Chapter 150: Flying Hope (New Year’s Day Special Episode 2) (4000 words)

Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan jumped all the way and followed Mei Fang to the south area of ​​the Cultural Square. As expected, they saw many people lighting Kongming lanterns here.

Everyone writes their blessings for the coming year on the paper lanterns, then opens the paper lanterns together, and lights a small candle under the paper lanterns, so that the paper lanterns can gradually rise upward and float to the sky under the action of heat.

Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi stood on the side watching others put on the lights. At this time, Mei Fang appeared behind them and patted their shoulders:

"Want to put up the lights together?"

Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi looked at each other. Lin Youxi swayed a little uncomfortably, "I don't dare. Let me go if Yuan Yuan says."

"It's okay, let's light up the lights together! I want to play." Xia Yuan raised his hand.

"Okay, I have money."

Lin Youxi dangled the five yuan in her hand, "Let me buy a lamp!"

Lin Youxi originally walked up to the stall with a high-profile attitude, but when she found that the other person was a strong man with a sinewy face, she tremblingly stretched out her hand to give the money, making a weak sound like a mosquito.

"I want... I want a Kongming Lantern."

Lin Youxi looked back at Xia Yuanmei Fang, who was waiting for her.

"Um, what kind of sex is that?" The strong man was not a native of Baimei County, and Lin Youxi didn't understand his dialect and accent very well.

"A...Kongming Lantern."

"I know, let me ask you what kind of sex you are?"

This time, the strong man's voice suddenly rose a few degrees. Lin Youxi was so frightened that he ran away and threw himself into Xia Yuan's arms.

The strong man scratched his head and looked confused. At this time, Xia Yuan gently comforted Lin Youxi and at the same time pulled Mei Fang's arm.

"It's okay, it's okay...let Mei Fang do it!"

So the little girl is troublesome. Even if she buys a lamp, she can do ink for a long time...

Mei Fang took Lin Youxi's money and went to the strong man to buy a Kongming lantern. The two little ones looked expectant.

"Where should we put it? Let's put it on the river bank too!"

"You have to write down the blessings first. I also borrowed this money and I have to return it as soon as possible."

The three people spread the Kongming lantern on the stone table and prepared to write blessings on the Kongming lantern.

Xia Yuan wrote the four words "Happy Every Day", and Mei Fang wrote "Get Rich Next Year". When it was Lin Youxi's turn to start writing, she struggled for a long time to decide what to write.

At this time, Xia Yuan suddenly seemed a little anxious. She touched her dumpling head, as if she was looking for something.

"Did you throw something away?"

Xia Yuan nodded, "My hairpin is missing."

Mei Fang followed her and searched on the ground. It was getting darker now, so it would be difficult to find things.

"Did someone knock it off just now?"

"I don't know either...but no one should have touched me?"

Lin Youxi on the side suddenly exclaimed, "Could it be that I knocked it off when I hugged Yuanyuan just now?"

"Hmm... not necessarily..." Xia Yuan said with a slight smile, "If not, let's put off the Kongming Lantern first. Youxi, you can write first."

"I, I'll go look over there!"

Lin Youxi ignored Xia Yuan's dissuasion and ran back to the place where she bought the lamp to look for Xia Yuan's hairpin.

Seeing that she was running in a hurry, Mei Fang was worried that she would get lost on the road, so she asked Xia Yuan to wait while she and Youxi went to look for her first.

Mei Fang accompanied Lin Youxi to look around the place where she originally bought the Kongming Lantern. Although there was a faint light shining in the small vendors' shops, there was an endless stream of passers-by in the market, and the shadow of hairpins was nowhere to be seen on the ground.

?

"Forget it if you can't find it...it's not necessarily you who lost it, so you don't have to blame yourself, right?"

Lin Youxi shook her head, she did not listen to Mei Fang's advice.

"I know that hairpin. Her father's friend brought it back from Sakura Country to her. Yuan Yuan likes it very much... I must find it."

Seeing the time passing by, Lin Youxi still had nothing to gain. She was almost crouching on the ground looking for hairpins. In the crowded crowd, the way she crouched on the ground looking for hairpins was heartbreaking.

So Mei Fang came up to pull Lin Youxi up, but Lin Youxi refused to get up. In the end, she kicked and bit Mei Fang. Finally, after Mei Fang forcibly dragged her up, she stood there rubbing her eyes and crying.

