Brother, can you save me again?

The seventh day of July is the Qiqiao Festival.

Xu Zeran suddenly realized why it was so lively tonight, he smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry I forgot."

The old man bent down neatly and picked up a lotus lantern from the ground: "Since you have remembered, why don't you also buy a lotus lantern and put it in the river tonight, so that the gods in the sky can see it. Bless you And the sweetheart for a long time."

After he finished speaking, he took a look and found that there was only a young man next to Xu Zeran, and there was no girl.The old man has been selling lamps for many years and has quite some experience, so he changed the topic and said: "Even if there is no such thing now, my son is handsome and handsome, if you buy a lamp and put it on, maybe you just bend over and put it on, and when you get up, you will meet the girl you are destined for." .”

Xu Zeran was amused by his words, he took the lamp from the old man, and said with a smile: "Since you said so, of course I want to buy one."

But the little lotus lantern was taken away as soon as it was in his hands.

Xu Zeran looked sideways, and saw Qi Hong took the lotus lantern from his palm. He bent down and put the small lotus lantern back on the ground, and took the two largest lotus lanterns from it.

He gave the old man a large silver coin, and gave Xu Zeran one of the lotus lanterns.

His fingers are slender, and the largest lotus lantern looks delicate and compact when placed in his palm.The flickering lights illuminate his gentle eyes, and he even smiles a little more than usual: "You don't need to look for it, senior brother and I each have a lamp, is the money enough?"

"Enough is enough." The old man narrowed his smiling eyes. Tonight, he met such a generous guest. The old man picked the two biggest pieces of red candles for the two of them. "Let's go, gentlemen." Good, meet your beloved soon!"

Qi Hong brought Xu Zeran to the river, and there were men and women crowded by the river in a steady stream, each holding a small lotus lantern, bending down and throwing it into the river.The heads have to be put together to say some cryptic or lingering words while casting.

Xu Zeran felt that he had entered a peach blossom forest.And he is the stick spirit who doesn't bloom.

Maybe it's because the match between him and Qi Hong is too strange, or maybe the lotus lantern they are holding is bigger than others.As soon as they came to the river, they received the attention of many people.

Although none of them were malicious, Xu Zeran still felt a little uncomfortable.

Qi Hong is at ease, looking for a suitable place to put the lotus lantern.

Holding the lamp in his hand, Xu Zeran whispered, "Is it a little too big?"

Put this in, it's a big circle bigger than others.

Hearing this, Qi Hong smiled and said: "It's better to be bigger, the gods in the sky can see it at a glance, so please trouble me to fulfill my wish first."

Xu Zeran was amused: "Tonight, the god is to protect the marriage. You don't even have a sweetheart. It's useless for the god to see it."

Qi Hong found a place where there were only a few lotus lanterns floating on the Kuaihe River, so he took Xu Zeran to move towards that direction step by step: "How do you know, senior brother, that I don't have a sweetheart?"

Xu Zeran: "...?!"

Qi Hong's words contained too much information, and Xu Zeran was stunned for a moment, until he was brought to that place by Qi Hong, Xu Zeran slowly recovered.

He opened his mouth, his throat was a little astringent for some reason: "Who is your sweetheart?"

Qi Hong was silent for a moment, glanced at him with a half-smile, and said in an unclear way: "Senior brother, don't ask, you won't want to know."

Xu Zeran was silent.

Qi Hong was right about this point, Xu Zeran really didn't want to know who Qi Hong's sweetheart was.

Obviously, he should be happy that he has someone he likes, but for some reason, Xu Zeran's throat seems to be blocked, and there is a slow and unbearable pain.

"Brother, let's light up the lights." Qi Hong smiled warmly beside him.

Knowing that it is not good to be angry or wronged for no reason, Xu Zeran calmed down the blockage in his heart and said with a smile: "Okay."

He bent down and put the lotus lantern in his hand into the river, and when his fingertips touched the river water, there was a clear and cool feeling.

Next to Xu Zeran's lotus lantern, Qi Hong also put the lotus lantern into the river.

He got up earlier than Xu Zeran, and when Xu Zeran got up, he turned his eyes and met Qi Hong's.

The young man lowered his head slightly, looking at him with a clear smile, his eyes reflected the Lianhua River behind Xu Zeran, but in the middle, Xu Zeran saw himself.

Inexplicably, he thought of the words that the old man who sold the lamp just said:

"Buy a lamp and put it on. Maybe you just bend over and put it on, and when you get up, you can meet the girl you are destined for."

Xu Zeran turned his head away, thinking he was crazy.

He hurriedly looked at the river: "Look... our lotus lantern has drifted away."

The two big lotus flowers looked out of place surrounded by the small lotus lanterns. It seemed that the little lotus lanterns knew it too, so they crowded the two big lotus lanterns together and drove away.

The candlelight given by the old man is also up to the mark, just blooming on the stamens, shining a faint but stubborn light.

Gradually, as the lights drifted away, it became impossible to see clearly.

Xu Zeran said with a smile: "Look, the lamp is still on, so it can be seen that the gods have seen your lamp and will bless you and your sweetheart for a long time."

After saying this, Xu Zeran secretly despised himself.

Clearly his throat is full of gambles, but the words he speaks pretend to be grandiose.

