Chapter 124 Fate (I)
"Everyone has left, why are you still looking?" Li Rusong glanced at the arm that Su Luo was holding, temporarily giving up the idea of saving it, and then looked at Su Luo's aggrieved expression with a flat mouth and continued to look around, and chuckled, "One is gentle and lovely, the other is rude and mentally ill, anyone would know how to choose."
Because of this sentence, Su Luo's depressed mood was swept away, and was replaced by unprecedented fighting spirit.
"You are the one with a problem in your brain! I am mad at Zeng Xinrou, not Zhou Chongwen. Didn't you see how reluctant he was when I asked him to leave? I was just afraid that he would misunderstand that I still had feelings for him, so I pretended to be a couple with you. Don't be so ungrateful!"
Li Rusong laughed exaggeratedly, "The Ghost Festival is still a few days away, why are you sent out to distribute benefits today?"
Su Luo was so angry that her nose almost twisted. "Can you communicate with me in a more normal way? Like a human, thank you!"
"Speaking of normal..." Li Rusong raised his lips and scratched his ears. "I actually met you twice in front of so many people. This is not normal. It seems that I have to go to the temple to pray and see if I will be unlucky this year."
"Puh, puh, puh! I'm so unlucky to meet you!" Su Luo cracked his knuckles until they made a sound, and then he realized that he had been holding Li Rusong's arm. He quickly shook it off and jumped to the side as if avoiding the plague. "I haven't asked you yet! How did you suddenly appear? Weren't you going in the opposite direction? Are you following me and want to harm me?"
Li Rusong's arm still had a soft touch. When he thought about what this arm had just been attached to, another beautiful spring scene appeared in his mind. Feeling a little uncomfortable, Li Rusong looked in the direction of the Guanyin Temple and said, "Who has time to follow you? I came here with Qin Huai."
Su Luo immediately became nervous and instantly jumped behind Li Rusong, sticking half of his head out, "Qin Huai? Where is he?"
Li Rusong glanced behind him and asked curiously, "He's coming back soon. Don't you want to see him?"
Su Luo also felt that she had overreacted, and said awkwardly: "How could it be...ah!" She seemed to remember something, "I still have to buy lanterns to attend the Magpie Bridge Festival, you and Qin Huai can go shopping slowly, and don't tell anyone that you ran into me, OK?"
After Su Luo finished speaking, she ran away evasively. Looking at the direction where she disappeared, Li Rusong muttered unhappily, "You've walked into a trap."
Su Luo's target was the Guanyin Temple. She wanted to buy magpie lanterns to participate in the Magpie Bridge Meeting. Of course, she was also very careful to observe the situation around her to avoid running into Qin Huai.
Actually, thinking about it, Li Rusong was right. She was indeed abnormal. Since she had acquiesced to Qin Huai's invitation, she should have followed the original plan and let everything go with the flow. But she wanted to back down at the last minute. Why? Is Qin Huai not good? Su Luo asked herself a hundred times, and the answer was good ninety-nine times. He was a "fellow countryman" with her and they had a common language! The only bad thing was that he had a savage sister. What was even more outrageous was that with the relationship between Qin Huai and Li Rusong, this savage sister-in-law was likely to marry Li Rusong. Wouldn't she become Li Rusong's sister-in-law, and Li Rusong would become her brother-in-law? Ouch! How disgusting!
Su Luo felt terrified when thinking about this situation. This Li Rusong must have died in his hands in his previous life, just like Pan Jinlian poisoned Wu Dalang, so he turned into a handsome man in this life to take revenge. Maybe he came to the Ming Dynasty inexplicably because of his resentment, and pulled him here to take revenge! How insidious!
Su Luo's greatest advantage as a person is her simplicity. It's not her thoughts that are simple, but her mind that is simple. Once she thinks of one thing, she can't think of the second thing. Now her mind is full of hatred with Li Rusong in past and present lives, and she has forgotten why she is moving forward like a thief. She didn't come to her senses until she stood in front of the stall selling magpie lanterns in the temple. There are two stalls selling lanterns, one on the left and one on the right, both selling magpie-shaped lanterns of the same shape, but one side has very good business, and the other side... is also very good, but not as good as the opposite side... It's almost like a fight.
Su Luo looked for a long time and found that the side that was crowded with women was full of them. He understood immediately. The magpie lanterns are divided into male and female magpie lanterns, and men and women are sold separately. When they arrive at the venue, they will announce the method of finding their other half. The whole trick is on this lantern. It can be seen that there are really many leftover women who want to get married in Nanjing. There are so many that the magpie lanterns are out of stock. This way of making money is really good. Su Luo is thinking about holding such an event tomorrow. But it’s not right. Even if you want to get married, you don’t have to buy ten or twenty lanterns. You are holding a string of lanterns in your hand. Even if you meet someone, it is intentional. How can it be a predestined marriage?
