Chinese Valentine’s Day trip

Author: Emei Swordsman

Chinese Valentine’s Day trip

On this day, in the Shanzhang's house, Su Qi was playing with crickets in a jar with great interest. Suddenly he remembered something, raised his head and asked: "Shanzhang, will the academy have a holiday during the Chinese Valentine's Day? I heard that in Hangzhou Fucheng

There is a lantern festival."

"You've been thinking about taking a vacation all day long." Xu Chengyu scolded, and took a sip of tea slowly, "I will take a vacation, starting from noon on the Chinese Valentine's Day to before noon the next day, a total of one day."

Su Qi's eyes lit up and he said excitedly to Gu Yunji: "Yunji, then let's call Cheng Yan and go to Hangzhou Fucheng to watch the lantern festival!"

Gu Yunji doesn't like to go to crowded places and has no interest in this: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to see any lights except other people's heads. Besides, isn't the Chinese Valentine's Day always a grand gathering at my daughter's house? Why are you joining in the fun?"

Su Qi had a look of disapproval: "You don't know this, right? Who said that only girls' families celebrate the Chinese Valentine's Day? The seventh day of July is Kuixing's birthday, and we scholars can also go to Kuixing to pray for high school! Even if we do nothing,

Isn’t it okay to just join in the fun? If I don’t go out to get some fresh air, I’m going to get sick from being bored in the academy.”

Gu Yunji was still hesitating, but he saw Xu Chengyu on the side who also helped: "It's a rare festival, so it's good to go out for a walk. Shuhua and I are also going down the mountain to pay homage to the Weaver Girl. If you want to go out, you can come with us. I'll be there then

After we pack up two guest rooms in the house in the city, we can wander around a little longer that night and return to the academy the next morning."

Su Qi was even more happy: "The relationship is great! This way we can have more fun."

Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Gu Yunji no longer refused and agreed obediently.

On the afternoon of the Chinese Valentine's Day, Xu Chengyu took Xu Shuhua, Gu Yunji, Su Qi, and Cheng Yan down the mountain to watch the Lantern Festival in Fucheng, Hangzhou.

By the time a few people arrived in the city, it was already evening. The streets and alleys were crowded with people, and everywhere you could see pretty girls traveling with them or couples in love. The streets were filled with stalls selling various gadgets.

, the shouts of the vendors kept coming and going, and it looked very lively.

Even before night falls, various lanterns have been hung on the roadside. Although the effect of the colorful lights is not obvious during the day, they appear to complement each other and are unique against the fiery red sunset on the western horizon.

artistic conception.

Among the group of people, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan have relatively calm personalities. With Xu Chengyu's status as an elder, it is natural that it is difficult to show too much excitement, not to mention that Xu Shuhua is a woman.

In contrast, Su Qi was the only one who was extraordinarily out-of-the-box, scurrying around like a monkey, always stopping to take a closer look at any strange thing he saw.

"Qiaoqiao rice, Qiaoqiao rice made from glutinous rice balls! It's sweet, soft, glutinous and delicious. Give it a try when you pass by -"

Hearing the shouts of a vendor on the roadside, Su Qi immediately walked over curiously, pointed at the small white and round dumplings on the stall and said, "What is this?"

Seeing someone coming, the hawker immediately enthusiastically introduced: "Sir, this is called Qiao Qiao rice. In some places, Qiao Qiao rice is dumplings, but I make it by making glutinous rice balls into balls. There are various fillings inside, and you can eat them

Seeing that different things represent different meanings, it is auspicious."

"What's included?"

"Most dumplings are filled with peanuts and hazelnuts, and there are also some special ones, such as silk thread - representing ingenuity; red dates - early marriage; copper coins - good luck. Usually those who buy Qiaoqiao rice are from girls' families, so they only have these meanings, of course.

If you buy it and want to try something new, of course it’s no problem.”

Hearing this, Su Qi became interested: "It's quite interesting to say that, give me one!" After saying that, he pointed to Xu Chengyu and the others behind him, "And they all also have one.

.”

"Okay!" the vendor happily agreed, and quickly served Qiaoqiao rice to everyone.

Gu Yunji smiled and said: "You can just eat it by yourself, why are you taking us with you?"

"It's just fun if more people eat it. It's for good luck." Su Qi shoved the Qiaoqiao rice into his hand without hesitation, "Just think of it as a way to fill your stomach first."

After that, he didn't wait for anyone else and started eating by himself. After chewing several dumplings carefully, he still didn't eat any special fillings, so he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged: "They are all peanuts, and one has some."

There is no meaning at all.”

Cheng Yan said: "The ones I have here are hazelnuts, nothing special. It seems that there are still a few dumplings wrapped with silk thread and red dates."

"Hmm!" Xu Chengyu was eating, and suddenly his face wrinkled, as if something hit his teeth.

Then he put his hand to his mouth, slowly took out a copper coin, and said with a smile: "I'm quite lucky. I got the copper coin. I will be lucky in the future."

Seeing that someone really ate the special stuffing, Su Qi cheered up again, looked at Xu Shuhua on the side and said, "What about Miss Xu? What did you eat?"

When Su Qi asked, Xu Shuhua happened to notice something in the dumpling he ate, so he carefully traced the shape of the thing in his mouth. After a while, she arched her eyebrows and spit out a date core: "It's a red date.

.”

The vendor spoke auspicious words at the right time: "This lady is so elegant, beautiful, gentle and touching, and now that she has eaten red dates, which means early marriage, she will definitely marry a man who is on the high school gold medal list in the future!"

Although everyone is happy to receive blessings, Xu Shuhua is a daughter who has not left the court after all. When the vendor said this in front of her father and teenagers of the same age, her face suddenly turned red and she smiled reservedly.

While he was talking, Gu Yunji, who was eating dumplings, suddenly looked strange. He felt it with his tongue several times with some uncertainty, and finally spit out a date core.

"Are you also a red date?" Su Qi raised his eyebrows and said in a teasing tone, "It seems that we, Yunji, are also going to get married early -" As he said this, he pretended to glance at Xu Shuhua next to him.

Hearing this, Gu Yunji was also a little uncomfortable. It's just that his daughter's family was blessed with an early marriage. What's wrong with him eating red dates as a man? But besides him, Xu Shuhua also ate it.

The two unmarried men and women of the right age both ate red dates, which symbolized early marriage, and were teased by Su Qi in such a meaningful way. Gu Yunji instantly felt that even the air was dyed with a somewhat ambiguous color.

Seeing that Xu Shuhua was so embarrassed that he hid half of his body behind Xu Chengyu, Gu Yunji coughed twice and quickly stopped Su Qi's words: "It's just a dumpling, so much to talk. Don't you want to worship Kuixing? I will accompany you now.

go!"

Gu Yunji's way of changing the topic was too blunt, and it made people feel that his back was hurriedly walking forward, which seemed to be running away.

"Okay, okay, I won't say any more, let's go worship Kuixing!" Su Qi followed his words, but with a clear look on his face, he turned to Cheng Yan and pursed his lips. Cheng Yan shook his head and laughed, and then speeded up. Followed the pace

Xu Chengyu stood aside and took everything in his eyes. When he saw his apprentice and daughter reacting like this, he stroked his beard leisurely and smiled without saying a word.

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