moved she was.

This is Yangzhou, Yangzhou under my father's rule.The canal facilitates the transportation between Yangzhou and other places. Coupled with the prosperity and development of the Lianghuai salt industry, merchants from all over the world gather in Yangzhou, which greatly stimulates Yangzhou's economic development.This makes Yangzhou densely populated and picturesque.It can be said that the prosperity and development of Yangzhou is definitely due to Lin Ruhai's contribution.Daiyu is well aware of the ambitions in her father's chest, to be a gentleman, to be loyal to the emperor as a minister, and to make achievements as an official.This is what her father did, and Daiyu is proud of her father in her heart.

A group of people walked and stopped on the long street, or enjoyed the lanterns, or tasted local specialties.The sweet and soft red bean Lantern Festival also has a hint of sweet-scented osmanthus, and there are crab roe soup dumplings with thin skin and lots of stuffing. The top of the soup dumplings is twisted into a flower shape, and the soup is delicious.There are also light purple lotus root starch balls, which are soft and soft.It was a real treat tonight.

Even Daiyu was very satisfied, she used to go out for a stroll, had she ever eaten these street snacks?Xiao Xiao had thought about it for a long time, and now she finally got what she wanted.Holding a bunch of candied haws in his hand, and unswallowed lotus root powder balls in his mouth, his cheeks bulged like a little hamster.But very cute!

It was as if he had changed into a boy's attire, and he was really a young man, and he didn't have any burdens on him, so he could do whatever he wanted.How can there be half of the demeanor of a lady on weekdays?Even if Lin Ruhai saw it on the spot, he couldn't say for sure that this young man with a bunch of candied haws in his left hand and a folding fan in his right was his own Daiyu.

Not only Daiyu, but also Xingshuang seemed to have liberated her nature, wandering casually in the streets and alleys of the small stalls selling hairpins and Zhuchai.When she is happy, she picks up one that looks pleasing to the eye and puts it on her head, regardless of whether the material matches the clothes on her body. If she thinks it is good, she asks Ruyi to give her money. My days seem to be back to the modern day when I often shop around the roadside at night markets. The look of the booth.This kind of feeling made Xing Shuang very interested tonight, and she patiently picked one place at a time.

Xing Shuangyuan just looked small, but tonight she specially dressed up because she was going to admire the lanterns, and her frowns and smiles naturally attracted more attention.Beauties, those who care about them or not, always like to look at them a few times.Originally, there was a sense of distance because of Xing Shuang's rich and noble attire, but seeing Xing Shuang's jewelry at the roadside stall was still very happy, and gradually became more courageous, and several people got closer and closer at once.

The old man was still a little reserved at first, but his niece was watching from the sidelines, so he couldn't get too close, and he stood a little far away from Xing Shuang.At this moment, seeing someone staring at Xing Shuang without opening their eyes, I am not happy. The few people around are getting closer, and there are still several groups of people looking at this side intentionally or unintentionally. Disregarding the question of decency, she hugged Xing Shuang into her arms, and shouted at the person next to her with a cold face: "What are you looking at? Have you never seen a wife choose jewelry?"

The people next to them knew that they were together, so they all dispersed again in resentment.Some people felt that the old man had a bad attitude, so they muttered fearlessly, "I didn't realize it was your wife, I thought it was your daughter!" After speaking, he quickly hid in the crowd, out of sight.

Grandpa: ...you have the ability to stop, don't run away!

Xing Shuang: ...What happened?who I am?where am I?

Leaving aside this episode, I watched a wonderful dragon dance afterwards, there was also a lotus playing, a waist drum performance, etc., and the few people had a good time.During this period, the elder was no longer reserved, and under the cover of the big sleeves, he stretched out his big hand several times to secretly hold hands with Xing Shuang, and then asked Xing Shuang to "accidentally" photograph him several times.The old man turned his head very calmly, straightened the corner of his clothes, and pretended that nothing happened.

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After walking around for a while, Daiyu's physical strength was a little weak, so the old man led a few people to Yuelu Tower.Passing by a place on the way, he saw a circle of people around him, the old master stopped a person outside and asked casually, it turned out to be a game of guessing lantern riddles.

