The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 202 - 198 Divine Lord Xuanyuan Is Allergic

Chapter 202: Chapter 198 Divine Lord Xuanyuan Is Allergic

Wenyuan Bookstore opened its doors, and the whole family went into the city.

As the auspicious time arrived, Ruo Hai and his brothers set up a long table outside the bookstore and arranged offerings on it. After bowing and expressing wishes for booming business, smooth sailing, a customer presence like rolling clouds, and abundant wealth, they set off firecrackers and even invited dragon and lion dance troupes to perform.

For a while, passersby paused to watch.

Ruo Xuan had never seen dragon and lion dances before and watched with great enthusiasm, her eyes shining brightly.

Xuanyuan Que watched her engrossed in the performance, standing behind her to protect her.

It was common for shops in Xuanyuan Country to celebrate their opening by organizing dragon and lion dances that could last half the day, primarily to attract customers.

Today was a market day and, coincidentally, the fifteenth. It was a day off for the Academy at the beginning, the second, the fifteenth, and the sixteenth, and hence many scholars and common people came to watch the spectacle.

Granny Lei had particularly chosen this day from several auspicious dates; although the timing was tight and the bookshelves in the bookstore were not yet painted, it had to be admitted that the day was highly suitable for opening a bookstore.

Due to the holiday, many scholars went out to stroll through the streets, or passed by on their way home. Seeing a bookstore opening, they couldn’t help but stop to watch.

Additionally, Ruo Zhou, Ruo Hang, Ruo Bo, and Ruo Xian brought crowds of their own classmates to support them.

Zhang Qian learned from his sister that the Ruo Family’s bookstore was finally opening and brought a group of classmates to visit as well.

At this moment, the street was packed with students wearing their various Academy uniforms, and of course, many onlookers who were there just for the liveliness.

In this dynasty, there wasn’t much in the way of entertainment, so joining in the fun was a form of it, especially when it included an exciting dragon and lion dance.

The dragon and lion dances of this dynasty were quite spectacular, with many moves and high difficulty. The martial artists’ troupe that the Shopkeeper had hired were all skilled in martial arts, though no one knew where they had been found.

Of course, the most unique aspect of this lion dance troupe was that the Ruo brothers were all participating!

The lively lion dance performances elicited waves of cheers and exclamations from the crowd!

Not only did they leap onto rooftops, but they also danced in mid-air for a quarter of an hour!

Scholars who were unaware of the situation were full of astonishment.

"Which lion dance troupe is this? Their skills are simply superb!"

"Absolutely breathtaking! To be able to hire such a skilled martial arts lion dance troupe, who owns this bookstore?"

"I haven’t seen such exciting lion dancing in a long time. The last time was during the opening of Tianxiang Tower."

"The owner of this bookstore must be extraordinary!"

Xuanyuan Country didn’t lack people skilled in martial arts, but those who were skilled were usually employed by rich and powerful families with hefty rewards.

However, not just any ordinary family could open a bookstore; after all, it required a family to have a rich collection of books, or enough wealth to buy all the books from another bookstore.

Besides those prestigious families with a century of scholarly heritage, who would have such ability?

"Could this be opened by the owner of Tianxiang Tower?"

"Rumors say that the owner of Tianxiang Tower is none other than the Princely Heir."

"No wonder they could hire such highly skilled people for the lion dance."

The classmates of the Ruo brothers couldn’t help but inquire.

"Ruo brother, where did you find such a superb lion dance performance? The martial skills far surpass the most famous lion dance troupes in the city by a tenth of a percent. I fear the Inner Strength of some of these martial lion masters might even be deeper than some in our Academy."

"Ruo brother, the martial arts skills of the lion dance troupe you hired are so formidable?"

"Ruo brother, which acrobatic troupe does your lion dance team belong to? My family is opening a shop next month, and I also want to hire a lion dance team."

Ruo Zhou: "My family has not opened a martial arts school; it’s just my dad and a few uncles who led the lion dance. The people taking part are a celebratory gift from an elder relative of my sister. I also don’t know where they were found."

As soon as the classmates heard this, they couldn’t help saying, "Ruo Zhou, it sounds like your family is running a martial arts hall instead of a bookstore!"

"Indeed, everyone in the family is so proficient in martial arts, why bother with a bookstore? Open a martial arts hall!"

"Is it possible that the bookstore actually sells secret martial arts manuals? Come to think of it, there isn’t a bookstore solely dedicated to martial arts manuals yet!"

"But it’s called Wenyuan Bookstore, not Wuyuan Bookstore!"

Ruo Zhou accepted his classmates’ wild imaginations and spoke out to shatter their fantasies, "There are no secret martial arts manuals, it’s just an ordinary bookstore."

It was not just Ruo Zhou’s classmates who asked, but Ruo Hang, Ruo Bo, and even Ruo Hang’s classmates too.

Those who could afford to study at the academy still were few; most came from families with some wealth, with businesses to run or even hiring lion dancers to visit their homes for festive celebrations.

Ruo Hang, being younger, couldn’t resist showing off, boasting that the lion dancer was his own father, which elicited a chorus of envious comments.

Ruo Xuan, too, watched with great interest, eyes unblinking, so engrossed that suddenly her little hand couldn’t help but clench into a fist, mimicking the movements of those holding the lion head, swinging left and then right.

She decided to ask her Third Uncle to make her a smaller lion head when she got home, wanting to join her brothers in playing lion dance performances.

It looked incredibly thrilling!

Unexpectedly, Xuanyuan Que’s handsome face received a punch from her flailing fist.

The expressionless Xuanyuan Que, now even more expressionless, took a step back.

Coming back to her senses, Ruo Xuan quickly turned around and touched Xuanyuan Que’s handsome face, "Brother Xuanyuan, I’m sorry, does it hurt?"

"It doesn’t hurt." Xuanyuan Que pulled down her little hand and said blandly.

Seeing that his fair and handsome face had turned red, how could it not hurt?

Normally, when she accidentally bumped herself, the adults and her brothers at home would rub it for her, blow on it, and then kiss it better, and it would stop hurting!

So, Ruo Xuan did just that!

Ruo Xuan pulled back her hand and cradled Xuanyuan Que’s little face, rubbed it, puckered her lips and blew on it, then pecked it with a kiss.

The heady scent of flowers enveloped them, and Xuanyuan Que turned to stone!

Still holding his face, Ruo Xuan sweetly asked, "Does it still hurt? That’s strange? Brother Xuanyuan, why is your whole face turning red? Even your ears are so red!"

And getting redder by the moment, as if about to bleed!

Had she really hit him that hard?

Having said that, Ruo Xuan wanted to repeat the gesture, grabbing his chubby little earlobes and leaning in with pursed lips.

"It’s nothing, it doesn’t hurt, I have allergies! I’m allergic to the gunpowder from firecrackers," Xuanyuan Que quickly pulled down her pair of little hands, holding them tightly, not daring to let go, and even retreated a couple of steps just in case she tried it again. If he didn’t stop her, he even suspected she might kiss his entire face, so he came up with any excuse to fend her off.

Xuanyuan Que quickly scanned the surroundings and, fortunately, everyone was captivated by the lion dance and no one was paying any attention to them.

He breathed a sigh of relief to himself.

As soon as Ruo Xuan heard it was an allergy, she stopped.

"Then you better treat yourself quickly."

She needed her Spiritual Power soon to nourish her flower and herb fields, so she wouldn’t help him.

Ruo Xuan turned her head back to watch the lion dance.

Xuanyuan Que breathed a sigh of relief again, and then he cast an Immortal Technique on himself to remove a particularly sweet and cloying floral scent from his body.