He was reborn and I wasn't!

On the fifteenth day, Jiang Yan finally had glutinous rice balls.

He was overwhelmed after eating dumplings early in the morning, and under the clear sky, he stepped on the unmelted snow in the yard to digest his food.Jiang Yan originally thought that this would be another day when he needed to use dumplings for food, but unexpectedly at noon, Shang Ning prepared a surprise for him.

His junior brother didn't know when and where he bought the glutinous rice flour, and he stood like a newborn crisp bamboo in the dimly lit kitchen.With one hand, he grabbed a small ball of wet noodles and squeezed it into a disc shape in his palm, and with the other hand, he used chopsticks to pick up a ball of stuffing and put it on the glutinous rice sheet.The stuffing is mixed by Shang Ning in advance, and the red bean paste is made.

Shang Ning closed the glutinous rice slices while turning his hands, and finally pressed down the protruding point.It was also the first time for him to make this kind of thing. At the beginning, the wrapping was slow, but then it gradually became faster, but it didn't look so good, and the wrapped glutinous rice balls were not round.

But Jiang Yan didn't mind, he didn't help at all with this meal, he just sat on the small stool in the kitchen and watched his junior brother busy around, waiting to eat with an empty stomach.In his opinion, it's good to have what he has to eat at this time, and he also pays attention to what looks good.

After the glutinous rice balls were cooked, Shang Ning scooped them up and put them in a basin, then used a large spoon to invite some clear soup into it.Jiang Yan hurried over to take the heavy basin, and consciously put it on the tray, picked it up and walked into the bedroom.

The glutinous rice balls in the basin are fat and white, squeezed together one by one, shaking gently with the fluctuation of the water flow when walking, looking very attractive.After putting it away, Jiang Yan couldn't wait to scoop one up with a small spoon and eat it.

The entrance was very hot, Jiang Yan opened his mouth and haggled for a long time.After it cooled down a bit, he bit it cautiously, but he still couldn't avoid the scalding hot inside and his tongue numb.Jiang Yan had tears in his eyes on the spot, and quickly chewed and swallowed it whole.

Shang Ning had already added another bowl for him during the time he tasted it. Seeing his tears at this moment, he couldn't help but feel distressed and said, "How is it? Are you okay?"

But Jiang Yan misunderstood what he meant, and said with a big tongue: "That's a good time!" In fact, he ate in such a hurry that he only tasted a little bit of sweetness, but nothing else.But Jiang Yan has always praised his little junior, and at this time he also closed his eyes and said: "It's sweet and delicious. Originally, the glutinous rice balls are almost the same. It's really good that you made it like this for the first time. It’s just too hot, and I can’t speak fluently.”

Shang Ning said silently in his heart, what's wrong.But he still couldn't stop smiling: "Then eat slowly."

***

In the evening, when the twilight was falling, Jiang Yan wrapped himself and his junior brother thickly, and went to the outskirts of Shangjin City.

He had previously agreed with his younger brother to go to the Lantern Festival together, so Jiang Yan inquired with his neighbors about the Lantern Festival after the seventh and eighth day.According to the neighbors, there was a temple fair by the riverside on the outskirts of the city on the fifteenth day, and there were also entertainment programs, and the riverside was very lively.

The two walked all the way, but the river didn't see it yet, but they saw a mass of black heads from a distance.Although the number of people was not as large as that of Jinling City that Jiang Yan saw from Wangjiang Tower on the Qixi Festival, compared with the small towns in the Northeast that they had traveled all the way before, there were already a lot of people going to Jinling City.

The sky gradually darkened, the river was dark, but the street was very lively.There are jugglers who build sheds, and several bright candles are burning in the sheds; there are sugar sellers who sell all kinds of gadgets, with a small candle lit next to them, their faces flushed with cold, and their hands in their sleeves; The brightest ones are the stalls selling river lanterns. The ground is full of lights, creating a hazy yellow circle of light, vaguely separating light from darkness.

Jiang Yan squatted down in front of a stall that sold many kinds of lamps.There are rabbits, lotus, and pavilions.The old man at the stall had a kind smile on his face, and tried his best to speak in a non-standard official dialect: "Is there anything you like about a boy? There are so many things here for my old man."

Jiang Yan grew up in Jinling City, a well-known important town in the south of the Yangtze River, a gentle water town. He has seen countless river lanterns, and almost every one is more delicate and lifelike than the ones on this stall.He glanced hastily, but none of them took his fancy.Jiang Yan thought about it, then turned to look at Shang Ning and said, "Is there anything you like, Junior Brother?"

Shang Ning's eyes were full of gentle firelight.

He has never seen a river lantern, nor has he used it.In the past, when he went to retrieve Yangcao, he also met the Lantern Festival, and he saw a brightly lit riverside from afar.It's just that he doesn't have any money, so he often just stops to watch for a while, and then has to continue on his way.

Shang Ning also squatted down.His eyes wandered around the stalls, and finally picked out a Jade Rabbit lamp.That rabbit should have been made of white paper, with red eyes and long ears, and an innocent face holding a carrot.Although the workmanship is a bit rough, the candles lit inside dye the white paper into a warm yellow, moist and moist, and it really looks like a jade rabbit.

Jiang Yan didn't expect that his junior brother, usually taciturn and prudent, would choose such a cute rabbit lamp.He silently wrote down his junior brother's preferences, and said with a smile: "Why don't you choose one for me too?"

Shang Ning glanced at him, and picked another rabbit lamp from the side.Seeing that the shape of the rabbit is still small, it is sleeping in a ball.

Jiang Yan didn't expect his junior brother to pick out such a light for him, he took it over and said with a smile: "So in the eyes of my junior brother, I can sleep so well. Oh, there is no way, I want to sleep as soon as I close my eyes, I am also very sleepy." Helpless."

