Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 287 Shangyuan Festival
It is not troublesome to make a rabbit lamp. It is connected by making circles with bamboo strips, and then pasted with paper. The main thing is to draw.The lantern is made into a cylindrical shape, and the bamboo strips on the rabbit’s stomach can be sunken and tightly attached to the lantern after a little fire. Paste the paper on it and draw it, and the rabbit will hold the lantern and it will be completed!

The round and chubby rabbit holds the lantern in its arms with four paws up and down, which is both cute and novel.As a soft girl, Su Siniang naturally couldn't put it down.

Xue Lang stroked his chin, suddenly thinking: "Sister and brother, I don't think we need to buy lanterns anymore, let's make them ourselves!"

Su Siniang looked at the rabbit holding the lantern in her hand: "Yes!"

Su Han raised his hand silently: "If it is such a job of making lanterns and bamboo strips, I should be able to do it!"

So, Ah Chen, who was in charge of purchasing, changed from buying lanterns to buying bamboo——

Ah Chen bought a carriage of bamboo and came back. By the way, for fifteen Wen a day, he invited five people to come over to help with bamboo strips.Slicing bamboo strips itself is not a technical job, the difference is that experienced hands can slice faster and will not scratch their hands; while novice hands can easily pull a hole if they are not careful.

Taking advantage of the skills of the invited people, Xue Lang designed the lantern. There are two basic styles of the lantern, oval and cylindrical. The trick is to stick the lantern together——

Zodiac!Fat doll!All kinds of small animals!It is very simple to draw.

At the gate, there are two fat dolls carrying round lanterns on the left and the right, which can be made bigger, and the corridors are hung with zodiac signs and small animals.In fact, Xue Lang wanted to draw a Transformer, but it is estimated that no one knew what a Transformer was in ancient times. The life of time travel is just as lonely as snow.

Doctor Su Hansu has a pair of dexterous hands. He knows how to use bamboo sticks to weave a rough shape from Xue Lang's drawing, and then paste it on paper and draw a pattern——

Jiang Lin and Su Han are both civil and military figures, so simple tasks such as painting lanterns are naturally within their grasp.However, the three people finally drew three styles. Su Siniang looked at the lanterns with obviously different styles in front of her, and was speechless.

Su Han's typical line-drawing technique is more realistic; Jiang Lin's paintings are a bit like the New Year's paintings of later generations. If you want to distinguish carefully, they are somewhat engraving style; Xue Lang's paintings are mostly chubby and cute.

"Lady, how do you hang these lanterns? Please show me, my lady."

The servants waited carefully for Su Siniang's instructions.Su Siniang waved her hand feebly, and said, "The two biggest ones are hung at the gate! Well...in order to keep the style consistent, the ones drawn by Big Brother should be hung in the outer courtyard, and the ones drawn by Ahan and Linlang should be hung in the backyard."

"Here."

The servants are busy making arrangements.

Xue Lang originally thought that this was all the preparations for the Lantern Festival, thinking that the Lantern Festival is also called the Lantern Festival, and can it be called the Lantern Festival without the Lantern Festival!Due to the lack of harvested peanuts, Xue Lang didn't use them for oil extraction, but planned to save them for seeds. However, it would be good to grind up some of them for frying.By the way, you can also wrap some sesame seeds.

Sesame and pepper were actually valuable items in the Tang Dynasty.During the Kaiyuan period, there was a high-ranking official who ransacked his home and found pepper.It can be seen that the price of pepper has been very strong, which can be regarded as hard currency in disguise.

You don't need pepper to wrap Yuanxiao, you only need sesame seeds and glutinous rice noodles.They are all things that cost a lot of money, but for food, Xue Lang is willing to spend this little money.

Two days before the Lantern Festival, the heavy snow finally stopped.Su Siniang is very happy, the snow has stopped, and the market will be more lively during the Lantern Festival.As soon as the snow stopped, the servants in the mansion were organized to get brooms and go out to sweep the snow.

However, Xue Lang, Jiang Lin, and Su Han were kept in the mansion. Su Siniang sent someone to send a message early in the morning, telling them not to go out, but to make arrangements.When Su Siniang came in, she asked someone from the sewing room in the mansion to measure the size, saying it was for the Lantern Festival.

