At the main entrance, the table was placed in the order of a large table, a small table, two stools, and a small stool.
Seeing that the Zhou family had arrived, Xie Lin went to Old Lady Liu and said a few polite words, then gave Zhou Xiang a thumbs up, "Our Xiang Xiang is really awesome. As soon as you came back, the door of our food station was brightened up."
That's right! There were many more torches stuck on the wall at the gate. When several families in the family compound heard that the Zhou family was setting up a stage, they immediately contributed a lot of torches. At this time, the gate was as bright as day!
Feng Yun was married with children. He was holding his one-year-old child and watching with his wife at the gate. When he saw Zhou Xiang, whom he had beaten so hard that he had to admit defeat in the past, he was still a little afraid.
In the past, he was afraid of her violence, but now he is afraid of her knowledge. He only graduated from junior high school, but she graduated from graduate school and is said to have a doctorate degree. She makes him feel so far away from him.
Huang Jian stood on the other side of the gate holding his pregnant wife's hand, looking at the Zhou family, feeling a little dazed. Not to mention the changes in Zhou Xiang, even Zhou Niao, who had been bullied by him and Feng Yun, was very different now. From her clothes to her temperament, the distance between them had widened, and they were even worse than Zhou Niao.
Zhou Xiang ignored the envious and jealous looks and arranged the best viewing position for Old Lady Liu. Then he saw Ling Ran coming with his parents.
Zhou Xiang walked forward to say hello. Dong Yunrong responded lovingly and told her not to worry about them, as they could take care of themselves.
Zhou's father and Ling Quan were smoking and chatting on the side, while Zhou's mother pulled Dong Yunrong to sit on a stool.
Dong Yunrong waved her hand, "No need, it's clearer if you stand."
Zhou's mother didn't force it, and she would feel cold if she didn't sit still! Thinking of this, he looked at his mother's legs covered with a quilt and felt relieved.
Ling Ran naturally stood next to Zhou Xiang. Zhou Xiang put a rope through one corner of the red envelope and tied it to a bamboo pole, like a fishing rod, and the red envelope was like bait.
The six bamboo poles were taken by Jiang Weihua, A-Lian, Jian Jiankang, and Big Brother respectively. Zhou Xiang gave the last one to Ling Ran, "Here you go! Those people can't hold on for even a minute."
"Okay! I'll be the last one to go."
The sound of Jimi drums came, and the blood began to beat. Those who were chatting stopped talking, those who were smoking stopped smoking, and they all looked towards the north.
Jiankangkang and Kangkang carried a stool, placed it not far from the platform, and stood on it. Zhu Hang and Zhou Hua quickly followed suit. The two children didn't know how to operate it, so they shouldn't use red envelopes to catch lions so early.
When Jiang Weihua saw this, he also moved a stool and put it on the other side of the platform, and called A Lian to come over and stand on the stool with him.
Zhou Xiang laughed. This lantern festival should be the most unforgettable thing in Senior Jiang’s life, right?
Ling Ran quietly held her hand. Zhou wanted to avoid shaking him off as any big movement would attract attention.
Old Mrs. Liu sat firmly on the Diaoyutai. She had the best position. There was a platform on the side, and the people standing on the stools on both sides did not block her. Except for Aunt Wang who took the opportunity to stand forward, no one else in the staff compound dared to move forward.
Aunt Wang originally planned to talk to Zhou Xiang, but when she saw Ling Ran's insistent attitude, she didn't go any closer.
The dragon dancers were slowly coming, as were some rowing boats, some riding donkeys, and some carrying loads on their shoulders. They were all moving forward, two steps forward and one step back, to the beat of the drums.
The boss who followed them saw two packs of cigarettes and six dangling fishing rods with red envelopes hanging on them on the table of the food station, and he couldn't stop smiling.
As soon as he signaled, those who were rowing the boat and carrying loads began to sing a tune.
Zhou Xiang saw that the boss was smart enough, so he took out a few small red envelopes and gave them to his eldest brother.
Zhou Niao took it and distributed it to the jugglers closest to him, who nodded and thanked him.
The team moved forward slowly, and the lion dancers finally arrived.
After performing various movements such as dancing, rolling, jumping and flying.
The lion's head began to climb and landed on the bottom square table, and the lion's tail followed suit.
The lion head jumped, stepped on the shoulder of the man at the lion tail, opened his mouth wide and bit the cigarette.
Amidst cheers, the lion jumped off the stage, handed the cigarette to the owner, and continued to bite the second cigarette.
After biting off the second cigarette and handing it to the boss, he started biting the red envelope.
The healthy one was bitten off first, and it probably took less than a minute for both kids together.
Jiang Weihua and A Lian were also slow to react, and were bitten by the two lion dancers.
Zhou Niao persisted for a while, but Ling Ran persisted for longer. Zhou wanted to signal him that it was enough, as the lion dancer was too tired.
He pretended to be slow to react and let the red envelope be taken away by the lion.
The lion continued to go south.
Zhou wanted to call the elderly and children away, and if the young people wanted to follow, they could continue to follow. But she didn't want to go because it was crowded and very tiring.
Jiang Weihua and A Lian jumped off the stools and excitedly wanted to follow and continue watching.
But Jiang Weihua looked at the crowded crowd, which was even more crowded than when he was shopping that day, with almost no space between people. So he gave up and followed them home.
He was still talking about the excitement just now, and only A Lian and Jian Jiankang were willing to respond to him.
For the rest, it wasn't the first time they saw it.
After sending everyone home, Ling Ran held up a torch and asked Zhou Xiang to see him off.
Zhou didn't believe it. She thought that after she sent him away, he would definitely be sent back. But her mother urged her to go and send him off.
As soon as they walked out of the courtyard, he held her hand. After walking for a while, Ling Ran finally spoke, "Think about it, I'll leave tomorrow morning."
Zhou Xiang paused for a moment, then continued to follow his steps. "Then I'll take you there tomorrow! I'm going to buy a train ticket."
Ling Ran let go of her hand and took out a handful of train tickets from his pocket. "I've already bought them all for a sleeper berth for tomorrow night."
Zhou Xiang took it and counted it to 16 cards, including Zuo Heng and the others!
After putting it in her pocket, she threw herself into his arms and hugged his waist. "Are you afraid that I will send you off, so you blocked this excuse for me?"
Ling Ran put his arm around the person in his arms, "Yes! I'm afraid of seeing others off, and I'm also afraid of others seeing me off. I'm even more afraid of you seeing me off. I won't want to get on the train. So tomorrow, I'll leave directly from home and won't come to say goodbye to you."
Zhou Xiang hid his face in his arms, "Okay! I wish you a safe journey first."
Ling Ran heard her muffled voice and wanted to pull out of her body, but she held him tightly and would not let go.
"Think about it and look up."
Zhou Xiang shook his head in his arms, "No."
Ling Ran did not force her. The silly girl must be sad, and he felt sad and reluctant to leave her. However, he was more looking forward to going back earlier, completing the formalities earlier, and coming back to accompany him earlier.
The two hugged each other quietly until they heard footsteps, and then Zhou Xiang stood up straight.
The street lanterns have been dispersed and some people have returned to the family compound.
Ling Ran pulled her and turned around, "Let me take you home!"
Zhou Xiang chuckled, "Well, are you going to ask me to take you there later?"
Ling Ran rubbed her head and said, "No, otherwise it will be endless. Wait for me to come back."
Zhou Xiang blinked away the soreness in his eyes and said, "Okay!"
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