Chapter Seventy-Eight: Look at the Lights
Murong Jin's bamboo circle was thrown very accurately, except for one bamboo circle that was thrown far away with too much force, the other nine circles all caught the puppet.
The old face of the boss in his sixties is not good - he can hardly meet people who set nine out of ten circles like this, and his puppets are not valuable, but three copper plates for nine puppets will make the old man lose a lot.
Xie Fanghua saw that the old man's expression was a little anxious, so she guessed what he was thinking, she knew that it was not easy for the old man to make money from this, so she chose a brown monkey puppet, and returned the rest to the old man.
The old man was naturally overjoyed, and thanked him again and again: "Thank you girl for being considerate and understanding of Xiao Lao'er, you can take this monkey puppet, and Xiao Lao'er will give you a pair of mandarin duck puppets." ”
As he spoke, he stuffed the monkey puppet to Xie Fanghua, and then went to tinker with his big cloth bag to find the mandarin duck puppet.
"The old man is very nice." Xie Fanghua gathered the cloak on his body, smiled slightly and whispered, "Sincere." ”
This old man is old, with a gray beard and gray hair, and I am afraid that there are grandchildren or granddaughters at home, and it is not easy to come out to make a living. Xie Fanghua proposed that as long as there was one puppet, he naturally happily agreed in order not to lose too much, but when he saw Murong Jin beside Xie Fanghua, he knew that most of these two were young couples, so he pondered giving him a pair of mandarin duck puppets.
Murong Jin nodded and combed her with the hair draped around her waist: "Yes." ”
After a while, the old man found the mandarin duck puppet, the embroiderer is naturally rough, the appearance is not the same, the color is gray, and there are dark red embellishments, not so much mandarin ducks, but two wild ducks.
The old man handed the mandarin duck puppet to Xie Fanghua, and Xie Fanghua took it with a smile: "Thank you, grandpa." ”
The old man smiled and waved his hand: "It's good if the girl likes it." The little old man wishes the girl and the son a hundred years of good together, and they will grow old. Saying that, he also approached Xie Fanghua and whispered in her ear: "Girl, let me tell you, I have been with my old lady for fifty years, I think that young man is quiet, but he must be sincere, you two will be fine." ”
So without waiting for Xie Fanghua and Murong Jin to speak, the old man walked over and patted Murong Jin on the shoulder: "Young man, be kind to other girls." ”
Xie Fanghua hugged the three little puppets in his arms and looked at Murong Jin with a light smile.
Murong Jin also glanced at Xie Fanghua, and then said softly to the old man, "Don't worry, old man." ”
The old man didn't know the identities of Xie Fanghua and Murong Jin, he just hoped that these two would be well.
Just because this girl is kind-hearted and this kid is sincere, he hopes that kind-hearted girls can be cared for by a sincere boy, because he also cared for his old woman in the past.
Xie Fanghua looked at the old man's face with a happy smile again, so he thanked him again and asked Murong Jin to go to other places to have a look.
Murong Jin followed Xie Fanghua's side for a while, and suddenly stopped: "Fu Xi." ”
Xie Fanghua's steps paused, and the arm holding the puppet tightened: "What's wrong?" She didn't look back.
"I ......" Murong Jin just wanted to speak, the bright sky that was originally illuminated by lanterns became brighter, and fireworks were being set off in the capital, and colorful fireworks spread out from a small dot that rushed into the sky, like a flower. One after another, Xie Fanghua looked up at the sky.
At this glance, it looked like a seamless black-blue-black-blue fluffy blanket embroidered with colorful flowers on it, which was extremely beautiful.
"It's so pretty." A smile tugged at the corner of Xie Fanghua's mouth.
"Yes......" Murong Jin also raised his head, but smiled a little bitterly.
The fireworks stopped after only a dozen or so fireworks, and the people came back to their senses, and there was still an aftertaste.
Xie Fanghua slowly lowered his head: "What did Murong want to say just now?" ”
What do you want to say?
Murong Jin forgot.
"Let's go see the lights!" He only said.
Xie Fanghua's smile faded, and he was stunned for a moment before saying, "Okay." ”
Murong Jin walked with Xie Fanghua, there were lamps on both sides, and there were also people who drew lots to send lamps, most of them were ten copper plates at a time.
Xie Fanghua had bought lamps before, but instead of buying lamps, she preferred to draw lots to answer questions to get lanterns.
"Look at that big lantern of Chang'e running to the moon." Xie Fanghua suddenly stopped and pointed to a small shop not far ahead.
It's really the lantern of Chang'e running to the moon, it looks like a beautiful woman holding a jade rabbit flying in the misty scene, the lantern is very large, half the size of Xie Fanghua.
"If Fu Xi likes it, buy it." Murong Jin said.
The lantern is large, and the workmanship is more delicate and delicate than other lanterns, and ordinary people can't afford it.
Xie Fanghua and Murong Jin walked and asked the price of the proprietress lantern, the proprietress looked like she was in her thirties, wearing coarse cloth clothes, and when she saw a guest coming, she hurriedly wiped her hand on the top of the clothes, and then greeted with a smile: "We don't sell this lantern of Chang'e running to the moon, if the girl likes it, you can draw lots and answer the question, ten copper plates at a time, and you can choose the lantern you like if you answer correctly." ”
"Then draw lots!" Murong Jin glanced at Xie Fanghua, and when she saw that she was looking at the lantern intently, she said to the proprietress .
"Howler!" The proprietress took out a big box from the lattice, put it on the shop, and said with a smile, "Girl, take one!" ”
"Fu Xi, you can get it."
