It was a dark and windy night with a crescent moon hanging in the sky, and the whole villa was plunged into silence.

Only Shen Xingzhou's room was brightly lit at this time, and it looked particularly dazzling against the dark night sky.

The man who was smoking by the window looked up at the crescent moon in the sky with his deep eyes.

The banker's wealth was staggering, but it disappeared out of thin air, which was an outcome that no one could accept, so all those who were interested kept their eyes on it.

At this time, Mu Lianshen took out the land deed and handed it to him.

As long as he took out these deeds, he would put himself in danger, but he didn't think Mu Lianshen wanted him to die.

He would rather believe that this was a test.

The fact that he risked his life to protect the girl actually made Mu Lianshen have a little recognition of him?

After passing the test, would he no longer object to me appearing around Fu Xiao?

As he thought more and more, he let out a very light laugh, like a slow sigh of air: "Hey, Chen Xingzhou, you are thinking of something beautiful again,"

He lay on the bed and slowly closed his eyes, his mind was empty and his whole body was surrounded by the smell of tobacco.

Raise your hand, hold the beads in your hand, place it at the position of your heart, and slowly fall asleep.

...

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month!

Lantern Festival!

After breakfast, the sound of chopping stuffing began to come from the Mu family’s kitchen.

Yi Ning was chopping the meat while Fu Xiao was sitting outside picking leeks. Today they were going to make dumplings with two kinds of fillings.

Although we should eat Yuanxiao (Chinese rice dumplings) on the Lantern Festival, as a northerner, the most popular dish I eat is dumplings.

After the meat filling is chopped, Fu Xiao is responsible for preparing the filling, and Yi Ning starts cutting leeks. After the two fillings are prepared, the next step is to knead the dough and roll out the dough.

It is not a good time to add salt to the chive filling. Adding it too early will cause soup to form. When everything is ready, move outside to the yard under the sun and start making dumplings.

Old Master Mu accidentally broke one and glanced at Fu Xiao guiltily. Seeing that she wasn't paying attention, he took another dumpling wrapper and wrapped the broken one in it.

After wrapping it, he let out a long sigh and put the plump dumpling among the many dumplings.

Fu Xiao watched his little action with a smile in his eyes and said, "Grandpa, please make me a lantern so I can play with it at night."

Mr. Mu nodded repeatedly. "No problem. I have asked someone to bring back the bamboo. I will make dumplings for you after I finish making them."

"We have red paper at home. After we make it, we can paste it with red paper. It will look very beautiful when we pick it up."

"Uh-huh,"

After all, there were only four people in the Mu family including Yi Ning, so there was no need to make too many dumplings. After all, they were only going to have one meal in the evening. In the end, they made about two hundred dumplings. After putting the dumplings in the kitchen, Grandpa Mu began to prepare and make lanterns with bamboo strips.

Fu Xiao sat on a small stool, holding his chin with both hands, watching him bend and fix the bamboo strips. After making the outline, he used the prepared paste to paste the red paper on it, leaving a small round hole at the bottom for placing the candle.

It is strung together with a rope. It looks a bit rough now, but it should be quite interesting to put a small red candle on it at night.

"Good boy, how's it going?"

Seeing the expectation in Grandpa Mu's eyes, Fu Xiao smiled and gave him a thumbs up, "Grandpa is really skillful."

Old Master Mu laughed happily. Mu Lianshen raised his eyebrows and said, "Dad, make another one."

"No problem, you get me some bamboo sticks,"

Mu Lianshen stood up, picked up the tools and started to clean up the remaining bamboo.

At this moment, a cold and gentle voice came from the door, "Uncle Mu, what are you doing?"

Mu Lianshen looked up and saw Zhai Yumo standing at the door. His eyes moved to the two lanterns in his hands, "Where did you get such big lanterns?"

Zhai Yumo chuckled and shook the thing in his hand, "A friend gave it to me."

"It should look nice if I hang it in the yard at night,"

He walked into the yard, came to the tree in the yard, and asked, "How about hanging on the tree?"

Mr. Mu came over, took the lantern and studied it for a while. "It looks like this was made by an experienced craftsman."

He looked around in the yard, unable to make up his mind for a moment, and set his eyes on Fu Xiao, "My dear, where do you say, hang it?"

Fu Xiao took a look and saw that there was a groove in the middle of the lantern, which was used to hold candles. It should be made of copper or iron so that the lantern would not be damaged when the candle burned out.

"Then hang it on the tree,"

When Fu Xiao was about to take off his clothes and climb the tree, Mu Lianshen came over, smiled and stretched out his hand, "Give it to me."

He climbed up the tree holding the lantern, and Fu Xiao directed him from below: "Dad, hang it on the branch above. Yes, that one. It's crooked. You have to hang it properly. If it's a little crooked, it won't work."

Mu Lianshen shouted: "Get me a rope."

"Xiao Ning, take the thick one from the warehouse and cut it in two with scissors."

After Yi Ning took it, Fu Xiao climbed up the tree swiftly, handed the rope to Mu Lianshen, and did not rush to come down. He helped him hang up the two lanterns.

He took the red candle handed to him by Mr. Mu and placed it carefully.

Zhai Yumo came to her side and said, "There is a lantern display on the street tonight. Do you want to go and see it?"

Fu Xiao was puzzled: "Isn't this against the rules..."

He chuckled and lowered his voice, "The street over there in the black market is an open secret. It's okay. Many people go there."

Mr. Mu interrupted, "Go, dear, follow Xiao Ning when it gets dark."

She nodded, "Okay, let's go after dark."

In a blink of an eye, the sun sets.

The Mu family prepared dinner early and served out bowls of dumplings. After dinner, they took out small red candles and lit one at the door of the Mu family and in various places in the house.

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