Chapter 894 Temple Fair

Emperor Shengde looked at him with pity: As a king, you can't pay attention to your appetite. You kid, you haven't had a good life for a few years!

On the first day of the lunar new year, after entering the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the empress, the Chu family and the Ling family would form a family and go to the suburbs of Beijing to visit temple fairs. Gu Ye followed behind the mother-in-law and experienced the whole process of the ancient temple fair.

The monks in the temple perform ceremonies and offer sacrifices to gods and Buddhas, and believers hold life-sized gods and Buddhas in a parade ceremony. The eldest princess took them to pilgrimage to Buddha and made wishes for blessings. Gu Ye pushed his husband with his arm: "What wish did you make?"

"The world is peaceful!" Ling Juechen said coolly.

Gu Ye grinned and said: "I promised Guotai Minan, haha..."

"Okay, you two, don't be poor. Didn't Ye'er shout to go to the temple fair? Let your husband take you for a stroll, and be careful of the valuables on your body, don't let the thief touch them!" The eldest princess If you believe in Buddhism, you have to listen to the presiding lectures. She knew that the young people would definitely not be able to sit still, so she simply stopped torturing them.

Gu Ye smiled and said: "There are four brothers, and Brother He Chen is here. If I am still patronized by a thief, then this thief is definitely the king of stealing. Give him a big thumbs up."

Jun Shi glared at her and said with a smile: "Be careful, there is no big mistake. Go!"

There are huge crowds of people outside the temple, and it is very lively. There were tens of thousands of believers who came from all directions, people who went to the temple fair to watch the excitement, plus various street performances and hawkers doing business. The temple fair of Xingfu Temple is well-known far and wide, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger.

At the temple fair, those who sell various snacks, shoes, hats and cloth, draw lots to tell fortunes, sell dog skin plasters, perform tricks, sell handicrafts, and perform shadow puppetry...cover all kinds of businessmen, craftsmen, people from the rivers and lakes... ...It's hard not to be lively!

Chu Mushan kept rolling her eyes, and from time to time helped her sister behind to block the crowd. He really didn't know what to do in this crowded place with shoulders rubbing shoulders. The food is not as delicious and exquisite as the one made by Aunt Yan at home; the clothes are all cheap fabrics that ordinary people like; the jugglers are deceiving at first glance. ...Why, they want to join in the fun and squeeze together?

Gu Ye took her husband's hand and walked happily from stall to stall. She picked up a small wooden comb and showed it to her husband: "Brother Chen, this little comb is carved with a bunch of peaches, very delicate and cute."

"Gu..." Before the word "girl" could be said, the peddler looked up and saw her woman's hair style, and quickly changed his words, "Ma'am, this comb is carved from peach wood, an ancestral handicraft, look at the workmanship. And , Peach wood is to ward off evil spirits, even if you buy it back and don’t use it, put it on the dressing table, so that you can sleep with peace of mind!”

Gu Ye raised his eyes and glanced at God of War's husband, with a smile on his lips. If we talk about suppressing evil, of course we must count the mascot beside him. With the god of war by his side, all evils will not invade!

Chu Mushan picked up the comb and looked at it, then put it down again: "Didn't you have more than a dozen combs made of rosewood and golden nanmu for your dowry? If you lack this, brother will go to Jinyumantang to buy it for you!"

The hawker was still a little unconvinced at first, but when he heard the words "full of gold and jade", he stopped eating. Jin Yu Man Tang is the largest jewelry store in Beijing, and the combs in it are all high-end. The gadgets he runs on a small budget are really incomparable to others. Looking at the three people in front of them again, the clothes are all made of high-quality silk and satin, and there are not many jewelry but they are extremely expensive. It is also reasonable for people to look down on the small combs they carved.

Gu Ye ignored him, looked at Ling Juechen helplessly, and didn't speak. Ling Juechen took out the broken silver knowingly: "Buy!"]

The hawker thought his business was in shambles, but he didn't expect a turnaround. He hurried over: "Guest officer, I will charge you thirty cash for this peach wood comb, and I will give you a peach pit carving, which is strung with a red thread and given to the child. It can ward off evil spirits."

"Thank you!" Gu Yexin gave a gift, the peach pit was carved into the shape of a small lock, and it was dotted with patterns, which was very thoughtful. Take it back to Xiao Fan Fan Dai!

Because Xiaofanfan was too young, he was afraid that going to temple fairs would crowd him, so he stayed in the temple to accompany his grandma to listen to Buddhist scriptures. The little guy was obedient. Although he really wanted to join in the fun at the temple fair, he didn't make a fuss. He just watched them leave eagerly.

Gu Ye picked up a mahogany hairpin from the hawker's stall, put it on his head, and asked Ling Juechen, "Does it look good?"

"You look good on anything!" Ling Juechen asked the price of the hairpin and paid the money.

However, Gu Ye picked up several hairpins of different colors and couldn't make up his mind: "Don't rush to pay, I haven't looked at it yet. Brother Chen, help me choose, which one is the prettiest?"

"The ones you carry look good. If you can't choose, you can buy them all." Ling Juechen said, and paid the vendor for all five hairpins.

