The man who has traveled through time and space for a long time is so scary

Chapter 241: Spending the Lantern Festival with Pride

There are many activities during the Lantern Festival. During the day, the word recognition competition is in full swing, and someone in every household wins a prize and takes it home. There are even more entertainment activities at night, including the traditional activities that people have been looking forward to for a long time, such as lion dancing, dragon lanterns, guessing riddles, lantern decorations, and delicious food.

During the Lantern Festival, Jincheng is a city that never sleeps. Men, women, young and old go out together. Those who cannot go out will hang a few lanterns at their doorsteps to celebrate the occasion. People living on the street can also do some small business, selling lanterns, special snacks, etc. The most important thing is to wait for the lion dance team and the dragon lantern team to pass by their street and enjoy the excitement together.

The Shen Mansion had a strong festive atmosphere. The Shen Mansion organized a lion dance team and a dragon dance team. All of them were strong and powerful guards. The lion and dragon dances must be majestic. Yiyi, Bailu, and Yanan had seen them practice their performances in the courtyard, so they knew something about their street performances.

"Husband, the Shen Mansion has a dragon and lion dance team, what about the Wang Mansion?" Yiyi heard them discussing at the dinner table that all the wealthy families organized dragon and lion dances to perform on the streets. This was also a must-have program for the Lantern Festival every year. It was the face of the wealthy families. If they didn't take them out for a stroll every year, others would suspect that the family had fallen into poverty.

"Yes, they are also guards!" Ling Wuxin didn't care. Even if he was not at home, the palace steward could arrange these face-saving matters.

"Will there be a competition to determine the winner?" Bai Lu asked curiously.

"We don't compete to see who wins or loses. If we meet in the streets, we will fight for fun!" Night Owl introduced.

"Wow! Dragon and lion dance battles! That must be very intense!" Bai Lu's mind has already emerged the scene in the movie Wong Fei Hung where the dragon and lion dance teams of the major families fight each other with punches and kicks, and teammates help each other to build a human ladder to compete for the first place in the embroidery.

"Would you like to see it, madam? You can go up to the gate tower and watch at night!" Ye Xiao suggested with a doting smile.

"You can watch the excitement for a while, as long as it's not too late!" Bai Lu was excited when she heard that. Nowadays, there is nothing else to do except watching the excitement!

"Looking at the weather, we have to wait a while before the Dragon and Lion Team sets out. After dinner, let's go to the gatehouse together!" Ye Xiao greeted everyone and personally called the butler to instruct them to prepare.

After the three families had dinner and tasted the ginger sugar Yuanxiao, they brought small stools, a small tea table, a snack box, and a deck of mahjong cards to the door of the Shen Mansion, ready to watch the fun!

The gatehouse of a wealthy family is more than just a decoration. It is more than just a facade, it also serves the purpose of observation and defense. The gatehouse has several pillars and rooms and the space inside can hide people. The structure of the Shen Mansion's gatehouse is that there are wooden ladders on both sides of the gate that can be directly climbed up to the platforms on both sides from the inside.

"Brother, everything is ready, you can come up!" The fourth child was the first to go up to the gatehouse, lay the carpet, place the chairs, and arrange it comfortably before shouting to the eldest brother downstairs.

"Okay! Let's go up too!" Ling Wuxin helped Yiyi go up first. The gate tower was hung with lanterns, and there was plenty of light. Plus, once they got higher up, their view immediately became wider.

"Wow, the dragon and lion dance teams from the families over there have already gathered at the door!" Yiyi stood firm and looked out from the railing. The wide field of vision allowed her to see that the neighbors were already gathering. The rich families had large houses and the neighbors were far apart, so they could not be seen from outside.

"Well, it's about to start. We're all waiting for it to get completely dark. It'll be more interesting when the lights come on!" Ling Wuxin stood behind her to protect her, and pulled a stool over for her to sit down and watch.

"Big sister, second sister, come here, you can see clearly from here!" Yiyi saw her sisters coming up and hurriedly called them to come and sit together.

"Come on, come on. It hasn't started yet. Do you want to play a hand of cards first?" Yanan and Bai Lu came over together and asked.