A merchant selling lanterns set up a pine shed here, and hung all kinds of beautiful lanterns around it.Among them, there are several types of lanterns, such as Jiaoming lanterns, paper lanterns, and palace lanterns, and they are made into different shapes and patterns. There are moon rabbit lanterns, lotus lanterns, lotus lanterns floating on the water, lotus root lanterns, etc.A piece of red paper was pasted on each lantern, as long as someone answered the answer, they could take it away for free.This is a marketing method thought up by a merchant who sells lanterns.The topic is difficult to set, and it can attract a large number of people to join in the fun, to advertise their own lanterns, even if all the lanterns put out are won, the business will still make a profit.

As soon as Daiyu heard that they were guessing lantern riddles, she became interested.I didn't feel tired at the moment, so I moved to this side.Naturally, Xing Shuang and the Elder also followed.Then, Daiyu circled around the lantern, and basically guessed a lot, but she didn't want to ruin the store's business, so she didn't pick the red paper randomly.When I saw the end, I saw a delicate and small fairy lantern, which was exquisitely carved and carved.With just one glance, Daiyu fell in love with her.It's time to peel off the red paper.Might as well press it with the other hand at the same time.

Daiyu turned her head to look, but she was a young man with a face like a crown jade and a tall body.Seeing Daiyu turn her head to look at him, the young man also looked at Daiyu, but did not let go of the hand holding the red paper.

Daiyu asked in a rough voice: "I saw that the lamp was turned on first, can you let me go, brother?"

"The little brother didn't take off the red paper, and he didn't answer it. Naturally, I can choose it." The boy didn't back down.

Daiyu frowned, feeling that this person was a bit difficult to deal with: "If you let go, I would have taken it off a long time ago, and it would naturally be mine."

The boy shook his head lightly, and tightened his grip on the red paper: "Little brother is confident, but since you didn't take it off, I also have the right to choose it."

Daiyu: ...

Neither of them was willing to back down, so the situation naturally stalemate here.Someone on the side had already seen what was going on here, and they all gathered around to watch the excitement.Watching the excitement is much more interesting than guessing lantern riddles.The crowd focused their attention, and the stall owner naturally saw it, and rushed over to smooth things over to help deal with it, but neither side was willing to give in.The stall owner couldn't help but feel a little headache.

All of a sudden, someone who was watching the theater next to him shouted, "Let's have a competition, two people guess together, and whoever guesses right will give it to the other!"

"That's an idea, but what if you guessed it right?" Seeing Daiyu stuck here, Xing Shuang joined in the fun and asked.

"Then keep guessing. Isn't there a circle of questions here? With so many questions, there will always be a winner." The man replied.

Daiyu and the boy turned to the stall owner, and the stall owner naturally had no reason to do so.

Then, the young man let go of his hand, and asked Daiyu to take down the red paper, typed the title, and wrote eight words "one black and one white fight wit and courage".On the back is "one item".The stall owner gave the two people a pen and paper, and each of them answered one by one.Then, coincidentally, the two of them answered, wrote, and unfolded the answer at the same time, and they also had the same two words—Go

Daiyu looked at Xing Shuang helplessly, and it turned out that Xing Shuang had hit the mark.

what to do?I can only continue to answer.Then, as the red papers were peeled off one after another, the two still hadn't decided the winner.

Daiyu, on the contrary, became more and more courageous as she fought, she was very good at guessing lantern riddles, and she refused to admit defeat.But she didn't expect this young man to be so powerful. Originally, Daiyu just liked the lantern, but now she wanted to compete with this young man.

The boy didn't expect this petite little brother to be so powerful, and he didn't lose after fighting with him for so long, so he put away his contempt.Can't help but look at Daiyu again.The two of them were answering the question together, standing very close to each other. Looking at the boy like this, he realized something was wrong. He actually saw "ear piercing" in the little brother's ear!

So this little brother is not a boy, she is a little girl—little girl—little girl. Thinking of this, the boy’s face suddenly turned red, as if he accidentally touched another girl’s hand while pressing the red paper With?No wonder it's so soft and comfortable!

No, no, what is going on in my mind?The young man is going crazy. He has always abided by etiquette and rules, guarding his body and mind for his future daughter-in-law like jade. He has never thought about it, what happened today?

The more the boy thought about it, the more he blushed, and he was a little ashamed. He felt that he couldn't help the girl, so he slowed down and stopped when answering the question.

Daiyu looked at the young man puzzled, who knew that the young man was even more embarrassed when he saw Daiyu's pure eyes. He had been so tit-for-tat with the little girl before, so he gave up on his own initiative: "Little brother is better than me, I admit defeat." up".

Daiyu: ...True or false!