The Midyear Festival is commonly known as the "Ghost Festival", and in some places it is also called "Shi Gu", also known as the Day of the Dead, and the half of July. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere is a custom of worshipping ancestors, and every family will put sacrifices to worship their ancestors on this day.

Early this morning, Lun Shizhu was taken back to the mansion by the Lun family, and followed Lun Wanjian to worship his ancestors. The ancestor worship activities of the Zhongyuan Festival, generally carried out at noon on the same day, the Lun family prepared a sumptuous dish wine and rice, the big eight immortals in the hall were full of twenty-four flavors of the whole table, put on seven pairs of chopsticks, a pot of wine and seven jue cups, and put the fruit box dish plate in the middle, the fruit box is a hexagonal prism type solid wood carved flower ornament, the dish plate is also carved into a rectangle with solid wood, six grids above, the grid is placed in the six flavors of vegetarian dishes such as mushrooms, fungus, pine mushrooms, daylily, dried bamboo shoots and red dates, commonly known as "six flavors of Zhai".

After the feast was set, Lun Wanjian lit three incense sticks, lit a big red double candle, and knelt down to worship like a ritual, inviting the ancestors to enjoy the feast, and praying for the protection of the family's health and safety, and the family prosperity was developed.

After the sacrifice, Lun Shizhu was physically exhausted and was helped back to the room by the servants to rest. He wanted to go back to accompany Xue Zhao to put the river lantern after resting early, but Lun Wanjian also followed him to his room.

He sat in front of Lun Shizhu's bed and asked, "How is your body recovering lately?" Can you still have pain in your chest? ”

Lun Shizhu reluctantly smiled and said, "It's no big deal, my father doesn't need to worry about it." ”

Lun Wanjian nodded, and asked again, "Then Miss Yu is not injured, right?" She has been robbed many times, but because of the piano left by his father? ”

Lun Shizhu glanced at his father and said, "My son doesn't know. ”

Lun Wanjian said, "You want to marry Miss Yu, how come you don't even know the reason why she has been robbed repeatedly?" You... If you marry her in the future, and thieves come to your door repeatedly, how can you not have a precautionary plan? ”

Lun Shizhu still said, "I just tried my best to protect her." ”

Lun Wanjian sneered and said, "How do you protect her?" Or take your own half life like this? Shizhu, you need to agree with her on a foolproof strategy, not only to save things, but also to save the lives of the whole family! ”

Hearing this, Lun Shizhu raised his head, looked at Lun Wanjian and asked, "If I have a way to keep her Yaoqin from being watched, my father will agree to our family affairs?" ”

Lun Wanjian nodded and said, "You have to convince me." Miss Yu, do you know your mind? ”

Lun Shizhu's eyes lowered and said, "I should know." But I don't know what's going on in her mind. ”

I saw Lun Wanjian waving his hand and said, "At the beginning, her father came to ask for a kiss with my Lun family, but at this moment she has no contact with the Tong and Tanglin families, and there is absolutely no disagreement, my son can rest assured." When you have a perfect plan, Daddy will come to the door for you, how about it? ”

Lun Shizhu's eyes lit up, his face was full of smiles, and he got up and said to his father, "Thank you, father!" ”

Lun Wanjian nodded and got up, and said as he walked towards the door, "You can rest well." Stay here today and go back tomorrow. ”

Lun Shizhu heard this and said anxiously, "No." I have promised Xuezhao to accompany her to put the river lantern tonight. ”

Hearing this, Lun Wanjian turned around and frowned, "Your body is so weak, what kind of river lantern do you put on!" I'll send you back tomorrow. After that, he didn't wait for Lun Shizhu to refute, turned around and walked out.

It was already evening, Xue Zhao prepared all the lotus lanterns, but he didn't see Cang Shizhu coming, and asked Ling Bo to knock on the door in his yard, but no one responded for a long time. Min Po said, "Canggongzi is afraid that there is something at home that is delayed." Miss, let's go first, wait until Canggongzi comes back, and let Steward Ling tell him that we will go first, and Canggongzi will go to find us again. The left and right river lanterns are so big that you won't find them. ”

Xue Zhao had no choice but to nod, packed up the lotus lantern and Shi Gu's offerings with Min Po, and went to the east end of the Tang River in the city to cross the Nian Bridge.

When they arrived, the river under the bridge was already full of people, children holding all kinds of lotus lanterns in their hands and running around smiling, there were already a lot of lotus lanterns in the water, floating down along the course of the Tang River, dotted with stars, shining.

