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Chapter 150: The Mysterious Young Master

(Girls' Literature)

On the Lantern Festival, lantern festivals are held in both the town and the county. Although the town is smaller than the county, the lantern festival in the town is no less quiet than the one in the county. On the contrary, it is more lively because there are several wealthy people who love lanterns here. Every year, the best lantern craftsmen are invited. Several families compete with each other to hang lanterns and hold various celebratory activities, which not only attract villagers from miles around, but also students and wealthy families in the county. Of course, it is very lively.

When Shen Zian, Su Zhi and others arrived in the town, it was just getting dark.

Not all places in the town have lanterns hung. Those that do are on the main streets. Lanterns are hung on both sides of these streets. There are also many stalls displaying lanterns, and even more stalls selling various small gadgets. All the shops are decorated with lights and colors, hoping to double their business when there are many people.

A group of young kids were sitting on Shen Zian's ox cart. Except Xiaosuo and Huzi, the children from the first and second wives also came. They were chattering and laughing in the cart, pointing at some lanterns that had just been hung on both sides of the road, and they were so amazed that their eyes were shining in the light of those lanterns, and their joy was self-evident.

Shen Zian saw that Su Zhi also had the same happy smile on her face as those children. He held her hand tightly and said, "Now is not the best time. Wait until it is completely dark and all the lanterns are up. That will be the best time. Then I will take you to see all the lanterns."

"Okay, remember I want a lotus lantern, don't forget to buy it."

Su Zhi said happily that even in the modern time and space before, she had never participated in a lantern festival. Now that she was reborn, she could actually watch the lanterns hand in hand with the person she loved. She felt that this feeling was really magical. The joy in her heart was like those lanterns, lighting up one by one. More and more. Brighter and brighter.

Shen Zian said, "Okay, we'll each have a lotus lantern."

Sister Li looked at the two of them walking behind, turned around and said with a smile: "What are you two whispering about? Let us hear it, and we will be happy too."

Sister Shugen pulled her and said, "How can you tell us the secrets of a young couple? Of course, secrets should be kept secret. If you want to hear it, let your husband tell you."

Hu Zi shouted, "Mom, what did Dad say to you? You can't do it behind my back! I want to hear his secrets too."

Everyone else laughed when they heard this. Chunlan, Chunxiang and other slightly older girls were a little embarrassed to laugh. They all knew that the secrets between husband and wife could not be told to others. The girls looked at Shen Zian and Su Zhi with envy on their faces. They all knew that the fourth uncle loved the fourth aunt and the two were in love. They all thought that it would be great if they could meet a man like this in the future.

Shen Zian and Su Zhi were listening in the back. They smiled but didn't say anything, and they didn't blush. Their happiness was known to everyone, and they were not afraid of others knowing about their love.

Shen Zifu and Shen Zigui felt relieved when they saw the smile on their fourth brother's face. They thought that they had made the right choice to marry this sister-in-law by making their fourth brother, who had never liked to smile since childhood, smile like this. Their fourth brother would no longer have to suffer too much for her, and his hard days were finally over.

Su Zhi had a smile on her face. But she felt as if someone was looking at her. She looked around and saw that there were already many pedestrians on the street. Although there were lanterns, many people were still hiding in the dark. She couldn't see who was looking at her. She frowned, thinking that she was being too suspicious. There were so many people around, and she would look at others unintentionally. It was normal for others to see her.

"What's wrong?"

Shen Zian saw Su Zhi frowning slightly and asked with concern. He reached out and tucked the fallen hair back behind Su Zhi's ears, his movements gentle and doting.

Su Zhi shook her head and said, "It's okay. I just think there are only so many people here now. There will definitely be more people later."

"I will hold you tight and won't abandon you when the time comes."

Su Zhi nodded with a smile, and moved closer to Shen Zian, chatting with him in a low voice. When she heard him talk about some activities that would take place here in a while, the smile on her face grew wider and wider, and it was particularly brilliant under the illumination of more and more lanterns.

A man walked out from a dark corner that Su Zhi had just seen. His eyes flashed as he watched Su Zhi and Shen Zian disappear in the crowd.

"Sir, let's go."

A young man of twelve or thirteen in green clothes said respectfully to the man standing still, "What's wrong with you, young master? Why are you staring at those country folks sitting in ox carts? Even if there are a few girls among them, they are too young and not beautiful. You probably won't be interested in them. What are you looking at?"

"Let's go."