"No, are you here to play cards or to watch the fun?" Yiyi squeezed.

"It's lively. We've been watching for the whole afternoon. What else is there to see?" Bai Lu picked up the cards on the table and started dealing them.

"Dong Dong Qiang Dong Dong Qiang..." The dragon and lion dance team of the Shen Mansion also began to gather at the gate. The sound of gongs and drums was worth a fortune! No matter whether it was dark or not, they would show off in front of their own door. They were all young people who knew martial arts, and every move they made was powerful and beautiful.

We couldn't play cards for the time being, so we just watched! The three sisters were really enthusiastic about eating melons, they grabbed a handful of melon seeds and started cracking them, and occasionally commented on them.

Bai Lu envied, "Oh my god, this move is so cool!"

Yiyi also held her heavy stomach and said sourly, "How can anyone avoid gravity? This is unscientific!"

Yanan kept laughing, "Haha... I can't do it myself, I hope the next generation can help you realize it!"

"..." It's not impossible, it's just that this matter depends on the kid and his father. It has little to do with me, and the main thing is that I can't teach him.

"Oh, so they're fighting like this?" Neighbors in the distance heard the sound of gongs and drums, and they were not willing to be left behind, so they all started beating drums! For a moment, the gongs and drums were loud and cheers rose, and this rich area became lively!

The lion dance team warmed up at the door of their house for about 25 minutes until it was completely dark, and then they started to light the dragon lanterns. Twenty people formed a long dragon lantern team. As the drums started, the dragon lantern stick at the front guided the dragon head to dance, and the dragon bodies behind followed closely, imitating the posture of a swimming dragon playing with a pearl, which instantly attracted cheers and applause, and also ignited the second wave of excitement in the rich area.

Then the lion dance led the way, followed by the dragon dance, which began to walk on the street. Yiyi and the others stood high and could see far away, and could see teams coming out from every household one after another. When they met at the intersection, they danced and saluted each other, performing all kinds of cool and cute actions to the fullest. Do they have to show their special skills on the street? Now they are just having a small fight. After the dragon and lion dance teams joined together, they marched to the street with great vigor and spirit, which was the big stage for them to show off. There were quite a few people running along the road, most of them were young and frivolous people who loved excitement. Jincheng would be a lively night.

"Huh, I've finally finished watching it!" Bai Lu sat down. She had watched the fun and eaten some melon seeds. Now she could finally play cards in peace.

"There's more! Madam, turn around and look at the garden!" Ye Xiao said with a chuckle, pointing at the garden of the Shen Mansion.

"..."Several people turned their heads at the same time and looked down from above. They were shocked beyond words. I don't know when the lights in the garden were turned on. All kinds of lanterns in the garden were flashing their light, attracting everyone's attention.

"Madam, do you want to enjoy the lanterns?" Nanchen said to Yanan.

"There are rewards for guessing riddles!" Ling Wuxin also tempted Yiyi.

"Is there a reward? Can I ask for help if I don't know how to do it?" Bai Lu reacted. She was very pragmatic. Of course she would take the reward if there was one, even if she could play cards later.

"Haha, sure, you have one chance to ask for help for each puzzle!" Night Owl replied. There needs to be a limit to pampering your wife, so that it will be more fun, otherwise it's just like giving it away for free.

"Okay, sisters, let's go guess riddles and earn some money so we can get rich!" Bai Lu got the answer she wanted and immediately called Yanan and Yiyi to play together.

"You've made a fortune, but we don't know what the prize is yet, so take it easy..." Before Yanan finished speaking, Nanchen had already picked her up and landed on the ground with a handsome spin from the gate tower. Nanchen had stolen the boss's trick and did it without saying anything, which really brought him a highlight moment. The eyes of the people present were all on them: Yanan chased him and beat him as soon as she landed, and kept scolding him, but she couldn't say a word, which scared people... He ran and she chased, and he couldn't escape even if he had wings!

Ling Wuxin stood on the gate tower with his brothers and watched a good show together. Then he curled his lips and smiled, and whispered to Yiyi, "Do you want to carry me down or walk down?"

"Let's go down. I'm quite clumsy now. I'm not afraid of being scared, but I don't know if the kids will be scared?" Yiyi chose to walk up the stairs with the help of her husband.

