Hard work

Chapter 159 Lantern Festival

Lan Hua'er always felt that once she entered the arena like this, it was like shedding a layer of skin, and she was still skinned.

She just didn't know how popular this lantern festival was before, but after coming here once, she knew that this lantern festival was really a popular event just by entering the door.It is estimated that there were not many good leisure and entertainment activities in this ancient time, and this Lantern Festival coincided with a time when everyone was free, so there were extraordinarily many people coming.

And I heard that it also has the functions of blind date and meeting friends through poetry, and you can also take home prizes for free, so more people will come.

The orchids were sweating profusely.In this winter, after she entered the door, she reached out and touched her forehead, there was a dense layer of sweat on it.

She stretched out her hand to pull Zang Lang's hand, and found that Zang Lang's hands that supported the crowd outside were a little trembling.Just now, the crowd pressing over was too strong, and it took a lot of effort for someone like him to give Lan Huaer a space.This is thanks to the fact that they followed the flow of people, not trying to squeeze out.

If he wanted to squeeze out, Zang Lang probably couldn't even raise his hands now.

As soon as Lan Hua'er entered the door, she turned her head and looked to the side.

But at this time, there were a lot of people around, and it was already dark. Although there were many lanterns nearby, it was still not as bright as daytime, so I couldn't see where Gaihua and Goudan were.

She looked around for a long time, but finally gave up.He thought that he and Zang Lang would take a stroll first, and then they would go back to their sleeping places.

After Zang Lang followed Lan Hua'er in, he looked around again, probably looking for Gai Hua and Goudan.After looking around and finding no one, he lowered his head.

As soon as he lowered his head, he twitched his hand:

"Little lady..."

Lan Hua'er froze for a moment, and then remembered that she was still holding Zang Lang's hands with both hands, and her posture looked extremely weird.She quickly let go of one of the hands, and walked forward with Zang Lang's hand.

Zang Lang was stunned for a moment, then pulled his hands back and shouted again in a low voice:
"Little lady."

"Ah? What's the matter... Do you want me to let go? No, no, there are so many people. Just now, I was just pulling my elder brother's sleeve, but it was washed away all at once. Look, I am alone now. People are walking around here, can you feel at ease? Well, no one is staring at us.”

Zang Lang stretched out his hand and scratched his head, as if he was still a little at a loss.But looking at the crowds coming and going around, he was finally dragged by Lan Hua'er quietly.

There were indeed more people in this lantern festival, he was afraid that Lan Hua'er would be lost, so he silently held Lan Hua'er's hand tightly.

But judging by his appearance, he doesn't look like he came to visit the Lantern Festival at all. Instead, he looks like a big dog being led out by his owner - and he is also the kind of silent and restrained big dog who doesn't like to go to crowded places at all. The place is close together, just to accompany the master to go out, so he is reluctantly led on the leash, standing silently by the side to protect the master.

Lan Hua'er looked back at him a few times, and always felt that he was restrained and uneasy in such a place where people come and go.Seeing Zang Lang's appearance, she wondered if she should just lead him back and let it go.But when I thought about it later, if Zang Lang had never been in contact with the crowd, he probably would always have this kind of virtue.If he wants to be more relaxed, he still needs to get in touch with the outside world more, so he simply dragged Zang Lang along and played while walking.

The Lantern Festival does not occupy a very large area, only about two or three acres of land.But there are so many shops inside, they just walked a little distance, and they saw a lot of stalls selling lanterns.Naturally, there are also snacks, all of which are bits and pieces.There are fried and baked ones, and even sweets and candied haws.

Lan Hua'er and Zang Lang stared at the candied haws together for a long time, and finally Lan Hua'er couldn't bear it anymore, so they bought a bunch of them together.Zang Lang waved his hand beside him and said no, but Lan Huaer gave him a glare, so he could only silently take the candied haws.

Naturally, there are also stalls selling lanterns.

The lanterns are made of bamboo and wicker, and the outside is pasted into various shapes with colored paper, which is very beautiful.

Lan Hua'er always pointed out strange-shaped lanterns for Zang Lang to see, and Zang Lang whispered beside him:
"Little lady, I will do it too."

Lan Huaer laughed at him beside him:
"I know you can do it, but do you do it as beautifully as others do? Oh, that lantern can turn by itself, isn't that called a marquee? I've heard of such a thing before, but I haven't seen it yet. I’ve seen real paper—it’s really made.”

Zang Lang grabbed her hand from the side:
"It can be made better than this. Do you want to buy it, little lady?"

Lan Hua'er thought about it, but she really became interested.He leaned over and asked the price.

