The Lantern Festival is today's Lantern Festival, which is a festival for secular people to appreciate lanterns. Emperor Yang Jian of Sui focused on frugality and did not like extravagance and luxury. Therefore, the Lantern Festival in the early years of the Sui Dynasty was far less prosperous and grand than the late Sui Dynasty.

But this year, Yang Jian broke the example and allowed the public to spontaneously organize lantern festivals. In addition, the war in Goryeo has quelled and prices have fallen, benefiting people's livelihood, which has made the people in the capital very excited and made this year's Shangyuan Lantern Festival particularly grand.

As early as five days ago, three main lantern viewing places began to be arranged, one was the city of Liren, the other was the city of Zhuque Street, and the private lantern festival. The government did not interfere. The government's task was to maintain order of the lantern festival.

Family, merchants, schools, temples, princes, and nobles are the main forces of the lantern festival. In the capital, families with little power will set up lampstands to show the existence of the family. The existence they want is to let the lantern audience know the existence of their family.

But what the merchants want is profit. They will take advantage of the opportunity of the lantern festival to give another money to appreciate the lanterns. All kinds of magnificent lanterns are just props for them to attract customers.

The lanterns of schools and temples are actually a way to expand their own publicity. The school hopes to recruit more students, while the temple hopes to attract more pilgrims.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival is a platform for fame and fortune. The world is bustling with people, all for fame and the world is bustling with people, all for profit.

But the ones who really enjoy happiness are those plain-headed people who have no name and no profit, who just want to watch the lanterns.

As soon as the sky was getting dark, Niu Niu knocked on Yuanqing's door impatiently. They no longer lived in the Yang Mansion, but in an alley called Sanyi Lane a hundred steps away from the Yang Mansion. They were in the innermost part of the alley, a small house covering an area of ​​one acre and four cents.

There are not many rooms in the house, with only seven rooms in total, with a 'Yu' structure, with two large courtyards in front and back. They are typical courtyards. In the words of Aunt Liu Er, you can raise chickens in the front and grow vegetables in the back. In the eyes of Yuan Qing and Niu Niu, you can practice knives in the front and arrows in the back.

But what Shen Qiuniang saw at first glance were two big trees that were as tall as a cover. In front were a century-old osmanthus, and behind were a prosperous and dense old apricot trees. The two old trees made the house full of vitality.

But to Shen Qiuniang's surprise, they did not spend money on this house, but the Yang family had bought it and gave it to them and their daughter as a reward for the seventh year of raising Yuanqing.

She didn't want this kind of reward. She didn't raise Yuan Qing for the sake of repayment. But her heart was full of bitterness. Swans always had hard wings. When they flapped their wings and flew high, they didn't fall asleep all night when they learned that Yuan Qing was about to go to the Turks. When Yuan Qing went there, I don't know when I would be able to come back?

She was sad and reluctant to leave Yuan Qing about to stay away, but she was also proud of his decision. Her child finally grew up and would spread his wings alone to face the test of wind and rain.

She decided to live a good life and not let herself and Niu Niu become Yuan Qing's concern.

Shen Qiuniang did not show too much sadness, but instead made Yuan Qing his favorite dish in different ways every day. Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Tonight, the lanterns will be watched and will enter the high-chao. Shen Qiuniang specially cooked early and prepared to take her two children out to watch the lanterns early.

"Brother Yuanqing, are you okay?"

Niu Niu slapped Yuan Qing's door impatiently. She was dressed very beautifully today. She wore her only long silk dress, her top was wearing a thick coat, her long black hair was combed into two braids, and her skin was white. Her mother specially painted her light makeup and put eight silk flowers on her, making her look more beautiful, floating and littered. A girl, but her every move was still full of childishness. She was like a rabbit with a burning tail, jumping and knocking on Yuan Qing's door, and complaining all over the yard.

"What the hell are you doing? Being slow, are you putting on makeup too?"

Yuan Qing was settled in the room. He had to go to war, but he didn't know if he would be back in two or three years. He had to arrange his life for his aunt and Niu Niu. They had a total of thirty taels of gold and two hundred yuan in savings, and they spent 100 yuan in buying furniture and various household items.

