045, Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns

"Okay, everyone has learned, do you want to express your gratitude to the people who taught you to learn?" Geng Hao asked again.

Zhang Dafei shouted very understandingly: "Applause!" Everyone applauded again. This applause couldn't stop, Geng Hao stopped when he spoke, and wrote down a group of English words on the blackboard, "To express gratitude, you also have to say thank you, thank you in English, thank you!"

"Three grams of oil!" is another extremely non-standard pronunciation. Geng Hao patiently taught a few times, seeing that they had almost learned, and they all said "Thank you" to Mo Bei one after another, and he wrote down a set of words on the blackboard and taught Mo Bei alone, "Others are expressing their gratitude, you have to reply with a polite, unkind English You are welcome." With everyone's gracious gratitude, Mo Bei reluctantly learned this sentence.

Geng Hao organized: "Come, everyone thanks Mo Bei together." ”

Class: "Thank you!"

Mo Bei grinned: "You are welcome."

Geng Hao cleaned up the desktop and said, "OK, Class is over, class is over!"

The class stands: "goodbye, Mr. Geng!"

Geng Hao gave Mo Bei a chance to shine, and the grievances between Mo Bei and Geng Hao immediately disappeared without a trace. After school, Mo Bei also told Geng Hao with a mysterious and proud face that she could not only sing alphabet songs, but also sing "Me and You", and it was a whole song. Geng Hao expressed his belief and said that he hoped to listen to Mobei sing. Mo Bei said that she would sing to Geng Hao, and then sang to Geng Hao in the office, and every note was in tune.

"I and you, heart to heart, live in the global village together, for the dream, thousands of miles, meet in Beijing......"

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September 14th is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, which happens to be Sunday. Zhang Nan and the others called Geng Hao a week in advance, saying that they would ask him to gather in the city and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together. Geng Hao didn't have a place to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the village, so he agreed. Later, when Zhong Xiu invited him to his home for the Mid-Autumn Festival, even if he was a step late, Zhong Xiu was helpless, saying that Geng Hao's itinerary was too busy, and he would make an appointment half a month in advance when he invited him next time.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Huang Lin was resting at home, but he still sent Geng Hao to the city, and by the way he bought some things to take back, Huang Lin insisted on going to the city to pick up Geng Hao at night. Geng Hao said that he could find his own car and go back in the afternoon. Huang Lin said that Jiang Weiguo did not run a car today and could not find a car, and said that he was busy in the afternoon and could only come out to pick him up at night.

Huang Lin really drove to the city to pick up Geng Hao after dinner in the evening. Geng Hao got off the car at the village committee, and was stunned when he got out of the car, three or four red paper lanterns were hung on the trees on both sides of the slope road in front of the village committee, dangling in the wind, the shapes were different, and the rough appearance looked handmade.

Could it be that this is the Mid-Autumn Festival custom in Mo Village? Geng Hao looked left and right, hung a lantern on this piece, walked up the ramp in confusion, and took two steps to admire a lantern. Only then did he find out that the names were written on the lanterns, and they were all familiar to him, and they were students from Mocun Primary School. Geng Hao secretly said that they had a pair of skillful hands, and they walked up happily physically and mentally.

When he walked to the door of the village committee, he found that the door of his house was also illuminated by two lanterns, and the bamboo poles of the lanterns were inserted in his door and window. Geng Hao flipped through it casually, and sure enough, he found the name on the lantern, the one who wrote it was Mo Yuancheng, and the one who drew it was Mo Nan.

Geng Hao looked carefully at the content on the lantern again, Mo Yuancheng wrote "Teacher Geng is Lei Feng", seeing the word "Lei Feng", Geng Hao's heart had an indescribable taste, a little sour, and a little sweet, Mo Yuancheng pressed this name on him, which made him feel very heavy, so heavy that he didn't dare to accept it.

Looking at Mo Nan's painting again, it is a stick figure, vaguely familiar, and then distinguish, is it Geng Hao? Geng。 Geng Hao didn't know where Mo Nan knew this English writing, and the writing was crooked and difficult to recognize. Although the drawing is very simple, and the English writing is the same as that of a caterpillar, you can see Mo Nan's intentions.

Geng Hao suddenly turned his head and looked at both sides of the ramp. The paper lantern is shaky, and it seems that it will fall to the ground at any moment, and it will not be destroyed. The dim and reddish candlelight was also extinguished in the wind, and there was a risk of being blown out at any time, but it was still burning, and the glow emitted was unusually warm. Geng Hao looked at it for a long time, and felt a little sour, and with a casual blink, his eyes quickly secreted tears to fill his sockets, trying to relieve the sourness of his eyes. I silently read in my heart: Where there is a lamp, it is home.

Zhong Ling knew that Geng Hao was back, and blamed Huang Lin for not taking people directly to his home, so he asked Zhong Xiu to send some moon cakes and braised vegetables to the village committee.

"I'm really sorry, bothering Brother-in-law Huang Lin to pick him up, and I want you to bring food. Geng Hao carefully took the food and put it on the table to prepare to eat later.

Seeing this, Zhong Xiu urged: "The moon cakes and braised vegetables are all made by my eldest sister herself, you can taste them." The eldest sister said let me see you eat it. You're alone, and you don't take too many mooncakes, just one for one flavor. ”

Geng Hao opened the lid on the bamboo basket and took out the plate of moon cakes, there were three on it, very large, but the shape was very beautiful, and the appearance was similar to that in the box, it was hard to imagine that this was made by Zhong Ling himself.

