After the new year, it will be busy again. After that, it is the Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival in this city has never been special. The biggest difference is probably that it is a holiday. For two or three days, everyone eats, drinks, has fun, and then goes back to work. It is no different from the Chinese New Year.
Unlike when she was a child, Du Siqiu remembered her hometown. In the small town where she was born, the Lantern Festival was the most solemn event of the year, even more lively and extravagant than the Spring Festival.
During the Spring Festival, there are generally only tug-of-war competitions and lantern riddle guessing activities. After watching these two activities, the children followed the adults to relatives' houses early to pay New Year greetings. Each of the seven aunts and eight aunts gave each of them a red envelope, and everyone ate while they were there.
Candy eats melon seeds and drinks tea, and the day passes quickly. The Spring Festival for the adults is probably complete. As for the children, they still need to find some fun to play in the evening to relieve their boredom. At that time, she always follows the neighbors
The older brothers and sisters bought small firecrackers to play with. It was not until their mother came out and looked for her everywhere with a loud voice that she knew to go back. At this time, the Spring Festival was finally over.
At a young age, Du Siqiu would always assume in her heart that if, if her brother Du Bolin was still alive, then he must be the leader of the group of children. In her impression, her mother had always said that he was a hericium, and she would be talking about it all day long.
She loves to "wander" with her neighbor's children in groups. Only when she thinks of him does she feel a little uncomfortable.
As for the Lantern Festival, it’s much more fun. On this day, basically people who work outside will come back to this small town, and even those who didn’t come back during the Spring Festival will come back. Because this day is actually not just this day.
, the whole four days before this are festivals, and it is a day for every household to worship their ancestors. Due to local concepts, people here are somewhat superstitious. Worshiping ancestors is not only to commemorate their ancestors, but also to worship ancestors.
People believe that this kind of worship activity can pray to their ancestors to bless them with promotion, wealth and good health, so they are willing to come back to donate money for construction and activities. This level of belief can almost be described as faith. Therefore, worship activities have always been
It's all a spectacle.
Theater tents were set up on the tenth day of the lunar month, and theater troupes began to come in to perform big plays in the villages on the twelfth day of the lunar calendar. Du Siqiu went to see them every year, and every year he saw the Eight Immortals crossing the sea. He was so familiar that he could recite the lines by heart. The empty space in front of the village was decorated with ten
There are several Eight Immortals tables for people with different surnames to worship in batches. In addition to these, of course there are other programs. The organizers of these activities are different every year. There are a total of ten local societies, and each community takes turns hosting them.
That is, it is a turn every ten years. There are shadow puppet shows, English singing and dancing, flower baskets, doll imitations, public movies, carrying cloth flags, fire jumping, etc. Anyway, there are too many to count.
But the thing that impressed Du Siqiu most deeply was the display of pigs and sheep. These pigs and sheep were slaughtered overnight, and several families put one into one. They were brought to the front of the village early in the morning and hung on a high wooden frame to display them compulsively.
Stuffing a big golden orange into their mouths, in the local language, symbolizes good luck and good luck. Du Siqiu didn't understand those good intentions. Anyway, she stopped among this spectacular flock of pigs and sheep and smelled their emanations.
Looking at their white and cloudy eyes, her heart trembled and she felt cruel. But she still went to see them every year, even though everything seemed so ignorant and backward. What she could not forget was herself.
That heightened curiosity as a child about the causes of cruelty.
He Youdong is a local, and he is probably used to the coldness of the Lantern Festival in this city. Du Siqiu can't help it. She has lived in this city for five or six years since she was in college and working, but she is still not used to it.
.The night before the Lantern Festival, she made an appointment with He Youdong to go out for fun, and he readily agreed. As for where to go, the two discussed it all night, and finally decided to go to Shantou Nan'ao to see the sea. This city is far away from Du Siqiu's hometown.
It's very close. It has authentic beef balls and various Chaoshan specialties. It's certainly richer than her hometown and has more fun places. So she has a good impression of this place.
Early the next morning, He Youdong came to pick her up and took her to the station. The two of them rushed all the way, driving for several hours and traveling through several cities before arriving in Nan'ao.
In the car, He Youdong said: "Du Siqiu, do you remember that the first time we met was also at the beach."
Du Siqiu thought of the time she got so drunk in Xichong, Shenzhen, that she vomited dirty things all over him, and immediately laughed sheepishly: "Of course I remember, you were taken advantage of."
"Why do you like drinking so much? How long have we known each other, and you have gotten drunk in front of me n times." He Youdong frowned in pain when he mentioned this.
"So what's your point? I'm a drunkard."
"Of course not. You can drink if you like. As long as I am present, I will never interfere with you." Speaking of this, He Youdong is quite cunning. He will not interfere unless he is present. This is obviously a roundabout way of supervising her.
Well.
However, Du Siqiu was also happy to have someone to take care of her. She was a careless person by nature and had to endure some hardships to become sensible. So she didn't care and pretended to be impatient: "Hey, it's so long-winded. What's the point? If not,
I'm going to sleep now."
"The point, haha." He Youdong's hesitant words and deeds seemed as if what he was about to say was unspeakable, or he had worries in his heart. Du Siqiu did not rush him, but just blinked at him with big black eyes.
