Chapter 4 Section 21 Lantern Festival Night Terror (2)
The moon slowly engulfed in shadows, and soon, the land was covered in darkness, and only the lanterns on the street were shining with sporadic light.
I've only heard of the dog eating the moon this day, and today is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes.
I remember that one year of solar eclipses, the emperor once came to the temple to worship, and later issued an edict for his own crimes, and granted amnesty to the world, and the government and the opposition were very nervous.
I have also seen that solar eclipse, and it is indeed very shocking, even though it is broad daylight, but suddenly I can't see my five fingers.
At that time, all the people put down their hands and knelt in the local area to kowtow and pray, and it is said that a few old people were even paralyzed from incontinence.
Today's Shangyuan Lantern Festival was originally a celebratory day for alluring cities and noisy people, but there was a lunar eclipse.
In comparison, a lunar eclipse is not as terrible as a solar eclipse. Because, it was night, and the lanterns on the street were still illuminating.
But for this kind of celestial vision, people have an instinctive fear in their psyche, and they always feel that when this kind of thing happens, it is the people on earth who have done something to anger the heavens, so the heavens will warn them.
Moreover, this is only a precursor, and immediately afterward, I am afraid that there will be an even greater disaster.
The panicked crowd scurried around in the sudden darkness, and when I was finally squeezed into a doorway on the side of the street and was safe, I suddenly cried out in horror, "Little flower cat?" ”
I stretched out my empty hand, and looked around for good and shouted, but no one answered me, the crowd was still surging, but my little flower cat was gone.
"Little Flower Cat? Little Flower Cat? Little Flower Cat! "I started crying, I lost the little cat, what can I do?
Great fear struck me. Although my little flower cat is a young boy, he is a delicate flower raised in the greenhouse, and he has never gone out alone. No one has ever faced such a chaotic scene.
He has never faced a sudden lunar eclipse, a sudden natural disaster, and darkness. Panicked crowds, crowded, screaming, stampeding, will he be flustered? Wouldn't it be scary? Will it be pushed down? Will......
I don't dare to think about it anymore. I squeezed out of the doorway again and cried out in the crowd "Little Flower Cat, Little Flower Cat ......"
I don't know how long it took, but the shadow on the moon slowly receded, the light of the moon fell back to the earth, and the crowd slowly regained its calm.
The people on the street gradually dispersed, the dragon dance team was gone, the lion dance team was gone, and the dragon boat and stilt walkers were all gone.
Here in the face of natural disasters. All the joy of the game has lost its meaning. The first thought that came to everyone's mind was to be with their loved ones and to go home quickly. Behind closed doors with your loved ones, stay quietly.
It seems to be the aftermath of the catastrophe, as if it is a reunion in troubled times.
I cried and shouted in the empty streets where the crowds had dispersed. The night gets darker. The more I feared, the more I feared.
Just when it's most helpless. An old Burry in the street house shouted at me, "Miss, this chaotic scene today. People don't know how many people have trampled to death, what are you looking for if you lose a little flower cat, go back quickly. You are a woman, don't run around the streets. Your family too, so late, let a young woman come out to find some cat. ”
I cried even harder, "Uncle, I'm not looking for a cat, I'm looking for my husband, who is nicknamed Little Flower Cat." ”
"Huh? So you're looking for your husband. Alas, I thought you were looking for a cat. After a while, he said, "Then you don't have to look for him, he's a big man, what else will happen?" I don't know if I'll be home by now. Seeing that you haven't gone back, I'm afraid that he's going to come to you on the street again, so you'd better go back quickly. ”
I said, "Uncle, you don't know, he ...... He never went out alone. "I don't think it's appropriate to say this, how can there be a big man who has never been out of the house," because he is not in good health, and he has been recuperating at home. Seeing the excitement on the street today, I had to come out to take a look, but as a result, who knew that I had encountered a lunar eclipse. ”
"I see, people who are not in good health are indeed a little ...... on an occasion like today," perhaps because he was afraid that I would be worried, he swallowed back the words he had said. Seeing that I was still crying in the street, he turned around and shouted into the house, "Ah Da, Ah Er, Ah San, you all go and help this little ...... My sister-in-law went to her father-in-law. Her father-in-law is not in good health, and her sister-in-law is a woman, how dangerous it is to turn around on the street at night, you accompany her to find it, find it, send people home and come back. ”
"Three men with big shoulders and round waists came out of the good ground.
