IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 35

Chapter 35 The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a very important festival.

Chapter 35 The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a very important festival.

The Capital City is indeed CITY.

Lin Yan didn’t know what special day it was, but every household had offering tables set up in front of their doors, complete with fresh seasonal fruits, incense, candles, and paper money. Some wealthy families even had tall flagpoles erected in front of their doors, with white banners fluttering in the wind. Small vendors were everywhere on the streets, and they were even selling things you wouldn’t normally see.

Paper-made houses, carriages, and servants were lifelike. There were stalls specializing in incense and candles, as well as all sorts of special snacks: steaming hot sugar-steamed cheese, soft and sweet glutinous rice cakes…

It was a completely different setup from the Spring Festival, but just as lively.

“What day is it today? It’s so lively,” Lin Yan said, fiddling with a toy ox cart on a stall, pleasantly surprised to find that the ox’s legs could move.

The vendor was just about to greet him when he heard Lin Yan’s question. He looked at Lin Yan in surprise and didn’t eagerly try to promote his wares as usual.

Yun Qi moved closer to Lin Yan and whispered, “Today is the 15th of the seventh month, the Mid-Autumn Festival.”

“The Ghost Festival,” Lin Yan said with a snap of his fingers, his eyes showing even more interest. “No wonder there are so many incense candles and paper money.”

Lin Yan’s voice wasn’t quiet, and many people cast strange glances in their direction. The woman closest to Lin Yan hugged her child tighter and quietly took two steps back.

How could someone not know such an important day as the Mid-Autumn Festival? Plus, Lin Yan’s behavior gave people the feeling that he wasn’t very bright.

The attitudes of the people around him made Yun Qi’s heart skip a beat. He hurriedly looked at Lin Yan, only to find that Lin Yan’s attention wasn’t on these people at all. Instead, he was attracted by the cheese emitting a milky and sweet aroma.

Lin Yan moved closer to the steamer, sniffing slightly, muttering to himself as he swallowed his saliva, “This cake looks so delicious.”

“Two of each, please,” Yun Qi said without hesitation, taking out money.

The owner skillfully wrapped the sweet cakes in lotus leaves and handed them to Yun Qi with both hands.

Yun Qi took the sweet cakes and was about to show off to Lin Yan when he found that Lin Yan had already run to another stall. He hurried to catch up with Lin Yan, holding the cheese to Lin Yan’s mouth, “Brother, cheese.”

Lin Yan’s attention was all on the stalls, and he had completely forgotten about avoiding suspicion. He habitually went to bite the cheese that Yun Qi was offering.

“Not bad,” Lin Yan muttered, pushing the half-eaten cheese back to Yun Qi. Yun Qi raised an eyebrow and naturally bit into it.

Before Yun Qi could even swallow what was in his mouth, Lin Yan’s new round of shopping had already begun.

“This, this, and this.”

Yun Qi understood instantly, naturally taking out money, packing things up, and not even needing change.

Some vendors were grateful, but others acted as if they were being taken advantage of even after getting a good deal.

As soon as Lin Yan moved on, Yun Qi heard the two vendors who had been smiling obsequiously start gossiping.

The vendor selling rice cakes glanced in Lin Yan’s direction, completely unconcerned that Yun Qi was still beside him, “Was that guy just now a man?”

Another vendor clicked his tongue twice and shook his head repeatedly, “That fair-skinned one is a Ge’er. He has a small mole on his nose.”

“That’s a Ge’er?” The rice cake vendor said in disbelief. He looked in Lin Yan’s direction again, pursed his lips in disgust, “He doesn’t even keep his hair long, and he dresses so casually. The whole person is crazy. Who would dare…”

Yun Qi’s face grew darker and darker. He tapped on the vendor’s stall and said coldly, “Sir, you didn’t give me my change.”

Silver was obviously more important than gossip. Seeing that the silver he had in hand was about to fly away, the vendor quickly smiled obsequiously, clumsily opening his money box, and preparing to retain him, “Didn’t you say that was my tip?”

Yun Qi didn’t bother to pay him any attention, turned around, and tapped on the other vendor’s stall, impatiently urging, “Yes, but I don’t want to now.”

