Shangyuan Festival.
The sky has just darkened, and the entire Yuhang City is already brightly lit. In such a rich place as Yuhang City, during such festivals, not only those merchants, but even the small courtyards of ordinary people's homes also hang beautifully crafted lanterns. In this water town in the south of the Yangtze River, there are winding rivers in Yuhang City. At this moment, these rivers are all covered with lotus lanterns, and the trees along the river are also covered with various lanterns.
At this moment, if you can climb the tower and look at it, you will find that the widest Shangtang River flowing through Yuhang City is as bright as the Milky Way in the sky.
In the open land on the banks of the Shangtang River, a lamp market was set up. Apart from those lively activities such as chanting ropes and fireworks, there are hawkers who skillfully put up lanterns and put them out for sale. This ode to the opening of the national style, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival is not only a fun time for the whole family, but also the best time for young men and women to send lanterns to each other to show their hearts.
The old man Huang is a wonderful person, and his craftsmanship of making lanterns is unparalleled. Every year in the lantern market, there are countless people queuing up to buy his lanterns. It's just that this old man's lantern can't be bought with money.
Old man Huang's lanterns are only sold to those who are destined.
This year, old man Huang's destined people came very early, and soon, only the last one of the lanterns in the tree behind him was left. This one is also his most proud work over the years. Therefore, it is especially difficult to wait for this fateful person.
No one deserves this lamp. The old man Huang shook his head again and rejected a person who came to ask about the lamp, sighing in his heart.
The one who was rejected was a round-faced girl dressed as a maid. After being rejected, she was a little unconvinced: "Old man Huang, my girl is Gu Qiqi. I don't believe that there is anyone in Yuhang City who is more worthy of this lamp than her."
"No, no, no." The old man Huang just shook his head inexplicably, stomped the round-faced maid in anger, and left angrily.
There are more and more passers-by watching. Anyway, the lantern race will take some time to start, so it's better to watch the excitement here. Even Gu Qiqi, who is famous in Yuhang, was rejected. I really don't know what kind of person this lamp is destined to be.
"This old gentleman, can this lantern be parted?"
When everyone's eyes followed the direction of the little girl, they wanted to see if they could get a good look at Gu Qiqi's face. someone asked behind them.
This is a man's voice, just listen to this voice. Everyone thought that this person should be the fate of this lantern. When they turned around, they really saw the old man Huang handing the lantern into the hands of a young man in white.
Duan Feiqing carefully guarded the delicate lantern, and his steps were a little faster. He was afraid that Lu Heng would wait for a long time.
There is a reason why Duan Feiqing appeared alone in this light market. It was very cold at night. Duan Feiqing knew that Lu Heng was afraid of the cold, so before the Lantern Festival began, he spent a lot of money to cover the window of a restaurant by the riverside, so that he would not be tired by the cold wind and had an excellent view. He asked Lu Heng to wait in the restaurant, while he went to the lamp market to buy an exquisite lantern.
After the lantern race was over, the two put the lantern into the river together and prayed for the coming year. In fact, Duan Feiqing had never done such a lantern setting, because he always believed that fate was in his own hands. To pray to the ethereal way of heaven, in his opinion, is a sign of weakness.
It's just that it's different if you do this with Ah Heng. With some anticipation in his heart, Duan Feiqing's pace accelerated a little bit.
"Master, son!"
Duan Feiqing was still focused on returning to Lu Heng without any distractions.
"Young master, the son in front, please wait!"
On this Lantern Festival, the flow of people is already dense. The passersby couldn't stop looking at Duan Feiqing, and the enthusiastic aunt said, "Young man, that little girl is calling you."
Duan Feiqing had no choice but to stop and turn around. If the old man Huang was present, he would find that the little girl who came running over was the same round-faced little girl who wanted to buy the last lantern.
"This son, my girl Qiqi would like to invite you to the teahouse for a chat." The round-faced maid was blessed.
"Sorry, I have something important to do, I'm afraid I won't be able to be invited." Duan Feiqing threw up his hands and turned to leave.
The round-faced maid with a grey nose stomped her feet. She couldn't believe it. Even if she reported her girl's name, she was rejected twice in a row tonight.
Lu Heng rested his cheek with his left hand, and poured himself a glass of peach blossom with his right hand. The peach blossoms buried in this spring are drunk, and they have a different flavor when they open the altar to drink in winter. The Yubai wine pot in front of him was warmed in hot water, and the charcoal fire in the small stove below was burning hot, dispelling the chill that was blown in from the window.
Looking at the prosperous lights like the Milky Way outside the window, Lu Heng raised his glass to drink, but was gently snatched away by the hand stretched out behind him.
"Ah Heng, this wine is for you to keep out the cold. Don't be greedy for the glass." Duan Feiqing put the wine glass and lantern on the table. Seeing a tinge of red on Lu Heng's fair face, he knew that he had already drank a few glasses.
"I'm good at drinking." Lu Heng said a little unconvinced.
"Really?" Duan Feiqing sat down opposite him, moved the jug in front of him, and reached out to pour a cup of hot tea for Lu Heng.
