He Yan walked to Xiao Jue, Xiao Jue glanced at her, then frowned slightly, "Why are you dressed so thinly?"
"It's too hot." He Yan knocked out his teeth and swallowed blood. He scolded Chiwu bloody in his heart. He had to pretend that nothing had happened, and fanned his hand: "I don't know why, I always feel a little hot."
Xiao Jue gestured to take off the cape, but He Yan quickly stopped him, "It's really not necessary, if I feel cold, I just go back and get a piece of clothes. The reason why I wear it like this is because it's too hot. You haven't heard of Lin Shuanghe. Have you ever mentioned it? Sometimes people feel hot, and when they wear too heavy, they can't dispel the stuffiness in the body, and it is easy to get sick." She casually said nonsense.
Xiao Jue stared at her suspiciously.
He Yan grabbed his arm, "Okay, don't worry about what I wear anymore, let's go to Dongshi first, I'm afraid I'll miss the wonderful place later."
In the city of Shuojing, Fangshi is prosperous in commerce and trade, which is divided into East City, West City, South City and North City according to orientation. The most prosperous among them is the Dongshi near the Chenghuang Temple.
The East Market is divided into December Market, First Moon Lantern Market, February Flower Market, March Silkworm Market, April Jin Market, May Fan Market, June Fragrant Market, July Bao Market, August Laurel Market, and September Medicine Market. , the wine market in October, the plum market in November, and the Taofu market in December.
At this time, it was the end of November and the beginning of December. The plum market was closed, and there were only three or two stall owners who were still selling piles of red plums. Everywhere, you will see people watching, cheering and applauding, or exclaiming and applauding constantly, it is very lively.
As the end of the year is approaching, the light market has also begun to put on lights. The streets are brightly lit, endlessly changing, crowded with people, very festive.
He Yan walked with Xiao Jue to the entrance of Dongshi City, and already felt that the crowd was bustling.
"It's too lively." She looked up at the colorful lights hanging on her head, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's the first time I've visited the night market."
"First time?" Xiao Jue looked at her sideways.
He Yan nodded, "Yes, I couldn't come to such a crowded place before, so as not to expose my flaws. Every year when the juniors of the He family went to the night market together, I was very envious. When I was in Jiyang City, I thought the night market in Jiyang City was very fun, but I didn’t expect that in Shuojing City. It’s so beautiful!”
Her eyes are full of excitement and joy. She has lived two lives, but now she is as happy as a child. The night market is not a place for high-profile families to come. Ordinary people can come here to have fun, but this person is the first time.
Many things that ordinary people are accustomed to are forbidden to her.
The young man looked at the girl beside him, his eyes were gentle and pitiful, the next moment, He Yan had already pulled his sleeve and squeezed in front of a candy seller.
"Candy Man!" He Yan said happily, "I still remember that I couldn't go to the night market when I was a child, I couldn't be greedy, and finally asked my aunt to buy one for me when I went to the night market. I was reluctant to eat it, so I put it Put it in the pen holder, and it will melt everywhere." She looked back at Xiao Jue, "Xiao Jue, do you want to eat it? I'll buy one for you? What do you want? This unicorn looks good? Or do you prefer it? Phoenix?"
Xiao Jue glanced at the various candy figures on the haystack, "No."
"Why not?" He Yan was very proud, "I have money, I will buy it for you."
Xiao Jue's eyes moved from the sugar man to her face, and her tone was light, "There is no flower basket."
"Flower... basket?" He Yan was puzzled, "Do you like flower baskets?"
His tone was as calm as always, but in the calm, there was a subtle subtlety that was difficult to detect, "Did you not give Chu Zilan a brown sugar flower basket when you were in Jiyang City?"
"How do you know?" He Yan was horrified.
"I just know." The man raised his eyebrows slightly, turned and walked forward. He Yan hurriedly followed, and now he recalled how Xiao Jue's tone of voice sounded a little unpleasant.
Well, the matter of giving him something for the enemy may make Second Young Master Xiao particularly mind.
