The body was overloaded, and Li Haitang slept from dawn to sunset.
Today is the first day of August, Licheng's annual Hundred Flowers Festival.
No matter how horrific things happened, they couldn't stop the people's enthusiasm for the Hundred Flowers Festival.
The sky had just darkened, and the streets and alleys were crowded with people, probably able to walk, and they all went out to pray for the festival.
On both sides of the road, at intervals, several lanterns are hung. The lanterns are surrounded by pictures of hundreds of flowers, which are lifelike and beautiful.
"Haitang, you must never have imagined that these are all made by the common people."
Every year before the Hundred Flowers Festival, the yamen will send people to set up a place in the downtown area to collect lights, register the number and name, and if someone looks to buy it, they will get a sum of money.
The people racked their brains, and some people couldn't paint, so they used petals to paste flowers, and added butterfly specimens on them.
"It's so beautiful, I prefer fiery red roses."
Li Haitang has a special liking for roses. On the way, he specially bought a red flower to wear. In her words, be happy, get rid of the bad luck on yourself.
"Hundred Flower Cake, the first one in Licheng!"
"Flower fruit tea, bamboo tube as a gift!"
On this day, merchants also racked their brains to make money. The auspicious time has not yet arrived, and the float of the Empress Baihua has not come out yet, and the common people happily go shopping and buy some favorite gadgets.
"Ruyi, something is not good."
There was a small vendor in front selling red bracelets. When Lu Yuanqing saw a silver bunny hanging on the red bracelet, he thought it was very novel and wanted to give it to his wife as a gift.
While he was choosing, he was surrounded by a shy little lady who gave him a purse.
"This…"
Lu Yuanqing stared, and before he could react, the little girl who covered her face with a veil took the initiative to talk, "Your Majesty, can you deny marriage?"
"Idiot Lu!"
After being reminded by Li Haitang, Zhang Ruyi captured this scene, and she was as angry as a lion in the east of the river, and roared.
Well, these shameless people hooked up with her man!
"Oh, Haitang, I sprained my foot again!"
I was so excited just now, Miss Zhang drank a bowl of flying vinegar, she had already forgotten all the customs, and when she stomped her foot, she just sprained the wound.
What kind of **** customs in Licheng! She wants to put a sign behind Lu Er's fool, "This man has his own master!"
"My lady calm down."
Being molested by women, Lu Yuanqing didn't have much experience, so he obeyed Zhang Ruyi's request and honestly asked the stall owner who sold the lanterns to write a wooden board and hang it around his neck.
"Ruyi, that... I haven't eaten yet, so I'll go find something to eat with my husband first."
Li Haitang couldn't bear to look directly at Lu Yuanqing, who had a sense of sight of a death row prisoner parading through the streets, and she suddenly didn't want to be ashamed with the two of them.
So, looking for an excuse, Li Haitang dragged Xiao Lingchuan away.
Artisans come out of Licheng. Jewelry is mostly made in the shape of flowers. It is unique. Even in small stalls, there are also eye-catching jewelry.
"My lady, there is a jewelry shop in front."
Li Haitang was biting small salt and pepper potatoes in her mouth, and her tongue stuck out from the hot pepper on it. She looked in the direction Xiao Lingchuan pointed, and there was a store called Fengxiang Jewelry.
The dragon and the phoenix are auspicious, which means a lot!
"But, I still have a lot of jewelry. I haven't worn the ones you gave me yet."
Li Haitang always has an inexplicable sense of admiration for handmade jewelry.
These days, real gold and silver are often used to make jewelry, which is still solid and too heavy.
It's hard to imagine that those rich ladies, with their heads full of jewels and emeralds, dangled around with a few kilograms of jewelry, wouldn't their cervical spine be overloaded?
"Don't be afraid of too much, there are so many days in a year, and every day is renewed."
Li Haitang said no, but was still brought in by Xiao Lingchuan to do some shopping, and before leaving, the waiter politely sent the two out, what a big customer!
After buying, buying, buying, the depressed mood was relieved, Li Haitang didn't think about so many unnecessary things for the time being, and waited for Empress Baihua's float at ease, and she wanted to pray for blessings.
"There is still an hour before the auspicious time, don't miss it if you pass by!"
There is a high platform in front, and there are several cabins similar to dressing rooms in the high platform, and there is a curtain in front of it.
The merchants are shouting, because the gameplay is novel, and many people have gathered to watch.
"Game game, Daqi is the only one!"
The boss came up with a fun idea. He has a hundred women waiting not far from the backstage. The couple who are on the stage only need to give ten copper coins.
"Dude, how to play, please explain clearly!"
It's not darts, playing monkeys, or crushing boulders in your chest, but playing identification, testing your eyesight and tacit understanding!
Simply put, participants must be a couple.
The little lady entered the backstage, and then changed into the same clothes, shoes, and jewelry as theirs, and covered her face for the scene.
At that time, there will be more than a dozen women who look exactly the same come out together.
Height, fat and thin, there is not much difference, and the clothes are the same, and the husband can identify his wife among them.
There is only one chance, if you lose, you have to accept punishment.
There are three ways of punishment. The first one is to eat crabs raw without eating the shell, but the inside is also hard to swallow.
The second way of punishment is swallowing a big pepper. I believe everyone knows how special it tastes.
The third kind is also spoof, ice bucket challenge.
It’s not cold in summer and autumn, but it’s embarrassing to walk around the street in the water!
"If you recognize it, what's the reward?"
Someone raised a question, if the exchange for ten pennies is worth a lot, you can consider giving it a try, after all, the chance of being fooled is very small.
"If you can recognize it within a short stick of incense, you will be rewarded with a table of seafood at Tianxianglou!"
Tianxianglou, it is as famous as Baixiangju, one of the best restaurants in Licheng.
Beginners are either rich or expensive, and everyone who is in the middle of the pack will be kicked out.
It can be seen that the conditions are quite tempting.
"Our boss is the eldest son of Tianxiang Tower, in order to have some fun for everyone, we came up with an idea!"
The person in charge of the booth yelled, alas, the young master of their shopkeeper came to Liu's house to propose marriage, and wanted to marry Miss Liu Xian'er, but was rejected by the other party.
So, the son was very depressed, and came up with an idea to take revenge on the common people, and to break up a couple is a couple.
During the conversation, a couple had already come to the stage. The man looked left and right, hesitating, and finally pointed to one of them and called out, "Lady."
The hijab on her face was lifted, and her wife was standing beside her, her face livid.
"Tsk tsk, you can't even recognize the person next to your pillow, you deserve to be punished!"
Under the stage, the common people even booed while watching the excitement. They mainly wanted to see what kind of punishment the man would choose.
"I choose... an ice bucket."
The man closed his eyes, pretending to be dead, his home was not far away, he went home to change his clothes, once back and forth, he could catch up with Empress Baihua's float.
A bucket of ice water splashed down, and the man immediately became a drowned chicken. Not only the people clapped their hands and laughed, but the one who laughed the most was his wife. Now, the game is getting more and more interesting, many couples are eager to try it, and the scene is boiling.