Chapter 18 Chinese Valentine's Day ()

In the back house of the county government, holding a teacup in his hand, the wine had already woken up completely, but Tang Feng's heart did not calm down. Thinking that he had bumped into a woman on the street, he looked intoxicated in front of everyone, Tang Feng wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in. "Fortunately, my identity as a county magistrate has not been seen through, otherwise he would really have no face to be an official here." Tang Feng comforted himself with a wry smile, and drank all the tea in the cup in one gulp.

After putting the teacup on the table, Tang Feng's mind flashed again with the face that he had seen in panic and beautiful. Perhaps it was because of drunkenness, or because he had never been so close to the woman in his previous life or in this life, Tang Feng only felt that the woman he bumped into today was really beautiful. She might not look too gorgeous, but the fresh and refined beauty, like a secluded orchid in the valley, was deeply imprinted into Tang Feng's heart, and even his embarrassment was temporarily thrown behind his mind.

At that time, Tang Feng had only amazement, and he was even surrounded by others, but the woman was so scared that she could not take the next step. At this moment, she was still alert to help solve the problem and pulled Tang Feng's arm and forced out of the crowd, which made Tang Feng not lose face too much. Although she felt a little grateful and solved the problem, Tang Feng was also regretful, because he had never said a word to the woman, let alone know her name. Although She County is not big and there are far less people in the county town than in later generations, Tang Feng also knew that it would be difficult to see the woman again.

Just when Tang Feng was still in a daze, Jiefu had already brought a copper basin and walked in: "Young master, please wipe your face and wake up the bar." Tang Feng responded and took the cloth that wiped his face, but saw a trace of smile on Jiefu's face that was not hidden. Although he knew what he was smiling, for his own face, Tang Feng still snorted: "What are you laughing so badly?"

"I am just happy for the young master and the deceased master. Our Tang family may have a happy event soon." Although the relationship between Jie Qu and Tang Feng is a master and servant, his relationship is no different from that of a brother. Today, such a happy thing happened, he didn't care about anything and immediately started joking. Tang Feng immediately looked stern, but then he laughed again: "Your eyes are so vicious, you deserve to be a martial arts person."

When he saw that the young master was not angry, he continued to joke: "Don't use my eyes like me. As long as he sees the young master's eyes and the absent-minded look after returning home, he can guess a rough idea." He couldn't help laughing again when he said this. Tang Feng seemed to feel that he was back in college and talked with his classmates about a beautiful girl in the school. He forgot his identity and whispered: "It's a pity that even if I have something to do with her, it's useless. I don't even know the other person's name, let alone the address, phone number and QQ."

"What are the young master saying?" Although Jiefu heard his words, he didn't understand what he said later, so he asked curiously. Only then did he ask Tang Feng come to his senses afterwards. He smiled and covered him up and said, "It's nothing, it's just that I think I only have one relationship with her, which is a pity."

He answered the question, but said, "Then the young master is relieved. If this girl has already betrothed, there will be no way. Otherwise, the young master will have the possibility of seeing her again in two days." Tang Feng immediately became interested when he heard this and asked, "Do you have any method? Let me listen." As a Ming Dynasty person with modern thinking, Tang Feng dared to face his feelings boldly, and he didn't care about his current identity.

"In a few days, it will be the Qiqiao Festival on the seventh day of the seventh month. I heard that there will be someone in the county to put on lanterns this day, and those girls who are not married will be allowed to go out to pray for blessings. At that time, as long as the adults go, I think they may meet her."

"This is really God helping me. Although I have not made any progress in my career, it is good to achieve some achievements in the love field." Tang Feng thought secretly in his heart, but said in his mouth: "As long as we are destined to be together, we will always see each other again, and there is no rush." ​​He saw his thoughts, but he did not point it out, but just smiled secretly. He was also very happy to see his son find someone he liked.

A few days later, Tang Feng continued to be busy with various business tasks in the county government. After all, he was a county magistrate and could not always be lazy and not start work. He would be embarrassed to see others busy. Of course, the more important reason was that he wanted to wait for the limelight to pass. There were many people around him that day, but he didn't want to be recognized by others after he went out swaggeringly, pointing to himself and saying that you were a county magistrate who teased good women, so he really had no shame to meet people. So Tang Feng decided to wait a few days before trying his luck on the day of the Chinese Valentine's Day.

