Chapter 335: Proposal (1)
The 'Shangyuan Festival' is also called the 'Lantern Festival' because the first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called it 'Xiao', and the 15th is the first full moon night of the year, so it is called the first month. The fifteenth day is the Lantern Festival. Also known as Xiaozhengyue, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival.
The Lantern Festival in the Jin Dynasty is similar to the customs of the Lantern Festival in Caiwei's world. They are both held on a bright moon night, with lanterns and flames lit, lantern riddles guessing, lion and dragon dances, and the whole country celebrating with great excitement.
After Caiwei and the others guessed the lantern riddles, they walked through the bustling streets, talking and laughing to Cao Jin's restaurant.
On the way, Caiwei saw a blind old woman and a little girl of eight or nine years old, begging shivering in the crowd. It was very cold. The old man and the girl were wearing shabby and thin clothes, and their lips were so cold. It was purple, and it looked so pitiful against the rosy face.
Because when she first came to this world, an old beggar died because of her, so every time Caiwei saw a beggar, she would give him a few pennies. This time when she saw such a pitiful grandfather and grandson, she couldn't be an exception. , she took out her purse and poured out all the scattered silver in it, about seven or eight taels, and stuffed them all into the old woman's hands.
The old woman fumbled around, frightened by this windfall. She pulled her granddaughter and was about to kowtow to Caiwei, but Caiwei stopped her.
"Old man, wouldn't it be embarrassing for you to worship me at such an old age?"
The old woman burst into tears and said, "To be honest with you, our grandparents have not had food for two days. We thought we could have a full meal during the Lantern Festival, but we didn't expect that we met the girl and got so much." Money, we, our grandparents, will no longer have to suffer from hunger and cold. The girl has given us a new life, and I can’t repay you. I won’t kowtow to you, and I feel really guilty!”
Caiwei supported her, no matter what she said, she would never accept her kneeling down.
When the other beggars saw Caiwei's generous spending, they thought they had met the God of Wealth, so they all rushed over and kowtowed to Caiwei again, especially begging.
Caiwei had given all the little money she had to the old lady, and there was no change around her. She looked at the beggars who were surrounding her, and had an idea. She gave them the exquisite colored lanterns she got at the lantern riddle competition. These colorful lanterns were given to them. The lamps are carefully made by skilled craftsmen, and each lamp is expensive. When it reaches the hands of beggars, it can be sold quickly and exchanged for silver.
When giving lights to these people, those who are old and have no labor force, Caiwei will choose the best ones as gifts. Those who are younger but have nimble hands and feet will choose the inferior ones as gifts. As for the younger ones, Caiwei paid no attention to those who were strong and had sound limbs but became beggars, even if their heads were bruised.
Huo Yuan had seen Caiwei's behavior a long time ago. Although he had been talking to Mu Zhongqing, his eyes kept wandering to Caiwei's side. When he saw Caiwei being surrounded by a group of beggars, he talked to Mu Zhongqing He said, come over and help her out.
When Caiwei saw that he was coming, she took a few lamps from his hand and gave those lamps to others as well.
Huo Yuan saw that she was doing a good deed and was very supportive. He ordered the boys around him to take one hundred taels of silver to the bank opposite and exchange it for one hundred taels of copper plates to give to the beggars.
Seeing how generous he was, Caiwei couldn't help laughing and said, "Since Brother Huo has this spare money, he might as well open a nursing home to support the old, young, sick and disabled who have no ability to work. It is also a meritorious thing. If you just take care of a lot of If you reward money randomly, the money will only be taken away by the able-bodied beggars, or used to drink or gamble, but never reach the hands of those who really need help. In this way, wouldn't you let down your compassion? What is the original intention of Lao Xi Pong? "