The two of them squeezed to a place with few people to buy lanterns, and the lanterns in the middle of the place with more people were naturally beautiful and delicate, but both of them were naturally afraid of trouble, so they bought two small lotus lotus lotus lanterns outside, which looked very elegant, but the petals were very cleverly made, and they thought they were real lotus flowers if they didn't look carefully!

"Old man, you've made this lantern so beautiful!" Lin Mei picked up the lotus lantern and was full of praise, after more than ten years of lanterns, it was the first time she had seen such a beautiful lotus lantern! Although the style is not as innovative as others, it is better than the exquisite craftsmanship.

Setting up a stall in this remote corner is an old man who is close to the sixtieth birthday, dressed plainly, although there are many sewing and mending places on the clothes, but they are very clean, but the person looks very vicissitudes, and life should be very difficult.

The old man smiled reluctantly and coughed a few times before speaking, "It's good if the girl likes it." ”

"Old man, how much do these two lanterns cost?" Liu Yufei touched the delicate lines of the lotus lamp wall, this kind of craftsmanship is much stronger than over there.

"Two ...... Two pennies. The old man kept holding lanterns in his hands, and his hands were full of calluses.

"Two pennies?!" Lin Mei exclaimed, now the price of steamed buns has risen for two pennies each, and this lantern is so beautiful that it only costs two pennies!

"Could it be...... Expensive? The old man snorted, and shrank back in some fear, he also met a beautiful girl yesterday, and thought that his offer was too expensive, so he asked someone to smash his stall and burn the lanterns.

Lin Mei's heart was sour, and she secretly touched her purse, and there were two taels of silver in it, which she had saved with great difficulty.

Liu Yufei smiled lightly, took out a piece of silver and put it in front of the old man, "It's not expensive, you have such a craft, even if you sell it for fifty wen a lamp, it's worth it." ”

"Yes, old man, I'll give you a tael of silver too!" Lin Mei gritted her teeth, took out a tael of silver from her purse, and slowly put it in front of the old man, she was not as rich as Liu Yufei, she had one or two silver every month, not to mention that Liu Yufei had such a large dowry.

The old man thanked them a thousand times, but he didn't say that they were the kind and charitable Guanyin Bodhisattvas, and at the end they gave them a few more goose yellow and white lotus lanterns.

Lin Mei and Liu Yufei came to the river, it was dark at this time, but there were not many people who put the lanterns, so they picked a favorable terrain and prepared to put the lanterns into the water, Lin Mei also took out a small folded piece of paper from her purse and stuffed it into the lotus lantern, her expression was very serious, this is the result of her writing for an hour, I don't know how many pieces of paper were broken, so I picked out the one that I thought was the best written.

"Yufei, where's your prayer book?" Lin Mei couldn't help but be a little anxious when she saw Liu Yufei sending the two lotus lanterns in her hand into the water with a calm face.

Liu Yufei stretched out his hand and fiddled with the water waves, making the lotus lantern float faster, "I didn't write that thing, I originally planned to practice Su embroidery at home today, so naturally I didn't write those things." ”

Lin Mei sighed and blamed herself, "It's all my fault, I just want to drag you out, but I forgot to ask you if you wrote a prayer!" "Liu Yufei already has a fiancé, and she still dragged others out to accompany her to put lanterns, which is really a sin!

Liu Yufei waved his hand unmindfully, rolled his eyes a few times, and smiled like a little fox, "If you tell me what you wrote, I will forgive you!" ”

The corners of Lin Mei's mouth twitched, and she calmly turned around and put her three lotus lanterns into the river, ignoring Liu Yufei. The two of them were about to whisper, but someone downstream sneered a few times and reprimanded, "Stop those lights!" ”

The two of them thought that the girl was talking about another lantern, but when they looked at it, it was the lantern that they had just put down, which was being scooped up from the water by a young man in white with a bamboo pole and thrown on the ground in embarrassment, and even the candle in the wick was extinguished.