"Boss, give me one." Seeing the leftover women disperse, Su Luo hurriedly approached the owner of the lantern stall and looked at the lantern stall that seemed to have been robbed... "No more?" Su Luo walked around the stall twice to find the fish that had escaped the net, "These women are crazy, do they need to buy ten or eight lanterns?"
The owner of the lamp stall spread his hands and said, "Mr. Qin just bought two lamps across the street. Originally, a girl said she wanted to buy all the remaining lamps, but then she angered everyone, so she only bought ten. The other girls followed suit, so... they were gone."
"Mr. Qin?"
"The owner of Qin Ji."
Su Luo was surprised, "He's also going to attend the Magpie Bridge Meeting?"
The owner of the lantern stall had already started packing up his stall. He nodded and said, "Who wouldn't want a marriage destined by heaven?"
"A marriage destined by heaven?" Su Luo began to lose focus. She came to the Magpie Bridge Meeting without telling Qin Huai, so he also attended, which meant that they were destined to be together. After all, two modern people met in the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this a fate in itself? It seems that she should really follow the will of heaven. Just as she thought just now, what's wrong with Qin Huai? A 99-point man, if his mother had given birth to one less child, he would be a 100-point man. Where can you find a man with such good conditions?
"Girl? Girl?"
Su Luo came to her senses and saw the lamp stall owner handing a crumpled object to her.
"I found another one. Do you want one?"
Su Luo took a closer look and asked, "Is this a magpie lantern?"
"Maybe there were too many people just now, and he got crushed on the ground."
"Could this be the legendary Bian Que?" Su Luo picked up the lamp with disdain. "Other magpies spread their wings and fly high, but mine looks like it was struck by lightning. How can it find its true love?" She looked at it again and again, but was reluctant to let it go. "Is this the last one?"
"Yes, there are the same number of male and female magpie lanterns, there are no more." The boss took the magpie lantern back from Su Luo's hand, fiddled with it left and right, straightened the drooping magpie's back, and adjusted its wings. Although it still looked malnourished, at least it could be seen as a bird.
Su Luo took it with a flat mouth, "Let's make do with it, it's better than nothing."
The boss chuckled and said, "I'll light it for the girl."
"Wait a minute." Su Luo pointed at the two words on the magpie's belly, "Qingsong? What? Wudang ordained magpie? It's a wonder you can find your marriage partner with this name! I'll buy it only if you cover the words."
The boss smiled and lit the lamp for Su Luo. Under the candlelight, the two words stood out more. The boss called Su Luo over mysteriously, "Since you have a connection with this lamp and it's the last one, I might as well tell you first that the male and female magpie lanterns correspond to each other. The male magpie lantern has the same words as the female one. When we get to the venue, we'll pair them up based on the same words."
So that's how it is. Su Luo looked at the two characters with dissatisfaction. She hated the word "松" (pine) when she saw it, but she still paid obediently. Before leaving, she went to the male magpie lantern to ask if the "青松鹊" (green pine magpie) had been sold. The magpie lanterns there were all sold out, and there was no "青松鹊" left, which meant it had been sold. Su Luo was secretly happy, but she had to be on guard. If the person holding the male green pine magpie was a frog, she had to destroy the lantern immediately.
As for Li Rusong, not long after Su Luo left, Qin Huai appeared with two lanterns. Li Rusong glanced behind him and was surprised that he was alone. The temple was so big, and he didn't run into anyone?
Qin Huai handed Li Rusong something and said with a smile, "It's a talisman. Take it."
Li Rusong took it and asked, "What?"
"I pray for you, and may you be safe forever."
Li Rusong fiddled with the triangular yellow talisman in his hand for a long time. "You've been doing this for a long time? And you're still begging me? If I don't know, I'd think you're interested in me."
Qin Huai patted his shoulder and said, "We are brothers, don't be too moved."
Li Rusong looked away uncomfortably and put the talisman into his arms. "When you have time, ask a woman to come back. Don't do such boring things."
Qin Huai smiled and handed the magpie lantern in his hand to Li Rusong, "Take it, there will be a woman soon."
Li Rusong didn't reach out his hand. "You want me to carry it down the street?"
"This is the ticket to the Magpie Bridge Club. Don't you want to see some beautiful women? Maybe you'll find a match made in heaven."
"Psycho..." Li Rusong only had time to say three words of objection before Qin Huai stuffed the lamp into his hand. Because the lamp had not been lit yet, Li Rusong turned the magpie lantern over and over to get a clear look. He pouted as he looked at it, "What the hell... What is this? Sea breeze?"
Qin Huai leaned over to take a look, then looked down at his magpie lantern, and smiled as he handed his lantern over to exchange with the one in Li Rusong's hand. "It has the word 'song' on it, which suits you, but the sea breeze suits me better."
