Xiangsheng prosperous

Chapter 33 Flower Festival

Because Qiu Shirong was also there, Qiu Mo couldn't directly chat with Su Jing about the latest discovery she had learned from Mrs. Lu.She could only save the country in a curve, and went to Susie to recount the ins and outs of the whole incident.

"Can you even think of this kind of trick? It's amazing..." Susie couldn't help covering her mouth, "I'm afraid your mother has offended someone, and she took so much trouble to harm her."

"I also want to know the answer to this question." Qiu Mo also asked Mrs. Lu how that Silla maidservant entered the Qiu Mansion, but she said that it had been a long time, and she only knew that all the servants in the Qiu Mansion had vacancies. Then the housekeeper went to Xishikou Masi to buy newcomers at the designated time.But the housekeeper at that time had already died of illness, so there was no witness to be found.

"However, don't there be market coupons for buying servants and maidservants?" The market coupons are the purchase contracts that must be signed when buying servants, maidservants, cattle and horses in the Tang Dynasty. There is also information such as place of birth.

"If I can find that city ticket, maybe I can follow the clues to find that Silla maid." However, the city ticket is either in Qiu's house or in the various city offices of Taifu Temple.The Qiu family's market coupon has been around for a long time and I don't know who to ask for it, let alone the Taifu Temple coupon.

The two girls sat together in silence, and no one thought of a good idea for a while.Finally Susie spoke.

"San Niang, don't worry, my elder brother may have some insights, let me tell him the matter and see what he says."

"Okay." Qiu Mo nodded, "Then I'll leave it all to you."

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Qiu Mo and Susie walked out of Susie's boudoir arm in arm.He was about to go to Qiu Shirong and Su Jing to see if they had finished their chat, but he happened to bump into them at the corner of Su Mansion Garden.

Seeing Qiu Mo, Qiu Shirong quickly stopped and called her: "Third Sister." He raised his eyes to look at the girl next to her, and said with a smile, "It turns out that Miss Su is here too, just right, your elder brother and I are discussing , this year's February [-]th Flower Festival, I'm going to take the two of you to the Flower Festival Market."

The Flower Festival is an annual festival to celebrate the birth of the Flower God.On this day of the festival, countless boys and girls will gather together at the Huachao Market near the Huashen Temple to worship the Flower God, go on a spring outing, and visit the Huachao Market.Girls will also use various colored paper to cut into the shape of flowers and hang them on the branches of the Flower Temple, praying to the Flower God to bless their family and house in the coming year and find a good husband as soon as possible.

Qiu Shirong's move was just to match up good things between his own sister and Su Jing.He tried Su Jing left and right just now, and Su Jing's reaction made him very satisfied. He did have a good impression of Third Sister, but he felt that he was much older than Qiu Mo, so he didn't dare to take the liberty.But Qiu Shirong doesn't think so, he will love his wife more when he is older and more mature.Su Jing traveled abroad for ten years, and this time he came back with the intention of not moving, so he settled down in Chang'an.Because of his rich experience in pharmacology, he has a good chance to be recruited by the Imperial Medical Bureau and become his colleague, the pharmacist of the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Anyway, no matter how Qiu Shirong looked at it, he felt that Su Jing was the best candidate to be the third brother-in-law.Today, the Holy One loves the people like a son, and specially issued an edict to promote the marriage of single men and women. State and county officials have the responsibility and obligation to supervise the marriage of men and women who have reached the legal age.If the big man of the Su family delays his refusal to marry, the court may not be able to control him when he was wandering abroad.Now that he is back in Chang'an, if he wants to be promoted and climb up the ladder, it is imperative to marry a wife and have children.

"Great! Sanniang!" Susie pulled Qiu Mo and said excitedly, "There are a lot of things to play in the annual Huachao Gathering. I heard that this year it will be held by the Qujiang Pool. The apricot blossoms are so beautiful." Susie just imagined the scene where the wind blows over the lake and the flowers are all over her head, and she would feel romantic to the point of surging.

Qiu Mo has been in the Tang Dynasty for many years, and has never had the opportunity to participate in the Flower Festival of the Tang Dynasty.One is that there is no partner, and the other is that this festival has already disappeared in the long river of history in her time.So when she saw Susie's expectant expression, she couldn't help but start to look forward to it too.

