Capítulo 27: Lantern Festival
"I-I'll go back and discuss it with my husband." After hearing Su Jin's introduction, Cousin Lin was a bit happy, but she quickly calmed down and said this.
"Yeah, there's no rush with this matter. We can do it after the Lantern Festival." Su Jin nodded. Finally, nothing happened and let her go.
Not long after her cousin left, her mother and brother returned. Su Jin took the opportunity to tell her about her cousin's visit to the temple, and her mother also agreed, sighing, "This is also a poor child, father and mother did not want her, so they sold her off to be your lame cousin's wives. Now that this kind of thing has happened, let's help each other out."
After talking about this matter, mother took out a bag made of red cloth and told her to bring it with her. "I will let that monk do the math for everyone in the family. He said that our family's wealth arrived too quickly, and he was afraid that we wouldn't be able to bear it.
Su Jin found it funny to pinch the sigil. Seeing how nervous her mother was, she could only follow her words and bring it on.
"That's more like it. In this new year, our family will have a smooth ride." His mother laughed.
Su Jin also laughed.
Soon, it was the Lantern Festival, and the town's Lantern Festival was famous in the vicinity. On the day of the Lantern Festival, lanterns were hung on all the streets, and all the houses had their doors wide open. Lantern lanterns were hung in front of their doors, and the riddles were written on the lanterns.
Furthermore, as lanterns symbolized a beautiful wish, if one was able to guess that the beautiful wish would come true, that meant that the beautiful wish would come true. As a result, the wealthy families would hang a few more for this year's good luck. Therefore, when he looked at the town, he could see all kinds of lanterns, big and small.
After Su Jin's family had eaten their fill and changed into new clothes, they happily walked through the alleyway towards the center of the town, blending into the bustling crowd.
Along the way, the lights kept shining. Su Jin's face flashed red, yellow and even purple light. The light was so bright that it seemed like a dream.
She held her little sister's small hand, which had already turned into meat, and bought her some toys to play with. She also turned her head back from time to time to look at her second brother to see if he was following her, while her right hand was still wrapped around her mother's crook.
"Chestnut, hot chestnut —" From the street ahead came the cries of hawkers. Su Jin walked up to them and couldn't help but swallow her saliva as she looked at the three honey-coloured chestnuts under the warm orange light.
"How much for a catty?" she asked the hooded peddler.
"Miss, my chestnut is very sweet, fifteen gold taels per catty." The peddler happily said.
"Want some?" Su Jin bent down and asked the cute little sister.
The little sister bit her finger and nodded.
"I'll buy two catties and pack it into four bags." Su Jin said to the hawker.
The peddler took out a folded paper bag and handed it over after weighing the quantity. Su Jin let her mother take it and pay.
"Oh, it's indeed delicious." Su Jin took a piece and opened it to taste. As expected, the taste was sweet.
As they ate chestnut, they followed the flow of people as they walked forward. Suddenly, the scenery in front of them widened up. It turned out that Su Jin had grabbed onto her little sister's hand as they walked along the rows of lanterns.
It's all very interesting riddles, she thought, reading them carefully.
The family walked and stopped, buying some snacks from time to time as they slowly walked to the street in the residential area.
"This fish lantern is really pretty." His mother stopped in front of a lantern and said as she looked at it.
"I'll give you the light if you figure out the riddle." Someone said.
"Oh?" Su Jin looked and saw that it was the doorkeeper of this big family. Her interest was piqued. "I will try."
"She turned the lantern and saw a riddle written on the body of the fish.
"Agreed — type one word."
Was it a crossword puzzle? Su Jin thought. As her eyes turned, the answer was already in her chest.
"The answer to the riddle is — anger." "No," she said.
"Yes, this lantern is for you." The doorman clapped his hands and passed the lantern to Su Jin. Su Jin took the lantern and her eyes were attracted by the bustling scene at the end of the street, "Where is that? There's a lot of people."
The doorman tiptoed as he looked towards the direction Su Jin was looking and laughed, "Hey, there's no need for that. It's the lantern shed set up by the Dai Residence, which is outside the town, so every year there's a lantern shed set up in the town for everyone to finish up. Not only the Dai Family, but all the other big families are like this as well. The doorman said in envy.
From the Dai Residence? I wonder if the little landowner will be there? As Su Jin thought of this, she opened her mouth to say, "Sister, I'm tired."
She yawned.
Su Jin calculated the time and realized that it was already ten o'clock. Looking at her second brother's and mother's expressions, they were also exhausted. It seemed that it was really too late to rest in the ancient times since eight or nine o'clock.
"Then let's go back." She said, since mother and second brother agreed, she must be really tired.
Su Jin picked up her little sister and followed behind her second brother.
Before she lifted her foot, she suddenly looked back.
A head of dark hair appeared before her eyes, joined by the familiar bedclothes, and followed the distant light into her eyes.
"Jin'er, what's wrong? Follow me, don't get dispersed by the crowd." His mother walked a few steps and noticed that something was amiss. She turned around and found that she was still standing at the same spot, staring blankly into space.
She hugged her sister's neck and patted her lightly. "Sister, are you still not leaving?"
"You guys go first." She put down her little sister and pushed her forward. "You two go home first. I still have things to do."
"Where are you going so late?" A person is in danger! " Mother grabbed her little sister's hand and asked anxiously.
"I'll be back soon." The only thing she said was to merge into the stream of people.
Su Jin made use of her small stature and the opening of the crowd to dash forward.
Her eyes were focused on the back of the figure, moving up and down with the flow of people. The crowd turned into a wave, and she became a wave in the middle of it, tossed up and down, only her eyes following the target, guiding her in the direction she was headed.
It seemed very long, yet it also seemed very swift. In short, she had finally gotten close, and the figure did not disappear. It was still standing there.
As he got closer, he noticed that there was a brush in his hand. It was dipped in ink, and he was writing something on the lantern.
Su Jin held her breath and walked behind him. She carefully asked, "Young Master Dai?"
The man's ears twitched as he turned around.
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