GBP Chapter 159 Visiting the Lantern Festival
Chapter 159 Visiting the Lantern Festival
Hearing Liang Jingcheng calling him in a low voice, Ye Changyan realized that he was so moved that he lost focus on his hands. The hand that was rubbing Liang Jingcheng's belly accidentally moved from the upper abdomen to the lower abdomen.
Ye Changyan was a little embarrassed, but what he said was very stubborn.
"Why are you yelling? This area of the intestine is densely packed. Rubbing it will help digestion and promote excretion. The effect will be better."
In order to increase the credibility of his words, Ye Changyan continued to rub the smooth and slippery area in a pretend manner, and then moved his hand back to its original place.
As Ye Changyan was rubbing, he felt Liang Jingcheng's even breathing. He looked up and saw that the other person had an expression of enjoyment on his face and had actually fallen asleep.
Time flies, and the Spring Festival is coming to an end and the Lantern Festival is here.
There will be a grand lantern festival in Wanshou County on the Lantern Festival. Young people like Ye Changyan, Zhong Yunfeng and Liang Jingcheng have already made an appointment to visit the lantern festival in the county on the Lantern Festival.
Ye Xiaozheng was weak, so Lian stayed at home to accompany him. Just after 3 p.m., the carriage sent by Zhong Yunfeng arrived at Ye’s farm.
Ye Changyan, his younger brothers and sisters, as well as the Fang brothers and sisters, climbed onto the carriage and headed straight for the county town.
Wanshou County was bustling with traffic, and the streets were filled with lanterns and various kinds of decorative lanterns. A horse-drawn carriage stopped outside Yunfeng Tower, and at the entrance of the tower there were tall lamp poles with exquisitely designed decorative lanterns hung on them.
When they entered Yunfeng Tower, they saw that the building was already full of diners. Under the arrangement of Zhong Yunfeng, the group entered the private room on the second floor.
Wulang and Erniu stood in front of the window, looking excitedly at the endless stream of people downstairs and the lanterns hanging all over the street. Fang Xiaomei was also beside Erniu, looking excited as well.
Soon Liang Jingcheng and Lu Tingfeng, master and servant, also arrived at the private room, and saw Ye Changyan asking Liang Jingcheng.
"The teacher isn't here?"
"The teacher said that the Lantern Festival was too crowded and he was afraid that his old bones would be squeezed apart, so he didn't come. But the teacher said that after watching the lanterns, you can go to Chu Garden to rest tonight, because he was afraid that it would be unsafe to go back to Shanglin Village at night."
"That's fine, it's a good time to go steal some green after watching the lanterns."
Hearing Ye Changyan say this, Wulang and Erniu were a little excited, but Liang Jingcheng looked at Ye Changyan in confusion.
"To have an affair?"
Everyone laughed when they saw Liang Jingcheng's surprised expression. Zhong Yunfeng happened to push open the door of the private room and saw Liang Jingcheng's embarrassing scene. Then he started to explain to Liang Jingcheng.
"It's stealing, not having an affair."
Liang Jingcheng looked confused and looked around, and found that everyone seemed to be laughing at him.
"Stealing vegetables is a custom in Yuzhou Prefecture. Every year on the night of the Lantern Festival, many people go to the fields to steal some vegetables. This is called stealing vegetables. Stealing vegetables is to pray for peace, auspiciousness and good luck in the new year."
Liang Jingcheng was even more confused. What kind of custom was this? Stealing things was actually a custom of praying for blessings.
"If the owner of the field knew that the vegetables were stolen, wouldn't he curse?"
"Hey, the thieves actually hope that the owner will scold them. The more they scold, the better their luck will be this year, because it is a custom. Usually, the owner of the field will just laugh it off. On the contrary, many owners of fields will expect others to steal their fields. The more crops are stolen, the more face they have in the village. This will make everyone recognize that their fields are well grown, which is a kind of affirmation and praise for the owner."
