HBWnovel Chapter 10
Chapter 10
"At the night of the Yuan Dynasty, the lights of the flower market are like daytime. The willows are on the moon, and people make an appointment after dusk.
In the night of Yuan Dynasty, the moon and the lamp are still the same.I don't see the person from last year, and the sleeves of the spring shirt are wet with tears. "
Later in the day, with Liu's help, Su Miao slipped out of the backyard easily; because the sky was still bright, and Su Miao was not low in stature, she couldn't be led by Liu to fly across the courtyard wall like she was when she was a child , can only take advantage of the time when the mother-in-law guarding the back door is negligent in drinking.
Liu straightened her body in a dark blue robe, unconsciously stroked the hilt of her sword a few times, and tied up her thick black hair with a bamboo hairpin. Her faint eyes fell on Su Miao who was in the shadow of the trees in the corner.
Su Miao tied a pair of bowknots with pink silk ribbons, combed her hair into curls, bangs on her forehead neatly arranged her eyebrows, two locks of long hair behind her ears and two strands of hanging hair beside her ears swayed in the cool wind , which added a bit of innocence and liveliness to her slightly immature appearance.She is wearing a moon-white pipa-breasted top, a water-blue orchid half-arm, and a lake-colored bodice-length skirt with scattered flowers. She wears a white soft-fur brocade cloak around her white jade-like neck, and the white fluffy fur is tightly piled on top of it. The neck is more lined with porcelain white skin, deceiving frost and snow, long and curving thick eyelashes flying up and down like butterfly wings, covering a pair of jet-black eyes like shining gems, pure and clear like a deep lake, Ripples were slightly rippling, and she looked at herself softly with joy and anticipation, as if she could see the deepest and most sensitive part of her heart.
His heart was beating fast, and his face was a little hot. Liu suppressed his flustered mood, looked away, and said lightly, "Let's go."
Su Miao pursed her lips and smiled, approached bouncingly, snuggled up to Liu's side, took her hand, and gave her a very natural and soft voice of grace.
Pedestrians who happened to pass by outside the corner door only saw a beautifully dressed girl with a sweet smile, passing by alone gracefully and gracefully.
The Shangyuan Festival Lantern Market is grand and gorgeous, and the whole street and the whole town are bright as day. Not only are every household decorated with lanterns and festoons, playing together, but also thaumaturgy, singing and dancing, and various juggling performances are noisy and lively. , stretching endlessly; the common people play and watch the lanterns all night long, having fun to their heart's content.Tens of thousands of lights are piled up to form lamps, mountains, trees, and buildings, with fire trees and silver flowers, resplendent and beautiful, reflecting each other beautifully; streets and alleys, tea shops and wine shops light candles, hang lanterns, set off fireworks, the sound of gongs and drums, bursts of firecrackers, golden light Sparkling, the lights are endless.
Legend has it that the Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival was taught by Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, monks watched the Buddha's relics and lit lamps to worship Buddha. Therefore, the royal family and ordinary people also lit lanterns on this day, and gradually evolved into a folk festival.The lights all over the city are like thousands of stars, shining with the moon; the styles of lanterns are exquisite and complicated, rich and colorful, including lotus lanterns, silk palace lanterns, eight knot lanterns, etc., and there are also ingeniously made revolving horse lanterns; various figures are painted on the lanterns. The legend of Xian'e dances gracefully, birds fly and flowers bloom, dragons soar and fish leap, or stories of reunion after a broken mirror are painted, all kinds of different and colorful.There are also young girls under the lights who dress up and go out, singing and dancing, singing and dancing, talking and laughing shyly; in the beautifully decorated boats by the river, the music of silk and bamboo is not extinguished all night long.
On the street, there are dragon lantern dances with fiery trees and thousands of lanterns, stilt walks with lotus growing step by step, lion dances with jumping and kicking high balls, dry boat rowing with funny songs and dances, as well as Taiping drum beating and Yangko twisting activities, which are very lively; Welcoming Zigu, crossing the bridge and touching nails to walk away all diseases to pray for disaster relief, or sending baby lanterns, lighting sky lanterns and other blessings and celebrations.
