Chapter 52 Shangyuan Lantern Festival (1)(1/2)
Fan Tongzhong knelt on the ground, feeling regretful, why did he say it out loud?
At the same time, he cursed Fan Ning in his heart, this little bastard has cheated me badly.
Sister Liu Xizhao pounced on the bed and cried loudly, and she felt wronged!
My father coaxed her and said that she was marrying a graceful scholar. The scholar was good, but after marrying her, she realized that she was a big flirty carrot who was not motivated.
A scholar who fails to pass the exam is better than a farmer.
After marrying him for more than a year, he stayed in the county town all day long, stumbled with a bunch of friends, but left his own in the countryside. What is the difference between this and a living widow?
When Liu Ximei thought of her widow, she felt a little heartbroken and actually hooked up with Widow Yang, the shameless vixen.
Liu Ximei thought that the pearl silver hairpin she was dowed was gone, and she blamed her mother-in-law for cleaning her room. Now she realized that it must be her man who gave it to the vixen.
No! I want to get a divorce, divorce!
The more Liu Ximei thought about it, the more hated she became. She sat up and yelled: "I can't live this day! I want to go home and get a divorce!"
Fan Tongzhong cried bitterly and bowed repeatedly, "Madam, I know my husband is wrong, so let me give you this time!"
Fan Ning shook his head secretly after hearing this. Uncle Fourth admitted his fear at this time, so he would not be able to get harder in the future.
Seeing that the situation was clear, Fanning stopped listening, put oil on the soles of her feet, turned around and ran away.
Soon, Liu Ximei left with a package crying and crying. Fan Tongzhong knelt at the door, like an eggplant beaten by frost, looking at her lady away.
Behind him, Fan Dachuan looked at his son with a blue face, holding a stick, and angrily.
I must beat him to death today if I don’t learn this thing.
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The low and thick bells sounded at Lingyan Temple, and the eighth year of Qingli has arrived.
The time of January passes the fastest, and in various social events and laziness, it is mid-January in the blink of an eye.
The people finally waited for the long-awaited Shangyuan Festival.
The Lantern Festival is a grand day for watching lanterns. Although there are a few lanterns in the town, they are far less lively than in the county.
Every household took their wife and children, closed the door and went to the county to watch the lights.
At noon, Zhang Sanniang changed into a new Bianjia made of colorful silk, applied osmanthus oil on her head, and a phoenix silver hairpin was inserted into her shiny bun.
She happily took out the rouge and powder that her son bought for her in the capital, sat in front of the bronze mirror, drew her eyebrows and applied a thin layer of rouge, looked at the mirror, but felt unsatisfied, so she wiped off the powder and put on makeup again.
In the yard, the father and son were already a little impatient to wait, and it took an hour to put on makeup. When did they have to wait?
Fan Tiezhou winked his son, "Ning'er, go and tell your mother, and tell her not to put on makeup."
Fanning rolled her eyes, "Why do you want me to say it?"
"Tell me something nice and coax your mother."
Fanning walked to the door and smiled at his mother who was putting on makeup, saying, "My mother is naturally beautiful and doesn't need to put on makeup at all."
Zhang Sanniang was busy adding powder to her face, and she replied casually: "Since your mother is born beautiful, what are you buying rouge powder cakes for her?"
Fanning looked back at his father and shook his head helplessly.
Fan Tiezhou pointed and asked him to use his brain before speaking.
Fanning said to his mother again: "Actually, it's because my father doesn't like you when you put on makeup. He dares not say so, so I will dissuade you."
"Bang!" With a sound, Zhang Sanniang was so angry that she threw the powder onto the small table, "I won't melt anymore, let's go!"
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Liu Kang's family also went to see the lights together. Liu Kang's mother's face was also covered with snow-white skin. When the two women met, they had endless things to say.
The two families boarded Fan Tiezhou's passenger ship, and the passenger ship swayed towards Xujiang.
The Xujiang River was filled with boats, all of whom were villagers who went to the county town to watch the lights.
