The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 179

Chapter 179: Chapter 161, Lantern Festival_1

In the first month, the provincial capital was bustling with various kinds of street performances changing daily.

In these past few days, Li Xingnian often took the three from the Daohua and the Li siblings out for leisurely walks, shopping, or to eat and listen to storytelling, with the little ones enjoying themselves immensely every day.

In the blink of an eye, the Lantern Festival arrived.

“Sister Zixuan, do we need to leave so early?” Daohua opened her pocket watch and saw it was only the fourth quarter of the hour of Shen (6 PM), and it was still light outside.

As Li Zixuan was helping Daohua onto the horse, she said, “It’s not early. You don’t know because it’s your first time, but every year during the Lantern Festival, the streets are incredibly crowded. If we leave late, we will definitely get stuck.”

“We have to go early to see the float parade. Otherwise, when night falls, the entire main street will be packed with people, and we won’t be able to move through the crowd at all.”

Hearing this, Daohua stopped protesting and silently followed Sister Zixuan onto the carriage.

Concerned about safety, both uncles and aunts would be going this time. At the moment, they were already seated in the carriage up front. Once the young ones were seated, the carriage headed towards the main street.

When they were still two streets away from the main street, Daohua and the rest of the Li family got out of the carriage.

“We’ll have to walk the rest of the way; it’s too crowded here for carriages,” Li Zixuan explained softly to Daohua.

Daohua nodded. She didn’t need her cousin to explain; she could see the situation for herself.

It was just getting dark, and the streets were already teeming with people.

After Li Xingnian arranged for the carriages to be properly parked, the group made their way toward the main street.

“Chenyi, you boys shouldn’t just look out for yourselves when having fun. Make sure to take care of your three sisters!” Li Xingnian reminded them.

Li Chenyi immediately responded, “Don’t worry, Uncle, we’ll take good care of the girls.”

Afterward, Li Chenyi led the way, swiftly heading to the restaurant they had reserved with his younger brothers and sisters.

“Big cousin is so considerate!”

During the walk, Yan Wenxiu stayed by Daohua’s side, occasionally reaching out his hand to block the people jostling against the three siblings.

Hearing Li Zixuan’s comments, Daohua covered her mouth and giggled. “My eldest brother is naturally good, it’s just that if he didn’t always talk about rules and etiquette, it would be even better.”

Seeing Daohua’s playful demeanor, Li Zixuan laughed. “Be content. We would love to have such a gentle, erudite, and knowledgeable brother.”

Daohua: “All three cousins are great too. The eldest cousin is steady, the second cousin is hearty, and the third cousin is gentle and attentive. They always think about you when it comes to delicious or fun things; they really act like brothers!”

Li Zixin pouted, “That’s only because you’re here. Normally, they wouldn’t take us out to play at all.”

Daohua smiled, “Boys and girls like different things. I think as long as a brother can protect his sisters, he is a good brother.”

Suddenly, Li Zixuan pulled Daohua into a jog. “Stop talking, we’re almost at the restaurant we booked.”

The main street was decorated with lights and colors, and all the major restaurants were overflowing with people.

“My little treasures, slow down, don’t get lost,” the eldest aunt called out now and then as a reminder.

Even though Daohua and her party left quite early, by the time they reached the reserved restaurant, the sky had turned pitch black.

“My goodness, we finally made it, I feel like I’ve been squeezed flat!”

Upon entering the private dining room of the restaurant, Yan Wenkai exaggeratedly exclaimed, triggering laughter from everyone.

It was indeed like battling through a war.

Although it was still quite chilly on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after such a trek, Daohua had worked up quite a sweat and had to use a handkerchief to wipe the perspiration from her forehead upon entering the room.

The sisters Li Zixuan and Li Zixin pulled Daohua to the window to look at the dense, shoulder-to-shoulder crowd outside.

Li Zixin: “Thank goodness father reserved a restaurant in advance, otherwise, we’d also be outside squeezing with everyone else.”

Glancing around, Li Zixuan expressed a hint of regret, “It would have been nice to book a spot upstairs, then we could see farther.”

The room Li Xingchang had reserved was on the first floor; even that was only possible because he called in some favors.

Li Zixin sighed, “On Lantern Festival day, it’s impossible to get a spot in any restaurant on the main street without a reservation. Dad had to reserve this room more than ten days in advance.”

Daohua was left tongue-tied.

“Isn’t that the young Miss Li?”

Suddenly, a flirtatious female voice came from outside the room.

The room was open, and when Daohua turned around, she saw several well-dressed young ladies looking their way.

Li Zixuan responded with a smile and a nod.

Turning her head away, Li Zixin muttered to Daohua in a low voice, “Those are the daughters of the head of the provincial commerce association, always strutting around full of pride because of their family’s standing. Normally, they barely acknowledge us with a nod.”

“Today, they’re greeting us just to show off that they’ve got connections and wealth enough to book a better room.”