When the small meets the small, the human meets the demon

Chapter 4

The Lantern Festival in Qingcheng is very beautiful, just as lively as Su Miao expected.As if a night of east wind blows away the bright lights of thousands of trees, a city of fireworks is in full bloom, reflecting half of the sky in the night.When the candlelight flickered, it was like thousands of points of cool rain on an autumn night, and even more like countless meteors falling one after another, permeating the ultimate beauty and romance.

Su Miao held Liu tightly, and her petite and exquisite body shuttled nimbly among the crowd. From time to time, she passed by carved BMW cars decorated with misty feather gauze from Ming Qiongyao, and the clear and cool cypress fragrance wafted all the way, so she wanted to watch it curiously. for a long time.On the street, there were also groups of little children chasing and fighting with each other, holding all kinds of smart lotus leaf lamps, smiling and pushing and running freely outside the city. Su Miao looked enviously at those familiar Yanyan's little son Yanyan's smiling face was lost in thought for a long time before he lowered his head to get rid of the look in his eyes.

Liu Jingjing saw this scene in her eyes, but said nothing, but the strength in her hand was slightly stronger.

Su Miao raised her smiling face, as if she couldn't see the slightest force in her smile, she pretended to be cheerful and said, "Let's go and see the lanterns, shall we?"

Liu nodded.Su Miao held her tightly and walked straight towards the street where countless exquisite lanterns were hung, her steps were a bit hurried.

She didn't see that Liu Xukong's body passed through the noisy crowd, but the people passing by didn't seem to see anything.

After the grand and solemn activities of worshiping ancestors and recommending new ones during the day, nights are mostly entertainment and relaxation programs.The Lantern Market on the Hungry Ghost Festival is not as grand and joyful as the Shangyuan Festival, but it is more inclined to Buddhist principles, highlighting the teaching of "saving the inverted hanging basin".

Su Miao likes to be lively, and after a while, she got to the crowded place, and saw the crystal clear ice lanterns like the tallest and most majestic temple, the majestic and majestic Daxiong Palace, and even the golden arhats with different expressions dancing and dancing in the temple, and the flying eaves Around the horns, strings of silver beads hang from extremely thin silver threads, as if thousands of silver stars and rain are blowing down, which is beyond words.Another rotten transparent palace lantern symbolizes the legend of Guanghan Palace. The Pearl Palace is decorated with countless gorgeous pearls. The whole is in the shape of a huge full moon. In the Pearl Palace, there is also a fairy embracing a jade rabbit. The glazed lamp, the wonderful thing is that the wick is placed in the jade rabbit lamp, which stands out but not obtrusive in the bright Guanghan Palace. It looks very interesting and attracts many children to clap their hands and laugh.

"What a beautiful lantern!" Su Miao also hid in the crowd, looking longingly at the long and continuous lantern fair, and praised softly, "I've never seen such a grand lantern festival!" It's just the Hungry Ghost Festival, but how lively and prosperous it would be if it were the Lantern Festival on the Lantern Festival!

Liu lightly held Su Miao's hand, her expression was a little calm, she couldn't tell if it was pity or what.From the noisy and crowded crowd, she occasionally saw a few sneaky shadows hiding her head, looked over with sharp eyes, and then disappeared into the noisy downtown.She looked at Su Miao's focus on the beautiful and delicate lanterns, and didn't notice those suspicious images, so she held Su Miao's soft palm tightly as if she breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Miao liked crystal clear ornaments like glazed palace lanterns very much. She looked at them several times, thinking that there were still many places to visit, so she kept looking back all the way, reluctantly followed Liu to the lively market.

Fortunately, Su Miao is more interested in food, and when she saw the delicious snacks, her previously depressed mood finally came alive again.The folk snacks of Zhongyuan Festival, such as Zhuanmingcai, Huahuayoubing, 馂豏, and 豺豏, which were placed on both sides of the street, exuded a delicious fragrance, which attracted Su Miao to run to this stall to smell it, and then to the square table. Look, very hesitant.

The old lady who sold glutinous rice on the side saw this little girl with pink make-up and jade, she looked like a fairy boy walking out of a Guanyin painting, but she was biting her fists and frowning, looking at the flower cakes and sniffing again. The aroma of the 馂鱏 shop, eyes longing like infinite longing, and my heart softened into a ball, so I held a small piece of 馂鱏 in my hand, and said with a smile, "Little girl, why do you come out to play alone? Do you want to eat it?" , are you afraid it won’t taste good?”

Su Miao glanced at the toothless smiling old woman who looked kind and friendly, and turned her head to look at Liu who was calm and calm with a puzzled expression, then hesitantly touched the scorpion on the old woman's hand, and nodded slowly.

The old lady handed Su Miao the exquisite and translucent scorpion, and said with a friendly smile, "Take it and eat it. My granddaughter likes to eat it very much. She often praises my craftsmanship!"

Su Miao looked at Liu, Liu nodded, and Su Miao took the thin-skinned and steaming 馂豏 a little excitedly, said "Thank you" in a low voice, and the old woman laughed.

The short and fat stall owner selling flower cakes next to him rubbed his hands on the oily apron before wrapping a small cake in oil paper, handing it to Su Miao boldly, and said loudly, "Girl, take Come on! Uncle gave it to you, as a snack." He joked with the old woman heartily, "Grandma Sun, what you said was so many years ago! The wheat that was chasing after you for porridge Yazi, my daughter is already this big now."

Grandma Sun was happy to hear this, so she talked and laughed loudly.

