As the curtain was pulled down, the mandarin duck finally came to an end. All the members of the troupe came out for a curtain call, and Lu Zhengan watched the spectators in the audience throw copper plates on the 'rich man' in the play, lest everyone annoy people and cause conflicts, so he hurriedly escorted Song Huaishu to retreat.

"If you give a reward, you will give a reward, which will annoy people again."

Seeing this, Song Huaishu couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and patted Lu Zhengan's arm, signaling that he didn't need to be so nervous.

"You may not have watched the whole scene before, but only a master who thinks he sings well will give such a reward. The singing masters are happy. ”

The two watched the audience throw money on the stage, only to see a man carrying a one- or two-year-old child onto the stage.

After the man said something to the class owner next to him, the class owner immediately invited the person to the backstage.

After a while, the child was seen to have a face painted with oil paint, and his father walked off the stage with a smile.

"Why did this paint the child's face, oil paint is not good for children."

Seeing that Lu Zhengan frowned, Song Huaishu explained with a smile: "It will be washed off in one day, and it is generally fine." I heard my father say that painting a child's face is also a good thing. Not only is it expensive, but it also takes three years to paint a painting. ”

Song Huaishu was still a little strange how Lu Zhengan didn't know this, but remembering that he had been raised by his grandfather since he was a child, all the doubts in his heart were gone.

When the onlookers in front of the stage dispersed, Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu returned to Song Kee Grocery Store hand in hand.

Because there was no business in the shop, Song Xiren had already returned to Hualong Mountain with the floating wine they had bought, leaving only Xiao Chen to guard the shop.

It will take a while to see the lanterns at night, but fortunately, the two of them came out with the key to the Song family's courtyard. The two of them ate something casually on the street, and then went to the small courtyard of the Song family to rest for a while, preparing to wait until it was dark to finish watching the lanterns before going back.

Lu Xingyi has been able to sleep all night since the full moon, but this girl is extremely dishonest in sleeping, and she can kick off the quilt several times a night. Song Huaishu and Lu Zhengan were afraid that she would freeze at night, and they didn't dare to sleep too hard at night.

Now that they didn't have to look at the children in the afternoon, the two of them slept in the Song family's courtyard until the end of Shen Shi, and then they opened their eyes in a daze.

Lu Zheng'an only felt that he was sore from this sleep, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that Song Huaishu also looked worried, squinted his eyes, hugged the person into his arms, and rubbed his forehead with his cheek.

It was rare for the two to be so quiet, and Song Huaishu reached out to wrap his arms around Lu Zheng'an's waist and found a comfortable position in his arms to lie down.

Recalling the days after Lu Xingyi's birth, Song Huaishu rarely 'complained': "Since the birth of my daughter, I feel that life has been chaotic, and I don't know what year it is. ”

"Isn't it like this with children, when there is less work at home in the future, I will bring more and you can have a good rest. The meat that had been raised with great difficulty before felt like it was all gone. ”

Lu Zhengan stretched out his hand and pinched Song Huaishu's waist, and when he saw that the tentacles were all bones, he couldn't help but feel distressed.

Song Huaishu was afraid of itching, so he was pinched by Lu Zheng'an, so he hurriedly turned around and pushed his hand away. "Don't pinch it, it's itchy."

Fearing that Lu Zhengan's hand would 'make trouble' again, Song Huaishu held his hand and did not let go. "Except for my daughter, I don't have to worry about anything else now. Get up, the lanterns should be hung up by now. We're almost out for a day, and I guess it's time for the girls to make trouble. ”

Hearing Song Huaishu say this, Lu Zhengan couldn't lie down. Holding Song Huaishu for a while, he got up from the bed.

The Song family's kitchen hasn't been used for a while, and it's not worth it for the two of them to eat here and clean up. Thinking of Sun Ji mutton soup that they hadn't drunk for a long time, Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu swept the fallen leaves in the yard, and then locked the door and went out on the street.

Although it was not yet dark, many lanterns along the street were already hanging. The two came to Sun Ji and asked for two bowls of mutton soup and two cakes as usual, and then sat down at the table by the window.

