Chapter 227 Lantern Festival (Part 1)
In a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Before it got dark that day, Zhao Zhilan urged the children to get ready.
She didn't know when the town's lantern festival would start, and she was afraid that Baoya and the others would be late and make Ronghe wait.
I've already been invited, so I can't delay any longer.
As a result, just as Baoya and the others changed into their beautiful new clothes and picked up their small purses, a carriage stopped at the gate of the Yun family.
Yan Fei jumped out of the car and opened the curtain. Rong He poked his head out of the car, revealing a round little head.
The gate of the Yun family was ajar. He pushed it open and ran into Yun Sanlang harnessing an ox cart. Baoya, Yunhua, Yunyue, Yun Chengfu and Yun Chenglu were all waiting in the yard, ready to go.
"Brother Rong, are you here to pick us up?" Bao Ya's eyes lit up and she waved to Rong He and Yan Fei who was following behind him.
Yunyue was also very happy: "He Er, you actually came to pick us up in person!"
Rong He smiled and walked towards them with his short legs: "Since I invited you, I must take you along."
After saying that, he looked at Yun Sanlang who was harnessing the carriage, and then looked at Zhao Zhilan and other people from the Yun family standing in the yard.
"Grandma Yun, uncles and aunts, don't worry. After watching the lanterns, I will send Baoya and the others back without missing a single one."
Zhao Zhilan agreed with a smile: "Don't worry, grandma, just have fun."
"good!"
Baoya and the other children agreed in unison.
The Rong family’s carriage was so big that the six children didn’t feel crowded at all.
The carriage entered Ping'an Town not far away, and Yan Fei stopped at the entrance of the bustling Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival is held on the main street, Lemin Street, and is connected to the two adjacent side streets. The shops and stalls on both sides are hung with colorful lanterns.
Rows of big red lanterns and beautiful red silks decorate the entire street with joy.
Yan Fei asked the six of them to get out of the car one after another, and immediately six young servants came out from the shadows under the wall.
One of them drove away Yan Fei's carriage, and the other five stood beside Bao Ya and the other five.
Baoya looked up at the dark-faced boy of seventeen or eighteen years old standing next to her, then looked at the burly young man standing next to her eldest brother, and always felt that something was wrong.
Just as she was about to speak, Yun Yue spoke up: "He Er, why did you bring so many servants to watch over us? I feel like I'm not here to see the lanterns, but to be paraded through the streets."
Rong He: ...
"But there are so many people on the street, what if we get separated?" Rong He looked embarrassed.
The main purpose today is Baoya's jade pendant, but there are so many children in the Yun family, and he and Yan Fei can't take care of them all!
"How about this," Yun Chengfu suddenly said, "Chenglu and I are older, so we won't run around. You can send two more people to follow Baoya and the other three girls."
"Baoya and the others are under the care of Chenglu and me. If anything happens, the two servants can help. Besides, Yan Fei is here."
Yun Chengfu's suggestion was very reasonable, and Rong He nodded: "Okay, let's do it!"
He drove away the rest of the servants, leaving only the dark-faced young man who had just stood next to Bao Ya and the burly young man next to Yun Chengfu.
In order to avoid being separated by the crowd coming to see the lanterns, Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue held hands tightly.
Rong He and Yan Fei led the way in front, Yun Chengfu and Yun Chenglu followed behind Bao Ya and the others, and two servants followed at the end.
The group marched into the Lantern Festival. Except for Yun Chengfu, the five children of the Yun family were all overwhelmed with their eyes.
The stalls on both sides of the street sell all kinds of things, including stalls for playing pot-throwing, archery targets, and special stalls for guessing lantern riddles.
On the lantern riddle guessing stall, there were all kinds of exquisite colored lanterns hanging, including rabbits, lotus flowers, fairy peaches, puppies, big tigers, and so many different shapes and styles that Baoya had never seen them before.
Rong He wanted to take Bao Ya and the others to Tang Ren Zhang's stall first. His grandfather had an old acquaintance with Tang Ren Zhang and had already greeted Tang Ren Zhang in advance.
He took a few quick steps and turned around to find that Baoya and the other five were already several meters behind him.
There were so many people around, and Baoya, Yunyue and Yunhua were short, so he could only see three pairs of small buds swaying in the crowd.
Rong He sighed and had to walk back.
When we got closer, we saw Baoya and the others gathered around a stall for guessing lantern riddles.
Yun Chengfu asked the boss for two lanterns and was solving a puzzle.
In the short time he had been walking over, Yun Chengfu had already guessed the answer to the riddle and got three lamps.
"Young Master is amazing!"
The boss handed the three lanterns to Yun Chengfu and praised him with a smile: "I have displayed these three lanterns for a long time, and no one can guess what they are!"
Yun Chengfu's cheeks turned red when he was praised. He said "thank you" softly, and then handed the three lanterns to Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue respectively.
Baoya was holding a cute rabbit lantern in her hand, with a smile on her face: "Thank you, big brother!"
Yun Chengfu touched her head.
"Baoya, Yunyue, Third Sister, Big Brother, Second Brother," Rong He called out to everyone one by one, "Let's go to Tangren Zhang's stall first. If we go later, there should be more people going there to exchange lanterns."
Baoya then remembered that Rong He had mentioned in the note that she could exchange the jade pendant for a lantern.
Now she and her third and fourth sisters all have lanterns, but her eldest and second brothers don’t have any yet, so she can exchange two for them.
After she shouted that day, Yunyue urged Li Rongyue to find a jade pendant to replace the lantern for her, but there was no jade pendant in Li Rongyue's dowry. In the end, Zhao Zhilan dug out a jade pendant from the bottom of the box.
The jade pendant has a lot of impurities and is not worth much. It was given to Zhao Zhilan by her mother-in-law when she married into the Yun family.
"Then let's go there first." Baoya said.
Yunhua and Yunyue nodded, and Yun Chengfu and Yun Chenglu had no objections.
The group went straight to Tangren Zhang's stall.
Candy Man Zhang was blowing candy figures with his apprentice. When they saw them coming, he called out, "Little kids, what kind of candy figures do you want? Old Zhang can blow a monkey on top and a dragon on the bottom!"
Rong He acted as if it was a real thing and was the first to take out his jade pendant and hand it to Tang Ren Zhang to see.
She said, "Grandpa, I came here to exchange the jade pendant for a lantern."
"Oh," Tangren Zhang said, looking as if he understood. He took the jade pendant from him and examined it for a moment. "Okay, I can exchange it."
"It's just that, Old Zhang, I collect patterns on jade pendants. Please lend me your jade pendant for a while. I'll have my apprentice copy the pattern on it and then return it to you."
Rong He nodded: "Okay."
Then, Sugar Man Zhang asked Rong He to go over and pick a lantern from the rack next to him.
When Baoya saw it was real, she quickly went over and asked, "Grandpa, I also have a jade pendant, can I exchange it too?"
"Can you please let me see your jade pendant?"
Baoya carefully took out her jade pendant and handed it to Tangren Zhang.
Yun Chengfu, who was standing behind him, suddenly looked gloomy.
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