The man standing there had a glimmer of sadness on his face, and then he turned around and walked away, blending into the crowd with the young man, and walked in the opposite direction from Su Zhi and the others, getting farther and farther away. Many years later, when he recalled this moment, he wondered what would have happened if he had chased after them. With just that thought, he knew the result, which was that he would still have to leave alone.

Shen Zian and his group found an open space on the street, greeted a stall nearby, and then parked the car there. Seeing that more people were coming, they prepared to start doing business.

Everyone took out the straw bundles that had been prepared long ago, took out the candied haws, and then densely inserted them on the straw bundles. Shen Zifu and other men each took a big one, and the women took small straw bundles, so that they could all sell them. After they had everything, they each said which street they wanted to go to, and after making sure they would not be crowded together, they all happily went to sell the candied haws separately.

Shen Zian and Su Zhi did not leave. They both put bundles of grass on the car and started shouting.

"Tanghulu is on sale. The sour and sweet Tanghulu is on sale! After eating one string, I want two! It's sour, sweet and beautiful! Buying one string will make you feel sweet to the heart--"

Su Zhi was holding up a string of candied haws and hawking them. Her voice was soft and bright, and sounded like the sound of a spring in a valley. Anyone who heard it would turn around to take a look. Not to mention that no one had ever heard of what the candied haws she was shouting about were, but it sounded as if they were delicious.

Su Zhi just called out a few times and someone came over.

Su Zhi introduced that this is called Tanghulu, and once again tried to sell snacks by letting a little kid who was accompanied by his parents taste it. Of course, the kid asked for another string.

The red sour fruits are bright red and juicy, and the syrup on them sparkles under the light. They look very delicious and whet your appetite.

The business was naturally very good afterwards. Shen Zian and Su Zhi were very busy, one delivering the candied haws to people and the other collecting the money. In a short while, they sold dozens of candied haws. At this time, the people who went out to sell straw bundles began to come back. One came back and filled the straw bundle with straw and left. The other came back and also left with candied haws. Everyone had a smile on their face.

After more than an hour, all the candied haws were sold out. The reason why they were sold out so quickly was that some people came to buy dozens or even hundreds of strings at a time. It was obvious that they were servants from wealthy families, who came to buy them for their masters to taste the freshness.

After all the candied haws were sold, Shen Zian said goodbye to everyone and watched them blend into the crowd one family after another. He and Su Zhi drove the ox cart to a night food stall. The stall was run by someone Shen Zian knew, and they were able to park the ox cart here so that they could go see the lanterns.

Shen Zian had left two strings of candied haws. He took one string and gave one to Su Zhi. The two of them walked hand in hand on the busy street, looking at the lanterns on both sides while eating candied haws. They were really free and easy. Su Zhi felt that even if she was asked to become a god at this moment, she would not be willing.

After eating the Tanghulu, Su Zhi was still a little hungry, so they sat in front of a stall and ordered a bowl of Yuanxiao each. Yuanxiao at that time was not called Yuanxiao, but Yuanzi, which was very similar to Yuanxiao Tangyuan, and the fillings inside were also varied. Su Zhi's bowl was sugar, and Shen Zian's bowl was red bean paste, both were very sweet. Su Zhi didn't like sweet food very much, but she ate them all, including the soup, and immediately felt warm all over.

"Young man, is this your wife?"

The couple selling dumplings were an elderly couple. Seeing Shen Zian pushing his dumplings to Su Zhi and helping Su Zhi fix her fallen hair, the old man smiled and served Shen Zian another bowl of soup.

Shen Zian nodded with a smile, looking at Su Zhihong's puffy face, thinking that it would be great if he and his wife could grow to the same age as this old couple.

The old man smiled and said, "You are so lucky, the young lady is very pretty, not much worse than me when I was young. You must take good care of her."

The old woman next to her heard the old man and pouted, but seeing that Shen Zian and Su Zhi were also smiling, Su Zhi felt a little embarrassed. But at this time she felt as if someone was looking at her. She immediately turned around and saw people coming and going on the street. She still didn't notice anything. She felt that she seemed to be too suspicious.

"Zi'an, let's go."

Although Su Zhi felt that she was being too suspicious, she still didn't want to stay here any longer, so she stood up, asked Shen Zian to pay the bill, said goodbye to the two lovely old people, and continued to go watch the lanterns.

As soon as Su Zhi and Shen Zian left, a young man sat down in the seat where they were sitting. He was wearing a green silk gown with bamboo patterns, a white jade hairpin on his head, a white jade pendant on his waist, and a sachet. He was obviously a young man from a wealthy family. (