Chapter 416 - Chapter 416: Chapter 416: Liu Baihan (1/2)

Chapter 416: Chapter 416: Liu Baihan

During the Lantern Festival, there are naturally several traditional customs that cannot be missed.

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, people light up thousands of colorful lanterns to express celebration.

They also eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice dumplings), admire lanterns, guess lantern riddles, walk away illness, welcome the Goddess of the Hearth, watch lion dances, perform dragon lantern dances, walk on stilts, and chase mice to complete the festivities.

Of course, some of these customs do not start on the 15th but earlier, such as lighting lanterns and walking on stilts, which generally start from the 11th day of the lunar month and end on the 18th.

Accompanying the stilt-walking custom is the lion dance!

The countryside becomes lively a little slower, usually starting these celebrations on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, while in the city, these customs start even earlier.

Di Yelei prepared a lantern for each of the three children, with the frame made of bamboo strips and sorghum stalks. He made rabbit, puppy, and chicken lanterns, one of each kind.

While Di Yelei’s lanterns had not yet been completed, Liu Quan and Ms. Yao had already sent lanterns over.

According to tradition, the family of a woman who was married in the previous year should send lanterns to symbolize new members. Since Liu Sisi was already pregnant, they sent three lanterns – one large and two small. The person who sent the lanterns was none other than Liu Sisi’s elder brother, Liu Baihan!

Liu Baihan came with two boys around ten years old, and upon their entrance, the courtyard became chaotic!

At ten years old, children should ideally be sensible. However, the first thing these two children did was to pull Ah-Hua’s tail.

Ever since Ah-Hua returned safely from its last adventure, it has become the Di Family’s favorite, and its body has gradually grown plump, regaining its former radiance.

However, one thing remained—Ah-Hua’s recent temper had grown even bigger!

Upon entering the courtyard and grabbing a dog’s tail, the two unruly children were provoking the hounds. Ah-Hua didn’t bark, but bit back instead!

Fortunately, they were wearing thick clothes due to the snowy weather, and Ah-Hua hadn’t bitten down with great force, so no one was injured!

However, the two rascals still didn’t learn the lesson and continued to forcefully pull on Ah-Hua’s tail. Ah-Hua’s snarling and growling escalated, and it seemed ready to bite again. Old Cheng, who had heard the commotion, rushed out to scold them.

“Ah-Hua, Ah-Huang! Go, go, go…”

In the end, Ah-Hua’s tail was rescued from the children’s grips. The dogs quickly slipped into their dog house, reluctant to come out again.

Old Cheng then took a closer look at the visitors: “Sir, who are you looking for?”

Liu Baihan’s eyeballs swiveled a few times: “Is this Di Yelei’s house? You go tell him his brother-in-law has come, let him come out and greet me!”

“Oh? I haven’t heard that my madam has an elder uncle. Sir, are you sure you’ve got the right house?”

Old Cheng bowed respectfully.

“Get lost! You old fool, what are you blocking the way for? Don’t you see who I, Liu Baihan, am? You just need to remember that my name is Liu Baihan. If you really annoy me, I have a hundred ways to make you suffer. If you want to try, I, Liu Baihan, don’t mind playing with you!”

When he said this, Liu Sisi had already heard the commotion and put down her brush to come out of the room.

Upon hearing his words, she immediately understood that the visitor must be the brother who sold off the original owner of her body, Liu Baihan.