The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.
The annual Lantern Festival is held on Dongdajie. All kinds of lanterns are hung all over the long street.
Long Er picked up Ju Muer early to have dinner at Xianweilou.
Ju Mu'er was full of worries, she wanted to find an opportunity to tell Long Er that she didn't want to marry anymore, but she felt that she was sorry for him. But is he worthy of being married, maybe even more so. Ju Muer didn't know what to do.
Her heart has been wavering, even if she regretted her marriage with Chen Liangze back then, she was not as hesitant as she is now. Is it because she was too fearless when she first encountered such incidents back then, or is it because she has no resilience, is selfish and weak
Ju Muer bit her lip, she hated herself, very disgusted.
Long Er kept looking at her. He could read her expressions better now than he had when they first met. He knew what she was thinking, but it was the Chinese New Year, he was really too busy, and it was very annoying to have no clue about the investigation of the robbers, so he let her go for half a month.
But he, Long Er, is not Chen Liangze, let alone Yun Qingxian. The relationship between him and her wasn't settled just by saying no.
Long Er deliberately asked for a private room facing the street on the second floor, and pulled Ju Muer to sit upstairs next to the fence. There is a distance between this private room and the outer hall, and there is a layer of bead curtains, so you can't hear their words from outside, but you can see their actions.
So people on the street can see them when they look up, and people who dine on the second floor can also see them. He Long Er doesn't care about these people's eyes, she can't see it, and he thinks she doesn't need to care.
The dishes ordered by Long Er are all delicious, without bones or thorns. Long Er helped her arrange the dishes and told her what they were. Ju Muer ate silently while thinking about how to speak.
After eating almost, Long Er asked, "Is it to your liking?"
Ju Muer nodded, still thinking about how to raise the issue of divorce.
"For the wedding banquet, some chefs from this building will be invited to the house to help, and the soup cooks are too busy for them." By such a coincidence, Long Er just brought the topic to him.
Ju Muer was startled, then nodded subconsciously, then she gritted her teeth and finally said: "Second Master, our marriage..."
"What?" Long Er cut her off.
"I think… "
"What are you thinking?"
"Can you..."
"Um?"
Ju Muer shut up, she heard it, it was obvious that Long Er knew what she wanted to say, and he was not willing to listen.
Ju Muer took a deep breath and regained her courage. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Long Er whisper: "Oh, your bamboo stick fell."
Ju Muer was taken aback for a moment, her eyes widened, and she did hear a loud bang from downstairs outside the window. She reached out to touch the table, but her bamboo stick was gone. But it was placed well, how could it fall
"Fortunately, I didn't poke anyone." Long Er's voice sounded extremely brisk, "It's all my fault, I accidentally kicked it."
"Second Master." Ju Muer sighed, his child lost his temper again. But when he lost his temper like this, she felt better.
"Eat more." Long Er picked up vegetables for her, "I was very skinny before, but now I'm sick, and there are even bones left. Hurry up and grow some meat, or I'll hold my bones."
Ju Muer's face turned red when he said that, and that expression provoked Long Er's chuckle.
He laughed so hard that she felt a little nervous, and she decided to talk about the divorce from another angle.
"Second Master, do you like me?"
Long Er tried his best to pick up food for her: "You eat up all the food on the plate, I'll tell you later."
To punish her on purpose
Ju Muer curled her lips, ate a piece of food with chopsticks, and asked again: "Second Master, do you like me?"
"It depends on whom to compare with." Long Er said slowly, "If you are with the youngest against Fengfeng, the eldest brother against your sister-in-law, I am afraid that my joy will not be as good as it is, but if you compare with those who are Miss Ding, Miss Chen, Miss Liu Qianjin , then I couldn't be happier with you."
Ju Muer shut her mouth, not knowing how to respond to him for a moment. She had thought that he would say that he was not very happy, so she could go on with the words. But he replied so smoothly, neither coaxing her into sweet talk, nor giving her anything to talk about.
Ju Mu'er sighed in her heart, and was thinking of withdrawing her troops and looking for an opportunity to fight again, but unexpectedly, her opponent chased after her.
Long Er asked: "Mu'er, do you like me?"
Ju Muer almost bit her tongue. Before she could reply, Long Er immediately said: "You must be happy with me. Otherwise, Chen Liangze's marriage was rejected, Yun Qingxian was rejected, and in the end he proposed to me personally, it must be because of you please me, right?"
Ju Muer was dumbfounded, and nodded helplessly: "Second Master, the street outside sounds quite lively, isn't the Lantern Festival about to start?"
"Tell me how you like me and make me happy."
