Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 304 Lantern Festival

"That's the home of the village chief of Daping Village. His surname is Zhang. But this bamboo dragonfly was made by a grandmother named Sun in their village. That grandmother is only free during the Chinese New Year. If you want it, you can buy it from them during this period."

"Grandma surnamed Sun," Aunt Lian murmured again, with a hint of reminiscence in her cloudy eyes.

"Yes, Grandma Sun." Song Ying felt that her expression was a little strange. "Why, do you know her?"

"I don't know her." Aunt Lian denied it. Her expression became distant again. She returned the bamboo dragonfly to her, said "Thank you so much for today", and turned and left.

In the following days, there was nothing to do in the clinic and it was very peaceful. Time seemed to pass faster and soon it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival.

At the beginning of the afternoon, Luo Yanxing and his group arrived at the clinic. As Song Ying had expected, Song Tian, Luo Erzhu and Tian Hu also came. In addition, there was another person she had not expected - Yuan Shan.

Seeing Song Ying looking at her, Yuan Shan felt a little embarrassed and explained, "I am different from Song Tian and the others. I didn't want to stay out all night. It's just that we happened to meet."

Song Ying smiled at her, "I don't think so. Besides, it's not a big deal if you want to stay overnight. Everyone wants to wait until night to visit the official lantern festival. Since we are all familiar with each other, it's okay for you to stay overnight with us."

Yuan Shan blushed slightly. She naturally wanted to wait until the night to visit the official lantern festival, but she was not so shameless as Song Ying did not invite her last time.

She pursed her lips and took the initiative to explain: "I was originally going to be with the girls in our village. They wanted my brother to help them guess lantern riddles and win lanterns, but my brother went to the academy to study a few days ago. I don't know if the academy will let them come out to play today."

At this point, Yuan Shan felt a little aggrieved: "But they didn't listen, saying that my brothers and sisters were not willing to help people from our own village, so they left without taking me to play. I didn't want to go with them, so I planned to come to the city by myself.

When I passed by your village, I met Sister Yanxing and the others, and I came here with them."

Luo Yanxing nodded in agreement, and was very angry: "On the way here, we met a few girls from their village. You don't know how harsh they are in their words."

Thinking of Yuan Qing's help, Luo Yanxing naturally had some good feelings towards Yuan Shan. He heard that the girls in their village didn't take her with them, so it was naturally impossible for him to let her come to the city alone.

"It's okay, it's more lively with more people." Song Ying said with a smile.

Yuan Shan was relieved and said, "I'll play for a while and then go back."

"I've already said that having you here won't make a difference. It's not safe for a girl like you to go back so late at night. You should wait until tomorrow to go back with Yan Xing and the others."

Although Yuan Shan felt embarrassed, she was still a little scared to go back alone so late at night. Since Song Ying had spoken, she thanked him for his kindness and did not refuse.

After finishing her story, Luo Yanxing turned to face Song Tian and the other two, and said in a bad tone, "Go and have fun by yourselves. Come directly to the clinic when you want to sleep."

Knowing that Luo Yanxing would give them money to eat, drink and have fun, how could the three of them leave at this time? Song Tian ignored her cold face and said with a smile: "We want to join you."

Luo Yanxing rolled his eyes: "Aren't you guys unwilling to play with us girls?"

Song Yuan was jumping up and down beside them, adding insult to injury: "That's right, you guys go and have fun by yourselves."

When he wanted to be with them before, they were disgusted and said that he would be a burden and they refused to play with him. Humph, now he doesn't want to be with them either.

Song Tian remained calm: "We were blinded by greed before, so we said such nonsense! We are all from the same village, we should take care of each other. There are a lot of people at the Lantern Festival, if we run into a beggar again, he won't dare to attack us when he sees so many of us together."

Song Ying couldn't help but rolled her eyes. She was really shameless. She said, "Yan Xing, forget it. Just let them do what they want. If you like something later, you can buy it yourself."

The three of them were anxious, "Didn't Sister Yanxing say that she would treat us?"

"Yes, last time my cousin said she would pay for everyone to have a good time. Cousin, you can't go back on your word!"

"Yes, Sister Yanxing, you got 50 taels of silver for free last time. You can't be stingy with such a large amount of money."

Luo Yanxing glared at them unhappily, "I said I would treat you, but I didn't say I would be responsible for your food, drink and entertainment."

Luo Erzhu wanted to fight for it, but Song Tian stopped him and said, "We can buy it ourselves, as long as we can watch the official lantern festival in the evening."

He spoke very reasonably, but kept winking at Luo Erzhu and Tian Hu. It was obvious that he was just making a temporary compromise.

Luo Yanxing was so angry that he wanted to scold them, but Song Ying stopped him, "Yanxing, come with me to check out the prepared things and see if there's anything missing."

Luo Yanxing came to the city yesterday, and together with Song Ying, they bought some snacks to eat while chatting around the fire in the evening.

After entering the room, Song Yingcai asked, "Did you bring your hairband?"

Speaking of this, Luo Yanxing sighed: "I brought it, but given the situation today, I'm afraid I can't sell it."

Today is the Lantern Festival. Although there are few girls from remote mountain villages coming here, girls from ordinary families in the city will definitely come out for a stroll and dress themselves up beautifully. It is a good time to sell hairbands.

Unfortunately, Song Tian and the other two insisted on following them, and then they met Yuan Shan. It was difficult to hide the truth with so many outsiders around.

Song Ying said, "It's okay. I expected Song Tian and the others to follow us, and I have already informed Sister Zheng. We will find an excuse to avoid them and give the hairband to Sister Zheng first.

Before dark, we waited in front of her stall under the pretext of asking her to do our hair, helping to attract customers. When more customers came, we could leave. She would send the money from selling hair bands to the clinic the next time she came to the city.

Luo Yanxing thought about it and felt that this method was feasible. After the last experience, they had some understanding of Zheng Niangzi and could trust her character.

The most important thing is, there is no way if you don’t believe it. This is the best time to sell hair bands in the first half of the year. If you miss it, just wait until Chinese Valentine’s Day.

However, the scraps of cloth for making the hairbands were given to them by Yunxiu Tower, so they didn't spend any money anyway. Even if Madam Zheng cheated them in the end and didn't give them any money, they wouldn't lose anything.

After the discussion, the two took some melon seeds, peanuts and candies out.

"The lanterns outside haven't been fully hung yet, so there's nothing to see. You guys can sit down and warm yourself by the fire first." Song Ying handed over a fruit plate with melon seeds and peanuts. "Come on, come on, crack some melon seeds and chat first. There are also candied fruits here. Take whatever you want."