The box door closed in front of Magistrate Yang. Magistrate Yang shook his head and walked into his private room with his hands behind his back.
He walked to the window and took a look at the increasingly lively street outside. He nodded with satisfaction, turned around and ordered: "Light a few more lamps to make the room brighter."
The Yamen servant agreed and lit a few more lamps before joining his hands and standing aside.
Magistrate Yang stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the lively scene below, "Go and tell Magistrate Zhang that everyone will work harder tonight to ensure that the whole city is safe. After the Lantern Festival, the county will reward you generously."
The yamen officer happily agreed, as the county magistrate said a heavy reward would be a heavy reward.
Man Bao pulled the two friends back to the private room, and Bai Erlang asked, "Will your family be divided?"
"No," Man Bao said, "My father said that as long as he and my mother are still alive, my family will not be separated."
Even Bai Shan couldn't help but gasped, "How many years will it take before your parents can still work in the fields? No wonder Magistrate Yang is anxious, your eldest nephew and his sons will have grown up by then, right?"
Man Bao did the math, and it was true. However, "it's better to be cheaper on your own than on the Yamen. Well, if the family is separated, my six brothers will have to go out to do hard labor every year. It's okay now that Magistrate Yang is here. If anything happens,
If you encounter a bad county magistrate, wouldn't it mean that you will never come back?"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang both went to see the labor force. It was indeed very hard. Basically everyone came back thin and out of shape.
But I heard from the laborers that Magistrate Fu treated them pretty well. At least he came to and from work on time in the morning and evening, and stopped when it rained or snowed. They would not be forced to work in the rain or snow all night, otherwise it would be so difficult
That's what really kills people.
Thinking of this, Bai Shan nodded and said, "Then it's better not to separate the family."
At this moment, Manbao finally realized a little bit of her father's unwillingness to separate the family, and hehe said happily: "No wonder my father refuses to separate the family no matter what."
Bai Shan: "No wonder people in the village always say that having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. Every time an old man dies in the village, the people in their family are so sad, even though they were not very filial during their lifetime."
"Hey, whose family are you talking about? Why do I feel that the people in our village are quite filial?"
Bai Shandao: "It's just so so. Although it's not unfilial, it's not too filial."
He didn't say whose house it was, but walked to the window and said, "Look, the lantern mountain is lighting up."
Man Bao and Bai Erlang were instantly diverted. They ran up and looked out, and saw that the mountain of lanterns that could be seen in their field of vision was lighting up bit by bit. In less than half a moment, a whole mountain of lanterns was lit up.
Everything lit up. This was the first time for Man Bao to see such a mountain of lanterns in his whole life. He couldn't help but let out a "wow" and opened his mouth wide.
Both Bai Shan and Bai Erlang had met them before, but they were teenagers after all, so they were so excited to see them again that they couldn't help but shout "Wow" along with Man Bao.
Magistrate Yang, who was standing in front of the window next door, heard the wah-wah sound coming from the private room next door and couldn't help but shake his head and smile.
He looked at the lively and cheering people outside and showed a satisfied smile.
In fact, it wasn't too lively, not even one-tenth of the liveliness he had seen before, but he still found the liveliness very comfortable.
Magistrate Yang thought, maybe it was because this was the county he governed?
Isn't it his fault for this liveliness?
Man Bao and the other two stood on their toes and pulled open the window, watching all the lantern mountains within sight being lit up. Then they turned around and happily called their friends, "Come on, let's go down and have a look too."
The three of them led Daji and ran downstairs. Bai Shan took out a small piece of silver and threw it to the shopkeeper and said, "We have reserved a private room. We will be back for a late-night snack later. Remember to watch the door for us."
The shopkeeper quickly agreed and watched the three of them run out of the restaurant.
Daji followed the three of them, and followed Bai Shan closely as soon as they went out.
Although there were many people on the street, they were not crowded, so they would not get separated, but it was impossible to run. The three of them walked forward together, occasionally stopping to look at the things sold at roadside stalls or
Lanterns.
Then……
"Wow, this lantern is so beautiful. Hey, fourth brother, what a coincidence that you are here too?"
Zhou Lang turned around and saw the three of them. After saying hello to them, he took his wife away and continued shopping in their store.
After wandering around for a while, Bai Shan felt that a toy on the roadside stall was very cool, so he went up to take a look, and someone shouted: "Sister-in-law, why are you here? But we have finished reading, you guys go and see, let's go first
We were playing over there..."
When they walked all the way to Dengshan Mountain, the three of them met a few acquaintances. In addition to Lao Zhou's family, they were people from the village. However, no one exchanged greetings. After all, if they wanted to talk, they could do so in the village every day, so basically
They just say hello and go off to play.
The three of them finally arrived at the foot of the Dengshan Mountain. They looked up at the lanterns that had been set up and followed the flow of people around the Dengshan Mountain.
"Look, there are lantern riddles on it. If you guess it right, you can take the lantern away." Bai Erlang's sharp eyes saw the words on the lantern.
Bai Erlang squinted his eyes to read the lantern riddles above. Man Bao and Bai Shan became interested and also squinted their eyes to read.
After turning around, the three of them all had a lantern in their hands. They subconsciously compared the lanterns in each other's hands, and then they all laughed. Manbao held up the lotus lantern in his hand and said: "My highest, also.
The best looking."
Naturally, the lantern riddles are also the most difficult.
Bai Shan said: "That's because you have the best eyesight. If you couldn't see the riddle of the top lamp, I could win it."
Man Bao: "I can do it too."
Bai Erlang also said: "I can do it too!"
Anyway, they can't climb up there to read the lantern riddles, so bragging doesn't require drafting.
This is also the rule for money fans in Dengshan Mountain. The lantern hanging on the top is often the best and most expensive, and the puzzle is also the most difficult. In order to prevent others from winning it, you have to find a way to see it clearly.
lantern riddles.
Of course, some places don't do this, such as Yizhou City and Jingcheng. These big cities have many wealthy people, and they don't mind sending lanterns out, so lantern riddles are hung. Whichever one you like, there are preparations underneath.
I guess someone took down the lantern and gave it to someone else.
Bai Shan looked at the people gathered around Dengshan and found that there were many people watching but not many people guessing the riddles. He rolled his eyes, grabbed Manbao and said, "Let's go, let's guess all the riddles in Dengshan."
Once again, just choose the one you like and guess what?"
Man Bao thought this game was good, his eyes lit up, and he nodded: "Okay!"
Bai Erlang naturally followed them, he was a little timid, "If I can't guess, you have to help me."
Bai Shan and Man Bao sandwiched him on the left and right, and comforted him: "Don't worry, we will definitely help you, and I think the lantern riddles in our county are not difficult."