"...He gave me a tassel at that time." He Yan held his sleeve tightly, so as not to get scattered in the crowd, while showing his loyalty: "I also feel that I am short-handed, and I must not owe it. Humanity only gave him a flower basket. You know that the debt of favor is the worst in the world. My relationship with you will not be like this, and we don't need to be so clear about it. Don't be angry, it's all rotten. Don’t worry about these trivial matters with little girls, Governor Xiao, Second Young Master… Young Master?”
Xiao Jue seemed to be impatiently entangled, turned her head away, her face was serious, but the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.
Seeing that he didn't care so much, He Yan saw someone selling Yangchun noodles on the side of the street, and dragged him over there, "Today is your birthday, you should have a bowl of birthday noodles. Come on, I Please!"
The noodle seller was a husband and wife. They set up an iron pot on the street. Water was boiling in the pot, flour was placed in a sack on one side, and a jar of salt and vinegar was placed on the small table. There are a few tables and low stools on both sides, which is a shop.
He Yan asked Xiao Jue to sit down first, then ran to the proprietress and said with a smile, "A bowl of noodles." After a pause, she added, "Today is this son's birthday," she secretly pointed at Xiao Jue, "Please, please. The proprietress made this bowl of noodles more beautiful, put an egg, more green vegetables, and more braised pork... Well, it's good to have chicken thighs... "
"Enough, enough, girl," the boss on the side laughed: "No matter how much, the bowl won't fit."
"Oh," He Yan nodded, "Let's do this first."
The proprietress smiled and said, "The young man sitting is the girl's lover, he is really handsome."
He Yan blushed and did not dare to speak up.
The proprietress probably didn't know Xiao Jue, and was simply confused by Xiao Jue's beauty, "The slave family has been selling noodles here for so long, and this is the first time I have seen such a good-looking young master. Since you have a lover, why don't you call me another one? A bowl of Yuanxiao, stuffed with sesame seeds, two people eat a bowl of Yuanxiao at the lamp market, and they will have lovers for the rest of their lives.”
"No need," He Yan smiled, "This young master doesn't eat sweets."
"It's such a pity." The proprietress was still smiling, not much to persuade.
He Yan was about to walk towards Xiao Jue's side. After two steps, he turned around and said to the proprietress, "Well... let's have a bowl."
The proprietress smiled sweetly: "Okay!"
When the birthday noodles were delivered, Xiao Jue stared at the bowl in front of him, speechless for a moment, "He Yan, are you feeding the pigs?"
The noodle bowl was not big, but it was full of noodles, with an egg lying on it, green leaves, and a few large pieces of braised pork. It was very rich, and it was about to overflow from the bowl. The bowls of the people next to them are all ordinary clear water noodles, but the one in front of Xiao Jue is very different.
"Eat more," He Yan gave him the chopsticks. "Since it's your birthday, of course you can't just pass it on. I specially asked the lady boss to put it for you. I'm a treat, you're welcome."
Everyone's eyes fell on their table. For the first time in his life, Xiao Jue was watched with the eyes of a rice bucket. It was just that the girl in front of her held her cheeks with her hands, and the smile was especially sincere. After holding it for a while, he finally Still resigned to his fate, he picked up the chopsticks and picked up the longevity noodles in front of him.
He Yan was very satisfied, "Remember to eat it up."
Xiao Jue shook his chopsticks, trying his best to keep his face calm.
At this time, the proprietress's Lantern Festival also came. One round Yuanxiao, exactly nine, was served in a red-bottomed porcelain bowl, which was extremely pleasing. The proprietress didn't know if it was intentional or not. She only gave her a spoon. He Yan lowered her head and scooped one into her mouth. The sesame filling was extraordinarily sweet.
It was very cold when I came out, but the night market was lively and crowded, which dispelled a lot of coldness. At this moment, the hot soup in front of him was warm, the Lantern Festival was sweet, and the person sitting opposite was eating noodles quietly. Suddenly, He Yan felt a sense of well-being in the years.
Those days full of danger, conspiracy, calculation and knife light have become far away in a trance, and it seems that the peaceful days like this can continue for a long time from now on.