The seventh day of the seventh month came soon. The Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, is said to have originated in the Han Dynasty. Ge Hong's "Miscellaneous Notes of the West Beijing" by Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty has a record that "Han Caiwo often uses seven holes to penetrate the Qigong Tower on July 7, and people are accustomed to it." Later generations passed it down. There is also a legend among the people about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting on this day on the Magpie Bridge, which adds a strong romantic color to this festival. The people of She County also have their own customs on this festival, that is, on this day, the girls who have never left the house took the lanterns they embroidered to the Xin'an River and placed it in the river to beg God to give them a happy marriage.

When Tang Feng first heard this custom, he still couldn't believe it. It was really surprising that even women could do this when he thought that when he came to the Ming Dynasty, the era when Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was prevalent. In fact, this is thanks to Emperor Tianqi's father Wanli, because he did not attend court for decades, which led to a situation of blooming flowers in his thoughts in another aspect, which also gave the mind a certain market for the study of mind advocated by Wang Yangming, who was completely different from Neo-Confucianism. The trend of personality liberation also appeared in this era, and many later generations appeared in this era, such as one of the four famous books of the Ming Dynasty.

Tang Feng didn't know much about these things, but he naturally accepted them all. The day before, he used the excuse of the people in the yamen working too hard as an excuse to let them have a day off on the Chinese Valentine's Day. Those people were indeed too busy during this period, so of course they had no intention of objecting to such an idea, so they immediately agreed.

On the afternoon of the seventh day of the lunar month, Tang Feng changed into his usual clothes, took a folding fan and went out to find beauty with a servant. Looking at his outfit, Tang Feng felt that he had a bit of a playboy's demeanor, and secretly laughed at himself in his heart.

After eating, the sky gradually darkened, Tang Feng and the others came to the Xin'an River. At this time, there were already many girls on the riverside, and there were also those young people with the same purpose as Tang Feng, who were also watching. Tang Feng had a smile on his face, but his eyes were searching around, hoping to find the person he wanted to see. But after looking at it, he only saw the eyes of those women who were attracted by his demeanor, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

These women who were on the riverside also wanted to find a good home, so when they saw that Tang Feng was very different from ordinary scholars, they couldn't help but look at him a few more times. He originally wanted to see the beauty and felt that he had become the object of appreciation.

Just when Tang Feng was backing down for this reason, he had already pulled him up: "Young master, look, isn't this the girl from that day?" He said that. Tang Feng followed his finger and saw the woman from that day. She was wearing a light green dress that fitted, and also holding a small lantern in her hand, walking towards the riverside.

Looking at the face that made him think about it countless times, Tang Feng wanted to go up and chat with him, but then stopped again. Although he was not afraid of anything, Tang Feng asked himself that he could not do it even if he talked to a strange woman in front of so many people. After all, he was still a parent official in the same place, and he would have been a long time to meet the people here in the future.

Just as Tang Feng was hesitating and unable to move forward, the woman had already placed the lantern on the water surface. The small lotus-shaped lamp floated up on the water surface. After a while, she saw the bright color. The woman was standing on the shore, her hands were clasped tightly, and she was chanting something in her mouth.

"Young Master, look at her appearance and you may leave at any time. If you don't go, you will have no chance." Assisting the doubts, he instigated him. Tang Feng was also very upset about his timidity, so he glared at him and said, "The emperor is not in a hurry, why are you, the eunuch?" But he still couldn't make up his mind.

After answering the problem, his eyes turned around and suddenly he had an idea. He whispered to Tang Feng: "Young Master, hurry up and prepare. This girl will fall into the water later and you will have to come to save her."

Tang Feng was stunned for a moment, not understanding what the meaning of solving the doubts, but then he became clear. The hero's behavior of saving the beauty is obviously a good way to contact each other, so although he felt that it was inappropriate to do so, he still did not stop the doubts from being able to resolve the doubts, but instead moved forward according to his wishes.

At this time, the woman had finished praying and was about to turn around and leave the riverside, but suddenly she felt her feet relaxed and she lost her balance and fell into the river. The women next to her were also shocked and screamed and hid to the side. The others around were also staring blankly, unable to react for a moment.

Just as she fell into the river and struggled with her hands and feet, Tang Feng had already rushed over as fast as possible, and took off the hood outside and threw it on the ground when she was a few feet away from the shore.

After swimming a few steps to the woman, Tang Feng lifted her up and then stepped on the water back to the shore. The woman obviously was so scared that she moved her hands and feet. If Tang Feng had not learned swimming in his previous life, she might not have saved her.
Chapter completed!