"The dumplings are ready!"

Heavy snow was still falling in the dim sky, but a courtyard in the West Lane was particularly noisy. You can hear the laughter and the smell of dumplings from afar.

Five boys and girls sat at a large table, each with hot dumplings in their bowls, and a warm pot set up in the middle of the table, while the meat pieces were tumbling at the bottom of the rich pot, blistering, and the sight was appetizing.

"I'm starving, I haven't eaten dumplings for a long time...... Ma Yan said, picking up a piece of dumpling and stuffing it into his mouth, speaking indistinctly.

"Don't you understand this truth?" Long Yuxin on the side said with a blank look.

Ma Yan smiled, picked up a large piece of meat, which was still steaming, and then dipped in the fragrant hot sauce, and when he bit into it, the golden juice flowed out of the meat piece, splashing Ma Yan's mouth full of greasy......

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw him.

When Xu Changfeng took some dumplings to Zhou Qixuan, he also said the same, he hadn't eaten dumplings for a long time. Xu Changfeng, why not?

In the past ten years in Chang'an, he has eaten dumplings for the first time, and he has almost forgotten what dumplings taste.

He originally wanted to go to Dongxiang to visit the old woman today, and go to Menghualou to accompany Ming Ming for a while, but now that there are guests at home, he can't go too far. If it weren't for Zhou Qixuan, who also lived in West Lane, he wouldn't have been able to eat this dumpling.

"Shall we go out to see the lanterns in a moment?" Long Yuxin said as he looked at everyone.

Wei Xueying seemed to have been looking forward to it for a long time, and nodded one after another, Ma Yan was busy stuffing something into his mouth, and said something indistinctly. Only Xu Changfeng noticed Liang Yi's expression, he just sat silently on the side, eating dumplings silently, as if he was an outsider.

"What's wrong?" Xu Changfeng looked at Liang Yi and asked in a low voice.

Liang Yi shook his head, "I won't go to see the lights for a while." ”

"Something?" Xu Changfeng then asked, he hadn't heard of Liang Yi having any other friends in Chang'an City.

"Cultivation. ”

Liang Yi said these two words simply, and then continued to eat dumplings, picking up a large piece of meat from time to time. Xu Changfeng didn't force him anymore, he had a knot in his heart, he had been alone in the rivers and lakes for so many years, he should be very lonely......

"It would be nice if Mr. Qin was here, he hasn't eaten dumplings for a long time......" Xu Changfeng thought to himself.

Over the years, he has more or less Mr. Qin by his side. And Liang Yi is accompanied only by wind, frost, snow and rain, swords and swords.

It was just a vignette, and it seemed inconspicuous in the midst of a lively dinner, so no one heard the conversation between the two.

The drums were loud and the lights were dim.

Suzaku Street is lit up from beginning to end, and people who have had dinner take to the streets to watch the fireworks in the night sky. At this point, the heavy snow has stopped, and the streets are still piled up with falling snow.

Xu Changfeng and the four of them walked on the street, looking at the various lights, which was very novel. He has been hiding in the East Alley since he came to Chang'an for many years, and this Chang'an light is the first time he has seen it, and it really deserves its name.

Suddenly, a man walked through the crowd, with a scabbard behind him, standing in front of a vendor selling sugar gourds. Xu Changfeng was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward, just about to say hello, only to find that the man was still holding a wooden sword in his hand, but it was just blocked by the crowd.

He originally thought that it was half a sword back, but who wanted to look up and see that it was a middle-aged man with a stubble on his face.

The man took the vendor's sugar gourd and turned to leave......

"Hey, there's a sugar gourd here. At this moment, Wei Xueying's voice came from behind him.

Long Yuxin looked at Wei Xueying, smiled unhurriedly and said, "How old are you, and you still eat sugar gourds?"

"My uncle once told me that there are still people who come out to sell sugar gourds in the winter of Chang'an. I've always wanted to eat sugar gourd in the winter of Chang'an, the sweet and sour cold feeling should be delicious. Wei Xueying said with a smile.

"I see. Long Yuxin nodded, "Then I'll want a string too." ”

When Ma Yan heard this, he hurriedly echoed: "Hey, Senior Sister Long, I also want a string." ”

"How many dumplings have you eaten tonight, and can you still eat them?" Long Yuxin looked at Ma Yan with a surprised expression.

