Xue Hai snatched the lantern from his hand: "Is it a congratulatory gift for me! Then no matter how ugly it is, I have no choice but to accept it! My brother has a lot of strange rules, but there is more than this, and the people on the south bank can't do anything about him." Chu Tao was not far away, and Xue Hai deliberately stuck out his tongue at his purple back while he couldn't see it: "Don't mind, it's not because of the relationship between the north and south shores!"

Tian Qiao only felt that this was a word of comfort, and smiled reluctantly. "Now that the gift has been delivered, it's time to take your leave. He turned away gloomily, but he was clearly reluctant to give up.

"Big man!" Xue Hai saw the long shadow under his lamp, and suddenly became sympathetic, "I have caught up with him but I have to leave, what a disappointment!

"Really...... Is it okay?" Tian Qiao glanced at Xie Junhe uneasily. The latter just looked at the sky and said nothing.

"Let's go! Jun and Big Brother won't eat people!" Xue Hai shrugged, casually fiddled with the lotus lantern in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's so beautiful, it's much better than those jeweled gifts." No wonder my brother didn't keep any of them, he didn't want the Jianghu people to spend too much money on his family affairs. ”

"Out of the mud and not stained, the girl is!" Tian Qiao praised. "In this filthy rivers and lakes, it is really a great blessing for Tianqiao to meet a woman like the girl!"

Xie Junhe stood far away and couldn't help but sneer a few times. Who said it wasn't? Qi Tianqiao's words won his heart.

"Big man, if I'm a friend, don't be so outside!"

"Friend?" Tian Qiao smirked as if he had received a treasure.

"We've been friends for a long time! When I went to the North Shore, the first time we met, you let me do everything. I knew that a big man was a righteous man. You are Chu Xuehai's second friend in the rivers and lakes. ”

Tian Qiao was simply ecstatic, and had already forgotten about Xie Junhe, who was overwhelmed by the black clouds: "So, can I see the girl again?"

"Absolutely. Xue Hai's eyes blinked, and he said, "As long as you are not afraid of the black-faced Jun and the eldest brother, and the other is not afraid of the creepy Chu master, who else dares to stop him?"

While walking and talking, I didn't realize that I had arrived at the Songhe River.

The silky water winds around the town beneath the Black Rock Cliff and flows silently into the river. Compared with the magnificent scenery, the snow sea prefers the moonlight in the sky, rippling waves. The bridge is also crowded with people. Thinking of her birthday that year, she followed behind Xie Junhe boredly, stepping on his shadow, and couldn't help but feel funny again.

"What did Miss Xuehai think?" Qi Tianqiao said curiously.

"Nothing. Looking back at Jun He's vigilant appearance, I guess he had forgotten it a long time ago! Time is like this blue wave, flowing quietly, taking everything away. Suddenly I was sad. The lights faded and were reflected on the surface of the river, shining with a soft colored light. The wind shuttled through the crowd, carrying people's enthusiasm, and it was much smoother. But he couldn't blow away the heavy thoughts.

She saw her brother holding Sister-in-law Weilan's hand, walking around with a lantern, and saw Uncle Wang's shoulder, Yunyi indulging in the sweet sugar gourd alone, just like when she was a child, she saw Li Zhaolin's forehead fluttering for the poetry and rain, the two looked at each other and smirked stupidly. Thinking about it, it's been a long time since I've tasted Shiyu's pastries. Maybe these desserts also sweeten someone's heart! It's a pity that there is one less playmate. The beauty of spring has probably bloomed in their hearts.

But where does her future wander?

The two people behind him, one insisted on looking at the sky indifferently, and the other could only giggle. She was the only one left, stupidly, holding her cheeks, letting her thoughts fly.

Tianqiao tugged on her sleeve and ran all the way: "Follow me!"

"Big man, what are you doing?" Xue Hai shouted, quite puzzled. Junhe was also shocked, but he only watched the two of them run to the river bank under the bridge, so he watched from a distance and stopped interfering.

In the stall under the stone bridge, a short old woman squatted, simple cloth clothes, but meticulous. She was selling lotus lamps made of wax paper, like a ballad, and her tone was frustrated. A small candle lamp that evenly blooms with six gentle petals. Gently put it into the water, and it will ripple with the waves, drifting farther and farther.

"Young man, pray for a blessing and make a wish! The lotus flower is transparent and clean, and the heavens can see it, which is very effective!"

As soon as Xuehai saw this new thing, he was hooked off his soul.

Tianqiao said: "When I was a child, if I was unhappy in my heart, I imagined that if I put them all in this lotus lamp, floating and floating, I would be farther and farther away from myself." Today is your birthday, and you have to make a wish. ”

Tianqiao bowed down and asked, "Old man, how can this thing be sold?"

The old woman said reverently: "A pair of three cents and a pair of five cents." Not for wealth, but for the safety of children and grandchildren......"

"That'...... I'll buy them all!" Qi Tianqiao said and took out ten taels of silver from his arms, "It should be enough!"

"Hey, you can't sell it like this!" the old woman frowned and shook her head, pushed the silver tattoo in his hand into the distance, and said with a sense of urgency: "How can this blessing thing be allowed to be monopolized by you, and you will offend the gods!

"But ......" Qi Tianqiao smiled dumbly: There are really a lot of weirdos under the black stone cliff. He had seen the old woman's life miserable, and he was quite sympathetic, but who would have thought that there would be people who did not collect money and did not want to do business so much! He dug into the money bag again and again, and was stunned to find a copper plate. His face was as ugly as a pig's lung.

"Forget it...... Xue Hai couldn't help, "Why don't you go somewhere else?"

"Ding Ding Ding", eight copper plates are lined up on the table. "Goddess, don't embarrass the young master. A pair of lotus lanterns, plus one. ”

"Yo! I knew it was Xie Ye's friend, so I gave it away for nothing!" the wrinkles on the goddess's face twisted into a strange smile.

"Do you know her with your eldest brother?"

Jun He sighed slightly: "Every year today, she is here." The people of the South Shore say that she is effective. However, it's been twelve years......" The gloomy fog blinded his eyes, but it was only a flash, "You guys are self-Tianqiao, you have to return this favor to me, and invite me to drink another day." He smiled evilly, took a lotus lantern, and for a moment disappeared into the crowd—but threw his heavy melancholy to the sea of snow.

Tian Qiao picked up a pair of multicolored lotus lanterns on the table with relief, handed one to Xue Hai, and said with a smile: "Don't frown!" He dragged Xue Hai to the river, and like many people by the river, he put the lotus lantern in the water—as soon as he let go, the oil paper rippled away. The surface of the river is dotted, blooming with lotus flowers of various colors, swaying with warm candlelight, carrying people's wishes, towards the long river.

Xue Hai also learned from him, reverently holding the lotus lamp, entering the water, clasping his hands together, and reciting a few words silently in his heart. When I opened my eyes again, the colorful lotus lamp had merged into the stream of candlelight.

Looking back, Xiang Tianqiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, how can I have so many things on my mind?"

People who have something on their minds always want to talk about it.