After choosing the lanterns, the group moved forward along the crowded crowd. Zhou Dalang, who was standing at the end of the team, had been keeping an eye on Li Xiaomei and noticed that she had been staring at a butterfly lantern for a long time.
After the group left, he quickly bought a butterfly lantern from the stall owner and quickly caught up with them.
Coincidentally, Li Xiaomei was walking at the end of the team at that time. Zhou Dalang quickly caught up with her and handed the lantern in his hand to Li Xiaomei.
The exquisite butterfly lantern is lifelike. As people move, the wings on both sides flap up and down, and it looks like a real thing from a distance.
Li Xiaomei felt very shy when she looked at the butterfly lantern stuffed into her hand. She had only looked at it twice more and was already noticed by this person. Her palms were burning with heat as she held the lantern. She wanted to return the lantern, but was worried about the chaos that would happen in the street. For a moment she didn't know what to do!
A group of people followed the crowd and suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from the front. People rushed to follow the sound.
Li Yan, holding her two children, led a group of people to the scene. When they got closer, they saw that a dragon and lion dance was being performed in the empty field.
The huge dragon head swayed and danced in the night sky, its body undulating like waves, flying up and down.
The lion dancers are full of energy. They step to the beat of the drums, leap into the air, roll and spin, as if lions are happily playing in the world.
When the exciting part came, the crowd burst into thunderous applause and cheers, and the scene was extremely lively.
It was probably the first time for the two little guys to see such a wonderful performance. They stared at the performance in front of them without blinking, afraid of missing any part.
After the dragon and lion dances, stilt walking, land boat rowing, and Taiping drumming began. The wonderful performances continued one after another. Finally, a burning stove was pushed onto the open field. Li Yan could only hear the passers-by excitedly shouting, "Fire trees and silver flowers! It's fire trees and silver flowers!"
Skilled craftsmen took turns striking the molten iron at a temperature of over a thousand degrees into the air. When the iron flowers splashed up, they looked like a sky full of stars, and when they fell down, they looked like a golden waterfall, dazzling and eye-catching.
The audience stared at the dazzling night sky intently. As the blacksmith struck the iron with great force, the molten iron at a temperature of over a thousand degrees instantly scattered and formed dazzling sparks.
With every strike, a galaxy of stars would splash in the air, bright and dazzling.
These iron flowers scattered in the night sky, forming a magnificent night scene. The scene seemed like the Milky Way hanging upside down in the human world.
The people were shocked by the beautiful scene, and cheers and applause continued to ring out.
Golden sparks flickered in the air, lighting up the entire night sky.
The scene was like a dream, and everyone seemed to be in a fairyland, which made Li Yan even more amazed. She felt that this lantern festival was really worth the trip, as she could see such a performance.
It was already late at night when the wonderful performance ended. The group, who had only eaten some glutinous rice balls for dinner, were now a little hungry. Li Yan touched her rumbling stomach and said to Mr. Li, "Grandpa, I'm hungry after watching such a long performance. You two wait here for a while. I see there's a place selling meat patties over there. I'll go buy some to fill my stomach!"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Li stopped and instructed his eldest granddaughter beside him: "Accompany your sister to go and take a look!" There were too many people in the city tonight, and Mr. Li was worried about his granddaughter going to buy food alone.
After hearing her grandfather's instructions, Daya immediately followed.
Li Xiaomei looked at her two nieces walking away, and said to Grandpa Li worriedly: "Dad, I'll go and take a look too!" After that, she walked towards her nieces who were queuing to buy food!
After a long day of sightseeing, the people were all hungry. The food stalls were lined with people. Li Yan pointed to the line of people selling fried skewers and said to Daya, "Sister, go line up over there. I want to eat some more fried skewers!"
The three of them went to buy food. Zhou Dalang saw a stall nearby selling honey drinks. Thinking that they must be thirsty after walking around for most of the day, he said to Mr. Li, "Uncle, please help watch over the kids. I'll go buy some honey drinks over there!"
When Mr. Li heard the noise, he looked over and saw a small stall nearby selling a kind of bamboo-shaped drink. He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of these two children and nothing will happen to them!"
Zhou Dalang then went to the stall selling honey drinks.
For a moment, only Mr. Li and his two children were left standing on the crowded street.
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