On February 2nd, the dragon raised its head, which was a big solar term for farming, mulberry and spring plowing, also called flower festival.

    The weather was warm, the fruit trees and flowers in the countryside were in full bloom, and the spring was full of vitality. The people in the city liked to travel together for a spring outing. Although people in the village were not as leisurely and happy as those in the city, they would pick flowers to make some wreaths and decorations to sell in the city during this festival, or set up a small stall in an area full of people to earn a little money.

    On this day, young people would also date their favorite people.

    When Xu He woke up early in the morning, he saw that his sister had also woken up early for the first time, and she was dressing up in front of the mirror in the room, finding out several sets of clothes for comparison.

    Even if Fei Lian returned to the academy, the two of them wouldn’t be able to meet each other today, but her second sister would dress up carefully during the Flower Festival every year, and she would receive many things on this day every year. Thinking about it, this year's Flower Festival would be the last time his second sister would receive gifts. After all, they wouldn’t be able to ask for gifts after they got married, so they had to take care of it.

    Xu He sat under the stove and boiled hot water. He rubbed his face. Last night he also washed himself well. In the morning, he took the opportunity to take a look in the mirror when he went to her second sister's room to get things. No matter how he washed it, his face was still dark, and he was a little discouraged.

    " He ge’er, you have to remember to feed the chickens and ducks today. I'm going out for a while. I may be late." Liu Xianglan came over and said that his father hadn't come back for several days after he went to work in other villages. Now maybe his mother was going to the aunt's house in the city.

    He didn't bother to ask, nodded, and was about to open the door and go out to release the ducks into the field.


    "You should tidy up a bit and go out during the Flower Festival. Today, all young people in the village go out." Other family warned their children not to go out all the time during the Flower Festival, lest they followed the opposite sex to do something out of the ordinary.

    Liu Xianglan, on the other hand, wished that Xu He would go out and find a man who could marry him. It was too troublesome if there was no matchmaker to come to her door to talk about marriage, and then you had to go to the matchmaker with your own things.


    Xu He didn't speak , Xu Shaochun shouted in the room: "Mother, come and see if my clothes look good."

"I’m coming!"

When Xu He went out, the village looked like New Year's Eve. Everyone was beaming, and they were all brightly dressed, and many of them even had flowers and hairpins on their head.
 

There were people everywhere in the field, whether it was planting melons or beans, everyone had packed up and came out to cultivate. It was much more meticulous than the usual disheveled appearance. The work was just to cover up, and it was true to go out to see each other.


    He looked around, but he didn't see the figure of the man, and he didn't know if he was in the village.


    "Let's go quickly, I haven't left the village for some days, and all the good positions on the official road would be snatched up later."

    Xu Shaochun held a basket filled with flowers and urged Xu He, who was carrying a basket on his back. The siblings seldom went out together. People in the village saw Xu Shaochun in a light yellow dress from a long distance, and Xu He, beside her who was in plain linen, she looked even more glamorous and charming.

    Along the way, people came to ask: "Shaochun, are you two brother and sister going to sell wreaths on the official road?"

    "Yes, I made some wreaths, so as to subsidize family’s expenses."

    "You are really sensible and virtuous... "

    Xu He walked forward quickly with his head down.  Her second sister said that she wanted to go to the official road quickly, but it turned out that she had a good chat with the men in the village all the way, and it took a quarter of an hour to get to the official road. which was a stick of incense


    The two of them also came to sell flower wreaths in the previous years. Xu He was skillful, and the wreaths he weaved were beautiful and tight. The ladies and gentlemen in the city all liked them, and some even got off the carriage to choose them in person.

      There were many more people on the official road today than usual when going to the market. You could see many luxurious carriages and horses in the city, and the nobles and ladies in the city were overwhelming.

    Xu He put down his back basket and started selling. Xu Shaochun felt that such yelling was a bit indecent, so he usually stood beside him, waiting for Xu He to yell and someone came to greet him. In the past, she was also able to be admired by noble young masters who came to pick flowers wreaths, but it was a pity that people in the city only valued good conditions and paid attention to a well-matched family, much more than their rural counterparts.

    Even if some people thought about asking her name, but they were also young masters who were already married, so getting involved with her could only be a disaster, and they couldn’t be good husbands, so it would be better to find a good family in the village.


    It was her aunt Liu Xiangmei, who lived in the city and knew some big families in the city, but she never told her about the people in the city. There were also many people here, and there was no reason to look for people in the countryside.

    She couldn't read and hadn't learned how to be a housekeeper. With her beauty, she could be a concubine for a rich family in the city, but if she wanted to be a regular wife, she didn't think they would look at her seriously.

    Over time, she stopped thinking about those things.

    Xu Shaochun was a little hot all the way out, she gently fanned with her hands, and looked at Xu He who had nothing to say at home, came out to sell and yelled vigorously, she was a little puzzled.

    The dusty farmer little ge’er looked more and more ordinary under the background of the precious horses and magnificent carriage, but on his hair... "He Ge’er, when did you buy such a hair tie? Why haven't I seen it before?”


    Xu He was much taller than Xu Shaochun, and she hadn't looked at Xu He much in normal times, but now he was immersed in arranging the wreaths, and she accidentally saw a silk hair tie on his head, and she couldn't help but ask a question.

    "It's the first time I wear it."

    Xu He replied, not wanting to introduce the origin of his hair tie to Xu Shaochun.

    Xu Shaochun felt a little uncomfortable. She had seen many good things, so she naturally knew the price of a silk hair tie. Previously, she saw a white silk hair tie in a shop in the city cost more than 80 copper coins, and she was not willing to buy it. Well, the one on He Ge'er's head still had a pattern, even if it was tied up, it could be seen to be delicate, it must not be lower than a hundred copper coins.

    She didn't think that Xu He would have so much money on him, and even if he had so much, she wouldn't be willing to buy a hair tie with it.

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