Finally, they strolled through the Lantern Festival market. It was a familiar festival, yet a sorrowful one; Xuanling dreaded the Lantern Festival more than anything.
Ahead of them, a vendor was selling candied hawthorns. Wen Jiu stopped in her tracks, watching as a kind, gentle old man bought a stick for his granddaughter. The little girl ate it with great relish, calling it delicious over and over.
Madam Xiao and Zhao Keke saw this, bought a couple of skewers of candied hawthorns, and handed them to Wen Jiu at the same time.
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