No, it's you who are as cute as him.

Shang Ning said silently in his heart, but he didn't say it, he just smiled at his senior brother.

Jiang Yan looked at it and reminded: "All you bought here are lanterns, so buy two more river lanterns, so that you can put them on the water when the time comes."

Shang Ning nodded.The lamps he chose this time are very common lotus lamps and boat lamps, which are specially used for praying on the river.

Jiang Yan saw that he had finished picking, and then took out his purse to pay.

The two of them walked slowly towards the river with the lamp in their hands. Jiang Yan dangled the sleeping rabbit lamp. Seeing the warm yellow light coming out of it, the rabbit looked like a jade carving, so he couldn't help saying: " It's okay, it's pretty nice."

Shang Ning smiled without saying a word.

When we approached the river, there were quite a lot of people at first glance, and everyone was putting on lights.Jiang Yan chose a relatively quiet section of the river, which was far away and few people walked over, so the river surface and channel were quite dark, and only the bustling place in front was brightly lit.But Shang Ning and Jiang Yan didn't mind, on the contrary, they felt that it was quite quiet, suitable for two people to stay together.

Jiang Yan took out both the lotus lantern and the boat lantern. Using the light from the Jade Rabbit Lantern that Shang Ning was carrying, he found out the fire pocket that he had brought with him before, and rubbed a few to make the fire pocket light up. Turning around and smiling at his little brother, "Let's put the lamp on, you put it on first, remember to make a wish."

Shang Ning nodded.

The two lit the river lanterns one by one.Before pushing it into the water, Jiang Yan silently said in his heart, wishing his junior brother to be healthy, live a long life, and successfully find Huiyangcao.

With a slight push, the river lamp enters the water.There are slight waves on the water surface illuminated by the light, and the lotus lanterns and boat lanterns are leaning on each other and slowly drifting away along the river.Not long after, their lamps merged with other people's lamps, and the entire river was lit up with bright candles, reflecting two small fires in people's eyes.

Jiang Yan stood in the dark night, feeling very peaceful.He looked at the warm light that formed a long dragon, and couldn't help but miss the old days in Jinling City and Qingfumen.Then he thought of his parents far away in the south of the Yangtze River, his masters, Liang Zhiping, brother Xing, and some of his friends.

With a long sigh, his thoughts drifted away, and all kinds of parting and parting thoughts suddenly rushed to his heart.In the past, he traveled all over the rivers and lakes and had many friends. Even on such a day, it was so lively that people could not think of home or relatives.Now only he and his junior brother were left, and the surroundings were still quiet at this time. Jiang Yan watched the excitement of going out with his family from a distance across the river bank, so he couldn't help but think a little more.

The sleeves were pulled, and when Jiang Yan lowered his head, he saw the Jade Rabbit lamp jump, and his junior brother's face was illuminated by the warm yellow light.

Shang Ning said: "Brother, let's go back."

Looking at his junior brother, Jiang Yan's heart sank a bit, no matter what, his junior brother was still with him.Thinking of this, Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Okay, let's go back."

***

When Jiang Yan woke up the next morning, she found that Shang Ning had a fever.

It was a rare day that he was not woken up, but woke up naturally.After waking up, he felt that something was wrong. At this time, the sun was rising very high outside, and his junior brother was still asleep in his arms.

Jiang Yan frowned, lifted the quilt to look, and saw that his junior brother was breathing heavily and his face was flushed.When he reached out to touch it, he felt Shang Ning's forehead was hot.

Shang Ning has a fever.

Jiang Yan felt a little regretful, wondering if it was because he stayed by the river for too long last night and was blown by the night wind.In fact, Jiang Yan has already paid attention to it. Before going out yesterday evening, Jiang Yan carefully wrapped his junior brother in a thick cotton coat and put on a cotton cap. He has never left Shang Ning, so he is relieved to see that he does not look cold. took him out.It's just that he forgot that his junior brother had poisonous cold on his legs, he couldn't be compared with ordinary people, he couldn't bear even a little chill from the winter night wind.

It's all his carelessness!

Jiang Yan covered his junior brother with a quilt first, thinking about whether to apply cold water to his forehead, but afraid that Shang Ning would not be able to withstand even this little cold water.He thought and thought, finally gritted his teeth, put on his clothes as soon as possible, covered the door of the room, and went out to find a doctor by himself.

The medical center is quite far away, Jiang Yan used lightness kung fu to rush all the way there, but just after the Chinese New Year, the doctor went out for a visit.The apprentices in the shop were too busy to leave.Jiang Yan had no choice but to clarify the symptoms and ask someone to prescribe the medicine.He hadn't survived the medicine, and he was afraid that he might not be able to fix it, so he paid some extra money for the people in the medical center to help with it.

It was probably because it was really cold during the Chinese New Year, and many people were sick. Jiang Yan's medicine was still waiting in line, and it would take a while before it could be ready.Jiang Yan and the others were anxious, and afraid that something would happen to his junior brother alone in the house, so they thought of going back to take care of Shang Ning first.It's just that he didn't expect that as soon as he went out, he saw a group of officials rushing past him.

For some reason, Jiang Yan remembered that before the Chinese New Year, he heard people say that he should be careful of his younger brothers and sisters at home.Jiang Yan's heart skipped a beat, feeling bad, and hurriedly took a shortcut all the way back to the rental house.

It was quiet in the tenement when he opened the door.The premonition in Jiang Yan's heart became worse and worse. He opened the door of the bedroom with trembling hands, and saw that the quilt on the kang was crumpled, the charcoal basin was kicked over, and Shang Ning was gone!