Chapter 119 Lantern

Tao'er looked up at Xu Xing'er with a very entangled expression.

When Xu Xinger saw that Xiaozhu had taken over the sugar painting, she had no choice but to say, "Since Master Rong bought it for you, you can take it and thank them well."

"Thank you, Master Rong." Taoer went over to thank her first, and then took over the sugar painting and said, "Actually, the eldest sister said she would buy it for me. I didn't want it because I was full."

Xu Xinger almost laughed. She quickly resisted, pulled Taoer back to her side, and smiled apologetically at Rong Haoxuan, "Children's words are not taboo, don't take it to heart."

Rong Haoxuan smiled and said, "It's okay. It's okay. Give it to her."

Several people continued to walk forward, and Xiaomei bit Xu Xing'er's ear and said, "Xing'er, is this young master Rong the person who relieved you in Qijing Hutong last time?"

"Well, it's him, Xiang Rongtang's young master." Xu Xinger nodded, "He is not bad, but he has some young master's temper. Many times he does things inexplicably."

"Yes, I think he is very good to you." Xiaomei squeezed her broken hair behind her ears, subconsciously pressed the hairpin with both hands, and stroked her skirt. "You have known each other for a long time."

"I saved him once in the woods before. He took a lot of thank-you gifts to my house. I resolutely didn't want it, but he seemed to be stunned and insisted on finding something to repay me." Xing'er curled her lips and said, "I told him not to do this, but he didn't listen, and I'm too lazy to say it now."

"It's not good for others to repay their kindness." Xiaomei smiled and glanced up at Rong Haoxuan. Unexpectedly, she was looking at him and immediately lowered her head quickly, but her cheeks had blushed.

It was already a little dark. Although the surrounding carts and stalls were hung with lights, it was not as good as the day, so Xu Xinger did not see this scene. She only told Xiaomei a few words about what happened at the beginning, and then couldn't help complaining, "I didn't say anything about it when I entered the government office. I told him not to give thanks. Come on, it turned out to be so fantathed by him. The Hong family was in the same village as my family, which was done by Master Rong, and now the hatred between the two families has been properly concluded. You don't know that every time the little girl of the Hong family sees me, her eyes are cold and sharp, like the ice cone hanging under the eaves of the house for three or nine days. I don't dare to let Taoer go out by herself now for fear that something will happen!"

"This is really..." Xiaomei understood Xu Xinger's mood after listening to this. She couldn't help thinking that if this matter was put on her, she must be worried to death. She couldn't wait to accompany her brother to school every day.

"But don't think too much. After all, the other party is just a little girl. It should be just a hard time in his heart, and he may not really do anything." She comforted Xu Xinger and said, "Young Master Rong is also kind-hearted, but he was born in a rich family and doesn't understand what's going on here. Don't be angry with him for this."

"What am I angry about? Don't you see that Brother Shanzi has never dealt with him?" Xu Xinger lowered her voice and said, "Every time two people meet, they talk with guns and sticks. I'm bored to watch them, so if I can hide a little..."

"Xing'er, what are you talking about?" Rong Haoxuan suddenly came over and said, "Why don't you look at the river? You have begun to put lanterns. The government's flower boat has also put down the water and is slowly going down the upstream!"

Xiaomei and Xu Xinger turned their heads and looked into the river. Sure enough, there were many lanterns of different sizes and shapes, including lotus lanterns, pagoda lamps, octagonal lamps... Some of them didn't have money to buy lanterns with their own hands. They just pasted a base with colored paper and put a candle on it, which could swing and float downstream.

Many people follow their lanterns downstream. Occasionally, the lanterns collide with each other and catch fire. When they sink to the bottom of the river together, many people shout regrets around.

Within the visible range, there are several large flower boats, which are placed by rich people. Each ship is separated by a relatively long distance to avoid collision with each other. The flower boats are specially tied up. The bottom is made of thick and waterproof tung oil paper. The balance and weight of the whole ship are also very well controlled, so they are drifting very steadily. From time to time, several boats are put together to compare.

The flower boat released by the government this year is three stories high. On the first deck, many naive animals are pasted with paper. On the second floor are some people dressed in red and green, and on the third floor are fairies with wide sleeves. The most noticeable thing is the bow and stern. At the bow sat an old man in a hat, holding a fishing rod in his hand, and even the fishing line could be clearly seen. At the stern of the boat was leaning on a young woman with black hair and wide sleeves, holding a pipa in her arms, and putting her hands on the pipa up and down, and even a few strings were clearly visible.

The people on the shore are satisfied with the government's flower boat. In their simple thinking, this represents all peace, otherwise the government will not have time to get any flower boats.

Rong Haoxuan pointed to a boat floating down and said, "Look, this is my flower boat."

Xu Xinger and Xiaomei turned their heads and looked over. Sure enough, they saw Xiang Rongtang's cover hanging on the flower boat. There were also a villain on the boat. Some people stood in the wind with books in their hands. Some people's pulse diagnosis in the cabin. Looking closely, there were actually rows of medicine cabinets. Several villains stood in front of the medicine cabinet. Some people raised their hands to pull drawers, and some people carried scales and weighed them. Some people are bundling medicine bags with hemp ropes.

