The following days were still spent visiting relatives and friends in the bustling Tang Dynasty, while passing time in the deserted modern world.
In a blink of an eye, it was the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and Lin Wanwan held a banquet in Xiaoxi Town.
After a busy day of welcoming and sending off, Lin Wanwan entered the room and was about to go back to modern times when Xiao Qingyu kept knocking on the door, wanting to sleep with her.
Lin Wanwan originally planned to go back to modern times to refresh her time, but now she could only press the button first, open the door and let the clingy little guy in, watching her pounce on her like an octopus.
Lin Wanwan dragged the little guy to bed with both disgust and joy, leaned against the bedside and told her stories to hypnotize her.
Outside the mansion, gongs and drums are beating loudly, flags are being shouted, and it is the time for lanterns to be paraded through the streets.
The Shangyuan Festival of the Tang Dynasty started on the night of the 14th day of the first lunar month. Lin Wanwan entertained guests for a day today and did not have the energy to go crazy outside. She planned to experience the Shangyuan Festival of the Tang Dynasty tomorrow.
The little guy fell asleep quickly in Lin Wanwan's arms. As soon as Lin Wanwan lowered her head, she found that she had fallen asleep with her long eyelashes hanging down.
She couldn't help but kiss Xiao Qingyu's face. This was a little guy who completely relied on her and trusted her!
During the Chinese New Year, she had no homework and would play with guests every day. She also refused to take a nap. Her energy was released very quickly, so she naturally fell asleep early in the evening.
The Lantern Festival carnival night of the Tang Dynasty is not just about guessing lantern riddles, admiring lanterns, eating snacks, and tug-of-war. This festival is also a rare "Valentine's Day" for young men and women.
And in the marriage and love market at this time, the common pursuit of marriage is based on "the right match" and "the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words".
But the three days before and after the Shangyuan Festival are different. It is the most important festival for the people of the Tang Dynasty, second only to New Year's Eve. You can imagine how lively it is. Every Lantern Festival, wherever there are people, there are always lanterns.
Weaving, singing and dancing.
The "Old Book of Tang" records that "thousands of palace maids were released to roam around at night, but because they had connections with outsiders, they escaped and never returned."
Jia Yucun, the number one white-eyed wolf in the Red Mansion, who had been greatly favored by Xiangling's father, knew the whereabouts of their mother and daughter, but never thought of letting them know.
Lin Wanwan took advantage of her to fall asleep and immediately went back to her room to change out of her clothes.
Soon, little Qingyu happily asked Lin Wanwan to help her take a bath and played with water in the tub.
After all, human teeth are like cockroaches and mice in a smelly ditch that can never be cleaned away.
Although the county government had just cracked down on a wave of gangsters a while ago, Lin Wanwan didn't want to let Xiao Qingyu go out on an adventure tonight in a mixed environment. If she got lost, it would be too late to regret it.
When I woke up, it was already the Lantern Festival, and I could feel the joyful atmosphere up and down early in the morning.
Lin Wanwan has already lost Xiao Qingyu once, and she must not do it again.
Today she is wearing a neat Hu suit, making it easier for her to join the carnival crowd.
But where there is oppression, there must be resistance. Your parents' arrangements may not be in line with your own wishes, and the Lantern Festival is a particularly good time to vent.
But before that, she still had to put Xiao Qingyu to sleep.
Although Luan County has no city walls and no real curfew, the markets are closed at night, Taoist temples and temples do not accept visitors, and there is basically no nightlife to speak of.
Anyway, for Xiao Qingyu, she can go out for a walk every day, and there is no need to pick the most crowded places to go out on Lantern Festival.
When the poet Bai Juyi was in Hangzhou, he wrote about the lively scenes of the Shangyuan Festival: "Every market is lit with lights, and there are music and music everywhere. You can miss the emperor, and you will never get tired of Hangzhou."
Lin Wanwan took it and put it on her face.
After washing and drying his hair, the little guy also slept on the pillow.
Today, during the Lantern Festival, except for the gatekeeper, A Jing, who was on night duty for Xiao Qingyu, and a few others, she gave the rest of the servants a night off and let everyone go out to party.
If they continue to work anyway, then give them extra rewards!
Last year during the Lantern Festival, Lin Wanwan followed Mr. Sun on the first aid mission and had no time to party. But this year she can have fun.
In the big towns of the Tang Dynasty, especially Chang'an, curfews were implemented all year round, so there were only special days where people could party for a few days, and the Lantern Festival was one of them.
On the carnival night, regardless of beauty or ugliness, high or low, everyone goes out to have a carnival, and it becomes a large-scale blind date night in disguise.
It was also because Xiao Qingyu had already guessed riddles, watched lanterns, and acted coquettishly during the day, but could not make Lin Wanwan relent and agree to take her out to play, so there was no further fuss.
Hongyan, Huanong and Kunlun got the fake ones, but they were unwilling to go out to play by themselves, and chose to follow Lin Wanwan to serve them closely, and Lin Wanwan also followed them.
Even if the folk customs were as open as those in the Tang Dynasty, there were still many restrictions on women. In the public opinion, the idea of women playing horses in the streets, being youthful, and living a carefree and unrestrained life only existed in TV dramas and never existed in history books.
Lin Wanwan remembered Xiangling in Dream of Red Mansions, on the day of the Lantern Festival, she was abducted by human traffickers because of improper care by the stupid servant Huo Qi.
In short, this is a festival suitable for men and women who eat and drink and have a carnival.
So no matter how much Xiao Qingyu clamored to go to the streets to join in the excitement of the lantern festival, Lin Wanwan did not agree. She did not want Xiao Qingyu to become the second best to Xiangling.
From then on, her fate changed drastically. From the wealthy daughter of the Zhen family, she became the concubine of Xue Pan, who was often abused at home.
In the Tang Dynasty during the fifth year of the Zhenguan Period, unmarried women from aristocratic families were not allowed to go out at will, and it was even more impossible to sneak out for a private meeting at night. The larger the town, the less likely it was because there was a curfew.
"Madam, this is the mask you want." Hongyan handed half of the fox mask to Lin Wanwan.
Isn't it just guessing lantern riddles and watching lanterns? Lin Wanwan has money, so she can move to her home!
The courtyard of Linzhai was filled with lanterns. During the day of the Lantern Festival, Xiao Qingyu had already invited the friends around to come in and play guessing games to watch the lanterns.
"good."
The little guy is not a stubborn person. He will quickly accept the facts when he sees that there is no chance. If he cannot resist life, then he will enjoy life.
She is not a "Zhou Papi" type landlord.
In the early Tang Dynasty, women of the aristocratic class had to wear hoods or curtain hats when going out, and they were also greeted by maids and maids. It was not easy to have a solo date with the "hero"!
Only lower-class working women and women from lower classes will show up to make a living.
Private life-long commitments between men and women often occur during the Lantern Festival. There are even cases where palace ladies who leave the palace to view lanterns elope and run away without ever returning to the palace.
Hongyan and Huanong were also wearing masks and Hufu tonight. As for Kunlun, he was not interested in such things, he was only interested in beating people.
Kunlun was waiting for the chance that a scoundrel would appear at the lantern festival and harass his master, so he would show off to him.
After following his master for so long, Kunlun has never made any significant achievements.
From this we can see how comfortable Lin Wanwan's life is now, and the so-called peaceful years are probably like this.
It’s the Lantern Festival, there are three more updates today, and there are still two more to come before noon