The spring is cold, the wind is cold, the dry and hard frozen soil after the snow is frozen into lumps of soil, and the carriage is bumpy and uneven. The air was filled with the faint smell of gunpowder from firecrackers. The thawing river flowed loudly, and the sound was crisp and loud, inspiring.

Lanterns are hung in front of every house, there are big and small, different patterns, different shapes, the lights are bright or dark, far or near, looking from a distance, it is like hanging in the sky, lit and kneaded one by one, very beautiful.

There are many pedestrians on both sides of the road, the maids hold lanterns in their hands, and walk and sway in the cold spring breeze, and the ladies smile shyly, bow their heads and hurry, afraid that they will be looked at by others. The son-in-law who is looking for spring is holding a small fan in his hand, looking at the women coming and going from time to time, and his appearance is very chic.

Thirty fires, fifteen lights, as the old saying goes. Half a month has passed since the Spring Festival, and now it is the Lantern Festival again, and the spring atmosphere is thick, and the lights of the city are the beginning of a prosperous year.

By the moat that has just melted the ice, the river is flowing and countless lanterns are floating on the water, swaying slightly, with different shapes, or into lotus flowers, or into peonies, competing for beauty, very beautiful. The reflection of the lamps in the river, each lamp is a shadow, above and below the water, reflecting each other, just like the stars falling in the water, gorgeous and incomparable.

This is the flower god lantern festival that is widely spread in the north. Legend has it that every year at the beginning of the Lantern Festival in early spring, the ladies in the boudoir will write their wishes on paper, and then put them in a special lantern, let it flow down the river and with the waves. If it is picked up by a talented person with a heart, it is a person who is destined. The legendary god of flowers will bless this young lady who is bonded by the lantern for a hundred years.

This legend has been passed down for thousands of years. It is also true that several pairs of famous couples have been made, and for a while, the Flower God Lantern Festival and the Lantern Festival have become a unique scenery on the Lantern Festival in the north.

This year's Lantern Festival came early, and the ice edge of the river was initially melted. The cold is unbearable, but the sons waiting to catch the lanterns on the riverside are dense and endless, and the water squeezed on both sides of the river is impassable.

A little boy of eleven or twelve, dressed in ayara, held a long bamboo pole in his hand, and a small iron hook hung on the bamboo pole. Most of these sons came empty-handed, even with tools in their hands. was not so well prepared, seeing that this little brother was only eleven or twelve years old, he kept picking up the upstream lady and putting down the lantern. In addition to admiration or admiration in my heart: whose little son is this, so far-sighted, it's amazing!

A wide wagon, slowly waking up from a distance, undulating up and down on the bumpy road.

The mouths of the two horses that pulled the cart were constantly spitting hot air from their mouths. Although he is a servant of the wind and dust, he has a divine posture and is extraordinary. The carriage at the back is very large. There was some dust outside, and at first glance it was clear that it had come from a distance.

The carriage jolted, and a woman's voice came from the car: "Hey, what are you doing, you are pressing me." ”

Another man's voice rang out, "Oh, I'm sorry, the carriage was too bumpy, I didn't mean to." Hey, what's this squishy one? Wow. There's another one over here??"

"You, let me go down!" The two women in the carriage shouted together.

The curtain of the car was opened suddenly, and a man with a smile and healthy skin was pushed out of the car by two pairs of small hands.

He shook the green shirt on his body, flicked his small hat, and said with a smile: "What are you shy, it's just careless, although you are in good shape, you don't need to be so domineering." Come down and get down, anyway, I'm tired from riding in the car, and it's not bad to walk two steps to exercise. ”

The carriage had gone a short distance and came to a halt. The man who followed the carriage yawned and looked at the dense crowd on both sides of the river, and was suddenly startled. Holy, what's this for? The black light is blinding, everyone comes to fish together?

