When Baoer heard about the New Year’s money, he ran over with a bowl in his hand.

Gu Zhang took out a stack of red envelopes from his sleeve and gave them out one by one.

Everyone in the family got one.

Gu Erlang and Gu Sanlang got one because they were not married yet. Lanzhi and Lian’er also got one each.

Baoer couldn’t wait to open the red envelope and saw that it contained twenty copper coins.

Just as he was about to stuff the red envelope into his arms, Mrs. Qian’s hand reached out and grabbed the red envelope: “I’ll save this for you so that you can find a wife when you grow up.”

Bao’er flattened his lips: “I don’t want a wife, I just want copper coins! I want to go to the city to buy candied haws to eat–”

The old lady hurriedly put down her chopsticks and waved to him: “Bao’er, come here, grandma has some.”

Bao’er ran to the old lady, took the red envelope without even looking at it, stuffed it into his clothes, and ran away quickly, for fear that Mrs. Qian would snatch it away again.

Mrs. Qian turned her head and stared at Xing’er, who rubbed the red envelope reluctantly for a long time before slowly handing it to her mother.

Gu Fei was also lucky enough to get a red envelope from her grandma, with two copper coins in it.

The meal lasted an hour before everyone dispersed.

The house was cleaned up, two pots of charcoal were lit, and the family stayed up all night.

There was no entertainment, so she just sat there and ate some snacks. Gu Fei soon became sleepy and yawned. Mrs. Chen felt sorry for her and let her go to sleep.

After the New Year, the second day of the first lunar month was the beginning of spring.

This year, the climate in Donghai County was warm.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Mrs. Chen took the laborers in the family to plant peppers.

When the eldest aunt heard about it, she and her uncle came over and asked Gu Fei to get pepper seeds to plant.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. During dinner, Gu Sanlang took a few bites of rice and suddenly said: “Dad, I met Brother Zhang Ze when I went to the city to catch the car today. He asked me if I would go to the city to see the lanterns tomorrow night. He said there is a lantern festival in the city during the Lantern Festival, with dragon and lion dances, and it is very lively.”

Gu Qing nodded: “I also heard that in previous years, the entire Jinshui River was illuminated by the lights on the flower boats during the lantern festival.”

Gu Erlang glanced at Lanzhi and looked at Gu Zhang eagerly: “Dad, let’s go see the lanterns.”

Gu Zhang pondered for a moment: “The city gates are closed at night, how can we get back then?”

Gu Fei also felt itchy after hearing this. Although Lincheng also held a lantern festival, she had been locked up in the Marquis’ mansion and had never seen it. She also wanted to see if it was really like what was written in the poem “Yuan Xi”, the east wind bloomed thousands of trees at night, and the carved carriages filled the road with fragrance.

She felt that if she doesn’t experience the Lantern Festival, it’s not worth a trip to ancient times.

She acted coquettishly to her father: “Dad, let’s go, the whole family will go. If we can’t come back, then let’s stay in the city for one night.”

Seeing that his daughter wanted to go, Gu Zhang agreed without any principles: “Then go, then go into the city tomorrow afternoon, find an inn to stay in first, and then go to see the lanterns peacefully at night.”

Lanzhi looked at Gu Fei eagerly, she also wanted to go, but she didn’t know if this whole family would include her.

Gu Fei winked at her, and Lanzhi felt relieved instantly, and her little mouth curled up.

She said happily: “The pink satin jacket I made for Xiao Fei is almost finished. I will finish it tonight so that Xiao Fei can wear it to watch the Lantern Festival tomorrow.”

Mrs. Chen looked at Lan Zhi approvingly, and smiled at Gu Fei: “Wear the pearl flower that mother bought for you tomorrow.”

The girl will be coming of age this year, and when a girl comes of age, she will start to look for a husband.

She wanted her daughter to dress up beautifully, and it would be even better if she could meet a good young man at the Lantern Festival.