Chapter 77 Visiting the Lantern Festival

The eldest lady glared at Rulan, "That's your aunt!"

"I don't want this aunt. She always compares me with Kang Yuner and Kang Yuaner. They can't compare with their elder sister, so they always compare with me. They must pick out the one who is better than me. Humph!" Rulan became more and more indignant, turned her head and ignored the eldest lady.

"You kid?" The eldest lady wanted to say something to Rulan, and the maid who went downstairs to invite Aunt Kang came up to reply, "Reply to the eldest lady, Mrs. Kang said that their family has booked a private room in the Eight Immortals House, and she invited the eldest lady to go to the Eight Immortals House to sit."

"Eight Immortals House? Is it on Ma Xing Street?" The eldest lady recalled and said tentatively.

"It's on Ma Xing Street. I heard that the lantern festival there is as lively as Yu Street. After visiting here, you can go to your aunt's place to sit down." Sheng Hong was ecstatic. When he was sleepy, someone handed him a pillow. He was worrying about how to get rid of the eldest lady and take Wei Shuyi to visit the lantern festival.

The eldest lady thought this was a good idea. She wanted to take her little daughter with her. "Ru'er, come with me to your aunt's place later."

"Mother, I will watch the lanterns here with my fourth sister and sixth sister. We are very comfortable in the private room we booked. If we go to other people's houses, we will feel constrained. If I want to watch, I will just go over with my second brother and the others to watch." Ru Lan refused.

The eldest lady had no choice and didn't want to force her, so she let her go. The eldest lady herself did not stay in Fanlou for a while, as there was no one here to talk to her. After sitting for a while, she went to the Eight Immortals House on Maxing Street to look for Aunt Kang. As soon as the

eldest lady left, the little ones became restless, and they would sneak a glance at Sheng Hong, and then gather together to whisper. Sheng Hong was annoyed by their gazes, "Okay, don't look at me, you can take a few more servants to play by yourselves, and stay together, don't get separated. Changbai and Changfeng, you are the brothers, you must protect your sisters." After Sheng Hong instructed the children, he went to ask the servants to protect the young masters and young ladies.

Minglan held Rulan and Molan's hands and shouted happily, calling Changbai and Changfeng and ran downstairs, "Second brother, third brother, hurry up and follow me!"

"Slow down, the lantern festival will end at dawn, it's still early, be careful!" Changbai chased his sisters downstairs while admonishing them.

"The children are all out playing, I will accompany you for a good walk later, I promised you, I can't break my promise." After Changbai and others left, Sheng Hong and Mingxi were the only ones left in the room. Sheng Hong held Mingxi's hand and expressed his affection. Mingxi's eyes were brightly dyed by the lights, and she looked back at Sheng Hong affectionately.

"Fourth sister, why don't you want this rabbit lantern?" As soon as the girls ran downstairs, they merged into the sea of ​​lanterns. After a few steps, Rulan and Minglan each took a rabbit lantern, but Molan didn't want one. Minglan was puzzled and asked.

Molan pursed her lips and wanted to say something, but didn't say it. After thinking for a while, she said, "I want to see if there are any better-looking lanterns." In fact, Molan felt that the sisters were wearing double buns and dressed like children. Holding rabbit lanterns, they didn't look like fairies, but more like boys under the fairy's seat. However, Molan felt that she was already a big girl, had a heart of beauty, and liked the graceful image of the fairy Chang'e, so she didn't want to be seen as a boy.

"Don't pay attention to her. Look at her eyes squinting. You can tell she's lying to you! Why do you want to find something better? She just doesn't like our rabbit lanterns. Humph!" Rulan was dissatisfied with Molan's answer and retorted without any courtesy.

"Maybe the fourth sister likes something different from us. Let's go a little further. Today is the first time we go out to visit the lantern festival together. You are not allowed to quarrel!" Minglan mediated in the middle.

"I would quarrel with her!" Rulan said stubbornly. Molan was a little angry at what Rulan said, but after listening to Minglan's words, she suppressed her temper.

