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Chapter 114 The Lantern Festival

Since returning from Wenfu in the second day of junior high, Wen Jinghan found that Qin Yi always looked at him strangely, with inexplicable strangeness and hesitation.And since then, the other party always dodges after meeting his gaze.

Wen Jinghan noticed the weirdness, and also guessed that it might have something to do with Hui Wen's family, so she wanted to ask.However, whenever she wanted to ask, Qin Yi would always be able to detect it first, and change the topic or avoid it directly, so that she didn't find a chance to speak in a short time.

Of course, Miss Wen soon didn't have time to care about this little entanglement, because as soon as the second day of junior high school passed, the Qin residence suddenly became lively.

First, Zhou Qiyan came to the door again under the name of New Year's greetings, because he was one of the few relatives of the Qin family, and it was not easy to reject those who celebrated the New Year, so he entered the Qin family's gate.Then he also met Mrs. Qin as he wished, and he met alone without Wen Jinghan and Qin Yi present.Only this time Mrs. Qin was anxious and irritable, and she didn't dare to tell others about the matter. She didn't listen to Zhou Qiyan's sweet words. Neither.

After Zhou Qiyan left, the former stewards of the Qin family also came to pay New Year's greetings one after another.Although most of the shops under the Qin family's name are now rented out, this is the first year after all, and these stewards have prepared gifts in their hearts and come here in groups, and it will be fine to pay a New Year's greeting.

What concerned Wen Jinghan the most was that the nomination certificates of Zhao Guanshi and Hao Guanshi years ago finally played a role.She began to test and apply pressure several months ago, hoping that these people would sway and surrender, but in the end, the twelve stewards made an appointment to advance and retreat together, so that people became impetuous several times, and no one really took that step.Until Wen Fu's merciless attack really shocked people.

The surrender of Guanshi Zhao and Guanshi Hao became a breakthrough after all. In addition to the three shops that were suppressed and regained by Wenfu with thunderous means, half of the twelve stewards went away at once, and the original alliance naturally fell apart.After a few days of planning for the new year, after the year came, one after another, the stewards of three shops came to surrender by taking the opportunity of giving New Year's greetings.

In the final analysis, Wen Jinghan took pains to deal with these stewards for the money that originally belonged to the Qin family.Even the money that was embezzled is still a trivial matter, the business in the hands of these stewards is more important - the Qin family has let go of it for more than ten years, and now these shops, ranging from business transactions to shop assistants, are all in the hands of the stewards Well, even if the Qin family takes back the shop, the business will not be easy to continue.

Although these are the business of the Qin family, since Wen Jinghan took over this matter, he naturally doesn't want to leave a mess.However, with her ability and that gentle method, it would take at least a year and a half to settle the matter, but now with Wen Fu's help, such a straightforward and ruthless method will end the matter all at once. The time was squeezed to a minimum.

Wen Jinghan was busy with this for a few days, but after the year, Prime Minister Wen generously borrowed the accountant in the mansion, and with Wen Fu's assistance, this time Wen Jinghan was much more relaxed than before.

But it's easy to be easy, when things go smoothly one by one, time still slips away unconsciously, and it will be Lantern Festival in a blink of an eye.

The city of Los Angeles is prosperous in business and has always been considered prosperous, and the 15th Lantern Festival is a festival of lights.This night, the government will take the lead in organizing the lantern festival. People of all sizes in the city will also hang up lanterns and go out to join in the fun. It will not stop until the third watch.

Qin Yizi would not miss such excitement, so he made an early appointment with Wen Jinghan for a trip.

Ms. Wen doesn't like to join in the fun, and there is also a lantern festival during the Lantern Festival in Beijing, but the last time she went to the lantern festival was five years ago.And it wasn't that she wanted to go shopping that time, it was a few handkerchiefs she had made and made an appointment to go out together, she couldn't refuse it so she followed suit.In the next few years, these people got married one after another, and they would not be able to meet these former sisters when they went to the Lantern Festival.

But if you don't like to join in the fun, you don't like to join in the fun. Since Qin Yi mentioned that he wanted to go, Wen Jinghan would not refuse.On the evening of the Lantern Festival, the two of them had had their dinner early, and when it got dark, they went out together, Xin Lian Xin Yi followed them out, thinking that there might be a lot of people at the Lantern Festival tonight, Qin An also brought a few family members with him. It is a rare big battle to be guarded around.

It was not too early or too late for the group of people to go out, the sky was not yet completely dark, and the lights had not yet been lit, but the street lantern festival was almost ready.The lanterns arranged by the government have been hung all over the streets. Although the workmanship of these lanterns is not very exquisite, the colorful lanterns will still look very beautiful when they are lit after dark.

