Crispy little husband

The street along the river was full of lanterns, before approaching, Su Xin could see the densely packed, tall and short heads, and the loud noises before he got close.

Su Xin couldn't help but wonder, did people from all over the city come to this Lantern Street tonight, saying that Lantern Festival is an implicit Valentine's Day?How can lovers have the nerve to meet like this?

Fortunately, Su Xin and the others don't have to leave the elders in the family to find a lover. Su Xin took his mooncake-shaped lantern, together with Tang Dong's lantern that couldn't tell whether it was sugar or cake, and followed Walking behind Su Gaoping and the others.

They took the road on the right side of the river first, and the lanterns made by the craftsmen organized by the government were even more beautiful than those made by themselves.

Su Xin has walked hundreds of meters since walking on this street. He has hardly seen any lanterns with repeated styles. There are no less than thirty kinds of flowers in different shapes, and there are various historical figures, Classic characters, even famous buildings, characteristic scenery, etc., are indeed very unusual.

Under the lantern, someone set up a stall to guess lantern riddles. Su Xin poked his head over and took a look. Some of the lantern riddles he had seen in later generations were some that he had never seen before.

The people standing in front of the lantern riddle booths are usually two people in pairs, who can take away different lanterns if they guess the lantern riddles with different difficulty levels and different numbers.

If Su Xin is allowed to go up, he can roughly guess a few, but he is a loner, and he is still a brother. He has no little girls or brothers to please, so he will not join in the fun, and let those who want to be courteous The lads in the city play slowly with the ones they adore.

Slowly being pushed forward by the crowd, Su Xin didn't run around like a moth. She and her family enjoyed the handmade lanterns by the craftsmen on both sides, and relaxed her mood.

At this moment, there was a commotion in front of the crowd: "Catch the thief! Catch the thief! That man in gray with his head wrapped in a black cloth is a thief. Everyone, help catch him!"

With the screams of catching thieves, the originally crowded but orderly street suddenly became chaotic. Some people stopped, some looked back, and some wanted to move forward.

Tang Dong's reaction was very quick. He pulled Su Xin to the side and stood in a gap near the lantern, letting the people next to him do what he wanted. Su Xin followed suit, and told Su Xin to take good care of her purse.

The one who reacted similarly to Dong Dong was Su Gaoping. He pulled Su Yu with one hand, Tang Xi with the other, and Tang Xi pulled Su Jia again. The four of them also tried to stand aside as much as possible. Nothing to do with them.

In the event of a riot, the most taboo thing for a family to go out is to run around and look around. When the time comes, the crowd will disperse as soon as they rush, and there is no way to find them.

"Quiet, everyone stand still, don't run around!"

"Quiet, everyone stand still, don't run around!"

"Quiet, everyone stand still, don't run around!"

As soon as the riot started to take shape, an official came out from the corner, and the three of them yelled this sentence three times in a row. After hearing this, the people on the street stood obediently and did not dare to run.

Every year, there are a lot of people watching the lanterns, and it would be terrible if there was a mess, not to mention a lot of people, someone fell down and was trampled to death during the running, and the lanterns were ignited during the running. Festival is over.

For this reason, the county magistrate has already made arrangements. There will be two or three official patrols every not far away. Cooperate with the officials on the periphery.

Su Xin saw a riot suppressed in a very short time, and felt that the magistrate of Chong'an County was not confused in political affairs, but he didn't know how his case would be judged when it was in the hands of the magistrate. .

Suddenly thinking about Tang Ji, Su Xin took advantage of the time when the officials were rectifying the situation on the street and asked Tang Dong. It had been almost ten days: "Little uncle, have those people who went out to run businesses not come back yet?"

"I'm back, I came back this afternoon, today is the Lantern Festival, there is no need to spoil our mood for the festival because of their affairs." Tang Dong rubbed the back of Su Xin's head, "You don't have to worry about this matter , in two days, our Tang Ji will be reopening."

In the past few days after the separation, Su Xin, Tang Xi, and Aunt Chun made orange candy together, and Liang Zi also made ingot candy. The preparations for the lawsuit have been completed, and now everything is ready and only owes Dongfeng.

"Okay, then let's change the subject." Su Xin shrugged, "Our candy sells well in winter, but when the weather gets hotter, it won't work, whether it's hard candy or soft candy, it's easy to melt, little uncle Are we going to sell it in sugar or what should we do?"

There is no candy that is not afraid of heat, but relatively speaking, it should be possible to try something that is not so afraid of heat, but Su Xin is not sure that if the packaging cannot be improved, the sugar will not melt at all in summer.

