Chapter 182: Release the Kong Ming Lantern
As Zhengmin announced the start of the lantern festival, bursts of fireworks sounded in the Luoshui River, and the flowers reflected half of the sky in Linjiang Town.
"Mother, let's hurry up, the lantern festival has begun." Looking at the red sky in the distance and the sound of cannon salutes, Hui'er took Shumin's hand, a little anxious.
"This is just the beginning, and the beautiful ones are all to come!" Seeing Hui'er's anxious appearance, Chunquan on the side smiled, touched her little head and comforted her.
"Is that so?" Hui'er raised her eyes to look at Shumin, who nodded and said, "The lantern festival won't end until midnight, and it's still early!" ”
"Then I'll be relieved." Hearing this, Hui'er exhaled and said.
"Hahahaha." Her innocent tone drew a burst of laughter from everyone.
"May I ask if it's Mrs. Qin's family in front?" At this time, a luxurious carriage came from a distance and stopped beside them, and the little man in the carriage asked respectfully.
"Yes, I don't know what to do with us?" Without waiting for Shumin to answer, Chu Feng answered for her.
"Hello Mrs. Qin, the little one is sent by Master Yao of the Drunken Wind Building to pick you up into the city to enjoy the lanterns." The little guy replied unhurriedly.
"We have a tricycle, so we don't bother Master Yao." When Chun Quan heard this, he disdained the so-called Master Yao for his courtesy for no reason, and subconsciously refused.
Seeing his refusal, the little guy was not angry, and said, "Master Yao has specially explained, today's lantern festival is mixed, and someone has to watch it when riding a tricycle into the city, so it is better to enjoy a face, make this carriage into the city, and everyone will have fun." ”
"Then thank you Master Yao, but we are disrespectful."
What the little guy said also made sense, although Chunquan felt uncomfortable, he didn't refute it anymore, and carried the children into the carriage one by one with Chu Feng, and finally entered the carriage with Shumin. Chu Feng sat in front of the car and sat with the little guy who was driving the car.
Non-stop, in less than a stick of incense, their group had already arrived in Linjiang Town.
Today's Linjiang Town is full of people, shoulder to shoulder, all kinds of lanterns, squinting the eyes of pedestrians.
"Mother, look, those lanterns will fly!" Hui'er rode on Chunquan's neck at this time, tilted her head, and saw the Kong Ming lanterns painted with various patterns released by people, which was full of novelty.
"I'm going to see it too, I'm going to watch it too." Yang Er was small, and his view of raising his head was blocked, and he jumped to his feet in a hurry, Chu Feng put him on his shoulder, and then he quieted down, looking at Kong Minglan like Hui'er.
"This is the Kong Ming lantern, people will write their wishes on the lamp, the higher it flies, the easier it is to realize the wishes." Shu Min remembered the habit of flying Kong Ming lanterns in his previous life, so he said to everyone.
"Is it true?" Liu Er thought it was amazing and was a little eager to try.
"Uh-huh, it's said to be very effective," Shumin said.
"Then let's go put Kong Ming lanterns and see where they can be bought." Chunquan was also interested, looked around, and found that most of the Kong Ming lanterns flew out of a clearing in the west, and said, "It should be over there, let's go over and have a look." ”
The place where Kong Ming lanterns were released was actually a vacant lot near the outskirts of the city, where there were vendors who specialized in selling Kong Ming lanterns.
"Auntie, what are we going to do?" Liu Er looked at the big Kong Ming lantern and didn't know how to raise it into the sky.
"Just light the fire." There is a small slot for putting fuel under the Kong Ming lamp, there is some pine oil in it, Chun Quan took out the fire fold, lit the pine oil, under the burning of the pine oil, the Kong Ming lamp has a feeling of leaving the ground.
"Quick, write down all your wishes." Seeing that it was almost over, Shu Min hurriedly said, picked up a pen and wrote down her wishes
"I hope that Baili Village will get better and better, and the children will be healthy, smart and sensible, and their wishes will come true"
She writes very attentively, and there is a different kind of beauty in the dim light.
Chunquan stared at her for a while, and wrote the most literary and tender sentence in his life: "May one person's heart be white and the head will not be separated." ”
Liu Er wrote, "I wish to be reunited with my mother as soon as possible, and I hope that my mother is in good health." ”
Feng An thought for a while and wrote, "I want to be the prime minister." ”
Yang Er grinned, and wrote a line of small words while people were not paying attention, but she didn't see what it was.
Hui'er didn't know how to write, so she was imaginative and drew a lot of horses, but unfortunately they weren't very good, and I don't know if God could recognize them as horses.
"Chu Feng, why don't you write." Seeing Chu Feng silently on the side, Shumin handed him the pen. Chu Feng smiled and said, "I don't have anything to write about, forget it." ”
He felt that everything was very satisfying now, and there was nothing he particularly wanted. If there must be one, it is to hope that Hou Ye can make his wishes come true, right?