"On New Year's Eve, I just believed what you said and let you have a few drinks. As a result..." Duan Feiqing came back to his senses and stopped in a hurry.
"What's the result?" Lu Heng was curious about what he did that night, so he refused to tell him.
"It's okay, you just fell asleep on the table when you were drunk."
Seeing that it was impossible to ask Duan Feiqing what happened that night, Lu Heng was really scratching his lungs with curiosity.
[Little assistant, what happened that day.]
[Ah, I didn't see it in the forum.]
[I know you recorded the video, so I won't hold you accountable if you hand it over.]
After watching the video sent by the assistant, Lu Heng understood why Duan Feiqing kept his mouth shut. Because when he saw it himself, he couldn't wait to lose his memory on the spot. Who is the person who has been hanging on people and saying that this little Han brother, you are so good-looking! The women's clothes were mistaken for me, and Lu Heng sighed again, then silently wrapped the cloak on his body, not wanting to let the bad women's clothes show any more.
Although this woman's dress can't be taken off in this world, it's good to deceive yourself. However, Lu Heng's attention was quickly attracted by the scenery outside the window.
On the river, a row of flower boats slowly appeared, and each flower boat was carrying an extremely gorgeous lamphouse. The Lantern Festival of Shangyuan Lantern Festival in Yuhang City officially kicked off.
The teahouse where Lu Heng and the others were located had an excellent line of sight, and the decorations and even the characters on the flower boat could be clearly seen. The entire river was illuminated by the light towers on the flower boats that came one after another. This made Lu Heng instantly forget the embarrassing incident just now, and he was full of interest.
The method of selection is also quite interesting. The flower boats sailed along the river all the way. People on the shore, who like the lamphouse of that house, threw the small flower balls in their hands into the flower boat.
The leader of the Lantern Festival finally landed on a flower boat with a plaque on the Tibetan incense pavilion. Everyone on the flower boat came out to thank them with lanterns in hand. On the flower boat of the Tibetan Fragrance Pavilion, all the young women came out. Lu Heng guessed in his heart what kind of business this was.
I saw that the row of women were all born with flowers and moon looks. As soon as they appeared, they almost grabbed the limelight of the flower boat lamp building on the river. The girl in the middle was born even more beautiful, making people forget the world.
The window where Lu Heng and the others were sitting not only had a good view, but also had a good range of hearing. Just listen to the voices of discussion below.
"Then why didn't Gu Qiqi have a lantern in his hand?"
"She has always been arrogant and would rather not have the best lanterns. I heard that she asked the little girl to buy lanterns from the old man Huang, but she was rejected. Later, the old man Huang gave the lanterns to the man in white. I don't know what kind of anger Gu Qiqi is going to be."
"Hey, don't tell me, I also saw that little girl going to stop the white-clothed boy who got the lantern. Gu Qiqi is probably not reconciled and wants to bring the lantern."
"With her face, as long as a man sees it, I'm afraid he will give the lantern with both hands..."
"It's a pity that no matter how well she was born, she can't avoid a bit of red lips. I heard that Gu Qiqi won't be the maid for a long time. It seems that the maid of the Tibetan Fragrance Pavilion has already started preparing for the incense tasting party."
"That's not necessarily true. Recently, Gu Qiqi didn't have a close relationship with the young master of the Su family, who she has always dismissed. It seems that she wants to entrust herself with a beloved person."
"Then the eldest young master of the Su family is not a good person..."
Lu Heng noticed these people's comments about Gu Qiqi simply because the little assistant appeared again.
[Congratulations, the key person No. 4 has appeared.]
[Oh.] Lu Heng's heart was not fluctuating.
There is not much information about this Gu Qiqi. Gu Qiqi was born in a famous family, but his family was once defeated, but he was helpless and became a nobleman. This Gu Qiqi is quite special to that kind of Senior Brother Ma, because she is the first woman of that kind of Senior Brother Ma.
"Aheng, the Tibetan Fragrance Pavilion is the place of fireworks. The woman on the boat is not worth your attention." Duan Feiqing's voice suddenly sounded.
Only then did Lu Heng come back to his senses. As soon as he saw Feiqing's expression, he knew that the situation was not good: "Brother, I was listening to the discussion downstairs. The white-robed boy they were talking about was you, right?"
Duan Feiqing heard that Lu Heng was paying attention to his own affairs, his expression slowed down, and he nodded: "This lantern was given by Mr. Huang. Does it still meet your wishes?"
However, Lu Heng said with a bit of teasing: "Flower lanterns are given to beauties, Gu Qiqi is such an alluring beauty, why don't you give up your love to her?"
Hearing this, Duan Feiqing glanced at the flower boat in the Tibetan Fragrance Pavilion, with a careless look in his eyes, as if on the flower boat, it was not a beauty like flowers and jade, but a boat of stones.
He stroked his slender fingers at the bottom of the lantern and smiled in a low voice: "Ah Heng, to tell you the truth, as soon as I saw this lantern, I felt that it was destined for you and me."
Lu Heng saw a line of small characters engraved on the base of the lantern with sharp eyes.
Delicate dice An Hongdou, the bone loves to know.