The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 48: Lantern Festival together

The Lantern Festival is also a big festival that Song people attach great importance to. Before and after the Lantern Festival, lanterns are displayed everywhere, and everyone looks at the lanterns. Most of them gather at the Daxiangguo Temple.

Colored ropes are pulled over the market to hang "street lights". There are also "light bridges" on the moat, and "light poles" as high as several dozen meters. The types of these lanterns are all kinds of strange, and there are all kinds of materials and shapes, and they have exerted the wisdom of the people of the time.

Ouyang Xiu has a very famous poem. The first sentence is: Last year on the night of the new year, the flower market was lit like day.

How many lights are there during the Lantern Festival? It turned the night of Bianjing into the same day.

Fireworks are also very important entertainment. At this time, there are already many kinds of fireworks. The big ones can be set off into the sky. The little ones can teach children to hold them in their hands, and put them in various shapes such as pear flowers, apricot flowers, chrysanthemums, etc., which adds light to the night in Bianjing.

Yun Yan Hui Zao agreed that if Shuang Yi learns to cook well, she will take her to watch the lanterns during the Lantern Festival.

Shuangyi learns from the white case, but he can't eat it. On the fifteenth day, he was finally able to make steamed buns without fillings, and because of his strong hands, the noodles were well-blended, and he was particularly glutinous. Zheng Ping saw hope and was willing to let her out.

The Lantern Festival lasted for five days and sixteen nights, and women went out to get sick. Walking together in the streets, walking to the city gate, and touching the nails on the gate, the implication is to eliminate all diseases. At the same time, beautifully dressed women go shopping together, which is also a time to show their charm.

Therefore, on the 16th night of the first lunar month, Yun Yan went home and acted separately. Zheng Ping went to visit Bai Ding, Fu Yunfeng wanted to take Xiao Bao to see Bai Xi, and Yun Yan took Shuang Yi to see the lanterns.

There is a poem describing the lights on the five days of the Lantern Festival, saying that on the first day, the lights on the thirteenth night were "newly put on the lights and connected to Jiu Mo", and on the fourteenth night, "the lights are getting more and more gentle than the night." , the fifteenth night is "Nine Qu lanterns and candles burn the sky", the sixteenth night is "the first time to see the lantern traditions", the last day of the seventeenth night, the lights should be burnt, that is, "try to see the lights burn like the day".

In other words, today is a good time to watch the lanterns on the last day, in addition to the old customs and illnesses.

Yun Yanhui took Shuangyi to the lamp market, only to see that the lights were bright everywhere, she chose a lotus lamp for Shuangyi and held it in her hand. This is the bamboo split and tied with hemp ropes, bent into the shape of lotus petals, pasted with paper, lit up with lights, and placed next to the bamboo sticks and flowers as decoration.

Shuangyi also has a girlish heart at these times. Looking at the new lamps researched this year, she is smiling.

Although Yun Yanhui is younger than her, her temperament is much more mature. When the two walk together, people who don't know the inside story will think they are a well-matched young couple, and cast envious glances.

And those who know each other will know that they are sisters and brothers traveling together.

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Today, the Nine Sons and Mother Halls of the Daxiangguo Temple and the East and West Pagodas are all lit with candles, and there are also many music booths.

Actually, the largest shed is for the royal family. Every year on the Lantern Festival, officials and officials of the royal family will visit the Daxiangguo Temple to watch the lanterns and have fun with the people. Today is the sixteenth, the official family has been here for a day and will not be here tonight, but the shed is definitely still there, and other nobles of the clan will use it.

Yun Yanhui was thinking, such a day, I wonder if Zhao Yunchu will come. For most of these years, his family avoided him. After all, the prince was "ill", and the princess had come once or twice, and if she came, she would bring Zhao Yunchu with her.

Thinking about this, Zhao Yunchu really appeared.

There were many people on the Lantern Festival. Yun Yanhui heard someone calling him, and when she looked back, she saw Zhao Yunchu's smiling face in the crowd. The two looked at each other, and Yun Yan waved back to him.

It took some effort for Zhao Yunchu to get through the crowd, followed by a servant. At this time, he could see that he also carried a sheepskin lamp in his hand, thinking that he had been struggling to protect the lamp just now.

This thin sheepskin is engraved with the characters of the Three Kingdoms, and the light inside is softly reflected, making the pattern clear, which is a very labor-intensive lamp.

Shuang Yi looked at Zhao Yunchu, but jokingly said, "Are you coming to return our brother Yan's scarf?"

