Lin You is solving the Rubik's Cube.
The sixth-order Rubik's Cube she found while cleaning the house on the first day, she worked hard from spring to the end of summer, and finally succeeded in spelling out two sides!
Lin You looked over and over for a while with a sense of accomplishment, and heard Xiao Xiao's voice, and put it back on the desk with a dry cough: "Ah, the festival... eh? Are you ready?"
Xiao Xiao pretended not to see her small movements: "Well, shall we go together tonight?"
"I'm definitely going to go."
In any case, it was Xiao Xiao's meticulously prepared surprise for her.
At night... what will it be like? Lin You tried to imagine the scene.
"Yuzi, what's for lunch?" Xiao Xiao interrupted the association of demons dancing in her mind.
"I tried making noodle pancakes in the morning, and I'll fry them later. Ah, there's only one stuffed with rose bean paste. Whoever eats it will be responsible for collecting the clothes later." Lin You said with a smile, and was a little puzzled. "However, the amount of flour seems to be less than before, Xiao Xiao, have you used it?"
The grain in the field has not been harvested, and the flour they are using now is confiscated from two supply trucks, and Lin You has been paying attention to using less and less.
"..."
Xiao Xiao was suspiciously silent, his eyes wandering.
Um? Lin You sat up straight: "Xiao Xiao, are you hiding anything from me?"
"... Mmm." Xiao Xiao admitted painfully, "It's a fortune call."
"It's it again..." Lin You said with a headache, without doubting him, "I don't do good things all day long. Can't it be more obedient? Why are you helping it hide it from me?"
Xiao Xiao said: "I thought that Yuzu wouldn't find out... and wouldn't feel bad."
How could it not be found if such a large part is missing.
Lin You glanced at her faintly, and took a deep breath: "No heartache, no heartache... There will be more in the future..."
Before the words were finished, there was an almost daily noise in the yard. Lin You heard Xiao Xiao's potted plant fall to the ground, and then the cat started meowing and running around in the yard.
Lin You: "..."
Through the half-open window, a raccoon dog that hadn't returned jumped in, barking pitifully twice.
Alas, Lin You caught it. This poor little person who can only be bluffed by his appearance when he grows up is bullied every day here, how did he live to be so big
She touched two handfuls of the soft and fluffy fur of the raccoon dog, and Xiao Xiao picked it up.
"Dirty paws." Xiao Xiao signaled her to pay attention to the gray paw prints on her body, and put the raccoon dog back out of the window.
She stopped the play outside, and asked Xiaohong to help up the knocked down potted plant by the way, don't think about scouring its kind all day long.
Lin You patted her clothes: "I'll cook."
The noodle cake has already been kneaded, and it only needs to be fried in a pan for a while. In the end, Xiao Xiao ate the cherished rose bean paste, and she gave half of it to Lin You, bending her eyes: "Well, let's collect the clothes together later."
"Well..."
Lin You said haha: "You take it and I will hold it for you?"
She didn't really want to do this work with Xiao Xiao. After all, due to the height difference, Xiao Xiao could easily accept it on tiptoe, but she needed to dance...
Afternoon is teacher Xiao Xiao's teaching time.
Compared to before, Lin You felt that her painting skills had made great progress, but she was still far from being able to draw lifelike portraits.
It was getting late, and the dark blue sky began to twinkle with stars.
Xiao Xiao summoned the Jinbao mount, and flew towards the giant tree with Lin You and the little raccoon dog.
The venue for the ceremony was chosen there. Xiaohong still looked after the house alone, and although Zhaocai could go with her, Slender Yu obviously couldn't carry her, so she had to run along with her below.
Lin You sat behind Xiao Xiao, the familiar scenery stretched past beside her, and finally stopped above the giant tree.
Before going down, she felt obviously unusual.
First of all... it's too loud! When I came here before, the abandoned park where the giant tree was located was mysterious and quiet, but now there are chirping and whining noises everywhere, mixed together, like walking into a pet shop.
Jinbao was falling slowly.