The curtain on the carriage window was lifted, and a beautiful little face stretched out, with a sweet smile on his face, carefully looked at the crowd in front of him, and said curiously: "Sister, why are the people in the capital so strange?" It's cold, it's dark night, what are they doing around the river? Hey, there are a lot of lanterns on this river, it's so beautiful. ”

The other woman also poked her head out of the window, her jade flour cheeks, her small mouth slightly red, her eyes flowing, and she looked forward to life. She looked at everyone before she spoke, "Oh, is it the Lantern Festival today?" We've been doing it for so many days that we've forgotten about this good time. This is probably the legendary Flower God Lantern Festival. Legend has it that as long as the unmarried woman puts down a lantern in the upper reaches of the river, write your wishes, if it is picked up by the affectionate son below, this is the flower god as a matchmaker, a match made in heaven, will be able to grow old together, flowers bloom rich. ”

The younger woman was pleasantly surprised: "Really? She glanced at the man walking beside the carriage, and said softly, "Then I'll go and put one on the lamp, and let the bad guy pick it up." ”

The older beautiful woman sneered and said, "If you want him to choose something, you will directly get along with him for a hundred years, and it will be cumbersome to make so many twists and turns." ”

The young woman snorted, blushed, and got into a mess with her sister in the carriage.

Someone walking by the car heard this, and suddenly realized, it turned out that these people were here to catch the lights, no wonder they were all so obscene, and their eyes were shining. However, this activity is beneficial for exercising these young ladies who are not diligent.

He glanced around, and saw that an eleven or twelve-year-old boy had moved quickly, and in a short time he had picked up four or five lamps, pulled up the letter in the lamp to look at it, and then threw the lantern aside with a snort. The spoiled lanterns are swinging more and more, and it is the hearts of the beautiful and amorous ladies, and the onlookers next to them are so anxious that they swallow their saliva.

Damn, I'm so young to catch lanterns, is there any reason? At a young age, that thing hasn't grown hair yet, and it is really unconscionable to want to do these romantic things. He spat hard and stepped forward with a grin. With a kind smile on his face, he said, "Brother Dong, hello." Wow, it's amazing, I can pick up the lanterns and play with them at such a young age. Can I play with you? ”

The sons around saw that a family member stepped forward and was almost disdainful, whose family is this so ignorant of etiquette, and he doesn't talk about etiquette, righteousness and shame, and even other children come to deceive.

"Sister, he's doing bad things again, and you don't care about him?" The young woman in the carriage pulled up the curtain, glanced at it, and snorted.

My sister smiled and said, "It's not like he's done bad things once or twice, which time can he manage it." Our family is looking for someone who can rule over him. That's too hard. ”

The younger sister said: "I think it's my sister, you don't want to care." This bad guy, all the way from Jinling to the capital, has to find a way to do something bad every day. If no one cares, and you don't know what evil to do? ”

The sister smiled and said, "Evil? When he does something evil to you every day, I see that you like it very much, don't think that I don't see anything when I'm asleep. ”

"Sister??" My sister threw herself into her sister's arms in shame and didn't dare to speak.

My sister reluctantly pressed her nose and said, "You." At such a young age, let him do bad things to you every day, how will you get it in the future? Didn't I give you a knife to defend yourself? If he bullies you again, you will stab him with a knife and cluck, but don't say that I taught you, he likes to take revenge on me??"

The two sisters were laughing in the carriage, and someone over there had already been shy and approached the child and said, "How is it, little brother, do you agree?" Hey, you don't speak. I'll just say yes to you. Ah, this is a tael of silver, as long as you pick up ten lanterns, this tael of silver is yours. ”

The child snorted and did not speak.

There is personality and I like it. He smiled, picked up the silver of the white flowers, shook it in front of the child's eyes, squinted and smiled: "See, this is the silver of the white flowers, and ten lanterns are one or two pieces of silver, how cost-effective." ”

The child looked at him with disdain, took out an ingot, four or five taels in his arms, hooked his little finger and said: "Ah, this is five taels of silver, as long as you pick up a lantern, this silver will be regarded as a reward for you." The crowd of onlookers erupted in laughter.

