The children wore brightly coloured cotton clothing while some wore silk clothings embroidered with flowers, fruits, animals and insects each endowed with protective properties to ward off evil as well as to bring the child success in the future.
Small children could not control their games.
They threw the ball and ran to pick it up.
It was very difficult for the carriage drivers and horse riders to stop and save them.
Kite flying was another activity.
When the kite rose high up in the sky, the eyes of the kite flier were glued to the kite.
He did not care for the crowd around and could get injured.
Carriages, horses and people filled the roads.
The brightly coloured Han fus brought about a bright and beautiful scene.
The street hawkers peddled their wares very nicely.
The candied hawthorn berries sellers carried whole bunches of candied hawthorn berries to attract small children.
The toy-sellers set their stalls on the pavements.
The biggest crowd was in the vegetable market.
Some people move from stall to stall and bargain for each and every item.
They were also very careful about short-weighing by the vendors and keep an eye on the scales.
The shopkeepers had sweet tongues and try to entice their customers through sweet talk.
There were roadside sellers who had opened up their shops where colourful embroidered materials were hanged and others umbrellas.
The jewellery shops were not closed yet and were flooded with young ladies from all directions who wished to make themselves more pretty.
There were tailoring shops and shoe shops where one could buy his or her shoes and clothes.
There were clinics opened at night.
Women could be seen walking together carrying baskets in colourful han fu clothings with shawls over their shoulders with beautiful jewels on their hairs, necks and fingers.
They seemed to be going out to buy materials for preparing food for their husbands and childern.
Lin Wangshu walked around the market while admiring the beautiful sites.
She kept looking around at the ladies who passed by her, they werw surely pretty.
She walked over to a mahogany notice board where a man was busy gluing a sheet of important news on it.
Soon, the man left and throngs of people gathered around the place while looking at the important news.
The piece of paper said that the imperial palace was recruiting new maid servants and would go by the roads while looking for the possible people.
"I heard that the crown prince of the imperial palace is very handsome, I hope they choose me." One of the ladies who was standing behind Lin Wangshu told her friend.
She was in a yellow han Fu and she held an umbrella that had flowers on it.
She was holding her friend's hand.
Lin Wangshu turned around and faced the two ladies.
"Is there plenty of food in the imperial palace?" She inquired.
"Yes of course, almost every peasant farmer's good harvest is taken to the imperial palace."
Lin Wangshu smiled at the thought of the good food in the imperial palace and turned around and faced the poster again.