"We'll let it go when we're done. I counted three times, and after three sounds, everyone let go. One, two, three. ”
Kong Ming lantern carries everyone's good wishes, slowly rising into the sky, everyone hand in hand, looking at the Kong Ming lantern flying farther and farther, the heart is full of hope and beauty.
"Mother, look, the lantern boat is coming there. Look good. Hui'er had sharp eyes and saw beautiful lantern boats slowly driving on the Luoshui River from a distance.
"I can't see it here, let's go up and take a look." Chu Feng led Hui'er and Yang Er towards the river.
"Feng An, aren't you going to see it?" Looking at Feng An'an's absent appearance, Shumin asked.
"Auntie, I want to guess the lanterns."
Just passing by the place where he guessed the lanterns, he was fascinated by those lantern riddles all of a sudden, and he originally planned to guess the lantern riddles after the lanterns, but he didn't expect his younger brothers and sisters to be fascinated by the lantern boat again.
"Then I'll go with you, it's not far anyway." Liu Er pulled Feng An, and the two ran towards the street.
"Don't run far, I'll be waiting for you here." Seeing that the children couldn't wait, Shumin said helplessly.
"Don't worry, the place to guess the lantern is the territory of the Drunken Wind Building, and it will be fine." Chunquan said. Shumin nodded, indicating that she wasn't really worried.
Liu Er and Feng An are both big children, they both know how to measure, and they should be fine.
The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk. Suddenly, Shumin and Chunquan were left here, and the atmosphere was suddenly a little cold.
"Let's go over there." Chunquan proposed. There is an artificial river, which introduces the water of the Luoshui River into Linjiang Town and becomes the mother river of Linjiang Town.
The river was neither wide nor deep, and could no longer carry any other boats, except for the long, thin two-seater boat.
Tonight, this boat turned out to be the best place for lovers to go on a date.
Shu Min and the others did not get into the boat, but walked on the bluestone paved path, watching the boats on the water, all kinds of lanterns floating in the water.
A small boat is leisurely, two people sit side by side, and the boatman gently ferries at the stern.
The woman put down a lotus river lamp, the river lamp rippled in the water, and the woman looked at the river lamp with a happy smile on her face.
"You put your cloak on, don't catch a cold." The man looked at the woman, his brows were slightly furrowed, a good family was lively and lively to see the lanterns, she just wanted to take a boat, and the cold wind was blowing on the bow of the boat, what if she caught a cold?
He is a farmer, and he really doesn't understand what it means to take a boat to blow the cold wind on this cold day, so it is better to watch the lanterns on the street or go to the Luoshui River to see the lantern boats.
But she wanted to sit, and he had to go along with her, the only thing he was worried about was her body, after all, she was pregnant with a child now.
"Isn't that Zhengyuan and Autumn Flowers?" Looking at the two people snuggling up to each other on the boat, Shumin said in surprise.
I can't see it, they are quite romantic, I don't know what is written on the river lantern where the autumn flowers are released?
The river lantern swayed in the water and floated to Shu Min's feet, who curiously reached out and picked it up and saw a note inside.
"May my brother Zhao Chun come true with all his heart, marry his own son as soon as possible, and spread the branches and leaves for the Zhao family. May my husband and wife be happy, a man, lively and smart, and in good health. ”
"Poof." Seeing this straightforward and simple wish, Shumin couldn't help but laugh. Chunquan's face turned red.
Fold the note back and put it back in the lantern, and put it back in the river. The river lantern drifted much faster this time, and in a blink of an eye, it disappeared among the many river lanterns, and no trace of it could be found again.
"You really should think about your life's events, and look at your sister is in a hurry." Shumin joked with a smile.
"What about you?" Chunquan plucked up the courage and asked, "Have you considered remarrying?" ”
"I'm just thinking about raising my children now, and I don't think about anything else for the time being." Hearing the meaning of his words, Shumin struggled for a moment and said.
"I can raise the children with you." Chunquan said very sincerely that he really likes the children of Minyuan.
"It's a blessing for them to have an uncle like you." Shu Min smiled weakly.
"No, you misunderstood me, I meant to say that I am willing to raise them with you." Seeing that Shumin had misunderstood what he meant, Chunquan was a little anxious, stretched out his hand to press her shoulder, and said earnestly.
Looking at his earnest gaze, Shu Min couldn't understand his intentions, but fate played a joke on them, and they couldn't go back to the beginning.
"I understand." Shumin said, "I understood this a long time ago. But we can't be together. ”
Since she was destined to have no fate, she decided to explicitly refuse, if she was destined to hurt him, the long pain was better than the short pain.
"Why? Because of those gossips? Or is it because of the child's business? I don't mind. I like Hui'er very much, I like Feng'an too, if I have to have a child surnamed Zhao in the future, I don't mind adopting one, or passing one from my sister. You don't have to mind. ”
He said a lot in one breath, a little anxious and a little uneasy.
"No, I never doubted you, it's just that I really can't be with you." The more sincere he said, the more uncomfortable Shumin's heart became.
"Why is that?" He was in a hurry, and the hand holding Shumin's shoulder was unconsciously a little harder, and Shumin's shoulder was a little painful. (To be continued.) )