Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 98

Du Yu's family set off on the ninth day of the first lunar month because they were going to work in Qingyang County. They also brought four or five boxes and cages. Qingyang County is more than 100 miles away from Yunyang County. It takes about four or five days to drive. It is estimated that I can arrive around the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

This time, I asked the long-term worker in the family to drive the car to send Du Yu's family.

Last year, the long-term workers had already been found, and the places where the long-term workers lived were also improved. The half-brick and half-earth houses were better than some houses, and they were all built not far from the ground. They also dug wells specially, and took care of food and housing. During the Chinese New Year, they gave each of these long-term workers five catties of pork, and there was still money to take. For those people, it was already very good.

It was still cold at this time. Du Yu hid in the carriage and did not come out. He also held a ceramic hand stove in his hand. This thing was sent by Mrs. Chu and the others. It was small and exquisite, just like an apple. Large, convenient and warm in hand.

For four or five days, they were on the road during the day, rested in the inn at night, ate dry food during the day, and replenished some hot soup and hot water in the inn at night. The inn is also open. It is said that many shops opened on the fifth day of the lunar new year, in order to prepare for the big business of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, and the fifth day is said to be the birthday of the God of Wealth. Opening on this day will bring a lot of money.

So Du Yu and the others didn't encounter any incidents of sleeping on the street, but the road is not as good as at home.

Fortunately, the four or five days passed quickly. On the evening of the fourth day, they saw the city gate building in Qingyang County. They entered from the south gate and quickly found an inn, so they didn't have to hurry.

After washing at night, I fell asleep very sweetly.This day is already the twelfth day of the first lunar month.

The yamen will not open the seal until after the fifteenth day, so they still need to live in this inn for three days, and they have to spend the Lantern Festival outside.

This is the first time to spend a festival outside, Du Yu and the others are a little excited and a little disappointed.

However, after inquiring from the inn staff, Qingyang County is very lively at night on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with everything that is fun and delicious, and the curfew is lifted, that is to say, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Even in the middle of the night, it will be very lively.

"There are so many people, will there be kidnappers?" Hu was worried about this. Although her daughter was ten years old this year, she was still a little girl. If someone kidnapped her, there would be nowhere to cry.

The inn clerk smiled and said, "Guest officer, I don't know how to answer this question. How can there be no kidnappers in this world? If I say that there are no kidnappers, it would be nonsense, but, we in Qingyang How about the county, Mr. County, that day, there were guards in the yamen patrolling all day long. Besides, we also have a water dragon team here. The water dragon team is responsible for putting out fires, just because I was afraid that something might catch fire that night, bah , look at my mouth, everything will be fine that day, as long as this child and adults don't get separated, everything will be fine."

Children who are alone, who will you arrest if they don't arrest you?However, this was the first time after the new year, and the county government must have paid more attention to it, and no one thought that something would happen.

After hearing what the inn guy said, everyone is looking forward to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Although they don't celebrate the festival with their families, they can't live a miserable life.

At noon on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the owner of the inn added an additional dish to each of the guests staying at the inn, as a way to say hello to everyone.The owner of this inn is really interesting.

As for the evening, Du Yu and the others don't eat. They save their stomachs and go to the street to eat.

The inn clerk said that the most lively place for the Lantern Festival in Qingyang County is Wanxiang Street, which means all-encompassing. This name has been around for more than 100 years, so Wanxiang Street is an old street with a history of more than 100 years.

The street is full of shops, and on the night of the Lantern Festival, horse-drawn carriages are not allowed to pass through, so you can only enter Vientiane Street on foot, and there is a special place for snack sellers to do business.

I heard from the guy at the inn that if you want to set up a food stall at this point, you have to book a spot in advance, otherwise you won't have a share.

Because that day was really lucrative.Many snack sellers would rather pay more than book a seat.

However, those who sell snacks often do small business in the county, and they have some contacts. It depends on who sells quickly. If there is no place in Vientiane Street, you can sell it elsewhere, but the business elsewhere is not as good as Vientiane Street. That's all.

Du Youzhong and Hu's have three children, and Da Lang is no longer a child. He is 15 years old this year, and they are all verbally engaged, so the children can only be Du Erlang and Du Yu.

When the children grew up, Hu felt relieved.They walked to Vientiane Street, and sure enough, there were already more people.All kinds of lanterns were hung up, and the adults who took the children out, as well as the young masters and ladies of the rich families, also surrounded a group of servants, all with beaming faces.

Du Yu and the others found a stall and ate a bowl of Lantern Festival each, and the Lantern Festival was particularly full. Du Yu ate a bowl of six and was already a little full. It happened to be a while to digest and digest.

"Father, you and mother go shopping, I will take Erlang and Yu'er to go shopping." Du Dalang suggested.

As the eldest son, Du Dalang is already so old that he can take good care of his younger siblings.Erlang is also a half-grown boy, and Du Yu is not young anymore, he is no longer that kind of child.

