Chapter 51: The Ambiguous Lantern Festival
The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, the full moon is in the sky.
At this year's Lantern Festival, Cheng Qingge had an extra Wu Jiahao next to him.
Stepping on the bright moonlight and colorful lights, Cheng Qingge, Xiaoxiao and Wu Jiahao walked along the winding path of the park with the flow of people. On both sides of the path, there are all kinds of lanterns, and some of them have a paper envelope hanging under them, and inside is a lantern riddle. As long as you can guess the answer, you can go and get a souvenir.
When I was a child, I really relied on my talent to participate in such a lantern riddle guessing activity, and I would really smile when I guessed correctly and received the prize. But in the past two years, the guessing part has become more and more formal, and the prizes of the event have become less and less attractive. Because after all, everyone is holding a smartphone in their hands, and casually ask "Du Niang", no matter how difficult the riddle answer is, it becomes a piece of cake.
Guessing lantern riddles has become a form of reminiscing about the past.
No, along the way, I haven't seen the lanterns hanging on the envelopes. Xiaoxiao sighed as she walked: "Oh, it seems that we are late, and the riddles have been taken away." I probably won't be able to get a prize this year. β
As he was talking, a burst of fragrance suddenly wafted over, Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly lit up, pointed to a row of snack stalls in front of him, and said, "Look! The snack festival that I miss in my heart has no prizes, and there are delicious foods. Then, suddenly, taking advantage of Cheng Qingge's inattention, he went directly into the crowd.
Cheng Qingge sighed, Xiaoxiao had disappeared.
Cheng Qingge thought to herself, this ghost girl still let her run away after all. She looked at the lively snack street in front of her, and the crowd of people crowded around, and suddenly stopped. Since she was a child, she didn't like crowded places, and Xiaoxiao must have done it on purpose.
Wu Jiahao also stopped at this time and asked, "Senior sister, do you have anything you want to eat?" Is there a lot of suspicion? Why don't you wait here and I'll buy you whatever you want to eat? β
Cheng Qingge raised his head to meet Wu Jiahao's gentle gaze, and his smile was reflected in the moonlight more and more beautifully. The man in front of him seems to have always been so careful, and his thoughts will always be guessed by him.
On closer inspection, there seems to be only one person in his eyes. Cheng Qingge almost fell into this gentleness, suddenly came back to his senses, and smiled politely at Wu Jiahao and said, "Forget it, there are too many people, let's not squeeze it, I also had dinner just now, and I can't remember what to eat." β
Wu Jiahao said: "It's okay, I'm not afraid of crowding, I'll buy it, don't you girls like to eat snacks." You're waiting for me here, I'll take a look. β
After Wu Jiahao finished speaking, he didn't wait for Cheng Qingge to reply, he walked towards the crowd, and turned around and admonished as he walked: "Senior sister, just wait for me here, I'll be back soon." Don't get lost, it's easy to find it when there are too many people. β
With a warm admonition, Cheng Qingge involuntarily nodded at him obediently.
Now, Cheng Qingge was left alone standing under the moon in a daze.
The colorful lanterns around, coupled with the beautiful moonlight, would be wonderful if there were not so many people.
It's a pity that good things always attract a lot of people to watch.
Cheng Qingge was watching, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the side near the snack street, next to an arched lantern, and under the two little mouse lanterns hung the lantern riddle envelopes they had been looking for all the way.
Cheng Qingge hurried over and walked in to take a look, it was really. It seems that everyone was attracted by the snacks when they walked here, probably forgetting to find the envelope.
Cheng Qingge took off the two envelopes a little happily, turned around and looked around. Within the range of Wu Jiahao's regulations not allowed to run around, fortunately there was a bench empty, so she hurriedly walked over, sat on the bench, opened the envelope and looked at the riddles inside.
The first envelope was opened, and the riddle was a four-line poem: "People walk in their hearts, look up and see Feng walking north and south, there is only a bosom friend in their hearts, and people must be united and not break up." β
Cheng Qingge looked at these sentences and seemed to be a little familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere, and directly followed the anagram one by one, but it was not difficult, the four words were "love and affection".
