Chapter 137： Put out river lanterns

Yingbao went to call his younger brother to go home for dinner, and saw his two younger brothers and Wei Zhan digging the ground in the orchard.

Jiang Wu saw his sister and excitedly pointed to the dug tunnel: "Look, we and Wei Zhan dug this."

Yingbao's eyelids jumped and she pulled her two brothers back: "Why do you ask him to dig the ground?"

Jiang Jie defended: "He wanted to do it himself."

Jiang Wu: "He wanted to eat vegetables, so he went to dig in the ground."

Yingbao:…

Go home, wash your brother's hands and face, and let them go to have breakfast.

Jiang Sanlang said while drinking porridge: "Let's send the child back to Patriarch Chen. After all, he is a guest of Chen Laoshuan's family."

 Chen Laoshuan is also a member of the Chen clan after all, and he is related to the leader of the Chen clan.

"It doesn't matter if you send it over there, it's not a problem here." She and Chen Laoshuan were enemies, and Chun Niang didn't dare to interfere too much with his relatives and friends.

But thinking of the child's plight, she finally couldn't bear it, so Chun Niang took an egg and two moon cakes to send.

When Wei Zhan received the things from Chun Niang, his nose became sore and he burst into tears. He sobbed and thanked her, then peeled off the eggshells and ate the eggs.

He wandered outside for several days. Although he was excited and excited, he was also very tired.

There were several times when he regretted it and wanted to run to the inn for help, but he resisted.

Begging and sleeping in the open all the way, I finally returned here.

Thinking about it now, all the hard work was worth it. He finally accomplished a life feat alone.

When Chun Niang saw the child crying, she felt even more unbearable. She touched his head and said, "I'll take you to Patriarch Chen's house later. After the festival, they will find a way to contact your elders."

Wei Zhan was confused when he heard this and shook his head quickly: "No! I'm not going anywhere! I'll live here."

Seeing that Chun Niang was silent, Wei Zhan blinked his eyes and began to wipe his tears again. "Auntie, please don't send me away, okay? I know how to work and dig."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hands to show Chun Niang, "Look, I dug so hard this morning that my palms blistered, but I'm not afraid at all."

Chunniang whispered, holding his small hands, "How did it happen like this?"

She also has a child, and when she saw the child’s miserable condition, she naturally thought of her own children and couldn’t help but feel heartbroken.

“I’ll go back and get the medicine for you.”

After Chun Niang finished speaking, she hurried home, took the medicine powder, and then turned back to give Wei Zhan the medicine.

She didn't see Wei Zhan's sly smile flash across his face.

After giving Wei Zhan medicine, Chun Niang returned home and said to her husband: "That child is so pitiful. Let's take him in for a while. Alas, when I saw him like that, I thought of Bao'er being kidnapped." Scenario.”

Jiang Sanlang frowned and finally nodded: "Okay, I will send him to the village after the festival anyway."

In the evening, the whole family celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival together, and Chun Niang simply called Wei Zhan over for dinner.

By now, Wei Zhan had washed himself and put on Yuanbao's old clothes. Even the broken deerskin boots on his feet had been replaced by Yuanbao's cloth shoes.

Before eating, Jiang Cheng lit the lanterns one by one and hung them on the bamboo tower outside the yard, a total of eighteen lanterns.

Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang carried out the incense case and placed it on the south side of the bamboo tower.

Place a plate of moon cakes, a bowl of dates, a plate of pears, a plate of persimmons, and a handful of tied rice ears on the incense table. Then put incense in the incense burner and let the children at home come over one by one to worship the moon.

There is a special emphasis on worshiping the moon here. Only unmarried men and women can worship the moon. It is meant to let Yue Lao hold a red thread and find a good wife (good husband) in the future.

When the full moon rises, starting from Jiang Cheng, the children of the Jiang family come forward one by one, twist incense and kneel down.

 Wei Zhan saw that they were all bowing down, so he followed suit and knelt down in a decent manner.

After worshiping the moon, the whole family goes back to the yard to have a reunion dinner. There are two tables in the yard of Jiang Dalang's house, one for adults and one for children.

Tonight Yan Ru is in charge of cooking chicken, duck and fish in different ways, filling two large tables.

After dinner, Yanru took the children to put out river lanterns.

Of course, there is no river on the south slope, so they can only go to the pond to have fun.

Several children each carried a lantern and came to the pond, lit the prepared river lanterns, put them into the water one by one, and then gently pushed the river lanterns away with bamboo poles.

Wei Zhan also took a river lantern, followed the example of little girls, put his hands together and made a wish, lit the river lantern with a fire stick, and put it into the water.

The red river lamp reflected his face and made his eyes shine brightly.

After setting off the river lanterns, a group of children carried the lanterns home.

Wei Zhan was allowed to live with Yuan Bao, so he went back to Jiang's house with him.

Yuan Bao was very curious about this boy and asked him how he returned to Chuanhe Town.

Thereupon, Wei Zhan told Yuan Bao about his glorious deeds with great joy, leaving Yuan Bao dumbfounded.

"You actually walked more than a hundred miles alone? And walked for more than ten days?" Yuan Bao couldn't believe it. "Where do you sleep at night?"

Wei Zhan said with a proud smile: "I sleep on a tree or in a haystack at night. When I meet a kind-hearted person, they will let me sleep in their kitchen."

Yuan Bao clicked his tongue, full of admiration: "You are really amazing."

“Hehe.” Wei Zhan pretended to be mysterious and said, “Do you know what I ate along the way?”

“What?” Yuan Bao asked, stretching his neck.

Wei Zhan pulled out a small dagger from his leg and said, "I dug vegetables from other people's fields and ate raw rice. Once I even caught a fish and ate it raw."

In fact, he also killed a man while escaping. The man tried to rob him of the jade pendant, but he killed him with one blow.

Yuan Bao felt disgusted when he heard it, "Stop talking about it, raw fish is so fishy, ​​you can still eat it."

“If you are hungry, you will naturally eat.” Wei Zhan wiped the dagger and inserted it back into his leg.

This adventure will last him a lifetime.

snort! When you get home, you must take care of the **** team.

Originally he was with his eldest brother, but a guard deliberately blocked his horse to separate him from his eldest brother.

As a result, the bandits caught up with him, and he had to turn around and run toward safety.

Wei Zhan didn't know if it was the guard who did it unintentionally or if someone wanted to harm him, but no matter what, this time it made him wary.

Mother is right, she is a thorn in the side of some people, and if she is not careful, she will be eaten up and wiped clean.

My father had many concubines, including a noble concubine and a good concubine. Both of their sons were older than him.

The mother also said that they wished she would die, so she asked him to be extra careful and not to trust anyone, including his eldest brother Wei Wenbai.

The moon's shadow slanted westward, and the lanterns on the bamboo tower were extinguished one by one. The southern **** was silent again.

Not long after, the rooster crows, waking up the dawn, and a new day begins again.

After the festival, Yingbao and Erni went to school.

Yuan Bao, Hu Zi, Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu also came along.

Wei Zhan also insisted on following him to school and then back after school, as if he was a member of the Jiang family.

Chief Chen already knew about this from Jiang Sanlang, so he wrote a letter and sent it to the delivery shop. He gave it to a postman and quickly sent it to the Wei family in Fucheng.