"What do you think?" Tang Dong raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Xin, "It's so hot in summer, and you have to light a fire in the workshop to make candy. I think we should close the shop and rest in the hottest month. There is no end to earning money." , your body needs to be tight."

Su Xin was stunned for a moment, he was still thinking about why Tang Xia was not easy to melt, but Tang Dong told him to rest in summer and not to work.

Su Xin was a little surprised by this answer, but after thinking about it carefully, Tang Dong could really do it, otherwise he would not always be said to be idle in the past few years. He often did not go out to do things when he had enough money. It doesn't look like it's just wandering the streets all day.

But Tang Dong said so, Su Xin was also happy and relaxed, he didn't have to think about, and he didn't have to try to make candy in the summer.

Director Tang looked at the lanterns in the whole street, and said longingly, "Brother Xin, I heard that we here in Nanjing have Lantern Festival, and there is also Lantern Festival in Beiliang, but they don't watch lanterns, but Ice lamp..."

Tang Dong is a person who likes to go out, but it is not easy to go out in this era. To go to any place, you need a household registration, or have a current document or customs certificate. Most people only live in their birthplace all their lives and have never been there. Outside.

According to Su Xin's observation, Nanjing where he is now is very similar to the south of Huaguo in later generations, while Beiliang to the north of Nanjing is very similar to the north of Huaguo.

There are two natural barriers between these two countries. To the west is a large mountain range called Tianling, and to the west is a river called Jihe.

A mountain and a river have separated the two countries for many years. With the existence of natural dangers, it is not easy for Nanjing to defeat Beiliang. Similarly, it is not easy for Beiliang to invade Nanjing.

The two countries had been at war for many years before. Although there is no war now, because the hatred has been forged, people in Nanjing are very limited in wanting to go to Beiliang, and it is not easy for people in Beiliang to think of Nanjing.

Nanjing and Beiliang, one south and one north, the climate is warm and cold, like this is the coldest season in Nanjing, but in Beiliang, the temperature at this time can only be regarded as the temperature of autumn, and in winter That is, everywhere is covered with white snow, covered in silver.

Su Xin had seen the ice lantern mentioned by Tang Dong before. He deliberately went to the north when it was the coldest one year. There were three things that impressed him the most.

One is cold, wearing a thick down jacket, the cold can still penetrate the clothes and reach the body surface, hands, feet and face are flushed with cold, like him, a person who is not used to the northern weather, hardly wants to stretch his hands out of his purse outdoors.

The second is that there is a river tens of meters wide in the city. At that time, the entire river was frozen. Everyone moved on the river as if they were on ordinary ground. river water.

The third is ice sculptures, which can be seen everywhere in the streets. This kind of experience is unlikely to be seen in daily life by a person who has lived in the south for a long time.

So ice lamps do exist, and the cold air outside is enough to keep frozen water from melting.

Su Xin listened to Tang Dong finished talking about the ice lantern he had heard about, and asked curiously: "If there is a chance in the future, do you want to go to the north to see the ice lantern you mentioned?"

"It's not easy." Tang Dong shrank his neck and smiled. If he could go to those places, he didn't know what his identity would be.

Besides, I heard that the people from Beiliang were very tall, rough and warlike, and lived in poverty, so he went there to make trouble for himself just to see an ice lantern.

Thinking of the future, Su Xin smiled and said: "Now we Nanjing and Beiliang are still two countries, but our Nanjing has several generations of monarchs who have worked hard to govern, and now the country is strong, so we may bring down Beiliang someday. Now, if we want to go to the north to see the ice lanterns, we will go to see the ice lanterns, isn’t it good.”

Tang Dong patted Su Xin's forehead: "How can you, a child, know this? There is no fight. War is always a hardship for us ordinary people. Peace and peace are the best."

Tang Dong thought that Su Xin heard some storyteller bragging outside, so he didn't take it seriously.

In fact, Su Xin really thinks that sooner or later the world will be unified. Nanjing and Beiliang have been separated for many years. There has been no large-scale war in the past [-] years. The lessons of history tell everyone that these may be A harbinger of war.

But whether to fight or not, for him, a commoner who lives in a non-border area, there is very little he can do. It is good to ensure that he will survive the war-torn era and not be affected by the war.

Su Xin and Tang Dong's words were discussed in a low voice, neither the people walking in front of them nor the people behind them could hear them.

The uncle and nephew talked insignificantly for a while, and the street quickly returned to its previous appearance. The person whose money bag was stolen was taken away by the officials and went outside to identify the thief.