Chapter Forty-Eight: The Paper Crane Lantern Festival
The Crane Boat Lantern Festival is Valentine's Day in Lin'an, and it is also a festival to pray for marriage.
Because the lantern festival only started in the evening, Ah Feng followed Su Shi'an around the mortal city.
"I still don't know the girl's name?"
He had a bright smile on his face all the time, and the pleasure all over his body almost infected Ah Sa.
"My name is Ah Feng." She replied cheerfully.
"Why did Ah Feng go out on the street alone? At present, there are still loopholes in the city's security, and women are single and can easily encounter danger. ”
Ah Feng thought to himself, this is indeed the case, I didn't expect this mortal world to be so complicated.
She was a little distressed: "Yes, this is the first time I have come out, who knows that this kind of thing will happen." ”
Su Shi'an smiled, looked at her and comforted: "Don't worry, acquaintance is a friend, if Ah Feng wants to come out in the future, he will send someone to the General's Mansion to find me, and I will give up my life to accompany me." ”
Friend?
Ah Feng was stunned for a moment, and looked at him with some amusement.
This young general is definitely not shallow, and he actually calls himself friends with the princess of the Heavenly Clan, maybe he will be able to meet in the Heavenly Palace in the future.
She couldn't help but laugh, and with a smile she saw him blush.
"Is it so dangerous to sacrifice your life to accompany each other?"
Ah Feng couldn't help but tease.
Su Shi'an didn't speak, and suddenly saw a candy painting seller on the side, dropped a sentence of "wait for me" and ran over.
Ah Feng was stunned for a moment, and followed two steps forward.
After a while, Su Shi'an trotted over with a delicate Luan Bird Candy Painting and handed it to her nervously.
"I think it's very much like you, the girl's family should like this kind of thing......"
Ah Feng was taken aback, looked at him repeatedly for a long time, and found that there was indeed no fairy spirit, and he was really just a mortal, so he took the sugar painting in surprise.
This young man is too godly, and the sugar painting he bought casually turned out to be his original pattern!
She thanked Su Shi'an and walked around the street with him.
The people who came and went shuttled through the huge street market, Ah Man squinted his eyes, smelled the rich fragrance of noodles on the tip of his nose, and couldn't help but sigh.
"That's nice."
Su Shi'an's eyes never left her, and the corners of his lips were raised when he heard the words, and his eyes were shining.
"Tired? Shall we go to the teahouse for a while? The lantern festival will start later. ”
Ah Feng nodded and followed him to a teahouse called "Lethe".
The interior is very exquisitely furnished, completely different from the magnificent white jade palace of the Sea Dragon Palace, the antique decoration, the rich fragrance of tea, and the troupe and onlookers who are generously rapping in the middle of the teahouse, which really opened her eyes.
The two sat down, Su Shi'an ordered some tea and pastries, and when he turned his head, he saw Ah Satie, looking at the troupe downstairs, with a look of relish.
There is a play of a fairy chasing a handsome man below, and the bright red play is singing infatuatedly.
"Lang Jun, I am infatuated with you, but how do you linger in the flowers and refuse to take a look."
"The identity of the fairy is noble, and a certain dare not climb high!"
The tea that Ah Feng had just brought to his mouth almost squirted out.
What's going on? This scene is unexpectedly familiar?
She thought about it again and again before she remembered that there was such a thing.
At that time, he was still in the Heavenly Palace, chasing his cousin who was in love with the suave Si Ming Xingjun, so he repaired the immortal weapon for him day and night, boiled the elixir, and even went to steal the peach, and sneaked to see Si Ming take a bath.
It's a pity that Si Ming is an extremely merry immortal official, he already has the number of mortal lives, and he is used to seeing tens of thousands of years of red dust trivial matters, and he has always boasted of his affection.
In addition, he gave birth to a handsome face, which attracted the fairy of the Heavenly Palace to come and go.
Cousin Chai Rou did a lot of things silently, but she never got a response from Si Ming, and finally one day, she happened to see Si Ming and Fairy Yue'e looking at each other affectionately, and also saw their mouths that were almost close together.
Heartbroken, she confronted Si Ming as to why she didn't like her.
At that time, Si Ming replied to her lightly, and what he said was: "The county lord has a noble status, and he can't climb a certain height." ”
After that, Chai Rou came to find himself dejectedly, and repeated it again with a dead face.
Thinking about it, Ah Feng began to worry again, and he didn't know how to chase Rou and Si Nian now.
"What's wrong? Isn't this scene good? ”
Su Shi'an saw her shaking and couldn't help asking.
"It's good-looking, I just think of a friend, and it looks like this scene."
Ah Man smiled back, lowered his head and took a sip of tea.
Su Shi'an was thoughtful, his eyes fell on the singing stage downstairs, and he said as if he had no intention: "Women should be pampered, and they are struggling to pursue a relationship that does not belong to them, and they will not be happy when they think about it." ”
Her hand holding the teacup paused.
For some reason, she remembered Fuyu again.
I remembered Lingmo whispering in his ear, and he listened gently and patiently.
Barely smiling and not answering, they sat quietly until the end of the scene.
At the end of the play, the actor in the bright red dress died tragically on the ground, with a sword in her chest, and her beloved Lang Jun put down his hand and led another woman to look at her indifferently.
Everyone sighed.
Ah Feng felt cold all over, she put down the tea that had already been cold and stood up.
"Let's go."
Su Shi'an nodded, raised his hand to stroke Ah Feng's long hair, and comforted: "Don't go to your heart, it's just a play." ”
Ah Feng was stunned for a moment, both surprised by his sudden closeness, and inexplicably felt that this moment was very familiar.
