Their trip included the Spring Festival, and it happened to be the New Year when they traveled to Jicheng. It is a gathering place for ethnic minorities and has local New Year customs.
In the evening, several people dressed in ethnic minority New Year costumes and carried small lanterns followed them to the market to celebrate the festival.
The market is in a large square of an ancient town. There are rows of small white tents, and a series of small red lanterns are hung on each tent. Tourists from the ancient town will gather in the square, chatting and laughing while shopping.
The markets here are organized voluntarily by the people. They wear national costumes and sell home-made handicrafts, such as hand-woven fabrics, embroidered silk scarves, and woven small handicrafts, which are very popular with tourists.
Some stalls sell wine and invite tourists to taste it for free.
Out of curiosity, Li Yi and the others went over one by one to get a small cup.
Li Yi is not a big drinker, so he took a small sip and gave the rest to Shi Yan.
"These rice wines are quite delicious and the alcohol content is not high. It seems like anything can be made into wine here. It's quite interesting. Let's buy some and drink some." Pei Ling Grandpa finished the wine in the glass and asked the bodyguard behind him to buy a few bottles of each.
"Old man." After shopping for a while, Grandma Yun Ruoyi took Grandpa Pei Ling's arm and hinted at him.
"We've been shopping around for a while, and someone just said there will be fireworks at 8:30." Grandpa Xu Hong took out a small box from his pocket, "Give it to them during the fireworks?"
"I think it's okay. It's quite romantic. We Li Yi will definitely be very moved." Dean Li smiled and held a bunch of skewers and said while eating.
"I have the camera ready." Grandpa the housekeeper patted the bag on his back and said with a smile, "Record at any time."
"I wonder if there are a lot of fireworks here?" Grandma Wang Lin said, "How about we add more?"
"Everything that costs money is a trivial matter." Grandpa Zhang Jin chuckled, "I can handle this!"
"I'll go with you and give them my best wishes." Grandpa Wang Song took out the small magic weapon in his pocket and smiled, "If Shi Yan kid dares to do something bad to Li Yi, I'll put a curse on him!"
"You, an old Daoist priest, know how to do this." Grandpa Xu Hong clenched his hands into fists, "It would be much faster to just use the hammer."
"You know what the heck, you just suffered a flesh wound, but I'll be with you for the rest of my life!" Grandpa Wang Song pulled Grandpa Zhang Jin and said, "Let's go, let's go, it's almost 8:30, we have to get things done in advance."
Li Li Yi turned around and saw his grandparents gathering together, as if they were discussing something. He walked over curiously, "Grandpa and grandma, what's the matter?"
What happened?"
"It's okay, it's your grandpa Zhang Jin and they are going to buy something." Grandma Yun Ruoyi gently pushed Li Yi's arm, "Ignore them, let's continue shopping in our store.
The New Year celebrations here are really lively and the New Year atmosphere is very strong, unlike in our city, where we just hang up lanterns and make some couplets in the shopping mall for fun."
"Yes, everyone here wears national costumes to celebrate the New Year, and everyone's face is beaming with joy." Li Yi nodded in agreement.
Several grandmothers took Li Yi along for a walk and chatted, but soon their attention was drawn away.
Shi Yan followed them, paid for the items they were interested in, and handed the large and small bags to the bodyguard behind them.
There were also a lot of food and drinks sold in the market. Several people were very curious about the local specialties and ate while shopping.
--Bang bang!
Several gorgeous fireworks suddenly exploded in the silent night sky, and almost everyone raised their heads and looked up to the sky!
"Wow! This is so beautiful!"
"Oh my god! Why are the fireworks this year so beautiful? It feels like I'm participating in a fireworks festival!"
"Are these really the fireworks that are set off in the ancient town? I saw that the fireworks taken in the online guide are very ordinary. Has it changed this year? This trip is so worth it!"
"I want to take pictures and show them to my friend. This year's fireworks in Jicheng are full of money. If he doesn't come with me, he will be in trouble!"
"In the past, it would disappear after just a few minutes. Why do you keep letting it go this year? When did little Jicheng become so rich?"
Li Yi looked up at the fireworks in the night sky, and suddenly remembered the fireworks Shi Yan set off for him alone on the day the island lover confessed his love.
It is also as gorgeous and beautiful as today!
Shi Yan lowered his head and looked at Li Yi, and Li Yi also looked up at him with some feeling. Both of them saw a smile in each other's eyes.
"Here, take it, this is a New Year's gift from us old guys to you." Grandpa Xu Hong handed over a red velvet box calmly, and poked Shi Yan with his elbow to ask him to behave better.
Shi Yan lowered his head and took the box, barely able to see the style of the box clearly under the dim light.
This is a ring box!
He took a sudden breath and glanced at several excited old people.
"What's in the box?" Li Yi looked curiously, and then looked up at a few old people with gossipy eyes. He always thought they were strange.
"Li Yi." Shi Yan suddenly called him, "Reach out."
"Ah, reach out?" Li Yi seemed a little confused, but he still obediently stretched out his hand.
Shi Yan opened the box and took out the ring with a significantly more exquisite style and a significantly larger diamond.
He held Li Yi's hand, put a ring on him, smiled and said, "Let's get engaged!"
"Engagement!" Li Yi reacted suddenly, looking from the shining diamond ring on his hand to Shi Yan's smiling and bright eyes.
There were gorgeous fireworks, smiles, and him in a daze!
At this time, a particularly beautiful firework suddenly bloomed in the sky, like countless colorful meteors falling from the sky, decorating the night sky with colorful lights!
Everyone cheered in unison and shouted Happy New Year!
"Are you surprised?" Several old people smiled and clapped their hands, shouting in the crowd, "This is the New Year gift we prepared for you two~"
"It's so sudden, such a surprise, so happy." Li Yi smiled silly and kept staring at his hands, so happy.
This diamond ring is so big, it must cost a lot of money!
"Baby, you haven't put a ring on me yet." Shi Yan looked at his silly look and couldn't help laughing.
"Oh, yes, yes." Li Yi quickly took the box and took out another ring inside. He compared it secretly. The diamond on this ring was obviously much smaller than his.
Think about your big diamond ring, and then look at Shi Yan's small diamond ring.
While Li Yi put a ring on Shi Yan's hand, he leaned into his ear and whispered comfort, "It's okay, I will also buy you a big diamond ring in the future, bigger than mine."
"No, this one is very beautiful." Shi Yan smiled and touched his hair, "The CEO wears a big diamond ring when he is not at work."
"That's right." Li Yi nodded, feeling happy again, "Then I'll buy you something else in the future!"
"Okay, just listen to the baby."
"Congratulations." Grandpa Zhang Jin and Grandpa Wang Song came over after setting off the fireworks and greeted them with a smile.
"Thank you, grandparents, for the New Year's gifts they prepared for us. I love them so much." Li Yi walked over happily and hugged them one by one.
"As long as you like it, Zaizai will be happy in the future."
"With you here, I will definitely be super happy!
Happy New Year, grandparents, we will be as happy as today every year in the future!"
(End~)
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