"This is the identity of your family." Xu Xinger looked at it for a long time and felt that the flower boat of the Rong family was the most creative, and there were so many people on the street, and the flower boat was hanging such a big cover. It was simply a glowing mobile advertisement from upstream to downstream.

Rong Haoxuan said proudly, "That's right, my family used to be that kind of ordinary flower boat, but later it was still my idea to change it like this!" Then he hesitated for a moment, and finally he couldn't help it, but his voice was lighter and said, "I also asked someone to go out for some words, saying that this is the ship to go to illness. Whether it is to get better quickly or for family health, as long as you see this flower boat and pray sincerely, you will definitely get what you want."

When Xu Xinger heard the words, she turned her eyes a few times on the river bank. Sure enough, she saw many people put their hands together, closed their eyes and silently talking about something to the flower boat, and then said sincerely, "This is really good. It not only suits everyone's psychology of praying for health, but also makes a live advertisement for their pharmacy."

"Guang cake? Is it eaten?" Rong Haoxuan didn't understand the following word, but still said, "I haven't heard of this thing, but if you want to eat it, just say what it looks like, and I'll let Xixin buy it."

"..." Xu Xinger suddenly lost her words and quickly explained, "I didn't make it clear just now. What I want to say is to spread the public. Your flower boat is so ingenious and has the meaning of disease, which will definitely let more people know about your pharmacy."

"That's right, and I don't see who came up with the idea!" Rong Haoxuan suddenly became excited again and pointed to the flower boat to explain to Xu Xinger in detail.

Xu Xinger always thought that Rong Haoxuan was a spoiled rich young master. Today, she heard that this flower boat was his idea, and it came up a few years ago. She couldn't help but look at him with some new eyes, and her attitude naturally had a subtle difference, and the two also talked about speculation for a while.

While chatting with Xu Xinger, Rong Haoxuan looked at Shanzi with provocative eyes while she was not paying attention, with a villainous look on his face.

Shanzi didn't even bother to pay attention to him. He took Taoer and Xiaozhu to the roadside to buy food. At dinner, the two children shared a bowl of cold noodles. Noodles were easy to digest. After walking out for so long, they had already freed their stomachs to eat something else.

There are many people selling food on the roadside, such as cut cakes, mice, small tofu, boiled corn, and some people take their own peanut sugar and sesame sugar to sell them. There is even a fruit stall with some rare peaches, oranges and other local fruits.

Peach looked at the fruit stall and swallowed a little. Although there was a peach in her name, she had never seen what the peach looked like. Looking at the fluffy fruit, she felt that it was very beautiful. She thought it would be nice if she could taste it, but she heard someone asking the price, and a peach actually After asking for ten cents, I suddenly lost the desire to ask for it.

Shanzi found that Taoer's eyes had been staring at the fruit stall, so he did not ask. He went straight to buy two peaches, went to the river to clean them, and gave each of the two children.

Peach didn't dare to eat it with the peach in her arms. She reached out to pull the corners of Xu Xing'er's clothes, and then stuffed the peach into her hand.

Xu Xinger didn't expect to see peaches here. She was also a little surprised and asked her sister, "Where did the peaches come from?"

"Brother Shanzi bought it for me." Taoer whispered, "It costs ten cents!"

"Since you have bought it and washed it, you can eat it." Xu Xinger and Shanzi were too familiar with each other, so she was not polite. She stuffed the peach back into her sister's hand, scraped her little nose and said, "You have called peaches for so many years, and you have finally eaten peaches. In the future, if you ask what your name means, you will know what it is."

"That elder sister also eats together." Taoer raised the peach and came to Xu Xinger's mouth to let her bite first.

Xu Xinger took a bite in the green part of the peach's buttocks. She didn't expect that the peach was really good, crispy, sweet and juicy. She pulled out the veil and handed it to Taoer and told her, "Be careful when you eat. Don't put the juice on your clothes. It's not easy to wash!"

Taoer suddenly got up carefully, poked her neck far away, bent down and nibbled at the peaches. I'm just dressed in such good clothes. If it gets dirty, even if Ye and the eldest sister don't discipline people, they will be distressed to death.

"How good is it for you to walk and fall like this!" Xu Xinger couldn't stand it and pulled her under the roadside tree to eat. When she finished eating, she took her to the river to wash her hands and wipe her mouth. She wanted to throw away the peach core directly, but Taoer refused and must keep it and take it home.

Xu Xing'er had no choice but to squat down again and wash the peach core with the river water. Fortunately, the peach is free from the core, otherwise it is full of pulp that can't be washed clean.

Xiaozhu and Xiaomei ate a peach. Now they also ran to the river to wash it with Xu Xinger, and then handed the washed peach core to Taoer and said, "Here, I'll give you this too."

Taoer turned around and hid behind Xu Xinger, revealing her little head and said, "You keep what you eat, I don't want it."