Meal Sweet Home: Farm Lady

Chapter 54

There is a lantern night market once a month, and this is the first time that Nanyan asks Qi Yuhao to go out to play at night, Qi Yuhao will naturally agree.

Xiangmei was taken to play by Nan Yan, Aunt Zhang was naturally relieved.As long as you come back on time, nothing will happen.

Big hands holding small hands, walked all the way through the city of Yangzhou again, feeling happy and walking briskly.

"Sister Yan, that young master surnamed Dai is really annoying. When do you think he will let you go and stop troublening you?" Xiangmei suddenly brought up this point while she was happy.

The smile on Nan Yan's face suddenly froze, and she replied hesitantly: "I don't know when it will be, but I believe that there is no kingly law in this huge city of Yangzhou? Well, don't mention these spoilers Let's have fun tonight."

Xiangmei nodded, holding Nanyan's hand and bouncing forward.

After a while, I arrived at the gate of the city. Before I entered, I could already feel the lively and peaceful atmosphere of the lantern night market in the city.

The people of Limin in Yangzhou City do not live a prosperous life, but they are not too poor either, so they live a relatively comfortable life, and naturally have the leisure to integrate into the large and small street parties that are often held in the city.

"Sister Yan, when I was seven years old, my father and mother took me to the Lantern Night Market, but it was not as fun as it looks at that time." Xiangmei's eyes lit up, thinking that it was all five years ago up.The five years have changed a lot, and of course it will be much more lively than when she came to the evening market.

Nan Yan lowered her head and scratched Xiangmei's nose, dotingly said: "You can't walk when you see something interesting. Come on, hold my hand firmly after entering the city. There are many people inside, so don't be caught squeezed out."

Xiangmei nodded in response, firmly grasping Nan Yan's hand, her eyes admiring all around.

The Lantern Night Market, as the name suggests, is themed with lanterns.At a glance, there are rows of stalls filled with paper lanterns of different sizes and shapes. It takes more thought than the handicrafts of today's people, and it is wonderful.

In the mirror-like river next to it, adults and children also put lotus lanterns of various colors floating in the river, adding a lot of brilliance to this dark and silent night.

Going forward, the entrances of the major restaurants are also flickering with bright paper lanterns, competing for business from each other.The big and small Qinglou's business is pretty good on weekdays, and when it comes to a lantern night market like this, the business is even better. The door is crowded with men in different clothes, greeting and sending them in one by one.

Further ahead, most of them were selling snacks and toys. At that time, the toys were nothing more than masks or rattles. Although there were not many types, they were very eye-catching, especially for children.

Nan Yan paid attention to these food stalls, and the business was several times better than usual.At this moment, she felt a little regretful that she didn't come over with a stall cart and take up a seat to sell her own special snacks.

But it's okay, this is not the first time to visit the Lantern Night Market, it's just for inspection.Thinking about it this way, I don't feel any regrets.

"Sister Yan, did Brother Chen Yi mean to meet at Wanxia Bridge in Youshi?" Xiangmei asked.

"En!" Nan Yan responded.

"Then this is the Wanxia Bridge, and Youshi is almost here, let's go and wait for him!"

"it is good!"

Xiangmei is extraordinarily enthusiastic and positive towards the people she likes.For those who hate, she will never take it to heart, and will definitely show it.For example, Yu Ranyue before and Dai Yingyu now.

The two of them stood on the Wanxia Bridge for a while, then saw He Chenyi and Dai Yingyu coming from under the bridge.

"Brother Chenyi!" Xiangmei was afraid that He Chenyi would not be able to hear her, so her crisp voice was extraordinarily loud.

But seeing Dai Yingyu greeted with a stinky face beside He Chenyi, Xiangmei pouted angrily, and immediately put away her greeting hand.

"Hehe... You guys are really on time!" He Chenyi walked up shaking his fan, compared to daytime, he looked more handsome at night.

"We've been here a long time ago." Xiangmei responded happily.

"Then let's go together, let's talk while walking." He Chenyi took the three girls and walked slowly from the east end to the west end of Wanxia Bridge.

There are not many young men like He Chenyi in the evening market, most of them drink and have fun in restaurants or go to brothels to indulge in women's sex.Most of the men on this street are ordinary men from ordinary families who come out to play with their wives and children.

There are many people along the way, but I don't feel irritable at all.This is enough to prove how much the people in Yangzhou love life.

Nan Yan held Xiangmei's hand tightly and followed behind He Chenyi and Dai Yingyu.Although Dai Yingyu joked with He Chenyi on his own, He Chenyi turned his head to look at him from time to time to see if Nan Yan and Xiangmei were still following behind.

Walking to a booth where masks were bought, He Chenyi suddenly stopped, pointed at a ghost mask on the booth, turned his head and smiled at Nan Yan: "Do you remember this?"

Nan Yan looked up at the ghost guard's mask, then lowered her head and smiled embarrassedly, "How can I not remember, how offended I was that day."

Xiangmei suddenly stepped forward and pointed to the white ghost mask, and said, "This is the mask that brother Chen Yi wore on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival."

"Hahaha... Xiangmei has a really good memory, doesn't she!" He Chenyi replied with a smile.

