189 Festivals, Plum Blossom Festival(1/2)
"Huh? Why is this so lively today? When you see everyone dressed so neatly and beautifully, it feels like they are celebrating some festivals, but today is not a festival!"
Liu Shoucai felt very strange. Today is not the New Year or the Festival, but the people here are all happy and happy. Moreover, the streets are decorated in a very beautiful and luxurious way, just as lively as if they are celebrating the festival.
"Don't you know if you go and ask those people? Wait, I'll ask."
As Gui Gusong said that, he walked to the rice cake stall and asked. After listening to the stall owner's explanation, Gui Gusong looked suddenly enlightened, and then returned to Liu Shoucai and the others to explain.
"Because the annual Plum Blossom Festival is here, everyone is so lively. I heard that their Plum Blossom Festival will be lively for three days, and today is just the first day. We came so by chance."
"Yes! It's a coincidence. But if there is no demonic way, you might be really happy."
Liu Shoucai said and smiled bitterly, but after he finished lamenting, he quickly bought some delicious food and came over. Seeing that the old man's arms were stuffed with delicious food, Badou and Guigusong quickly stopped Liu Shoucai, who was still trying to continue buying food.
"It's enough, and it will take two more days. What's the rush? After eating these things first, you'll buy them! Otherwise, it's not good if they are broken, and these things must be eaten fresh to taste good."
"That's it! Don't buy it anymore, we've been eating these for a long time."
Seeing Guigusong and Badou look constipated, Liu Shoucai was immediately displeased, but he still obeyed Guigusong's words and did not continue to buy food, because he also knew that these things were made and eaten immediately, and after letting them go, they would not taste delicious.
"Forget it, I won't buy it anymore, let's go! Let's go find the inn first. We can take the opportunity to relax in the past few days. The demons will come here tomorrow. It's already a week later when they get here, so we can take the opportunity to have fun in the past few days."
"That's right, let's go! Find a hotel and have a rest first."
Gui Gusong thought about it and thought it was the reason, so he followed Liu Shoucai to look for the inn. When they arrived at the inn, they quickly put down their things and rested. No one of the snacks that Liu Shoucai bought was willing to eat except him and Xiaobai, which made Liu Shoucai feel very depressed.
"Xiaobai, why don't Brother Guigu and others eat it?"
"I probably don't like to eat it, so I don't want to eat it! Okay, don't worry about them anymore. We eat our own. Without their help, we can eat more. This plum blossom cake is really good. The fragrance of plum blossoms is very strong and warm. It feels very comfortable to eat it in your stomach."
Xiaobai just stuffed a piece into his mouth, and then took two pieces into his mouth. Seeing Xiaobai's mouth bulging, Liu Shoucai gave it a thrilling angrily.
"Xiaobai, can you pay attention to your image and temperament? Don't do it as if you were hungry for three days. After all, you are a divine beast, so why do you make it like a beggar? Fortunately, there are no outsiders here, otherwise, I will really pretend not to know you."
"Do you think your eating look is good? You're so embarrassed to say that you can take care of yourself first, and you're not allowed to compete with me."
Before Xiaobai could finish his words, Liu Shoucai started to compete with Xiaobai for plum blossom cake. In order to eat more, Xiaobai immediately used his body to protect the few plum blossom cakes.
"You are reincarnated by starving ghosts? Are you not afraid of slapping you to death?"
Seeing Xiaobai protecting food, Liu Shoucai rolled his eyes directly, but he did not go directly to grab it with Xiaobai because there were other delicacies on the table.
After eating and drinking, Liu Shoucai left the inn to go out to digest food. Xiaobai continued to eat the plum blossom cake he had hidden, while Guigusong and Badou were resting in the room.
"I really didn't expect that this place is really rich!"
Seeing the popularity of the streets and alleys, and they were all dressed so well, those people had good faces, and they could tell at a glance that they lived in good living conditions. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been like this kind of wealthy attitude. Therefore, Liu Shoucai couldn't help but sigh.
In this era, and it is a turbulent time, it is already good for people to have enough food, but I didn’t expect that the people in this town are very rich. In modern times, it is impossible for a town to have all the people in it to be rich. It seems that the mayor in this town is still well-managed.
Otherwise, the people here would not be really rich and rich. Liu Shoucai suddenly wanted to get to know the mayor. After all, if the demonic Taoist really came, Liu Shoucai naturally had to contact the mayor. After all, the mayor would also be responsible for the people in the town.
"Brother Liu, you are too unfavorable, and you won't call me when you come out."
While Liu Shoucai was feeling emotion, Gui Gusong ran over from behind. Seeing Gui Gusong running, Liu Shoucai was so excited that he couldn't help laughing.
"I said Brother Guigu, why are you so tired? Could it be that someone is chasing you from behind? Are you not paying for food?"
"Go and go, you don't pay for food. Brother, I'm chasing you. I told you when I was resting just now. If you come out to play, you must call me. I'm very curious about this town."