"What are you guys doing!" Lin Mei was angry, and hurriedly walked downstream, but saw that the delicate girl was a little familiar, it turned out to be the Miss Wang family she had just laughed at!

"You laughed at me for begging before, but you put a lantern here, and now I have destroyed your lantern, this matter is settled!" Miss Wang raised her chin arrogantly, her tone was domineering, she was half a head shorter than Lin Mei, but she was very domineering.

Lin Mei trembled with anger, squatted down and picked up the lantern she had just put in the prayer book, and sure enough, the words inside were stained by the river water's wet ink, and she couldn't even read the words clearly, and it was still dripping with pale black ink.

"Why are you so shameless! I spent the afternoon writing a prayer book...... What's more, it was you who laughed at me before, how could you even destroy other people's lanterns! The two lotus-colored lanterns put by Liu Yufei were also tragically trampled on the ground at this time.

The white-clothed young man who had fished for the lamp before stopped in front of Miss Wang with a dissatisfied face, "How can you talk like this, this girl?" No wonder Confucius said that a little woman like you is the most difficult to raise, Miss Wang, let's go, talking to such a layman will lose your identity. ”

Miss Wang looked complacent, and said sarcastically, "Lin Mei, I don't think you can get married in your life, it's better to learn from your mother and be a matchmaker now, those ninth-rate things must be very suitable for you!" ”

The identity of the matchmaker is the same as that of the government, pawns, time abductions, thieves, and prostitutes all return to the lower ninth class, which is a way for ordinary people to look down on.

"Bastard!" Lin Mei hated to say that she was like a matchmaker in her life, and at this time, she was sneering and sarcastic by the two of them, and she was so angry that she couldn't restrain herself, and the foul language that she hadn't scolded for several years came out again for a while, she saw that Miss Wang was still carrying a purple lotus lantern in her hand, and rushed over in a few steps, and pushed the lantern in Miss Wang's hand hard, and the lantern fell to the ground at once, and the candle flame tilted, and the lantern burned up in an instant.

Miss Wang was still very panicked as Lin Mei rushed towards her, and the young man in white didn't dare to stop her, after all, men and women couldn't stand it, so they could only watch the purple lotus lamp burn into a big fireball, attracting the whispers of many young ladies and sons around.

"You! Do you know how much silver this lantern costed! Miss Wang was so angry that she almost jumped up, and her fingers trembling when she pointed at Lin Mei, "This lamp cost me a tael of silver!" ”

Lin Mei saw that her lamp was also burned by herself, and she instantly felt a lot better, and said with her hands on her waist, "My three lamps also cost one or two silver, by the way, you also destroyed Yufei's lanterns, and her two lamps will cost one or two silver, in the end, you have to pay us one or two silver!" ”

"Lin Mei......" Liu Yufei didn't dare to run in disregard of her image like her, so when she arrived here, Miss Wang's lanterns had already been lit, and the people around her were pointing, obviously recognizing the identities of several of them.

Miss Wang was furious, and felt that there were too many onlookers around, and if she continued like this, she would lose face, snorted coldly, and left without looking back, and kicked the young man in white the way, obviously thinking that he was too useless.

Liu Yufei frowned, and looked at the back of Miss Wang's angry back with some worry, "Miss Wang, I'm afraid she won't give up, Lin Mei, you must be careful in the future." "After all, the Wang family is a rich man's family, and the family is rich and rich, and it is also regarded as a local tyrant in Linshan County, but I am afraid that there will be many places to make things difficult for Lin Mei in the future.

Lin Mei was about to speak, but she saw a familiar figure walking towards her in front of the crowd who watched the excitement dissipate, she blinked in disbelief, and then covered her face with both hands, but she barely cried.

"Lin Mei?" Liu Yufei rarely saw her so decadent, took her hand and asked her what was wrong.