Qin Yi looked at the unlit lamp, and couldn't help frowning: "We seem to have come out too early, and the lamp hasn't been lit yet."

Wen Jinghan didn't care. Although the lights hadn't been lit yet, there were already a lot of pedestrians on the street, and there were even many small vendors on both sides of the street who took advantage of the opportunity to do business.Most of them are selling lanterns during the Lantern Festival, and some are selling snacks or glutinous rice balls. What's more, Wen Jinghan also saw people selling flowers. In addition to plum blossoms that usually bloom in winter, there are even rhododendrons and peonies.

The flowers that are obviously out of season are still blooming very beautifully, and they are obviously carefully cultivated by the gardener.Such flowers should be given to rich and noble families to enjoy, but today they are sold at the lantern festival, and can those delicate flowers be sold?

Wen Jinghan was obviously curious, so she stared at the flower stall a second time.

Qin Yi saw it, his eyes flickered slightly, and he leaned into her ear and laughed softly: "What kind of flower do you like, I will buy it for you."

Wen Jinghan shook her head, and said, "No, it's just that selling flowers at the Lantern Festival is a bit rare."

However, after a few casual words, the sky is still not completely dark, but the people who lit the lamps have already started to move.First, the lanterns hanging on both sides of the street were lit one by one, and then the lantern sellers also lit the candles on the stalls. After a while, the whole street that had just gone dark was illuminated brightly again.And the lantern festival is not like the usual night market, the night market only has one or two streets, but the whole city is bustling with the lantern festival.

As the lanterns were lit, more and more people went out to watch the lanterns, and in the moment Wen Jinghan looked up at the lanterns, there was a plum blossom in full bloom in front of him when he lowered his head again.

Wen Jinghan was slightly startled, raised her eyes and met Qin Yi's bright smiling face, she felt the plum blossom and said with a smile: "You don't say what you like, so I'll give you a plum blossom. I think plum blossom It suits you best."

It's not that no one has sent her flowers before, but this is the first time Wen Jinghan has accepted them.After just a pause, she raised her hand to take the plum blossom in Qin Yi's hand, and smiled back, "Thank you."

Qin Yi didn't say anything more, but he didn't pull Wen Jinghan away, and stopped at the same spot intentionally or unintentionally.

Wen Jinghan's heart skipped a beat, and as soon as she glanced at the flower stall, the peddler who set up the stall smiled and waved at her: "Master, come and buy a flower to give back to Madam."

After hearing the words of soliciting business, Wen Jinghan really walked over.It is said to be a small stall, but in fact all the flowers are packed in a big basket. At a glance, there are probably dozens of flowers, but because of the seasons, there are not many varieties.

Wen Jinghan picked up a peony and looked at it. The flowers were in full bloom, but they were beautiful. She lowered her head and asked the vendor, "Today's Lantern Festival, everyone else is selling lanterns, why are you selling flowers?"

The peddler looked at her in surprise, maybe he lived outside the city and didn't know the face of this famous dude in Los Angeles, so he asked back: "Young Master, isn't he from Los Angeles? You don't know the meaning of giving flowers at this lantern festival?!"

Giving flowers at the Lantern Festival is actually nothing new.It's just that sachets, handkerchiefs and jade pendants are personal items, so it's a bit bold to give them directly to the opposite sex, and it will be even more embarrassing if they are rejected, so there is a custom of giving flowers in Los Angeles.This is more reserved, and if you don't like it, it doesn't matter if you throw the flower afterwards, let alone being picked up by others.

Of course, for a young couple like Wen Jinghan and Qin Yi who went out to visit the Lantern Festival, gifting flowers has a different meaning.In addition to expressing their hearts to each other, when others see that they are holding flowers in their hands, they will also block some mad bees and butterflies.

Wen Jinghan didn't say anything after listening to the explanation, and bought the peony from the vendor with money, and then gave it to Qin Yi when she turned around: "I don't know what flowers you like. Seeing that the peony blooms beautifully, I will give it to you." Give it back to you."

The young master took it with a smile, and after that he really didn't stay here for a long time, he pulled Wen Jinghan and walked forward.

In the end, after walking a few steps, the two ran into acquaintances, it was those cronies that Qin Yi had made before.And it just so happened that Wen Jinghan knew all of them. They were the people Wen Jinghan had met a few times to adapt to their identities after the initial body swap.

Before the two sides met, Qin Yi turned dark when he glanced over—these brothers all held flowers in their hands, and not just one or two. When they saw a girl passing by, they would throw one in each other's arms, and were angered by others. He didn't get annoyed at throwing flowers, and continued to throw them at the next girl with a smile.After throwing away the ones in their hands, the servants behind them still held a lot in their arms, enough for these young masters to throw away for half the night!