Not long after the two of them sat down, Xiao Er in the store brought up the things with a tray.

Lu Zheng'an and Song Huaishu are both regular customers of Sun Ji, and there is no one in the store who does not know them. Carefully placed the dishes and chopsticks in front of Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu, Xiao Er chatted with the two of them for a few words, and when he saw that there were more customers in the store, he went straight to work.

Although Sun Ji's mutton soup was good, the two of them had little appetite after sleeping all afternoon. After barely eating half a bowl, he put down his chopsticks.

Looking out the window, night had fallen, and all the lights on the street had come on. Lu Zhengan just grabbed Song Huaishu's hand and asked him if he wanted to go out for a walk, only to hear a sudden sound of breaking the air outside the window, and then a brilliant beam of fireworks burst out in front of the two of them.

The people in the room were startled by this movement, and after reacting, they rushed to the doors and windows, looked up at the fireworks that exploded one after another in the sky, and their mouths kept exclamating exclamations.

Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu looked at this situation, and their hands that were already holding together tightened. When the sound of breaking the air ceased to sound, the two of them got up from their stools.

By the time the two of them came out of the shop, there were already a lot of people on the street. Many children carrying lanterns frolicked and shuttled in the crowd, and Lu Zhengan held Song Huaishu's waist and carefully avoided a few children.

Watching the children gradually disappear into the crowd with lanterns, Lu Zhengan thought of Lu Xingyi, who was only six months old at home, and his heart softened.

"In another year or two, our daughter will be able to run and jump."

Song Huaishu listened to Lu Zheng'an's words, looked up at his eyes, and couldn't help but smile: "No, but with her restless temperament, it is estimated that she will be inseparable from people after she can run and jump." ”

Lu Zhengan listened to the sound of gongs and drums in the distance, and led Song Huaishu to slowly walk forward with the crowd. Looking at the various lanterns along the street, the smile on the corner of his mouth has not disappeared.

The two slowly followed the crowd to the entrance of the town, only to hear the sound of gongs and drums getting closer and closer, Lu Zhengan raised his head and looked, and found that there was a lion dance in front of him. Looking down at Song Huaishu, he saw that he was very curious, so he hugged him and squeezed forward.

When the two came closer, they saw a lion leader in a colorful costume holding a colored ball to tease the lion. After the lion approached, a front flip over the lion attracted a round of applause from the onlookers.

It is expensive to invite a lion dance team, and although the temple fair of the Shangyuan Festival in Hualong Town is lively, it has not invited a few lion dances. Now that it is rare to meet, Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu naturally can't help but stay and watch for a while.

Lu Zhengan had never seen a lion dance performance before, and he only felt that it was vivid when he watched the lion dancers' skillful movements such as fluttering, rolling, jumping, and rubbing itching. If it weren't for the hard work he did when he was a child, he would never have been able to practice this kind of kung fu.

Just as the lion dance was coming to an end, a thin woman suddenly rushed out of the crowd with a child in her arms, and fell to her knees at the feet of the red lion, sobbing and kowtowing to the red lion.

The people present could not help but be startled by the woman, and while everyone was wondering what was going on, they heard the sound of gongs and drums again.

At this moment, the two red lions and yellow lions, who had just performed for the crowd, shook their heads and circled around the mother and son, and only after the lion's head was swept over the heads of the mother and child did they raise their legs and step over them.

Everyone looked at the lion and the woman who was crying with the child in her arms, and they were a little confused for a while, but some of the old people kept wiping their tears when they watched the situation in the field.

When both lions had stepped over the woman, the woman took the child around her arms and bowed to the two lions again, and both lions fell to their knees on their hind legs and returned the salute to her.

