"Of course, as long as your friends are willing to come to our house to celebrate the Lantern Festival, we will take care of food, accommodation, and fun." It is fun and lively when there are many people. Lin Shuran also hopes that Xu Mingchen and the others can make more friends. After all, as they age

As you gain experience, your social circle will also change.

Xu Minghao was very happy. He planned to invite more friends to the mansion on the Lantern Festival. Especially when he learned from the maid Ping'er that Lin Shuran had prepared a lot of delicious snacks for the Lantern Festival, he wanted his friends even more.

Friends come and have a taste.

Next, Xu Mingchen and the others sent out the invitations given by Lin Shuran. These invitations were sent to Taifu's Mansion, Zhenguo Gong's Mansion, the second room of the Lei family, the Prince of Qing's Mansion, the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, the Wen family of the Great Scholar's Mansion, and some individually.

Invitations to Prince Chun’s concubine Chen Jiayu, Imperial Physician Mei, and even Young Master Pei and Fei Heng.

Lin Shuran also told Xu Junze that he could also invite his colleagues, friends or subordinates to the mansion to celebrate the Lantern Festival. However, considering that Xu Junze had offended many people in the court in the past, he probably did not have many colleagues and friends.

Soon, the masters of each mansion responded, saying that they would definitely come with their families that day. After all, the Xu family of the General's Mansion had never held any banquets since the opening of the mansion.

In the next few days, the General's Mansion became busy, and the cook Hui Hui and others from the southern suburbs farm were also called to prepare for that day's dinner.

Uncle Wu was not idle from morning to night. He left all the lantern-making matters to him, including palace lanterns, dragon lanterns, gauze lanterns, lanterns, seat lanterns, and revolving lanterns, whether they were in the shape of birds, animals, or other shapes.

It was something that was easy to do, which made everyone wonder if Uncle Wu was a lantern seller before. He could make too many lanterns.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Xu Mingchen and his group of children got up before dawn. Lin Shuran said that something big would arrive in the house today and they would need their help then, so they should not sleep in.

"Miss, the young men are all waiting in the yard!" Lin Shuran opened her eyes and looked at the sky outside. It was just dawn, and these children had gotten up too early. She wanted to get up, but Xu Junze pushed her down with an arm, letting her go back to sleep.

After a while, "The children are all awake. Why should I sleep? You can rest for a while!"

Lin Shuran turned over and got out of bed, but Xu Junze glared resentfully behind her. In the past few days, Lin Shuran was so busy preparing for tomorrow's Lantern Festival banquet that her feet wouldn't even touch the floor. If others didn't feel sorry for him, he would feel extremely distressed, but this was Lin Shuran.

Naturally, he would not stop Zhang Luo from doing something he was passionate about, and could only ask his subordinates to help her more so as not to burden his wife.

Soon, Shopkeeper Xiao Jin got busy with his people. He asked people to move all the wooden planks, blocks and slats from the carriage, and actually built a wooden house on the spot in the yard of the General's Mansion. Two big boards "clicked"

"Click" it closed, and it turned into half a roof shape that could not be swayed no matter what. What's even more strange is that this wooden house has no sharp corners, and is wrapped with soft cloth strips everywhere.

"Is it for fun?!" Xu Minghao and Xu Mingxuan looked at each other with their eyes wide open, their eyes full of excitement. The ninth Xu Mingsong and the tenth Xu Mingsheng also looked excitedly at the entertainment castle that was about to be built, and also

They found it very interesting even if they didn’t play.

Not long after, several carriages arrived outside the gate of the General's Mansion. Lin Shuran ordered the carriages to be driven directly in, and then parked in the open space in the front yard.

"Mom, why did you let people build a house in the yard? What is this house for?" Xu Minghao, Xu Mingxuan and the others were so curious that they walked around for several times, but they didn't understand what this tall wooden house was for.

And now those people are setting up the wooden boards outside. The wooden boards are placed diagonally along the tall wooden house. There are many protruding wooden blocks on them. There is also something that looks like a slide in the middle of the wooden boards.

"This house is for you children to play in. It's called a children's entertainment castle. It's made of wood. I'll put a thick mat underneath and you won't be hurt if you scratch off it!" Lin Shuran had always thought about having a wooden castle.

Looking for something for children to play with together, she thought of the inflatable castles that are common in modern times. However, this was ancient times and could not find suitable materials. She then thought of making a wooden version first, and then

Take protective measures so that children can play to their heart's content.

Shopkeeper Xiao Jin was holding a large piece of paper in his hand, with a strange house-like thing drawn on it. It was very tall and very big, but it didn't quite look like it, because the house seemed to be some distance away from the ground.

"Mom, what's on these carriages?" Xu Mingchen and the others also followed them to the front yard. Seeing that the carriages were covered with cloth, they couldn't see clearly what was inside, so they stepped forward and touched it, it looked like wood or something.

Tomorrow's Lantern Festival banquet will be held in the front yard of the General's Mansion. Because Xu Junze is a soldier and does not like rockeries, ponds, pavilions and pavilions, the front yard has become a large open space of bluestone bricks, and there are not many flowers and plants in the yard.

, which is relatively similar to a military training ground.

"Too short!" Xu Mingye muttered from the side. The entertainment castle built by Lin Shuran is more suitable for younger children. He is fourteen years old this year and is taller than Lin Shuran. He always feels that playing with it

It's not too challenging, but since I've never played it before, I still want to give it a try.

"You'll know in a minute!" Lin Shuran smiled and asked the servants in the house to help unload the things on the carriage, and the person who led these people was Shopkeeper Xiao Jin, the shopkeeper of the wood shop that will be opened in the capital in a while.

He is the son of the owner of Pyrotechnics Chef Jin. He has just passed his prime years and is a very smart and agile young man.

Not only that, Lin Shuran also asked shopkeeper Xiao Jin to build two more swings next to the entertainment castle, as well as a small four-seater carousel that can rotate, but it will need to be turned by manpower. This is specially for little girls.

, her niece Lin Siyu and niece Princess Jiang Yue will come tomorrow. Compared with climbing activities that boys are interested in, she thinks that swings and merry-go-rounds will be more popular with girls.

Although Xu Mingye spoke very quietly, Lin Shuran still heard it. She smiled and said to him: "I have specially prepared other games for you older children. Shopkeeper Xiao Jin will install them in a while."

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Xu Mingye didn't expect Lin Shuran to be so considerate. He felt happy, but his face was still cool. He then kept staring at shopkeeper Xiao Jin, wondering what Lin Shuran had prepared for big kids like them.

"Mother, mother, can we go up and play now?" Lin Shuran's wooden version of the ancient children's entertainment castle has been fully assembled and installed, and several little ones are clamoring to go up and play.

"Okay, let's go play!" Lin Shuran ordered, and Xu Minghao was the first to rush forward.
Chapter completed!