"We don't know how many strange things are in this town now, and now we just came here, so it's hard to ask for anything, so as not to be suspected. Then it will be a little troublesome. Don't forget the serious business we came here this time."
In fact, Liu Shoucai wanted to go over to find out the news just now, but when he thought of the consequences, Liu Shoucai still held back. After all, they were just the first day of their arrival. If they were just inquiring about the news, they would definitely be suspected by the people here.
"I know, we'll be careful and we won't be suspected. Don't forget that we still have a trump card in hand."
"What does it mean?" Liu Shoucai asked in confusion when he saw Gui Gu Song's mysterious appearance.
"Xiaobai and Lao Er! They are our interpersonal aces. No matter what news, they can find out, so we need to use ourselves to find out the news."
"That's right. If you don't say it, I'll forget them. Let them go and find out the news later. We'll be wandering around here, maybe we can know some things."
"Let's go!"
Guigusong agreed to Liu Shoucai's suggestion, and then followed Liu Shoucai to wander the streets. Because it was the Plum Blossom Festival, it was very lively everywhere, and everyone exuded a faint fragrance of plum blossoms.
"Brother Guigu, why do you think they all exud the faint fragrance of plum blossoms? Why don't we also get some plum blossom petals and put them on them!"
"It's not a woman, what are you doing?"
"In our 21st century, many men like to use perfumes, and those perfumes are extracted from plants and flowers. There are many types that can attract women's attention. Don't you want to try it?"
Liu Shoucai laughed obscenely as he said that, which made Gui Gusong shudder. He felt that Liu Shoucai was really dangerous like this. He suddenly felt like a sheep was in the mouth of a wolf.
"Brother Liu, how can you not laugh like this? It's so terrible. I really feel like I'm bullied."
"Who will bully you with virtue? He is not a big girl."
Just as Liu Shoucai and Gui Gusong were teasing each other, a burst of screams and scolding came from the crowd ahead, and then there were various melees. Seeing this, Liu Shoucai and Gui Gusong hurriedly went up to watch.
"What's wrong? Why did the fight start well?"
Seeing the turmoil ahead, Liu Shoucai hurriedly pulled someone beside him and asked. The man didn't even look at Liu Shoucai, so he just told the reason.
"In order to seize the title of the Master of Plum Blossom Pavilion, they fought and they have to be staged several times a year. It's nothing strange. Huh? Are you from outside?"
As the man was talking, he suddenly felt something was wrong, so he quickly turned to see Liu Shoucai. After seeing that the man knew that he was an outsider, Liu Shoucai did not hide his identity, so he simply said it openly.
"That's right, I just arrived in your town today. I am a spirit-harming man, who specializes in catching zombies and ghosts."
"So it's a master! I'm lucky to be lucky, but we don't have that kind of thing here, we've always been peaceful here."
"Haha...I know, I just saw that you are here to the Plum Blossom Festival, and it is so lively again, so I came to have fun."
"We are very lively in the Plum Blossom Festival. Master, please play slowly and be sure to go home with all your fun."
“That’s natural.”
After Liu Shoucai talked to that person for a few words, the person left, while Liu Shoucai squeezed into the crowd and approached the group of people who were fighting. Who knew that Liu Shoucai was really lucky. As soon as he squeezed into the crowd, he was smashed by the shoes that suddenly flew over.
"Damn, who threw the smelly shoes? Let me stand up."
After being hit by the stinky shoes, Liu Shoucai immediately became angry. He pushed the people around him away and then shouted. Suddenly, everyone calmed down, and everyone's eyes were also gathered on Liu Shoucai.
"Congratulations, congratulations to this friend for winning the title of Plum Blossom Pavilion Master this year."
Suddenly, an old man came to the crowd. He looked at Liu Shoucai with a smile on his face and then congratulated Liu Shoucai. At this time, the people around him also showed envious and jealous eyes, but Liu Shoucai still looked confused.
"Old man, what are you congratulating? What is the title of the Master of Plum Blossom Pavilion? What does this have to do with me?"
"At first glance, you are an outsider. We have regulations here that during the Plum Blossom Festival every year, you must select a plum blossom pavilion master. The person who was hit by the plum blossom shoes is our plum blossom pavilion master. My friend, you happened to be hit, so you are our new plum blossom pavilion master this year."
Liu Shoucai was very depressed by the old man's words. He did not expect that the Plum Blossom Pavilion Master was chosen like this. Suddenly, he felt that he was a tragic representative. There was no such person who chose the Pavilion Master, and he was also a stinky shoe that was worn by someone as a magic weapon to choose the Pavilion Master.
"Old man, who are you?"
Liu Shoucai did not answer the old man's words, and directly changed the topic and asked about his identity. As for the Master of Plum Blossoms, he was not concerned at all. After all, he came here just to deal with the demon, not for the Master of Pavilion.
"I am Wu Tian, the mayor here. You can call me Uncle Wu."