Cheng Qingge shook his head after guessing it, when did this lantern riddle become so affectionate.
Before he could open the second envelope, he suddenly heard Wu Jiahao shouting "junior sister" from afar. The first thing that catches your eye when you look up is a long meat skewer, a large squid, a steaming Lantern Festival in a small bowl, and even octopus balls and sugar gourds...... The pungent fragrance of snacks came to his face, and Wu Jiahao's face was hidden behind this pile of snacks.
Cheng Qingge began to be stunned againβhow familiar this scene was.
Even on the morning of the drunk, at Wu Jiahao's house, the breakfast he prepared for her was also so rich.
"Senior sister, come and help me get it, I feel like I'm about to lose it." Wu Jiahao walked all the way, calling for help as he walked.
Cheng Qingge hurriedly ran over and took some of the snacks in his hand.
"Oops, I accidentally bought too much." Wu Jiahao sat on a park bench as he spoke, and continued, "I just don't know what you like to eat, so I thought about buying a little bit of everything." There were a lot of people in line for the ones I bought, and everyone said they were delicious. β
Cheng Qingge just stood there, didn't speak, and the snacks he took over didn't move.
Wu Jiahao saw her stunned appearance and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Sister? You okay? What are you thinking? β
Cheng Qingge came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly sat down and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm just scared by your big food again......"
Saying that, she turned her head and met Wu Jiahao's eyes, warm and full of concern.
Cheng Qingge said halfway through, as if he was stuck, and when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say it, and continued stumblingly: "I, am I, do I look, look like I can eat?" β
Wu Jiahao smiled even happier when he heard this: "No, no, how can it be, I just want you to eat more." β
When Cheng Qingge heard this, he also lowered his head and laughed to himself. With all kinds of snacks in my hand, I really don't know which one is better to start with.
At this time, she suddenly remembered the lantern riddle she had just gotten. She hurriedly put the bowl of snacks on the chair, and the meat skewers were stuffed into Wu Jiahao's hands again, and then she took out the two envelopes from her pocket with her free hand and shook them mischievously in front of Wu Jiahao's eyes.
"Look what this is!"
"Did you get the riddle?" Wu Jiahao was also happy when he saw it.
"That's right! I'm amazing! When you went to buy food, I wasn't idle! Now, I'll give you one. After Cheng Qingge finished speaking, he also happily stretched out one of the envelopes in front of Wu Jiahao. At this time, Wu Jiahao was holding food with both hands, so she naughtily stuffed the envelope into Wu Jiahao's collar. Then he took the food in Wu Jiahao's hand casually and began to eat happily.
No matter what time of year, street food is always delicious.
Wu Jiahao smiled and took out the envelope to see the riddles inside. Here, Cheng Qingge has already started to eat rice balls, stretching his head over while holding a small bowl and watching together. I saw that the mystery in the envelope was almost the same as the one I had just opened, and it was also four verses: "The infatuation does not change but there is no disease, and the day of the establishment is wonderful, who is speechless and wants to say, don't want half a penny to save people." β
Wu Jiahao read it carefully, and didn't seem to have any clue, Cheng Qingge had the experience of guessing the riddle for the first time, and he still used the method of anagrams, and repeatedly scrutinized the riddle twice, and the riddle soon came out-
"It's easy, I guessed it! Isn't it just that bosom friends are hard to find? β
"Soulmates are hard to find?" Wu Jiahao was still confused when he heard this.
It seems that this senior brother usually has little contact with word puzzles, but in fact, word puzzles are probably the simplest kind of riddles. While eating, Cheng Qingge carefully compared the mystery word by word.
Wu Jiahao still looked at Cheng Qingge with that particularly warm look.
Cheng Qingge felt that the moonlight this night seemed to be in Wu Jiahao's eyes.
After finishing speaking, Wu Jiahao suddenly realized, but he was still unsatisfied, and hurriedly asked Cheng Qingge: "Then what is that riddle of yours?" Is it also an anagram? β
Cheng Qingge had no choice but to hand over his envelope, na, it's the same lantern riddle, you can use the method I just said, try it yourself.