After a while, he said slowly: "Well, it's... what you said to me when you were drunk in Shenzhen. You dragged me and talked all night."
"What did I say to you?" Du Siqiu's eyes darkened, and suddenly she had a bad premonition. Could it be that she had told him all her previous embarrassing things?!
"You pulled me to complain, talking about all the pain of your broken love, and talking inarticulately about all the sweet things about your relationship with Peng Tao. I almost fell asleep when I heard it, and then you suddenly burst out laughing.
After a long time, I laughed so much that tears came out. Finally, you whispered in my ear very seriously, you said, hey, what I said earlier about the pain of falling out of love is all a lie. Breaking up is actually a lie to me.
It's a kind of relief." He Youdong paused at this point and looked at the change in Du Siqiu's expression. She was looking at him in astonishment: "What else?"
He Youdong continued: "I'm a little puzzled. I asked you sarcastically, "What are you doing now? Why are you crying when you're drunk like this?" You said softly, "I'm in pain for myself."
Hey, buddy, you know, I am actually incapable of love. No matter how good my partner is to me or how touched I am, no one can really live in my heart for so many years. I am a very selfish person.
It’s just me. Two people together are shackles to me. But I have to bow to public opinion. No matter how much I resist, I must quickly find someone to stay by my side as society requires. Du Siqiu,
You talked to me a lot in one breath, but every word you said was loud and clear, and it was jaw-droppingly clear."
That's it, that's it. He had seen through her thoughts a long time ago, and the real thoughts that even she didn't dare to look at were actually heard by him inadvertently. She said slyly:
"He Youdong, are you scared? Maybe you are just one of those people." She said this in a joking tone, but found that she could not really relax because she felt slightly nervous.
, she did not look directly at He Youdong, and cast her eyes uncomfortably into the distance.
He also didn't look at her. He leaned back on the chair as if he was very relaxed, with his eyes slightly closed and silent.
This reaction made Du Siqiu's heart tremble. Could it be that the joke was too big? You know, how could a boring person like He Youdong make a joke?
But he suddenly burst into laughter: "Du Siqiu, if I were afraid, I wouldn't tell you to start."
Well done. How can this guy have such sky-high self-confidence?
In South Australia, people speaking the local language were everywhere. Du Siqiu felt very friendly after hearing this, and she was very interested. She dragged He Youdong around to look for food. Even the crab roe noodles she used to eat as a child were eaten by her.
Picked it out.
He Youdong watched from the side as she gnawed on dried crab roe noodles. He was dumbfounded: "Don't tell me that you traveled through several cities to come here just to eat these hard instant noodles!" The weirdest thing is that in order to satisfy the craving, he even
She doesn't care about the acne that she usually fears most.
"This is called nostalgia, hee hee. Why don't you come too?"
"Thank you, instant noodles are the same all over the world." He refused her offer without hesitation. He ate his beef balls, and she ate her instant noodles.
Du Siqiu now finally understands why people always talk about love, family, friendship and childhood in advertisements! Because in this world, the easiest way to impress others is to move people with emotion. First-class brands know how to sell emotions best.
In the same way, first-class love has always been the transmission and blending of love and affection.
After a short rest in the afternoon, He Youdong and Du Siqiu followed the tour group to ride bicycles around the coast. The bicycles were rented from local small shops. There were single, double and four-person bicycles. They chose a double bicycle.
There were many people walking together on the road, most of them were college students and office workers. There were many kinds of people among them, some were couples, some were going alone with their dogs, and some were just going with each other when there were more than one person.
The weird thing about waving to people and saying goodbye...
Du Siqiu was used to taking buses in big cities. She hadn't ridden a bicycle in a long time. Her physical strength was very poor. After a while, she asked to stop for a while. On the way, there was a place specially designed for people to take wedding photos and take outdoor scenes. The stream was crystal clear.
At the bottom, bamboo rafts slid slowly along the water, and pale pink flowers hung happily on the branches. The bride in a royal blue wedding dress held the groom's arm, and the couple smiled at the camera. Du Siqiu was suddenly attracted by this beautiful scenery.
I was touched and looked straight at it with my heart filled with joy.
"Do you like it?" He Youdong asked.
"good."
He said: "Then let's come here to shoot in the future."
"Okay." Du Siqiu looked back at him.
"Aren't ordinary girls supposed to be shy and say who said they wanted to marry you? You are so shameless." He Youdong smiled.
"Do you think I look like an ordinary girl?"
After joking for a while, the two got back on the road. Maybe it was the rest and walking along the way. The little fights along the way made people feel more relaxed and seemed particularly energetic. They rode much farther than others. The following ones
There were fewer and fewer passers-by, but the two of them rode to the top of the slope unknowingly. They were surrounded by intoxicating green and the air was fresh and pleasant.
It wasn't until the tour guide called them to urge them to go back and join the big group that they rode their bicycles downhill. However, it was this small oversight that almost cost the lives of these two young people.
Going straight downhill in such a steep place, and the pressure on the tandem bicycle itself increased, Du Siqiu and He Youdong did not notice the sudden increase in speed. Later, when they found that the brakes could no longer control the speed, they finally suddenly
I realized the seriousness of the situation at hand.
He couldn't hear clearly what Du Siqiu was saying behind him. Looking slightly sideways, he could clearly see that on their right edge was a shocking cliff.