Chapter 198 Qiqiao Festival Temple Fair

The two of them shuttled among the crowd.

On both sides of the road, there are makeshift stalls selling a wide variety of handicrafts, including paper-cuts, sugar figures, woven products, etc., which attract the attention of passers-by.

The children chasing and playing, the adults shouting, the hawking sounds one after another, and the laughter and joy intertwined together, forming a lively and prosperous scene.

"The capital is more lively than home, and there are more things for sale, many of which I have never seen before." After taking a walk, Song Jin felt a lot more relaxed.

Qin Chi looked at her tenderly, "If my wife likes it, you can buy it."

"Forget it, I'm not a child."

The two stopped in front of the temple.

Amid the smoke of incense, devout believers clasped their hands together and bowed their heads in prayer.

Song Jin did not approach, but just stood not far away and watched, "Husband, I want to go to Jianning Mansion."

These words came so suddenly!

Qin Chi's pupils shrank slightly.

Just when he was trying to find a reason to dissuade her from doing so, a cry of surprise suddenly came from a distance: "Qin Qian? It's really you!"

Following the source of the sound, Song Jin looked back.

Three young men were standing not far away, and among them a young man in brocade clothes ran towards them excitedly.

Qin Chi's expression remained unchanged as he introduced himself to Song Jin: "The one who called me is my classmate Ling Yuanhao, the third son of the Lingding Marquis's mansion."

As soon as the words fell.

Ling Yuanhao had already stopped in front of them. "I asked you to come out together, but you didn't agree. I didn't expect you to come here secretly."

Without waiting for Qin Chi to answer, he saw Song Jin again, his eyes fell on the two people's holding hands, his eyes suddenly lit up, and asked: "Is this my sister-in-law?"

Qin Chi said: "It's my wife."

Ling Yuanhao bowed to Song Jin.

Song Jin also returned the greeting.

This time two others also came.

After introducing themselves to each other, they all turned out to be Qin Chi's classmates, and the four of them lived in the same dormitory.

One is called Qiao Mingwu.

The other one is called Ning Zishu.

Both of them were in their early twenties, had the title of juren, had wives and children in their hometowns, came from poor families, and both went to Beijing to study alone.

They were traveling together as a couple.

Now it's a five-person group.

As night falls, the lanterns become dazzling.

Lanterns of various shapes are hung around the temple, casting soft shadows. The beams of light are like stars, echoing the Milky Way in the sky.

Sitting at a roadside noodle stall.

Ling Yuanhao looked at the couples passing by with envy. He even saw a couple secretly exchanging tokens of love. He couldn't help but said sourly, "All three of you are married, but I am the only one who is not. Should I go to the temple to pray for a marriage?"

"Ha, can you decide your own marriage?"

Qin Chi said this.

Ling Yuanhao was stunned. "Can Qi'an give me some face?"

"You have to earn your own face."

Qin Chi picked up the fried eggs in his bowl and put them in Song Jin's bowl.

Qiao Mingwu snickered, "Yuanhao, go home and tell your mother about it, and I guarantee you'll be arranged a marriage right away."

"No! I don't like anything my mother proposed." Ling Yuanhao remembered something and shuddered for no reason. He looked respectful and kept his distance. "In the future, I must marry a wife I like."

After saying this, he put his hands together and said devoutly to the City God Temple: "May the Weaver Girl and the City God grant me eternal love like the Milky Way in the sky."

This amused the rest of the people.

Song Jin just wanted to say, it's great to be young. Thinking back to when her family was still in trouble, she also had similar aspirations as Ling Yuanhao.

May all men and women in the world be able to finally get married.

This is just a wishful thinking.

After all, there are only a few truly happy marriages.

"Yang Yingrong! Stop right there!"

A woman's sweet cry immediately brought Song Jin back to his senses.

Following the sound, I looked.

I saw Yang Yingrong walking in front by himself, with a pretty girl following closely behind him.

Yang Yingrong's face was full of impatience.

Keep walking forward, passing the noodle stall, and gradually walking away.

The girl chased after him while shouting, attracting many people's attention.

"Whose girl is that?" someone asked curiously.

"She seems to be a cousin of the Yang family, her last name is Liu."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"Why are you chasing after a man? Even though today is the Qiqiao Festival, you can't lose your dignity."

"You are right. You should chase after a playboy. There are many good men in the world, like me." The young man holding the jade fan said sourly.

Ling Yuanhao sneered, "Doesn't Zhou Kefu look in the mirror from time to time?"

"Hey, I thought it was someone else, isn't it Ling the Fool?" Young Master Yushan came over with a smile, and glanced at Qin Chi and others with disdain, "I heard that you are taking care of a poor student in the Imperial College, and you are reluctant to get engaged. Isn't it a good thing?"

Bang! Ling Yuanhao dumped half a bowl of noodles on Zhou Kefu's head, "Is it your right to slander my friend?"

When Zhou Kefu was shocked and stunned.

Ling Yuanhao was still furious. When he saw someone handing him another bowl of noodles, he took it and ate it upside down.

"ah!!"

Zhou Kefu screamed and wiped the soup and noodles off his face, "Ling Yuanhao! I will fight you to the death!"

He grabbed the noodles hanging above his head and threw them at Ling Yuanhao, rushing over him without caring about anything and ready to fight him to the death.

Song Jin hurriedly pulled Qin Chi up and stepped aside. At this time, Qin Chi's anger had mostly subsided when he saw Song Jin handing the bowl of noodles to Ling Yuanhao.

Ling Yuanhao and Zhou Kefu started fighting.

In order to avoid contagion.

Qiao Mingwu and Ning Zishu also stepped aside.

The owner of the noodle stall was almost in tears. If he wanted to fight, he could go somewhere else. This was ruining his stall and business. Several customers left halfway through their meal without paying.

Just at this moment.

Song Jin took out a silver ingot and stuffed it into the hand of the noodle stall owner. "I'm sorry for causing you trouble. This is compensation."

"Thank you very much, ma'am."

The noodle stall owner burst into tears of joy, and stepped aside, thanking the chef profusely.

Song Jin's move.

Not only Qin Chi was surprised.

The other two were also surprised.

Originally, they didn't care much about Qin Chi's wife. On the contrary, they felt that she was not worthy of Qin Chi. After all, Qin Chi was a man of both talent and beauty.

Song Jin, who has a pretty appearance, looks out of place when standing next to Qin Chi.

I didn't expect that she was ordinary in appearance but very generous, in other words, she had a good character. Because at this time, no one would care about the owner of the noodle stall.

Song Jin saw Ling Yuanhao pinning down Zhou Kefu and beating him.

"I'll let you talk dirty, I'll let you talk dirty!"

While beating someone, Ling Yuanhao muttered, "How dare you make up stories about me? Have you ever been beaten to a pulp? I've become more polite these past two years, so you forget my glorious past as the tyrant of Beijing."

From these words.

Song Jin roughly understood this person's character.

In short, it doesn't take much thought to make friends with him, no wonder Qin Chi would associate with him.

Smart people like friends with simple minds.