A traitor

A banquet was lively and lively, there were many people who came to the banquet, and there were also many people who toasted during the banquet, even Su Qinglang was a little dizzy.

Grandson Zhongben is not strong enough to drink. After being poured a few glasses of water and wine, he fell unconscious on the table. Brother Lu Xun was dismissed by Mei Liusheng during the dinner and asked him to go out and buy some pastries, let alone pastries. I haven't even seen a single person yet.

At the end of the banquet, the banquet was in a mess, the jug was poured down, the bowls and plates on the table were swung down, fell to the ground and fell to pieces, and the residue and oil stains were everywhere...

Noises, the sound of boxing games, and the sound of wine coming up, slapping the table and shouting.

Mei Liusheng had just blocked the person who was toasting him, but when he turned around, he saw Su Qinglang standing up, facing the wall of the restaurant, laying on the railing facing below and retching.

At today's banquet, Lu Xun was not there, Sun Zizhong was so virtuous again, Mei Liusheng was seriously injured and was not suitable for drinking, so most of the wine was blocked by Su Qinglang.

Mei Liusheng shook his head helplessly, picked up a cup of tea, walked over, stood behind him and patted him on the back lightly, seeing that Su Qinglang had been brewing for a while, but didn't spit out anything, so he handed him the cup in his hand, and said: "Drink a cup of hot tea and rinse your mouth first."

Su Qinglang didn't raise his head, took a sip from the water cup, rinsed his mouth and spat it out again, when he straightened up, he saw that the person who handed him the water was Mei Liusheng, startled, and said, "Thank you..."

He wiped the water stains from his lips, and then asked Mei Liusheng, "How is Zizhong?"

Mei Liusheng looked in Sun Zizhong's direction, then looked away, and replied, "Brother Sun seems to be quite drunk."

Su Qinglang also had a headache, reached out to stroke his forehead, frowned and said: "You wake him up and tell Yu Huaizhong that we should go back."

Mei Liusheng hummed and told him to wait here for the time being. He wanted to inform Yu Huaizhong, but it was a pity that Mr. Yu was so drunk that he fell under the table and talked for a long time without raising his eyelids.

In desperation, I had no choice but to call Sun Zizhong, but Mr. Sun was also a puddle of mud, and he couldn't wake up after calling for many times.

Chengying was sent by him to watch Lu Xun secretly, now he can only do it himself, set up Sun Zizhong, and when he turned his head again, Su Qinglang was no longer by the wall.

Mei Liusheng was startled, and searched back and forth several times, but did not see Su Qinglang, so he quickly entrusted his grandson to someone else, and went out to look for it by himself.

After searching along the long street for a long time, I finally found someone else under the willow tree by the roadside.At this time, Su Qinglang supported the willow tree with one hand, and squatted on the ground with an uncomfortable expression.

He ran over, slowed down not far from Su Qinglang, calmed down his breath, walked over, and stood behind him: "Qinglang..."

Su Qinglang turned around and saw Mei Liusheng smiled slowly: "I'm a little dizzy, come out to get some air."

Mei Liusheng stretched out his hand to help him up, and heard him ask: "Where are Zizhong and the others?"

Mei Liusheng replied: "Brother Sun, I have asked someone to send him back. As for Mr. Yu and the others, they must stay for a while."

While talking, Su Qinglang's feet softened and he almost fell, Mei Liusheng hurriedly supported him, and said angrily: "I told you to drink less, but today it's like trying your best."

Su Qinglang managed to stand still, and gave him a dissatisfied look: "It's all your fault, one by one is not up to par, otherwise I would have become like this?"

Mei Liusheng smiled slightly, let him lean into his arms, and said softly: "Okay, then I'll try harder next time."

After a pause, he asked again, "Do you want to go back and rest?"

Su Qinglang shook his head, then looked towards the side of the street, and said: "It's hard to get rid of Lu Xun, that spoiler, and it's the festive season, so of course we have to have a good time."

Mei Liusheng hesitated: "But you..."

Su Qinglang pushed him away, and said impatiently: "I'm fine, besides, with my current state, if I get on the carriage and shake a few times, I'm afraid my intestines will come out."

In desperation, they had no choice but to follow him, and the two walked to the long street. At this time, there were still many people on the street, bustling with each other, and there was no sign of dispersing at all.

Su Qinglang's footsteps were frivolous, walking among the crowd, Mei Liu was afraid that he would not be able to walk steadily, and would be bumped and fell later, so she carefully guarded his back.

After walking for a while, Su Qinglang suddenly laughed, pointed not far away and said, "Brother Mei, look at that rabbit lamp, does it look good?"

Mei Liusheng followed his gestures and saw a glowing red lantern hanging on the rack. He sighed: "Qinglang, that's a goldfish..."

Su Qinglang pouted, snorted unhappily, and in order to save face, said stubbornly: "I said a rabbit is a rabbit, who said that a goldfish must be called a goldfish?"

Mei Liusheng had seen Su Qinglang's drinking madness not long ago, and based on that experience, he would definitely not be able to hold him back on his own.