After the woman had left with the child in her arms, the weeping old man choked up and said, "Poor, what a pitiful thing." ”

Listening to the old man's words, everyone present was even more curious, and some people couldn't help but ask: "Old man, what is that woman doing with her child?" ”

"The lion lies down, and all diseases are eliminated. The ancestor said that the lion is an auspicious thing that seeks good fortune and avoids evil, and her child must have contracted some kind of disease, and there is really no way to do it, so she came to pray for the child. The master of this lion dance also knew that he had given them a return gift, and he had put his heart into it. ”

The old man's voice fell, and the scene was immediately quiet for a while. Recalling the situation when the woman was holding the child, everyone only felt that their hearts were heavy.

And Song Huaishu, who was protected by Lu Zheng'an, seemed to be silent a lot after hearing the old man's words. Lu Zhengan looked down at the expression on his face, held his hand, and slowly withdrew from the crowd.

"What's wrong? Why do you look a little unhappy? ”

Song Huaishu shook his head slightly when he heard Lu Zhengan's words. "I'm not unhappy, but I think of the mother and son just now, and I think they are really pitiful."

When Lu Zhengan heard this, he patted the hand holding Song Huaishu's shoulder gently, lowered his head and comforted him softly: "If we are fated to meet that mother and son again, we can help some." It's hard to come out and play once, don't feel bad. ”

Hearing Lu Zhengan say this, Song Huaishu nodded. Without waiting for Song Huaishu to react, Song Huaishu only felt that Lu Zheng'an's figure on his side moved, and then pulled him forward.

When Song Huaishu followed Lu Zhengan to a stall selling masks, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart. "What am I going to do with you in a hurry? Just to look at the mask. ”

As he spoke, Song Huaishu swept his eyes around the mask stall, reached out and took a fox mask and looked at it carefully. Then I don't know what I remembered, Song Huaishu looked up at Lu Zhengan, and smiled and put the fox mask on Lu Zhengan's face.

"Speaking of which, this fox mask is a good match for you."

Lu Zhengan stretched out his hand and pressed Song Huaishu's hand that helped him put on the mask, and couldn't help laughing for a while. After removing the mask from his face, he looked back at the long-eared rabbit mask in his hand and reached out and handed it to him.

"Actually, the little rabbit is more compatible with the big bad wolf, but the boss doesn't seem to have a big bad wolf here, and this fox can barely wear it."

Song Huaishu was amused by Lu Zhengan's words, and after asking the boss about the price of the two masks, he took out four cents from his sleeve pocket and handed it to the boss.

Lu Zheng'an put the mask on his face, and then handed the mask of the little rabbit to Song Huaishu. "Since you bought it, you can't waste it, put it on, let's wander around for a while and then go back."

Being 'stirred' by Lu Zheng'an, Song Huaishu's mood was much better. Putting the mask on his face, he looked back at Lu Zhengan, his eyebrows and eyes under the mask were crooked, and he took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Lu Zhengan, and the two squeezed into the lively crowd......

Before you know it, the time has come to an end.

Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu finally remembered Lu Xingyi, who was thrown to the two elders, and hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd.

While the two were hurrying away, Song Huaishu only heard Lu Zheng'an beside him suddenly laugh.

Song Huaishu couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he heard his laughter, so he asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan looked sideways at Song Huaishu and saw that he was slightly tilted his head, looking unusually cute with a long-eared rabbit mask.

"If you say that we go back so late, will our father and mother scold us for being irresponsible as parents and leave our children to them?"

Lu Zhengan's words made Song Huaishu feel a little embarrassed, reached out and tugged at his sleeve, and said: "If you still say it, you will let you go, but you have to collide with others." If I hadn't pulled you, I guess you'd have played until the middle of the night. ”

Hearing Song Huaishu's words, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but be surprised. "I've never played any of this before, so it's a little strange to see it for the first time."

Lu Zhengan had also spent time in the countryside before, but at that time, the lanterns were mostly electronic. Papier-mâché lanterns like this are basically gone, not to mention custom activities that can be participated in by all ages, such as hitting lanterns.

