After lunch, Li Manman's sisters and brothers pestered Li Tianxue to tie torches for them, in fact, the torches are very good, but it is a pity that Li Manman, who boasts of dexterity in his hands and feet, really can't compliment in doing handicrafts, especially the weight is always not well mastered, so although I don't look down on such a simple handmade toy in my heart, but I don't dare to do it myself, after all, whether a torch is easy to burn and burn for a long time has a lot to do with the tightness when tying the torch. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Tianxue first made a relatively light small torch, which was Taotao's, he was not tall, his strength was small, and he couldn't dance with a big torch, and then he made Li Manman's, Li Manman didn't like bulky torches, so he asked his father to make a slightly larger one than Taotao's.

One afternoon, Li Manman and Taotao guarded the torches, looking forward to the dark, feeling that this afternoon was so long, as if there was no end. Lin Xiujuan was busy making noodles, boiling red bean paste, preparing to burn at night, that is, a round cake with filling, baked in a frying pan, in addition to eating chicken on August 15 in her hometown, she had to eat fire at night, as for moon cakes, few people in the village went out of their way to buy them, Li Tianxue brought one back from the county every year, basically it was given to grandma, it was the kind of moon cake with green and red silk, five kernels. However, Li Manman doesn't like to eat sweets, whether it is moon cakes or fire, it is not attractive to her, every year on the night of August 15, she would rather eat leftovers at noon, only when she is forced by her mother, will eat a small half of the fire.

After dinner, Li Manman ran to the kitchen to find the oil pot, poured oil in front of the torch head, led Taotao to a cigarette, and ran under the table, where the children of the village gathered.

"Oh, this damn girl, you've killed half of my pot of oil again!" Lin Xiujuan saw her daughter running away with her son, hurriedly entered the kitchen, and the oil pot on the stove was really empty again, so she was so distressed that she rushed out to complain to her husband who was sitting in the yard talking to the neighbor.

"Forget it, it's a big holiday!" Li Tianxue persuaded that he knew what his daughter was going to do from the time she entered the kitchen, and he didn't stop it, only once a year, and this bit of oil was still wasted.

Lin Xiujuan looked at the empty oil pot, bit her lip distressedly, and heard her husband say it so lightly, she was angry, and rushed: "You just get used to it!" Such a girl, you can't find your in-laws' family in the future, you raise it yourself! ”

"Huh, what are you talking about?" Li Tianxue replied dissatisfiedly, "I will raise it!" I can't afford to support my girl! ”

"My aunt, my little sister is a little naughty, but she is smart!" Li Yuanren took a piece of fire and persuaded while biting it, "Isn't it said as the old saying goes, the more children who are more Tao, the more promising they are!" ”

"That is, can a child not be naughty? Do you remember my uncle's time, it's enough to choke! Li Yuansheng is much older than Li Tianxue, and he continued. Everyone laughed, and Li Tianxue was embarrassed to laugh along.

Li Manman didn't know that the adults recalled the past in the moonlight, she took seven or eight children in the village to hold torches, and was rushing to the team headquarters, according to the custom, every year the children of the brigade are gathered on the threshing floor in front of the brigade department, each village has a team, Xi'an burns better than which village torches, burns for a long time, and then separates, some naughty children play some more dangerous war games, and even deliberately burn the firewood on the road, and some other children play games in the moonlight.

Before Li Manman and the others arrived, they saw a fire on the threshing floor from a distance, and some torches came from various villages, which was a bit like the smell of a night march on TV, which was very spectacular.

Take the team to the field and join the team with the miscellaneous surname, all the time, the game is a team with the surname Zhu and a team with the surname Zhu, so the team with the surname Zhu is less than two-thirds of the team with the surname Zhu.

Around seven o'clock, the crowd was almost there, and this year's two referees stood in the middle of the threshing floor, ready to pick their hands for the competition. The referee surnamed Zhu was chosen by them, and the referee with the miscellaneous surname was rotated by each surname, this year it was the turn of the surname Hou, and it was Hou Shiqi who played the game, the son of Li Manman's uncle's family.

This kind of competition is participated in by older children, like Li Manman, children who are less than ten years old are the masses who eat melons, and the players go on the field, first check the length of the torch, and then light it, look at the height of the flame, and then the players wave the torch vigorously to see whose torch burns for a long time.

Li Manman pulled Taotao, stood in the crowd, watching the players not only try to wave the torch, but also make a variety of movements, comparing with each other, dazzling, suddenly a player threw the torch into the air, he came to two backflips, stretched out his hand and accurately caught the torch, the person watching first screamed, and then applauded, the other was not to be outdone, he took the torch to a series of three backflips, the torch with his turning, around one by one circle, very gorgeous, Li Manman applauded vigorously, feeling that he used to watch the circus on TV and play with fire.

The big kids showed off their skills enough, and scattered in groups, as for the results of the game just now, only those who have a great sense of collective honor are still in their hearts, and the losing team is holding back their energy, ready to come back next year, and they are also unconvinced, ready to find an opportunity to give the winning team a little color to see. For the vast majority of children, they are not very concerned about the outcome, and it is easy to have a time for adults to have fun and play, and then get angry, which is really not cost-effective.