In addition, after Yang Xuanting became the manager of the Yang family, he followed the clan rules and regulations that the minimum monthly fee of the concubine's son was 10 yuan a month, and he would give him all the monthly money that he had lost to the seventh year of Yuanqing at one time, totaling 600 yuan a year.

In this way, they had thirty taels of gold and seven hundred yuan in their hands. Yuanqing would leave all this money to his aunt and Niu Niu. He had considered that even if Niu Niu's foundation-building medicine and living expenses were added together, the money would be enough for them to use it until they came back.

At the same time, Chen Qiuniang found another very good job. Her skills in making medicine are very good. Yang Xuanting introduced her to Tzu Chi Hall, the largest pharmacy in Beijing, as a medicine girl, and she could earn 15 yuan a month, so that their mother and daughter's life would be really worry-free.

According to Yuan Qing's idea, it is best to keep thirty taels of gold in the box for life-saving purposes in troubled times. The savings of 700 yuan and the monthly salary of my aunt can also allow them to live a good life. He will also take care of Yang Xuanting and ask them to care about their mother and daughter's lives from time to time.

These must be arranged one by one before he goes to the expedition so that he can feel at ease with the northern expedition.

"Yuan Qing, are you okay? I'll wait for you." This is my aunt urging him too.

"Okay! OK!"

Yuan Qing put away the paper for settlement, inserted a dagger into his leather boots, and opened the door and went out.

Chen Qiuniang was still wearing her cloth skirt, with no makeup on her face, and was still dignified and beautiful, with a gentle and elegant temperament. She just burned paper for her husband, and tears were still there.

Niu Niu pouted her mouth unhappily, "Brother Yuanqing, I'll tell you to not come out for a long time, but when my mother calls you, she comes out. It's obviously bullying the weak and afraid of the strong."

Chen Qiuniang smiled and knocked her daughter on her head, "What nonsense, when did your mother get hard?"

Niu Niu hugged her head and her neck shrank, "Mom, aren't your fingers still hard?"

, Let's look at the lights."!"

Niu Niu's face suddenly turned red, and she was embarrassed and anxious, and grabbed Yuan Qing, "You dead bull head, you deliberately surround me again, let's see if I don't strangle you to death!"

Yuan Qing ran away with his head in his arms, yelling as he ran away: "Auntie, she was thinking wrongly, don't blame me!"

"You still dare to talk nonsense!"

The two ran out of the door, Chen Qiuniang smiled and watched them run away. She locked the yard door and the whole family happily looked at the lights.

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As night falls, Daxing City is already brightly lit and people are as bright as the sea. Hundreds of thousands of people in the capital carry their wives and children and go out to watch the lights.

The three main lantern viewing lines in the capital city, Zhuque Street, the metropolitan city, Liren City is already brightly lit at this time, shining like daytime. If you look from a high altitude, a huge and bright face will appear in the entire Daxing City. The metropolitan city, Liren City is a pair of eyes, and Zhuque Street is a long nose, which is particularly spectacular.

Last year, Chen Qiuniang took her two children to Zhuque Street. This year they had already decided to visit the lanterns in the city.

At this time, the city is also crowded with people, crowded with people. There are lanterns of various shapes, giant boat lights, peony lights, boy worship Guanyin, celestial girl scattering lanterns, birthday lights, double ox plowing field lights, Chang'e flying to the moon lights, etc. The various lantern shapes are beautiful and lifelike. Under the lights, they are dazzling and colorful, which makes people beautiful. The entire city seems to have become a sea of ​​lanterns and people, and everyone is immersed in the festive celebrations of the festival.

Groups of children were carrying lanterns and crawling through the crowds. Groups of girls also held hands, standing in front of the beautiful lanterns to comment, sometimes surrounding the stall selling small ornaments, sometimes running through the crowd, laughter flowing all the way.

In a small stall, Yuan Qing was buying a headdress with Niu Niu. Although the hairpin made of red copper is not as bright as the gold hairpin, it is also very impressive and amazing.

Although Yuan Qing had long planned to buy a golden hairpin for Niu Niu and her aunt, she had to give up under her strong opposition. Niu Niu was unhappy for a day. She had been looking forward to the golden hairpin for several years, but after all, she was still childish. She was so many beautiful headdresses in front of her dazzled her eyes, and she had long forgotten her expectations for the golden hairpin.

