Li Shi took a wet cloth in his hand, and wanted to wrap the copper handle of the teapot, and when he heard this, his heart was anxious, and he shook it for a few moments before he stopped, and walked outside the courtyard door to see many people hurrying to the town, and many people came from the town in a hurry, grabbed a half-sized man and asked urgently: "What's going on?" ”

"The bridge collapsed, and the people watching the ice lanterns fell, and many people were trampled to death." Maoshan Village is close to the town, and the fireworks have not yet had time to dissipate, and the colorful colors set off his eager look: "Auntie, I have to hurry home and report safety to my mother, the wife and children of the old Liu family in the former village have fallen into the water, and if you don't die, you have to lose half your life." ”

Li was frightened, the wet cloth in his hand was thrown on the ground, and the door was too late to close, so he stepped into the house and pushed Chen Xiucai a few times, but he didn't care about his back injury, and said with a crying voice: "Hurry up and find the child." ”

Chen Xiucai and Huang Xiucai drank a few cups of pear blossom brew at night, and at this time they were sleeping soundly, and they were pushed and pulled by Li's back injury, and they woke up after eating a pain and asked how many days it was. He only felt that Li was making a fuss, seeing that it was late and the children did not come back, he was worried that he would be abducted. Seeing his confused expression, Li told him about it, and Chen Xiucai suddenly sat up, hit his back against the wall, and casually pulled a jacket and draped it on his body, and the button was too late to buckle, so he hurriedly ran out of the door. Li followed and ran to the yard, and Chen Xiucai turned around and told her: "You stay at home, if they come back, they should panic when they see no one at home." ”.

Li Shi with tears in his eyes all the way to the gate, standing by the door and stretching his neck to look out in the direction of Baitu Town, Cai came out with his stomach up, Chen Zifu also took Xuewa to see the light, she walked to Li's side in a panic and the two people stood by the door and waited anxiously. Zhang's also came out, Chen Zigui took his son to watch the lights together, she was more anxious than Li and Cai. Standing at the door and grabbing one, he asked if he saw it, and the kung fu of a cup of tea grabbed five people.

At this time, Zhao Yiming came panting, he came to the house once in the evening, looking for Xue Jiao and a few children to watch the lights together, Xue Jiao had already arrived in the town, he went alone and went around along the Xiaohuai River and saw no one. When you're hungry, sit at the wonton stew stand and order a bowl of hot wonton stew. As soon as I took a sip of soup, I heard the crowd on the shore pouring out, shouting and crying, the bridge collapsed with a bang, and the people on the bridge fell into the water like dumplings.

Zhao Yiming knew that Xue Jiao loved to play, and must be in the most lively place to watch the lights, put down the dishes and chopsticks and went into the crowd to look around, and asked "Have you seen a girl with a round face, thick eyebrows and big eyes", some people's family members also don't know the whereabouts, and when they saw him, they asked the top sentence, "There are more girls with thick eyebrows and big eyes".

Zhao Yiming searched for a long time in the crowd. Covered in sweat, his middle coat was also soaked, thinking that Xu Xuejiao was back, so he turned around and trotted all the way to Chen's house, and saw his wife stretching her neck at the door and looking around, and secretly screamed in her heart.

Li Shi saw Zhao Yiming's face flushed, and asked how many Xue Jiao were seen. Zhao Yiming shook his head, and when the Li family asked about the situation in the town, Zhao Yiming replied simply, stomped his feet and went to chase Chen Xiucai and go to find Chen Xuejiao. Li shouted behind him, "You also have to give your mother a letter of peace."

The upper room got the news and turned on the lights. Chen Zichang was detained in the house by the second elder of the upper room and was not allowed to go to the town to watch the lights, so he was angry and poured a few more glasses of wine and still fell asleep. As soon as Zhao heard that the bridge had collapsed. Regardless of taking a pair of scissors to wake up his man, he pushed him to the town to find his son and daughter.

Old Man Chen and Chief Chen went together.

The Chen family was left without a man for a while, and only the female dependents were left standing at the door.

Zhao felt sorry for his son, and like Zhang, he asked if he had seen his son.

The two of them asked, and Zhao and Cai also asked. They all said that they didn't see it, and several people who came back from watching the lights sighed. The scarf on his head was lost and the shoes on his feet were gone, only to be more dangerous each time, shouting that more than a hundred people had fallen off the bridge.