She lowered her head and smiled, picked up the spoon and obediently scooped the Lantern Festival in front of her.
A bowl of Yuanxiao and a bowl of longevity noodles are eaten very slowly.
Perhaps it was He Yan's "kindness is difficult to accept", or perhaps it was because of the good craftsmanship of the proprietress that Xiao Jue finally ate the bowl of noodles. When he put down his chopsticks, He Yan was finishing the eighth Lantern Festival in the bowl.
When he was about to pick up the ninth one, he suddenly remembered what the proprietress just said.
"Two people eat a bowl of Yuanxiao in the light market, and they will be lovers all their lives."
In her whole life, she has never felt that this word is far away, but I don't know when she started to have longing and expectation.
Xiao Jue saw the hesitation in her actions and asked, "What's wrong?"
He Yan gently pushed the red-bottomed porcelain bowl to the middle, raised his head, looked into Xiao Jue's eyes, and coughed lightly, "You... do you want to eat one too?"
Xiao Jue looked down at the soup bowl with only one Lantern Festival left, but did not speak.
He Yan felt a little guilty inexplicably, and suddenly felt like a demon who seduced a girl from a good family, and added: "I remember that you don't like sweets anymore... It's still..."
Xiao Jue smiled and said nothing, took the bowl, picked up the spoon that He Yan had just used, and ate the only remaining Lantern Festival.
The proprietress was cleaning up the tableware and chopsticks at the next table. Seeing this, she smiled and said, "Okay, let's eat a bowl of Yuanxiao for the two of you. It's sweet and sweet, and we have a good relationship."
He Yan was startled and looked at Xiao Jue subconsciously. The young man's beautiful eyes stared at her, as if he had caught a glimpse of her secret thoughts.
He Yan stood up abruptly and took out a few copper plates from his pocket, "Well, let's go after we've finished eating."
Escaped.
After a full meal, I went to the night market and felt much warmer. When He Yan and Xiao Jue walked together, they found that there were many people in front of them. He Yan casually asked a little brother beside him, "Excuse me, what are you doing in front of me?"
The man glanced at He Yan and said, "I'm guessing lantern riddles. Today is the last day. If the girl wants to go, she can still catch up. The more guesses, she may take away the most beautiful peacock lantern!"
They have all come to the night market, so it is natural to get together. He Yan pulls Xiao Jue into the crowd with one hand. After getting in, he sees a long corridor with all kinds of lanterns hanging up and down the eaves. , A piece of paper hangs under the lantern with words written on it, which is a lantern riddle. Most of the people who come here are men and women lovers. Some people have guessed a lot, and they already hold a few lamps in their hands. When He Yan saw it, he was eager to try it, and asked Xiao Jue, "Do you have a lantern you like? I'll help you win one."
Xiao Jue looked down at her: "Can you help me?"
"Of course, it's not your birthday today. I'll buy everything you want. Winning a lantern is nothing. Anyway, I also studied in Xianchang Hall."
Xiao Jue smiled and was about to speak when suddenly someone called him not far away: "Xiao Huaijin!"
He Yan looked back and saw a pair of men and women walking towards the two of them under the corridor, it was Yan He and Xia Chengxiu.
The couple, both of them, wore goose-yellow long gowns and skirts at the same time today, and they matched each other very well. Yan He was still the same old man, never looking directly at people, and when he was walking, his ponytail fluttered high. When he walked in front of him, before He Yan could speak, Yan He said to Xiao Jue, "Yo, rare guest, I really didn't expect to see Xiao Huaijin visiting the night market someday."
Compared with Yan He's rudeness, Xia Chengxiu was much gentler, only looked at He Yan and Xiao Jue and said with a smile, "Miss He, Governor Xiao."
He Yan returned the courtesy: "Miss Chengxiu."
Yan He finally saw He Yan beside Xiao Jue, looked at the two of them with a look of disgust, "Xiao Huaijin, shouldn't you accompany this kid on purpose... This guy came to the night market." He gestured and stroked his arm, "It's disgusting, I got goosebumps all over!"