I'm damned, more than I drag? The capital is really different, even children are so dragged like this. He was very thick-skinned, and he didn't care about the ridicule of everyone, so he gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Dong, you really have a personality, I like it." Why don't we make friends, my name is Lin San, what's your name? ”

"Lin San?" The child frowned, shook his head, and said, "This name is ugly enough, and it is unbearable. If you give it this name, your knowledge will not be much better. ”

This little guy looked like a little adult, and he talked for a long time, but he didn't report his name. Lin Wanrong smiled disapprethoughtfully and said, "Yes, my name was given by someone else, and it is messy and filthy." I don't know what kind of elegant name you have, little brother? ”

The child looked at him vigilantly and said, "Why are you asking my name?" Hmph, close to me, eight out of ten are ghost fighters. Look at your thief's eyebrows, it doesn't look like a good thing, don't you want to kidnap me? Tell you, young master, I'm not a vegetarian! I can kill cats at the age of three, I can tear leopards at the age of five, and I just slaughtered a tiger with my bare hands a few days ago, you want to kidnap me? Beware of my fists not recognizing people! He reached out and shook his little fist as if I was a muscular man.

Lin Wanrong was stunned for a long time, damn it, I finally met someone who was even more shameless than Lao Tzu, still so young, promising, and promising. He laughed twice and said, "Brother Dong is really powerful. Okay, okay, I won't ask your name anymore. Tell me, what are you doing with these lanterns, don't you really want to find a sister to be your daughter-in-law? ”

The kid cut down and said disdainfully: "Looking for a daughter-in-law? What to do with a daughter-in-law? You think everyone is like you, you miss your daughter-in-law every day! Everyone burst into laughter, Lin Wanrong sweated profusely, this kid is really accurate, Lao Tzu came to the capital to find a daughter-in-law. The two sisters were stunned everywhere when they heard Lin Wanrong talking to the child, and couldn't help but hide in the carriage and cover their lips and chuckle. My sister said: "If you are bad, someone can scare you." ”

"Since you're not looking for a daughter-in-law? So what do you do with other people's lanterns? The onlookers listened to the two of them talking, and finally one of them couldn't help but ask.

"It's not a lantern." The child said: "I fished out forty or fifty lamps, and they turned out to be some beautiful words of affection and love written by young ladies, and they were ugly and died." I wanted to find some pastries with the right taste, but I couldn't find them. ”

Countless sons fell to the ground! This little knife. Fishing for these lanterns is actually to find pastries, and they also discard the beautiful words written by the ladies, which is really unconscionable.

Lin Wanrong laughed, he didn't have a good impression of this glamorous word. This kid is very funny, and people can't help but laugh.

Seeing the hostile eyes around him, the child did not have the slightest fear, and pulled Lin Wanrong's sleeve and said, "Lin San, you are not bad!" ”

"What's good?" Lin Wanrong said strangely.

The child said seriously: "These people are all trying to pick a lantern to find a young lady, which is really vulgar and superficial." Seeing that although your status is low, you are different from them, you don't pick up lanterns, and you don't laugh at me. The character is not bad. Then I'll tell you my name, this young master's name is Li Wuling, if someone bullies you in the capital in the future. You will give me my name, and I will make sure that no one will dare to touch a single hair of yours. ”

Oh my god, such a bullshit? Lin Wanrong smiled secretly, and didn't take it seriously, but listened to what he said earlier. But I realized that this child is not simple. I saw that Li Wulingsheng had a tiger head and a tiger brain, and his pupils were pitch black. The eyes are sparkling, and they are very clever and cute. Thinking of his peculiar reason for choosing the lantern, Lin Wanrong couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother Dong, are you fishing for this lantern for snacks?" Did the Venerable Master fall for it? ”

Li Wuling snorted: "I heard someone talk about this flower lantern festival yesterday, so I asked my grandfather what the lantern festival is for." The old man was busy, and I pestered him a few times, and he said that in order to deal with the ghosts, the ladies of each family would make some pastries and offer them to the river god. Hmph, the old man even dared to lie to me. I'm going to compete with him right away, so that he knows how good I am. ”

Invincible, Lin Wanrong sweated profusely when he heard this, this little guy is estimated to be an overlord at home, and he doesn't even care about his grandfather.

