Today, Tang Jin'er wore an aqua blue double-breasted gauze skirt, covered with a moon-white gauze, which looked like ripples on the water as she walked.
Her long hair was not tied into a ponytail like usual, but was loosely pulled into a bun with a plain silver hairpin, and the remaining green silk hair was spread over her shoulders, making her face look even more small and delicate.
There was no makeup on her face, only a thin layer of rouge on her lips, like the petals of peach blossoms that had just bloomed in March, so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes away.
She is naturally good-looking, and with her deliberate dressing up today, she makes people feel even more beautiful.
Xu Feng and Zhao Chuan made my eyes go straight.
"Good boy..." Xu Feng swallowed, nudged Jiang Fa with his elbow, and said in a low voice, "Jiang Fa, if this girl is with us, I'm afraid that all the men in the street will come to fight with us later."
Jiang Fa glanced at Tang Jin'er, his eyes only stopped on her for a moment and then moved away, saying calmly, "Let's go."
Seeing his dull reaction, Tang Jin'er's face sank slightly and her mouth pursed unconsciously.
She spent a whole afternoon choosing this outfit, and even combed her hair three times, just to make someone look at her twice more tonight.
The four of them left the martial arts hall and walked along the main street towards the center of the city.
The main street during the Green Lantern Festival is completely different from that on ordinary days.
The plane trees on both sides of the street were hung with bamboo gauze lanterns. One by one, they formed two endless rivers of lights. The warm yellow halo shined through the gauze, dyeing the whole street as warm and soft as honey.
The shops along the street were all open, and they were filled with seasonal snacks, clay figurine candy paintings, and wooden carved lanterns. The sounds of hawking came and went, making it very lively.
Tang Jin'er followed Jiang Fa step by step at first, but after walking a short distance, she was attracted by the lantern stalls on the street.
After all, this is the nature of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl. No matter how hard she grits her teeth and practices to pretend to be calm, in such a lively situation, the hidden innocence will immediately show her true colors.
"Senior Brother Jiang, do you want to eat candied haws?"
"Don't eat."
"Then... is that rabbit lantern good-looking?"
"It's okay."
"There's a trap over there! Do you want to try it? I think the biggest clay figure general is so majestic!"
Jiang Fa finally turned his head to look at her and moved the corner of his mouth. "If you want to play, just say so."
Tang Jin'er pursed her lips and muttered in a low voice, "I want you to play with me..."
Xu Feng has sharp ears and can hear clearly. He dragged Zhao Chuan to the stall next to him. "Zhao Chuan! Show me that mask! Yes! It's the one with a pig head! It matches Jiang Fa!"
His voice was quite loud, and several passers-by looked sideways. Jiang Fa twitched the corners of his eyes, pretending not to hear.
Tang Jin'er burst out laughing and glanced at Jiang Fa quietly. Seeing that he was not angry, she became a little bolder and trotted two steps to walk side by side with him.
The four of them were walking and shopping, and unknowingly they had arrived at the busiest crossroads in the city.
There was a half-foot-high wooden platform set up at the street entrance. On the platform, several jugglers were performing a performance of swallowing swords and spitting fire. People from three floors inside and three floors outside gathered around the platform, and the cheers became louder and louder.
Jiang Fa Several people were squeezed to and fro. Tang Jin'er held on to Jiang Fa's sleeves tightly to prevent them from being washed away by the crowd. The lotus lantern tilted to one side in the crowd, and the candle flame flickered on and off, threatening to burn the lamp wall.
"Be careful." Jiang Fa stretched out his hand to straighten the lamp for her, and his fingertips accidentally brushed the back of her hand.
Tang Jin'er's whole body froze, and the tips of her ears were stained with a thin layer of red at a speed visible to the naked eye. Fortunately, the light of the lantern was also warm yellow, so there was no clue.
"Hey, isn't this Zhao Clan Martial Hall's person?"
A clear female voice came from the crowd.
Jiang Fa turned his head and looked, and saw a few emerald-green figures squeezing out of the crowd, none other than Flying Swallow Martial Hall's disciples.
The leader is tall and slender, with a dagger hanging from his waist. He is Gu Qingyan, the chief disciple of the Flying Swallow Martial Hall.
She was accompanied by two fellow juniors, one of whom was none other than Liu Ying, who was with her last escort trip.
Liu Ying changed into an aqua dress today, which was a little less heroic like a escort and a little more feminine like a daughter's family.
She saw Jiang Fa at a glance, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she walked forward quickly.
"Junior Brother Jiang! What a coincidence!"
"Senior Sister Liu." Jiang Fa clasped his fists.
Liu Ying looked at him with a smile, and then looked at Tang Jin'er who was following behind him. His eyes stopped for a moment on Tang Jin'er's hand holding Jiang Fa's sleeve, and the smile at the corner of his mouth faded slightly.
"This is..."
"This is our martial arts school's new junior sister, Tang Jin'er." Xu Feng rushed to introduce her and winked at Tang Jin'er, "Junior sister Tang, this is Flying Swallow Martial Hall's Liu Ying senior sister Liu. We have a life-and-death friendship with our junior brother Jiang."
Tang Jin'er's fingers tightened unconsciously on Jiang Fa's sleeves.
She raised her head to look at Liu Ying, her eyes swept across the other person's bright and moving face, and she felt a sense of alarm rising in her heart for no reason.
There was something wrong with the way this woman looked at Senior Brother Jiang.
"It turns out to be Junior Sister Tang." Liu Ying smiled and nodded, with a gentle tone.
Liu Ying and Tang Jin'er looked at each other, with smiles on their faces, but the smiles were aloof and wary, like two soft swords intertwined in the air, touching each other silently.
Gu Qingyan stood behind Liu Ying, her eyes briefly glanced at Jiang Fa, as if she was sizing up something, then she moved away lightly and nodded slightly to Tang Jin'er, indicating that she had met him before.
"It's rare that we meet, why don't we go shopping together?" Liu Ying suggested with a smile, but his eyes looked at Jiang Fa.
Before Jiang Fa could speak, Xu Feng had already nodded hurriedly. "Okay, okay! There are so many people!"
Zhao Chuan rolled his eyes but did not object.
Liu Ying raised his hand and pointed to the brightest place in front. "There are lantern riddle guessers over there. It is said that this year's prize is a pair of sapphire paperweights, but I don't know how good Junior Brother Jiang's literary talent is."
"He is a martial artist, how can he guess lantern riddles?" Tang Jin'er suddenly said, her voice clear and clear, with a hint of girlish innocence, "Brother Jiang, there is an archery stall over there, shall we go and play there?"
Liu Ying was not annoyed when he heard this. Instead, he curled his lips and said, "Junior Sister Tang is right. Junior Brother Jiang has superb swordsmanship, and archery must be no problem."
Jiang Fa Being sandwiched between the two of them, I felt more tired than facing Tu Lie on the Naihe Bridge.
He calmly took out his sleeve from Tang Jin'er's hand and moved half a step to the side. "Just walk around, don't get separated."
Tang Jin'er curled her lips and glanced at him with some resentment. After all, she didn't stretch out her hand to pull him, but just followed him closely, like a little tail that couldn't be shaken off.
The group of people continued to walk along the flow of people.