After listening to Ye Changyan's explanation, Liang Jingcheng nodded.
"This custom is really a bit bizarre, but it sounds like it's quite fun."
"That's right, Brother Liang, let me tell you, stealing flowers is fun. In previous years, my sister was the best at stealing flowers."
Wu Lang showed off to Liang Jingcheng with a smug look on his face, which immediately caused a burst of laughter.
Everyone ate dried fruit snacks and chatted in the private room. As it was getting close to evening, the waiters came in with plates.
As the group was having dinner, night gradually fell and they saw delicate lanterns outside the window being lit up one by one.
Wulang, Erniu, Fang Xiaomei and other younger children all ran to the window to look, exclaiming in amazement from time to time.
After dinner, the group came to the street and saw lamp poles at the door of every shop, all of which were lit up with lanterns and flower lanterns hung on them.
Looking around, the whole street is crowded with people, and the lights are shining brightly, creating a brilliant and colorful atmosphere of fireworks.
Wulang was keen on guessing lantern riddles. The group of people were holding lanterns in their hands, all of which were obtained by Wulang from guessing lantern riddles. The children who were watching looked at him with envy, and Wulang looked very proud.
Ye Changyan felt the ring finger of his left hand twitched twice, and then he felt like he stepped on something. He squatted down, picked up a silver ingot, gently brushed off the dust on it, and put it in his pocket.
Liang Jingcheng showed an envious look on the side. Ye Changyan saw the sugar painting stall surrounded by children not far away and said with a smile.
"Come on, come on, I'll treat everyone to some sugar paintings."
Everyone cheered and came to the sugar painting stall. After waiting in line for a while, it was finally their turn.
Wulang was the first to go up and turned the sugar painting turntable, and got a monkey.
Next, Erniu shook a rooster, Fang Xiaomei shook a bunch of grapes, Fang Xiaotong shook a galloping horse, Zhong Yunfeng shook a mouse, and Liang Jingcheng was lucky enough to shake a big carp.
"Your meaning is good, the koi is possessed, and your wish will come true!"
When Ye Changyan saw that Liang Jingcheng had caught a big carp, he quickly gave him his best wishes.
"Thank you for your good words! Let's all share in my good luck."
Liang Jingcheng actually started to act like Wu Lang and act childishly and cocky.
Encouraged by everyone, Lu Tingfeng also stepped forward and turned the sugar painting turntable. He was lucky enough to shake a sika deer, which represents fortune and luck.
Finally, everyone looked at Ye Changyan's hand reaching out to the sugar painting turntable with anticipation. Ye Changyan pushed the pointer on the turntable hard, and the pointer began to spin rapidly.
"Peacock, peacock, peacock..."
Wulang was the first to shout, and Erniu followed suit with excitement. Soon, the others also followed suit and shouted rhythmically.
"Wow! It really is another peacock!"
Everyone looked excited, and Liang Jingcheng looked at Ye Changyan in disbelief.
"Did you cheat? How come you always win the peacock?"
Ye Changyan also imitated Liang Jingcheng and showed a smug smile on his face.
"When you are possessed by a koi fish, good luck cannot be stopped."
After leaving the sugar painting stall, the group walked forward carrying lanterns. Erniu and Fang Xiaomei saw a stall selling hair flowers in front of them and went over to take a look.
Wu Lang saw jugglers performing in front of him, so he and Fang Xiaotong walked over to watch the fun.
Ye Changyan, Liang Jingcheng and Zhong Yunfeng were walking and chatting. Suddenly, Ye Changyan felt the ring finger and index finger of his right hand twitched violently several times, and a bad premonition quickly came to his mind.
Ye Changyan quickly scanned the crowd, looking for Wulang and Erniu, but did not find them. Just when Ye Changyan was about to ask Lu Tingfeng to help look for them, Ye Changyan's right eyelid suddenly twitched a few times, and he heard a woman shouting loudly not far ahead.
“My child is missing!”