"Hmm." Xie Fanghua said, retracted his gaze, reached in and wanted to take one casually, but after pounding it around, he still took the bottom paper ball.
Xie Fanghua spread out the note and read out the title above: "What is not afraid of the sky, what is not afraid of the ground." ”
The proprietress listened to Xie Fanghua read out this question, and she was in a better mood - this question has been difficult for many people, if these two can't guess it, they will have to spend ten copper plates to draw lots again.
"It's the heart." Xie Fanghua rubbed back the paper ball and looked up at Murong Jin sideways, "What does Murong think?" ”
Murong Jin glanced at Xie Fanghua, then at the proprietress again, and a faint smile appeared on her face: "It's a heart that moves love." ”
The corners of Xie Fanghua's lips moved, and she smiled slightly for a while.
The proprietress was also stunned, she didn't expect Murong Jin to answer all at once.
"You said yes?" Murong Jin asked with a light smile.
"Why did Childe guess that?" The proprietress was a little unconvinced and asked.
Xie Fanghua also wanted to hear Murong Jin's analysis.
"The only thing that is not afraid of heaven and earth is the heart, the emotional heart is chaotic, and the ruthless heart is quiet."
The proprietress didn't understand, but Xie Fanghua naturally understood.
In the end, the proprietress took down the lantern of Chang'e running to the moon, carefully held it with both hands and handed it to Murong Jin: "Son, take it." ”
Murong Jin accompanied Xie Fanghua to watch the lights for a long time, Xie Fanghua likes to look at the lights, especially during the Chinese New Year, which is very lively and prosperous.
Xie Fanghua went back in time when the key was dropped in the palace, and Murong Jin sent her and asked Qingzhi to take the lantern back.
Chen Zhiyi and Xie Eran are not in a hurry, since they can have fun casually, how can they think that there is enough time?
The two of them were swimming in a boat on Silver Lake, wrapped in two cloaks, and holding a hand stove around the oven.
It's cold.
There are not many people who come to visit the lake, most of them are rich and noble families who rent luxury boats, which are heated by stoves, and they are not too cold. But Chen Zhiyan and Xie Enran are different, they have to choose an ordinary boat, saying that they can still fish.
Where did the fish come from?
After waiting for a long time, the aquatic plants were not caught.
"I knew I was still renting a big boat." Chen Zhiyu sniffed and licked his dry lips, "Look at it, look at it, this water is covered with a thin layer of ice, and there is nothing underneath, let alone fish." As she spoke, she poked the cold water with her fishing rod.
Xie Lenran's body bones are not as good as Chen Zhiyi's, he has three hand stoves in his hands is not too much, after listening to Chen Zhiyan's words, he stretched out his foot and kicked her lightly angrily: "The boss of the family said that there are no fish in the lake, you still don't believe it." ”
Chen Zhiyi snorted, took back the fishing rod and gathered the cloak, wrapping himself tightly, but the wind blew on his face like a knife, and in the end, he couldn't stand it anymore, and the two of them still went ashore.
It was not as cold as it had just been when he went ashore, Chen Zhiyan still felt hot after walking a few steps, so he took off his cloak and threw it to Xie Ranran to hold: "Shall we go and see the lights?" ”
Although it's a little late, there are still a lot of people on the street, and Chen Zhiyi feels that it doesn't matter even if he is a little sleepy - the New Year, isn't it just to have a lively time, isn't it just to have an all-nighter?
Xie Eran threw away the stove and hugged the cloak: "If you want to see it, go and see it." ”
Chen Zhiyi nodded excitedly, pulled Xie Eran up and staggered towards the lively place.
Chen Zhiyi fell in love with a lantern, which was pasted into a peony flower, which was very exquisite, and she wanted to buy it, but the proprietress said that she could only catch the lot and answer the question to get the lantern.
What? Still have to answer questions?
Chen Zhiyi stared at the proprietress with his eyes, he would never have thought that his sister and Brother Jin had also come here and chose a lantern for Chang'e to run to the moon.
"Can't I just buy it?" Chen Zhiyi blinked and looked at the proprietress, "I'll give you a tael of silver." ”
The proprietress doesn't do it, she thinks that the girl in front of her is stupid, she shouldn't be smart, and look at the splendid clothes she wears, most of them are rich and noble ladies, if she is determined to ask for peony lanterns, I'm afraid she can get a lot of silver from this stupid girl.
The proprietress thought beautifully, but her expression was regretful, and she shook her head at Chen Zhiyi: "Girl, this is my rule, I hope you can understand." ”
Headache.
"Understand, understand, understand." Chen Zhiyi scratched his face, took out a paper ball from the big box taken out by the proprietress, and read out the words on it when he unfolded it: "What is not afraid of the sky, what is not afraid of the ground." ”
This is the one chosen by Xie Fanghua and Murong Jin.
It's a coincidence, Chen Zhiyi actually chose this.
The proprietress looked at Chen Zhiyu and thought stupidly, and couldn't help laughing: "Girl, this question is a bit difficult!" ”
Xie Eran stood aside and glanced at the proprietress again, and then stared at the note in Chen Zhiyi's hand.
What could it be?
"What's the difficulty?" Chen Zhiyi slapped the note on the table with a backhand slap, very confident.
The hostess's smile faded.
Isn't it, isn't this silly-looking girl also a smart person?
Just when she felt that she was going to lose a lot of money again, Chen Zhiyi smiled at her: "Isn't this what I'm talking about?" ”