Time Travel: A Fisherwoman Goes to the Sea to Raise a Baby

"Half of the Spring and Autumn Annals, guess one word."

Er Er blinked and thought for a moment before blurting out: "It is the word Qin, which is composed of the upper half of spring and the left half of autumn.

The stall owner took down the lantern with a smile and handed it to Er'er.

Sanchuan was not willing to be outdone and solved a riddle with mountains on all sides, all connected to each other. The answer was the Chinese character "田".

Sihai smiled brightly when he saw this, because Sanchuan gave the lantern to him directly.

Then he calmly guessed that "it has a head but no tail, horns but no mouth, shakes its horns and head, and its whole body is water" is a "fish".

Just as the children were having fun, a commotion came from the end of the street.

Looking closely, it turned out to be a team of lion dancers marching to the sound of gongs and drums. The golden-red lions leaped and moved among the crowd, blinking and shaking their fur from time to time, drawing cheers from the audience.

They danced all the way from the end of the street to the front of Mingyue Tower, the tallest building on Xishi Street.

The Mingyue Tower is seven stories high and is usually inaccessible. It is specially opened tonight and there is a long queue of people going up to the tower to enjoy the moon.

The gongs and drums were beating loudly, and two shadows on the open space in front of the building jumped high.

The golden-scaled lion in front shook its head, the copper bells on its eyelashes jingled, and it suddenly pounced forward, the red hydrangea tassel in its mouth scraping against the ground, sweeping up a thin layer of dust.

The dark green lion behind was also not vague. It jumped up to the beat of the drum, grabbed the base of the stone lion in front of the building with its front paws, tilted its head to the left, and directly hooked the hydrangea net bag hanging on the second floor.

The children watching were holding all kinds of food and trying to squeeze between the adults' legs.

Sihai stood on tiptoe and shouted, "The green lion has bitten me!"

Before he could finish his words, the golden lion suddenly pounced with its tail swinging, and its head hit the green lion's side with a "bang".

The two lions rolled together on the bluestone slabs, their red and yellow manes flying all over the place, making the people upstairs clap their hands in amusement.

"The Golden Lion seems to be more powerful, right?"

Sanchuan said uncertainly.

The next moment, the hydrangea was thrown onto the lantern stand. The golden lion climbed up on the green lion's back. Just as its front paws reached the net bag, the drumbeats below suddenly accelerated.

With the sound of "dongqiang dongqiang", the green lion suddenly stood up and carried the golden lion up three steps. The two lion heads bit both sides of the hydrangea at the same time, and the red silk was torn open with a "hiss".

Amidst the cheers of the audience, pieces of red silk fell like a rain of petals.

A few pieces happened to float into the bamboo basket of sugar cakes, causing the yellow dog squatting next to it to chase its tail and run in circles.

When the moon passed over the willow branches, the five siblings brought A Yue to the edge of the moat.

There are still many people gathered here. The lights on the river surface float along the moat into a sea of ​​stars. If you look closer, you can see the words "safe" and "smooth".

Er'er and his two younger brothers put the lotus lantern into the water and watched the candlelight sway into pieces of gold with the waves.

When returning to the inn, Sihai was napping on A Yue's back, with the silk flower that Er'er bought for him pinned in his hair.

Xu Yiyi walked in front, holding Wu Yuan and carrying a half-burned lotus lantern, the lantern tassel sweeping across the bluestone slabs.

The excitement of the Lantern Festival gradually faded away, and she was exhausted.

As Er'er and Sanchuan were chatting and laughing, they turned into the alley, and the lantern festival behind them was still flowing like a river of stars.

"It was so much fun! I'll come again next year."

Er Er couldn't help but sigh while sitting on the bed.

Xu Yiyi immediately exploded, "Aren't you guys tired?"

Er Er shook her head. "Next year, I won't be taking Wu Yuan with me anymore. I'll have to carry him everywhere, and I'll have to be the only one to carry him. It's too tiring."

Er'er said this pretending to be angry and pinched Wu Yuan's little face.

While A Yue was talking to Sanchuan Sihai, Xu Yiyi pulled Er'er over and whispered to her.

"Did Mr. Wu say that Ah Yue's brain is getting better?"

Xu Yiyi recalled A Yue's performance tonight, and it didn't seem like the silly child she used to be.

"No! Why are you asking that, sister?"

Er'er spoke curiously, as if he suddenly thought of something.

"Master also found it strange that Ah Yue didn't remember anything after being given acupuncture for so long."

Er Er's fingertips, pinching the cuffs of her sleeves, turned pale. "Now that you mention it, I feel like something's a little off. When I was changing Ah Yue's dressing a while ago, she even knew to turn sideways to avoid the charcoal fire. How could she have known this before?"

"Before, I would cry when I got burned!"

Xu Yiyi said this, recalling it carefully.

There are indeed many things wrong with A Yue.

As he was speaking, Xu Yiyi saw A Yue bending down to untie Sihai's shoes, and rolling up her sleeves to reveal the faded tattoo on her forearm.

This is the wave pattern of the navy.

When Ah Yue was a child, she felt extremely disgusted when she saw the thing on her arm and wanted to get rid of it.

During this period of time, I would always gently caress it with my fingertips when no one was around.

Moreover, his words and actions are no longer as naughty as before, but a little too calm.

"If that's true! Master's golden needle is useful."

Er'er spoke excitedly into her elder sister's ear.

"But why didn't Ah Yue say it out?"

"Yes! Why not?"

Xu Yiyi was also confused.