Li Manman and the children in the village are the vast majority, they are all less than ten years old, they belong to the people who eat melons, look at it, just join in the fun, who wins and who loses is far away from them. When the older children went to play with torches, Li Manman took everyone to play the game of eagles catching chickens, and repeatedly emphasized that they were not allowed to use lit torches to fight each other. Because they are all holding torches, everyone doesn't have to pull the person in front of them when they play, just keep it in a line.

Although the rules are clearly stated, but the game is deformed, and gradually the small team of eight or nine people is getting more and more scattered, and Li Manman, who is an eagle, is out of breath after chasing, but the chicks are not easy, and after a game, everyone is so tired that they are lying on the muddy ground, panting.

"Oh no! There was a fire at the brigade headquarters! A burst of exclamation rang out, and several people were taken aback, and hurriedly stood up and looked at the brigade headquarters, where a room was blazing.

"Da Hong, isn't that your bookstore?" Dajun pulled Li Manman and asked nervously, "Then, what about those books of yours?" ”

Li Manman just found out that his rented bookstore was on fire, and he was puzzled for a while, several houses in the brigade headquarters were not on fire, and his rented bookstore was neither in front of the head nor at the end, why was there a fire in the middle? Could it be that someone deliberately set the fire? Does that make sense? Haven't you offended anyone? Don't--? That's not right, according to it, Dad has already submitted a letter of resignation to the township, and there is no conflict with them!

"Help! The pillar is still inside! A heart-rending cry sounded, and Li Manman saw that it wasn't the second dogleg called the plug? Is it really Zhu Zhengbing's handiwork, this is too bold, the crime of arson is not light!

"Dahong, is your book still in it? What to do? Shout your lord! The army is still thinking about Li Manman's books, and he has read a lot of books in the past six months.

"My book has been taken away, and I stopped opening it the other day! It's just that I haven't made it clear to the brigade yet! Li Manman explained.

"Help, who's going to save the pillar!" The bolt was full of mushy face, looking at the burning house and crying, next to him stood Zhu Zhengbing, whose face was already pale.

At this time, he was in a lot of confusion, he originally planned to take advantage of tonight to take Li Yuanhong's books away, last time I heard my father say that Li Yuanhong's own in the book is not from the brigade, even if she doesn't do it, she can't use her books to rent a bookstore, so he has this heart. I didn't expect to go in, the torch of the bolt burned the curtain inside, in a panic, I used my hands to fight, and the torch in my hand lit the cardboard box next to it, the fire was out of control, and several people fled in a hurry, but the pillar was fat, and the fire stopped inside.

Li Manman watched the fire get bigger and bigger, and it took time for adults to come, although the pillar deserved it, but human life was at stake! Then he said to the army, "Take a good look at some of them, and take them to the threshing floor, far away." ”

"What are you going to do?" Dajun intuitively felt that there was something wrong with Li Manman's words and asked.

"I'll go and see, where is the water? Is there anyone else in there? Li Manman said perfunctorily.

"Then be careful! Don't save people yourself, that pillar is fat to death, you can't carry it! The army commanded. Li Manman nodded, ran to the warehouse behind the brigade, felt that there should be a thicker quilt there, climbed in from the window, saw that it was really blessed by the sky, there was really a quilt, pulled a quilt, climbed out of the window again, ran to the ditch, threw the quilt into the ditch, soaked it in the water, saw that it seemed to be soaked, lifted the quilt hard, the quilt soaked in water was very heavy, Li Manman took a lot of effort to put it flat on his body, and hugged his head, but the quilt was too heavy, Li Manman walked a little staggeringly, only walked a few steps, Li Manman felt as if he had been caught, and exposed his head from the quilt, and when he saw it, it was actually the master, and he was overjoyed.

Mei Qingye looked at the little apprentice who was wet all over, and didn't know whether it was good to be angry or happy, it was really happy to be chivalrous and brave at such a young age, but this reckless and unscrupulous temperament made people angry.

"Do you think you can save people like this? If someone else doesn't get out, you're going to lose it! Mei Qingye angrily pulled the quilt from Li Manman's body and draped it over herself, "You wait here for me!" That's not allowed! After saying that, he jumped into the burning house.

Li Manman stared at the room, worried in his heart, intellectually speaking, the master has a unique skill and is wearing a wet quilt, there should be no big problem, but emotionally he can't suppress his worry. But not long after, a figure flashed in the fire, Mei Qingye was already standing in front of Li Manman, threw the quilt on the ground, and said to Li Manman: "I'm leaving!" Don't tell anyone about me, and you haven't been practicing in a few days! ”

"Got it, I'll go tomorrow! Master, you're not hurt, are you? Li Manman nodded and looked at Mei Qingye nervously.

"Where can this thing hurt me! Let's go! Go home early! Playful girl! Mei Qingye flicked Li Manman's head, and Li Manman grinned in pain and waited for the master.