"Hehe, it's just that I'm eight minutes full, and it's not a problem to pack a bunch of sugar gourds. Ma Yan smiled, then looked at Xu Changfeng and asked, "Xu Changfeng, do you want to eat?"

"Huh?" Xu Changfeng came back to his senses, nodded, and did not speak.

Wei Xueying suddenly noticed the young man's expression at this time, and there was an inexplicable wave in his heart, which soon followed ......

She took the sugar gourd from the vendor's hand, and couldn't wait to take a bite, tasting the taste in her mouth, it was indeed sweet and sour, but it was just like that, and the taste was still a little worse than she imagined.

Everyone then played in the market, guessed lantern riddles, and played tricks, and there were all kinds of programs, and Chang'an was rare to be so lively.

"Look, there seems to be a wishing lantern there, do you want to put it?" Ma Yan said as he looked at a vendor selling wishing lanterns by the river.

"I want to put one. Wei Xueying said a little embarrassed.

Today's Chang'an is full of novelty for her, although the winter solstice in the North is also very lively, but it will definitely not be like Chang'an, the fireworks are as brilliant as the colorful glow. At this moment, she was holding a rag doll in her hand and walking with great satisfaction. This doll is the prize given by Fang Cai after guessing the lantern riddle, she wants this doll very much, but the lantern riddle is too difficult, Long Yuxin and Ma Yan can't guess it. Just when she was about to give up, Xu Changfeng actually guessed it and helped her get the doll......

Everyone spent a tael of silver to buy a wishing lamp, and each wrote down his wish and put it into the wishing lamp. Then light the lights and watch as the wishing lanterns slowly rise into the sky and bloom in colorful fireworks.

"Senior Sister Long, what wish have you made?" Ma Yan looked up at the wishing lamp that was gradually moving away, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Long Yuxin blinked, and said with a slight smile: "I, I think it would be good to stay in Chang'an forever......"

"If you say your wish, it won't work. When Wei Xue heard this, she hurriedly shouted.

"No. Ma Yan retorted, "My mother said that the wish will only come true if you say it." My wish is the same as my mother, I hope to marry a beautiful daughter-in-law in Chang'an and have a litter of white and chubby children. ”

"Cheesy!" Wei Xue also glanced at him with disdain.

Ma Yan smiled, ignored her anymore, and immediately looked at Xu Changfeng, "Xu Changfeng, what is your wish?"

"Secret. Xu Changfeng shook his head and said.

"Cut, stingy......" Ma Yan said, and couldn't help but glance at him.

The wishing lamp gradually disappeared into the night sky, nowhere to be found. Only the fireworks in the sky were left in the dark night, as if people were pouring out their hopes for the coming spring.

"It's getting late, and we're almost back. Long Yuxin looked at everyone and said.

"Hmm. They nodded, turned and walked back.

The lights were on for another year, and the fine snow unconsciously fell down the long street, illuminated red under the lights. The crowd on Chang'an Street gradually dispersed, and no one wanted to continue to eat the wind and snow outside.

"We'll go back from here, you two need to be safe. Long Yuxin looked at Xu Changfeng and Wei Xueying and said.

Qingzhu Sword Academy is in the east of Chang'an, and Xu Changfeng and Wei Xueying live in the west of Chang'an, so naturally they can't go back on the same road.

"It's fine. Xu Changfeng shook his head and said.

The two soon disappeared into the darkness. Since the last night rain, he and Wei Xueying went home together for the first time.

There is always a distance between the two of them, one after the other. The boy wanted to speak out several times, but when the words came to his lips, they fell again.

"It seems that I met the half-sword here last time...... Xu Changfeng thought to himself, "I don't know where he is now, whether he has found his sword." ”

"Well, I'm home. Wei Xueying looked at Xu Changfeng in a low voice and said.

"Well, I'll just go back by myself. He nodded.

The girl pushed open the gate of the courtyard, and suddenly turned around and said, "You go back and be careful, thank you, I have a very happy winter solstice this year." ”

After the girl finished speaking, she went into the house and never came out.

Xu Changfeng didn't know how long he stood in the yard, and he exhaled a breath. I can't help but recall the wish I just made:

"I hope that Uncle Seven can live a safe life. ”

Snowflakes fell on the boy's shoulders, leaving only a lonely back in the night.

What he didn't know was that the girl might have made such a wish just now:

"I hope Uncle Seven Swords can be safe outside and go home early. ”