Ju Muer sighed, and she started to make up: "Second Master looks very handsome..."
"You can't see it?"
"Second Master's voice is very nice."
"This is not bad." Long Er complimented her meaningfully.
"The second master is personable and extraordinary."
"You felt it?" It sounded so insincere.
"Second Master's hands are very warm."
Long Er smiled with satisfaction, reached out to hold her. Ju Mu'er bit her lip, and pulled her hand away in a petty temper, how could she be nice to her while teasing her secretly.
As soon as she pulled her hand, Long Er was dissatisfied, and said in a firm voice, "Hand here."
Ju Muer folded her hands on her knees, gritted her teeth, and said directly: "Second Master, don't marry me, okay?"
"Not good." Long Er answered neatly. Ju Muer bit her lip, lowered her head and twisted her fingers.
"Why don't you marry?" Long Er's voice sounded fierce.
Ju Muer dared not speak.
"You don't want to marry anymore?"
Don't dare to nod.
"What the hell are you thinking?"
Ju Muer didn't know how to answer, she continued to lower her head and wring her fingers.
Looking at the bustling crowd downstairs, Long Er suddenly got up and said, "Let's go to watch the lantern festival."
Ju Mu'er was depressed, she answered, and reached out to touch her bamboo stick, but she couldn't touch it. Then she remembered that the bamboo stick was lost by Long Er: "Second Lord, my bamboo stick..."
"Oh, I fell downstairs." Long Er didn't feel guilty at all.
Ju Muer stood there, she knew she had fallen downstairs, but he lost it, shouldn't someone pick it up
Long Er seemed to know what she was thinking, he took her hand ferociously, and dragged her out: "I don't know who picked up that broken bamboo stick, it's gone."
"Then how do I walk?"
"How do you go now?" Long Er took her hand arrogantly, and led her downstairs, through the front hall, and out of the gate of Xianwei Building under the eyes of everyone.
It was getting darker at that time, and every household had already finished their dinner, and they took to the streets to wander, buy some gadgets, and wait to watch the lanterns.
Ju Muer has never liked this kind of crowded activities, and even after she became blind, she never joined in the fun. However, Long Er took her to a crowded place. Ju Muer was stepped on and bumped several times, it was really hard to say.
She knew that she had angered Long Er, but she really wanted to call off the marriage. He treats her so well, what should she do? She was distracted when suddenly she felt a pain on her forehead, and was slapped by Long Er: "Are you able to walk in a daze?"
"I'm not in a daze."
"Then do you know where you are now?"
Ju Muer was taken aback for a moment, she didn't remember the way at all.
"Aren't you the one who loves to count your steps? Don't you know where you go?"
She used to be like this, because she was afraid of getting lost and danger, so she always tried her best to memorize. But now he is holding her hand, he is taking her away, she forgot, forgot to remember.
Long Er took her to the side of the street, took her by the hand and touched the colored lanterns hanging on the poles. Ju Muer smelled the smell of the powder shop next door—this is Dongda Street.
The powder shop at the intersection of Dongda Street and the Lantern Festival at Dongdajie.
"It's East Street." Long Er smiled, took her to touch a lamp, and told her, "After the first lunar month, this street will start to build eaves. Above is the eaves tile."
Ju Muer froze for a moment, but suddenly felt a little hot in her eyes. Long Er said again: "Your dear Qing'er, selling flowers here, you don't have to be exposed to the sun and rain, are you happy?"
Ju Mu'er was speechless for a while, and it took a long time before she responded, "Happy."
"When you came to me to make a request, did you ever think that I would refuse?"
"I was in a daze. The doctor said that Qing'er would die, so on impulse, I went to find the second master."
"Hmph, you are also a bad tempered person. If I don't agree, you can find an excuse to pour tea all over me." Long Er poked her on the forehead again.
Ju Mu'er rubbed her head, and said aggrievedly: "Didn't the second master already take revenge on this matter?"
"Am I such a small-minded person?"
Ju Muer dared not answer "yes". She was led by Long Er and continued to walk forward.
Long Er walked and said: "Mu'er, when you pass through the door, your relatives will be my relatives, and I will take good care of them. A canopy is built on this street, and Qing'er's small business will be easier. Some, or if she is not willing to sell flowers, I can arrange other things for her."
Ju Muer shook her head: "She is very stubborn, she will be upset if she helps too obviously."
Long Er nodded and didn't care, anyway, his focus was not on Su Qing. He pulled Ju Muer to stand still, and said again: "But if you don't pass the door and don't marry me, I will let her be unable to do any business in this city."
