Chapter 146: Lanterns

Back at the inn and sitting in the room, Ning Qiu opened the window and looked at the beautiful weather outside.

He smiled and said, "Look at this, it's going to be windy......"

The little girl stood next to her and also glanced at the weather outside: "Uncle, it seems that there is no wind......"

I always listen to the uncle's shouting.

Ning Qiu subconsciously touched his face: "Am I really that old?" ”

The little girl giggled: "Grandma said, I am now six years old, and I will be able to get married in six or seven years, my uncle is so good-looking, in our village, no matter how old I am, I have grandchildren......"

Also, in the old days, the average life expectancy was about forty years old, and both men and women got married and had children very early.

A 26-year-old person like him who doesn't have a girlfriend is a super old leftover man......

There doesn't seem wrong with calling you uncle.

Ning Qiu smiled, he opened his palm, and the copper coin totem slowly flowed out of the darkness, gradually covering the entire arm, it seems that after taking the red stone, the power that trapped him in this world is gradually weakening, just see if there are any surprises tonight, give me an acceleration to weaken this power......

This town may seem ordinary, but many people are not.

For example, the guy in the restaurant, people like this are usually more philistine, but this guy shows a lot of patience and cultivation, especially when he and the little girl are like beggars.

You must know that in this world, not everyone can get a good education, have something to eat, and live very well, what else do you need? And no matter how kind and simple the restaurant guy is, there are some things that can't be changed, such as a very metaphysical temperament......

However, based on these alone, Ning Qiu could not be sure.

Until he met this guy again in the afternoon, he didn't seem to have changed much from the morning, but there was a trace of deep tension and determination in his eyes, as if he was ready to do something very unavoidable......

And when he was talking to his buddy, among the pedestrians who came and went, there were so many people who looked at him intentionally or unintentionally.

Their acting skills are very good, if they don't repeat the same road back and forth three or four times, they can basically be said to be flawless......

If you guessed correctly, the restaurant guys and those pedestrians are very likely to be some hidden folk organizations, similar to the White Lotus Sect of the Qing Dynasty, but I don't know who their target is......

Therefore, tonight's Lantern Festival is going to be windy......

Thinking of the strange statue of the Triple Rebirth Buddha that looked at him in the morning, Ning Qiu's eyes continued to ripple, his fingers tapped lightly on the table, thought for a while, stood up, and said to the little girl: "Stay well in the inn, I'll go out for a walk, if you have anything you need, just ask the guys in the inn to get it!" ”

Then he walked out......

The town is not very big, with the fastest foot ride before the evening sun sets.

Ning Qiu visited every shop in the town.

I bought a lot of things, although there is no yellow table paper sold here, but fortunately there is cinnabar, yellow cloth, and I can also make my own brush, the problem is not very big......

In addition to this, he stopped and stopped on the way, and he also left a lot of things.

When it gets dark, the implementation of all this is very close to what I expected.

Go back to the inn and take the little girl downstairs to eat.

At this time, the whole town is lively, red lanterns are lit in front of every house, and there are more kinds of lanterns on the streets, colorful, birds and animals......

Children like to join in the fun, curiosity is strong, little girls are no exception, when eating, can't hold back the curiosity in their hearts, keep looking at the street. Ning Qiu smiled faintly: "After eating, you can go out and have a look." The little girl was excited, and the rice in the bowl was cut faster......

Walking out of the inn, there are lights everywhere, and the troupe is babbling and singing on the wooden stage, and there are a large number of old men with their own chairs sitting under the stage watching attentively, which is quite lively.

It's a pity that Ning Qiu's heart has no fluctuations, he has seen many large Lantern Festival scenes, and the layout in the town may be gorgeous in the eyes of the people in the town, but in his eyes......

The little girl is from the edge of the north, where have she seen so many strange things.

Ning Qiu didn't want to walk around, so she simply folded a thousand paper cranes with a yellow paper charm and put it in her pocket, so that she could sense her location at any time......

After giving her a handful of copper coins.

He walked aimlessly, came to a river, and sat down on a stone beside a willow tree.

Leaning lightly against the trunk of the tree, looking at the sparkling river, in a daze......

He's waiting......

Young people, in the upper reaches of the river, put a delicate lantern or a small boat into the water, these things are woven out of leaves, waterproof very well, can float on the surface of the river for a long time, not easy to sink to the bottom!

In the past, at this time of year, those slightly talented sons or eldest ladies or scholars or other things would put a thin paper full of poems in these lantern boats, and then light a small candle, use wax to seal the pieces of paper to avoid being soaked in water, and then quietly wait for whether someone will take away the lantern boat, and then look at the expression of the person after reading the poem, if there is a play, he will come forward to talk......

The town is mixed, there are many people, and the lanterns on the river gradually increase, like a galaxy.

Ning Qiu was a little bored, the stone was very close to the river, in order to pass the time, he picked up a flower lantern casually, picked up the piece of paper hidden in the lantern and read, and immediately smiled, I don't know who wrote it, just like a limerick poem, after reading, he sealed the piece of paper back into the lantern and put it into the river, and continued to salvage other lanterns that looked exquisite.

His behavior naturally attracted the attention of others.

There are a few painting boats on the river, and only the rich can rent and buy such things, in addition to the rich sons and eldest ladies, those green buildings will also have their own painting boats, soliciting customers everywhere to make a name for themselves......

On one of the painting boats, a girl stood at the window and hurriedly shouted, "Miss, Miss, come and see, someone has picked up our lanterns...... Although he is a little older, he is very good-looking, and he is not boring. ”

Another girl walked behind her.

About seventeen or eighteen years old, black hair shawl, facial features are marked, I can't say what is a sinking fish and geese, but definitely not ugly, she looked along the maid's fingers, and saw a young man sitting on the willow boulder by the river, coarse linen clothes, with amazingly short hair, tied with a little funny-looking ponytail......

And the lantern that the young man was holding at this time was put down by her own hands, and she saw him reading the contents of the paper carefully.

The eldest lady blushed instantly, she was indeed good-looking, and her heart was a little messy......

Just spoke: "Yan'er, please ask that son to go to the painting boat and talk about it......"

She saw the young man's expression move, threw the lantern into the river, stood up, and listened carefully......