The peasant boy of crossing

Li Xinyi went to the street market to look at the lights alone. There were many villagers coming and going on the road, and many of them were carrying colorful lanterns in their hands.Men, women, young and old, what a happy look.

At this time, it was the third quarter of the unitary hour. Although it was getting dark early, the candles on the mountain were on and off, and when I looked up, there were lights on all around.

This night was really lively.

Li Xinyi seemed to be infected by this excitement, and her mood became happy.He quietly followed behind a group of young people, keeping a close distance, pretending that he was one of them, and a sense of security arose spontaneously.

Shangyuan Festival is a good day for dating, "On the willows on the moon, people make appointments after dusk."

The group of teenagers in front were brightly dressed, even in the dark blue night, they couldn't stop their youthful spirit.I don't know if I am in a hurry to go to the meeting with the beautiful woman.

Li Xinyi really wants to get to know them.

"Xinyi!" A powerful voice called out to him, as if it came out of his chest.

Li Xinyi didn't answer, didn't look back, but stopped.

"Xinyi." The person behind continued to shout.

Li Xinyi then moved the muscles of her face, turned her head with a smile and said, "Ah Su, you also come to see the lamp."

"I'm here to look for you." Wu Su said, "My aunt said that not long after you walked out, I came after you."

"Hehe." Li Xinyi laughed twice and said, "Then let's go together."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Wu Su and walked forward quickly, as if he was really like a seven-year-old child looking forward to the lantern festival.

Wu Su followed his footsteps, he was tall and long-legged, effortlessly.

"I wanted to go to the street with you to watch the lights before, but you always said that you would go with other friends."

Li Xinyi replied: "So you didn't go out with your family this year, is it because they thought you dated some girl?"

Wu Su didn't reply, Li Xinyi thought she was telling the truth, and wanted to take the opportunity to tease him again, but suddenly felt bored again.

Wu Su asked: "Then do you have an appointment?"

Li Xinyi said: "Yes, I have an appointment with Angkor, and it's at the tea shop at the street."

Wu Su then stopped talking.

The two of them walked towards the town silently and awkwardly. It took less than half an hour to reach the distance of three or four miles, not to mention that Li Xinyi walked all the way as if she was in a race with Wu Su, her steps were fast and hurried .

Wu Su really thought that Li Xinyi had invited Wu Can, but he still followed Li Xinyi leisurely.

Not long after, the two walked into the tea shop at the corner of the street.

The tea shop is a small shop, only for people who walk to and fro to sit down and rest.A large bowl of tea can be bought for a copper coin, which is nothing more affordable.

In ordinary tea shops, there are always local people sitting there looking for someone to amuse and gossip, but tonight when the lights are on, people have gone to look at the lights.There are also various juggling and snacks on the street, so only the owner of the tea shop and his grandson are there.

When Li Xinyi and the others entered, the owner of the tea shop was persuading his grandson to look at the lamp by himself. Anyway, there were no customers in the shop, so he could just keep watch by himself.

This is a hale and hearty old man with a ruddy complexion. Li Xinyi thought enviously, if only he had such a spirit when he was 70 or [-] years old.

He greeted the old man: "Old man, let's sit here for a while. Do you have any snacks here?"

The old man smiled and said: "There are glutinous rice cakes steaming in the pot, the most sweet glutinous rice cakes, how about a piece?"

Li Xinyi smiled sincerely: "Okay."

Two bowls of steaming tea were brought along with the glutinous rice cake. The old man sat on the side, looked at his round-faced boy busily busy with a smile, and said, "The lights on the street are so beautiful, don't you guys?" To join in the fun?"

Li Xinyi was looking at a piece of glutinous rice cake that had been cut into two, and took a piece, pushing the plate towards Wu Su.

Wu Su held out his chopsticks.

Sweet and glutinous, with the scent of osmanthus.Li Xinyi thought contentedly, and when she heard the old man's question, she swallowed hurriedly and prepared to reply.

Over there, Wu Su replied: "We are just going to see the lantern, but we are still waiting for a friend."

The old man said: "Young people just want to move around more and talk to each other. Like my grandson, he is stunned and doesn't like to go out. He guards my old bones all day long. I am really worried for him."

Li Xinyi said: "Old man, don't worry, my brother is at the time of filial piety, when you have a daughter-in-law, you should be disappointed, old man.

This made the old man laugh out loud, as if he really saw a gorgeous granddaughter-in-law walking into the house, so he went to talk to his grandson with a smile.

The sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice cake is best eaten when it is hot, but when it is cold, it will be hard and greasy. Li Xinyi bit it without hesitation while being scalded.

Wu Su was terrified when he saw it, for fear that Li Xinyi's tongue would get blistered.

After eating the cake and drinking tea to relieve the tiredness, two quarters of an hour passed, but Wu Shen still didn't come.

"Er Kor Angkor probably won't come." Li Xinyi said, "Let's go and see the lights by ourselves."

Wu Su didn't refuse, but just looked at Li Xinyi with more clarity in his eyes.

This made Li Xinyi wonder if she had revealed her secrets.

"Then should we wait another quarter of an hour to see?" Li Xinyi asked tentatively.