Wen Jinghan had a panoramic view of this scene, she was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled strangely: "So this is how the flowers were sent?"

Sending flowers like this is no different from molesting, Qin Yi's complexion suddenly darkened, and he scolded those people bloody in his heart, but he didn't dare to let Wen Jinghan misunderstand.She turned her head and quickly explained to Wen Jinghan, put on a serious face and said: "No, no, they are them, I am me, I have never given flowers to people like this before!"

As a matter of fact, the young master was once notoriously unrepentant among that group of cronies. Except for Yunyan from Chunxianglou, I have never seen her get too close to any woman.However, Qin Yi has actually done such things as molesting people, but she didn't dare to tell Miss Wen.

Wen Jinghan smiled, and didn't know whether to believe it or not, but the young master felt his scalp was a little numb, and the originally good atmosphere tonight was completely disturbed by this.She gritted her teeth secretly, thinking that she must find an opportunity to take revenge in the future, but now she can only pull Wen Jinghan to the other side: "Let's ignore these people, so as not to spoil the scenery."

Miss Wen was noncommittal, but followed the young master obediently, and had no intention of dealing with these young masters.

As the time got later, the lantern festival seemed to be more lively. Jugglers, stilt walkers, and dragon lantern dancers shuttled back and forth on the busiest streets in Los Angeles, attracting tourists to stop and bustle.

Qin Yi watched these books every year, but she was always amazed. She dragged Wen Jinghan up the busiest streets.Qin An and the rest of the servants had already rushed to the front to open the way, otherwise there would be so many people coming and going, I don't know where they would be crowded.

Wen Jinghan saw that everyone was working hard to open the way, so she couldn't help asking Qin Yi, "Where are we going?"

Qin Yi raised his hand and pointed not far ahead, and said, "Go there, let's guess the lantern riddles."

Wen Jinghan followed what Qin Yi pointed out, and sure enough, he saw bright lanterns in front of him, surrounded by many teenagers dressed as scholars.Some of the teenagers got together in twos and threes, and some of them brought their female companions. Most of them were thinking hard about the lantern riddles. It seemed that the riddles were probably not easy.

The next moment Qin Yi really said: "This stall for guessing lantern riddles has been set up for many years. There are lanterns at every lantern festival. If you win, you can take away the lantern with the lantern riddles on it. I took a fancy to one last year, but it didn't work." After guessing it, the stall owner still refused to sell it to me."

Wen Jinghan suddenly understood that the young master was looking for a helper and was planning to find a place - even if Qin Yi didn't say much, she could have imagined it. With the young master's lawless temper back then, he still couldn't get a lantern if he wanted it. , What an exasperation it must be.

The surrounding area was too noisy, and others didn't hear these words. Qin An and several family members sweated out in the cold weather.But fortunately, it was only a short distance away, away from the flow of people walking around right now, and they also loosened up in front of the lantern riddle stand.

When a group of people walked to the stall, Wen Jinghan looked up and saw that the lanterns on his head were distributed inwards in circles.Perhaps it was still early, but the lanterns on the outer two floors had been removed a few times, but the inner ones had not been touched.Moreover, the lanterns are obviously not hung randomly. Although most of them are finely crafted, the inner lanterns are more delicate and beautiful than the outer ones.

Wen Jinghan took a second look and guessed that this lantern probably needs to be guessed layer by layer, and it should be more difficult as you go inside.But she didn't care too much, so she turned her head and asked Qin Yi, "Which lantern do you like here?"

The implication is that no matter which one Qin Yi likes, she will win it back.Wen Jinghan said this with confidence, and Qin Yi was also convinced when he heard it, but it was a bit arrogant in the ears of others.

It happened that a scholar in Tsing Yi next to him was thinking hard about a lantern riddle on the second floor, but unfortunately he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he couldn't help turning his head when he heard this.Originally, he might have looked back just because of the big talk, but who knew that when he saw Wen Jinghan, he immediately recognized that face, and couldn't help chuckling: "Young master Qin is full of confidence this year."

The lantern riddles at this stall cost ten Wen once to guess. If you guess correctly, you can take the lamp away. Of course, if you fail to guess the ten Wen, the money will not be refunded.In fact, Qin Yi is not the only one who came to guess lantern riddles last year. She comes every year, and every time she can guess all the broken silver on her body, and then go back empty-handed. Many people have heard of it, and it is inevitable that this scholar Laughing.

Qin Yi rolled his eyes when he heard the words, and thought: This year's "Mr. Qin" is of course full of confidence!