The peddler was very pleasantly surprised. He thought that the mahogany jewelry he carved would not catch the eyes of the nobles, but unexpectedly he became his big customer. As if afraid of Gu Ye's repentance, the peddler hurriedly wrapped up the mahogany hairpin she was looking for.

Gu Ye put the "treasure" he found into his small satchel. Chu Mushan asked puzzledly: "These hairpins are quite ordinary, why do you buy so many? Can't you wear them?"

"Sixth brother, don't you understand? When you go to a temple fair, what you want is to enjoy the process. You have to buy it after shopping. Whether you buy it or not is another matter!" Gu Ye held hands with her husband , walked towards another booth.

Chu Mushan muttered in a low voice: "Why don't you buy it? What a prodigal!"

"Stop muttering! I'm happy if I spend your money or not. My husband-in-law hasn't said anything yet. You're too lenient, aren't you?" Gu Ye turned his head and gave him a blank look, "Sixth brother, You take good care of my purse, why do I feel that someone is always peeping at me secretly, must be plotting against my purse?"

Chu Mushan glanced at the hand she was holding with her brother-in-law, and said, "It's because I have never seen such a man and woman holding hands in the street so blatantly. Let go of your hands, and no one will peek at you!"

"What is blatant? Can you talk? You single dog must be jealous of our pairing! What's wrong with holding hands? We are husband and wife, holding hands is legal!" Gu Ye deliberately shook the two holding hands. hand, wrinkled his nose at his sixth brother, and made a grimace.

"Oh! The world is getting worse..." Chu Mushan sighed.

Gu Ye was fierce: "Besides, be careful that I will beat you——I will let Brother Chen beat you!"

Ling Juechen said coolly from the side: "Happy to help!" After speaking, he secretly guarded. The daughter-in-law's five senses are very sensitive, sometimes even sharper than his master senses. She said that someone was peeping, but she didn't know where it came from.

"Brother, there are always a few masters around the target, do you want to create some confusion and lure people away?" At a snack stand, a big man with his head down eating wonton asked in a low voice to the rickety old man beside him.

"Wait a minute, the one next to the target is the well-known God of War in the Yan Kingdom. His kung fu is rare in the military, not to mention in the Jianghu. We must hit the target with one blow, so as not to overwhelm the enemy!" The crooked old man had a deep and youthful voice.

This waited until the end of the temple fair, and the two of them never let go of their holding hands. Those in the dark were itching their teeth with anger—are you conjoined twins? In broad daylight, it's really humiliating and unseemly!

After finishing their vegetarian food at Xingfu Temple and adding sesame oil money, all the people left.

The second day of the Lunar New Year is the ancient uncle's day, which is the day when the daughter returns to her natal home and the uncle pays New Year's greetings to the father-in-law. The eldest princess was afraid that the two young people would not understand the rules, so she prepared the presents early. Food, drink, and use are all in even numbers. Knowing that the in-laws are not short of money, although the things they prepare are not very expensive, they are very careful, and almost all of them cannot be bought outside.

Looking at the gift list brought by her daughter, Mrs. Jun was very happy to hear that these were prepared by the eldest princess for Zhang Luo. If her daughter can be valued by her husband's family, she, as a mother, can rest assured.

"Mother, this beef jerky is the recipe I thought of. How would you like it?" Gu Ye took out cans of beef jerky with different flavors, and let Junshi taste them like a treasure. Seeing Xiao Fanfan watching helplessly, he handed him one and let him chew and play.

Mrs. Jun took a sip and said with a smile: "You, half of this clever and clever mind is put on studying medicine and medicine, and the other half is on eating. Beef is not good, but your mother-in-law can rest assured. Let you toss."

"At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the purchasers in the mansion accidentally purchased a cow that died in an accident. Later, during the snowstorm, the victims knew from nowhere that I love beef, and they killed their cattle that were crushed to death and frozen to death. Sell ​​it to us. Don't worry, I didn't take advantage of them, and the price I gave was enough to buy a full-grown cattle!" Although Gu Ye had just had breakfast, she didn't delay her from eating snacks. Beef jerky - her favorite!

"This is five-spice, this is spicy, this is original... oh, this salt and pepper one. I like this five-spice, the more you chew, the more flavorful it becomes. You send some here. On the way back, you can serve it as a meal or as a snack!"

Speaking of going back, Gu Ye suddenly hugged his mother's arm: "Mother, it would be great if you don't go back! My daughter doesn't want to part with you..."

Jun put down the pot in his hand, his eyes gradually became moist, and he choked up and said: "Mother doesn't want to part with you either! Back then, she shouldn't have married you so far away. If I could find a young talent with a good family in Fanjing, even though I couldn't go back to my mother's house often, But it's easy for my mother to see you. Unlike now, it takes nearly two months to go back to my mother's house... When we leave on the sixth day of the lunar new year, I don't know what the next time we will meet It's time..."

"What? You leave on the sixth day of the lunar new year? Can't you celebrate the Lantern Festival? I want to eat glutinous rice balls made by my mother again!" Gu Ye was shocked. She knew that her parents would definitely leave after the new year, but she didn't expect it to be so soon. .