Soon, the midyear festival arrived.

There were nearly 30 people from all over the Su Mansion, but all those who were on the genealogy were led by the old lady and arrived at the Su ancestral hall in less than three moments.

When they arrived, there were already many people standing outside the ancestral hall, and each household was led by the head of the family, and they were divided into men and women in a row.

The mahogany Ganoderma lucidum offering table in the ancestral hall has been moved out, and the table top is lined with Lian Ye, and then neatly placed various vegetarian offerings such as wine and delicacies, white rice and noodle flowers, and other clothes and tin foil ingots are stacked aside.

The weather was still very hot, and after standing for a while, a thin layer of sweat began to form on Jinnian's forehead and back.

She was anxious when she heard the old lady's displeased voice in front of her, "What about the old four, it's not the end of the time!" ”

The Zhongyuan Festival worships ancestors, which is a major sacrificial activity of the Su family, second only to the first day of the Lunar New Year.

How can you be late for such an important day?

As soon as the old lady's words fell, the fourth old man Su Youbai hurried over, beads of sweat flowing down his sideburns, and the fourth old man, who usually pays great attention to grooming, looked a little embarrassed at this time.

"Luckily, I caught up." He was a little lucky, took out a handkerchief to suppress the sweat on his forehead, and immediately confessed to the old lady, "There are people from above, all the officials and errands of Yangzhou Mansion have been transferred to Bugang, and my son can only go back after saying all the good things, and I have to rush back immediately after sacrificing to my ancestors!" ”

Look at this formation, I'm afraid that a big man is coming, and the old lady is not good at interjecting, so she motioned to the fourth master to stand up.

After a while, the ancestor worship began.

The patriarch took the lead in reciting the sacrificial text, and everyone followed him to kneel and bow until the clothes and tin foil were burned, and the sacrifice was finally over.

As soon as the sacrifice was over, the fourth master really hurried away again.

The people in the Su Mansion also returned to the mansion, and the old lady instructed the eldest lady, "Today's family banquet will be held early, and a few carriages and mothers-in-law will be arranged, and in the evening, Brother Ang will lead the sisters and brothers in the mansion to release the river lanterns." ”

Jin Nian was surprised, but she didn't expect the old lady to be particularly active this year.

Su Jinxiu suddenly leaned into her ear and said mysteriously: "Guess, why didn't the fourth brother of the Gu family come for the festival today?" ”

How would she know why?

Besides, she wasn't interested in knowing, so she replied indiscriminately, "Maybe Fourth Brother Gu can't come if he has something!" ”

"You're an afterthought!" Su Jinxiu gave her a look of contempt, "You went to greet the old lady every day, and you didn't find any difference?" ”

Jin Nian's eyes were full of confusion.

In the past ten days, she has been busy helping the old lady copy the "Dizang Sutra", so she obeyed the old lady's wishes and did not go to Ronghua Hall to ask for peace.

It's only been ten days, is there something that she doesn't know?

Looking at her frowning and contemplative appearance, Su Jinxiu still didn't understand something.

She shook her head helplessly and gave Jin Nian a look.

Following her eyes, Jin Nian saw that Su Jintong's face was gray, and although he applied powder, the faint cyan under his eyes still couldn't cover it.

Jin Nian was surprised, looking at Su Jintong like this, he looked like a person who had not recovered from a long-term illness, could it be that he was not well after being exposed to the wind and cold in the rain in the back mountain last time?

That's been too long!

And it is unreasonable, if Su Jintong has been ill for a long time, the old lady will definitely not let her participate in the ancestor worship ceremony under the sun.

can make Su Jintong look down, then there is only one possibility.

It's Gu Yanyi!

Jin Nian was very surprised, he didn't expect Gu Yanyi to confess to Su Jintong so quickly.

In this life, Gu Yanyi still didn't fall in love with Su Jintong, could it be that he fell in love with himself again?

Thinking of this possibility, Jin Nian's heart jumped "suddenly", and his tone suddenly became a little uneasy, "You mean that the fifth sister and the fourth brother Gu fell out?" ”

Su Jinxiu raised her eyebrows, "Maybe, who knows!" But grandmother is so active in letting us out of the house, it must have something to do with the fifth sister. Su Jintong is the old lady is relieved that the tip hurts, she is in a bad mood, the old lady wants her to go out and release the river lantern to relieve her depression!

Jin Nian was silent and did not continue the topic.

After the family banquet, the old lady and Liu told them some precautions, and then asked them to go back to their respective courtyards to prepare for going out.

Jin Nian changed into a blue and white trimmed flower gown, took the purple lotus lamp he made two days ago, and followed everyone out of the house.

Today's Midyear Festival, lanterns are lit on both sides of the market, and the vendors on the street hang out lanterns of different shapes, and the lights are brilliant everywhere.

But the most lively is the bank of the small Qinhuai River.

There are four ships docked in the government, one is a flame vent, one is carrying the Buddha and reciting the Buddha, one is burning tin foil ingots, and the other is releasing river lanterns, and there are already many people watching on the shore.

There are also many painting boats moored in the meantime, but whether it is an official ship or a painting boat, the bow of the boat is full of all kinds of paper lamps, reflecting the figures on the boat.

As soon as it was dark, the streets were already bustling, men, women and children were rushing to the river, and officials were clearing the flow of people, but it seemed to have little effect.

As soon as the carriage in which Jin Nian and his party were riding turned onto East Street, it was tightly blocked and stuck in place and could not move.

It seems that it is impossible to go directly to the river by horse-drawn carriage.

Su Ziang frowned, and made up his mind to let everyone get out of the car, "Everyone follow me, be careful not to get separated, if you get separated, you will come back here and wait by yourself." The maid follows her master! ”

His voice was loud, and soon it was lost in the crowd.

Jin Nian got out of the car, and was supported by Yingge and Du Juan to shuttle forward, and finally squeezed onto the East Banqiao, and looked ahead, but Su Ziang and his party were nowhere to be seen.

There are so many people, where can you find someone?

The cuckoo was suddenly a little anxious, "Miss, what should we do now?" ”

Jin Nian glanced at the gradually lengthening crowd, and said decisively, "Find a dock with fewer people." "After putting out the river lanterns, return to the East Main Street entrance to gather.

The banks of the inner city are guardrailed, and there are wharves every other section, which were built with donations from salt merchants.

The master and servant got off the bridge, slowly approached the river bank, and after looking for a long time, the wharf was full of people who put river lanterns, so they had to continue to move forward.

It was only after walking to the lower bank of the Neicheng River that the crowd gradually thinned out.

Jin Nian breathed a sigh of relief, and the three of them found a dock where there were only two or three people.

This is the downstream, at this time there are many river lights floating in the river, at a glance, the river is full of stars.

Jin Nian took out the fire sickle and lit the purple lotus lantern with her own hands, and only after the wick gradually became stronger, she gently put it into the water, and her little hand pushed the river lantern forward with the water flow.

The river lantern is long, illuminating the suffering of the underworld, and transcending the lonely soul to die.

After being reborn, Jin Nian was in awe of the ways of these ghosts and gods, and also believed that a river lantern could cross a dead soul.

Thinking of her rebirth, she sighed with emotion, staring at her purple lotus lantern slowly drifting away, and then stood up and sighed leisurely.

But at this time, the mutation was abrupt.

"There are assassins, escorts!" A shrill voice cut through the noise.

Suddenly, the entire bank of the Xiaoqinhuai River was in chaos.