Chapter 17: The Lotus Lantern
Soon, the three arrived at S Street, and Xiao Baozi happily got out of the car
Jiang Yi found a place to park his car there, and the three of them walked slowly in S Street
S Street is the most famous food street in the southern city, there is a long street in the middle, there are all kinds of delicacies on both sides of the street, and then you will see a small stream at the end of the street, next to the creek there is a very old looking house, in the house there is an old woman selling her own handmade lotus lanterns
If you look up, you can see paper lanterns of various colors, tied to ropes, and ropes tied to paper lanterns are crossed on them, and at night they radiate various colors of light, illuminating S Street extremely beautifully, and there are countless people who come to play here
It is said that the people who come to play are all to buy a lotus lantern in the hands of the old grandmother, but the old grandmother only sells it to mainlanders, and no foreigners sell it
"I want sugar gourds" Xiao Baozi pointed to the sugar gourds stuck in the straw, and a gray-haired old man was sitting on a bicycle
"Aren't you going to eat ice cream?" Gu Jiu looked at the little bun in confusion
"I have to eat sugar gourds before I eat ice cream"
"Are you sure? Don't you want to eat all the food courts? ”
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Baozi instantly had a new attention, "Sister Jiu'er, I suddenly have this idea!" ”
"No, I'll talk about it when you become a rich woman."
Jiang Yi approached the side of the sugar gourd, ready to buy it
was stopped by Gu Jiu from behind, "Don't buy it, children can't get used to it"
At the same time, the clothes on the back of Xiao Baozi's neck were tightly pulled up by Gu Jiu, "Let's go, go to the ice cream shop"
"Wow, put me down"
The little bun waved his hands and feet in the air
After a long time, the three of them stopped in front of a mask shop, and the white cat mask placed on the stall attracted Gu Jiu, and the little bun was put down at this time
Gu Jiu stood in front of the stall and picked up the white cat mask and put it on his face
Because of the height problem, if Xiao Baozi was shorter, it is estimated that he would not be able to see the mask placed on the stall, Xiao Baozi casually groped for a mask on the stall and put it on his face, and the pattern of the mask was the Grim Reaper
Jiang Yi also casually picked up one of the masks placed on the stall and put it on his face
At this time, the boss sitting in front of the stall stood up and greeted him with a smile, "It's really a coincidence that the two of them are taking the couples of this small shop, these masks are made by the handicraftsmen of this small shop, this is the only pair"
Most of the real objects on S Street are handmade, and this is partly because of the reason why it is famous
Gu Jiu and Jiang Yi took off the masks on their faces at the same time, and the two of them took a closer look at the masks
"Hey, really"
Gu Jiu took the mask in Jiang Yi's hand again and looked at it carefully
"Boss, how much is this" Jiang Yi pointed to the couple mask in Gu Jiu's hand
"I want to watch, I want to watch" Xiao Baozi raised his hands high
"Got it"
Gu Jiu handed the two masks to Xiao Baozi
"Because this is a handmade one, one hundred, if you want both, I can give you the mask in the little boy's hand as a gift" The boss glanced at the Grim Reaper mask that the little bun was holding in his hand
"Okay, then..."
As Jiang Yi spoke, Gu Jiu interjected, "Help us wrap it up"
Just as Jiang Yi was about to pay for it, Gu Jiu took out two hundred yuan from his bag first
"Let me come, aren't you a rich woman yet!" Jiang Yi's words interrupted the movement in Gu Jiu's hand
"No, let me do it this time"
"Let me come!"
The boss packed the three masks and gave them to Xiao Baozi, and the two were still standing in front of the mask shop arguing
"Smack!" Two hundred yuan was thrown on top of the mask shop by Gu Jiu, "Little bun, let's go"
Gu Jiu suddenly threw the money heavily on the mask shop, making Jiang Yi look confused, but he still silently helped Xiao Baozi pick up the things he was carrying in his hand
After Xiao Baozi said hello, the two followed closely behind
The three of them looked around, but they couldn't find any trace of the ice cream shop, and after walking for about five minutes, Gu Jiu was attracted by an octopayaki shop and stood in front of the takoyaki stall
Gu Jiu touched his rumbling stomach, as if he hadn't eaten since lunch, and he was quite hungry... After watching it in front of the takoyaki shop for about twenty seconds
Gu Jiu looked towards this food street, huh? There's still a long way to go, maybe you can buy some food to pad your stomach first... Thinking about it, Gu Jiu had already walked to the takoyaki shop
"Boss, let's have three servings of takoyaki" Gu Jiu pointed to the unfinished takoyaki
The boss looked up at Gu Jiu and replied, "Okay, wait a minute."
"It's so fragrant," Xiao Baozi raised his head slightly, and couldn't help but smell the fragrance of takoyaki a few more times
"Boss, do you know where this new ice cream is recently?"
Jiang Yi walked forward and asked the owner of the takoyaki shop who was busy
"Oh, you say this? This is a newly opened and very popular ice cream shop, you go forward, go to the end, and see a signboard that says colorful ice cream shop, that's it, their sign is colorful ice cream, so the name of the store is also simple."