"Then thank you a few big brothers", I bowed.
"Don't be polite at this time, it's important to find someone quickly. Sister-in-law, think about it, where might your father-in-law go? ”
Possible? Counting the time when I bought crickets and the time I went on the spring outing, Xiaohua Cat only went to the street three times, and every time someone took it. The first time I led him to run, the second time he sat in the car all the time, probably he himself didn't even know what to do, where could he go?
I just shook my head.
One of the three asked, "Where were you when you were first separated?" "At first, we wanted to find a place to sit on the Mingyue Tower to watch, but we didn't find it, so we had to run to the street, and then we walked along Tongque Street and walked to the ......", oh no, there were so many people, and it was night, I didn't see the buildings on the street at all, and I didn't know where we went when we were separated.
"It's okay, sister-in-law, don't worry, if you want to be a big man, and you're not a child, even if you're in poor health, it's not very bad to be able to go on the street." As long as he is not stepped on, it doesn't matter if he gets lost on the street, a man, no traffickers will abduct him. In fact, the real thing to worry about is you, sister-in-law, so young, alone on the street at night. "Seeing that I was panicking because I couldn't tell the whereabouts, one of them comforted me.
The other said, "Then let's go around to Tongque Street and look for it all the way." ”
I was shocked, "Isn't this Tongque Street?" ”
"Of course not, this is the Bronze Road."
It turned out that I had been unconsciously crowded into another street, no wonder I always felt a little different, this place seems to be a little more desolate than Tongque Street, it turned out to be a copper road leading to Xishan.
I instantly swelled up with hope, "Then let's go to Tongque Street quickly!" After that, he felt that his tone seemed to be ordering, so he hurriedly laughed and said embarrassedly, "There are a few big brothers." ”
"You're welcome, let's hurry up."
After following them around a few streets, and walking forward for a while, in the distance, someone seemed to be shouting in the night wind, "I'm going to find her, I'm her husband, how can I wait here." ”
"Lord, Lord, don't worry, they've gone looking for it. You must not move around anymore, we have managed to find you, and we can't afford to lose you again. ”
I yelled "Little Flower Cat? ”
"South Wind!" A man rushed over and hugged me tightly in his arms. "Nanfeng, I'm worried to death, where have you been? I searched for you everywhere, but I didn't find you, but they found me, dragged me back, and didn't let me move. I'm dying, if you don't come back, I'll have to find it myself. ”
He threw himself on my shoulder and sobbed, and I also said with tears in my eyes, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry to frighten you." I was crowded to the Copper Conveyance, and then I was confused, thinking that it was Tongque Street, and looking for you everywhere in the street, but I went farther and farther and more desolate, and finally thanks to these big brothers sent me back. ”
I actually know how to thank people and say, "Thank you, big brothers, for sending the insiders back." ”
A few people said it didn't matter. He also told me that since my sister-in-law has found your father-in-law, and there is still a family to follow, then we will go back. ”
I hurriedly shouted Zhang Hong. Zhang Hong walked over knowingly, took out the money bag tied to his waist as he walked, and was about to reach in to take it out, I said, "Let's give it together." ”
Zhang Hong immediately sent the bag over.
As a result, after a long time of courtesy, the three brothers refused to accept it, so they had to watch them go back empty-handed.
After seeing them leave, I asked Zhang Hong, "What time is it?" ”
"It's three quarters of the hour."
Oh no, there's only a moment left, can we get back to the palace before the hour?