Su Miao held the fragrant glutinous rice in her left hand, and the buttery and scallion-flavored pancake in her right hand, she couldn't help but bend her eyebrows with a smile.

Although Liu felt that his hands were empty, seeing Su Miao eating bean paste and ghee from left to right, and chatting with Grandma Sun shyly, he suddenly couldn't tell what it was like, it seemed a little happy and a little bit Lost like.

Su Miao quickly won the love and care of the uncles and aunts who set up stalls with her pink and cute appearance and well-behaved behavior. Almost every shop will give some special snacks in small quantities. But she couldn't help the variety, not to mention that she greedily drank a small bowl of delicious wonton soup, so Su Miao filled her belly with a bunch of candied haws in her hand and put it on her arm. With two small packets of snacks, he paced slowly to digest his food.

Liu followed Su Miao helplessly, but a smile flashed in his eyes.

"Why do people say I'm alone?" Su Miao's small back was a little awkward because of the snacks hanging in her hand, but her seemingly unintentional question made Liu speechless.She hasn't figured out how to tell Su Miao, or whether it's even necessary to tell her.

Su Miao didn't wait for her answer, and walked straight on her short legs, looking for something she was interested in again.

On the stage not far away, the Nuo opera "Mulian saves the mother" is being performed, the stage is very lively with colorful blowing, playing, playing and singing, and the lyrics are nothing more than promoting Buddhist teachings, but Su Miao doesn't seem to care much about these, her eyelids I didn't lift it, just passed by.

Approaching the gate of Qingcheng, children who have already been with each other carry lotus leaf lanterns and follow behind the adults, laughing and laughing, and want to go out of the city to release lotus leaf lanterns. Whose lotus leaf lamp looks better and more delicate.They are still young and ignorant, and they probably don't understand the feelings of adults praying for peace, or piously expecting the lonely soul in the water to be reincarnated safely through the drifting river lantern.

Liu looked at Su Miao who hid herself in the shadow of the roadside tree, and suddenly felt that the happy atmosphere before had dimmed a lot, and she couldn't help but feel a little astringent in her heart.

Su Miao looked at the children's laughter against the background of fire trees and silver flowers under the city gate, and she couldn't help but feel a little bitter.She has always been a sensitive child. She has felt her father's indifference to her the most these years, but she can't bear to show it to make the nurse even sadder, so she can only keep it in her heart.And this day, looking at those children of the same age who are doted on by carefree parents, even though she is a little sensible, she is still a child after all!

Thinking about it, the flames jumping in the eyebrows and eyes were extinguished, and the bright face was hidden in the shadows, and the cheering mood suddenly became worse-it seemed that the long-awaited Ghost Festival was not so big. like attractive.

"Here you are." A clear voice sounded from behind, and Su Miao couldn't help being stunned, as a small willow-leaf lamp appeared in front of her.The slender willow leaves are cut into long and slender shapes with green yarn, but they are not very uniform. The layers of bamboo branches barely support the appearance of complicated lotus petals. The color of the bluish-white base is more like the trunk of a willow tree in spring. The end of winter despair and the beginning of spring hope.In the far from perfect willow-leaf lampshade, a small candle flame is dancing, warm and strong.

"Give it to me?" Su Miao held the willow-leaf lantern no bigger than a palm in surprise. The glowing light reflected in her dark eyes, but it shone like a bright moon. Get up, like peach branches stretched in spring, showing complete and undisguised joy.

"En." Liu was very shy, and after dawdling for a long time, he said with some embarrassment, "It's a bit crude, let's just settle."

"How come? It's so beautiful!" Su Miao wished she could hold this willow-leaf lantern with its bright green light in her arms, and her voice exuded joy, "This is the best gift I've received today! Come on, let's go release the river lanterns together!" After finishing speaking, he couldn't wait to drag Liu towards the gate of the city and walked quickly, but carefully looked after the lanterns in his hands without jumping up and down.

Liu saw the bright face that seemed to be shining again, and the embarrassment and shyness before seemed to disappear miraculously in an instant.Speaking of which, she should also put a river lantern!Thinking, she followed Su Miao to the river.

Su Miao piously and carefully placed the willow leaf lantern in her hand in the river, put her palms together on her chest, closed her eyes and meditated on the prayers, and after a very sincere silence for a long time, she opened her dark eyes , shining like pearls at night.

Liu watched Su Miao set off the river lantern, and Shen Ning's indifferent eyes were fixed on the green fluorescent light, unable to see the meaning behind it.

The small willow-leaf lanterns were quickly mixed among the thousands of river lanterns, as if the stars in the sky were expelled by a river of clear water, and like countless fireworks embers scattered into the dark edge of the distance. Shaking like a soul.

Can those lost souls and wandering souls find their way of reincarnation through this light like a speck of dust, and stop wandering around in this world of mortals that no longer belongs to them?

What about her?Have you already passed the bank of the River of Forgetfulness and reincarnated safely?

A gentle smile quickly flashed in Liu's mind, and it was like a stone deposited at the bottom of the river in an instant.

I hope so.And as it should.

Liu quickly calmed down and focused on Su Miao.Su Miao's small body is different from other children playing and joking, but she is praying very solemnly, as if she knows what it means.

Liu was a little surprised by this idea of ​​her own. She was such a young child, so she should be ignorant and innocent, but such an idea silently took root in her heart, making her wonder whether she was missing or paying homage.

After a long silence, Su Miao blinked and smiled and pulled Liu's hand, "Let's go back."

Liu Fenming saw a gleam of sparkle in the corner of her eyes, and was shocked in his heart, but nodded without changing his expression, "Okay."

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☆、Beauty saves beauty