"The eldest sister's craftsmanship is really amazing. I've eaten my grandmother's handmade mooncakes before, but they don't look as good. ”

"The eldest sister likes to make these bells and whistles. There is red bean filling, sesame filling, and peanut filling. Zhong Xiu introduced the same as the name of the dish, "Every year, my eldest sister will make a bunch of moon cakes, and send them to every household." They like to eat the mooncakes made by my eldest sister, you can try them too. ”

Geng Hao didn't like to eat moon cakes originally, and he ate some of them every time, but he had already eaten one or two small moon cakes when he was in the city today, and he didn't want to eat them now. But in Zhong Xiu's gaze, he still took a piece and tasted it. It's really amazing. This mooncake is much better than the mooncake sold! It is fragrant and soft, sweet and not greasy.

"Delicious!"

Zhong Xiu smiled with satisfaction: "That's it, I'll be able to make an errand when I go back." And the braised legs in that bowl or something, they are also braised by my eldest sister herself, you can taste it, the taste is absolutely good. ”

Geng Hao nodded and said that he would eat it later, lest he eat Zhong Xiu and look at it, and he would not look the same.

"Then I'll go first, you eat slowly. Zhong Xiu smiled and was about to leave.

Geng Hao saw that it was already dark outside, so he hurriedly put the moon cakes on the plate, grabbed the key and flashlight and said, "I'll send you back." Every time it was late, Geng Hao insisted on sending Zhong Xiu, and Zhong Xiu didn't bother to refuse when he faced this situation again, and waited directly at the door for him to lock the door, looking at the two lanterns at his door and stunned. Geng Hao went to the city today and bought lanterns, but these seem to be handmade by himself.

When going downhill, Zhong Xiu looked at the lanterns on both sides and asked the question he wanted to ask just now: "These lanterns, did you make them?"

"It's not. At the mention of lanterns, Geng Hao's face couldn't help but soften, and his eyes fell on those lanterns, "The students of Mocun Elementary School made it, and there are names written on it." ”

"Then they are hanging here?" Zhong Xiu was still puzzled, remembering that there were two more in front of Geng Hao's door, his expression became subtle, and he was faintly happy for Geng Hao, "So, they are hanging for you?

Geng Hao scratched the roots of his feverish ears and said vaguely: "I don't know them." ”

Zhong Xiu smiled and didn't speak, and his eyes swept over the lantern a few more times. These children are really doing their best!

"My brother-in-law went out to pick me up today, didn't I have a good dinner?" Geng Hao suddenly felt that he was a little pampered today.

"Not really, it's good to eat. Brother-in-law is using you as a cover, so you don't have to thank you too much. Zhong Xiu explained with a smile, "Every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, our family spends with my uncle's family, and my brother-in-law doesn't like to drink, so my uncle always wants to persuade him to drink." This year, when my uncle advised you to drink, he said that he would go into the city to pick you up, and you can't drink while driving. It's a neat one, and it's obviously an excuse to use you as a way to block the wine. ”

Geng Hao sighed with emotion: "No wonder my brother-in-law said that there was something in the afternoon, and he had to wait until he finished dinner to pick me up, so it turned out to be like this." ”

"He told you something like that, and it really seemed premeditated. Zhong Xiu couldn't help but laugh. Geng Hao didn't expect that Huang Lin would be such an honest person, and he would have such a little Jiujiu, and suddenly felt that Huang Lin was not as dull and rigid as he appeared on the surface. Zhong Xiu said again, "You didn't go today, my eldest sister kept talking, saying that she made such a big table, and Teacher Geng didn't have a chance to eat it, it's really a pity." ”

Although Geng Hao's matter hurt Zhong Ling's heart, Zhong Ling still likes Geng Hao very much, and from time to time he has to ask Zhong Xiu if Geng Hao has suffered any grievances while living in the village committee, saying that it is not easy for Geng Hao, a young man from other places to stay in their village, and he can help a little.

Moreover, Zhong Ling likes to watch Geng Hao eat, Geng Hao eats the food she cooks, Zhong Ling, who cooks, is happy in his heart, and every time he says that he doesn't have the idea of being happy at all when he sees Zhong Xiu and Huang Lin and Huang Jiujiu eating, they just eat. Zhong Xiu was also very helpless, several of them had eaten for several years and decades, how could they still show an expression of excitement and admiration?

"The eldest sister's cooking is so delicious, if she opens a restaurant, business will definitely be booming. Geng Hao couldn't help but reminisce about the moon cakes he had just eaten, no matter where he went in the future, he would definitely not forget Mo Village, at least when he ate, he would definitely think of the food made by Sister Zhong Ling.

Zhong Xiu said: "That's right, but in this poor and remote country, no one goes to open a restaurant." The eldest sister has to do everything at home, and she can't go to the city to open a restaurant and leave her family alone. Otherwise, it's a good source of income. ”

Geng Hao said: "Yes, the eldest sister is really busy, and she is in charge of housework and farm work. ”

"There's no way, my brother-in-law wants to run a car, otherwise the family won't be able to make much money just by farming. Zhong Xiu also felt very sorry for her eldest sister, and felt that this topic was too sad, so she immediately changed her conversation, "I just saw a walkman on the table, you went to buy it today?"