The seller was all smiling, and he probably didn't see Lan Huaer pulling a Zanglang behind him, so he said:
"Ordinary ones are given three pennies, and those who turn the lights are five pennies. You are so lucky, do you want to buy one and see if you can meet someone with a destiny here? It's not like I said, if you want to buy it, buy a good-looking one. When the time is right, it can be matched with a better character, right? After you buy it, we will put some oil on it for you, and it will last for a long time.”

Lan Hua'er laughed out loud when she heard it, and thought it was really interesting for these people to sell things.But if you think about it, if the people here really take that occasional coincidence seriously, and think about what to develop, they will naturally hope that the person they meet will be excellent in everything.Since this is the case, if you can't say it, you are willing to spend two extra pennies to buy a better lantern.

If even the lanterns are only willing to buy cheap ones, how will the situation at home be better?

However, I guess I also feel that the cheap lanterns are just for the eyes, or the family is really not that rich, so I want to find a good match.

Lan Hua'er liked the turning light quite a bit, but she thought it was a little expensive, so she smiled and waved her hand.The seller was not annoyed, he smiled at her, and went to greet the guests next to him.

There are so many stalls selling lanterns, almost all of them are lined up along the way.Lan Hua'er looked carefully, and found that there were only two of each kind of lanterns, that is, a pair.There is only one lantern, and it is estimated that someone else bought the other one or put it in another place for sale.

She looked fun, and wanted to buy a lantern to play with, but worried that after buying one, she would really meet someone with a lantern to pair with her.That's fine if it's a girl, but if it's a man...

Lan Hua'er thought about it, and always felt that she couldn't accept that she started dating someone just because she bought the same lantern. She really didn't want to waste other people's expectations for love, so she could only endure it silently.

Zang Lang didn't seem to want Lan Hua'er to buy a lantern. Whenever Lan Hua'er took a fancy to a lantern and happily pointed it out to him, he said in a muffled voice:
"Little lady, I will do that."

After listening to him several times, Lan Hua'er was amused by him, pulled his hand, and said:

"Okay, okay, I know you can do it. So what, you, you don't know anything about sex, how will you marry a wife in the future?"

Zang Lang blinked his eyes in a daze, obviously not knowing what interest is, so he could only say in a daze:
"I, I don't want to find a wife."

Lan Hua'er snorted, pretending not to talk to him.Zang Lang scratched his head innocently.

Later, Lan Huaer fell in love with a pair of lanterns painted with red plums, and pointed to Zang Lang:

"Alang, look at that, the red plums on it are so beautiful. You said you can do those things, but you can't draw this red plum, right? You can make the shape, but you can't do the same. "

Zang Lang scratched his head next to him again, stood for a while, and suddenly asked:

"Little lady, do you like that?"

Lan Hua'er was already looking at something else, and when asked by Zang Lang, she looked back at the lantern with the red plum painted on it, and nodded, "Well, that's very beautiful, even better than the lantern just now. nice."

Zang Lang said "Oh", and thought for a while, then suddenly took Lan Hua'er and walked over to the booth, and asked the seller about Hongmei's lantern.

It was a bit dark and there were so many people around, the vendor didn't notice the wound on Zang Lang's face.The stall owner is a ten-year-old lady, wearing a red jacket, under the light of the lantern, her whole body looks powdery, very healthy and beautiful.She smiled and showed Zang Lang the red plum lantern, and said:

"This is a red plum painted by my own family. It is guaranteed to be different from the one next to it. Because it is painted by my own family, it is also more expensive, six yuan each. If you buy a pair, it will count as ten yuan for you."

The lady who sold the lantern obviously saw Zang Lang pulling the orchid, and she raised her head and smiled at the orchid.

Lan Hua'er suddenly felt that she had been misunderstood, and her face blushed slightly.But they didn't say much, and Lan Hua'er couldn't answer the conversation, so she could only stand behind with a blushing face and slightly bowed head.

Zang Lang has money on him.And during the Chinese New Year, both Gaihua and Lanhuaer gave him some copper coins.Gaihua was given to him as the head of the Zhao family, and Lan Huaer told him directly:

"You have earned a lot of money for your family. This is a bonus for you. Do you take the flowers yourself?"

At that time, Zang Lang pushed for a long time, but Lan Huaer stared at him a few times before silently accepting it.Now Zang Lang remembered to take out the money and spend it.

He was so proud that he bought two immediately, turned around and handed them to Lan Huaer with a silly smile:
"Little lady..."

Lan Hua'er wanted to say that he wasted, but then remembered that it was Zang Lang's own money, so it was hard to say anything about him.

Especially the stall owner in the back was smiling and saying "good luck, little lady", and Lan Hua'er's neck was even a little red.

She thinks that Zang Lang probably...doesn't mean that?Can't think of going to that level?
But when she took the lantern from Zang Lang's hand, she still couldn't help but her heart beat faster.

(End of this chapter)