Light couplets are hung under the door lights of elegant restaurants, or good lines from poems such as "The world is three points bright and moonlit night, Yangzhou ten miles of small red building" for guests to drink and appreciate, and some literati write poems or write couplets to answer; Lantern riddles are both elegant and popular. Poems are cut out on silk lanterns, or characters in calligraphy and painting, or hidden anecdotes, or old Beijing jokes, folk tales, hang on the lamp, reflect on the candle, and line up in the thoroughfare for people to guess. ; During the Lantern Festival, the people gathered together to watch, point and laugh, solve riddles and gamble, and the atmosphere was warm and joyful.
The Shangyuan Festival is also known as the Lantern Festival, so eating Lantern Festival is naturally indispensable.In the streets and alleys, stalls can be seen everywhere, and various flavors of Lantern Festival dumplings are made of glutinous rice noodles, filled with white sugar, roses, mung bean paste, walnut kernels, osmanthus, hawthorn, peanuts, black sesame seeds, jujube paste, etc., and sprinkled with water. There are also mixed meat and soy sauce, or boiled or fried or steamed. The round and round glutinous rice dumplings are fragrant, which means that next year will be reunion and everything will be complete.
Su Miao was amazed all the way around the Lantern City, and occasionally she would dance lightly when she got up. In the interlaced fireworks, she danced gracefully and sprinkled countless laughter; she ran to the street stall from time to time to pick up this That, seems to be very curious about everything, the big eyes are rolling with autumn waves, as bright as cold stars.Liu silently floated behind her, her complexion was soft in the radiance, as if she was smiling faintly.
Suddenly, Su Miao seemed to find something interesting, and struggled to get out of the crowd.Liu hurriedly followed, secretly curious, but saw that Su Miao was holding a Chang'e mask with white face and red lips in her hand, looking over and over again, and wearing it on her head looked like an ink-heavy actor on a stage.
"Hey, girl, it's really pretty! It's not expensive, only ten cents!" The stall owner was a shrewd woman, and she introduced to Su Miao with a smile, "You can also take a look and choose. We have some here. Jade Rabbit and Fairy Boy are all beautiful!"
Su Miao pursed her lips noncommittally, took off the Chang'e mask, blinked her bright eyes, but took on a fierce monster mask, turned it over and lightly raised her hands and tilted her hands towards the sky, stared blankly, and suddenly smiled, as if the dawn was bright The brilliant spring flowers in full bloom, the eyes are shining brightly.
"I bought this!" She smiled crisply, handed over ten Wen, and winked at Liu.
Liu floated in the air, but the mask that seemed like nothing to her seemed to be attached to her face. Through the eyes on the mask, she looked at the smiling Su Miao, and suddenly felt itchy in her heart.
The stall owner let out a smile, took the money neatly, and winked his eyes, "Girl, did you buy it as a gift? This is so good. It can drive away evil spirits and avoid ghosts. It's a good omen!"
Su Miao was run over by the stall owner, she stopped laughing, put away the mask embarrassingly, and replied dully, "Well, it's for giving away." But she blushed and fled in despair.
The field of vision also seemed to be clear without the cover of the mask. Liu caught a glimpse of Su Miao's back fleeing in a hurry, and couldn't tell whether he was proud or disappointed.
Su Miao, who was attracted by the juggling booth, quickly forgot about the previous embarrassment. She happily joined a group of people and looked curiously at the three black porcelain bowls of the same size placed on the ground.The stall owner was a skinny middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He wore a yellowed linen cloth on his head, and there were oil stains on the corners of the coarse linen clothes that could not be washed off. He rolled his eyes from time to time, making his expression even more cunning and wretched.
Sitting on a short horse, he opened the three empty black porcelain bowls with both hands, and shouted to the crowd, "Everyone! Come here, take a look! Here are the three empty bowls. I have a dice in my hand, put it in the first bowl, everyone can take a look!" He closed the three bowls and opened them one by one, "Only the first one has the dice, the other two are empty ! Now," he exerted force on his wrist, the three black bowls in his hands had changed positions, and the position was changing faster and faster, like flowers growing in his hands, the three bowls were already a shadow!
