Chongfei Manual [I]

Chapter 44.2

By the time they arrived, the streets were packed with a jostling throng of people.

Originally, Wei Luo was worried that it would get too cold at night, so she had worn an extra layer of clothing. At the moment, it seemed that she had worried for nothing. With such a lively atmosphere, she wouldn't be cold here. She took off her marten cloak inside the carriage and revealed a moon white and sky blue sleeved silk top underneath, a honey colored skirt, and a silk sash was tied around her slender waist. It caused even Wei Zheng to looking at her twice.

After they came out of the carriage, Wei Zheng suggested, "How about going to look at the lanterns with the riddles first? It'll be very interesting."

Song Hui nodded. It could be counted as approval. He looked at Wei Luo, "Where does Ah Luo want to go?"

Wei Luo curved her eyes in a smile, "I'll listen to older brother Song Hui."

Song Hui's eyes softened. Underneath the light of a thousand colorful lanterns, the warmth in his eyes seemed overflowing. "Then, let's go look at the lanterns with riddles first. After we're done there, we'll go look at the puppet shows and the lanterns being let go."

(Just in case its confusing, there's areas with lanterns that have written riddles tied underneath them for people to guess, and there's another area with different, lighter lanterns that will be let go into the sky. Here's a picture of the lanterns being released.)

Wei Luo said okay and walked with him in the front.

Chang Hong and Wei Zheng followed behind them. Chang Hong's line of sight was fixed on the back of Song Hui's head. He fell just short of drilling a hole into Song Hui's head. In the end, Chang Hong only pursed his lips. When he turned his head, he saw stalls selling fried pastries balls and went to buy a bag of them. He brought the bag to Wei Luo, "Ah Luo, try some of this."

Wei Luo accepted the bag and used a bamboo stick to bring a piece to her mouth. The small snack ball was fried to a crisp golden yellow, covered with a layer of sugar, and filled with red bean paste. The red bean filling was sweet and very hot. This was the first time she saw an eating method like this. Her eyebrows pinched and she complained, "Too hot."

When Chang Hong heard her words, his expression became guilty. He had given her the snack as soon as he bought them without trying it first. He didn't know what the snack would be like. Hearing her say it was too hot, he quickly put his hand next to her mouth, "Spit it out. Don't eat it anymore."

It would be too impolite to spit something out on the street. Although Wei Luo thought it was too hot, she still forced herself to swallow it. She clutched her mouth and had tears in her eyes, "My tongue feels burned."

After she said this, Chang Hong felt even worse. He didn't even pay attention to rest of the snacks in the bag. He wanted to look at Wei Luo's tongue, but Wei Luo wouldn't let him. The two of them of them nosily quarreled over this and ended up ignoring Song Hui who was at their side.