Qi Hong was very happy for some reason, and he looked at Xu Zeran again: "Then I really need to borrow a good word from senior brother."

He said again: "My senior brother said so, the gods saw it that day, and they wanted me to fulfill my wish."

When he said these words, his voice was deep and deep, and he had the meaning of threatening the gods.

Quite a bit of the naughtiness of teenagers.

Xu Zeran was dumbfounded by his words: "Okay, this lamp is also finished, what are you bringing me here today for?"

Xu Zeran said: "Brother, come with me."

He took Xu Zeran through the alleys of the town with ease, but after a while, the hustle and bustle by the river was left behind by him.

After all, there was some coldness late at night in the alley, and Qi Hong took Xu Zeran to a stop deep in the alley after turning around and turning around.

In the depths of the alley there is a small facade that can't be seen clearly. There is only a leaky lantern standing there. When the wind blows, the candle flame is blown, and it looks like it is dying. You can't even see the facade clearly. up.

But as soon as Xu Zeran arrived at the entrance of the alley, he smelled a clear smell of wine.

Qi Hong stretched out his hand and pushed open the old-looking wooden door next to the lantern. The wooden door made a teeth-piercing creaking sound, and it just swung open like that.

Inside was a darker candle.

There was a sculptural figure sitting silently by the candlelight.

Hearing that the door was pushed open, the "sculpture" moved slightly, turned his head, and Xu Zeran saw a pair of cloudy eyes.

The muddy eyes moved, glanced at Qi Hong twice, and made a hoarse and harsh voice: "You little bastard, I haven't been here for more than a year. I thought you were dead. The money you have for buying wine here is all gone." It’s mine, I didn’t expect it to be alive, bad luck.”

After he finished speaking, he stood up stiffly and slowly, went into the darkness, and after a while, kicked and pulled out.

He was holding two wine jars still stained with mud in his arms.

As he approached, the scent of Qing Lie wine became stronger.

He randomly stuffed the wine into Qi Hong's arms, and waved his hand: "Get out, get out."

Qi Hong said: "If you don't have enough money, tell me again."

The cloudy eyes glanced at Xu Zeran lightly, ignored Qi Hong's words, turned around and walked back.

Then there was a bang, and the door was shut from the inside.

The blowing wind hung up the lantern, and the candle flame was simply extinguished.

Suddenly, everything was plunged into darkness.

Xu Zeran felt a hand holding his wrist, and Qi Hong's voice sounded in the darkness: "I have walked a lot on this road, so I will take my brother with me."

The voice was shallow, but it carried a reassuring force.

Xu Zeran's wrist, which he wanted to pull away, quietly stopped in Qi Hong's palm, and he said, "Okay."

Qi Hong led him to continue walking deeper, the road became more and more narrow, and the night became thicker and thicker. At first Xu Zeran could vaguely see Qi Hong holding his hand, but later he couldn't even see his hand It's gone, I really can't see my fingers.

At this moment, Qi Hong led him to turn a corner. After turning the corner, the darkness faded away like a tide, and Xu Zeran's sight suddenly widened.

He froze there.

What came into view was an extremely open lake, with the moonlight shining down, sparkling.

"It was so dark just now, it was the formation set up by the wine seller," Qi Hong laughed beside him, "He is quite stingy, you have to buy his wine and break his formation before allowing you to come. lake."

Xu Zeran murmured: "It's so beautiful."

Unlike other lakes he had seen, every detail of this quiet lake was just right, so beautiful.

A wooden boat was quietly parked by the lake, and Qi Hong pulled him into the boat, and then sent the rope, and the boat slowly sailed towards the center of the lake.

Qi Hong shared the wine in his hands with Xu Zeran: "Every time I was beaten before, I would come here to drink. Senior brother lie down and try it. The moon is brighter than other places when looking at the moon from here."

Xu Zeran lay down to look at the moon as he said, the moon was hanging in the night, it really looked better.

Qi Hong also lay down beside him, and the voice rang in his ears: "This is the only place I used to go, let me take my brother to have a look."

Xu Zeran knew what he meant by being beaten, and also what he meant by the only place to go. Xu Zeran stretched out his hand and patted his arm because the moonlight was too gentle: "Everything will get better in the future."

Everything will be fine, you will become a devil in the future, and no one in this world will dare to insult you and bully you.

It was quite difficult to move while lying down, but after the hug, Xu Zeran got up and sat up. As soon as he got up, he saw some light in the distance.

The faint light drifted closer, and it turned out to be a small lotus lantern.

The small lotus lantern started, and countless lotus lanterns floated behind it.

Like the Milky Way rushing towards the two of them.

Xu Zeran said pleasantly, "Qi Hong, look there."

Qi Hong stood up and smiled when he saw the lotus lantern.

As soon as Xu Zeran came back to his senses, he was dazzled by Qi Hong's smile.

He has always believed in the plot in the original book, and Qi Hong in the original book is powerful, ruthless and moody.

But it was not written in the original book that Qi Hong would put up lanterns, drink on the lake after being beaten, and laugh.

A bit of wanton joy, but like all young people who grow up at the same age.

For a moment, the bright moon was still and the lanterns were alive. For the first time, Xu Zeran had the will to help him if he didn't want to survive and didn't know how to work.

No one dares to insult him, and everyone admires him.