My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Gu Li felt the warm touch on the top of his head and said with some fear: "Chang... Chang Lang, please don't be angry, okay? The candied haws... all the candied haws are for Chang Lang."

Chang An looked at her like this, probably because she was afraid that he would get angry. He took one of the candied haws, put it to his mouth, bit off one, and said:

"Don't worry, Madam Gu, I'm not angry."

"Here...here's another...one string..." Seeing that Chang An only took one string of candied haws, Gu Li suddenly became anxious and said, "Chang Lang, take them all...as long as you don't get mad at me."

Chang An raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and took the last string of candied haws from Gu Li. Only then did Gu Li quietly breathe a sigh of relief, but he was still afraid that Chang An would suddenly get angry and ignore him.

But suddenly, a string of candied haws appeared in front of her. She was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Chang An. He looked at her gently and said, "Here, Gu Niang, I'll give you one string."

"What I have, Gu Niang must have too."

Chang An tried his best to control his breath, which was still a little panting, and tried to appear gentle. Gu Li looked at Chang An, then tentatively reached out his hand, took the candied haws, and put it in his mouth and took a bite.

At this time, Chang An reached out and touched the top of her head with satisfaction.

"I've already said I'm not angry, what am I afraid of?" Chang An said, and then he saw little Du Fu sitting on the ground at his feet, breathing heavily. He took Gu Li to find a clean place, sat down, and then took her little hand and rubbed it.

"Gu... Madam Gu, where... where have you been?" little Du Fu said, panting.

"I... I saw a stall selling candied haws on my way here, so I wanted to buy two strings and eat them when I got tired of shopping." Gu Li replied.

"Then why did you come so far, Gu Niang?" Chang An asked, "I remember there was a candied haws stand ahead, and Gu Niang, you have always had a good sense of direction."

"That's because there are too many people..." Gu Li said aggrievedly, "Actually, I also wanted to go and come back quickly, but after I bought the candied haws, there were suddenly more people on the street."

"Then I was squeezed and disoriented, and I got completely lost after wandering around in circles. I was afraid that Chang Lang wouldn't be able to find me if I kept wandering around, so I found a place to wait."

"My mother Gu is quite smart. She even knew to wait for me at the spot when she got lost." Chang An smiled and squeezed her hand. "But next time, if you get lost again, just find a place to stand and wait for me. Do you hear me?"

Gu Li nodded quickly, then smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Don't worry, Chang Lang, there won't be a next time."

Chang An was amused. At this moment, he saw Du Fu, who was still sitting on the ground resting, and said, "Thank you, young master Du, for following me to look for my wife."

"Mr. Chang, you are too kind," Du Fu waved his hand and said, "Mr. Chang took me to listen to the Xinluan Restaurant's signature song, "Spring River Flowers and Moon." We can now be considered friends!"

"I'm helping my friend find a wife, isn't this justified?"

Chang An smiled and said, "But I still have to thank Young Master Du for his help. Why don't we go with you when we light the lanterns later?"

"Okay!"

After taking a rest, Chang An and the other two prepared to set off the lanterns. As soon as they stood up, they heard a familiar voice:

"Chang'an, Li'er, are you going to release lanterns?"

The three of them looked in the direction of the sound: Su Meng was sitting in the carriage, lifting the curtain and looking at them.

"Yes, have you finished your song?" Chang An picked up the two lanterns on the ground and answered.

"That's great. Why don't you come with me to Pingkangfang? It's the most lively place and the space is spacious. It should be enough for the two of you to set off lanterns." Su Meng suggested.

"Two people?" Chang An and Gu Li were both confused, and then they both looked down at little Du Fu at the same time.

"Sister, there are actually three people." Gu Li said with a smile at this time.

At this time, Su Meng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Li'er, are you pregnant already?"

After saying that, she did not forget to glance at Chang An, and Gu Li blushed and said, "No, sister, there is another young master."

Su Meng was also stunned for a moment, then she leaned her head out slightly to look towards the lower part of the car window, and then she saw little Du Fu craning his neck and looking at her.

"My name is Du Fu, nice to meet Ms. Su Meng." Du Fu took two steps back and bowed to Su Meng.

"It's okay. I'm the only one in my carriage. Why don't you get on and take a ride?" Su Meng invited enthusiastically. "I'll find a good place for you to display the lanterns."

"Okay," Chang An agreed, then looked around and said, "But we have to buy some lanterns first."

"Aren't there two lanterns in your arms?" Su Meng pointed at the two lanterns in Chang An's arms and said in confusion.

Chang An then looked down at the lantern in his arms, and explained: "These two lanterns are not set off. They are gifts from Gu Niang and I to each other."

