Chapter 171 Shangyuan Lantern Festival
After several days of warm-up, the most lively moment of the Lantern Festival has finally arrived.
The world conditions of the three kingdoms Wei, Li, and Jin are similar, but their national conditions are different.
In the Li State, the business style was prevalent, and in the Jin State, the literary style was at its peak. In the Wei State, both were in parallel, but the martial arts style was more important.
Take the game of Yuanqing as an example. Liguo, men, women and children of all ages like it, and it has the most types of tricks and postures. The main reason for playing it together is for fun.
The Kingdom of Jin has the most restrictions, and the women who dare to participate in love affairs outside the country basically make a living in the entertainment scene.
They have all started practicing since they were young. They select those with outstanding appearance and graceful figure, and then receive careful guidance from famous teachers. They only meet their sponsors when they reach adulthood.
Whenever it comes time to consummate their love, the benefactors will spend a lot of money to dress up these women, with carefully combed hair styles and valuable clothing, coupled with outfits decorated with colorful satin and gemstones, they are really charming and graceful.
The Wei Dynasty favored martial arts, and even games focused more on practicality.
Compared with Yuanqing, the aristocratic children of Wei prefer the fiercely competitive polo.
Of course, ordinary people can't afford horses, but they don't like to do those showy things, they just like the more lively Cuju.
Although the Lantern Festival has passed more than a dozen times, the scenes that Xiao Bi can recall are basically related to eating at lanterns.
Like other girls, I have never even thought about going out with my lover.
In addition, it was cold during the Lantern Festival, and even people who were not afraid of the cold would look bloated than usual. Xiao Bi was too lazy to dress up, so she usually wrapped herself in a big cloak and went out.
This year is not the case. If you want to reconcile your feelings, you have to dress up carefully.
It was just getting dark when Xiao Bi appeared in front of Xiao Siyi dressed up.
Seeing that she was wearing a crimson color that she had never liked, Xiao Siyi pursed her lips and was happy.
Xiao Bi also felt a little awkward and pulled her sleeves: "I knew there was something wrong with the color!"
Xiao Siyi hurriedly grabbed her: "It looks good. If you don't believe it, let's go for a walk on the street later and see how many girls are staring at you."
As he spoke, he opened a small box on the dressing table and took out an exquisite silk flower.
"Here, put this hairpin on."
Probably because the silk flowers were so realistic, Xiao Bi forgot to dodge for a while.
Xiao Siyi straightened the flower, looked at it for a while, and then smiled and said: "Men need to dress up to be happy, and almost everyone wears hairpins, not to mention you are still a girl.
The weather is so cold now that flowers are hard to come by, so it would be a good idea to use these silk flowers instead, which make my ninth master even more handsome and charming."
After being praised like this by her, Xiao Bi's little awkwardness immediately disappeared and she raised her eyes to look at the girl dressed in men's clothing in the mirror.
"Little aunt, the texture and style of this silk flower are very fresh. It doesn't look like something from the palace."
Xiao Siyi joked: "People who are engaged are different. They can actually distinguish silk flowers?!"
Xiao Bi couldn't care less about defending herself and said jokingly: "I know, it turns out that this silk flower was given by my uncle!"
"Look at how smart you are!" Xiao Siyi pinched her cheek.
Xiao Bi said with a smile: "I have been looking at each other with admiration for three days, but I didn't expect Uncle Yuchi to have such a good vision.
From now on, if anyone dares to say that he is a big or bad person, I will use this silk flower to block his mouth!"
Shen Yan and Shu Xiang couldn't hold back any longer and laughed so hard.
Xiao Siyi tidied her clothes again: "It's getting late, Xiaowu and the others are already waiting at the second door, you should hurry up."
"What about you, don't you want to see me win the championship?" Xiao Pei stared into her beautiful eyes.
"I'll be waiting for you in the Luoying Pavilion on the third floor of Pinkeju. After winning the championship, I'll treat you to a drink."
Xiao Bi was so excited that her voice changed: "Uncle has arrived?"
Xiao Siyi nodded and said with a blush, "He arrived in the capital yesterday and asked me to watch the lanterns together tonight."
"Then isn't this silk flower a token of love?" Xiao Bi said, raising her hand.
"Hey -" Xiao Siyi pressed her hand: "What a token of love, it's a big box."
Xiao Bi smiled so hard that her eyebrows curled up: "Then I'll leave first. You and uncle can chat slowly and wait for us to drink together!"
"Go on, go on, be careful..." Xiao Siyi waved her hand and watched her leave.
Half an hour later, the Xiao family brothers and sisters joined the Hua family brothers and sisters and arrived at the busiest place in the entire capital.
The lanterns in every mansion were lit, and the lanterns in front of every shop and people's homes made the night in the capital shine as bright as day.
Haechi lanterns, lion lanterns, Baize lanterns, green bear lanterns, tiger lanterns and brocade leopard lanterns are all brilliant and impressive.
Crane lanterns, golden pheasant lanterns, oriole lanterns, peacock lanterns, egret lanterns, harrier eagle lanterns, and Mao Yingyunxia are vividly displayed.
There are also the revolving lanterns, the fighting sheep lanterns, the flying lanterns, and the mandarin duck lanterns that entangle and rejoice in enemies.
Xiao Bi and others all grew up in Beijing and traveled out of town every year during the Lantern Festival, but they had never seen so many interesting lanterns.
As we approached the Huitong Hall, bursts of cheers came and went, suppressing the noisy sounds on the street.
Xiao Yan raised his finger and pointed to the right: "Fifth brother, Xiaojiu, the relationship has begun!"
Everyone looked around and saw a ball decorated with colorful satin leaping over the colorful goal.
"Yeah……"
"Win, win..."
"One more game..."
Amidst bursts of cheers, someone jumped off the table after winning the prize.
"Come on, let's go over and take a look." Xiao Bi waved her hand, took Hua Xiaohan's hand and squeezed in with Xiao Xuan and others.
But he saw a dozen noble people sitting on the table, most of whom were Xiao Bi's acquaintances.
However, none of their eyes looked towards her, but looked intently at the people in the scene who were consummating their love.
This person is a bit clumsy and can barely kick a colored ball, let alone his tricks and postures.
But Yuanqing's rules did not strictly stipulate the movements. As long as he didn't kick his outfit away, he could continue the competition.
The crowd gradually became commotion.
Some people with dirty mouths have already begun to curse.
"This guy got into the sedan temporarily and pierced his ears. There are a lot of people who are not good at kicking. It's really rare to see such a shameless person like him."
"Say a few words. If you have the ability, go ahead."
"That's right, if it were you, I'm afraid you wouldn't even be able to carry the ball, and it would just be kicked away..."
These words continued to enter the ears of the man on the stage, and his movements became more and more stiff.
The outfit decorated with colorful satin fell to the ground with a plop.
He hugged the nobles on the stage and quickly disappeared into the crowd after getting off the table.
At this moment, Zhuge Chen and others discovered Xiao Bi and others crowded in the crowd almost at the same time.
Zhuge Yue's body shrank back uncontrollably.
Song Lian'er and Ma Xiyue, who were standing in front of him, had their four eyebrows raised at the same time.
The two of them looked at the girl dressed in men's clothing with cold eyes.
Chapter completed!