Xue Zhao and Min Po found a place on the stone steps under the bridge and put the bamboo basket away. Min Po said, "Miss, I'll go to the lonely shed at the intersection to hand over our offerings, you must be careful when you put the river lantern." Xue Zhao nodded and watched Min Po go away.

Xue Zhao turned to look at the Tang River full of lotus lanterns, smiled like a child, and then she carefully took out the most beautiful lotus lantern from the bamboo basket, and as soon as she turned around, she suddenly bumped into a tall figure in front of her, the lotus lantern was not damaged, but the silk cloth with Xue Zhao's wish floated out. The silk cloth, like a very light white veil, swirled in mid-air and landed on the ground in front of the man.

Xue Zhao exclaimed in surprise, and was about to squat down to pick it up, but the man moved faster than him, only bent down slightly, and reached out to take the silk cloth in his hand. He noticed a few lines of small writing on the silk cloth, so he picked it up and put it in front of his eyes and read it carefully.

Xue Zhao looked up at him and couldn't help but take a step back in surprise. Her cheeks were red, reflecting the flickering lights of the river by the bridge, and to the people opposite, it seemed like spring flowers to people's hearts.

Xue Zhao's heart beat faster, and her cheeks were hot for a while, and the feeling was the same as when she first saw him half a year ago. It was early summer, and although she had suffered many accidents, but with his protection, she was like a lotus in the pond, carefree, bathing in the summer sun.

Creation makes people, and the piles that happened in the past have made them what they are today. But she was still thinking about him, just like the bunch of purple-red peppercorns she was carrying at the moment, although it had been dried, the fragrance became more and more intense.

Lin Xiuyuan looked at the silk cloth in his hand, and saw several rows of juanxiu fonts on it writing, "I chant phoenix tail, and you are in Tonghe." The phoenix is singing, and it is in the high hill. The sycamore is born, and the sun rises in the sun. Wattles and babbles. Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel a glimmer of joyful hope, and the pain in his heart was like a turbulent wave. He looked down at Xue Zhao, his eyes full of tenderness and joy that could not be concealed.

Xue Zhao suddenly remembered the words on the silk cloth, his face was even more shy, and he wanted to take it back, but his hand was grabbed by Lin Xiuyuan, and he held it in his palm along with the silk cloth. His voice was low and painful, and he asked, "Wutong is still there, and Fenghu is not returning?" ”

Xue Zhao listened, her heart was like a knife, and her tears seemed to have accumulated for a long time and finally found an exit, sliding down like a beaded thread.

She choked up and said, "There are other good birds in the sycamore, there are no phoenixes and no branches to rely on." ”

Lin Xiuyuan was taken aback when he heard this, and suddenly remembered the last time Xue Zhao came to look for him, he saw him and Liu Xiaozhen standing together, tears falling to the ground. He squeezed her hand tighter, desperate to defend but not knowing what to say. He lowered his head to explore Xue Zhao's gaze, his heart was very anxious, and he said for a while, "Xue Zhao, from beginning to end, I... In my heart ... It's just you. ”

Xue Zhao's heart seemed to have a warm tide surging up, she knew that according to his temperament, it was not easy to say such a sentence, and what reason did she have not to believe him? In the past six months, his meticulous care and care for her has been everywhere, and he has repeatedly helped her turn danger into a disaster. It was her feelings that were too selfish, too perfect, and wanted to possess all of him.

Suddenly, Cang Shizhu's pale face came to her mind. No, what should Cang Shizhu do? He was seriously injured for her and was still waiting for her to take care of him. Without Fengwei Qi, he may not be able to recover completely, and there is a possibility of recurrence at any time. What would he do if she left him? He's going to lose half his life.

Thinking of this, Xue Zhao wanted to pull his hand out, but Lin Xiuyuan held it too tightly, and Xue Zhao couldn't help but be attached to the temperature of his palm. She bit her lip and said, "Brother Lin, I am now bound by others, not free. I can't leave him, you ... Let me go. As she spoke, she avoided Lin Xiuyuan's painful eyes, slowly pulled out her hand, picked up the bamboo basket placed on the stone steps, bowed her head and turned to leave.

Lin Xiuyuan stood on the ground stunned, he knew Xue Zhao's heart for him, and the sudden huge sense of happiness pushed him to the top, but then Xue Zhao's words made him fall to the bottom again. Does he and her really want to be separated from each other and worry about old age? He clutched the small piece of silk cloth in his hand and closed his eyes in pain.