Chapter 444: At this age, you are still so popular with young girls?
With Sang Zhixia's seemingly casual advice, the haze in Xu Yu's eyes dissipated a lot. He was in a good mood and was no longer in a hurry to travel. He personally led the horse and insisted on taking Sang Zhixia for a walk in the woods.
Along the way, we encountered the town’s custom lantern festival and stayed for a day. I took Sang Zhixia to the brightly lit street and bought a beautiful lantern.
When he set out again the next day, he was wearing a cold black suit, but a colorful flower bracelet was wrapped around his bony wrist.
During a break, Aunt Xie caught a glimpse of the conspicuous wreath on Xu Yu's wrist, a hint of a smile in her eyes: "Did you meet the girl you're attracted to when you went to the Lantern Festival yesterday?"
Sang Zhixia Ergen felt a strange heat in her heart. Her eyes flickered and she was too embarrassed to look in Xu Yu's direction. She touched her nose and said vaguely, "Is that so..."
Aunt Xie suppressed a laugh: "This is the custom here."
"On June 18th, during the Lantern Festival, young men and women hold lanterns and stroll around. If they see someone they like, both men and women can give the lantern to that person as a token of their affection."
If they like each other, they can exchange lanterns.
If you don’t like each other, it’s okay. Just smile at each other and don’t get entangled.
If a married man and woman go out on the Lantern Festival, the man should tie a garland on a conspicuous place on his wrist, and the woman should wear a garland on her head, to indicate that they are married, so as not to miss the kindness of the lady.
Last night, before Sang Zhixia and Xu Yu went out, Aunt Xie specially prepared wreaths for them, thinking that they would wear them before going out to avoid making a fool of themselves.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yu was impatient and took Sang Zhixia out of the inn without waiting for Aunt Xie to deliver the things.
When they returned to the inn, Sang Zhixia was held by Xu Yu, and Xu Yu's face was also dark.
Sang Zhixia glanced at Xu Yu calmly, then covered her mouth with her hand and whispered, "I used to only hear that girls from the north were bold and forthright, and girls from Shu were fiery."
"But before seeing it with my own eyes, no one would have imagined that these hot chili girls could just grab men on the street and throw them into a crowd without saying a word!"
That's a real catch.
Xu Yu and she were walking happily on the street. Xu Yu saw some clay dolls in a basket carried by a child on the roadside and found them interesting, so he asked someone to come and pick two for Sang Zhixia to entertain her.
Who knew that just as he let go of Sang Zhixia's hand, a gorgeously dressed girl came towards him. When she saw Xu Yu's face clearly, her eyes lit up immediately.
Xu Yu thought the lantern the girl was holding was for sale, so he shook his head and said no.
The girl was not discouraged. She turned around and pulled her sister over and insisted on putting the medicine into Xu Yu's hand.
Sang Zhixia and Xu Yu initially thought that they were being forced to buy and sell. Before they could figure out how to get out, someone in the crowd shouted, "There's a good-looking young man here!" and people rushed over.
In the chaos, everyone tried to grab Xu Yu's hand, hoping to catch him and give him their lantern.
Xu Yu was in a panic and didn't know what to do.
Sang Zhixia wanted to help, but was stopped by a scholar who suddenly appeared.
The scholar held up his own lantern to give as a gift, but Sang Zhixia didn't know the reason and of course didn't dare to accept it.
The scholar here was telling Sang Zhixia about poetic and picturesque things in a sour tone that she couldn't understand.
Xu Yu was overwhelmed by the crowd of passionate girls and couldn't breathe.
Sang Zhixia still found last night's events amusing when she recalled them. She twitched her lips and said with a sullen smile, "Aunt Xie, you didn't see that he was completely cornered."
"Finally, he grabbed onto the beams and jumped out from under the eaves, with a group of little girls chasing after him. He ran in a panic, like a debtor being chased and beaten."
Aunt Xie couldn't help laughing when she thought about that scene.
Sang Zhixia sighed: "He's already so old, yet he's still so popular with young girls."
"If we don't keep an eye on this, won't there be a big mess?"
"So that's why you were talking to that pretty boy?"
Xu Yu came over at some point, holding a small handful of red fruits in a handkerchief, with a sad look in his eyes.
"Zhizhi, what did that pretty boy say to you last night?"
"I asked you to save me and screamed so loudly, but you were just busy chatting and joking with him without even looking at me. What are you talking about? So funny?"
Xu Yu had been annoyed by this since last night.
Anyone can see that this person is clearly taking advantage of the situation.
He was almost taken advantage of by a bunch of young girls, and he was upset so he came to complain to the pretty boy.
Aunt Xie tactfully walked away. Sang Zhixia, feeling both amused and helpless, grabbed Xu Yu's face and said, "Didn't I tell you last night? You can't remember it now?"
"I can remember it."
Xu Yu handed the red fruit in his hand to Sang Zhixia. Seeing her eat it, he gritted his teeth in anger: "So, just for a few useless greetings, you don't care about my life or death in the crowd."
"Zhizhi, you are really..."
"Wait, stop!"
Sang Zhixia stuffed a fruit into Xu Yu's mouth and said jokingly, "What do you mean by not caring whether you live or die?"
"They are all beautiful and harmless girls. At most, they just want to give you a lantern. Why are you..."
"Is it about sending a lantern?"
Xu Yu said angrily, "Those female bandits said they wanted to capture me and take me home to be their son-in-law!"
"That's a bunch of bandits! And one of them even tried to touch me during the chaos!"
If a little girl said this, Sang Zhixia would definitely sigh that the world is going downhill.
But it was Xu Yu who said this.
Xu Yu even climbed onto the roof beam, and it was obvious that the person who wanted to take advantage of the chaos never got a chance to attack him.
Sang Zhixia sighed, feeling both angry and amused: "You're almost there."
"They were just talking. Didn't they all leave after they knew you were married? And they even said they'd give you a wreath to wear on your wrist to avoid any misunderstandings? Didn't you say you didn't want that?"
"Of course I don't."
Xu Yu's hand swung, and the wreath on his wrist became particularly prominent. He sniffed uncomfortably at the faint floral fragrance that filled his nostrils, humming, "I'll only wear the ones you bought."
Sang Zhixia held back her laughter and stuffed another fruit into his mouth.
Xu Yu frowned at the sour taste and took a breath, saying, "This isn't good. Just have a couple of bites for now. We'll buy something else when we get to the county town."
Sang Zhixia found it very funny to see Xu Yu's nose and eyes twisted because of the sour taste. He ate a few more without changing his expression and shook his head, saying, "No need to buy more. This tastes good to me."
"Are these all you picked? Are there any more?"
As he spoke, Sang Zhixia had eaten more than half of the fruit in his hand. He looked relaxed after eating it, and it was obvious that he did not find it sour at all.
Xu Yu's heart suddenly quickened. He leaned closer and asked softly, "Zhizhi, don't you like sweets?"
"Doesn't this taste sour?"
Sang Zhixia looked up blankly: "Is it sour?"
"I think..."
Bang!
There was a loud bang without any warning, and Sang Zhixia and Xu Yu turned their heads towards the direction of the sound at the same time.
Seeing Old Qi, who was filled with murderous aura, overturn the carriage with one palm, Sang Zhixia swallowed silently.
It's over.
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