"Why do you want to open at the end of S Food Street?" Jiang Yihu asked suspiciously
"There is a rule in the food street that new shops must be opened later, you have come at the right time period, no one comes to visit the food street now, and I am afraid that the colorful ice cream shop will not be able to squeeze in later~"
After speaking, the boss of the takoyaki handed the freshly baked takoyaki in his hand to the three of them, and then continued, "While the colorful ice cream shop is not lively now, hurry up."
"Okay, thank you, boss" After Jiang Yi thanked him, the three of them walked all the way to the end of S Street
Fifteen minutes later, the takoyaki in the hands of the three of them had already been eaten and wiped clean and thrown into the trash
Gu Jiu gently slapped her legs, which had not been exercising for a long time, and said, "Wow, the food street is really long, and the legs are sore, no wonder this place is very famous."
"It's really long!" Jiang Yi put the things on the ground in his hand and rested for a while
"Do foodies often come here," Xiao Baozi couldn't help but ask
"Yes, foodies like you come often"
Gu Jiu scratched Xiao Baozi's nose and smiled softly
"It should be almost there, let's go" Jiang Yi said softly as he lifted the things that had been placed on the ground
When the two heard this, they also followed closely
Five minutes later, the three of them saw that the signboard was shining with the words "colorful ice cream".
Gu Jiu frowned and said, "This should be the place, why is it a little different from what the takoyaki boss said, obviously there is a long line of old elders..."
In desperation, the three of them still lined up obediently
Next to the colorful ice cream shop is the most famous lotus lantern on S Street
The three of them then looked at the end of S Street that the owner of the takoyaki said
It's the end... All that's left is a stream and a bridge to walk on......
"I have something to do with Xiao Baozi, you line up here, let's go and come"
Gu Jiu, who suddenly had an idea in his head, suddenly said to Jiang Yi, who was looking at how many people were still in line in front of him
"Hey, wait..."
Before Jiang Yi could finish a complete sentence, Gu Jiu had already pulled a small bun and ran to the lotus lantern shop next door
Jiang Yi, who wanted to leave, looked back at the back again, and there were already more people in front of him in the back, so Jiang Yi, who was helpless, gave up
The lotus shop was surrounded by all kinds of lotus lanterns, and an old grandmother was sleeping peacefully on a chair that looked very old, and the old grandmother slowly got up as if she knew that the little bun was coming with Gu Jiu
Gu Jiu, who thought that the lotus lamp was only pink, felt a little strange
"Look at it, that's all I have in this old woman's shop."
"Okay," Gu Jiu nodded lightly, motioning to Xiao Baozi to see which one he liked
After a while, Xiao Baozi took a fancy to the most conspicuous lotus flower in the middle
Gu Jiu looked at the black lotus and couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure you want this?" ”
"Hmmm! I want this," the little bun replied softly
"That's good! Grandma, let's get us a black one first."
The old grandmother nodded, and took down the black lotus lamp in the middle, "Here, take it."
"Okay—" After the little bun got it, he looked at it and said he liked it very much
Gu Jiu looked at it for a while and still thought that the original pink lotus lantern was good-looking
I bought two pink lotus lanterns and a black lotus lantern in Xiao Baozi's hand
While packing the lotus lantern, the old grandmother couldn't help but say, "How do people like black lotus lanterns now, I was looted as soon as I put them up, obviously the black lotus lamp is the cheapest one in the shop."
In this way, these two pink lotus lanterns count as fifty for you, and the black ones are given to you."
Little Bun whispered, "Huh? Why do I always give it away?"
"I don't know, maybe you picked something different from us."
Xiao Baozi's mood seemed a little low
"You look very raw, are you locals? Or don't you come often," the old grandmother handed the wrapped lotus lantern to Gu Jiu
"Infrequent Arrival"
"Then old woman, I can tell you how to put the lotus lantern to have an effect."
Hearing this, Gu Jiu thought in his heart, huh? What other effects does the lotus lantern have? Isn't it just by putting a lotus lantern in a stream to bless your family?
The old lady continued, "During the Lantern Festival, the lotus lantern is one of the most popular ways to pray here, just put the lotus lantern into the stream, and after a while, you will kneel down in which direction the lotus lantern will float, fold your hands, and silently recite the wish you want to make."
"Oh, that's it, the first time I've heard of it, it's pretty magical."
Gu Jiu nodded and said thank you as if he didn't understand, and then walked to the ice cream shop next door with the little bun, and it happened that Jiang Yi was buying ice cream
The two stood aside and waited quietly for the ice cream to arrive
The ice cream clerk handed the finished colorful ice cream to Jiang Yi one by one,
Jiang Yi found that he couldn't take it, so he beckoned the two of them to come and get it, and after the three of them got the ice cream
Jiang Yi took the packed things in Gu Jiu's hand and asked, "You two are going to buy lotus lanterns?" ”
"Mm-hmm," Gu Jiu, who was eating ice cream, nodded obediently
"It's delicious," the little bun who was standing aside eating ice cream couldn't help but praise
The three of them found a marble bench in front of the brook and sat down
Gu Jiu, who was almost finished eating, said, "Of course, this is their signboard, eat quickly, you won't be able to eat it later."