After Lu Zhengan finished speaking, he put his arm around Song Huaishu's shoulder and urged him: "Oh, okay, it's not too early, let's go back quickly, so as not to worry about our parents." ”

Just when Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu hurriedly walked to the Longhu Lake at the entrance of the town, they saw two people walking towards them. Seeing that their steps were vain, they pounced on them before they could get close to a breath of wine, and obviously drank a lot.

Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu were in a hurry to go home, and when they saw the two drunks, they moved two steps to the side. However, when Lu Zhengan saw clearly that one of them was the Ji family's gentleman Ji Yueqiao, he immediately took Song Huaishu's hand and stopped.

"Ji Yue Bridge? Why are you here? ”

Hearing Lu Zheng'an call his name, the drunken and hazy Ji Yueqiao staggered to a halt. Looking up at Lu Zhengan, he wrinkled his brows for a while before remembering who the other party was.

"It turned out to be you, oh, but I forgot that your home is in Hualong Town."

Song Huaishu was also a little surprised when he saw Ji Yueqiao, and when he was about to speak, the person who hooked up with Ji Yueqiao also slowly raised his head.

After his eyes swept over Lu Zheng'an and Song Huaishu, who were dressed in coarse cloth, he burped, looked sideways at Ji Yueqiao and asked, "Brother Ji, who are they?" You guys, do you know? ”

Ji Yueqiao laughed, waved his hand and said to the man: "It's just a poor relative of my family, and I don't know anyone." Walk, didn't you say you'd take me to see the newly acquired outer room? ”

When the other party heard Ji Yueqiao's words, he immediately laughed, and the two of them supported each other and were about to leave from Lu Zhengan's side.

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan didn't want to meddle in things. However, the person who was walking with Ji Yueqiao, when he walked to Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu's side, his eyes suddenly stopped after sweeping Song Huaishu's face.

Letting go of Ji Yueqiao's arm, the man staggered back and stretched out his hand to Song Huaishu with a smile. His mouth was still dry and teasing: "Yo, I didn't even see that there is a little beauty here." Ouch, let me hurt you well. ”

As he spoke, the man threw himself at Song Huaishu, but before his hand could touch Song Huaishu, he was kicked to the ground by Lu Zhengan. Then he strode to the other party's side, bent down to lift the man's shirt, and dragged the person to the side of Longhu.

Song Huaishu didn't expect things to develop like this, and when he saw Lu Zhengan dragging people to the Longhu Lake, he was afraid that he would do something, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"Zheng'an, no!"

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan glanced back at Song Huaishu, and at the same time glanced at Ji Yueqiao, who was already stunned by the fright, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I'm just letting him sober up." I won't do anything to him, just stand by and don't splash water on you. ”

As he spoke, Lu Zhengan dragged the people to the edge of the Dragon Lake and threw them into the cold Dragon Lake.

Ji Yueqiao himself was not so drunk, and at this time, seeing Lu Zhengan's movements, he was completely sobered up by fright.

Seeing that he was so frightened that his face turned pale, Lu Zhengan stood still and did not dare to move, and stretched out his hand to fish out the man who was splashing in the lake. Then, he asked Ji Yueqiao, "Is this person your friend?" Where do you live now? ”

Ji Yueqiao heard Lu Zheng'an's question, and replied obediently: "Longfeng Inn, I met this person in the restaurant, and I don't know who he is. ”

Hearing Ji Yueqiao's answer, Lu Zhengan suddenly laughed. Glancing at the man who looked like a dead pig, Lu Zhengan opened his mouth and stopped a young man passing by, touched five big coins from his sleeve pocket and handed them to the other party.

"The little brother went to the Longfeng Inn to bring a letter to the subordinates of the Ji family, saying that his young master was taken away by Lu Zheng'an."

After that, Lu Zhengan held Song Huaishu in one hand and walked towards Hualong Mountain with the sick Jiyue Bridge in the other.

Chapter One Hundred and Two

After Ji Yueqiao followed Lu Zhengan for a distance, the whole person slowly came back to his senses.

Thinking that he was actually being stopped by a mud leg from the countryside, he suddenly felt ashamed in his heart, and stopped his steps and wanted to turn around and return to Hualong Town.