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Chapter 103 The east wind blooms flowers and thousands of trees at night

Qiao Yun, who was silently talked about by Yun Xuemei, was dressing up with Meng Shaoqing at the county magistrate's office.

The dress that Meng Shaoqing brought back to her from Jiangzhou City, Qiao Yun, had been left unworn and was still brand new. Only when she took it out today did Qiao Yun see what the dress looked like.

The camellia red upper jacket is sewn with medium-weight silk cotton, and symmetrical magnolia flowers are embroidered along the middle seam. The branches and leaves are twisted in snowy color, and the petals are embroidered in plain color mixed with turmeric, which is interesting; the lower body is a black and blue stripe.

Among the twelve grape-purple skirts, the black-blue one occupies a larger area than the grape-purple one. The plum blossom pattern is embroidered with silver thread as if it were embellished, and the remaining large areas are left white (or black).

Biyue calmly combed their hair into buns and put on jewelry for the two of them.

Gu Yu was a little absent-minded, helping to hold the jewelry box for Biyue, with a faint look of anxiety on her eyebrows. Fortunately, the other three people's attention was not on her, and no one noticed anything unusual about her.

"Sister Ayun, you are so beautiful!" Meng Shaoqing was so happy as she watched Qiao Yun apply makeup on herself in the mirror.

"You look good too!" Qiao Yun chuckled. Meng Shaoqing was still wearing the same clothes she saw that day. One of them was lively and light, the other was dignified and bright. Standing together, they formed a very eye-catching scenery.

"We're going out for shopping today, so we won't take the car! Let's go with our legs!" Seeing Qiao Yun tidying up, Meng Shaoqing excitedly pulled her up and walked to the door, "There are a lot of delicious and fun things on the street tonight.

It just so happens that neither of us has had dinner, how about we eat together?"

Qiao Yun nodded: "Okay." She had already taken out a bunch of copper coins and broke them into coins to spend tonight. She put all the money in her game backpack and only grabbed a handful and put it in her purse for cooking.

Cover. "I brought enough money today, and you gave me such beautiful clothes. I want to treat you to a feast today, and you can't refuse!"

"Okay, okay, then I'm welcome!" Meng Shaoqing smiled from ear to ear.

After leaving the door, Qiao Yun's breath froze.

She didn't feel anything during the day, but now that it was getting dark, she finally realized what "the east wind blows on thousands of trees at night".

The afterglow of the setting sun is like molten gold, and the smoke that renders the willow color is getting thicker and thicker. The long street facing the Weihe River is full of fireworks. The trees by the river have not yet sprouted, and they are also covered with flowers cut from colored paper. The lights are brilliant and colorful.

From a distance, it seems that the earth has been separated. The lanterns are brilliant and the numerous lights are spreading forward, as if they are falling from the Milky Way. The lights hanging from the eaves of high-rise buildings are like the bright moon in the sky.

All kinds of vendors on both sides of the street came out to sell, some were juggling, some selling food, and some were playing monkeys, and the cries were endless. Some people held lanterns made of koi, jellyfish, and golden dragons and walked in groups among the crowd.

The parade seemed to have spread out a dragon palace painting in the night sky. Pedestrians were jostling shoulder to shoulder on the long street, and the sound of people was loud and exciting.

“Pearl meatballs—sweet and glutinous pearl meatballs!”

Hearing the hawker's shout, Meng Shaoqing immediately cheered: "Pearl meatballs! Let's go buy them!" With that, she pulled Qiao Yun and squeezed into the crowd. Biyue tightly held Meng Shaoqing's other hand and followed closely.

Later, I was afraid that I would

Miss Jia disappeared in the blink of an eye. Guyu was about to say hello to his lover first, but when he saw this scene, he had to follow. He had to wave in the direction of the Changji Bridge through the crowd, then stamped his feet and followed suit.

Human footsteps.

After squeezing through the crowd and arriving at the stall, the aroma of honey suddenly spread. The stall in front of me was a wooden scooter. On one side were a charcoal stove and a clay pot for boiling hot water, and on the other side were a bowl of rolled glutinous rice balls.

There is a large shallow plate in the middle of the dustpan, a small bamboo tube for holding bamboo sticks, and a big-bellied earthen jar for holding honey, which is extremely tempting.

There is also a wooden sign hanging on the side, which reads: Five cents for one string, fifteen cents for four strings, children and old men are not deceived!

Meng Shaoqing excitedly compared her two fingers: "I want four strings of pearl balls!"