But looking at Su Qinglang's expression now, it's obviously much better than back then, he's just taking advantage of his lip service, and won't start a fight with him in the street.

Mei Liusheng also felt relieved, and compromised: "Okay, if you say a rabbit is a rabbit, you can call it a bench as long as you want."

Su Qinglang just gave up, and stood under the colorful lights, smiling very contentedly.

For today's banquet, he deliberately wore relatively bright clothes. Under the snow-white robe, he wore a pale pink inner garment. The red hairband and belt echoed each other, adding a bit of charming youthful air.

Thousands of paper lanterns behind him were blooming on the side of the road like flowers, his eyes shone brightly, and a smile appeared on his face.In an instant, the world lost its color.

Mei Liusheng looked at him for a moment, and then slowly looked away. He looked at the road far away. On the corner of the street, an old man was dipping sugar. The red-faced Guan Gong and Zhuge Lufan were vivid in his hands, attracting many young people. There are hawkers selling candied haws. The sugar coating on the fruit is dazzling, like red gemstones under the lights.

Young men and women with masks in their hands were laughing and joking all the way. A few children of seven or eight years old, accompanied by adults, held the sugar figurines they just bought, and they were also very happy.

These should be the most beautiful things in this world, but he was looking at these, but he was thinking about Su Qinglang's smile just now.

He lowered his head, avoiding Su Qinglang, and said softly: "Qinglang, hurry up, if you go back late, Brother Sun should be worried."

The two walked on the street, and after walking for a while, Su Qinglang's mind was blown soberly by the wind.

He looked at the passers-by and asked strangely, "These people are doing well, what are they doing wearing a mask?"

A lantern seller next to him continued, "The guest officer is from another place, we have a custom in Yizhou that during the Lantern Festival, young unmarried men and women come out wearing masks.

If you meet someone you like, give him the lantern in your hand and ask him to take off his mask. If that person takes it off, it means that he is also interested in you and is the one you are destined to have. "

Su Qinglang let out a sigh, very novel: "But, everyone wears a mask, so you can't see the face at all. What if you take off the mask and there is an ugly monster underneath?"

The peddler laughed loudly when he heard the words, and replied: "Young master's words are really interesting, but even so, those who take off their masks are actually knowledgeable, it's just a formality, young master think about it.

If you didn't know you before, who would step forward and ask others to take off the mask? Even if someone really did this, they may not be willing to take off the mask if they don't know you. "

Su Qinglang's eyes lit up immediately, and he raised his eyebrows conceitedly and said: "If I step forward, I will definitely be liked by many girls."

The vendor nodded and agreed very much: "That's right, the villain has been selling lanterns here for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen someone as good-looking as a young master."

He paused, picked up the two masks on the stall, and said: "Here, I happen to close the stall soon, and there are still two masks left, so I will give them to the two young masters."

Su Qinglang said: "We met by chance, it's not easy for you to set up a stall, how can you take advantage of you, how much is this mask, we will buy it."

The peddler waved his hands again and again, and said with a smile: "Forget it, giving something worthless to the young masters is considered to please the young masters. In Yizhou, although the officials above are not very good, the people below are hospitable. That's right, if the two young masters are having fun, they will tell people from other places in the future and let them come here to have fun too."

After saying that, he handed the mask to Su Qinglang, and jokingly said: "However, young master, you must be more careful, don't let those girls on the street snatch you away and make you a husband."

Su Qinglang smiled wryly: "If that's the case, my parents won't have to worry about my marriage any more. If something good happens, they will definitely ask you to be their honored guest."

Standing aside, Mei Liusheng saw that he was getting more and more futile, so he couldn't help sighing, frowned and reminded: "Qinglang, we should go."

Su Qinglang turned his head and glanced at him, then reached out to take the mask handed over by the vendor, but in order not to let him lose money, he still insisted on buying two lanterns from the stall.In the end, I thanked people again and again, and then I took my leave and left.

He divided the masks and lanterns into each and handed them to Mei Liusheng. Mei Liusheng didn't like these things at first, but he hesitated for a moment seeing him in a hurry, and still took it.

At first I thought that what the peddler said was just a joke, but I never imagined that the girl in Yizhou is really so hearty, not to mention Su Qinglang, even Mei Liusheng was given lanterns several times, here just politely declined a girl who stopped him , Su Qinglang over there was already trapped in the crowd, and there were even a few men with mischievous eyebrows who came up to him.

Mei Liusheng stared blankly, walked over, pulled him out, and took him to a place where there were few people: "Su Qinglang, do you remember what you promised me?"

Su Qinglang shrugged, very innocent: "They came together by themselves, and I didn't say anything..."

Mei Liusheng sank, looked at him for a moment, then suddenly threw away the lantern, stretched out her hand and pulled Su Qinglang in front of her, and covered his face with the mask in her hand.

He raised his hand to fasten the rope of the mask. He was a head taller than Su Qinglang, so he looked down at him from above, and said very satisfied, "This way, no one will be able to see it."