"Look, look, flower lamp??" A shout came from upstream.

"Flower God Lamp, Flower God Lamp??" The sons of the land, on both sides of the strait, also exclaimed together, their voices mixed with excitement. The two young ladies hiding in the carriage couldn't help but look out when they heard the shouting.

"Flower God Lamp, what is Flower God Lamp?" Lin Wanrong looked at Li Wuling and said strangely.

"You ask me, how do I know, I'm a child!" Li Wuling rolled his eyes.

Damn, I encountered a thorn, Lin Wanrong smiled, and then looked upstream. I saw a lantern slowly walking on the water upstream. The lantern is tall and made into the shape of a beautiful woman, with a delicate expression, a smile on her face, and a fluttering skirt, which is vivid. This beautiful woman's lantern is covered with a layer of faint yellow light all over her body, and there are dozens of small lights around it to form a lotus shape, looking from afar, it looks like a fairy floating in the lotus.

This is the flower lamp? Lin Wanrong also secretly wondered when he saw it, not to mention the idea of this flower magic lamp, that is, to let this person's tall lamp float on the waves without toppling it, it is a big problem, and it is not something that ordinary people can do.

"What flower lantern? Look at me and catch it up. Li Wuling said disdainfully.

People on both sides of the river have long been attracted by this beautiful flower lantern, and many people have fallen to their knees to worship. Only Li Wuling and Lin Wanrong are not afraid of heaven and earth, anyway, it is the lamp put by Miss Upstream, pick it up and take a look.

The place where Li Wuling stood is the narrow part of the river, and it is the best place to catch lights. He stretched out his bamboo pole, looked at the direction where the flower lamp was floating, and hooked it vigorously. Although this flower lamp is high, it is very stable in the water, Li Wuling's strength is small, and the flower lamp is slightly tilted, but it is not hooked.

Lin Wanrong's eyes were quick, and she took the bamboo pole and pulled it hard, before she hooked the beautiful lantern.

After the lantern landed on the shore, Lin Wanrong carefully looked at the bottom of the lantern and saw that below was a fixed lampholder with a circular bracket, on which dozens of wooden wheels were tied, which could change direction arbitrarily with the impact of the water. When the lamp comes from upstream, the wheel follows the direction of the water, so to hook the lamp over, in fact, it is to change the direction of the wheel, and the force used is naturally greater.

This mechanical structure is ingeniously designed, Lin Wanrong couldn't help but nod when he saw it, Jingzhong is really capable.

When everyone saw that the flower lantern was also fished up, they gathered around. The eldest lady and the second lady who were hiding in the car couldn't help but move lightly and stood beside Lin Wanrong.

These two women are graceful and unusually beautiful, a few points more beautiful than the fairies in the painting. When the onlookers saw it, they were stunned. Even Li Wuling, the little jibtou, looked a little dazed.

Damn, my wife, can you see the ground? Lin Wanrong was unhappy and protected the two young ladies behind her. coughed lightly and said, "Brother Du, what are you going to do with this lantern?" ”

Li Wuling wiped his eyes and said, "These two sisters are really good-looking. Lin San, is this your wife? ”

This sentence is a good question, Lin Wanrong laughed and said, "Almost." Xiao Yushuang blushed with a sigh, but the eldest lady pinched the flesh on his waist fiercely.

"Lin San, why do you look so weird?" Li Wuling said.

Nonsense, being executed by this chick is Lao Tzu's flesh in pain, and she has to smile on her face. Can it not be quirky? He snorted and said, "Dong Li, stop talking nonsense, let's see if there are any pastries in this lamp." I'm a little hungry too. After eating, I went home to sleep with my wife. ”

"You want to die, dare to say anything?" The eldest lady had a force in her hand, her face was as red as the smoke in the sky, and she whispered in his ear. The fragrance of exhaling like an orchid made Lin Wanrong's heart itch.

