More and more people gathered, and Qi Shan repeated loudly: "There are many people! Look at the person in front of you! Don't panic if you are crowded, He's cloth village will converge in a while! ”

Lu Xiaoyi is not tall, he can't see the crowded scene, he only feels that there are human walls all around, and he can't help but feel nervous, and silently holds Xiaoding tightly.

At this time, Yu Liang approached her a lot and silently protected her beside her.

Qi Feng next to him also leaned in, He Siyuan squeezed between Qi Feng and Xiao Ding, and said to Qi Feng with a smile: "Brother Feng, you take care of me and Xiao Shrimp!" He Siyuan didn't know Xiaoding's name, and when he heard Qi Shan call her a little shrimp, he also shouted like this.

Qi Feng glanced at him, "Go to my father, you don't belong to me!" ”

He Siyuan didn't hear it, and smiled at Xiao Ding, "Your name is Xiao Shrimp, right?" My name is He Siyuan, and it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Xiao Ding shook his head and said obediently: "I'm not called Xiao Shrimp, my name is Lu Xiaoding." ”

Qi Feng grabbed He Siyuan, "Go!" Follow my father, you are under his care, we can't mess up the arrangements! ”

He Siyuan glanced back at Qi Shan, "Uncle Qi is right behind me, he can take care of me." ”

Qi Shan also shouted loudly: "Walk well, look at your feet, don't be afraid of me." ”

The crowd slowly moved forward and finally arrived at West Street, the host street of the lantern festival.

At this time, West Street is brightly lit as if it were daytime, which is simply a world of lights and a sea of light. There are fish lights, tiger lights, rabbit lights, plum lanterns, chrysanthemums and other lotus lights, word lights, bottle lights, pai building lights, as well as round lights, square lights, pentagonal lights, birthday star lucky star eight immortal lights are indispensable, it is really a wide variety of dizzying ah!

Lu Xiaoyi was already stunned by all kinds of exquisite lanterns. This kind of handmade and beautiful artwork, whether in terms of shape or color matching, reflects the rich wisdom and creativity of the ancient working people, and is very cultural tradition and characteristics of the times.

Along with the lanterns, there are also charades. Some shops outside the lanterns hang lantern riddle signs, on which the riddle is written, has been surrounded by people guessing the riddle, if there is a guess, the store will provide a small gift, and then the guessed lantern riddle sign is removed. There are also shops that do not offer gifts. They wrote the riddle on the lantern. For people to guess and play again.

There were many people who wanted to guess the anagram, and as the cheers got louder, the crowd became more and more crowded. They all squeezed into the lively place.

The crowd got closer and closer. Lu Xiaoyi took advantage of the crowd to silently hold the hand of the remaining grain. Her hands were cold and small, and Yu Liang's hands were warm and thick, and Yu Liang looked at her. The black eyes reflected the lights, shining as stars, and Lu Xiaoyi smiled.

Yu Liang turned his head in shame, and the big hand hidden under the sleeve tightly held the cool slightly rough little hand, which was small and soft, like the fleshy claws of the little raccoon flower at home.

Xu Wu and Zhang Tieniu led the team in front, and they were actually responsible for opening the way, and it was indeed much easier to have them, and they also felt a sense of security.

Several people squeezed to a big restaurant on the left, the restaurant is magnanimous, the upper and lower floors are hung with all kinds of colored lanterns, the door also has a big God of Wealth lamp group, the red-clothed God of Wealth in the middle holds gold and silver jewelry, and there are big gold ingots scattered under the feet, and the boy on both sides of the wealth is also sending wealth generously, the red candlelight is transmitted from the inside, and the gold ingots are shining, attracting the audience to applaud!

There were cheers not far away, and Xu Wu and Zhang Tieniu began to open the road again, leading everyone to the lively place.

When Yu Liang used to live in the city, he had to sneak to West Street with Qi Feng every year to watch the lantern festival, and he had not come to see the village in the past few years.