"You guys always quarrel when you are together. Today is a good night. We should have fun." Changfeng walked behind them and saw that they were arguing again, so he persuaded them kindly. "That's the lantern riddle game, right? Let's go take a look." After saying that, Chang Feng looked up and saw a lot of people gathered in front of him. Cheers could be heard from time to time, so he immediately called others.

A few people squeezed to the front by relying on their small stature. Before they could stand still, Minglan heard a familiar voice coming, "But how long has it been?" Minglan turned her head and saw a young man in a brocade robe embroidered with cloud and crane patterns standing with his head up under the lamp. He wore a hair crown inlaid with tiny gemstones, and his dark hair was carefully combed into a bun. He had a jade belt tied around his waist with several small and exquisite jade pendants and sachets hanging on it. Under the reflection of the gorgeous lights, he added a bit of youthful reserve and highlighted his nobility.

"Brother Yuanruo!" Minglan shouted loudly. The young man looked over and saw that it was Qi Heng!

"Yuan Ruo, you're out at the lantern festival too? Alone?" Chang Feng put his arm around Qi Heng's shoulders in a familiar manner.

Qi Heng stared at Minglan, smiled and nodded at her, then answered Changfeng's question, "I came out with my father, but they were watching the lanterns on the top floor of Fan Tower and didn't come down. I thought it was boring to watch the lanterns on the top floor every year, so I brought Buwei downstairs to have a look. What about you?" After Qi Heng finished speaking, he looked around and saw Sheng's Changbai and Molan Rulan, "You are here too."

"Sir, this is your lantern, you just guessed the answer to the riddle!" Before they could say hello, the shopkeeper had already handed over a lantern, interrupting what they wanted to say. Their eyes were attracted to the lantern in Qi Heng's hand.

"Brother Yuanruo, what riddle did you guess?" Rulan asked Qi Heng.

"The shortest season." It was the shopkeeper who answered Rulan's question for Qi Heng, "Little girl, do you want to guess the lantern riddle? Our shop has a variety of lanterns for you to choose from. If you don't want lanterns, we have many pastries with rich flavors, you can choose from them." Rulan looked up at the plaque. This shop was originally a pastry shop.

"Let me try!" Rulan was still in her trance, and Molan responded first.

"Good! You can tell at a glance that you are a poet. I will prepare questions for you." The shopkeeper praised Molan and took out other lantern riddles.

"A fat white baby lying in the mud, with a thin waist and many tricks, guess an object!" The shopkeeper took out a lotus lantern.

Molan pondered for a while and then gave the answer, "Lotus root! Lotus root!"

The crowd below was noisy, and many people seemed to have suddenly realized something. "Congratulations, young lady, you are really smart, then this lotus lantern is yours." The shopkeeper smiled and gave the lantern to Molan.

"Fourth sister is so amazing!" Minglan clapped her hands hard for Molan, and her palms turned red.

Rulan was not convinced again, she pulled Minglan, "We can do it too." Minglan wanted to say that she might not be able to do it, but before she could say it, she heard someone around her shouting, "Let's do the next question!" Minglan had to shut up.

"Okay! Listen carefully, little girl! A tall building made of a single piece of wood, with no tiles or bricks, people walk under the water, and the water flows over them."

Rulan was a little stunned when she heard the riddle. How come this is different from what she thought? The one about Molan was easy to guess before, but this one... Rulan scratched her head. She was a little nervous, and looked at Changbai for help. Changbai received Rulan's gaze and planned to help his sister out.

"Is it an umbrella? People walk under the water, and the water flows over them!" Minglan was not sure, so she read the riddle again and felt that she was right.

The audience area was filled with discussion. Unlike the answer to the question about lotus root, everyone had their own ideas, which made the audience noisy.

Qi Heng looked through the crowd and gave Minglan his approval. Changbai also looked at his sixth sister with satisfaction.

"Shopkeeper, did my sixth sister answer correctly?" Rulan asked directly because she couldn't bear to see the shopkeeper keep her in suspense.