Ju Muer was stunned, her eyes widened in surprise. Long Er stroked her face, and said: "It was you who proposed to me, and I agreed, so if you want to back down, you must consider the consequences. It is not only Ding Yanxiang who will be forced to marry."
Ju Muer blinked, her face wrinkled.
Long Er frightened her: "Are you afraid?"
"I'm afraid." The voice was full of grievances.
Long Er pulled her into his arms and kissed her ear: "What are you hesitating about?"
Ju Muer shook her head, speechless.
"Is it the tongue-chewing nonsense in the market that makes you unhappy?"
Ju Muer shook her head again.
"What are you afraid of? Ding Yanshan has been rumored to be unacceptable even before she left the cabinet. You have already been acquired, so don't care what the people around you say."
Ju Muer rubbed her eyes and muttered, "Don't say that about Miss Ding."
"She's nothing to me, I don't care about her." Long Er rubbed Ju Mu'er's head, "I just care about my own family."
Yes, Second Master Long is stingy and protects his weaknesses, as we all know.
Ju Muer felt sad again, she grabbed his lapel, trying to figure out how to straighten out the matter. At this time, Long Er said: "I have a good way, which can help you get rid of your hesitation."
Ju Muer raised her head: "What way?"
"Do you know where this is?"
"East Main Street."
"What day is it?"
"The fifteenth day of the first lunar month."
"So there are a lot of people on this street."
Ju Muer nodded, what's wrong with the crowd? Did he mean that if she was disobedient, he would throw her in the crowd and let her be squeezed to death
Ju Muer was thinking wildly, when suddenly her lips tightened and she was kissed.
This is not a light kiss.
Just like Long Er's domineering style, this kiss was strong and deep.
Ju Mu'er was taken aback for a moment, but Long Er held the back of her head and kissed her deeply. Ju Mu'er could hear gasps of surprise from people around her, and soft yells from others.
Ju Muer suddenly realized what happened, her face flushed red. She felt herself being held tightly in Long Er's arms, felt the softness of his lips and the strength of his tongue.
The kiss made her feel hot all over.
The surrounding voices were noisy, even if Ju Muer couldn't see it, she could still imagine the eyes projected from her surroundings. She felt her ears buzzing, and her face was so hot that it was about to bleed. But Long Er hugged her so tightly, she couldn't and didn't dare to push him away.
With so many people watching, she knew what he meant.
If she struggled at this moment, it would be like slapping him in the face in public, it was impossible for her to do so. She thought, he just made sure of her to act like this. Ju Muer snuggled into Long Er's arms, her hands tightly grasping his skirt.
If you want to regret this marriage, this is the best time. But if she wanted to pay for his face, she couldn't do it.
Did she really care about him so much? Ju Muer suddenly wanted to cry.
At this moment, Long Er let her go. He lowered his head, looked at her lips that were moist and tender after being kissed, and couldn't help tapping a little with his fingertips.
Ju Muer was still clutching his skirt tightly, as if she was also tightly grasping his heart. Long Er put his hand on the back of her hand and said: "On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, I will use eight to carry the big sedan chair and marry you in."
Ju Muer couldn't bear it any longer, she fell into his arms, closed her eyes, tears soaked on his chest.
Long Er smiled, and whispered in her ear: "Don't think about it anymore, how about being my Long's wife with peace of mind?"
Ju Muer nodded, nodding vigorously.
That night, Ju Muer was dizzy. She didn't know how long they walked in the street afterwards, she only remembered that she had no bamboo stick, and it was Long Er who was holding her hand all the time. The crowd was surging, she hugged Long Er tightly, she felt that there seemed to be only the two of them left in this market.
She didn't see what the lanterns hanging on the street looked like with her own eyes, but Long Er would tell her about them and let her touch them when he encountered something interesting. He even took her to guess the lantern riddles together. She heard the lively noises around, and everyone was guessing the answer in a hurry, which was so funny that she kept laughing. She never liked to join in the fun, but standing among this group of people and beside Long Er today, she couldn't be happier.
It's really strange, is she the one who was full of melancholy a few days ago
Was it her who was still thinking about how to reject the marriage while eating
Ju Muer didn't know that Chen Liangze saw her from a distance when she was guessing the lantern riddles. She also didn't know that she had passed Yun Qingxian in the crowd. She only knew that no matter how crowded the crowd around him was, he kept holding her hand, holding it tightly and never letting go.
On the way, some people even gave them lanterns, saying that they wished her and Long Erye to grow old together. Long Er accepted it and handed it to her to carry. Ju Muer kept blushing, but couldn't help laughing.
Just marry him.
She should trust her first instincts.