The seller of pearl pills is a very capable man with frosty hair and a meticulously combed bun. The blue-gray linen and brown lining on his body is also very clean, which makes people feel reassured. "What flavor do you two ladies want? Yes.

Honey or purple sugar, which one do you want to eat?"

Purple sugar? Qiao Yun looked at the earthen pot. Isn't this brown sugar syrup? She remembered that the "New Book of Tang" said that Taizong sent envoys (to India) to learn how to boil sugar and improved the local soup-making technology.

, it’s not strange to have brown sugar now. Thinking of the delicious brown sugar glutinous rice cake, she stretched out her finger and said: "I want purple sugar sugar! Sprinkle more soybean powder!"

"Then I want honey! What flavor do you two want?" Meng Shaoqing turned to look at Biyue and Guyu.

Guyu was very surprised. He didn't expect that Sanniang was still thinking about him while buying food, so he smiled and shook his head: "I'm good at everything."

"Then the maid wants purple sugar candies." Biyue considered it for a moment, "I'll give Sister Gu Yu a bunch of purple sugar candies too!"

"Okay!" The old man immediately began to make the meatballs with quick hands and feet.

I saw him adding water to the glutinous rice flour and kneading it into a medium-sized dough, then dividing it into medium-sized dumplings, throwing them into the boiling water and rolling them for a minute or two. When the dumplings floated up, he immediately used a large whisk to

Take it out, put it in ice water and pass it through. In the other hand, take a bamboo skewer and quickly skewer three or four skewers. Pour honey and purple sugar on it, and sprinkle with a thick layer of soybean powder.

The old man handed over the dumplings, and Qiao Yun quickly took out fifteen cents from her purse and put it into the bamboo tube on the stall.

Meng Shaoqing was so happy that she gave two purple sugar balls to Qiao Yun beside her. Biyue and Gu Yu behind her urged: "These pearl balls are delicious just after they are cooked. Eat them while they are hot. Don't let them cool down."

!”

High temperature will destroy the taste of honey. The cool honey at room temperature and the cold water dumplings allow Meng Shaoqing to easily take a big bite. However, in order to ensure that the purple sugar syrup does not solidify, it also needs to be cooked slowly over low heat.

It was boiling. The luster on the meatballs was like the river water reflecting the lanterns, and the bright red color of the purple sand syrup added a bit of liveliness to the dumplings. The freshly cooked meatballs were steaming, and she blew on them hard before biting off one.

ball.

"Shasha!" Qiao Yun covered her mouth.

"I'll let you eat it while it's hot, why don't you brag more!" Meng Shaoqing giggled.

"But it's delicious." Qiao Yun licked the syrup on her lips and took another bite.

The glutinous rice dumplings are soft and chewy, and some medicinal materials must have been added to the purple sand syrup. It is not so sweet and has a unique fragrance. Standing under the colorful lanterns and taking a steaming bite, the happiness that surges into my heart is better than

The fireworks in the sky are even more brilliant.

The two of them walked forward while eating, Biyue followed closely beside Meng Shaoqing, carefully tasting the pearl meatballs handed over by the third lady.

The noise on the street covered up many small details. What none of the three of them knew was that a few steps behind them, a young man who was neatly dressed and energetic rushed to Guyu's side.

"Good sister! You make it easy for me to find you." Taking advantage of the crowd, he hugged Gu Yu's slim waist, buried his head behind her ear and took a deep breath: "Sister, did you change your hair oil today?

This one smells better than the previous one!”

Guyu's cheeks were red with embarrassment, and she quickly pushed the person away: "Death phase! Don't be crazy on the street! Here, I'll give you this!" She put the pearl balls in her hand to Xiao Langjun's mouth.

The young man took advantage of the situation and bit down on a dumpling. It was so hot that he had no time to chew it carefully and swallowed it whole. But in order to show that he was seriously tasting it, he smacked his lips and said, "It's delicious. Sister Gu Yu, you handed it to me."

It tastes better than anything else.”

"You have the poorest mouth." Gu Yu smiled and poked his cheek with a green finger, "Be more respectful. I'm following the third lady in front of you. Let's take a good look at the lights. Don't disturb me.

"

Hearing this, the young man smiled and took the hand of the young lady next to him. Gu Yu no longer focused on "taking good care of the two young ladies", and concentrated on walking forward slowly side by side with his lover.

While pointing at the lanterns and lantern trees.

The Shangyuan Festival is originally a good day for unmarried men and women to go out for trysts. The tourists around are not surprised by this. After all, there are many pairs of talented people and beauties on the street, just like them...

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