She paused at her feet and looked at Su Shi'an with some confusion.
"Shi'an, have we met before?"
Su Shi'an was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed out loud, his chest vibrating happily.
"Yes, Ah Sa, the first time I saw you, I felt familiar."
The boy's eyes were amazingly bright, and the smile on his lips could not dissipate.
Glancing at him angrily, Ah Feng walked out on his own.
Su Shi'an couldn't help but laugh behind him, and said softly: "Okay, Ah Satie, I'm just joking with you, not next time." ”
Seeing that she still ignored her, he walked two steps quickly and stopped in front of her, helplessly compromising again.
"Really, I'm really not making trouble, the lantern festival will start soon, let's go over."
Ah Feng looked up at the sky, and saw that the night was indeed slowly emerging, so he nodded lightly.
The lantern will be on a wide river in the city, with gray and white stone walls on both sides, and there are trestle bridges built every short distance on the river, standing on the bridge, you can see many paper crane lanterns floating on the river, and the faint candle flame lights up the starry sky.
"What a beautiful ......"
Ah Feng looked at the scene in front of him in shock, and couldn't help but praise loudly.
Su Shi'an smiled and said softly: "I thought a long time ago that one day, I would take my beloved girl to see the beauty of this world." ”
Ah Feng was stunned when he heard this, and just wanted to explain to him, but he saw him walking quickly towards the riverbank, and he was still looking back to greet him.
"Ah Feng, come quickly, let's go and fold the crane lantern too."
She had no choice but to suppress the words she blurted out and walked up to follow.
The crane lantern is not difficult to break, and after a short time, the two of them folded it.
Su Shi'an handed over the brush and rice paper, and the look of anticipation in his eyes was very obvious.
"Ah Sa, write your prayer inside, and with the crane lantern put into the river, the gods in the sky will help you fulfill your wish."
She couldn't help but think that she was an immortal in the sky, and who else could fulfill her wish.
Still, she took the pen and paper and hesitated to write down a line.
"Willingly."
After writing, Su Shi'an came over to help her light the candle, and his powerful arms gently wrapped around her shoulders, and the void stopped on it, but Ah Feng still felt the hot breath unique to the teenager.
She was a little flustered, and quickly leaned forward, but accidentally almost hit the stone table.
Su Shi'an held her shoulder in time, and his voice was nervous and concerned: "Be careful." ”
The candle flame was lit, and the young man's long arms left Ah Sa's stiff body.
She quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Su Shi'an.
For some reason, it may be because he was holding a crane lantern in his hand, and Ah Feng saw that there was a suspicious flush on his face.
The two carefully carried the crane lantern to the river, and Ah Man gently placed the lamp in his hand on the water.
The tentacles are cold.
was quietly looking at the crane lantern floating in the distance, and his hand was suddenly pulled up.
She looked back in a daze, it was Su Shi'an, who was a little shy and pretended to be natural.
He had a cyan handkerchief in his hand and was gently wiping the drops of water from his fingertips.
Ah Man's face was hot, and she hurriedly took two steps back, avoiding his hand.
"Hmm...... Shi'an, I may not have told you that I actually have someone I like......"
Su Shi'an's body froze in place, he slowly withdrew his hand, and his face was unnatural: "Don't think too much, I'm afraid that the river is cold, and the woman is already weak." ”
The atmosphere grew dull.
He suddenly laughed brightly again, walked over and patted the top of Ah Feng's hair: "Let's go, send you back to rest." ”
Ah Feng breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly followed.
Along the way, Su Shi'an picked up some interesting things to share, and Ah Feng listened to them with great interest, and everything in the mortal world made her feel very novel.
It was a special experience, and I had never been so open to Fuyu.
"Guess what, the old lady who bought the pastries yelled directly, saying, the old man is so old, you little thief still refuses to let go, it really suits my heart, someone came to tie me up and go home!"
Standing at the door of the inn, Su Shi'an danced and told the end of the interesting story, Ah Feng couldn't help but laugh.
"Yo, Sister Ah Feng is so late, why are you still frolicking outside with a strange son?"
An abrupt female voice came, with a surprised tone.
Ah Man slowly turned around and faced Shangfuyu and Lingmo.
At this time, Fuyu's face was indifferent, and his eyes fell on Su Shi'an's body, as if he was looking at a stranger who was completely irrelevant.
And Ling Mo is holding Fuyu in her hand at the moment, looking gentle and considerate.
Ah Feng immediately smiled.
She quietly looked at their clinging arms, and for a moment she was in a trance.
"What's wrong? Your friend? ”
Su Shi'an asked in a low voice, seeing that she was a little shaky, he gently supported her back with one hand.
At the moment when his hand landed on Ah Man's back, Fuyu narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Su Shi'an.
"Let go."
He spoke lightly.
Su Shi'an was a little inexplicable, but Ah Feng broke away from him with a spirit.
Then he whispered apologetically: "Shi'an, you go back first, I'll go in by myself, thank you for accompanying me today." ”
He looked at Ah Feng, then looked sideways at Fuyu, whose aura was getting colder and colder, and touched the top of her hair helplessly.
"Okay, Ah Sa, come to me whenever you want to go out for a walk."
Ah Feng nodded, and was about to leave, when Su Shi'an grabbed her sleeve again.
The night was getting darker, and the surroundings were very quiet, so quiet that Fuyu could easily hear his anxious and expectant voice.
"Ah Feng, the secret inside the crane lantern, I'll tell you next time we meet."
Ah Man was slightly stunned and nodded subconsciously.
"I'm leaving."
The boy's cheeks flushed, he looked at her deeply, turned and strode away into the night.