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, and 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 sallow 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 lady said with tears streaming down her face: "To be honest with you girl, our grandparents have not had anything to eat 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." Silver, our grandparents and grandchildren will no longer have to starve and freeze in the future. The girl has given us a new life, and the old lady has nothing to repay. I won’t kowtow to you, and I feel very 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 her scraps of money 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 rewarded them with the exquisite colored lanterns she got at the lantern riddle competition. These colorful lanterns were The lamps are carefully made by skilled craftsmen, and each lamp is expensive. When it gets into 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 hands and feet but became beggars. They let their heads get wet.

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 too, she took a few lamps from his hand and gave those lamps to others.

Huo Yuan saw that she was doing a good deed and was very supportive. He ordered the boy next to 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 give away money indiscriminately, it 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 Laoxi Poverty?"