He Yan: "..." Where did this person come from to talk about others, didn't he also accompany his wife to the night market
Xia Chengxiu pulled Yan He, and Yan He shouted, "What's wrong? I'm not wrong."
"Sorry," Xia Chengxiu smiled at He Yan, "Nan Guang has such a temperament. He's joking and has no malice. Miss He, are you here to guess lantern riddles too?"
He Yan nodded: "Yes. Just passing by here, General Yan also guessed lantern riddles?"
"I don't guess what women like." Yan He said, "I came with Chengxiu." His eyes fell on Xiao Jue, "Xiao Huaijin, you..."
"He didn't guess either, he came with me." He Yan quickly cut off his words. Yan He, once he met Xiao Jue, became a cockfighter, and he had to compete. If Xiao Jue wants to guess, which arouses Yan He's competitive spirit, don't go to the night market tonight, just watch the two of them play guessing here.
In order to be able to go shopping in other places, He Yan decisively stopped him.
"Okay." Yan He hugged his chest and said, "Then let's guess."
He Yan and Xia Chengxiu looked at each other, Xia Chengxiu smiled slightly, and took a note from the front lantern below, He Yan also followed her movement and looked at the lantern beside her.
This lantern riddle is written in a simple way, "everywhere in the mountains and mountains has the meaning of love", the characters He Yan know, but I don't know what it means when they are connected.
At the other end, Xia Chengxiu had already got the note and read it out: "I want to say goodbye to you." She thought for a moment, then looked at the boss: "This is 'Ping'?"
"Girl has good eyesight." The craftsman who made the lamp laughed and gave Xia Chengxiu a wooden card with a red stroke on it.
It seems that if you collect ten strokes together, you can exchange for a lantern here.
He Yan took a deep breath and felt that the lantern riddle that he had chosen was not quite right. He might as well change to a simpler one. After thinking about it, he walked over to a lotus-shaped lantern and picked up the note hanging below. .
"No winter and no summer."
He Yan: "..." What is this
She glanced sideways at Xiao Jue, Xiao Jue was standing not far away, looking at her calmly, He Yan didn't want to be ashamed, coughed lightly, and walked to another place.
"The fog loses the tower, and the moon is lost in Jindu."
He Yan: "?"
She was about to cry when she boasted to Haikou that she had studied in the Xianchang Hall anyway, but now she feels that it is better not to have read this book. What are these things? You know all the characters, but how they fit together is confusing. Looking at the women who were guessing like a duck to water, He Yan was one big and two big. He just felt that even if he encountered the most difficult battle, he would not be as embarrassed as this moment.
While holding the note in front of me at a loss, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Aren't you going to give me lanterns?"
At some point, Xiao Jue came over and stood behind her. He Yan said "um" for a while and was speechless.
The corners of his lips curved, "It seems that your poetry and prose haven't gotten any better after so many years."
"There is a specialization in the surgery industry," He Yan defended bravely, "I can't do two things with one mind."
He seemed to chuckle, and the hot breath he exhaled fell on He Yan's neck, itching. On the other side, Xia Chengxiu had already guessed ten lantern riddles in the blink of an eye. The craftsman drew ten ink characters on her wooden sign and replaced it with a jade rabbit lantern.
Yan He held the lantern in his arms, and said triumphantly to He Yan, "Why haven't you guessed it yet? You haven't read a book, have you? Xiao Huaijin," he wrapped Xia Chengxiu in one hand, and even provoked Xiao Jue. "The lady you're looking for is not as good as my wife."
Is Yan He sick? He Yan was speechless, he was thinking that the others couldn't compare to Xiao Jue anyway, so he was better than Madam? Who has no strengths and weaknesses, how can they be so superficial!
She was scolding Yan He in her heart, when Xiao Jue whispered in her ear, "Don't worry about him." Then, standing behind her, following her movements, he picked up the lantern riddle note in front of He Yan.
Xiao Jue is very tall, so when he takes the note from behind, he needs to lean over slightly and look at it from the eyes of others, as if he was wrapping He Yan in his arms. He Yan could almost feel the warmth of his back touching his front chest, and the tips of his ears turned red, but he forgot to look at the note in front of him, Xiao Jue had already said, "Both of them are invisible."