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The scene of Su Jing and Su Qian sending the Qiu brothers and sisters out of the mansion happened to be seen by Wen Weixing and Chang Run who were working nearby.Seeing the scene of Su Jing carefully helping Qiu Mo into the car, Wen Weixing's eyes narrowed tightly, as if they were about to drop ice.

Chang Run has been with him for many years, so he naturally understands what he thinks.In this situation, Mr. Lang is probably angry. What he has to do now is to make himself invisible, and don't attract Mr. Wang's attention.

Wen Weixing turned around and was about to leave, but stopped and turned to look at Chang Run.

Chang Run immediately asked in a low voice, "Do you have any orders, sir?"

"Before today's curfew, I want to know what they said in the Su residence." Wen Weixing said coldly.

"Yes!" Chang Run groaned in his heart, he knew he couldn't escape.He had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept the order, and went to find Shuanghan, Qiu Mo's maidservant.

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February [-] Flower Festival, Chang'an, by the Qujiang Pool

The spring breeze is as warm as a furnace, and there are no restaurants with apricot plums.

Yizhi didn't see Donghuang's face, but smiled and talked to Lace.

The spring is bright and beautiful, the flowers are clustered, the tops of the willow trees by the Qujiang Pool have not yet turned green, but the apricot and cherry blossoms have covered the branches. From a distance, it looks like a pink silk ribbon spread by the lake, which makes the blue waves of the Qujiang Pool even more beautiful. Clear and transparent.

The Flower Festival in Chang'an City not only attracted the ladies and gentlemen of the Su family and the Qiu family, but also many boys and girls from official families and ordinary people. They all gathered by the Qujiang Pool today.

The fifth wife of the Qiu family made good friends with Lady Du and Lady Zhong, so she bid farewell to her elder brother in advance and went to the Flower God Temple to meet them.Qiu Shiming didn't come today, Qiu Shihua was not in good health, he felt out of breath after walking for a while, so he also called his shoulders, and was carried away slowly.

Now only Qiu Shirong, Su Jing, Su Xian, Qiu Mo, and Su Qian were left, and they walked slowly towards the Temple of Flowers deep by the pool together with their personal servants.

Qiu Shirong deliberately walked in the front with Su Xian, wanting to create opportunities for Su Jing to be alone with Qiu Mo.But Su Qian wanted Qiu Mo to talk to Su Jing about Silla's maidservants, and deliberately picked flowers and caught butterflies, dragging Qiuhu and Shuanghan back to the end of the team.

As a result, Su Jing and Qiu Mo walked alone in the middle of the team.There was a considerable distance between the two waves of people before and after.

"I've heard the ins and outs from Xi'er, so now, the whereabouts of this maidservant of Silla is unknown, is it?" Su Jing calmed down his little excitement, and asked softly.

"Yes." Qiu Mo sighed, and said helplessly, "Too much time has passed, and many things have become unresolved."

Su Jing frowned when he heard this: "Then do you know which mouthful of horses she bought from at that time?"

Qiu Mo said: "The Qiu family has always been servants who traded at the mouth of the Lite people in Xishi."

"Maybe next time I will accompany you to Kouma Si to inquire and see if anyone still remembers what happened at that time."

"Well, thank you Brother Su." Qiu Mo said.

Su Jing shook his head, looked at Qiu Mojuan's beautiful side face, hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "San Niang, actually I..."

"Brother Su" Qiu Mo suddenly interrupted him, "Let's hurry up, my eldest brother and second brother Su are standing in front of us, waiting for us." After speaking, he couldn't help but pick up the hem of his skirt to speed up, and rushed forward first go.

Su Jing stared at the back of Qiu Mo who was going away quickly in front of him, was stunned for a while, and then smiled bitterly.Forget it, there is still a chance, and it won't be too late to find a chance to express my feelings next time.

　Xiangsheng small knowledge
　　Flower Festival

　　The Flower Festival is one of the eight folk festivals in my country, also known as the Flower God Festival, also known as the Hundred Flowers Birthday.From the origin of the Spring and Autumn Festival to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has continued unabated. Its importance is comparable to that of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is one of the important festivals in ancient China.

　　In the Tang Dynasty, February 15th was clearly designated as the Huachao Festival, and together with the Lantern Festival on January [-]th and the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, it was called the three "moon and half festivals", which became one of the important festivals.During the Huachao Festival, people go to the suburbs together to enjoy flowers, which is called "outing green", and girls cut five-color paper and stick them on flower branches, which is called "appreciating red".

　　
　
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