707, May 4
It has to be said that Su Lingxiao's words strongly stimulated Gu Qianxue.
But he didn't know who he was spending Valentine's Day in May with.
Is it Miss Ying Jia
Thinking back to the time when Ms. Ying's family completed five poems in five steps, it was so beautiful, even the Queen's kind of people with their eyes above the top would praise her again and again.
Gu Qianxue felt a bit of sourness in her heart, but when she saw the white-clothed man Shengxue next to her, she suppressed her jealousy—what's the use of a talented woman? He is good-looking and knowledgeable, but his life is not good.
Falling into the hands of that kind of psychopath, how can the fate be good
Her Su Lingxiao is better, well educated and rich, gentle and sincere to others, except for the recent inexplicable temper, she is perfect.
Yes, yes, Su Lingxiao is better than King Li.
Desperately brainwashing himself, the jealousy is also a little less.
"No, I just want to spend May Day with you." Gu Qianxue said with a smile, pressing her thoughts deeply into her heart.
Su Lingxiao nodded with a faint smile, and sighed, "Okay, let's go." Then, he looked away and headed towards the carriage.
"?" With a question mark on Qianxue's head, she thought to herself, I really don't know when Su Lingxiao's temper will pass, why should he sigh? Sigh flustered.
In the end, Gu Qianxue followed Su Lingxiao into the restaurant with an apprehensive heart. During the dinner, she didn't say how to take good care of her, but she only hoped that Su Lingxiao could get over "Daddy" as soon as possible.
As night falls, the lights come on.
Before leaving the restaurant, you can see lanterns lit up on the street, in the shape of auspicious clouds, carps, lilies, and roses. They are colorful and beautiful.
Even Gu Qianxue, who has seen the dazzling array of modern neon lights, can't help but marvel at its beauty.
Compared with modern lighting, the lighting market in Nanyue Kingdom is less exaggerated and more artistic.
There are more and more people coming and going on the street, including newlyweds and young couples with children, but most of them are unmarried men and women.
The men buy flowers and the women choose lanterns.
Not far away, soldiers are patrolling and guarding. The larger the festival, the more serious it is to prevent chaos and injuries, and to guard against thieves, robbers, and human traffickers.
"Quick, quick, let's go to the flower market before there are many people." Gu Qianxue urged.
"Okay." I don't know if it was because of the dinner or other reasons, but Su Lingxiao's spirit was much better than it looked during the day.
So, a group of people marched to Chang'an Avenue, and walked slowly from one end of the street to the other.
Because of Su Lingxiao's weak body, the guards surrounded the two of them like an iron wall, which aroused the dissatisfaction of some pedestrians and common people.
However, their dissatisfaction was only mumbled a few words, but they did not dare to speak out. After all, there are many officials in the capital. cap.
In order to sell the goods as quickly as possible, the vendors shouted happily, some said auspicious words, some jingles, and some simply sang tunes.
Among the many young and strong vendors, there was a very small stall. Gu Qianxue found it at a glance, "It was actually that old woman."
Su Lingxiao also followed her gaze.
"Do you still remember the plague in the south of the city? The first person saved by penicillin was her." Gu Qianxue said, "Because her son's family of three died of the plague and she had no care for her old age, I want her to go to Haolan Nursery. When I searched for her, I found that she had moved, and I didn't expect to meet her here."
Under the tulle, Su Lingxiao's eyes were gentle, "Qianxue has such a kind heart."
"Since you are so kind-hearted, do you like me?" Gu Qianxue asked with a cheeky smile.
The servants on the side vomited their bitterness - masters, can you restrain yourself? Originally, it was enough to worry about being on duty on the May Festival, and it was really hard to say that I had to eat dog food here.
"..." Su Lingxiao.
Before she could respond, Gu Qianxue had already rushed to the stall, "Ma'am, where do you live now?"
The old woman who had no business was taken aback for a moment, she didn't ask the price when doing business, but asked her what she lived in
On the whole street, the worst business is the old woman's stall.
Selling flowers and lanterns is a celebration, whoever smiles the most looks the most festive, but the old woman's family is afraid of death, so it's strange to be able to laugh. With a mournful face, people stayed far away from her booth, and even the stall vendors around her moved to the side feeling unlucky.
Gu Qianxue said, "I've seen your portrait. It was shown to me by a girl named Han. She was looking for you, but she couldn't find you in the south of the city."
"...Miss Han?" The old woman burst into tears after hearing this strange word, because she remembered her tragic fate.
The people around laughed, the old woman cried, it was even more miserable.
"Don't cry, aunt. Although Miss Han is not in the capital, Miss Han entrusted me with this matter and wants to hire you with a high salary to take care of some homeless children. Are you willing?" Qianxue said, "The workplace provides food and housing. There is also a salary of two taels of silver every month."
The helpless old woman even sold her house, and now the materials for making lanterns are also bought with borrowed money. I heard that I can get a salary, so why not? "real?"
"Of course it is true." Gu Qianxue said, and then looked at the scattered lanterns, and found six of them after counting, "I want all six lanterns, how much are they?"
The old woman hadn't reacted yet.
Chuyan had already taken out two liang of silver and stuffed it into the old woman's hand.
The old woman's lanterns were rough in workmanship, and it would be good if they could be sold for one tael, and the remaining one tael would be regarded as silver rewards.
Holding the silver, the old woman felt that she was still in a dream, "Miss, is what you said true? You can eat and live, and still have the silver? I'll go! I'll go!" Throwing it to Gu Qianxue, "Miss, I don't want money, I just want a place to live."
Gu Qianxue pushed the money over, "Don't worry, as long as you take care of the child with all your heart, the nursery will take care of you." Afterwards, the old woman was asked to collect the stall, and even a guard was sent to accompany the old woman home to pack her luggage, and then went directly to the nursery .
A group of people came up to watch and were dismissed by the guards.
The old woman left, leaving the six lamps alone.
Gu Qianxue picked one first, and then said to Chu Yan and the others, "There are five more, one for each of you five."
Chuyan, Yulian, Yucui, Xiangju, and Xiangqi are just five women.
"If you don't light up the lights on May Festival, you're worried that you won't be able to get married." Qianxue threatened them.
Yulian and the others were so frightened that they hurriedly started to turn on the lights.
In the end, only one was left.
"Chuyan, why don't you take the lamp?" Qianxue asked.
Chu Yandao, "Go back to the princess, and the servants will never marry for life."
Gu Qianxue rolled her eyes fiercely, "Trust me, take the light. At the beginning, I also thought that I would never marry. Looking back now, it's not that I don't want to marry, but that I haven't met the person I was destined to be."
Carrying her carp lantern, Gu Qianxue muttered, "I have the lantern, but it's a pity that no one sent flowers. It's really embarrassing."
Turning around, I found that the man in white was holding a bunch of peach blossoms.
Under the white tulle, light gray eyes looked at her with fiery tenderness.
708, May 5