After slandering, Qin Yi ignored the scholar, pointed to a three-story lantern and said to Wen Jinghan, "That one is pretty good."

The scholar didn't believe that this well-known dude in Los Angeles could guess to the third floor, but he didn't talk too much, he didn't even care about his own lantern riddles, and just stood aside to watch the excitement.

There were quite a few people who recognized "Qin Yi" around, and not only scholars were watching the fun, but there were also people who joined in the fun besides watching the fun.

I saw a few servants coming to clear the way, followed by a young man dressed in fine clothes, it was Wu Tao who was put in a sack by Wen Jinghan and recuperated for a long time.The wound on his face has healed, and he has returned to his former handsomeness. In this winter, he is still waving his folding fan pretending to be chic: "What a coincidence, I also like that lantern, why don't you all guess together?"

Since the last time the quilt was covered with a sack, Wu Tao is now a lot more cautious, and there are many more servants around him than last time.However, this person didn't seem to have a long memory when he was covered in a sack. When he saw Wen Jinghan and Qin Yi, his first reaction was to be provocative.

After saying the above, he added with a smile: "I heard that the stall owner of this lantern riddle stand is also very stubborn, and the hanging lanterns cannot be bought even if you spend a lot of money."

Qin Yi scolded him with money every time, and Wu Tao was obviously bored enough, and this time he looked like he was about to feel proud.

Wen Jinghan didn't care much about his provocation, but because of what happened last time, she was a little more wary of the man in front of her.Apart from other things, if this person finds out that it was his group who put his sack in the first place, it will be a lot of fun to be retaliated with an eye for an eye.

In a few words, Wu Tao unilaterally made a bet, Wen Jinghan was noncommittal, but the people watching the excitement around him became even more energetic.The owner of the lantern riddle booth soon came, his eyes swept over the two of them, and he didn't say anything when he saw the regular customer "Qin Yi", he just raised his hand to the lantern riddle above his head and said: "Two people Please."

Qin An stepped forward to pay ten Wen, and Wu Tao's servant also stepped forward to pay, and then the two of them each took back a lantern riddle.Because neither of the two parties was for the lanterns on the first floor, the lantern riddles were taken randomly. If you can't guess this one, it doesn't matter to spend ten renminbi to get the next one.

Wen Jinghan took a look at the puzzle handed by Qin An, and saw a line of small characters on it, which read: Half cover the village bridge and half brush the stream.After pondering for a moment, Wen Jinghan said, "It's the word Lin."

This question is not difficult, but guessing too quickly, not only the opposite Wu Tao was surprised, but also the crowd and the stall owner who were watching beside him were stunned for a moment.Then the stall owner came forward to look at the puzzle, nodded and said, "Young Master Qin guessed right, this lantern is yours."

Qin Yi had guessed countless times before, but this was the first time he got a lantern, and everyone around him couldn't help being surprised.The face of Wu Tao on the opposite side was even more ugly. He was born in an official, so he had read more books than Qin Yi, and he was better at guessing lantern riddles than Qin Yi. ? !

Thinking of it like this, Wu Tao became even angrier. He looked down at the puzzle and thought about it for a while, and he guessed it: "A piece of residual flower has a lingering fragrance, which is the word Zhi."

The stall owner also nodded after hearing this, and said, "That's right, Mr. Wu also guessed right."

These two dandies from Los Angeles surprised the onlookers tonight. They not only quickly guessed the lantern riddles on the first floor, but also quickly guessed the lantern riddles on the second floor.It's just that Wen Jinghan only guessed one, but Wu Tao asked the boy to change the question, but he didn't guess too slowly.When they got to the third floor, both of them paid ten cents to guess the lantern riddle that Qin Yi had pointed at before.

The lantern riddles on this stall became more and more difficult as you went further in. Although people could finish guessing every time they went back to the end, I didn't know how many people would be stumped during the period.The lantern riddle that Qin Yi pointed at was not simple. After taking the riddle, Wu Tao fell into deep thought. The people around him who knew the problem were also the same, and the excitement seemed to have quieted down.

Wen Jinghan also stared and thought for a while, and then when she raised her eyes, she met Qin Yi with worried eyes.So he blinked at her, and then spoke the answer loudly to the stall owner.

Qin Yi got the lantern as he wished, but Wu Tao was so angry that he smashed the two lanterns he had won before, and then turned around and left in a huff.

Wen Jinghan stared at his back for a while, but Qin Yi didn't care at all. She held the lantern with a proud expression on her face. If she didn't wear Miss Wen's shell, she might have to shout at the stall owner up.Fortunately, she still remembered her current identity, so she just dragged Wen Jinghan away happily, chattering all the way with high interest.