After death, I became the cannon fodder of the three protagonists

Chapter 143 The Lantern
Su Mo heard the words and looked down at Gu Jinnian.

"Try?"

"is it okay?"

Gu Jinnian had a rare look of joy and a little excitement.

Seeing his appearance, Su Mo immediately nodded and stepped aside so that he could see him more clearly.

Gu Jinnian had long taken a fancy to the fish-playing lotus lantern. He raised his head and carefully looked at the lantern riddles hanging under the lantern.

"The ancient moon shines on the water and the water flows for a long time, and the water accompanies the ancient moon to celebrate the spring and autumn. If the water is left to shine on the ancient moon, you can go boating in the depths of the blue waves."

During the Lantern Festival, the crowds were crowded, and the people around saw that the person who read the lantern riddles was just a child, and they couldn't help being a little surprised, and they all cast their eyes on it.

However, Gu Jinnian was not affected at all. After thinking for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "I guessed it, the lantern riddle is the word for "lake" in the lake."

Lantern riddles are not difficult, but the person who guessed it was a child, which inevitably made the people around him exclaim in praise.

The stall owner was also very happy, took down the lantern and handed it to Gu Jinnian, "Young master is very talented, this lantern is yours now."

"Thank you."

Gu Jinnian tried his best to restrain his smile, but the corners of his mouth still couldn't stop rising. He pursed his lips, took the lantern, and handed it to Su Mo directly.

"Mom, I'll give it to you."

Su Mo was a little surprised. After hearing the voices around praising Gu Jinnian's filial piety, she took the lantern with a smile.

"That mother will accept it, thank you Jinnian."

Gu Jinnian pursed his lips tightly and gave a rare shy smile, his earlobes were extremely red and hot.

Gu Ping'an also wanted to give Sumo lanterns, but he didn't have enough money, and he didn't have enough knowledge, so he lowered his head silently to cover the disappointment in his eyes, and then raised his head the next moment, and he was as heartless as usual.

Gu Xingnian, however, took a fancy to the lantern, blinking and blinking, revealing the word "want".

Naturally, Su Mo would not give away Gu Jinnian's wishes, so after much deliberation, she simply bought a lantern for the three children, and then led them to the pier to set off the lanterns.

Every year during the Shangyuan Festival, countless lanterns will be erected around the pier, and the river will be covered with painted boats.

And in the middle, on the mast propped up by the largest painting boat, countless lanterns are hung, connected with lead wires, as long as the most outstanding lantern on the top is lit, all the lanterns will be ignited in a short time.

Su Mo led the three children down the ladder to the river, where many women were setting off lanterns.

She picked out a place with few people, squatted down, first helped Gu Xingnian slowly put the lantern into the river, and then put in the fish playing lotus lantern that Gu Jinnian gave her.

The night wind blew past, and the water surface was rippling. Su Mo looked at the lanterns drifting away with the water, clasped his hands together, and secretly made a wish.

I hope everything is going well today and your child is safe and healthy.I hope that I can complete the task as soon as possible and reunite with my mother.

After making a wish, there was a lively sound in the distance. Su Mo looked up, and it turned out that the lanterns of the painting boats were about to be lit.

The task of lighting the lanterns is not exclusive, but presided over by the county magistrate. Heroes from all walks of life come from all walks of life according to their abilities. Whoever is the first to light the lanterns will get a hundred taels of silver and a glazed lantern.

The men who had been waiting for a long time stood on the painting boat one after another.

Now the county magistrate is in charge of the county government in coastal county, so this meeting will naturally be presided over by the magistrate.

Following his order, several men started to climb up the mast with bare hands.

In the middle, he would hold the pole with one hand and fight with the man next to him, causing the surrounding spectators to shout hello.

Su Mo saw that the crowd was turbulent nearby, so instead of leading the three children there, she stood and watched from a distance.

This station is far away, so naturally I can't see it very clearly, I can only vaguely see a black shadow falling into the river from above.

