Time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, New Year's Eve arrived.
Today, the palace maid were already dressed in festive attire and were busy in the palace. There were many things to do, but all of them had smiles on their faces.
Duan Yunfei stood at the foot of the veranda and saw that the snow in the courtyard had already started to slowly dissipate and the sun was lazily shining upon it.
She held a transparent ball in her hand, and for some reason, she suddenly thought of the day when she went out of the palace to play with Mu Chuyang.
That day when he was at the moat with Mu Chuyang, Mu Chuyang bought all of the flower lamps and pulled Duan Yunfei over to the moat.
"What are you doing buying so many lanterns?" Seeing Mu Chuyang's expression, Duan Yunfei could not help but feel melancholy, and turned his head to look at him with a helpless expression.
However, Mu Chuyang looked extremely excited. He took out a brush and lied down on the ground, then quickly wrote a few words on the lantern before passing it over to Duan Yunfei and said to her sincerely: "The new year is about to come. I have bought so many lanterns for you, write down all of your wishes on this. "It can be considered as a good wager."
Without waiting for Duan Yunfei to react, Mu Chuyang placed the lantern in his hand in front of Duan Yunfei, and then smiled at her foolishly. He motioned for her to put the lantern in the river.
Seeing Mu Chuyang's face full of anticipation, Duan Yunfei couldn't help but want to laugh. She shook his head, and took the lantern from Mu Chuyang's hand, only to see bold and forceful words written on it: Year after year, today, year after year.
For some reason, Duan Yunfei's eyes couldn't help but turn moist.
The fireworks in the distance suddenly started to bloom in the air, and the cannon tore apart the sky, creating a flower in the air.
Duan Yunfei stood at the side of the moat, carefully inspecting the lantern in her hand. Mu Chuyang was a little anxious as he stood at the side, constantly urging Duan Yunfei: "Little Thirteen, the fireworks have already been lit, hurry up!"
Hearing Mu Chuyang's words, Duan Yunfei finally reacted. She carefully walked along the river bank. She followed the example of the other girls and pushed the lantern into the river. Watching it walk further and further away, her heart began to feel empty.
"Elder sister, can you sell me a lantern?" She was sitting by the river when she suddenly felt someone tug at her sleeve.
She turned around and saw a soft pellet standing behind her. She said to herself in a childish voice, "Big sister, can you sell me a flower lantern?"
Seeing that Duan Yunfei had so many lanterns by her side, she probably treated her like a little sister selling lanterns.
Duan Yunfei's heart couldn't help but soften as she reached out her hand to touch pellet's forehead and nodded at her with a smile.
After hesitating for a while, he said to Duan Yunfei: "But big sister, I only have one copper coin, no one is willing to sell me lanterns, are you really willing to sell to me?"
Hearing pellet say that, Duan Yunfei became interested. She squatted down and looked at pellet in the eyes, then asked with a gentle expression: "pellet, can you tell Big Sister that you're so young, why don't you buy a sugar-coated lamp instead?"
pellet looked at the lanterns that were continuously floating away in the moat, shook his head, and spoke to Duan Yunfei word by word: "My mother is sick, and even if father spends all his money, he still won't be able to cure my mother. The doctor said that perhaps only with the protection of the river god would my mother be able to recover. So, I also want to buy a flower lantern and tell river god about this matter. I want him to bless my mother and make her better. "
Duan Yunfei listened attentively to what the pellet was saying until the end, and her heart involuntarily twitched a little. She looked at Wisp, who knew nothing about the world, and didn't know what to say.
On the contrary, Mu Chuyang who was standing at the side also squatted down after hearing what he said. He took out a flower lantern and passed it to pellet, then smiled to her and said: "pellet, you are a good child, so older brothers and sisters all like you, so this flower lantern will be your present."
Duan Yunfei also quickly nodded, she pushed the flower lantern in Mu Chuyang's hand towards pellet and said: "Yes, I'll give this flower lamp to you."
Who knew that the child actually shook his head and took a step back. "My mother told me that I can't accept someone else's things for no reason. Otherwise, my mother would ignore me."
"But what should we do?" Duan Yunfei and Mu Chuyang looked at each other, not knowing what they should do to help this pellet in front of them.
As the two of them were worrying, pellet suddenly took out a marble from his sleeve with great difficulty. This marble was completely transparent. Standing on the riverbank, it could still reflect the sparkling ripples in the moat.
With great difficulty, pellet lifted the ball in his hand and forcefully handed it over to Duan Yunfei, then probed her: "Elder sister, this is a gift from my father. Can I use this to exchange for a flower lantern with you?"
Duan Yunfei carefully received the ball in pellet's hand and held it tightly in her palm. Then, she passed the lantern in front of pellet and nodded at her with all her might. " pellet, this flower lamp is for you, your mother's illness will definitely recover. "
He kept speaking to Duan Yunfei, "Big sister, thank you. With this lantern, I can tell you about mother's illness. As long as you bless me, my mother will soon recover."
Duan Yunfei looked at the innocent pellet in front of him, and could not say a single word. She only carried her in her arms and continuously nodded at her. pellet, don't worry. Now that you have the flower lantern, river god will definitely know what you really want to do.
Mu Chuyang laid at the side, writing pellet's wish onto the lanterns. Then, he brought the lanterns to the river bank and gently pushed them into the river.
Strangely, the lanterns seemed to have been attracted, as they quickly followed the river towards the distance. He walked much faster than all the lanterns around him. His life was in danger, and most likely, the river god did not want to continue worrying him.
"pellet, now that I know of your wish, I will definitely help you realize it." Duan Yunfei turned his head to look at pellet, and smiled at her.
After pellet left, Duan Yunfei gave Mu Chuyang a meaningful glance. Mu Chuyang had long since understood what he meant and nodded at Duan Yunfei. He told her not to worry.