Cai Shi covered his stomach in a daze, chanted Buddha in his mouth, and heard a faint cry from the direction of the town, and his heart hung up. Li Shi was also anxious and afraid that the child in Cai's stomach would have a mistake, so he had the courage to take her hand: "Brother and sister, don't panic, the child in your belly is looking at it, the bridge is more than a hundred years old, at most there is a crack opening, where is there such a strict zhòng, the year before last, such a big water only said that it was good after the collapse?" This is all spread by outsiders who don't know about it. ”

That being said, but Li knows the nature of his children, in the past, when the family was not separated, Mrs. Chen never allowed them to go to the town to see the lights, this year they are out of bondage and the children are all fun, it is very lively, so they don't go to the crowded water, I don't know if they listened.

There was a cry, and a group of people rushed forward carrying a drenched man. The lady at the back was wearing a cloak and crying and scolding, and she was desperate to learn what the government was doing Ice Lantern Fairy, and her own man had to fall into the water.

Zhang grabbed a stout young man and inquired, saying that Liu Laojiu of the big Liu Zhuang in front of him fell into the water and drowned, and said that he saw Chen Zigui, standing on the collapsed bridge and watching the lights.

Zhang's soul was frightened when he heard this, but when his man and child fell into the water, he sat down and let go of his voice and cried: "My dead ghost man, you fell in by yourself and pulled my sons." ”

was slapped twice by Mrs. Chen.

Zhao and Xue Yao turned pale, after waiting for so long, Qi Lin and Xue Miaoji were uncertain.

Li stomped steps, staring at the pedestrians on the road by the moonlight, his eyes didn't dare to turn for fear of missing out, Cai stood in the middle of the road and saw a question, Li reached out to hold on to the fence wall and stood on tiptoe to look over, seeing a group of babies walking on the road would always shout a few children's names, but none of them were their own children, she remembered that the children were worried that they would fall into the water, and on the other hand, they were worried that they would be scattered by the crowd.

"Mother! Mother! Li Shi heard the voices of Xueru and Xuejiao and looked in the direction of the town, only to see Chen Xuejiao waving the lantern in her hand and shouting at her: "Mother, this way!" ”

When he turned his head, he saw Xue Jiao running at the front, and Qi Ping was already asleep lying on Chen Qi'an's back. As soon as Li Shi was relieved, tears were about to fall, the soles of his feet were loose, and he didn't have time to ask, he stretched out his hand and hugged his daughter in his arms, and looked at his niece Li Chanchan's niece one by one, and saw that they were all neatly dressed and their hair was not messy. Let go of Xue Jiao, take Qi Ping on Qi An's back, and hold it heavily in his arms. I saw him holding a lantern in one hand and a sugar ball in the other, sleeping soundly.

It turned out that after watching the Ice Lantern Fairy on the bridge, several people were hungry and squeezed through the crowd to eat the small dumplings on the stall. happened to meet Han Xingjian and Bi Tao, two brothers and sisters, and the two of them took them to Qingfeng Village and ate a stew of meat and bones.

I haven't seen a peach for many days. She met these sisters of the Chen family. Holding Xue Jiao's hand, she said that the fifteenth street is full of gadgets, which are a few pennies cheaper than usual, and this time we must go shopping together. They went to the street together, there were Kong Ming lanterns, one was only pasted with paper, lit a pine oil candle and flew up as soon as the wind blew, Chen Xuejiao bought one and made a wish to fly, a few children looked up and were fascinated, saw the chaos ahead, and asked to know that the bridge had collapsed. It turned out to be the bridge they were standing on to watch the lights. Several children were startled, and they were glad to say goodbye to the Han brothers and sisters all the way back with the crowd.

Li grabbed the child and recited the Buddha a few times. A few more shouts came over, and Cai's eyes were immediately seen if it was Chen Zifu with Xuewa, followed by a string of three children who were four-room big egg brothers.

Seeing that his son didn't care about men anymore, Zhang grabbed the hands of his three sons and straightened up.

When Mrs. Chen saw that her fourth son didn't follow, she asked Da Dan: "Where is your father?" ”

Big Egg ate a red mouth when he ate the candy ball: "Maybe later, he went to see the fairy." ”

Seeing that several children had returned safely, Zhao was the only one who didn't see his own children, and asked in a trembling voice: "I can see you Brother Qi Lin and Sister Xue Miao." ”

Big Egg Snow Baby shook her head. Chen Xuejiao said crisply: "I saw Sister Xue Miao, watching the lights on the bridge." Didn't see Qi Lingo. ”

Not only did they see it, but they also quarreled, and after the quarrel, they left, not knowing if Xue Miao was on the bridge when it collapsed.