Bai Lu also chose to walk up the stairs. She didn’t want to be a conspicuous bag, but it was enough for her elder sister to be a conspicuous bag.

"Qilin scissors, eight forks? Isn't this an easy question to guess a creature? Crab!" Bai Lu tore off a piece of puzzle paper and stuffed it into Ye Xiao's hand.

"Long ears and short tail, only eats vegetables, not rice. Oh, who came up with this question? It must be kindergarten level! Rabbit!" Yiyi also found that the riddle was so simple that she didn't even need to guess it.

"..." All the men who had made the questions lowered their heads, not wanting to admit that they had made the riddle. If this riddle was posted on the street, many people would not be able to guess it correctly. Well, it could also be that they could not read.

"It has a round white body and looks like a small ball. Put it in a pot and cook it, and the whole family can eat it for the Lantern Festival! Of course, it's the Lantern Festival!" Yanan tore off the paper on the carp lantern and solved the puzzle at a glance.

"I can't lift it with my bare hands, and I can't chop it with a knife. I have to do all the laundry and cooking! Shuishuishui, this question is pretty good!"

"From a distance, it looks white. From a close distance, it looks like glass. The colder it gets, the stronger it becomes. When it comes into contact with hot water, it turns bright. Ice is finally at the level of a first-grade student."

"It's like sugar, but it's not sweet. It's like salt, but it's not salty. It's all over in winter, but not visible in summer. It's snow!"

"Thousands of lines, tens of thousands of lines, they are invisible when they fall into the water! Tsk tsk, this is the level, first grade, no matter how many more, I can't do it!"

"Rowing against the current, guess an idiom, oh, at least this is the level of the upper grades of elementary school..."

"The southerners will never come back. Guess a place name from Shu. This is a bit interesting..."

The three women strolled around, guessed riddles, and complained happily, without even a chance to ask for help. In the end, looking at the thick stack of notes in their hands and the lanterns all over the garden, they felt tired, mainly because there was no challenge. None of them thought that this was their husbands' act of giving money, and there was no threshold at all!

"Husband, now that we have guessed it, let's claim the prize!" The three women stopped guessing and went back to the house together, put the notes on the table, and then looked at their husbands one after another.

"Okay!" Ling Wuxin, Nanchen and Ye Xiao took the notes from their wives and began to open the rewards hidden behind the notes.

"A gold leaf"

"One Gold Bucket"

"One hundred taels of silver"

"One gold ingot"

……

Huh? It's all money! Most of it is glittering gold. What kind of drama is this about a millionaire falling from the sky? The reward is too generous, beyond the women's expectations. The three sisters' scalps are numb when they hear the men counting the votes. It's either gold or silver, nothing else. It's definitely free money!

"Could the whole garden be filled with rewards like this?!" Bai Lu thought it would be a good idea to ask clearly. She thought to herself that she still had the energy to walk and finish guessing.

"Yeah, almost!" Night Owl was amused by her reaction.

"How much is it? We just guessed a small part!" Yiyi was also stunned when she heard it. She didn't expect the Shen family to be so generous.

"Is this designed for the whole mansion or just for the three of us?" Yanan thought there was something fishy about this matter and had to ask clearly!

"Hahaha...as long as you have fun, ladies!" Shen Wen was in a good mood when he saw the reactions of the three sisters.

"You really designed it?" Yiyi understood it instantly!

"Oh, I see. Xiaoliu and Xiaojiu, go help us solve the puzzle. I want to sit down and guess!" Bai Lu ordered his two cheap husbands to go work and earn money in a particularly domineering manner.

"Hahaha~ Then let's go too!" Xiaoqi and Xiaoba also joined in with laughter.

"Haha, come on, let's see who can grab more. It's such an easy way to make money, it would be a shame not to take it!" Yiyi and Yanan also joined in the fun.

In the Shen Mansion, the most lavish way was used to give benefits to the wives of the family. Each of the three sisters received half a bag of gold and silver. One shouted that she had made a fortune, one joked that she had enough money to play mahjong for a year, and one said that she had promised to make a fortune. A happy Lantern Festival night!