"Brother Yuanqing, see which one I'm going to buy?" Niu Niu had already held more than a dozen copper hairpins in her hand. She wanted each one, but her mother only allowed her to buy one, and she screamed in anxiety.

"Little sister, this one is the best!"

Before Yuan Qing could react, the woman selling the hairpin had already picked out one from her hand, which was a double phoenix playing with beads. Two lifelike phoenixes spread their wings towards each other. In front of them was a big soybean pearl, which was extremely ingeniously created.

"Aunt, I want this one." This twin phoenix hairpin was the first sight she liked, and she loved it very much.

"Little sister, I'll help you put it on."

The hairpin seller took the hairpin and inserted her hair into her, "What a black hair!" she praised sincerely.

The hairpin seller glanced at Yuan Qing, then whispered in Niu Niu's ear: "Little sister, you should also buy a close-fitting heart-protecting lock for Brother Lover, so that his heart will be locked forever."

The woman selling hairpin has experienced a long time of favor. She had long seen that they were not brothers and sisters, so how could they call brothers with names? Niu Niu's face suddenly turned red, and even her neck was red.

"Auntie, stop talking nonsense, he is my brother."

Although he was squeamish on his mouth, his eyes secretly looked at the pile of copper heart-protecting locks next to him.

"Aunt, settle the accounts here."

The other girls also bought a few pieces of jewelry and wanted to settle the score. The hairpin seller hurried over to settle the score for them. Taking advantage of this, Niu Niu had already picked out a general lock with the "God protects you, wins every battle" from a pile of copper locks. This was the most suitable for Yuan Qing. Then she picked a colorful phoenix hairpin for her mother.

"Niu Niu, do you like it?" Yuan Qing ran up and asked with a smile.

He was attracted by a bright light wheel just now, but he didn't notice that Niu Niu's mind had changed quietly.

"Okay! OK!"

Niu Niu hurriedly pinched a few pieces of jewelry, preventing him from seeing it, and urged Yuan Qing, "Go and find your mother, don't get lost, I'll pay here."

"Auntie was there just now, I'll go and have a look."

Yuan Qing ran away quickly, and the hairpin seller settled the accounts and turned around, and asked with a smile: "Little sister, have you chosen?"

"Okay, these three things."

Her palms spread out, two hairpins and a copper lock, her face turned red like a persimmon, and her voice was lower than that of a mosquito, "Auntie, how much does it cost?"

"A total of sixty dollars!"

The hairpin seller saw the copper lock in her hand and smiled knowingly. Niu Niu was so ashamed that she hurriedly opened her handbag and put three copper ornaments in it. Her heart was pounding a little bit. She grabbed a few handfuls of money, counted it in a hurry, and handed it to the hairpin seller, "Auntie, give it!"

"Little sister, the money is just right!"

When the hairpin seller saw that Niu Niu was about to leave, he called her again, "Little sister!"

"Aunt, is there anything else?"

The woman selling hairpin took out two copper rings and smiled and handed them to her, "This is a Lingxi ring, and I will give it to you and your lover brother."

"Thank you aunt!"

Niu Niu pinched the ring, like a little rabbit with only burnt tail, ran into the crowd and disappeared. When the hairpin seller saw her cute and embarrassed, she showed a warm smile in her eyes. Another little girl grew up.

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"Niu Niu, I'm going to find you."

Yuan Qing ran towards her, grabbed her hand and ran back, "The Hundred Plays are about to parade, let's go!"

Niu Niu's delicate and fair hands have been caught by Yuan Qing since she was three years old, and she never felt anything. But today she felt that Brother Yuan Qing's hands were so warm and powerful for the first time.

She was shy and nervous, and gradually, her heart was filled with a kind of happiness, running side by side with him like a bird, and the two held hands and ran towards the brightest part of the lights in the distance.b, which caused thunderous applause and cheers from the people watching the lights on both sides.

This is the night of the Shangyuan period in the 19th year of Kaihuang. This year, Yuanqing was already full of miles of mind, but Niu Niu was in love. The Sui Dynasty had reached its peak of force.

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