Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 87 The Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival in this dynasty was very lively. The county started to light up the lights on the eighth day of the eighth day, and the lights were not turned off until the seventeenth day. The night was as bright as day, the lights were dazzling, there were many people, and it was very lively.

The house Qin bought for Pang Cheng in the county had already been furnished, and today he invited the three children of the Du family to play in the county.

Du Xiaoyu was very interested, and pulled Qin Shi to ask if the utensils for buying and selling almond tea were also ready.

The two of them had a good understanding, and Qin smiled and said, "How can we not be prepared? During the Lantern Festival, there are people coming and going, and it will be noisy late at night. Don't you want to eat supper? Tonight, I will ask Cheng'er to push it out to sell."

Du Wenyuan said from the sidelines, "First of all, I wish my aunt a lot of money."

Qin smiled happily.

The bullock cart moved forward slowly, and when it arrived in Feixian County, it was almost dusk.

Sure enough, there were many pedestrians, and the colorful lights were hung high. Several people walked in the street looking around, stopping from time to time to admire.

Last time Du Xiaoyu didn't come to the county to watch the lanterns, but this time it was really an eye-opener, thinking, this is only a county town, it's all so spectacular, at a glance, it's full of lanterns.There are all kinds of shapes, and she can't help but think of the poem, "Dongfeng night puts thousands of flowers on trees, and even blows down, flowers are like rain. BMW carved cars are fragrant all over the road. The sound of wind and flute moves, jade The pot light turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night."

From this, it can be imagined that these nights in the capital must be even more fascinating!

"This is our home." Qin led them to a small courtyard in the northwest corner, calling out, "Cheng'er, come out quickly."

This is a very ordinary courtyard house, with two wing rooms on the east and west sides, and three large rooms on one side. The area is still quite large. There is an ancient well in the middle of the courtyard. It's quite elegant.

Pang Cheng ran out of the room covered in sweat, and smiled at them, "Here we go, go to see the lights at night, it's beautiful, and it will be lit for several days."

Du Xiaoyu smiled, "Brother Pang Da, what are you doing, sweating so much?"

Mrs. Qin shook her head, "Needless to say, he must be making almond tea. You don't know that your big brother is clumsy. I don't know how many times I have taught you. Now it can be regarded as doing well."

Pang Cheng scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "I'm afraid it won't taste good, so just come and try it, I'll sell it in a while."

They followed him into the kitchen and saw a pot of snow-white paste boiled. Pang Cheng brought a bowl to Du Xiaoyu and said with a smile, "Does it look like yours?"

Du Xiaoyu took a sip and nodded, "It's pretty good, anyway, practice makes perfect. Besides, people here have never eaten it, so there is no comparison."

"Yes, it's quite delicious." Du Huanghua also praised him sincerely.

But Du Wenyuan tasted it carefully and said, "You can put less sugar, but girls may prefer sweet drinks." He thought it would be better to lighten it up.

Pang Cheng was a little confused, "Is it better to be sweeter or lighter?"

Qin frowned, tapped him on the head and said, "Anyway, you make and sell them now, so bring candy with you, and put more candy when you see a girl's house, otherwise, just put less candy."

Pang Cheng suddenly realized, and shouted, "I'm still smart!"

Du Xiaoyu laughed secretly. Although this Pang Cheng is honest and honest, he looks a bit stupid, but he is actually quite cute. It would be great if he could find someone he really likes, but it's a pity that Qin's vision is so high, so he wouldn't be afraid if he really found someone who was really good. Daughter-in-law, when the time comes to bully her son?

Later, Du Xiaoyu helped Pang Cheng make almond tea together, Du Huanghua baked pancakes, and Qin Shi cleaned up the wing room so that they could sleep here at night. .

When we arrived, it was completely dark, and the county lanterns were all brightly lit. Except for the Qin family, a few people went out first.

Pang Cheng was pushing a small cart to sell almond tea at the entrance of the market, and Du Xiaoyu couldn't help but shout a few words for him.

"Does this kid need to put more sugar?" Pang Cheng was in trouble again, his mother only said that the girl's house should put more sugar.

"Put more." Du Xiaoyu said with a smile, "Kids like to eat candy, by the way, put less of what the elderly say, it's not good to eat too much."

At this moment, Mrs. Qin was also busy with the work at hand, so she told them to look at the lamp by themselves.

The three siblings were dazzled as they walked from the street to the end of the street.

And every time after guessing lantern riddles, Du Xiaoyu would not let them go, and asked Du Wenyuan to let him guess. Of course, there are many prizes, such as candied haws, handkerchiefs, and shortbread. Everyone's hands are full.

On the morning of the second day, she went to Wangyue Tower again, mainly to confirm with shopkeeper Mao again about the situation of customers eating rabbit meat. What she learned was that there were not many people eating rabbit meat, and they usually ordered other meats, unless the staff recommended it by themselves. , then it is possible to eat.Most people don't have this habit, except for a very small number of people who have special hobbies.

