Jinyi Music

Chapter 44 Eating Lantern Festival Outside Wenchang Palace

The third son of the Ke family stood behind Mou Xiujuan, spreading his arms to shield her from the crowd, but he was pushed by the crowd from time to time, and his body couldn't help bumping into Mou Xiujuan. But keep complaining,
"There are so many people..."

"Yes... yes... that's really rude, bumping into Miss again?"

"No...no problem..."

Except for Mou Biao, who was watching the fun, no one noticed that the two blushed secretly, muttered something, and looked at each other affectionately with their eyes facing each other.

"hey-hey……"

Seeing the foolishness of the two, Mou Biao couldn't help laughing. He bumped the third young master of the Ke family with his shoulder again,
"oops……"

It was a bit heavy all of a sudden, hitting Mr. Ke San staggered, and threw himself on Mou Xiujuan. Mou Xiujuan hurriedly opened her hands to help him, but she was knocked back even with him. Fortunately, there was a girl beside her. The attendants stretched out their hands to support each other, and the two barely stabilized their figure. Mou Xiujuan looked worried,
"Shonan, are you okay?"

Shonan is the name of Ke Sangongzi.

Mou Xiujuan supported the third young master Ke, feeling happy and annoyed at the same time, she turned her head to stare at the instigator, but her eyes widened suddenly, her pretty face turned red immediately, as if bleeding was about to bleed.
"hey-hey……"

Mou Biao made a funny face at her, followed her example, fell into the arms of Mou Hu beside him, and said in a sharp voice,
"Oh, there are so many people, it's really crowded!"

Mou Xiujuan and her fiancé were hypocritical, and when her brother saw her, she immediately felt ashamed, annoyed, angry, and anxious. Her entire face and neck were blushing, and she seemed to be on fire. Her bright eyes stared fiercely at her little brother Brother, I wish I could just stare at him and disappear on the spot, or just turn into a wisp of green smoke and burrow into the cracks of the ground.
"what happened?"

Mr. Ke San felt that her body was stiff, and he wanted to turn his head to look at her.
"No... nothing..."

Mou Xiujuan grabbed his arm and only prayed secretly in her heart,
"That brat is the best at kicking his nose on his face. If he gets into trouble, I'll be the one to lose face..."

Seeing her embarrassed and ashamed, daring to speak out, Mou Biao laughed triumphantly. Before Mr. Ke San could see the clue, he disappeared into the crowd and disappeared again. See you again, Mou Xiujuan The brother disappeared, he breathed a sigh of relief, then gritted his teeth secretly, and said cruelly in his heart,
"Good old man, I will sue you severely in front of my mother when I go back!"

"Xiujuan, are you okay?"

Seeing the change of expression on her face, Mr. Ke San asked with concern,

"It's okay, you... are you okay?"

Mou Xiujuan raised a gentle smile.

Mou Biao ignored his second sister and future second brother-in-law, squeezed to the front, kowtowed to the sages indiscriminately, inserted the three sticks of incense in his hand into the huge incense burner, and led the boys out. At this time, there were so many people that it was difficult to find people, so we took people to Shuanma to wait for Wen and Ni.

The three stood on the outer edge of the empty field, looking around, Mou Hu's eyes were sharp, and he saw many people selling Lantern Festival with burdens,

"Master...there are people selling Lantern Festival..."

Mou Biao likes to eat sweets, and their two servants are also servants who follow their masters, and they both like to eat sweets. The half-grown boy has a bottomless stomach, and when he sees the Lantern Festival, he immediately feels very hungry.

The burden of selling Lantern Festival has bamboo baskets at both ends, a small stove with fine charcoal in it, a clay pot with a big bottom and a small mouth on the top, and many small bowls and spoons on the other side layer by layer. It is for the guests to dress up the Lantern Festival.

There are quite a few stalls like this in front of Wenchang Palace. Mou Hu glanced around and found that someone had occupied the space under the big banyan tree in advance, but occupied the original stone tables and chairs. is the best in business.

The best business must be the best taste, Mou Hu swallowed his breath and begged Mou Biao,
"Master, anyway, Mr. Wen and Mr. Ni won't be able to come out for a while, why don't we buy a bowl of Yuanxiao?"

Mou Biao was also squeezed to the point that his stomach was empty, so he ordered,
"Go and have a look first, is the Lantern Festival delicious..."

Mou Hu was so happy that he jumped up and ran over, passing through the crowd and disappearing. After a while, he ran back and shouted loudly,

"Master, the one who sells the Lantern Festival is a girl from the Jia family..."

Mou Biao frowned when he heard this,
"How did she come here?"

Yanghua Hutong is half a city away from Wenchang Palace, how could she walk so far with a burden?

Mou Biao led the two of them there, and sure enough, Jia Silian was very busy in the crowd. In this weather, there were two clusters of blush on her face, and a little sweat oozes from her forehead. Jia Silian was busy, Suddenly, someone was watching him, looked up, saw that it was Mou Biao, and immediately laughed,

"Mr. Mou... are you coming to Wenchang Palace to pay respects?"

Mou Biao nodded, watching her busy with his hands behind his back, Jia Silian stirred the clay pot with a wooden spoon, served the last bowl to a guest, and apologized to the diners queuing with copper plates road,

"Guest officer, the Lantern Festival I brought today is sold out, you should go to another place!"

