There is still a musty smell in the ruined temple that even the sun is shining, biting fleas that can never be caught, and heavy dust shadows, challenging people's bottom line.

"Brother, Li Bo said that there are lanterns in Chang'an tonight, let's go out and have some fun" Lin Xiao held the small wooden crutches that Lin Chaoge specially made for him, and carefully groped in the direction where Lin Chaoge was.

Although the eyes cannot see, the ears and nose are extremely sensitive.

When God closes a door for you, He will always open a small window for you.

"Okay, wait a minute, brother will make you a lantern, we'll take it out and put it later" Lin Chaoge got up and helped him sit down beside him, his eyes were full of regret and pity, and more of a monstrous anger, who was so vicious, even innocent children were so ruthless.

The eyes are half-drooping, covering the haze, when the Lin family Manchu was wiped out, the original owner was fortunate to have Lin's father to protect one or two, then how did he escape from Ruyang alone, came to Chang'an alone, not only blind, even his legs fell disabled, Ruyang is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and how did he come with one leg, the road is full of dangers, it is impossible not to be heartbroken and angry.

Outside the house, it was very hot, and a tall mulberry tree in the courtyard was crawling with annoying summer cicadas, which was boring and boring.

"Brother, is what you said true " Lin Xiao grabbed Lin Chaoge's hand excitedly, and covered his face with joy, but he grabbed her hand uneasily, wanting to hold it forever.

He was so afraid, he was afraid that this was a dream that he had imagined, all of this was just his imagination, and when Nan Ke woke up from a dream, he was alone in the dew and rain and frightened temple.

There are mice, cockroaches, fleas, wild cats that come in over the wall in the middle of the night, everything, except for my brother.

"Fool, what my brother said naturally won't lie to you" Lin Chaoge was worried that he wouldn't believe it, so he gently pinched his rough palm with a bad heart, coaxing him like a child, but there was no trace of brilliance in his eyes.

"So you sleep now, and when you wake up, my brother will take you out, and let's go see this Chang'an lantern together," Lin Chaoge promised like a child, coaxing Lin Xiao to sleep.

His eyes were gloomy, and he exuded an aura of indifference that no one could approach, and he walked out of this small temple alone, looking for materials to make lanterns.

At first, she didn't think about doing some craft work to support herself.

It's just that reality has given her a blow to the head, and whenever she is done, before she reaches the street, there is always a group of soldiers or ruffians who come from nowhere, indiscriminately interrogating her in the name of searching.

Sometimes she doesn't even do superficial work, and directly smashes and tramples the handicrafts she has made, calligraphy and painting, etc., to put it simply, but when you are penniless, you are attacked by someone hiding in the dark before you get close? Sometimes if you don't run in time, you will end up fighting for reason, and you will have a lot of wounds on your body every time you get it.

Outnumbered, two fists are hard to beat four hands.

If it's okay once or twice, but it's like this every time, but it's the heart that is targeting her in secret, so that she can't live well, in this case, the enemy is in the dark, she is in the light, or don't act rashly, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind.

Seeing the sunset in the western mountains, the afterglow dissipated, and a few stars rose to the deepest part of the sky, heralding the arrival of the Chang'an Lantern Festival.

Lin Xiao, who woke up, didn't touch the location of the person next to him when he woke up, and the entire ruined temple was surprisingly silent.

Reaching out to touch the cold straw mat beside him, there was no trace of sleep on the thatched pile, and in an instant, there was a huge panic and fear in his heart, and he was as cold as entering the cold cellar of the wax moon.

His lips were pale and colorless, his fingers trembled and he groped for his crutches, and he stumbled and groped to get out, walking in a hurry and not paying attention to the obstacles around him, so that he fell three times in one step.

Before the person walked outside the hospital, many places on the person's body had been broken, and there were bruises, which was really scary.

"I'm just going out for a trip, Xiao Er doesn't need to be so nervous" As soon as Lin Chaoge came in, he happened to see Dao Lin Xiao stumbling outside in a panic, thinking that after waking up from sleep, when he couldn't find her, he was afraid that he would leave him behind.

Lin Chaoge pulled up and fell to the ground, Lin Xiao, who still had a silly smile on his dirty face, sat on the thatched pile and solemnly swore: "Brother swears that from now on, he will never leave Lin Xiao alone, otherwise he will not die well after five thunderbolts."

"Brother, Xiao Er believes in her brother, but this oath is too heavy, Xiao Er can do it no matter what, as long as her brother is happy" Lin Xiao stretched out his hand to cover her mouth, panicked, and there was a little joy inside.

"Silly boy, how could my brother leave you alone" Lin Chaoge didn't want to talk about this topic, and diverted his attention and said: "You see this is the lantern that my brother made for you, but I like it" Lin Chaoge put the lotus lantern she had made all morning in Lin Xiao's hand, and drove his other hand to caress the lantern in his hand.

It is a small lotus lantern, made of bamboo strips throughout, with delicate petals made of six diamond-shaped horns, and there is no candle inside, replaced by a slender bamboo tube.