Lin You pulled Xiao Xiao's clothes, a little afraid to look at it, she felt that she could guess the scene below... Although the festival really needs to be lively to make sense! but this...
"Yuzi." Xiao Xiao called her.
Lin You turned her eyes: "Ah..."
She was enveloped in a soft and hazy light.
Green branches spread out around them, and the red silk tied with them fluttered in the wind. They passed through the dense leaves, and gorgeous lanterns were dotted everywhere. The sea echoes each other.
Below is... a market full of mutated creatures.
All kinds of strange-looking lanterns are hung on the thin ropes extending from the giant tree in the center in all directions. The red light makes everything look warm and cozy.
There are various roadside stalls in the open space, and mutant creatures are crowded together on the road left, like some kind of wonderful creature exhibition.
Lin You got off Jin Bao's body, and the nimble flying fish escaped from under the saddle, and disappeared in a flash of golden light. The raccoon dog is very small today, so he crawled along Xiao Xiao's arm and squatted on her shoulder.
A half-person-tall lop-eared rabbit gnawed on a blade of grass and walked slowly past Lin You. Two red-cheeked blue sparrows stood on their foreheads, chirping as if they were arguing; The squirrels, from tall to short, were holding nuts, their cheeks were bulging and still moving, and a ferret was chasing after them.
At the height of the tree roots, there are a few monkeys performing acrobatics...
Lin You, who was in this scene, was shocked into a trance: "..."
Xiao Xiao looked at her expectantly and nervously: "How is it?"
"Very...very successful." Lin You held back for a long time, unable to think of an appropriate adjective. It was as if she had strayed into a gathering of monsters in Zhiguai, and she had a misty and unreal feeling.
"..." Xiao Xiao looked at her for a while, then pursed her lips, "Youzi, aren't you happy?"
"I'm very happy."
If the happiness is not obvious, it must be because the degree of surprise is too deep. Lin You looked around at the meticulously arranged, bustling... mutated biological groups, thinking that all of these were prepared by Xiao Xiao just for her, she was speechless.
"… Grapefruit?"
Lin You turned her head, held back the sore nose, and smiled brighter than the lanterns to the people beside her: "I'm really happy! Xiao Xiao... Thank you."
Stared at by her watery eyes, Xiao Xiao was speechless, and only after a while did she respond in a low voice: "...um."
They are holding hands in the noisy environment, surrounded by so lively, but only each other is real. Lin You saw a variety of masks hanging on a small stall: "Ah, this one is so cute! Did Xiao Xiao make it?"
"Well, which one does Yuzu like?"
"I like all of them." Lin You said, picking up a round orange cat mask, "But I can just wear this. Meow, now I'm an orange cat demon with a big appetite!"
Xiao Xiao smiled lightly, and picked up another mask painted with blue fish scales: "You can eat me."
As she said so, the warm light coated the open and closed lips with a soft luster, and the clear eyes reflected the dim light, which was unexpectedly gorgeous.
"… Well."
Lin You pulled off the cat mask to cover her hot cheeks.
They took the mask away, and Xiao Xiao, who was deeply involved in the drama, still remembered to give the money, and took out two crystal nuclei, and the sloth chewing eucalyptus leaves sitting behind the stall took them slowly, and put them in his mouth in one gulp.
The next one is a stall for fishing goldfish.
Beside the goldfish swimming in the pond, several cats, large and small, gathered, staring at the water. Opposite them, a pure black kitten with a wooden sign engraved with fish hangs around its neck, and stretches out its meat pad to pat back the eager cats one by one.
Lin You saw the familiar golden color in the pool: "..."
The raccoon dog on Xiao Xiao's shoulder stood up, pointed at the fish he knew and barked softly.
Lin You echoed: "That's right, let's pick it up."
Xiao Xiao: "..."
The raccoon didn't say that at all, it was just saying hello.
Lin You also just wanted to play fishing for goldfish.
She asked Xiao Xiao to pay the crystal nucleus, and picked up the paper net stacked on the side, but the technique was not very good, and Jinbao was extremely uncooperative, and one fish would be broken at a time, or other fish could be caught, but the cooked fish could not be caught. fish.