On the first day of the new year, Yun Yanhui lent Zhao Yunchu the scarf and umbrella, but he never had time to return it to Yunyan back home, so Shuang Yi said this.

The scarf is now hanging around Zhao Yunchu's neck. He touched it and said, "Yes, I forgot to bring the umbrella."

"Forget it, it's just an umbrella." Yun Yan waved back, "Did you come two days ago? Where's the princess?"

"My mother didn't come, and I didn't come two days ago. I still don't watch the lights in my house this year. I came out by myself." Zhao Yunchu said, "I didn't expect to see Brother Yan as soon as I came here, it's really fate. ."

Yunyan said relaxedly: "Then let's swim together."

Shuang Yi smiled without saying a word. What is the fate? The Lantern Festival Daxiangguo Temple is full of people. If you can recognize Brother Yan from the crowd, it's a forced fate.

The boy opened the way ahead, and the three walked side by side to admire the lights.

Zhao Yunchu asked: "Brother Yan, why don't you see the lantern in your hand?"

Even in the hands of Shuang Yi, it is the most common lotus lantern.

"I don't see anything I like." When Yun Yanhui was in modern times, he also liked to play with it when he was a child. At that time, many of them were plastic electronic lights, which are actually far less interesting than today's lights, but he has already passed the age.

"Let's buy one, come to the lamp market to see the lights, why not buy one." Zhao Yunchu said, "Which one do you like, I'll give it to you."

There are people performing a hundred operas in front of the bright lights. The performers climbed to the top along the bamboo poles and hung the lights on them, winning bursts of applause.

Yun Yanhui's gaze wandered above for a while, and saw an animal series among the street lamps, and pointed to the bear lamp and said, "That one looks good."

It's good, it's good, but it's for decoration. If you want to buy it, I don't know where to find it in the light market.

Shuang Yi urged: "Let's take this one off."

Zhao Yunchu: "How can I take it off! Oh, I asked the little servant to find where to sell it."

"Wait, you can't take it off, it doesn't mean others can't take it off." Shuang Yi stopped him, rubbed his hands, and glanced at the surrounding furnishings, knowing what to expect.

Shuang Yi took a few steps to the side, and without running, he climbed the lamp pole and jumped up. Halfway through, he jumped up and grabbed the eaves of the second floor. Walking on the ropes that cross the streetlights.

The people below were in an uproar, and they all stopped and looked up at her.

Not far away, the one who played Baixi had just climbed to the top, but found that there was no cheering. Looking back, everyone was looking at the little lady who was stepping on the rope at a higher place.

The little lady took a lamp and didn't go back the same way, but jumped directly from the two-story building, her body was as light as a leaf, and after landing, the lamp in her hand flickered. A few times, but it is still alive.

After a while of silence, the crowd cheered loudly!

Shuang Yi took a few steps to Yun Yanhui quite proudly, handed him the lamp, and smiled at Zhao Yunchu again.

Yunyan took the lamp back, unable to hide her smile, "See what you can do."

Shuang Yi grimaced and turned around and clasped his fists at the enthusiastic onlookers.

Yunyan went back to see Zhao Yunchu, but found that the child's eyes were all red, and he was speechless, "Why are you crying?"

"I didn't cry." Zhao Yunchu said with a weeping voice.

Yunyan replied: "..."

Zhao Yunchu is sad! He made a big talk and bought any lamp Yan Geer wanted. In the end, Shuangyi lost face in front of Yan Geer.

Yun Yanhui also figured out the joints and felt that these two were like children, especially Zhao Yunchu, how could he only grow taller and not have a heart, so he said, "You bow your head."

Zhao Yunchu lowered his head and asked, "Why..."

Yunyan raised her hand and rubbed his eyes, "Look at your poor energy, can you compare to Shuangyi? She has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and she climbed up and down." He has talent, and Fu Yunfeng has also praised it highly, even in his martial arts hall, there is no one who can match Shuangyi.

Zhao Yunchu felt that Brother Yan's finger pads were rubbing lightly on his eyelids, so he took advantage of the situation and said coquettishly, "Blow your eyes."

Yun Yanhui flicked on his forehead, "It's not sand, what are you blowing, are you a little girl?"

I didn't expect that Brother Yan's tender moment was so short, Zhao Yunchu didn't dare to act like a demon anymore, he stood beside Yun Yanhui, and said with a smile, "Brother Yan, I'll help you carry the lantern."

He took the bear lamp from Yun Yanhui's hand, and was so diligent that the little servant wanted to cover his face when he saw it.