Lu Xiaoyi raised his head, saw Yu Liang staring at a birthday lamp, his eyes were blurred, and his face was a little sad, he couldn't help clasping his palm with his little finger, Yu Liang looked back at it, and smiled: "I think of my father." ”

Lu Xiaoyi looked up at the sky, motioned for the rest of the grain to look, and saw that there were moons, stars and lights on the deep canopy, "I heard that if you say something in your heart to the sky lantern, the sky lantern will be given to your deceased relatives, Brother Liang, you can also put a sky lantern in a while!" Say what you want to say from the bottom of your heart. ”

Yu Liang nodded and squeezed Xiao Yi's hand, "Let's put it together." ”

Lu Xiaoyi's heart was sweet and he nodded in agreement.

Zhang Tieniu was tall and could see far away, pointed to a cluster of lanterns in the distance and shouted: "There is the fish leaping dragon gate lantern over there, do you want to see it?" ”

Xiao Geng rode on Lu Zhong's shoulder and responded excitedly: "Look!" Look! This kid didn't stop all night, although he was anxious to see the lights, he was also worried about being squeezed out, and hugged Lu Zhong's head tightly.

He Siyuan was smiling and telling Xiao Ding about the origin of these lanterns, Xiao Ding listened happily, unconsciously broke free of Xiao Yi's hand, pointed to different lanterns and asked He Siyuan.

He Siyuan watches the lantern festival every year, these lanterns have long been like a treasure, patiently explained, sometimes through the bright lights, peek at Xiaoding, always feel that her eyebrows are elegant, beautiful face, more beautiful than the most beautiful lanterns.

Listening to Zhang Tieniu talk about the fish leaping dragon gate lamp, He Siyuan talked about the legend of the fish leaping dragon gate again, and Xiao Ding listened to it with relish.

Qi Feng is not interested in listening to stories, nor is he interested in watching lanterns, he is only interested in people who specialize in pickpocketing in the crowd. As long as there are pickpockets around, he will take advantage of the chaos to kick him, or push him, those pickpockets are weak people, once they are warned, they are so frightened that they quickly crowd away.

Several people are squeezing towards the Yuyue Longmen lamp, but there are people in front of them shouting and walking in the water, such as a thunderstorm in the clear sky, the crowded crowd quickly panicked, people often realize the danger when they instinctively choose to run, escape, will panic because of fear, such as headless flies scurrying around, screaming, shouting, crying, crying, crying, one after another, running, dodging, crashing together, falling to the ground, countless.

Some of the shops on both sides quickly lifted out buckets to extinguish the lanterns in front of the door, and then closed the shop door, keeping an eye on the movement outside through a small window, while some shopkeepers were so frightened that they ran out with other people.

Xu Wu and Zhang Tieniu reacted quickly and hurriedly retreated to protect a few people behind them. Spread your arms to block the crowd of panic.

Qi Shan also strode forward and commanded: "On the left, there is a small alley next to the Ruyi pawnshop. ”

Xu Wu and Zhang Tieniu hurriedly opened the road to the left, but there were many people and chaos, the two were squeezed into a chaotic formation, Qi Shan hurriedly stepped forward to help open the way, and shouted: "Keep up!" ”

Yu Liang held Xiao Yi tightly, for fear that she would be scattered by the crowd, Lu Zhong also held Xiao Geng in his arms, and Lu Yong held Wang Dongmei. Qi Feng saw that a pickpocket was taking advantage of the chaos to rob him. When he turned back to protect Xiao Ding, he found that the crowd had separated him from Xiao Ding and He Siyuan.

Qi Feng was so frightened that he hurriedly squeezed around them, but the crowd was like a tide. Wait for him to squeeze through. Xiao Ding and He Siyuan have disappeared.

Qi Feng was completely stupid. I only felt my head buzzing, and all kinds of sounds were like auditory hallucinations in my ears, flickering near and far; I just felt my eyes blurry. The panicked people in front of you are all twisted into different lines, and you can't see it really! He kept shaking his head, kept rubbing his eyes, kept jumping and shouting Xiao Ding's name, kept pushing the people who were in the way, there were people all around, and he didn't know where the two were squeezed to.

Lu Xiaoyi and others, under the leadership of Qi Shan, finally squeezed in front of the Ruyi pawnshop, and the small alley next to it was very narrow, not a street, but a small partition between the two houses. The entrance of the alley is blocked by a wooden fence, and it is still for traffic on weekdays.

Zhang Tieniu shouted: "Get out of the way!" He rushed over and kicked the wooden bolt on the fence, and the poor fence fell backwards in its entirety.