... Lin You still didn't believe it.
She fought with Jinbao, and didn't pick it up until she almost used up all the paper nets. Xiao Xiao deeply felt that she was not prepared enough, and when Lin You picked up the last one, she held her hand.
Under the majesty of the zombie king, Jinbao was picked up obediently.
Look at the fish that people put on the plate! Lin You threw it back angrily and amusedly.
They walked around and played through the items Xiao Xiao had prepared, and the last stall was covered with colorful lanterns. Lin You took a closer look, and there were notes with lantern riddles on them.
Lin You was distressed: "I'm not good at guessing riddles..."
Xiao Xiao encouraged her: "There are prizes."
Well, give it a try. Lin You looked over one by one: "Well... it's so difficult. Ah, this!"
One she had seen before! Under a light-yellow lantern that is round and not in the middle of winter, it is almost like a ball, with a long note written in Xiaoxiao's handwriting: Spring's heart is full of difficulties. Type an idiom.
"I know this, the answer is..." Lin You suddenly turned her head, met Xiao Xiao's smiling eyes, got stuck in what she wanted to say, and suddenly became difficult to say, "Yes... I can't help it."
Her voice was as soft as a thin piece of paper in her hand.
"..."
They looked at each other for a brief moment, and it seemed that they stared at each other for a long time.
Xiao Xiao smiled very gently, "Well, the answer is correct—a prize." She took out a plate of square cakes from behind.
"This is… "
"Lotus seed cake." Xiao Xiao said, the point is, "I made it."
… It is you.
On the same day, the chief culprit who harmed the flour inventory was first planted and framed, and then he voluntarily surrendered himself. Lin You glanced at Xiao Xiao, she knew Xiao Xiao's devilish cooking skills, but she still decided to support Xiao Xiao's wishes, picked up a piece and put it in her mouth.
"Well... delicious!" It turned out to be a normal taste!
Xiao Xiao said with satisfaction: "I've practiced for a long time. The festival needs food, right?"
It turns out that those days when I was locked in the kitchen, I was doing this...
Lin You ate another piece. The lotus seed cake tasted light, sweet but not greasy, very Xiao Xiao style.
All the stalls were gone, but Lin You was still standing in this dreamlike world, reluctant to leave.
Xiao Xiao said to her: "Finally, there is one more thing, let's go up."
go up
Xiao Xiao called Jinbao, and carried them to the top of the tree to land. The branches surrounded the boat like a walnut shell, which was covered with big soft petals as a cushion, and the full moon hung high in the dark blue sky.
What must be seen here
When Lin You was puzzled, a little flame rose from the ground, dragging a long tail light, and suddenly burst into bloom in front of the silvery white moon, shining brightly.
Huh-bang!
… are fireworks. Lin You was stunned.
Fireworks rise one by one, bloom and wither in the sky.
The style is very monotonous, it can even be called simple, and the colors are not gorgeous enough. Lin You has seen many times more beautiful fireworks feasts than this one, with fiery trees and silver flowers covering the galaxy, but there was never a time like this one that directly bloomed in her heart.
Lin You turned her head, Xiao Xiao wasn't watching the fireworks, she was looking at her.
The boat was really small, so the two got very close, and Lin You saw the soft moon in her eyes.
Xiao Xiao's eyes always, always followed her, as if he couldn't see anything else. This occasionally gave Lin You the illusion that their moods overlapped.
This moment too.
"Xiao Xiao." Lin You heard her faint voice, "I..."
Lin You's words were interrupted.
The moonlight didn't respond to her directly, it poured down and enveloped her whole body.
Lin You opened her eyes wide: "..."
The soft, cool, and light touch is like the elusive night wind blowing over the treetops, and also like the tips of her hair falling and slipping away... It is a kiss on the lips that is instantly split.
Lin You smelled the nuanced bath aroma shared by the two of them, as well as the sweet smell that filled the heartbeat.
It is the taste of lotus seed cake.