The only fly in the ointment of the lantern is that the color is coarse yellowed straw paper, without any extra color smearing, it looks simple and elegant, but rough and vulgar.

"It may be a little rough, don't worry, my brother will make you a better one next time" Lin Chaoge saw him walking out loud for a long time, and put the hand with many small wounds cut by the bamboo strip back to the back, first, he was worried that the other party would dislike her rough handwork, if Lin Xiao could see it, he would definitely be able to see Lin Chaoge's face flushed at this moment, ashamed.

"No, as long as it's given by my brother, I like it, it's just ......" Lin Xiao stroked the lantern with a gloomy expression.

"In the future, my brother will accompany you to the Lantern Festival, those people, I will definitely not let them go" Lin Chaoge held Lin Xiao's hand and said in a deep voice, I don't know if this was said to her or to Lin Xiao, or both.

"Okay, in that case, my brother is going to hang himself with Xiao Er for a hundred years, whoever deceives people is a puppy" showed a long-lost smile, and he couldn't put it down in his arms and carefully held the lantern, for fear that he would accidentally break her fragile one.

"Okay, hook and hang for a hundred years, whoever deceives people is the thousand-year-old Wang Ba" Lin Chaoge learned his childish outstretched hand and how to stamp his thumb.

"Then brother, let's go out to see the lanterns now, is it already dark outside" The corners of Lin Xiao's mouth rose, if it weren't for his blindness, maybe there was a flash of brilliance inside, and the young man was amazingly colorful.

"Wait, we'll go out while waiting" Lin Chaoge looked up at the sky outside that was not completely dark, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and when she came back, she faintly felt that someone was following her? Is it a delusion?

Lin Xiao, who had not eaten for a day, sang the long-lasting empty city plan inappropriately in his abdomen, lowered his head, blushed a little embarrassed and touched his flat lower abdomen, and blushed so much that he wanted to get into the hole, such a humiliating scene was actually seen by his brother, it was really embarrassing.

"Poof" Lin Chaoge laughed a little unkindly, took out a meat bun from his arms that was still exuding heat, and handed it over.

The fragrance of the meat buns instantly filled the entire small broken temple, fortunately tonight is the Lantern Street, there is no one in the temple, most of them went out to beg, Lin Chaoge took out the assured meat buns, otherwise I don't know what more incidents will happen.

"Brother, I don't eat" Lin Xiao smelled the taste and wanted to eat it, but reason told him no, and his brother definitely didn't eat dinner, just to leave it for him to eat, his fingers stirred uneasily.

"Stupid, of course I came back after eating, do you think I'll be as stupid as you and let myself go hungry" Lin Chaoge touched the top of his dirty and overgrown hair with some amusement, and his eyes were as loving as an old mother looking at the cubs raised again.

"Really...... Really" Lin Xiao smelled the smell of meat buns, even though he had been salivating for a long time, but this hand was never stretched out, and he asked nervously, and his saliva couldn't help but swallow.

He didn't know how long he hadn't eaten meat buns, and he didn't dare to approach even if he smelled it from afar.

"Well, after you finish eating, my brother will take you out to see the lanterns, you have to eat faster, otherwise it will be terrible for the other people in the temple to come back and smell it" Lin Chaoge said in a half-joking, half-threatening tone.

The pearls fall on the jade plate, such as the sound of the raindrops hitting the stream stones in the water stream cave, and there is a kind of taste of people's hearts bewitching in the ears of those who have a heart.

"Good" Lin Xiao did not refuse this time, unlike the usual gobbling up, but chewed slowly one bite at a time, as if she wanted to leave this taste in her mouth forever.

A small meat bun, Lin Xiao ate almost half a column of incense for about half a time, and after eating, he didn't forget to lick his greasy fingers, worried that Lin Chaoge would laugh at him for not paying attention to hygiene, so he had to forcibly hold back.

Took the water and washed his hands.

"Okay, Xiao'er is full, we have to go out to see the lanterns" Lin Chaoge held a cane in one hand and led Lin Xiao to the outside of the broken temple with the other.

Lin Xiao took the simple lantern made by Lin Chaoge with a smile on his face, and held Lin Chaoge's hand with one hand to keep himself from falling.

Chang'an lanterns are different from Luoyang once a year, but four times a year, corresponding to the different lantern designs made in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and there are many accidents.

The ten-mile long street is brilliantly lit, the voices are boiling, the simple and elegant hexagonal official lamp, all kinds of colorful lamps are like the stars in the sky, they shine brightly, and the colors are dazzling.

When they came out, Lin Chaoge and Lin Xiao deliberately changed into their best linen clothes, washed away the sour smell of their bodies, revealed their white and tender faces, and added a strong literati atmosphere, and the whole person looked like a handsome young man who came out of a painting.

It attracted a lot of attention for a while, and Lin Chaoge ignored all this, which was really a bit ridiculous.

Judging people by their appearance is inevitable in every era, and it turns out that the impact of appearance on a person is so important, and I can't help but ironically recall that if I put on the sour beggar I usually wear, not everyone shouts and beats.