As soon as he heard that Xue Miao was on the bridge, Zhao was so frightened that his legs were weak, if she fell down and drowned, how could she live, that is, if she was not dead, she was fished up, and her wet body was seen by a man, and it was better to die. Isn't his own son with Xue Miao? How to leave her alone on the bridge to watch the lights.

Xue Yao's mouth was biting to death. Qi Lin was not on the bridge, and he went to find Uncle Dingfu. In the first year of the Ice Lantern Fairy Beauty Pageant this year, Ding Fu donated money, and Uncle Ding Fu was naturally invited to be the judge. Xue Yao understands his temperament best, he can't walk on his feet when he sees a beauty, and the teacher imitates more powerful than ordinary girls in terms of appearance and wrists. She was afraid that she would kill a beauty to win favor before she passed the door, so Tete asked Qi Lin to send a letter and a strand of hair to Uncle Dingfu.

Li comforted Zhao: "Don't think about it, Xue Miao may be rushing back." ”

To put it lightly, none of your children were injured, of course you said this. In Zhao's heart, he complained that several children in the big house did not advance and retreat with Xue Miao.

Chen Xiucai turned over the people one by one to look for them, but none of them said that they had seen a few of their own children. At the place where the bridge collapsed, he met the shopkeeper Han, he was discussing the matter of the bridge collapse with several squires, and squeezed in to see that the township chief was organizing to catch people quickly, Chen Xiucai went up and asked the shopkeeper Han: "How many children can I see?" ”

Shopkeeper Han smiled: "A few of your children went home after eating in the store." Without waiting for Chen Xiucai to thank him, the township chief grabbed his sleeve: "Xiucai came just right, and after a while, I will help me write down the names of the people and post a notice for the villagers to come and receive people." ”

Zhao Yiming followed Chen Xiucai and ran around, and he didn't feel tired, he heard that Xuejiao had gone to several homes, so he calmed down, turned around and ran back to Chen's house to tell his mother that he was helping to deal with the bridge collapse.

When I came to Chen's house, I saw Xue Jiao standing under the red lantern waiting for Chen Xiucai, and went up to tell me what happened, Chen Xuejiao turned around and entered the house and turned back, holding a beautiful lantern in her hand and handing it to Zhao Yiming: "For you, the road is slippery when it's dark, and you can go home and follow the road." She saw that many people, including Chen Qiping, had lights, but Zhao Yiming did not, and he was running around for today's things, although it was a false alarm, he also helped, so she gave him a lantern painted with Chang'e this month that she bought in the town.

Zhao Yiming said in his mouth, "Where is it dark again" while taking it, his face was flushed, he looked at Xue Jiao with a happy smile, and took out a handful of crisp candy from his pocket and handed it to Xue Jiao. Xue Jiao took it, the sugar had been in his pocket for I don't know how long, and it was warm with his body temperature, and it was almost melting when he touched it.

Li was still weak, and kept muttering: "That bridge is hundreds of years old, why did it collapse." Remembering that Chen Xiucai was still helping to write the paperwork, because he was in a hurry and only wore a thin jacket, he was afraid that he would not be able to freeze, so he was busy with Chen Zifu to send him a big sweater.

Shen Li's family is fine, and Shen Li still wants to report to each family and ask if there is any injury caused by the collision of the light.

Chen Zichang in the second room came from the town drunk, it turned out that he searched for his son and daughter and did not look for him, but met an acquaintance and pulled him to drink. Mrs. Chen was feeling sorry for her son, and when she saw that he didn't take her grandson seriously, she couldn't help but beat him hard.

Zhao saw that it was midnight, and everyone who went to the town to see the lights came back except for those who fell into the river, but they didn't see Qi Lin and Xue Miao, and sent a letter to his brother Zhao Butcher to help find it but didn't find it, and finally couldn't hold it and cried. Xue Yao stood aside with red eyes, not knowing how to comfort her mother.

Qi Lin and Xue Miao's life and death were uncertain, and the whole family was tossed to the upper room by Mrs. Chen. Li saw that his children were really tired, so he asked them to go back to sleep, the cotton lamp in the house was not extinguished, but the small courtyard was quiet, and they all waited for news with their ears sideways.

In the middle of the night, Cai's stomach suddenly hurt, everyone just thought she couldn't stay up and didn't care, but she didn't expect that the more it hurt, the worse it became, and the bottom of her body was wet, and she was really going to give birth.

The whole yard resounded with a pig-killing howl. (To be continued......)