Li Wuling nodded and checked it in the flower lamp. Of course, there are no pastries, and it is true that I found a paper ball. The little ghost was naturally disappointed, and he didn't even look at the paper ball, and threw it to Lin Wanrong and said: "You hooked this lamp back, and the letter written by the young lady is naturally only read by you." ”

Feeling a sharp pain in the fine flesh on her waist, Lin Wanrong smiled bitterly: "Miss, I'm unintentional, don't eat jealousy." Or. I'll show you, I'm not looking. Anyway, it's useless to watch. ”

Xiao Yuruo's face was blushing, she secretly glanced at her sister, and hurriedly snorted: "Whoever eats flying vinegar, you like nonsense." Yushuang, let's ignore him and let him go proudly. ”

Xiao Yushuang snorted and said strangely: "Sister, what's wrong with you, your face is so red." ”

"Really?" The eldest lady covered her face, and her heart was pounding: "Maybe the wind blows." Anyway, it's all Lin San's harm, so let's just ignore him. ”

Li Wuling saw that the paper ball was in Lin San's hand, but the expression on this person's face was sweet and painful, and he couldn't help but say, "Lin San, do you want to see it?" If you don't look at it, you will lose it earlier, so as to save your wife from being jealous. ”

For the sake of this wife, I won't care about you little thing. He smiled, uncovered the paper ball, and saw a line of small words written on it: "Long Long Long, when will you come to attract the phoenix?" ”

This sentence is like a poem, only half a sentence, and it is foggy to see. Li Wuling leaned over his little head and glanced at it, and sneered: "What kind of dragon and phoenix, which young lady is this, she is very arrogant." ”

It makes sense, these young ladies will have their hearts higher than the sky, and they will have some sweet dreams all day long, just like Ning'er in the past. But fortunately, I conquered Luo Cainu with boundless charm, otherwise she wouldn't know how long she would have suffered.

"Worm worm, insect worm, specializing in folding phoenix dragons!" Lin Wanrong laughed, and the inscription seemed to be a portrayal of herself.

Li Wuling was a little ghost, nodded and said, "Lin San, this sentence is good." The dragon conquers the phoenix, it is nothing, the insect conquers the phoenix, that is the ability. ”

Lin Wanrong stuffed the note back into the lamp, and the two of them put the flower god lamp back into the river, watching the lantern god beauty continue to float downstream, Li Wuling grinned and said: "Lin San, you are a good person, when you enter the city, this young master will invite you to tea." Now I'm going back to horseback riding, and I'll see you another day. ”

Horseback riding? Riding a horse in the dark? This old little land is all crazy? Li Wuling walked far, and he was still in a daze. The capital is really different, all the people I see are this kind of talents

When she turned back to the car, Yushuang smiled and said, "What is written on the flower lamp that makes you delay for so long??" Sister, that's what you ask, right? ”

"Dead girl!" The eldest lady turned red and hurriedly turned her head.

Lin Wanrong secretly scratched it in the palm of the eldest lady's palm, and said, "It's nothing, it's the god of flowers who blesses us!" ”

"Blessing what?" The eldest lady said lightly.

"Bless us a hundred years of good union and early birth of a noble son!" Lin Wanrong grinned.

The two women snorted softly at the same time, the second lady thought that she was talking about herself, her heart was pounding, the eldest lady had a ghost in her heart, her face was blushing, and she hurriedly said: "If I talk to you a few words, there will be no serious one again." Punish you to go into the city. ”

There was no need to enter the city, and while a few people were talking, the carriage had slowly moved under the city walls. Lin Wanrong stood on top of the chariot, looking at the vermilion lacquer city gate and the two bright red characters above the city gate, and her heart was excited: "Jing Xuan, I'm here!" ”

Alas, in the New Delhi hearth fire test, ask for a few monthly passes! It's not easy for me.