Although the stall owner looks bad, he really has real kung fu. The three black bowls rolled and staggered in the air, and there were many tricks!It can be said that people cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured!
"Good!" "Good! Good!" Seeing this scene, the onlookers applauded the stall owner's colorful tricks!
Su Miao also stared wide-eyed in the crowd, staring at Wan Ying shaking back and forth motionlessly, but still had no clue, and could only sigh in disappointment.
Finally, the stall owner fixed the three bowls on the ground, cupped his fists and cupped his hands, "Everyone, you are making a fool of yourself! I have three bowls here, everyone, please guess which one contains the dice from just now. If you guess correctly, the one tael of silver will belong to you." !” He spread his palm, and at some point, he was holding a piece of shiny silver in his hand, but he turned his hand back, and the silver in his hand disappeared again, which attracted another burst of applause from the onlookers.After the applause subsided, the stall owner cupped his hands with a smile on his face and said, "Everyone, everyone! If you can't guess correctly, I can only offer you a reward of five hundred coins! Everyone, does anyone want to try?"
As soon as the stall owner finished speaking, there were only a few scattered voices from the crowd; the stall owner was not in a hurry and was smiling.
Liu glanced at the three bowls on the flat ground, stared at them for a while, then leaned down and whispered something in Su Miao's ear.
Su Miao's slender eyebrows stretched out, she smiled brightly, and the more people came out, she said loudly, "Let me guess!"
Seeing that the stall owner was a lively little girl, he grinned, "Haha! Little girl, do you have that much money with you?" In his words, he was quite disdainful of Su Miao's actions.
Su Miao said bluntly, "Don't underestimate people! If I'm right, will you really give me the one tael of silver?"
The stall owner laughed, "Little girl, I will do what I say! If you guess right, I will never let you go; but if you guess wrong, in addition to the 500 words, the little girl will also dance a song and dance Just do it!"
The festive atmosphere of the Shangyuan Festival is lively, and there are many girls singing and dancing.The crowd of onlookers booed and cheered for fear that the world would not be chaotic, which made Su Miao blushed and stomped her feet, "Okay! But if I guess right, you have to add a lottery, and you have to do a few more tricks!"
The stall owner agreed.
Su Miao rolled her eyes, and slowly passed her fingers over the three bowls, looking at the face of the stall owner, but the stall owner remained calm.Su Miao fixed her finger and smiled slyly, "In this bowl!"
The stall owner's expression remained unchanged, "Little girl, are you sure? If you guess wrong, you will have to pay real money!"
"I'm sure!" Su Miao smiled, "The stall owner, please open the bowl!"
The stall owner had a look of regret on his face, and slowly opened the bowl on the far right.
A small dice lay safely under the bowl.
The crowd burst into cheers!
Su Miao smiled happily and stretched out her hand, "Bring me the money!"
Although the stall owner lost, he also generously gave the money to Su Miao, and his face was no longer so wretched, "Since this little girl guessed right, I will show you a few tricks for everyone, and the big guys will also help later Give more rewards! I thank you all in advance!"
Everyone was addicted to their eyes and cheered enthusiastically!
Su Miao sneaked out from the crowd, but she didn't look at Liu who was following beside her, her expression remained unchanged, but her steps were extraordinarily smug and brisk.
Liu An sighed, and followed her resignedly.
"Grass and trees are spirits, like me but not me; misfortune and fortune are unpredictable, yin and yang are not in harmony..."
On the straw mat under a gossip picture hanging in the remaining snow on the side of the road ahead, a gray-clothed Taoist priest with a soap-colored Haoran scarf and gray hair and gray beard sat cross-legged, with his eyes closed and muttering words.
Su Miao didn't notice, the Taoist quickly raised his eyes and looked at her from a distance, his eyes were full of brilliance.
The author has something to say: Keke, I wrote until three o'clock in the morning, and I was almost late for the school report today...
In the new semester, I don’t know if the learning tasks will be heavy, so please update more while you are not busy~
Also, there is an English test this week...
☆, weird Taoist priest