Du Yu thought to himself, Brother, you really have an idea, you want to give your parents some space.

Mrs. Hu didn't want to agree, but Du Youzhong said: "Then you go, meet at Taibailou at the end of Xushi (21:[-] p.m.), and take good care of Erlang and Yu'er."

Mrs. Hu supported Du Youzhong's words, and couldn't say anything else to disagree, so she said to the three people: "Don't be alone, don't run into the corner."

After the three children left, Hu was still worried. Du Youzhong said: "They should all grow up, and we can't keep watching them. Da Lang is about to get married, and we have to go to the scientific research alone in the future. Letting go early is also good for them."

Hu nodded and said nothing more.

The three brothers and sisters felt much lighter after leaving their parents.They also went to several shops to guess lantern riddles, and after a while Du Yu had a lotus lantern in his hand.

In front of a jewelry store called Jin Yu Man Tang, there were also a lot of people, who were also guessing lantern riddles. If they guessed correctly, they would get the value of Jin Yu Man Tang's jewelry according to the degree of difficulty.And today, the house is full of gold and jade, and it is still a big bargain. All the jewelry on the cabinet, as long as you buy it, you will get a [-]% discount, which is much cheaper than usual.

I heard from the people next to me that guessing the lantern riddles requires passing five trials and beating six generals. If you guess it right, you can get a set of ruby ​​heads full of gold and jade.

It is said that the set of ruby ​​heads is worth 100 taels.For ordinary people, it is really expensive.

Generally, those who guess a riddle can get a string of bracelets full of gold and jade. Look, this man of gold and jade really knows how to do business, so he can publicize his jewelry and use the mouths of everyone. However, it is said that The owner's family, which is full of gold and jade, is not short of that money, and it is entirely to contribute to the Lantern Festival in Qingyang County.

To others, those prizes are nothing more than a drop in the bucket, just for fun.

Although Du Yu also liked the set of ruby ​​heads, but he knew that he didn't have that ability, so he just watched the excitement.

I also saw that the people around me were both nervous and happy. Seeing other people guessing lantern riddles was like guessing myself. Ha ha, it's really interesting.

"Brother, there may be some students from our father's future in here." Dad is going to be a trainer, and he specializes in teaching students, that is, scholars. With such a chance to show off, there must be some scholars who come to show their skills.

Du Dalang nodded, "There must be, Erlang, do you want to try and guess once?"

Du Erlang shook his head, "I'd better forget it, there are so many people, we outsiders don't want to fight. Brother, I still want to go to eat, let's go." Erlang has no interest in guessing lantern riddles, why not To eat more, the eldest brother has money on him, so Erlang begged Dalang.

The second brother can really eat it, Du Yu said with a smile: "Brother, I want to eat it too, why don't we go and see if there are any snacks in Qingyang County that we don't have?"

"Okay!" Da Lang nodded with a smile, and the three brothers and sisters set off for the food stall.

"Brother, brother, look quickly, what is that?" Du Erlang saw that not far ahead, a short man was quietly walking into the alley with a sack on his shoulders. It's not because they saw it, but It was getting darker now. They passed by this place, and there happened to be an alley. If you don't look carefully, you really can't see it.

It's a pity that Du Erlang's eyes were bright, and it was a coincidence that he looked straight at him. The strangest thing was that the short man walked quietly for a while, but suddenly fell to the ground.

What is going on here?
Du Dalang hurriedly said to Du Erlang and Du Yu: "Don't move around, Erlang, there are guards not far ahead, you and Yu'er go together, call someone over, I'll watch here."

"Brother, it's dangerous for you to be here alone, why don't the three of us call someone together!" No matter what's going on with him, the safety of your own brother is the most important thing.

"Don't dawdle, I'll watch over here for a while. If this person is a kidnapper, it would be a pity if he ran away. I'm such an old man, I won't be wanted! Run quickly!"

Du Erlang and Du Yu hurriedly ran to find someone, and sure enough, they saw two policemen not far away, and when they told them about the situation, the two policemen also rushed over, "Brother, let's call someone over. It's gone!" Du Erlang and Du Yu felt at ease seeing that their elder brother was safe and sound.

The two arresters held the knife in their hands, and went up to look. The short man had passed out on the ground, and the sack was moving. One of the two arresters quickly opened the sack, and found a sack inside. Little boy, "Young master?" One of the catchers was very surprised!
It turned out that the person in the sack turned out to be the young son of the county magistrate, Mr. Qi!The young master of the county grandpa's family was kidnapped, it's really too daring!
When the people in the county government invited Du Youzhong and the Hu family to the county government, Du Yu and the others knew what had happened.

Mrs. Qi, the wife of the county magistrate, had already cried a lot. In addition to thanking Du Yu and his three brothers and sisters, Mrs. Qi, the magistrate, also severely scolded his youngest son.

(End of this chapter)