Everyone flashed into the alley and found that there were three people missing, Qi Shan's intuition was not good, and he scolded: "This rabbit cub! ”

Lu Xiaoyi was also frightened, a strong fear rose in his heart, a thousand and ten thousand regrets poured into his mind from all directions, regretting coming to see the Lantern Festival, regretting not holding Xiao Ding's hand all the time, regretting that the focus was on the surplus food and ignoring Xiao Ding, and even more regretting letting Qi Feng, the second goods, take care of Xiao Ding, there are many, many regrets, I can't say it, but I slipped out two lines of tears and flowed down.

This is ancient times, this is the scene of stampede, but also the scene of walking water, a petite and well-behaved ten-year-old girl, once she is squeezed to the ground, the consequences are unimaginable, once she is forcibly abducted, it will be an unbearable fate to meet Xiaoding. If Qi Feng was by her side, it would be better, if He Siyuan was by her side, how could he, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old rich young man, protect Xiao Ding Zhou in the panicked crowd? Especially at such a critical juncture, how can he guarantee that he will not run for his life.

Lu Xiaoyi's face was so frightened that his face turned pale like chaff, Lu Zhong handed Xiao Geng to Lu Yong to hold, "I'll go find it!" ”

Yu Liang also said anxiously: "I'll go too!" Several others were clamoring to find someone.

Although Qi Shan didn't know the bottom of his heart, he still tried his best to reassure, "Don't worry, Feng'er will be fine with them." Then he said to Xu and Zhang: "It's not serious to see the fire and water, Xu Wu, you take them through the small alley and go back to the shop first." ”

Lu Xiaoyi hurriedly said: "No, you can't go back to the shop first, let's go to He's Buzhuang and wait, if you don't find Xiaoding, you can't explain to my mother when you go back." ”

"Okay, without further ado, Xu Wu and Lu Yong are in charge of this side, Tie Niu and Brother Lu will come with me, and we will meet in He's Buzhuang in a while!" After Qi Shan finished speaking, he led people to rush into the crowded crowd.

Xiao Geng also reacted, wow wow burst into tears, shouting for the second sister, Lu Yong hugged him and coaxed him softly.

Lu Xiaoyi's tears couldn't stop flowing, she was so afraid that Xiao Ding would be lost, she didn't dare to think about what would happen to her mother when she found out, Yu Liang silently held her, and she didn't let go until Wang Dongmei came over and wrapped Xiao Yi in her arms, and Yu Liang gently let go of her hand.

Lu Xiaoyi choked up and said, "Auntie, Xiaoding is lost." ”

Wang Dongmei comforted her: "Don't be afraid, Xiao Ding is clever!" Moreover, the young master of the He family seems to be very familiar with this place, and he will be fine with him by Xiao Ding's side. ”

Lu Xiaoyi's heart lit a flame of hope again, praying that He Siyuan could take Xiaoding out safely. Thinking of He Siyuan's strength again, he couldn't resist the panicked crowd at all, and the flame of hope in Lu Xiaoyi's heart was extinguished again.

In this way, thinking about good and bad times, anxious, looking forward to worrying, he followed Xu Wu out of the alley and came to a small street adjacent to West Street. A few people waited silently like this, and they didn't know how long they waited, and Xu Wu took them back to West Street and walked towards the most famous He Cloth Village.

West Street, which was still lively and noisy before, was messy at this time, and the lanterns placed on the street were crowded down, and they were trampled and extinguished by the crowd before they could burn, and the lanterns hanging on the high places survived and were still hanging exquisitely and brightly on the high places.

The shops on both sides have accumulated rich experience in the lantern festival over the years, the lanterns in the high places must be hung high, the lanterns in front of the shops must be kept at a sufficient distance, and the shops are stocked with enough water, although the lantern festival is lively, but life is more important.

But the people who come to see the lantern festival from all over the world are blind, and once they cause panic, they will panic and flee in all directions.

At this time, only some injured people were left on West Street**, and some fell to the ground and could not be injured, I don't know if there is still anger? Some merchants sent men out to help the wounded, others were in a hurry to ask for a doctor, and the officers in soap-colored clothes had already come one after another, presumably this sudden panic incident had aroused the officials' ideas. (To be continued.) )