Every woman is dressed up in a colorful manner, the children are wearing new clothes and holding last year's small lanterns in their hands. Everyone is full of expectations of visiting the lanterns, their faces are filled with excitement, and laughter and joy are all the way in the river.
Fanning wore a blue satin scholar robe, a scholar robe on his head, and a folding fan in his hand. This is a gift Professor Yan congratulated him on the first place in the exam, which made him look quite gentle.
Liu Kang was dressed almost the same, and he also held a folding fan in his hand, but his skin was dark and his bones were thick, so he did not have the elegant temperament of Fanning.
"I haven't been to the county town yet?" Fan Ning looked at the county town in the distance and said in a longing.
"No! We went there together the year before."
The one I went there with the next two years ago was Fan Daidai, not him. Fan Ning shook his head, "I can't remember, what's fun in the county?"
As a good friend, Liu Kang knew Fan Ning’s thoughts very well. He smiled and said, “It may disappoint you. There is no Qishi Lane in Wu County. The only stone market in Pingjiang Prefecture is in our town.”
"I originally wanted to go shopping in the past two days."
Liu Kang looked at Fan Ning suspiciously, "Do you kid want to change your career to be a stone dealer?"
Fanning put away the folding fan and smiled and said, "Of course not, I just want to collect famous stones."
"Bad collection, you just want to make money. I said you have saved a lot of money in the past few months, right?"
Liu Kang envied Fan Ning's business acumen. He sold the stones he had bought for ten cents of money after replacing them. And his vision was so accurate that he could not do it.
Fanning patted the cloth bag on his shoulder, and the copper coins rustled inside, "Believe it or not, I only have two hundred cents left in all my belongings."
Speaking of which, Fan Ning was really short of money. He didn't meet Zhou Lin when he returned to Jiangwan Village last time. Two Taihu stones were piled under his bed. In addition, he gave his grandmother five hundred cents during the Chinese New Year, and now he only has two hundred cents left.
The one tael of silver my father gave him could not escape the search like a hound by her mother, and she was picked out from the crack of the bed and confiscated it.
Since her mother Zhang Sanniang dug Fanning's treasure box from the corner of the old house, searching her son's room has become one of her fun.
As for the 500-liter reward that she agreed to for the first place in the exam last year, Fanning never expected her mother to fulfill it.
"Then you are not as good as me!"
Liu Kang proudly patted his waist bag, "I have eight coins of broken silver, I will treat you today."
At this time, Fan Ning remembered something again and asked with a smile: "Is there a coloring shed at the county lantern festival? It's just a guessing riddles, which kind of reward can be claimed for couplets?"
"Yes! In the Confucian Temple Square, the lantern festival is the most lively every year."
Fanning immediately yearned for it, and that was the place he wanted to go to tonight.
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The ship finally arrived in Wuxian. At this time, the moat of Wuxian was covered with dense ships. The rich and powerful families had large boats, while the poor families had small boats with light boards. The conditions were slightly better, they would set up a black tent on the boat and tied them with five-colored cloth.
Fan Tiezhou spent a lot of effort to find a place to stop the boat.
The two families got ashore and walked towards the county town.
"Dad, let's find a place to eat first!" Liu Kang suggested.
Liu Kang's father looked back at his wife. Like Fan Ning's family, the Liu family also made the decision.
"Ning'er, what do you think?" Liu Kang's mother asked with a smile.
Zhang Sanniang thought for a while and said, "We should have dinner as early as possible. Last year we waited until dark before eating, but all the restaurants and food shops were closed, so we had to go home hungry."
"Then let's go! Let's find a snack shop."
It's at least half an hour before dark, but the county town is already crowded with people, and there are many tourists having dinner, and every snack shop is full.
They were lucky and soon found an empty seat in a snack shop. Everyone sat down, ordered seven or eight dishes, and asked for a few plates of steamed buns. Fan Tiezhou also ordered a pot of wine and drank it with Liu Kang's father.
To be continued...