The third round of drums just passed, and the Lantern Festival also ushered in a climax. Men and women lined up and started singing on the streets as the rhythm of the music. Many married women even rushed to the city gate to touch the copper nails on it. It is said that the woman who touched the steel nails would definitely have a fat son in the coming year.

Li Zhang was tightly held by Li Er in one hand and holding Qingzhi with the other. At first, Qingzhi seemed a little stiff and unnatural, but gradually got used to it. Later, he took the initiative to hold Li Zhang's hand and refused to let go.

The three of them came to the Yu River together. There were people lanterns everywhere on the river. The lanterns were placed on the water surface and then flowed downstream, dyeing the Yu River into a galaxy. Li Zhang spent money to buy three lotus lanterns. The lanterns also provided paper and pens, so that they could write their wishes on paper and put them in the lanterns. After the lanterns were released, it was said that the wishes inside could be realized. Of course, this must be a promotional method that the merchants thought of, at least Li Zhang did not believe it.

However, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. What's important is having fun. So Li Zhang and the other two wrote down their wishes separately, and then put their lanterns on the river surface to let go. Li Er is still a child's character. She has been following the lanterns on the shore for a long time. Finally, she saw that there were too many lanterns and could no longer tell which one was her lantern. Then she gave up.

It was already the fourth day of the year. Li Zhang and his friends took a carriage to Daxiangguo Temple. This place is usually the most lively place in the capital, and it is naturally more lively now. However, it is too late now, and many people can no longer bear to go home to rest, so there are fewer people on the street, at least not as crowded as in the first half of the night.

Li'er happily ran around in front of the snack stalls on both sides of the street. She was just clamoring to be hungry, but she refused to go to the restaurant. Instead, she clamored to eat snacks. Li Zhang wouldn't spoil her so much, but today is the Lantern Festival, so she was happy.

Li Zhang walked behind with Qingzhi's hand, and the two gradually got used to this intimate state. And now it's the second half of the night, and most of them are young men and women who can survive until now. These people walk together in close expressions, and Li Zhang and the others are not very conspicuous among these people.

"Brother Li Shi, the last time you promised me has not finished the lyrics you have done last time." Qingzhi suddenly turned his head and looked at Li Zhang and said, "She has always cared about the unfinished lyrics. After all, she was already interested in poetry. Li Zhang's half of the lyrics are exquisite and the artistic conception is also very beautiful. She has tried to make up for it herself, but she has been thinking hard for many days and can't think of a suitable sentence.

When Li Zhang heard Qingori mention the Qingyu case, he couldn't help but smile. At this time, they came to the gate of Daxiangguo Temple. Both sides of the gate of the temple were covered with white walls. When the literati who usually came here to visit came to the fun, they would also write their poems or paintings on them, which was equivalent to ancient graffiti.

The monks in the temple did not stop this behavior, because among these scholars who left behind poetry, as long as one of them was famous or a high school Jinshi, it would attract many people to appreciate the poems left by the other party. Therefore, this became a means for the temple to attract popularity, and some excellent poems would be specially protected by the monks in the temple.

Li Zhang immediately took Qingzhi's hand and came to the temple gate. He borrowed pen and ink from the monks at the door. Then he was preparing to find a place on the wall to write the Qingyu table. However, today it was the Lantern Festival, which attracted many literati to come here to play, so today the wall was full of poems. Of course, this white wall will be painted again in a while, and only a few particularly outstanding poems will be preserved.

Finally, Li Zhang finally found a place, and then he swept it away: the east wind bloomed thousands of flowers and trees at night, and the stars blew down like rain. The fragrance of BMW carvings was everywhere. The sound of the phoenix flute moved, the light of the jade pot turned, and the fish and dragon danced overnight.

The moths and willows are golden, and the smiles are filled with fragrance. I searched for him for thousands of times, but when I looked back, the man was in the dim light.

The last time Li Zhang gave Qingzhi only half of the poems, but it ended abruptly when the sentence "Smile and fragrance go away", so when Li Zhang wrote to the second half of the verse, Qingzhi next to him also showed a nervous look. When he saw Li Zhang writing "Looking for him in the crowd for thousands of times, when he looked back, the man was in the dim light." Her little face stopped at first, and then she showed a look of joy and shyness.

The matter between Qingori and Li Zhang did go through several twists and turns. At first, Liu Mei wanted to recruit Li Zhang as her son-in-law, but Li Zhang was unwilling to do so. Even if he had seen Qingori twice, he refused her. But no one expected that the two of them would eventually leave. So, "I searched for him in the crowd for thousands of times, but when I looked back, the man was in the dim light." This sentence is actually a psychological portrayal of Li Zhang in this experience.

Qingzhi was naturally extremely happy to think that this poem was written by Li Zhang for himself. After all, as a woman who likes poetry, this is also the scene in her dream, and now her dream has finally come true.