Dai Yingyu looked at the three of them in bewilderment, and muttered, "What ghosts, white ghosts, Dragon Boat Festival, what are you talking about?"

He Chenyi still had a smile on his face, turned to look at Dai Yingyu, and said: "On the Dragon Boat Festival, Miss Yan disguised herself as a man wearing this ghost messenger mask and I, who was wearing a white ghost mask, had a rowing competition on the West Lake. In the end, it’s over without a result.” He simply explained.

"What, are you together on the Dragon Boat Festival?" Dai Yingyu was a little surprised. She couldn't go out that day, and stayed at the house to watch a play and eat snacks with the whole family. Don't mention how boring it is. Who made her a daughter?
Speaking of this, Dai Yingyu turned away Nan Yan's surprisingly beautiful face, which was even more disgusting.It turned out that she and He Chenyi had met each other more than once, which made her very happy.

Xiangmei saw Dai Yingyu's careful thinking, and deliberately added embellishment: "The rowing competition between Brother Chenyi and Sister Yan was so exciting that day. Those who came to watch the dragon boat race all cast their eyes on them. They cheered and cheered. Sister Yan almost fell into the water several times, but fortunately brother Chen Yi helped him in time."

"Helping medicine to help each other?" Dai Yingyu became even more angry when she heard this. A man and a woman are not close to each other.

"Mei'er, you spend a lot of money. I brought you here to play, not just to listen to your lip service." Seeing Dai Yingyu's complexion changed drastically, Nan Yan tactfully covered Xiangmei's mouth, not allowing her to go any further. Next say.

A group of four continued to watch and walked forward. Although it was crowded, they were in a good mood.Suddenly, I vaguely saw a big stage built of bamboo in front of me, and everyone looked on tiptoe!
"Come on, take a look, take a look! This restaurant will open a competition arena tonight. Since the Lantern Night Market is held every fifteenth day of every month, our reward for the winner is 15 taels of silver. The competition is only for women The content of the competition will be decided by the owner of the store by drawing lots. The voting result will be decided by the judges present..."

Looking at this situation, Nan Yan found it very interesting.It is similar to the stage set up at the entrance of modern shopping malls for promotional activities.

"15 taels of silver, that's a lot!" Xiangmei couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Heh, 15 taels of silver can be called a lot?" Dai Yingyu couldn't help turning her head and scoffing at Xiangmei when she heard the sound.

These 15 taels of silver are really nothing to He Chenyi and Dai Yingyu, it may just be their pocket money for a day or two.But for Nanyan and Xiangmei, the 15 taels of silver can be enough for a long time, and can cover some necessary expenses.

Xiangmei rolled her eyes at Dai Yingyu angrily, then turned her head to look at Nan Yan with a smile, "Sister Yan, why don't you go up and take part in the competition, you are so good, you can definitely do it."

"No, no, Meier, don't talk nonsense." Nan Yan shook her head and waved her hands, "I don't know what kind of competition questions they are going to ask, so how can you speak lightly."

"Why, are you afraid?" Dai Yingyu turned around again at this time and said provocatively, "How about we go up together and compete with each other? I'm not doing it for the mere 15 taels of silver, but I just hope to have the opportunity to compete with you Down."

Several black lines pulled down from the top of Nan Yan's head instantly, what is this?They didn't even know the content of the competition, so they said they wanted to compete.Compared with Yu Ranyue, this Dai Yingyu didn't have so many despicable methods, but she was extremely competitive.

"I think this proposal is good, you two can go up and try!" He Chenyi also turned around and encouraged after hearing the sound.

"Is there anyone? Is there any girl who is willing to come up and try?" At this time, the rough cloth man on the stage asked again.

Nan Yan thought to herself, it's just a competition, anyway, it won't do anything to her if she loses, the most important thing is to participate!Besides, the reward of 15 taels of silver really made her covetous. If she was lucky enough to win the first place, then the 15 taels of silver would not belong to her own pocket!

Thinking of this, Nan Yan curled her lips and smiled, "Okay, then go up and compete!"

Before Nan Yan could finish her voice, Dai Yingyu smiled, and flew onto the bamboo stage with a beautiful light effort.

Nan Yan lifted the corners of the emerald green light skirt, pushed aside the crowd, and walked up from the side of the stage.

After that, four girls came up one after another, and one was six people who were willing to participate in this competition.

"Okay, before the competition, let's give a round of applause to these six brave girls." The man in coarse cloth on the side of the stage took the lead in applauding, followed by all the judges in the audience clapping their hands.

"Next, we invite Boss Zhou of our restaurant to draw lots in this bamboo basket to draw out the content of the first competition."

At this time, boss Zhou of this bamboo restaurant strode towards the side of the stage, greeted the judges, and then reached into the main building to grab lots.

Boss Zhou took out a rolled up yellowed note and handed it to the coarse cloth man.The coarse cloth man opened it, and then showed the contents to the audience.

"The first competition is a musical instrument competition." As he spoke, bartenders from six restaurants came over, holding six common musical instruments in ancient times, namely Guzheng, Erhu, Pipa, Fife, Huqin and Xun.

(End of this chapter)