"Ah?" He Yan was stunned for a moment.
The craftsman smiled and came over with a wooden plate: "Young master guessed it right!"
"Xiao Huaijin, you are cheating." Yan He said angrily, "How can you help her guess!"
"It's none of your business," He Yan couldn't bear it any longer, and replied to him, "If you're not happy, you can help me guess!"
"Who wants to help you guess!" Yan He flicked his sleeves, "Let's go, I'll be upset when you see them!" He took Xia Chengxiu's hand and left.
At this moment, He Yan finally had time to focus on the lantern riddle in front of him.
She grabbed the note in front of her and read the words on it, and Xiao Jue said the answer in the back.
"Since ancient times, I have been passionate and spared hatred."
"Heartbroken."
"Go in every ten and go to three."
"base."
This person used to be the number one in the Xianchang Pavilion. When He Yan read out the lantern riddle above, he didn't have to think about it, he just said the answer in one go. Xiao Jue is an outstanding, smart and handsome young man, who is always particularly eye-catching on such occasions. Not long after, the families of girls who have a lover and no lover will all gather in a circle, or stare at Xiao Jue fascinatedly, or It was an envious look at He Yan.
The nine lantern riddles were almost finished, and He Yan picked up the note for the last lantern.
"Shuangmu is not a forest, Tianxia has a heart." After she finished reading, without waiting for Xiao Jue to speak, she said, "I know this, it's lovesickness!"
The craftsman laughed: "The girl has a heart of blue."
He Yan blushed at the compliment. She could guess one of ten riddles. She really couldn't take this compliment. The craftsman drew the last stroke of her wooden sign and said to He Yan, "Miss, go and choose a lantern that you like!"
He Yan turned around, pulled Xiao Jue and said, "How about it, I said I wanted to give you a lantern, and I will give it to you. Which one do you like?"
There are various lanterns hanging under the eaves.
He Yan pointed at a pair of fish-shaped lamps: "This pair of fish is very beautiful, do you like it? Or this gourd lantern is also good... There is also a horse riding picture on this auspicious lamp... "
From the beginning to the end, Xiao Jue just smiled faintly and made trouble with her.
He Yan saw a blue gauze lamp on the side with a landscape pavilion painted on it. As people walked, the light and shadow changed, and the waterfall seemed to flow, which was very peculiar. Among the lanterns, this landscape lantern is inconspicuous at first glance, but in fact there is a universe inside. He Yan was attracted at a glance, thinking that this lamp should not be ashamed for Xiao Jue, so he said to the craftsman, "I want this one."
The craftsman was busy handing out wooden cards to the other pair of lovers, and when he heard the words, he said, "Just pick it up by yourself."
He Yan said to Xiao Jue, "Wait, I'll go get you a lamp."
She walked to the landscape lantern and was about to take it off, when she heard a familiar voice not far away: "There are lantern riddles ahead, do you want to take a look?"
Then, a woman's voice sounded, "Okay, I can buy one and hang it in the yard later."
He Yan turned his head to look, and saw a couple of men and women walking a few steps ahead. The men are handsome and elegant, and the women are charming and charming, it is Xu Zhiheng and He Xinying.
Xu Zhiheng was holding He Xinying's hand, and the maid who followed behind He Xinying held a large pile of gadgets in her arms, probably the rouge gouache that she bought at random when visiting the night market. From the looks of these two people, they are really a perfect pair. Xu Zhiheng smiled and spoiled, and when they spoke, it was also a gentle breeze.
He Yan stared blankly, wondering if it was sarcasm. She thought that Xu Zhiheng would only go to the night market with He Wanru in her life, but now it seems that as long as it is not herself, anyone can.
"Girl?" The craftsman reminded her in a strange voice when she saw her standing there dumbfounded. He Yan turned around, startled, and looked at Xiao Jue subconsciously.
He also stood under the lamp, with a handsome figure, his eyes were so calm that he was almost indifferent.
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