Thousands of doors are unlocked and thousands of lights are bright, and the middle of the first month moves to Beijing.

Three hundred people danced with their sleeves, and they entered the sky with words.

The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also known as the Shangyuan Festival, whether it is the Tang and Song dynasties or the Ming Dynasty, the Shangyuan Festival is the most grand and lively festival of the year.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, the whole country celebrates on holiday, thousands of households put lanterns together, and the two capitals will even hold a grand lantern festival and fireworks show, the five gates of the city are wide open, and the celebration and entertainment are all night long.

Although Shangrao County is not as prosperous as the two capitals, the Lantern Festival is still very lively.

Today is the Lantern Festival of the thirteenth year of Ming Zhengde, the most festive and grand festival of the year, so the haggis shop is closed for one day today.

After eating at noon, Xu Jin took Xie Xiaowan and the little slave's oil bottle to the streets to visit the Lantern Festival together.

The first time he spent the Lantern Festival in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Jin felt quite fresh, but when he came to the street, he was startled. But I saw that the streets were crowded with people, and the streets were full of people selling snacks and lanterns.

"Where are so many people?" Xu Jin was secretly surprised, but after a closer look, he understood, because there were many more young women dressed up on the street.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, the whole world celebrates, usually the door does not go out, and the boudoir women who do not step out of the second door can finally come out to play and let off steam, so they have stepped out of the house and poured into the street, so the flow of people on the street naturally surged.

The women's Lantern Festival in the Ming Dynasty advocated wearing white on this day, so at this time, all the people on the street were dressed in white fluttering, full of fairy spirit, and even Xie Xiaowan wore a white pleated skirt today, plus a pale pink bijia, with a slender and moving figure.

These young boudoir girls only have the opportunity to play like this once a year, and the laughter of the warblers and swallows gathered together was a pleasant mood.

Some young men are even more happy, enjoying the beauty that is usually rare, and if they fancy a girl from any family, they will find a matchmaker to come to the door to propose.

Therefore, the Lantern Festival is also a blind date festival, providing young people with the opportunity to meet each other, some bold girls if they see a favorite man, and even take the initiative to secretly make a song, such as deliberately stepping on the man's heels, or deliberately losing a handkerchief, etc., if the man is also interested in the girl, he will respond, so he successfully hooked up......

As the so-called: the willow tops on the moon, people are about after dusk.

Ouyang Xiu's classic poem in the Song Dynasty describes the scene after young men and women "hook up" during the Lantern Festival.

Xu Jin was fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed as a scholar, born with red lips and white teeth, handsome and upright, coupled with a calm and calm temperament, which naturally attracted the young girls around him to have frequent autumn waves, and he didn't know how many times his heels had been stepped on, and even threw his handkerchief on him.

Xie Xiaowan thought it was funny at first, and she was very proud, which just showed that her husband was excellent, but then her mouth gradually pouted, especially a girl dressed sweetly and lovely, deliberately fell into her husband's arms, which made the little girl very unhappy.

Xu Jin glanced back at Xie Xiaowan, who was like a great enemy, and couldn't help but be a little amused, and pulled her to his side as soon as he stretched out his hand. Xie Xiaowan's face turned red suddenly, and she couldn't pinch Xu Jin's hand, and whispered shyly: "Xianggong, let it go, many people are watching!" ”

Xu Jin said disapprerovingly: "What are you afraid of, holding the lady's hand and not breaking the law, little slave, are you right?" ”

The little slave next to him rolled his eyes!

In this way, no young woman stepped on Xu Jin's heels anymore, and the journey was much smoother, but it attracted more side eyes, because even if it was a husband and wife, holding hands and walking on the street so intimately, it was also a shocking move in the Ming Dynasty.

Xie Xiaowan was held by Xu Jin like this, which was both shy and sweet, especially the envious eyes of the young women around her, which made the little girl's vanity very satisfied.

"Ouch!"

The three of them were walking in the direction of the city gate, holding a carp lamp in their left hand and a string of rock sugar gourds in their right hands.

Xie Xiaowan hurriedly helped the little slave up, this kid probably knocked his nose, nosebleeds came out, his teeth were cracked in pain, and his eyes were still full of tears.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" Behind her, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old little fat girl blushed and apologized repeatedly, then threw a handkerchief at the little slave and ran away shyly.

Xu Jin looked at the little slave with a nosebleed and a bewildered face, and suddenly couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect that this little fart who hadn't grown hair would have a woman take the initiative to hook up, and the world is going down!

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the little slave is too "pretty"!

Xie Xiaowan was angry and funny, and hurriedly wiped the nosebleed from the little slave with the handkerchief, and asked with concern: "Does it hurt?" ”

The little slave realized what had happened, and in annoyance snatched the handkerchief and threw it on the ground, and stomped on it twice.

"How can this be reasonable, it's really insulting, the girl has good intentions, even if she doesn't appreciate it, she even makes such a rude move!"