The yamen servants who had already made small boats on the river would stretch out the bamboo poles, and after saving the people, they would put on thick clothes and send them to the river bank to warm up in the shops requisitioned by the county yamen.

I don't know how many people fell down, and finally someone climbed to the top, took out a fire pocket to light a lantern, and then jumped down.

At the same time, the lanterns on the mast are lit from top to bottom, which are gorgeous and beautiful.

Gu Xingnian was fascinated by the lantern and hugged Su Mo's neck, "It's so beautiful."

Su Mo rubbed her face with a smile, "Like Xingnian? Then we will come to see it every year during the Shangyuan Festival."

"My mother is so nice~"

Gu Xingnian grinned, the lights reflected in his eyes, shining brightly.

Gu Ping'an looked yearning, and muttered to himself: "When I grow up, I will also go to light lanterns..."

Then he raised his head, glanced at Su Mo cautiously, and saw her holding Gu Xingnian, looking at the painting boat in the distance, he pursed his lips and smiled.

He also wants to give his mother a lantern, the best lantern.

Gu Jinnian who was on the side took Gu Ping'an's small movements into his eyes and pursed his lips slightly.

In another quarter of an hour, there will be fireworks. Su Mo was afraid that there would be more people, so he led the child back to the inn, opened the window, and could see it.

With a loud noise, bright fireworks exploded in the air, followed by countless fireworks blooming in the night sky of Haiyan County.

Su Mo's family of four sat in front of the window, quietly admiring the rare beauty, and on the table, there were four bowls of Lantern Festival presented by the inn.

After the Shangyuan Festival, Xie Wenci drove from Shangyang Village back to Luoshan Village in a carriage, and brought an old woman with him at the same time.

With inverted triangular eyes, drooping face, wearing a deep red brocade jacket, forehead mop, and mahogany walking stick, he is not easy to mess with at first glance.

Xie Wenci helped Xie's mother get off the carriage, "Mother, slow down."

Mother Xie hunched over, her disgusted eyes swept across the village school, and her tone of voice was full of hatred for iron and steel.

"You said you wanted to continue your scientific research, but you ended up in this kind of place.

If I had known this, it would be better to marry Nier into the family and give birth to a big fat boy for me and your father to hug. "

Xie Wenci lowered his eyes and persuaded with a smile: "Mother, my mentor treats me more than a mountain, and it is only natural for me to help repay his debt of favor.

In addition, the son still has monthly silver, so he doesn't have to worry about his hard-working parents when he goes to Beijing to take the exam at the end of the year. "

Mother Xie snorted coldly, "I'm afraid you might be fooled by some little slut."

Xie Wenci was startled, and smiled helplessly, "Mother, what are you talking about? My son only cares about scientific research."

Mother Xie didn't even look at him, and walked to the village school with a cane.

"It's better to be like this, mother doesn't care what skills you have in the future, but the wife here only recognizes Ni'er.

If you don't marry her, your stepmother will go to the county government and sue you for being unfilial. "

Xie Wenci pursed his lips and looked at Xie's mother's back with an inexplicable expression.

Xie's family was poor, and he helped the family with work since he was a child. Later, when his family got better, his parents gritted their teeth and sent him to study in a village school.

He is talented. He was born in the 19th high school, a scholar in the [-]th high school, and won the imperial examination at the age of [-]. His parents were very happy because of this. Logically speaking, the two elders should persuade him to concentrate on scientific research and marry Meijiao, who is good for his official career. Mother is.

But ever since he became sensible, his mother told him that he wanted to marry Nier.

Nier is an orphan in Shangyang Village, but for some reason, she is deeply loved by her parents, and she treats her like a real daughter on weekdays.

He devoted himself to scientific examinations, but since he failed the examination, his mother urged him to marry Nier as soon as possible.

Later, thanks to the teacher's visit, his parents agreed to allow him to continue the scientific research, but during this period, they still did not forget to let him marry Nier.

(End of this chapter)