After the diners shook their heads in disappointment and left, Jia Silian waved to Mou Biao,
"Sit here, Mr. Mou, what kind of Yuanxiao do you want to eat..."

Mou Biao asked her,

"Isn't it sold out?"

Jia Silian laughed and said,
"It's sold out for others, but it's enough for you..."

Mou Biao was very happy when he heard the words, he laughed, came to find a place to sit down, and asked her,
"What's the smell?"

Jia Silian struggled to move the bowl and spoon on the upper floor, looked down and smiled,
"There are four flavors, which one do you want to eat?"

The ones in the jar are pre-cooked and warmed by the stove. The taste will naturally become worse after being warmed for a long time.

Before Mou Biao could speak, Mou Hu stretched his neck to look inside, and shouted,

"Naturally, it's better to have a bowl of each flavor..."

Mou Biao glared at him,
"Have you finished eating?"

Responding to Jia Silian,

"Whichever flavor is the best, you can choose that one..."

Jia Silian laughed and said,
"Wait a minute, I'll take some water and boil it again..."

There is an ancient well under the big banyan tree, the well water can be used for drinking, and the people in the vicinity draw water here. Jia Silian first poured the soup in the earthen pot into the drainage ditch on the side, went to retake the water, and then added it to the stove. Take some fine charcoal and set it on fire with a small fan to cook it faster.

Mou Biao said to her,
"You don't have to worry, just cook it slowly, I have a friend who hasn't come out yet..."

Jia Silian nodded and asked him,
"Young Master Mou, did you go to pilgrimage?"

Mu Biao nodded,

"Do you have any scholars in your family, and do you go to offer incense?"

Jia Silian smiled,

"There is only one brother in my family. You met him earlier, so there is no material for studying!"

Mou Biao thought of that shitty kid, snorted, didn't speak, watched Jia Silian put the snow-white and round dumplings into the boiling water, and asked her,
"How many copper coins did you get selling Yuanxiao today?"

Jia Silian weighed the purse hanging around her waist, and replied,

"This is a trip after dinner, and there may be more than a hundred copper coins..."

She went out to buy it in the morning, and before she had time to eat dinner, she took on another load. She walked all the way from home to this place, and sold about forty bowls. how?

Mou Biao frowned upon hearing this,
"After walking half a city, you earned more than a hundred copper coins?"

It's not worth the price of a glass of wine!
Jia Silian laughed and said,
"You are a wealthy family, so you look down on our small business. More than a hundred copper coins is not bad, and you can't earn so much on weekdays!"

There are many people in the Shangyuan Festival, and business is easy to do, but it only happens once a year.

Mou Biao glanced at the sweat on her forehead, didn't say much, just took out a small golden melon seed and gave it to her, Jia Silian took it and was startled.
"You are too much!"

In the past, Mou Biao would give more noodles, but it is no different than tonight. This little golden melon seed is made according to the size of a real melon seed, and the texture is carved on it, making it slightly half-open. A corner of the melon seed core was exposed inside, such delicate and small golden melon seeds, Jia Silian had never seen in her previous life, knowing that these things were sold in the shop, how could they be worth a few taels of silver.

"You... I dare not accept..."

Seeing her resignation, Mou Biao was a little displeased.

"I don't have a copper coin on me. It's for the elders to enjoy during the festival, and you can play with it too...you can take it as you please!"

Then he told her,

"I closed the stall earlier, so I can take a rest when I go back!"

Jia Silian smiled wryly,
"If you don't sell out these Lantern Festivals, you will be scolded when you go back..."

Not only scolding, but Xiang Shi also beat her!
Mou Biao frowned into knots,

"Your family is so mean to you?"

Jia Silian lowered her head, and carefully skimmed off the floating bubbles on the water with a small spoon, but did not answer, Mou Biao glanced at the Lantern Festival in her burden,

"I bought all these Lantern Festival..."

Mou Hu was overjoyed when he heard it next to him.
"Master, you are so kind!"

He can cook three bowls of these Lantern Festivals by himself, and he can't eat the rest, so he can take them home and feed them to his parents!

Jia Silian's eyes widened,
"There are still twenty-six bowls here, can you eat...can you finish it?"

Mou Hu hurriedly replied,
"We can finish eating... we can finish eating, we like eating sweets the most!"

Mu Biao kicked him,
"You can eat twenty-six bowls at night, and you won't be afraid of accumulating food!"

Then he said to Jia Silian,
"My young master has money. You can eat whatever you want. You can't finish these Lantern Festivals. You distribute them to passers-by nearby..."

Let her sell out earlier, so she can go home earlier!

Jia Silian blinked, and immediately understood his kindness, her eye circles were a little damp, she sniffed and thanked,
"Young Master Mou, you are really a good person!"

Seeing that she seemed about to cry, Mou Biao disliked women crying the most, so he turned his face away and said in a rough voice,

"Anyway, we are also friends, helping you is just a matter of effort, you don't have to..."

Jia Silian nodded and hummed, pulled her sleeves and wiped the sweat from the corners of her eyes, smiled and handed over the bowl,

"The Lantern Festival is ready, try our home's. I'm not boasting. There is no better Lantern Festival near Wenchang Palace than ours!"

(End of this chapter)