Xue Lang thought he was going to make new clothes, and the storehouse in the house had a lot of cloth, so he let her go.However, Xue Lang didn't realize how naive he was until the Lantern Festival!
On the day of Shangyuan Festival, the sky turned out to be sunny.As the first night when the moon can be seen after the new year, the city of Chang'an is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and every household hangs or makes or buys lanterns.There are also artisans who make hundreds of operas in the city one after another. For Chang'an City, which is often under curfew, such excitement is rare.Before that, though, there's a problem to solve!

"...So, brother and sister, what were you talking about just now?"

Xue Lang picked out his ears in disbelief, expressing doubts about what he had just heard.

Su Siniang is dressed in silver-white men's clothes, her hair is tied into a man's bun, she looks quite delicate and handsome, but now, this pseudo-beautiful boy is urging Xue Lang: "Brother, change your clothes quickly, little sister first!" Go out and have a look, it's already time to light the lamps, the lamps in our house must also be lit."

After finishing speaking, Su Siniang went out, leaving behind Xue Lang, Lamei, Dongzhi and the women's clothes and masks they held in their hands!

That's right, it's women's clothing!Su Siniang said that on the day of Shangyuan Festival, men can wear women's clothing, go out to play as women, wear beast masks, and participate in the carnival of Shangyuan Festival.

Xue Lang thought he heard it wrong, so he kept asking for confirmation——

In Xue Lang's impression, the Lantern Festival is to eat Yuanxiao and watch TV for a while.The ancient Lantern Festival in Guess is watching lanterns and guessing lantern riddles.On this day, most of the female relatives will come out to watch the lights accompanied by the men at home, and the flow of people and horses is like a dragon.But what the hell is this dress in women's clothing?An ancient version of a masquerade?
Damn!The ancients had a great time!

Xue Lang's stature is considered tall no matter in modern times or ancient times. Although he is not strong, he is clearly a man's body.Wearing women's clothes with such a body...it's not good to scare the male compatriots who come out to visit the Lantern Festival!If it left a psychological shadow on people... that would be a serious crime!
It was only then that Xue Lang knew that on the Lantern Festival, apart from lantern festivals, guessing lantern riddles, and all kinds of trick performances, both men and women had to wear beast masks. Men could wear women's clothes for outings, and women could also wear men's clothes.Everyone wears masks on their faces, so don't you be afraid of losing face?
Feeling so ashamed!

"Youyang!"

Xue Lang was still awkward and didn't want to wear it. Su Han had already come in from the outside. He was wearing a blue skirt and his hair was combed into a woman's style. When he came in, he saw that Xue Lang hadn't changed. He urged: "Youyang, hurry up!" Soon, the Lantern Festival will start. I heard that the Lantern Festival in Chang'an City is very lively, and there will be many vendors selling food, I can't wait!"

So, in order to go out to eat delicious food, you just changed into women's clothes without any obstacles?Sure enough, Su Han's integrity has been eaten by him!
"Brother, are you all right?"

Jiang Lin also came in to urge her!Well, the same silver-white women's attire, the same women's hair bun, the young couple are still wearing couple clothes——

Should I say that brother and sister Su have good taste?Jiang Lin led a lot of soldiers, people were tanned, and they looked better in silver and white. Su Han and Xue Lang had fairer skin, so the skirts they chose were brighter in color, and Xue Lang was dressed in a lake green dress.

Xue Lang looked at Su Han, then at Jiang Lin, and felt that he was not well!

"I suddenly feel unwell, so I won't go out to watch the lantern festival, you go!"

Resolutely retreated.

Jiang Lin and Su Han glanced at each other, and Su Han said directly: "Is Youyang uncomfortable? Let me see! Uh...the pulse is normal, very healthy, you can go out and watch the lights!"

Forget that Su Han is a doctor!Xue Lang immediately changed his strategy: "I'm dizzy! The dizzy signal doesn't come out, does it?"

Jiang Lin immediately followed up and said, "Brother is dizzy? It's just right, go out for a walk, and the activities will be fine! The Shangyuan Festival only comes once a year, so it's a pity that the elder brother is absent! Let the younger brother help the elder brother!"

Then, Xue Lang screamed: "Fuck! What do you two want? Don't take off my clothes! No! I don't wear women's clothes! Ah..."

The continuous screams, accompanied by Su Siniang's crisp laughter, resounded over the county mansion!

What a lively Lantern Festival!
(End of this chapter)