Lin Yan ran about eight hundred yards before realizing that the person behind him hadn’t kept up. He looked back and searched through the crowd for a long time before finally finding Yun Qi still arguing with the vendor.

Lin Yan waved to Yun Qi, “Xiao Qi, come quickly and look…”

“Coming,” Yun Qi said, his voice filled with excitement. When he looked at the vendor again, he returned to his previous coldness.

The silver he had in hand was gone, and the vendor forced a smile, handing the silver to Yun Qi, not forgetting to add the crazy Ge’er to his list of grievances. He rolled his eyes and said to Yun Qi, whose expression had softened slightly, “That Ge’er is…”

Yun Qi acted as if he hadn’t understood the meaning of the vendor’s words, raised his chin, and said with a bit of pride, “He’s my husband.”

The vendor tapped his temple with his finger, making his words clearer, “Is he a little…”

“He’s very special, but I like him,” Yun Qi said, looking in Lin Yan’s direction, his face beaming with a smile.

The vendor rolled his eyes, thinking that the two of them were a perfect match.

There were more and more strange looks, but Lin Yan was having too much fun and didn’t notice at all.

Everything in the Capital City was new, and even the lanterns were very unique. Lin Yan casually picked up a tassel and curiously fiddled with it, “Is this a lantern riddle?”

The lantern was hung a bit high, and Lin Yan seemed to be having some trouble, but this height was just right for Yun Qi, and he could use this opportunity to get closer to Lin Yan.

So, this wasn’t a lantern; it was a red string from the Old Man of the Moon.

Yun Qi wouldn’t miss any opportunity to get closer to Lin Yan. He moved closer to Lin Yan, quickly scanned the words on the sign, and read them out softly, “Round when drawn, square when written, short in winter, long in summer.”

Lin Yan answered instantly, “Is it the sun?”

Yun Qi flipped the wooden sign over and nodded, “That’s right.”

“As expected of me,” Lin Yan patted his chest, excitedly pointing to the lantern riddle next to it, “What about this one…”

Yun Qi had just straightened the wooden sign when the sound of gongs and drums clearing the way was heard. The person leading the way was bossy, like a rooster victorious in a chicken fight, “You lowly commoners, get out of the way quickly. Young Master Jiang will be here soon, and you’ll be in trouble.”

“What an annoying dog,” Lin Yan clicked his tongue.

The people around them consciously made way, and Lin Yan also retreated to the side with the crowd, his interest in playing completely gone, and the little bit of goodwill he had just developed for this era disappeared.

“Tsk, these young people are really getting out of hand,” an old man with a cane said laboriously as he moved to the side of the road, muttering to himself, reviewing his past as if he were an old cow chewing its cud, “Back in the day, when I was young…”

The annoying dog looked at the obedient flock of sheep with satisfaction, but his pleasant mood turned to annoyance when he saw the disobedient old sheep.

He quickly walked two steps to the old man’s side and kicked him, “Old thing, hurry up and move. Are you tired of living?”

The old man lost his balance and fell to the ground with a “thump.” The sound of the break was particularly clear in the noise.

“Tsk, he really can’t take a fall,” the annoying dog said without apology. He snorted coldly and waved his hand to the people behind him, “Drag him to the side of the road.”

The old man was already seriously injured from the fall, and being dragged like this would probably cost him half his life.

Wasn’t anyone going to stop this farce?

Lin Yan looked around, but found that the people around him were angry and pitiful, but more often than not, they were numb. Those who reacted were already as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, and not a single one came out to stop it.

Lin Yan understood, but he couldn’t agree with it. Although he didn’t want to become a hero, he couldn’t stand by and watch this farce. Lin Yan protected the old man behind him, directly confronting the smug annoying dog head-on, “What are you doing?”

“You…” The annoying dog looked Lin Yan up and down, and suddenly raised his hand.

The lackeys behind the annoying dog stopped, waiting for the annoying dog’s next order.

The annoying dog had found a new prey. His mouth widened, and his smile was greasy, “Oh? Little brother, you’re quite handsome. How about you come with me, and I’ll let that old thing go? How’s that?”