Yunyan returned to take them to swim to the middle of the moon, and wanted to send Zhao Yunchu back.

Who knew that Zhao Yunchu would not leave, "Brother Yan, let me spend the night at your house. My eldest brother is always singing every night recently. My yard is next to him, so I can't sleep because of the noise."

Shuang Yi: "There is no extra room in my house."

Yun Yan Hui also said, "I don't want to spend the night at my house. You don't want to go back to sleep with Zen Master. Your mother will definitely allow it."

Zhao Yunchu said, "I just slept for one night...for the holidays, brother Yan...Sister Shuangyi, please..."

Yun Yan looked back at him with a stern face. Although Zhao Yunchu used to forcibly hold hands and lean on his shoulders, he was a clingy child who admired him, but he wasn't clingy enough to sleep at their house.

Zhao Yunchu snapped his fingers and said, "I met Zheng Ling a few days ago when I was celebrating the festival in the palace. He said that he slept with Yan Ge'er on the fifth day of the new year..."

This is the reason Yun Yan replied. Zhao Yunchu and Zheng Ling have always disliked each other, and occasionally they compare each other, but it is really naive when compared to this. Besides, Zheng Ling is his cousin, but Zhao Yunchu is not.

So Yunyan said coldly, "I want to sleep in the donkey shed outside."

I was so saddened by Zhao Yunchu that he slumped all of a sudden.

However, one could say that there is no way out of the sky. Just when Zhao Yunchu's heart was slashed by a knife, a group of submerged fire teams passed by with buckets and other items in their hands. There were so many people that Zhao Yunchu couldn't dodge and collided with the opponent a bit.

There was nothing wrong with Zhao Yunchu, but the man flew out, the bucket in his hand spilled, and the water splashed on Zhao Yunchu.

"Ow!" The man screamed in pain, and he had to apologize to Zhao Yunchu when he got up. He had splashed water all over his body in the cold weather, and he knew how uncomfortable it was. His captain was already calling him, so he had to pick up the bucket and continue running.

This fire fighting team is the fire brigade in Bianjing. The houses in Beijing are mostly brick and wood structures. Once a fire breaks out, heavy losses have occurred. There have been several fires before, so they attach great importance to fire prevention and fire fighting. The fire team is on duty and patrolling, and a hopeful fire building is also built to observe the fire in time.

Nowadays, lights are lit everywhere during the Lantern Festival, which is a period of high fire incidence. The Submersible Fire Team is the busiest time. I wonder where the fire is again, and they have to put out the fire.

Zhao Yunchu was also unlucky. His servant was so anxious that he jumped and was pulled away by Yun Yanhui. He took off his coat and put it on Zhao Yunchu, asking Shuang Yi to carry him and go back to his house.

The house is always sitting with hot water, and it's not far from here. With Shuangyi's skill, it didn't take long for Zhao Yunchu to arrive. He quickly asked him to take off his wet and cold clothes and soaked in boiling water to ward off the cold.

When Yun Yanhui came back one step later, Zhao Yunchu was already sitting in the bathtub.

Shuang Yi was still trying to cook Hu spicy soup, when Yun Yanhui saw her face changed greatly, "Okay, I'll come..."

Shuang Yi let go angrily, "Tell him to **** craft."

You want Zhao Yunchu's life, what a grudge? ?

Yunyan thought back to herself that fortunately, Zhao Yunchu didn't know the inside story, and now she may still be impressed that Sister Shuangyi is actually a good person.

Zhao Yunchu shouted weakly inside: "Brother Yan, can you come in..."

Yun Yanhui walked in, "Why?"

Zhao Yunchu: "I am afraid alone."

Yun Yanhui didn't believe it at all, "You won't be afraid of reading the Duanjing yourself."

"..." Zhao Yunchu was speechless and had to be silent.

Because Zhao Yunchu was bigger than him, Yun Yan went back to find a set of Fu Yunfeng's clothes, and after Zhao Yunchu finished washing and told him to put them on, they barely fit, and then drink a bowl of hot Hu spicy soup to ward off the cold.

During this period, Zheng Ping, Fu Yunfeng and Xiaobao all came back, indicating that it was sleet outside.

It was raining heavily this night. Zhao Yunchu looked at Yun Yanhui with tears in her eyes. She didn't want to go back. Zheng Ping couldn't bear it anymore, so Yun Yanhui had to leave him for the night.

Zhao Yunchu happily sent the servant back to the house by himself. By the way, he told the mansion that he was frozen and would go back after a night's rest.