Wu Jiahao took it and read the riddle seriously, learning from Cheng Qingge's appearance just now while reading, and really guessed it, and was excited for a while like a primary school student who scored 100 points in the exam: "Isn't this just a love match?" β
Cheng Qingge nodded with satisfaction: "Well, the son can be taught." β
After saying that, both of them laughed.
The mystery is solved, most of the snacks are eaten, and the rest is no longer troublesome to hold in your hands. Wu Jiahao proposed that he could continue to visit the lanterns, and by the way, he could find an event to redeem the prize.
Cheng Qingge looked at the crowd in the snack street, thinking that Xiaoxiao would probably not be found so easily, so he simply nodded and set off with Wu Jiahao.
After eating and strolling around for a while, there was a spot to redeem the prizes in front of me. There aren't many people, and it seems that people are crowding into the snack street. Cheng Qingge and Wu Jiahao each took an envelope and lined up obediently, and the air began to become quiet again.
Finally lined up for them to claim the prize, and when Cheng Qingge handed over the envelope first, the staff sighed. Then he asked her, "Is this the only one?" β
Cheng Qingge was a little confused when asked, does this lantern riddle still have to come in pairs?
The little brother who claimed the prize looked puzzled at Cheng Qingge and explained: "We have made some pairs of lantern riddles this year, if you guess a pair correctly, you can get our couple series of prizes." β
"Couples? Series? β
"Yes, you brought this riddle and it should have been a pair."
When Cheng Qingge heard this, he hurriedly took the envelope that Wu Jiahao was holding in his hand and handed it to his little brother and asked, "Do you think it's this?" β
The little brother took one look at it and said, "That's right, it's these two." Have you guessed the answer to the riddle? β
"One is a love match, and the other is a bosom friend who is hard to find. Right? β
Cheng Qingge hurriedly blurted out, for fear of missing the prize.
The little brother smiled with satisfaction and said, "That's right, that's right, you write the answer on this card, and then register your mobile phone number and name, and you can claim the prize." β
Cheng Qingge followed the instructions and filled in the information carefully.
The little brother also said: "You are really lucky, today there are about 6 pairs of such riddles, and you are the first pair to guess it." β
Cheng Qingge listened while writing, and his heart was happy: "Really? What kind of prize is that? β
When I looked up, I saw the little brother holding a couple and a half of the big couple dolls and handing them to them.
Wu Jiahao saw it and hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it. The little brother also handed over a card: "Lantern Festival lantern appreciation." β
Cheng Qingge had already filled in the information, reached out to take the card, opened it and saw that it was Xin Qiji's famous poem "The crowd is looking for him thousands of times." Suddenly I looked back, but the man was there, and the lights were dim."
Affection is like, bosom friends are hard to find, and suddenly look back...... There are also lantern riddles for couples and souvenirs for couples...... Could it be all a coincidence?
Looking sideways, Wu Jiahao was holding two long-legged couple dolls on the side, as if he also had something on his mind.
At this time, suddenly a person popped out of the two and snatched the card from Cheng Qing's singer.
If you look closely, you don't know where it came from.
The little mischievous Chong Qingge blinked, opened the card, looked at the poems inside, and looked at the two of them meaningfully and said: "Oh, yes, I really looked back suddenly, that person is at the Lantern Festival!" β
Cheng Qingge couldn't help but go up and grab the card from her and tell her to shut up.
A little laughed and ducked.
She turned around and stuffed the card into Wu Jiahao's hand and said, "Don't miss the lights." β
Wu Jiahao took the card and smiled shyly.
At this time, there was a sudden bang in the night sky, which frightened Cheng Qingge and Xiaoxiao, and when they looked up, they saw colorful and beautiful fireworks exploding in the sky, and it turned out that the fireworks show had begun.
Cheng Qingge looked up at the beautiful night sky lit up by fireworks, and thought to himself, no matter whether it was a coincidence or not what happened tonight, he was always extra relieved to be with Wu Jiahao. Let the melancholy past in your heart go with the fireworks in the night, and now, you should enjoy this beautiful night.
Sneak a look at Wu Jiahao next to him. His beautiful smiling face, under the reflection of fireworks, is as beautiful as the night of Chinese New Year's Eve.