Chapter 137: Releasing River Lanterns
Ying Bao went to call his younger brother home for dinner, and saw the two younger brothers and Wei Zhan plowing the land in the orchard.
Jiang Wu saw his sister, and excitedly pointed to the piece of ground that had been dug out and said, "Look, this is all dug up by us and Wei Zhan." ”
Sakura Bao's eyelids jumped, and he pulled the two younger brothers back: "Why do you call him to plow the ground?" ”
Jiang Jie defended: "He is willing." ”
Jiang Wu: "If he wants to eat vegetables, he will dig the ground." ”
Sakuraho: ......
When I got home, I washed my brother's hands and face, and let them go to breakfast.
Jiang Sanlang said while drinking porridge: "Go back and send that child to Patriarch Chen, after all, he is a guest of Old Chen's house." ”
Chen Laozhuan is also a member of the Chen clan in the end, and he is also close to the Chen patriarch.
"It's okay to send it there, it's not a problem with us." His family and Chen Lao Bolt have a feud, and Chun Niang really doesn't dare to pull too much about his relatives and friends.
But thinking of the child's downfall, she finally couldn't bear it, so Chun Niang took an egg and two moon cakes and sent them.
When Wei Zhan received the things sent by Chun Niang, his nose was sour, and he burst into tears, sobbed and thanked him, peeled off the egg shell and ate the eggs.
He wandered outside for several days, and although it was exciting, it was also very hard.
There were several times when he regretted it and wanted to run to the post station for help, but he put up with it.
Begging all the way and sleeping in the open, finally back here.
Now that I think about it, all the hard work was worth it, and he finally accomplished a feat in life alone.
Seeing the child crying, Chun Niang couldn't bear it anymore, touched his head and said, "Go back and take you to Patriarch Chen's house, and when the festival is over, they will find a way to contact the elders in your family." ”
Wei Zhan was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly shook his head: "Don't!" I'm not going anywhere! That's where I live. ”
Seeing that Chun Niang was silent, Wei Zhan blinked and began to wipe his tears again. "Auntie, don't send me away, okay? I can work and dig the ground. ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hands to Chun Niang, "Look, I dug the ground this morning and ground my palms out of the bubbles, but I'm not afraid at all." ”
Chun Niang let out a low breath and held his small hands, "How did you make it like this?" ”
She also has children, and when she sees the tragic condition of this child, she naturally thinks of her own children, and she can't help but feel heartache.
"I'll go back and get the medicine for you."
After Chun Niang finished speaking, she hurried home, took the medicine powder and turned it back to give Wei Zhan medicine.
She didn't see Wei Zhan's sly smile flashing.
After giving Wei Zhan the medicine, Chun Niang turned home and said to her husband: "That child is strange and pitiful, let's take him in for a while, alas, as soon as I saw him like that, I thought of the scene when Bao'er was abducted." ”
Jiang Saburo frowned, and finally nodded: "Okay, after the festival, I will send him to the village anyway." ”
In the evening, the whole family celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival together, and Chun Niang simply called Wei Zhan over for dinner.
At this time, Wei Zhan had already washed it, changed into Yuanbao's old clothes, and even replaced the broken deerskin boots on his feet with Yuanbao's cloth shoes.
Before eating, Jiang Cheng lit lanterns one by one and hung them on the bamboo tower outside the courtyard, and hung eighteen lanterns.
Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang carried out the incense case and placed it on the south side of the bamboo tower.
On the incense table, a plate of moon cakes, a bowl of dates, a plate of pears, a plate of persimmons, and a handful of tied up ears of rice are enshrined, and then incense is inserted into the incense burner, so that the children in the family can come to worship the moon one by one.
Only unmarried men and women can worship, meaning that the old man will pull a red line and find a good daughter-in-law (good husband) in the future.
When a full moon rose, starting from Jiang Cheng, the children of the Jiang family stepped forward one by one, twisting incense and kneeling.
Wei Zhan saw that they all bowed, and he followed behind and knelt down and kowtowed.
After worshipping the moon, the whole family went back to the courtyard for a reunion dinner.
There are two tables in the courtyard of Jiang Dalang's house, one for adults and one for children.
Tonight, Yan Ru was in charge, and the chicken, duck and fish made different tricks, and two large tables were set up.
After eating, Yanru took the children to release the river lanterns.
Of course, there is no river on the southern slope, so they can only go to the pond to relax.
Each of the children carried a lantern to the pond, lit the prepared lanterns, put them into the water one by one, and then gently pushed them away with bamboo poles.
Wei Zhan also took a river lantern, followed the example of the little girls and made a wish, lit the river lantern with a fire fold, and put it into the water.
The red river lamp reflected his face, illuminating his eyes.
After the lanterns, a group of children went home with lanterns.
Wei Zhan was allowed to live with Yuanbao, so he went back to Jiang's house with him.
Yuan Bao was curious about the boy and asked him how he got back to Chuanhe Town.
So, Wei Zhan's eyebrows fluttered and he told Yuan Bao about his glorious deeds, and Yuan Bao was dumbfounded.
"You walked more than 100 miles alone? Still walking for more than ten days? "Yuan Bao is a little incredulous." Where do you sleep at night? ”
Wei Zhan smiled proudly: "I sleep on a tree at night, or in a haystack, and when I meet a well-wisher, they will let me sleep in his stove." ”
Yuan Bao slurped his lips and was full of admiration: "You are really amazing." ”
"Hey, hey." Wei Zhan pretended to be false and said, "Do you know what I have eaten all the way?" ”
"What?" Yuan Bao asked, stretching his neck.
Wei Zhan swished and pulled out a small dagger from his leg, "I dug vegetables from other people's fields to eat, and I also ate rice raw, and once I even caught a fish and ate it raw." ”
In fact, he also killed a person in the process of escaping, who tried to rob him of the jade pendant, but was killed by him with a single blow.
Yuan Bao listened to it and was disgusting, "Don't say it, the raw fish is fishy, you can eat it." ”
"If you're hungry, you can eat naturally." Wei Zhan wiped the dagger and inserted it back into his leg.
This adventure can make him blow for a lifetime.
Hum! When I get home, I must take care of the escort team.
Originally, he was with the eldest brother, but a guard deliberately blocked his horse and separated himself from the eldest brother.
As a result, the bandits caught up and he had to turn around and run to safety.
Wei Zhan didn't know if it was the guard's unintentional action or if someone wanted to harm him, but no matter what, this time it made him vigilant.
Mother is right, she is a thorn in the side of some people, and if you are not careful, you will be eaten and wiped clean.
The father has many concubines, and there is a noble concubine and a good concubine, and their sons are older than themselves.
The mother also said that they wished they were dead, so he was extra careful and could not trust anyone, including his eldest brother Wei Wenbai.
The moon shadow slanted westward, and the lanterns on the bamboo tower were extinguished one by one. The southern slope fell silent again.
Not long after, the rooster crowed, waking up the dawn, and a new day began.
After the festival, Sakura and Erni went to school.
Yuanbao, Huzi, Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu also stopped by together.
Wei Zhan also had to go to the school with him, and come back after school, as if he was a member of the Jiang family.
Patriarch Chen had already learned about this from Jiang Sanlang, so he wrote a letter and sent it to the delivery shop, handed it to the anxious postman, and sent it to the Wei family in Fucheng as soon as possible.