After nearly three hours of train, followed by a bus that continued to change for more than two hours, Jiang Tian was finally woken up by the conductor's aunt at about three o'clock in the afternoon.

"Pounding Ao." Aunt Conductor speaks in the dialect of T City.

"Huh? What the? Jiang Tian, who was in a daze, didn't understand for a while.

"Here we are." The salesperson's aunt saw that Jiang Tian didn't seem to be a local, so she said it in non-standard Mandarin.

"Oh, thank you," Jiang Tian rubbed his face vigorously, then picked up his backpack and got off the bus.

It is a small station, and there is a row of simple tin huts not far away, which is a temporary resting place for the station staff. There are also several rows of benches next to it for passengers to sit while waiting for the bus.

"Young man." The conductor's aunt just now stopped Jiang Tian, "You're from out of town, then it's time for you to catch up." ”

"Oh? What the? ”

"That's right, the day after tomorrow happens to be the second day of February in Ningzhen, and there will be a lantern parade in the evening. It's been a few years, but this year you've caught up. ”

"The day after tomorrow? Not today? Today is the second day of the second lunar month. Jiang Tian was a little overwhelmed.

"Haha, young man, who told you that the Lantern Festival on the second day of February is held on the second day of the second lunar month." The conductor's aunt said with a smile, "The second day of February is to welcome the lord, and the fourth day of February is to welcome the lantern, but when it was handed down in the past, it was called the February 2nd Lantern Festival, so it was called so." ”

"Then I'm not going to stay two more days." Jiang Tian smiled bitterly, "Okay, thank you, Auntie, thank you for telling me." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." The conductor laughed, then turned to leave.

"Well, it looks like we'll have to find a hotel first." Jiang Tian looked at the map on his phone as he walked towards the streets of Ningzhen.

Speaking of which, the town center area of Ningzhen is not very large, and the main streets are only Zhonglou Road and Ningchuan Road, and most of the rest are residential areas and factories. However, to Jiang Tian's surprise, there were more than a dozen large and small festival lamp factories.

"It's really the home of holiday lights." Jiang Tian sighed.

Jiang Tian asked the people around him which lamp factory was currently the largest in Ningzhen. Most people's answer is: Huajun Lantern Factory. Jiang Tian looked at the time and found that it was not yet four o'clock, at this time, the people in the general lamp factory had not yet gotten off work, so go to the Huajun Lantern Factory first, maybe you can see how the festival lights are produced.

After making up his mind, Jiang Tian left the hotel, found the target on the map, and walked towards the Huajun Lantern Factory.

……

"Uncle, you've watched too many spy movies, right? Also, a handsome young guy with only a mobile phone and dozens of dollars in change is a spy who came to steal the secret information of the invincible lamp factory that exploded in the sky, this kind of nonsense comes out of his mouth, will you believe it yourself? Jiang Tian looked at the security guard in front of him who stopped himself as soon as he approached the gate and shouted at the spy.

"Uh, this." There was a hint of obscene embarrassment on the security guard's face.

"Huh, Jiang Tian?"

There was a voice from behind, Jiang Tian heard it familiar, and when he turned his head, he was stunned for a moment.

He seems to be the one he hated a little bit before.

"Are you, Fang Jinyu?"

The town's Jian Min noodle restaurant.

"Hehe, I originally wanted to go to the canteen of the lamp factory to have a meal, but I didn't expect to meet you, how to say that we also have a relationship, we are guests from afar, this meal should be my invitation. Let me tell you, the taste of this hand-cut noodles is the most authentic! Fang Jinyu said with a smile.

"Oh, thank you!" Jiang Tian took a bite, then put down his chopsticks and said, "I didn't expect such a coincidence, do you live in Ningzhen?" ”

"yes." Fang Jinyu ate very happily.

Jiang Tian felt embarrassed. Speaking of which, the two had only met twice, and the first time they met, it was not pleasant, and now they found that Fang Jinyu seemed to regard Jiang Tian as an old friend, which made Jiang Tian feel a little uncomfortable, so Jiang Tian began to tentatively chat with Fang Jinyu.

"By the way, I came to Ningzhen mainly for my social practice activities, specifically to see the festival lights in Ningzhen. I just heard you say that you want to eat in the canteen of the Huajun Lantern Factory, can you please do me a favor and take me in to have a look. Jiang Tian looked at Fang Jinyu as he spoke, after all, the two had known each other for a short time, and he didn't know if he would help him.

"Festive lights, haha!" Fang Jinyu put down his chopsticks and looked at Jiang Tian's eyes, with deep meaning in his eyes, "Jiang Tian, why are you also interested in this?" ”

Jiang Tian smiled, "It's all said that it's that damn social practice activity!" ”

Fang Jinyu said: "I think your purpose is more about the lantern explosion and fire incident a few years ago, right?" How, did you find anything out of the ordinary? ”

The two looked at each other silently.

If in Jiang Cheng's view, Jiang Tian's choice to become a policeman is fate, then Fang Jinyu and Jiang Tian also met like fate.

At this moment, the other party in the eyes of Fang Jinyu and Jiang Tian was equally blurred, and if they looked closely, they really looked like themselves!

After a long time, Jiang Tian said: "As far as I know, most of the materials of the lanterns are tarpaulins, so they will not catch fire due to a small explosion. ”

"About that bombing." Fang Jinyu took a sip of the noodle soup, and then began to tell the story, "A few years ago, I was still young at that time, but I still remember what happened that night. That year is the Year of the Ox, according to the tradition of Ningzhen, on the night of the fourth day of the second lunar month, a parade is to be held to welcome the lantern, and the welcome lantern is the cow lantern. I still remember that night everything was the same as usual, and my parents and I were looking at the lanterns together. All of a sudden, the crowd rushed towards us so fast that it almost knocked us out. I saw a lot of people being pushed to the ground and trampled under the feet of others. My dad hurriedly dragged me and my mom to a less crowded place, and we got out of danger. ”

"Stampede."

Fang Jinyu nodded, "The next day, I heard my dad and my mom talking that the two lanterns from last night suddenly exploded and caught fire. The fire was a small incident and should not have caused such a large number of casualties, but at that time, the vast majority of people did not know what was happening, only knew that there was danger, and rushed to flee for their lives. ”

Fang Jinyu got up, took two bottles of drinks from the wine area next to him, and put them in front of Jiang Tian and himself.

"Thank you." Jiang Tian opened the bottle cap and took a sip, while Fang Jinyu drank half a bottle in one go.

Later, people outside said that the quality of the lanterns was substandard, which led to the accident. I also saw it in the newspapers. But as you said, I learned from my dad that the outer layer of the lantern should be made of a tarpaulin, and even if there is an accidental fire in the internal wiring, it is not so easy to make the whole lantern burn. Later, my dad secretly told me that the two lanterns that caught fire at that time were not tarps at all, but paper! ”

"What!" Jiang Tian was taken aback.

"There are two reasons for the fire. First, in order to seek huge profits, manufacturers use substandard products for the light-emitting elements of lanterns. They thought, anyway, just use it once, and they don't need to spend so much money to do it. In addition, they also replaced the outer tarp with paper. Unfortunately, the substandard product exploded and caught fire, and even more unfortunately, the paper layer outside accelerated the spread of the fire. ”

Jiang Tian was very angry in his heart, "So that's the case, what about the second reason?" ”

Fang Jinyu's expression suddenly became a little decadent, got up and paid, and left the noodle restaurant with Jiang Tian.