"Hello Uncle Wu, I am Liu Shoucai, the Imperial Spirit Man. This is Gui Gusong, the president of the Weishi Guild. We are here to your town not for fun, but because there are important things to come to you to discuss. I wonder if you have time to talk to me now?"
Liu Shoucai didn't want to make the matter public now. After all, the demonic Taoist came, and these people had no choice. Moreover, these days were their Plum Blossom Festival, so Liu Shoucai planned to let them celebrate the Plum Blossom Festival and then ask the mayor to announce the matter publicly.
"Okay! Please come here by Master Liu."
The mayor smiled and was not angry because of Liu Shoucai's impoliteness. He walked through the crowd and took Liu Shoucai to his home. Because everyone in the family had gone out, the mayor was alone, so it was still very quiet and a good place to speak.
"I wonder if you have any important things to discuss with me, Master Liu?"
"That's right, we're here this time to save you..."
When Liu Shoucai said these words, he suddenly felt like a savior, because what they did was to save the people. In order to make the mayor believe in him as soon as possible, Liu Shoucai directly read the memory of the evil Taoist village to the mayor, which was also to waste some saliva explanation.
"It's so hateful. There are such a hateful person in this world. Master Liu, then do you have any good ways to solve him now? If he really comes to our village to slaughter the village, what should we do? You can't move away! I really don't want to leave here."
The mayor looked sad, and Liu Shoucai felt uncomfortable when he saw this because he knew the mayor's feelings very well. After all, he was also a person who had experienced such things, and every time he watched the demon Taoist slaughter the village, he always failed. This feeling was the most uncomfortable.
"Master, don't worry, we'll deal with the demon. At that time, you just gather everyone in a safe place and it's okay. I will build a formation to protect everyone. As long as everyone doesn't walk out of the formation, nothing will happen. But what I worry about the most is the traitor. You just saw from my memory that all the villagers who died traitors existed, so the entire village was destroyed."
"The traitor will not exist here. Master Liu, you can rest assured that even if the people here have no backbone, they will not be traitors, because we believe in the plum blossom fairy. We have all swore in front of her that anyone who betrays the village will definitely die a bad death."
"I have sweared? Oh! That's all right, but we should pay more attention to avoid causing any unpleasant things to everyone, so we will ask the mayor to come forward and suppress them."
"Don't worry! Then I'll tell you about this now so that everyone can have a clear mind and save you from being in trouble at that time."
"No hurry, the demon Taoist will take seven or eight days to get here. I finally encountered the Plum Blossom Festival. Let everyone have a good holiday this year! It's not too late to tell everyone again. It's too early to say it, everyone is just nervous and afraid. Maybe they will do something they regret because of fear."
"Okay, then I'll listen to you, Master Liu."
The mayor thought about it and felt that what Liu Shoucai said was reasonable, so he agreed with Liu Shoucai's suggestions.
"Okay, we have told you the story. Everyone has fun these days. We have just come to your place. We will have fun here in the past few days. I hope you can recommend it to us by then. We don't understand the festival here."
"Haha... It's easy to say, today, Master Liu, you have become the new Master of Plum Blossom Pavilion. You can enjoy a one-year preferential treatment for free. No matter which family you eat in the town, it's free."
"Really? That's great. I like it very much. I just ate a lot of plum blossom cakes and other flavored pastries. The taste is really good. Now I can eat it for free. I will try it all these days."
Liu Shoucai feels that the treatment is really good, especially for people who like to eat. Eating for free a year is something that many people dream of! And the things here are very delicious.
"Haha... if you like it, you can eat more. However, as the owner of the Pavilion, you can only enjoy this kind of preferential treatment. Others cannot share it together. However, the person you introduced can offer a discount of half the price."
"This treatment is also quite good. Mayor, I really admire you for your town so well. Moreover, there is no poor person in your town. Everyone's life is prosperous. I really can't admire you anymore."
Liu Shoucai has always respected successful people very much. When Liu Shoucai praised him, he felt a little embarrassed, so he quickly waved his hand and smiled.
"Master Liu, you are polite. I am just an ordinary old man. Everyone is responsible for their own efforts. Everyone wants to live a good life, so working hard will improve your living standards. If you don't work hard, it will definitely be difficult to get rich. Therefore, poverty is also related to yourself."
"That's right, by the way, mayor, why are you the only one in your family? Where are your family? Have you all gone to the town to play? We have been here for so long, but we haven't seen them come back."
Liu Shoucai and his friends have been sitting at the mayor's house for a long time, but they have never seen the town's family come back. Logically speaking, he has been in the town's house for so long, so his family should have been back long ago. After all, it's lunch time now.
"Haha... Because it's the Plum Blossom Festival, they are all selling plum blossom cakes outside. They don't come back until they go to bed at night."
"That's it! Then we won't bother you anymore. We are now living in Room 1, 2, and 3, Tianzi Tianzi, Meihua Inn. If you have any questions, you can go there to find us."
"Okay, if there is something, I will definitely visit Master Liu and you."
To be continued...