Wu Su was also really good-tempered, and said: "Let's talk to the old man. If Angkor really asks about us, please let him know."

Li Xinyi went to ask the old man to pay for the snacks.

People come and go in the market, many beautiful lanterns are hung in a row, some can be bought with money, and some can get these delicate and beautiful lanterns just by guessing lantern riddles.

Li Xinyi looked at the dazzling lights, a little lost in thought.

Following Li Xinyi's gaze, Wu Su saw that it was a jade rabbit looking at the moon lamp. He thought that the painting Li Xinyi gave him was also this kind of little furry animal.

He stepped forward, only to see a riddle posted on the lamp: "Pieces of residual flowers into the painting - type one word".

Wu Su thought for a while and gave the answer. The lamp seller smiled and took it down and handed it to him. Wu Su thanked the lamp seller, bought another lotus lantern, and walked towards Li Xinyi with the lamp. .

"For me?" Li Xinyi's eyes widened.

"En." Wu Su nodded.

"How do you walk with a lamp?" Li Xinyi was a little dumbfounded.

Wu Su seemed to understand what Li Xinyi was confused about, and explained: "If it can't be extinguished or burned, you can go without worry."

Li Xinyi was amazed by this lighting technique.

In addition to lamps, there are people selling steaming Lantern Festival on the street.A small bowl for three Wen, and a medium bowl for five Wen.

There are not only glutinous rice balls, but also dried ones. The slightly larger glutinous rice balls are covered with yellow-brown icing sugar and tied with bamboo sticks. You can eat them while walking.

Li Xinyi likes to eat glutinous rice, so he asked Wu Su if he would eat it.

Wu Su said he wouldn't eat it, so Li Xinyi handed the lamp to Wu Su and went to buy Yuanxiao by herself.

When she came back, she saw Li Xinyi with two hands, one end at the other, holding a long zong leaf with three round Lantern Festival sticking to it.If you want to eat, you can only chew on it.

Li Xinyi was a little embarrassed, but if she didn't eat, the Lantern Festival would be cold.

Wu Su originally wanted to help Li Xinyi carry one end of the rice dumpling leaves, but when he stretched out his hand, he accidentally took a bamboo stick, tied one, and brought it to Li Xinyi's mouth.

The glutinous rice dumpling was very soft, and the bamboo sticks couldn't hold it together, and when it was about to slip away, Li Xinyi caught it with her mouth.

Pink tongue, white teeth, Wu Su looked at it for a while, then moved his eyes uncomfortably.

Li Xinyi bit the Yuanxiao silently.

For the remaining two, they ate one each.

Even though the hustle and bustle was loud and bright lights were everywhere, Li Xinyi felt very quiet, everything around her gradually blurred, leaving only the thin figure in front of her with a clear outline.

After the Shangyuan Festival, Li Xinyi will return to Chuzhou.

Although the county magistrate will be promoted after spring, he is still in Jingning after all.What's more, Li Xinyi herself still has a lot of painting-related things left in Chuzhou.

Li's mother, like every mother whose child is leaving home, packs all the things that Li Xinyi may need and can bring.

"This is the dried eggplant that was dried in the autumn last year. The eggplant will grow. I dried a lot of it. You can take some back to eat."

Having said that, Mother Li made a big bag, which made the fat raccoon cat look much smaller.

The four-year-old cihuamao is no longer as vicious as it was when it first arrived. When it is docile, it looks soft and harmless.But the big yellow dog is still a little afraid of it, and it can be seen that the so-called harmlessness is actually an appearance.

I don't know if Lihuamao heard Li Xinyi's slander, jumped up and gave Li Xinyi a paw.

Li Xinyi rubbed the scratches, but she didn't break the skin, but she didn't dare to reprimand the little ancestor, she just stretched out her hand to rub his aunt's little heart.

Mother Li packed another bag of dried radishes, a can of pickled cucumbers, and a can of chili sauce.

"Eat a little when there is no taste in your mouth, and eat fresh ones every day." Mother Li instructed.

Li Xinyi answered "yes" one by one, and Li's mother brought some more clothes, "I know you don't like to wear bright clothes, they are all plain clothes."

Li Xinyi touched the soft material of the clothes and felt the touch of the brocade pattern.

"Aniang, your eyesight is bad, you shouldn't be so troublesome, there is a tailor shop outside."

Mother Li smiled and said: "It's just a few clothes. I just don't know if you have grown taller outside, it's a bit big."

The clothes are indeed a bit big, and the hem hangs down to the feet, like a child who stole his brother's clothes.

Li Xinyi was a little embarrassed, Li's mother said: "It's okay, just close the hem, you will grow taller anyway."

Before departure, Grandpa Wu, Wu Can and Su all came to see him off. Grandpa Wu also brought a big bag of fried beans made by Grandma Wu, saying that he could eat them on the road.

People from the village who passed by saw him and came up to him, and when they learned that Li Xinyi was going to the state capital, they all smiled and blessed him.

For this farewell scene, Li Xinyi was a little uncomfortable. After saying goodbye to everyone, she patted the head of the gray donkey and set off.

Li Xinyi glanced back, Mother Li and Wu Su were still standing there, and everyone else left.

He then turned his head, wiped the water from the corners of his eyes, and looked forward firmly.

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