Chapter 32 Lantern Festival (Part 2)
Cheng came over, took Liu Lang into her arms, and comforted him in a soft and gentle voice.
When Liu Lang choked just now, Cheng was happily listening to the bickering between Sun and Wu at her table, and did not notice it at first.
By the time she heard the noise here and realized something was wrong, Xia Daohua had already rushed over to save people.
The child was saved and everyone is now feeling scared.
Every mother began to remind their children to chew the Yuanxiao into pieces before eating, and never swallow it whole, and not to talk with food in their mouths, and so on.
Xia Daohua silently retreated to her seat, hoping from the bottom of her heart that everyone would forget what she had just done.
But obviously, that is absolutely impossible.
After Liu Lang was coaxed into submission by Cheng, Cheng took Liu Lang to Xia Daohua and asked Liu Lang to bow deeply to Xia Daohua to express his gratitude, thanking his ninth sister Daohua for her quick wit and decisiveness in saving his life.
Liu Lang bowed obediently and thanked him sincerely in a clear childish voice: "Thank you, Sister Nine, for saving my life."
Xia Daohua quickly dodged and said with a red face:
"Aunt Wu, why are you being so polite? Liu Lang is my brother, and I'm helping him. Isn't that what I should do?"
Cheng said solemnly, "Daohua, you are a good child. Aunt Wu will remember your kindness. If you want Aunt Wu not to be polite, then you should not be polite to Aunt Wu in the future."
Seeing Cheng's expectant look, Xia Daohua had no choice but to nod, and Cheng smiled with satisfaction.
Zhou glanced at Xia Daohua, seeming to be thinking about something.
Others were also watching Xia Daohua's performance. Seeing how humble she was and not taking credit for herself, they all started to praise her for her intelligence and understanding.
Jiang had a smug smile on her face, while pretending to be calm and saying a few humble words on behalf of Xia Daohua.
After a while, the atmosphere in the Xia family became lively again.
This little episode is over.
However, everyone was alert. Especially the mothers, who, while chatting and laughing, turned their eyes to their children intentionally or unintentionally.
Even Sun and Wu, who had been bickering so much before, stopped talking and devoted more energy to their children.
After eating Yuanxiao, drinking some soup and resting for a while, the Xia family prepared to set out for the town as planned to attend the lantern fair.
Beiguan County is more than a hundred miles away from Beiguan Village, but Beiguan Town is only a few dozen miles away from Beiguan Village.
Even if the villagers were carrying a load of 100 pounds, they could reach the destination in less than an hour.
Many families in the village are going to the lantern fair, so everyone simply calls up familiar neighbors and relatives and walks together, chatting and laughing along the way, and it’s lively and lively, so they don’t feel lonely at all.
Xia Dalang supported Zhu, Jinhua held Yinhua, and they walked in front.
Xia Youcai and Liu accompanied the old couple attentively.
The couple from the second room were not to be outdone and followed closely behind, always paying attention to the movements of the old couple.
Xia Yujiao walked beside Zhou and finally a smile appeared on her face.
Erlang and Taohua took the initiative to look after their younger brothers and sisters.
However, Sanlang and Silang, the two naughty boys, were not obedient. They kept running around in the crowd, refusing to stay still for a moment. Wherever they passed, they caused shouts of surprise, laughter and scolding.
The couple in the third room let Lanhua and Juhua walk behind Xinghua and Meihua, and they walked behind their daughters. This made it convenient to look after their two daughters and to chat with the couple in the fourth room.
Lihua held Xia Daohua's hand, Wulang held Linghua's hand, and they followed Xia Youtian and Jiang closely.
None of the Xia family members were left out, as they all set off in high spirits.
There are many families in the village like the Xia family who go out with the whole family to attend the Lantern Festival.
But looking back, Beiguan Village was still brightly lit.
Xia Daohua walked until her legs were sore by the time she reached the town.
There were a few more soldiers guarding the town's entrance than usual, and there was a long queue outside that stretched as far as the eye could see.
It turns out that there is no entrance fee to the city today because it is a holiday.
People from the suburbs who heard the news came, and each of them brought their families with them, so naturally there were several times more people than usual.
But perhaps because they were afraid of trouble, the soldiers at the door checked for smuggling very carefully.
If you meet a familiar face, it's fine. But if you meet a stranger, not only will you check the smuggled items, but you will also ask for a pass. If you can't produce it, you will be arrested immediately and taken away and locked up.
The Xia family waited in line for nearly a quarter of an hour before they entered the town.
A collection of lanterns is worthy of being called a collection of lanterns.
The market was crowded with people, and the Xia family was squeezed tightly together. They could hardly move, and could only follow the flow of people and move forward.
Starting from the entrance, lantern poles were erected on the roadside, with many round red lanterns hung on them.
The shops that usually put up signs to attract customers are now brightly lit, with many large and small lanterns of various shapes hung in front of their shops.
Some stalls set up riddles, with riddles written on lanterns to attract people to guess.
Others displayed huge lanterns with unique shapes.
Xia Daohua was fine, but the other members of the Xia family were all amazed at what they saw.
At the entrance of the Lantern Festival, there stand two huge palace lanterns, more than one person tall, in the style of traditional octagonal palace lanterns.
With fine wood as the frame and transparent silk gauze as the surface, on the festive red background, delicate and exquisite figures are hand-painted with fine brushwork, and their facial features and expressions are lifelike.
The lanterns were lit with large candles that were thicker than an adult's thumb and slightly thinner than a baby's arm, illuminating the sign of the lantern market and the ground at the entrance, all bright and red.
However, outside these two large lanterns, there were short fences that were almost as high as an adult's knee, making it clear that no one was allowed to approach.
You are only allowed to look from a distance, but not to touch it.
Starting from these two large palace lanterns, there is a beautiful large lantern almost every few hundred meters forward.
The shape of most lanterns is that of ordinary palace lanterns.
It’s just that some have eight corners, some have six corners, and some have four corners, so there are some differences in the shapes.
In addition, some special decorations were added.
For example, the third lamp is made of thin gold-woven satin, and many butterflies of different sizes are inlaid on it with gold foil. When the wind blows, the wings of the butterflies tremble slightly, as if they are about to fly.
For example, the seventh one is just an ordinary hexagonal palace lantern, but on the lantern paper with green leaves painted on it, there are dozens of pink peony silk flowers inlaid. The petals are layered like the real ones, and it is very beautiful and eye-catching.
The Xia family moved slowly forward with the crowd. As they walked and looked, they saw many new things that they rarely see on weekdays.
However, as we walked, the situation ahead suddenly became chaotic.
Hey, guess what happened? PS, continue to ask for collections, ask for bubbles and paw prints, and ask for female recommendation votes, love you! (づ￣ 3￣)づ
(End of this chapter)
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