"I lost Yuanyuan's favorite hairpin. She will definitely hate me to death... and she will never play with me again."

She was very afraid of being disliked by Xia Yuan, and the emotions of self-blame and regret lingered in her heart, and her voice was extremely aggrieved.

Mei Fang knew that it would be useless to comfort Lin Youxi now that she might have lost it, so she just patted her on the shoulder and said:

"If you really think it's your fault, then let's go to the stall to buy a hairpin and give it to Yuanyuan as an apology, okay?"

Lin Youxi shook her head desperately and refused: "No! Yuanyuan's hairpin is a high-end product from Sakura Country. The one bought here is definitely not as good-looking as hers."

"Although it's not as good-looking as Yuanyuan's original one, Yuanyuan is a reasonable girl. As long as we apologize properly, she won't hold on to this matter... What do you think? I don't think she will.

It’s your fault.”

Mei Fang knelt down and coaxed Lin Youxi for a long time, and finally persuaded Lin Youxi to go with her to a small vendor to buy small accessories.

Lin Youxi sniffed and followed him while holding onto the corner of Mei Fang's clothes. Mei Fang carefully selected a hairpin. At this time, Lin Youxi pushed Mei Fang's shoulder and pointed at one of the hairpins.

"Do you think Yuanyuan will like this hairpin?"

Lin Youxi wiped away tears and nodded.

Indeed, it looks more like the original peach blossom hairpin...

"Then buy this one. How much does this hairpin cost?"

"20."

"Is it so expensive? Can it be cheaper?"

"If it's two yuan cheaper for you, it can't be any cheaper."

Mei Fang was bargaining with the vendor, and Lin Youxi on the side slapped his arm, his face red with embarrassment.

"Mei Fang... I won't buy it, I won't buy it. I only have 1 yuan and 50 cents on me. Please wait here while I go find my father and ask him to give me money to buy hairpins."

"If you want to buy it, buy it quickly. If you don't want to buy it, someone will buy it."

The vendor urged Mei Fang to make a decision quickly, and Mei Fang gritted her teeth and took out 18 yuan from her pocket, "Then I'll buy this one!"

After Lin Youxi bought the hairpin, she gave all the money she had to Mei Fang.

"Thank you, Mei Fang! I...I will go to my father later to ask for the money, and I will pay it back to you later."

"Don't be so polite to me..."

Mei Fang patted Lin Youxi's head, "Go and give this hairpin to Xia Yuan and apologize to her properly."

"Um!"

Lin Youxi took the hairpin and trotted to Xia Yuan and explained what happened to Xia Yuan.

"Oh, you may not have lost it... I don't want you to pay for it!"

"No, I must have lost it. I'm really sorry for you...Yuanyuan."

"It's okay, it's okay! I don't care about this! If you lose it, just throw it away... Just treat this hairpin as a gift from you, okay?"

Lin Youxi nodded vigorously, "However, it was mainly Mei Fang who paid for it."

"Thank you! I like this hairpin too."

Xia Yuan did not express her disdain for the cheap street stall goods. She tied up her hair in front of Lin Youxi and asked Lin Youxi if she looked good. The little follower Lin Youxi said that she looked good. At this time, Mei Fang

Came over at a trot.

"Mei Fang, let's light up the Kongming Lanterns together!"

"Wait until Lin Youxi thinks of her blessing."

"That's right, Lin Youxi, you haven't written anything yet, what do you want to write?"

With the encouragement of Xia Yuan and Mei Fang, Lin Youxi wrote a long string of words:

[Xia Yuan, Mei Fang and Lin Youxi will always be good friends]

"I can hardly write the next few words! You wrote the word "Yuan" so big!"

"As long as you can see clearly." Xia Yuan said with a slight smile, "The main thing is that my heart is here!"

The three of them worked together to open the Kongming lantern. Mei Fang arranged the candles, then lit a lighter. The candle lit a flame in the center of the Kongming lantern. The three of them each held a corner of the Kongming lantern and waited for the air inside the Kongming lantern to burn and expand.

"How long are you going to keep holding it like this?"

"Just wait until the sky lanterns are inflated."

Lin Youxi sniffed while resisting the urge to sneeze. She had been resisting it for a long time. Upon seeing this, Mei Fang quickly encouraged her:

"Lin Youxi, Xia Yuan, we can prepare to let go..."

"Yeah! Mei Fang, count to three, two, and one!"
To be continued...