I took the lighter, lit the cigarette without saying anything, and put the lighter in my pocket.

I don't know which nerve Xiao Yayun was touched by this action, this Nizi walked to a trash can and threw the remaining half of the stinky tofu into the trash can, and strode forward.

I smiled a little inexplicably and wryly, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Xiao Yayun didn't reply: "I can't pick up a man, I'm depressed!" ”

After walking back to Xitang and wandering aimlessly for two hours, the sky gradually sank. And Xiao Yayun and I also walked to the most lively bar street in Xitang through the map on the guò ticket.

In China, where there are ancient towns, there must be bars, this has almost become a law. And in the ancient town, the string of the two words bar will make people think of the word "sexual encounter".

The bars in Xitang show this to the fullest, many bars use highlighters to write words such as encounters with holy places on the sign at the door, and a little more explicit is that here you can find friends and ****.

There are a lot of people on the street, and it seems that all the tourists who disappear during the day converge on this street at night, and I feel like I am back in the city.

I looked at Xiao Yayun on the side and said with a smile: "Are you going to go to the bar?" ”

Xiao Yayun immediately shook her head.

I didn't insist on persuading her to go anymore, and I had already done this several times in the imperial capital, but none of them were successful. Xiao Yayun has a strong resistance to the two places of bars and Internet cafes, at least since the day I met her, I have not seen her set foot in these two places.

Not all bars in Xitang are bars, there are also some handicraft shops and a very chic bookstore.

There are many books in the bookstore, most of which are books and some literary essay collections. On the walls of the bookstore are posters about sending postcards.

I glanced at the poster and found that the bookstore can send postcards on my behalf, not only to others, but also to myself, three years and five years later, before sending these postcards are stored in those packages on the walls of the bookstore, and when the day comes, they will be sent, and the longer the time interval, the more expensive it will be.

Three years after Xiao Yayun wrote a postcard, I didn't write it, but spent 10 yuan to buy a hand-drawn map of Xitang sold in a bookstore.

I'm fed up with the map on my ticket that couldn't have been easier.

In addition to the bookstore, the other thing on the bar street that made me feel chic was a small stall, and the owner of the stall was an acquaintance - the innkeeper.

The boss sat on the steps, in front of him was a small wooden table, and the golden retriever next to him was lying on the ground obediently every day, looking like I was bored and listless.

On the table are several lanterns, ranging in colour from bright red to beautiful pink, and even a doll lantern tied with paper.

Xiao Yayun pulled my sleeve and pointed to the lantern on the table, and almost wrote the word "I want it" on her face. I smiled and asked, "How do you sell this lantern?" ”

"Thirty for the small, forty for the big. All handmade zuò, absolutely beautiful and exquisite. Hey? It's the two of you. ”

The boss looked at me and Xiao Yayun in surprise, "I was thinking just now that I might meet the two of you tonight, but I didn't expect the two of you to show up." ”

Xiao Yayun said with a smile: "The big night is still here to generate income." ”

The boss smiled and said, "Sometimes I come, sometimes I don't." During the day, I have nothing to do blindly, and if I do too much, I can't finish it and sell it, and I am bored in the inn all day long. ”

The golden retriever got up every day and walked to Xiao Yayun's side to wagging her tail and selling cuteness, Xiao Yayun bent down and touched Tiantian's head, picked three lanterns and turned her head to look at me.

I immediately understood what this Nizi meant, took out my wallet, looked at the boss and said with a smile: "How much are these three lanterns?" ”

The boss smiled and said: "Charge you a cost price, you can give sixty for two small and one large." ”

I took out a hundred and handed it to the boss, "Forget it, it takes a lot of effort for you to do this, so you can spend as much as you want." “

The boss hesitated for a moment and didn't insist anymore, but took out another lantern and handed it to me, "In that case, I'll give you a non-sale item." ”

I didn't refuse to accept the lotus-like lantern. After the lantern arrived, Xiao Yayun couldn't wait to pull me towards the river.

Walking to the river, I walked a few hundred meters along the river and found a place where I could go down, I stood on the river bank and watched Xiao Yayun squatting by the river and putting lanterns.

The four lanterns were lit one by one and carefully pushed into the water by Xiao Yayun. The river at night is very calm, without a trace of waves, the four lanterns are like four small boats going down the river, Xiao Yayun stood on the shore and watched the lanterns, until the lanterns were out of sight.

The activity of putting lanterns was originally done in the Zhongyuan Festival and the Lantern Festival, like Xiao Yayun, which was not called putting lanterns before, but called putting river lanterns or lotus lanterns, which was a kind of Han folk sacrifice and religious activity in the past, to mourn the deceased relatives, to bless the living people, and to pray for a better future. It is usually performed on the first and fifteenth days of each month and on the day of death.

Therefore, many of the lanterns are in the shape of lotus flowers, because the base of the Buddha is mostly lotus flowers, and it is believed that using lotus flowers as the shape of lanterns can lead the deceased to Western bliss after death.

However, today, the activity of putting lanterns is more meaningful to convey good wishes and prayers for the future.

In fact, there are different legends about the lanterns in various places, and the most impressive one is about Emperor Yang of Sui. According to legend, Emperor Yang of Sui was a lustful guy who wanted to marry his sister. But his sister refused, thinking that this was what it was, but his brother was not an ordinary person, he was the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, and he was the contemporary Son of Heaven, and it would definitely not work if he refused directly, so he thought of a way to excuse himself, and he could get married unless there was a miracle full of stars on the fifteenth day of the first month.

But the road is one foot high, and the demon is one foot high, or it may be that Emperor Yang of Sui really wants to marry his sister, and he was stunned to think of a way to deal with it - he ordered the people around the capital to light lamps in every household on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and those who violated the order were beheaded. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, my sister went upstairs and saw that the ground was full of lights, and mistakenly thought that it was really the stars falling, so she committed suicide by throwing herself into the river in despair. In order to commemorate this woman who is unwilling to be humiliated, the people put lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to commemorate her.

I thought for a moment whether I should tell this story to Xiao Yayun, and after thinking about it for a while, forget it, the story of the widow and Wang Er will make this girl's face hot and her ears red, and the story of this brother and sister will not beat me to death.

I looked at Xiao Yayun who came up and asked curiously, "Have you made a wish?" ”

Xiao Yayun nodded, "Yes." ”

"What wish did you make?"

"I can successfully pick up a man."

I touched my nose and pretended not to hear this, then turned around and walked forward, "If you don't want to say it, forget it, let's go, let's have dinner." This point should also be hungry. ”

A few steps away, I heard a grumbling voice behind me, "I'm full of gas." ”