Su Meng was also a little amused at this time, and scolded with a smile: "I really don't understand you two."

"Okay, okay, get in the car. There are many people selling lanterns in Pingkangfang. You can buy as many as you want when you get there."

So, the three of them got on the carriage one after another and headed straight for Pingkangfang.

Sitting in the car, Su Meng noticed that Gu Li's eyes were fixed on the big lantern, so she shouted, "Li'er? Li'er?"

After calling twice in a row, Gu Li raised his head and asked, "Sister, what's wrong?"

"I saw you staring at this lantern. Is this a gift from Chang An?" Su Meng asked.

Gu Li nodded and said proudly, "Yes, this was won by Chang Lang answering six riddles in one go on the riddle stand."

"Really?" Su Meng looked at Chang An and asked, "I heard that this year's sixth riddle is much more difficult? How did you guess it?"

Chang An explained with a smile: "Because this is exactly the riddle I came up with."

Su Meng was stunned for a moment, then looked at Chang An with a strange look and said, "No wonder, why did I say that no one could answer it? It seems that you are the one who asked the question."

As they were talking, after entering Pingkangfang, Su Meng did not forget to ask the driver to find a lantern stall and let Chang An buy some lanterns. When Chang An returned to the carriage again, he had four lanterns and four lotus lanterns in his arms.

"Buy so much?" Su Meng asked in surprise, "This is not how you spend money."

Chang An smiled and said, "These are flower and lotus lanterns for all of us here. Everyone can have one, including you."

When Chang An got off the carriage again, there were still many people around him, and there was a small river in front of him. When Gu Li got off the carriage and saw the small river, he quickly grabbed Chang An.

Chang An turned around and looked at her. Seeing that she looked nervous, he asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Have you forgotten, Chang Lang? At that time... it was this river." Gu Li frowned and said, "Chang Lang, don't get close."

Chang An was stunned for a moment, but soon figured out what Gu Li meant. He smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I won't get close. I'll wait until the lotus lantern is released before I get close. How about that?"

"Yeah." Gu Li nodded.

At this time, Su Meng and Du Fu also got off the carriage and stood firmly. Su Meng said, "We have arrived at the place. We can release them now."

"But there seems to be no lantern in the river yet, why do you want to release it so early?" Little Du Fu held his lantern and was about to take two steps forward. But Su Meng pulled him back by the collar, as if she was also afraid that Du Fu would fall in.

"Just because no one releases them does that mean we can't?" Su Meng said with a smile, then she came to the river, squatted down, put the lotus lantern in her hand into the river, then crossed her hands and began to make a wish.

Seeing this, little Du Fu also came to the river, held the river bank, put the lantern into the river, and then prayed.

Chang An and Gu Li came to the river at this time. Because it was Chang An's first time to release a lotus lantern, Gu Li released the lotus lantern first, and then he followed suit and put the lotus lantern on the water.

But unfortunately, because he didn't know how to fly the lotus lantern, the lantern didn't float far before it suddenly caught water and was burned to ashes.

He was stunned at the sight, and then he heard a faint laugh from the side. He turned his head and saw Gu Li covering his mouth, as if laughing at him for not knowing how to light the lantern.

"I didn't expect that the omnipotent Chang Lang couldn't even release the lotus lantern." Gu Li laughed softly, "In this case, Chang Lang can't make a wish, right?"

Chang An also laughed dryly twice, and then said: "It's okay, my wish has just been granted by Gu Niang."

When Gu Li heard Chang An say this, he was slightly surprised and asked, "Chang Lang, how did you know that?"

"Because Gu Niang and I have a tacit understanding." Chang An leaned close to her ear and whispered softly, causing Gu Li's face to slightly blush.

As the couple whispered, more and more lotus lanterns began to appear on the river. More and more people gathered around them, placing lanterns on the river and making wishes devoutly, hoping that the gods in the sky could hear their wishes.

As more and more lanterns appeared in the river, a breeze blew up, and someone in the crowd shouted, "There are lanterns in the sky!"

At this time, Chang An and Gu Li also looked up at the sky. At this time, many lanterns were slowly rising in the sky of Chang'an City. So he said, "Let's release the lanterns too."

"Yeah." Gu Li also picked up the lantern at this time, and Chang An also took out the fire starter and helped her light the lantern.

Then Gu Li gently raised her hands up, and when she felt the lantern seemed to float faintly, she let go. She did not make a wish immediately, but picked up Chang An's lantern, lit it, and put it into the sky in the same way.

After doing all this, she looked at Chang An and said, "Chang Lang, let's make a wish. This time, we must make a good wish."

"Okay, Madam Gu..."

After saying that, the two of them clasped their hands together and made a wish towards the lantern that was slowly rising into the sky.