Chapter 602 Lively
Although the car was back on track, unfortunately the two cars were driving side by side, and there was also a carriage in front. In order to avoid another accident, the coachman drove forward slowly.
So the people in the cars on both sides couldn't stop and continued to lean on the windows and quarrel with each other.
When Manbao got tired of arguing, Bai Shanbao took over. After Bai Shanbao finished arguing, Bai Erlang took over...
There were quite a few teenagers in the car opposite, and they were also taking turns. Then, no one knew who started the fight first. Bai Erlang covered his hurt hand and retracted it, screaming and wanting to fight back.
Manbao looked around in the car, then snatched the fan from Wei Chen's hand, leaned out of the window and patted the other person's hands and head.
Qi Jue and the others were also angry. After searching around, they pulled out a flute...
The two cars were moving slowly, and the people in the cars were crowded on one side of the windows, fighting across the cars.
Not only were the pedestrians along the road watching the excitement, but people in the shops on both sides also curiously peeked in.
Seeing the people in the two cars so lively, coupled with the occasional quarrel, County Magistrate Tang couldn't help but laugh, "They are young people after all, so lively."
The attendant bowed and said, "Sir, the Yizhou Palace is about to begin. You should set off."
County Magistrate Tang snapped open his folding fan, shook it, and smiled, "No hurry, no hurry. It's not a special day, so it's understandable that I'm late for official business."
The attendant said nothing more.
County Magistrate Tang stood in the teahouse, watched the excitement for a while, and had another breakfast before tidying up his clothes and going downstairs.
The carriage could not get close to the Yizhou Palace at all. It was very lively there and full of people.
So the Tong family's carriage stopped from a distance, and then Manbao and the others jumped out of the carriage. Wei Chen held his fan with a distressed look on his face, and only breathed a sigh of relief after checking and finding that it was not broken.
Qi Jue and the others also got out of the car. As soon as the people in the two cars met, they immediately greeted each other with a hum.
They had no choice but to walk the rest of the way in. Wei Chen was particularly afraid they might start a fight in the street, so he asked, "Do you know each other?"
Qi Jue said first: "I don't know him."
Manbao: "I know them, they are our junior brothers!"
"Shame on you, who is your junior brother?"
"You," Bai Shanbao said, "your master is our master's junior fellow apprentice."
Wei Chen saw that they had just spoken a few words before they started arguing again, and he couldn't help but sigh, "You guys are really energetic."
Knowing that they couldn't fight, he stopped worrying.
He tiptoed forward and heard the sound of gongs and drums ahead. He immediately pulled them aside and said, "Quit arguing. The battle has already begun. Let's go and see."
A group of eight people immediately squeezed forward.
The front of the Yizhou Palace was decorated with lights and colorful lanterns. A group of more than ten people dressed in strange costumes and wearing masks on their faces were dancing Nuo opera.
Manbao squeezed to the front to watch. It was her first time seeing Nuo opera and she couldn't help but wow in amazement. A man wearing a ghost mask suddenly appeared in front of her. Manbao exclaimed wow, but before she could react, he bent his waist and jumped away, and a man wearing a god mask jumped up and danced towards them.
Manbao clapped his hands excitedly, and Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang also clapped their hands with excitement, their cheeks flushed.
Wei Chen couldn't help but sigh, "Yizhou City is Yizhou City, it's really much more lively than our Longzhou."
Qi Jue and others who were born and raised here were also amazed and said loudly to them, "It's much more lively than last year and the year before."
The group of young people were very excited.
Daji stood closely behind Bai Shan, looking at the magnificent gate of Yizhou Palace with a deep gaze. He remained silent and there was no smile on his face.
Bai Shan let go completely, and because there was someone blocking the way in front of him, he even jumped up happily to look inside.
The Nuo opera will be performed all the way from here to the main street, and tomorrow, it will be performed all the way down from the main street. The group followed the Nuo opera forward for a while, and the intersection where the road merges into the main street is the high platform built by the Yizhou Palace. It is said that the Yizhou King will personally come out tomorrow to have fun with the people.
What they didn't know was that the King of Yizhou had already had fun with the officials of all ranks in Yizhou City today.
County Magistrate Tang leaned against the carriage and waited until the crowd, accompanying the Nuo opera performers, had walked for a distance before the carriage left the alley where it had stopped and headed towards the Yizhou Palace.
Even though it was only a short distance and he could walk there, County Magistrate Tang, who was wearing his official uniform, didn't want to sweat in the sun at all, so he was more busy with official duties and ended up going there late.
Arriving at the side gate of the Yizhou Palace, County Magistrate Tang sighed and said to his entourage, "When Yang Changbo chose Luojiang County, a lower-ranking county, during the selection process, I laughed at him. Now I know that being a magistrate in a higher-ranking county isn't so easy."
"Being in a county attached to the capital means you have to live in fear once you leave the county office." County Magistrate Tang has not yet been able to truly realize the rights of a parent official.
After entering the side door, County Magistrate Tang composed himself, got out of the car with a hint of urgency on his face, and hurried inside. Once he reached the gathering place of the bigwigs, he quickly bowed and apologized, saying that he was late...
Bai Shanbao had no idea how miserable County Magistrate Tang was right now. He was telling Manbao, "When I pass the imperial examination, I want to be an official in a place like this. It's so lively there every day, and there are so many fun things to do during festivals. How wonderful!"
Man Bao nodded in agreement, "It would be best to be an official in Yizhou City, that way it would be closer to home."
"That's right. I can go home and stay for a night after my rest." Bai Shanbao finally remembered his grandmother and mother at home, and managed to squeeze out some space in his heart. "I miss my grandmother and mother a little."
Bai Erlang said, "I don't want to, and I don't think you want to either."
Bai Shanbao and Manbao turned to look at him.
Bai Erlang said confidently: "If you wanted, you could have gone home yesterday evening. It's three days off, enough time to go home and come back."
Manbao pointed to a roadside stall and said, "Look, mugwort dumplings, I want some."
Bai Shanbao immediately said generously: "I'll treat you to a meal."
The two of them ignored Bai Erlang and went to buy some green rice dumplings to eat.
Bai Erlang followed them and said, "Don't forget what you promised me last night."
Wei Chen, Qi Jue and others also followed.
One said, "Can this be delicious? It looks weird."
“What if I get sick from eating food on the street?”
These people have rarely eaten food from street stalls, unlike Bai Shanbao and his friends, who have been hanging out in the streets and alleys of Luojiang County since they were young.
Manbao didn’t know what the food at his place tasted like, but the green rice dumplings she made at home were pretty good.
So I volunteered, "Let me try one first."
The stall owner also highly recommended it, "My family's Qingtuan is really good, otherwise I wouldn't dare to set up a stall on the street. Young men and women, please try it."
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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