Li Zhang was also a little happy when he looked at Qingzhi's shy look. Since he couldn't resist this marriage, he should try his best to accept it. Moreover, Qingzhi is indeed a good woman, and at least she should make her marry him happily. It was just a little sorry for Xin Qiji, so Li Zhang decided not to copy his poems again, and if he wanted to copy them, he would copy Su Shi's.

"Let's go, Li'er doesn't know where he has gone." Li Zhang then held Qingzhi's hand again and said, "Li'er has a servant who follows her, so she is not afraid of losing her, but it's also very troublesome to get away.

"Yeah!" Qingori also responded in a low voice at this time, but just as he was about to leave, Qingori suddenly asked Li Zhang strangely, "Why don't Brother Li Shi put his name on it?"

Qingzhi has a high attainment in poetry. In her opinion, Li Zhang's Qingyu case must be a rare masterpiece passed down from generation to generation. It will definitely spread throughout the capital in a short time. This is a good opportunity for anyone to become famous. If it were someone else's words, he would definitely write his own name.

"It's just a poem, I don't plan to take the imperial examination. What's the use of these false names?" Li Zhang smiled indifferently. Of course, the real reason was that he was a little guilty. After all, this poem was copied. Even though Xin Qiji was not born at this time, Li Zhang still didn't want to take advantage of others openly.

Qingori admired him even more when he heard Li Zhang's words. In contrast, she seemed a little vulgar, which made her feel ashamed. Fortunately, Li'er ran back excitedly at this time. She had eaten most of the jujube cake in her hand. The servants behind her were also out of breath and were full of snacks. She probably had spent all the pocket money she had saved.

Seeing that this girl had bought so many snacks, Li Zhang couldn't help but scold her a few words. Although the snacks in this era do not have as many additives as in later generations, they are not staple food after all, and they are unwilling to eat after eating too much. However, Li'er just stuck out his tongue mischievously and then asked Qingzhi for help. Qingzhi also asked Li'er for love, so Li Zhang didn't want to scold her anymore.

It was getting late, and Li Zhang felt tired and hungry at this time. Although he had eaten in the palace before, he had almost digested it after playing for a night. So Li Zhang suggested to find a restaurant to eat something. As a result, Li Er shouted excitedly: "What restaurant are you looking for? Huiweizhai is not far from here, let's go there for dinner."

Li Zhang felt it was reasonable when he heard Li'er's words. After all, Huiweizhai is his own property, and the food there is more to his taste. So he sought Qingzhi's opinion, and the other party nodded and agreed. So the three of them got on the carriage and came to Huiweizhai in a short while.

"You are here, the boss, and the big shopkeeper is on the second floor. Do you want to be together?" As soon as Li Zhang entered Huiweizhai, the shopkeeper inside immediately ran forward and bowed. The shopkeeper was referring to Huozi, but Huozi and Chou Niang are now in charge of the money shop, so the business here in Huiweizhai was handed over to the shopkeeper in front of him to manage. The other party's surname was Fang. He used to be the shopkeeper in another big restaurant, but Huozi dug up a lot of money.

"Huozi and the others are here too. That's great. Prepare the three of us to order new dishes and deliver them." Li Zhang immediately said happily when he heard this. Huozi and the others must have come out to play together. It was probably the same as them. They planned to eat something and go back to rest, but they didn't expect that they would encounter it so by chance.

"Sister Qingzhi, Brother Huozi and the others are here, and I can introduce you to them!" Li'er shouted happily at this time. When he was in the carriage just now, Qingzhi already knew that Huiweizhai was the property of Li Zhang's family, but he didn't know much about Huozi and the others, so he also showed a curious look when he heard Li'er's words.

"Huozi is a group of brothers and sisters I met when I was poor. Although we are not brothers, we are almost the same in terms of relationships. Like Li'er, we are all my family. I'll introduce you to you later!" Li Zhang also smiled and said to Qingzhi. Since she accepted Qingzhi, it was time to let her get to know her family.

Qingori was also happy when she heard this, because Li Zhang introduced herself to her family, which meant that the relationship between the two had a step further. However, she was a little nervous at this time, worried what if she performed poorly?

But now Qingzhi was not allowed to retreat. Li Zhang pulled her and Li Er upstairs and soon found the lively Huozi and others in the largest private room. When Li Zhang opened the door, Douzi was the first to rush over and shout, "Brother, why are you here? We were talking about you just now..."

However, Douzi had just finished speaking, but suddenly found that Li Zhang was holding a strange girl's hand in his right hand. Judging from the other party's shy appearance, you could guess the relationship between her and Li Zhang without asking.

At this time, Huozi and others also saw Qingori. Huozi and the others did not know Qingori, but Xiuxiu and Yan Niang knew each other. However, when they saw the intimate relationship between Li Zhang and Qingori, there was nothing else, but Yan Niang showed an angry look. She felt threatened when she first saw Qingori, but now it has come true.
Chapter completed!