Then she asked if anyone eats spicy food. Mao Zong, the big shopkeeper, would not pay attention to a little girl, but because of several transactions, she also saw that they had some relationship with Lin Song, and she knew that Du Wenyuan lived in Wanjia. With patience, she said with a smile, "Little girl knows a lot. Chili peppers have only become popular in our country recently. No one used to eat them. Later, only a few people ate them. Even in the past two years, our restaurants didn't dare to make some." It's spicy, but it's been different in the past year or so."

"Are many people eating it now? But it's not popular in our village." Du Xiaoyu said, she has always liked spicy food, so this time she has to buy some and go back to try it. It would be great if her parents are also used to it. .

"In the beginning, chili peppers were expensive, and even rich people couldn't afford them. They were commonly used by officials and officials. Now more people grow them, and more people eat them. Take our restaurant as an example. Now half of the customers can accept it. You villagers will definitely eat it sooner or later."

"So that's the case. Thank you, Shopkeeper Mao, for telling me." Du Xiaoyu thanked with a smile.

After bidding farewell to Mao Zong, Du Xiaoyu went to the spice shop and bought a big bag of all kinds of spices, and spent a hundred copper coins.

In the afternoon, I went home by bullock cart, and I was in a very happy mood.

Five days later, it was the Lantern Festival, and Mrs. Zhao got up early in the morning to make Yuanzi.

Du Xiaoyu spent most of the Lantern Festival in his previous life eating wine-stuffed dumplings. They said they were dumplings, but they were actually small balls of glutinous rice without fillings. However, the dumplings here are big and filled with various fillings, including red bean paste, jujube paste, and salty rice balls. There are many kinds, but there is no fermented rice, and it can be eaten only by boiling in water.

No matter what Mrs. Zhao cooks, the pasta is delicious, and she can't get enough of it, and at night, she sets off firecrackers. This festival is almost like a New Year's Eve.

However, after the reunion festival, they have to face parting days. Du Wenyuan and Du Huanghua are going to Wanjia.

After Yiyi said goodbye, Du Xiaoyu felt more and more deserted at home, and she would get used to being alone. She was an orphan before, and she didn't long for it when she didn't realize it, but once she had it, she found it hard to let go.

Fortunately, she has many things to do, such as growing cold melon seedlings, breeding rabbits again, and so on.

Because the cold melon ripened a bit late last time, she started cultivating melon seedlings after the Lantern Festival. The melon seeds were collected and preserved after eating the cold melon. There was no need to go to Qiu Changrong to buy them again, but the seedling bed had to be dug again. , the original one was used by her as a flower garden.

Of course, this was done by Du Xian, and another place was dug on the opposite side of the flower garden, and there were still as many seedlings as last year.

In Du Xiaoyu's opinion, she has only planted cold melon once, and the experience she has accumulated is not much. She still dare not take risks, so she still only planted one acre this year. The rescue experience is still not safe.

However, raising seedlings in advance is beneficial to let cold melons go on the market earlier than other melon growers. However, the weather is cold and the work of keeping warm must be done very well. Night.

"Father, do you think those seedlings will freeze to death when they grow out?" Du Xiaoyu couldn't help asking, a little worried.

"I'm not sure about that." Du Xian was fertilizing the land, "Why don't you take it easy? It doesn't matter if it's late, didn't it still sell well last year?"

"One mu of land does not matter if it is earlier or later, but if there are more plants in the future, it will not work that night. I am afraid that it will not be sold out. After June, it will basically start to cool down, unless the price is lowered to sell."

What he said made sense, Du Xian stopped his movements, "Do you want to find a way to keep warm? Light a fire or something?"

"It's windy outside, I'm afraid the firewood won't work." Du Xiaoyu said, and it would take so many days to burn, the smoke would kill you, she paused, "The main reason is that it's cold at night, but there's sun in the daytime, so it's hard to return Someone has to stay by the side without sleeping?"

Both of them fell silent, frowning and thinking.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao came out with a large vat to prepare pickles, and stepped on a pile of cow dung, and immediately shouted, "Father, can you stop drying this cow dung at the door next time? I don't know how many times I stepped on it." Already!"

Hearing that the lady was angry, Du Xian hurriedly stood up to clean up the cow dung.

Halfway through the reasoning, he suddenly shouted loudly, "Yes, use cow dung!"

He yelled, scaring Zhao Shi so much that he almost dropped the cabbage in his hand, looked over and said, "What are you doing? Are you drinking?"

"Oh, lady, you've been of great help this time." Du Xian laughed and called Du Xiaoyu, "Xiaoyu, there is a way, just use cow dung! This is definitely good!"

"Cow dung?" Du Xiaoyu was at a loss, she was most afraid of dung, "How do you get rid of cow dung?"

"You girl, don't you remember?" Du Xian excitedly said, "I told you before that cow dung is resistant to burning, and it is not easy to extinguish when ignited. You put it around the seedbed before you go to bed at night. Is it warm?"

Du Xiaoyu was stunned for a while, "Is this okay?"

"Of course it's fine. Just watch it. Dad will take care of it for you." Du Xian patted his chest to assure him.

Mrs. Zhao couldn't help laughing when she saw the appearance of the father and daughter. Seeing the enthusiasm of the two people, the family's [-] mu of land might not have to worry about bad harvests in the future.

I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival, reunion and family health~~~
(End of this chapter)