A scholar who happened to pass by immediately accused him with righteous indignation. The little slave rolled her eyes and said, "Wu Na sour, Dunlun Rumu, what does this have to do with you?" ”

Xu Jin almost fell headlong, most of the diners who usually come to the store are rough people from the opposite car and horse shop, and they are full of swear words when chatting.

When the scholar was greeted by his mother, his face immediately turned red, and he said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, how can it be done by a gentleman to speak foul language, and it is insulting to Sven!" ”

"Idiot, I'm not a gentleman, I'm a child!" The little slave had just been stepped on her heel and fell, and her nose bleeded, and even the carp lamp and rock sugar gourd that Sister Xiaowan had just bought for her fell away, and there was nowhere to vent the fire in her belly.

The scholar was choked speechless, turned to Xu Jin angrily, and said angrily: "Your Excellency shouldn't discipline you...... Brother? ”

Although Xu Jin is fourteen or fifteen years old, he has a stable temperament, and he looks like an adult.

Xu Jin said very simply: "It's just passing by, I don't know him!" ”

The scholar was suddenly choked speechless, and there were five people traveling with this scholar, all of whom were reading people, and one of them persuaded: "Brother Ziche, forget it, why bother to be like a naughty boy!" ”

The scholar snorted coldly, glared at Xu Jin again, and then left with his companion in a huff.

"Hmph, although Shangrao County is the seat of Guangxin Mansion, the quality of the people here is only so, it's really insulting!"

"Exactly, a glimpse of the whole leopard shows that the education in Shangrao County is really not good, and the teaching level of Xinjiang Academy must be extremely limited."

Before leaving, these guys didn't forget to come to a wave of regional black, and they dared to be readers from other places.

The little slave glanced at Xu Jin and said provocatively: "Xu Jin, aren't you also from Xinjiang Academy?" Those sourmen are insulting your academy? ”

"Sample, it's still provocative at this level!" Xu Jin ignored him and led Xie Xiaowan to continue walking towards the city gate.

"People insult your academy and teacher, can you bear it? Xu Jin, can you be a bit of a literati! ”

The little slave hurriedly chased after him, chattering bitterly. This kid acted like a good boy when he first came, but after getting along with Xu Jin for nearly a month, he became more and more sharp-tongued.

In the middle of the street, two beggars looked at each other after watching Xu Jin and the three of them walk away, one continued to follow, and the other ran back to the City Emperor Temple quickly.

"Boss, I've found the little slave!" The beggar ran to the temple and shouted happily.

A lame old beggar who was gnawing on a chicken leg immediately bounced up on one leg when he heard this, and asked urgently, "Where is it?" Bring that little cub in! ”

This lame beggar is called Du Laojiu, nicknamed Du Cripple, a native of Shangrao County, one year the Xinjiang River flooded the village, Du Laojiu escaped but became an orphan, so he went to the county seat to become a professional beggar.

When Du Laojiu was young, he grabbed land with another group of beggars, broke a leg, and later became lame, but it was precisely because of this "glorious deed" that he had a certain prestige among beggars, and gradually made him the head of the beggars in the West Market.

Du Laojiu has a flexible mind, and he usually respects the county officials and the gang of officials to arrest quickly, so those officials do bad things to the beggars under Du Laojiu, they all open one eye and close the other, even if the owner reports to the county government, they are arrested, and they will be released again after a few days.

Because of this, Du Laojiu has had a good time over the years, and he has become more and more bold, and even engaged in human trafficking.

The little slave was brought by a beggar under Du Laojiu. Du Laojiu saw that the little slave was beautiful, so he inquired about the buyer who had a dragon impotence fetish, and was ready to sell the little slave as a rabbit to make a lot of money.

There happened to be a rich man in the countryside who was willing to pay fifty taels of silver, which is a lot of money!

However, just as Du Laojiu was about to trade with the rich man the next day, the clever little slave suddenly ran away. The boiled duck actually flew, Du Laojiu was naturally furious, and sent his beggars to the whole city, but found nothing.

It has been more than half a month, and Du Laojiu is also dead, it is estimated that the little slave and the little cub will either be taken in by well-wishers, or frozen to death in some corner. At this time, he suddenly heard that his subordinates had found the little slave, Du Laojiu was naturally overjoyed, fifty taels of silver, enough to eat and drink spicy food for a few years!

"Boss, the little slave was found, but the little cub has a good life, it is estimated that he was taken in by a family, and we bumped into him on the street just now, Ge Laoqi is still following them, so I ran back to report to the boss!"

Du Laojiu frowned in his eyes and asked, "Who took him in?" ”

"Hey, it's Xu Ji spiced haggis opposite the West Market Carriage and Horse Shop, our brothers pass by every day, and the shopkeepers are a small couple, with no background!"

Du Laojiu's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he said coldly: "Let's go, go and take a look!" ”