Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 436: 436: Playing on the Lantern Festival

Although this restaurant was not bad, it couldn’t be considered as one of the top wine-houses in the county.

After all, it was a newly opened wine-house, and its reputation was still weak.

Yet today, on this special day, Prefecture Princess Luo and her party not only visited this place but also gathered together here.

Liu Sisi thought for a moment and decided to leave everyone on the ground floor while she and Mrs.Ran went upstairs first.

When Liu Sisi and Mrs.Ran were chatting and walking close to the third floor of the restaurant, they happened to see Prefecture Princess Luo looking extremely bored while listening to the County Magistrate’s wife talking incessantly about something.

Mrs.Ran quickly walked in and said loudly to the people inside, “I have the honor to meet Prefecture Princess Luo. Prefecture Princess Luo, look who I have brought with me?”

Hearing the voice, Prefecture Princess Luo casually turned her head to see a group of people coming in and immediately brightened up, standing up.

“Aunt, it turns out that you have arrived. These servants are so lazy that they didn’t even send someone to inform me so that I could go downstairs to meet you.”

Thirteenth Luo spoke while quickly moving forward to salute her.

“I have the honor to meet Prefecture Princess Luo. Is Prefecture Princess Luo feeling well?”

Prefecture Princess Luo was dressed exceptionally simple today, wearing only a pale green dress with a fortune knot tied at the hem. On her head, she wore a single jade hairpin, completely unlike the cold, and noble attire she wore when they first met.

Even her entourage had changed, with only one unfamiliar maidservant standing behind her.

Noticing Liu Sisi’s gaze, the maidservant bowed and then stood up.

“Aunt, please get up quickly. You really shouldn’t be treating Thirteen like this.” Prefecture Princess Luo reached out to help her but Liu Sisi hurriedly retreated half a step, narrowly avoiding her grasp.

“I apologize to the County Magistrate’s wife.”

Then she greeted the County Magistrate’s wife.

With no airs, the County Magistrate’s wife said, “Oh! Mrs. Di, don’t be so formal, please take a seat. Let’s talk after we sit down.”

As they spoke, everyone took their seats and were served fragrant tea.

“By the way, my elder brother was here earlier, but he found the wine-house boring, so he went downstairs to enjoy the lanterns and guess riddles. I don’t know where he’s run off to at the moment.”

Liu Sisi seized the opportunity, “That’s right! Today, our whole family came to the city to enjoy the lanterns and guess lantern riddles. It was only after hearing Mrs.Ran mention that Prefecture Princess Luo was here that we specifically came to pay our respects.”

“Aunt, why are you being so formal? Aren’t you overstating Thirteen’s importance?”

Prefecture Princess Luo shook her head with a smile before coughing lightly, “Actually, I also feel that on such a good day, it’s a bit of a waste to sit idly in a wine-house. How about I join you all to go shopping, enjoy the lanterns and guess riddles?”

As she spoke, Prefecture Princess Luo had already stood up, giving Liu Sisi no opportunity to refuse.

The County Magistrate’s wife also hurriedly stood up to mediate, “Ah! Not to mention a young girl like Prefecture Princess Luo, even an old woman like me, on a day like today, has a heart that beats excitedly, wishing to go for a stroll.”

Thirteenth Luo’s gaze flickered, “In that case, it would be better for us to go shopping together, enjoy the lanterns and guess riddles.”

“No, no, no! I can’t even recognize a single large character, so how can I participate? How about… let me wait here for the Prefecture Princess to come back?”

What a joke! It’s all fun and games until someone loses their life. After spending so much time together, the County Magistrate’s wife naturally understood her meaning: “In that case, then County Magistrate’s wife, you should go back to the residency first, and I’ll find you later.”

“Alright, let’s go!”

As she spoke, Prefecture Princess Luo had already started walking towards the door.

“Yes, Prefecture Princess Luo.” Liu Sisi reluctantly followed.

However, seeing that the other party was sensible and didn’t cause trouble, Prefecture Princess Luo kept Liu Sisi by her side.

“Mrs. Ran, why don’t you join us for a walk?”

Liu Sisi naturally couldn’t refuse, so she got up, raised her eyes, and saw Mrs. Ran who had brought her here, and asked casually.

“Oh… No! I’m thinking that I have things to do at home, so I won’t go to the lantern show.” Mrs. Ran answered casually.

As they went downstairs, they saw Di Yelei casually chatting with a man who turned out to be Heir Luo.

Everyone came down, and after explaining the situation, they followed Prefecture Princess Luo to the Lantern Festival streets.

The lantern show in the county would last from today until the 18th day of the first lunar month, for a total of three days.

As they walked, Liu Sisi, who was originally protected, stayed close to Prefecture Princess Luo, while Di Yelei and Heir Luo chatted and walked in front. The others followed behind them, with the rest of the crowd at the back.

Because of Prefecture Princess Luo’s presence, many original arrangements were disrupted.

Although the bustling lantern-viewing streets were not on the main road, there were still people everywhere, and the Lantern Festival streets were even more crowded. The spectacular scene was not to be missed, so they went along the street closest to the restaurant.

As soon as they entered the street, they were fascinated by the lantern riddles on both sides.

Liu Sisi picked up a riddle hanging under a lantern: “An accidental encounter with Qiuxiang, renamed to enter the Huafu. Guess an idiom, the answer is ‘go with the flow’. Only Seventh Sister can match Dong; Lang, guess an idiom, the answer is ‘at a complete loss’. Cooked rice turned into porridge, guess an idiom, the answer is ‘shooting arrows from both sides’… It doesn’t seem too difficult.”

Perhaps because Liu Sisi read the riddles too fast, Prefecture Princess Luo came closer.

“Aunt, have you encountered any riddles you could solve? Those who can solve the riddles can not only get lanterns but also other benefits.”

Prefecture Princess Luo smiled, her eyes curving like crescents.

Liu Sisi looked around and saw everyone looking at their own riddles. Of course, there were also many illiterate people who could buy their favorite lanterns directly with silver if they wanted to.

“I haven’t found any lanterns I can solve here, how about on your side, Prefecture Princess Luo? Any riddles you’ve solved?”

Prefecture Princess Luo waved the riddles in her hand and said with a smile: “Look, I’ve already got quite a few.”

“How about we split up and look around to see if there are any more riddles we can solve?”

“That sounds good, let’s each do our thing.” Prefecture Princess Luo’s small mouth smiled even sweeter now.

As the two were talking, Di Xuan came over with several paper strips and bumped into Prefecture Princess Luo.

“Hmph!”

Di Xuan had long been displeased with Prefecture Princess Luo. At the moment, their past grudges collided, making him snort coldly and glare at Prefecture Princess Luo.

Prefecture Princess Luo looked around and found that nobody was paying attention to them, so she decided to tease him a bit.

“What’s the matter with you? Why are you glaring at me?”

Prefecture Princess Luo didn’t say much in front of Liu Sisi, but she didn’t intend to back down in front of this hostile little brat.

“Who glared at you? Which eye of yours saw me glaring at you? Stop spouting nonsense and framing good people. But then again, it’s not like you haven’t framed others before.” Di Xuan finished speaking and turned away.

Thinking of the time when YingEr had almost been punished by Prefecture Princess Luo, he couldn’t help but feel angry.