Grandma cooks in the stove room, and mother cooks clothes in the east house. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info turned around and didn't find grandpa, and didn't find father. I heard a few kids next door babbling and hilarious. She went next door.

It turned out that several cousins of the family were engaged in artillery battles. Cheng Linghui suddenly came to his senses. Squeeze to the front and get started.

The people in the village have reached the point where they automatically ignore gender for Cheng Linghui. It's even strange to see her occasionally go to the river to wash her clothes, why did Cheng Linghui go to wash her clothes? Is that a woman's job?

Also, women are generally not allowed to go to ancestral halls. Although girls under the age of twelve are not that exquisite. But the little girl in the village still consciously avoided it. Only Cheng Linghui. When the adults cleaned up the ancestral hall, if they didn't see Cheng Linghui with a small tail behind his grandfather's buttocks, they would definitely ask: "What about Sanhuizi?" Why don't you see Sanhuizi? ”

A few half-sized children were also very happy to see Cheng Linghui. Because Cheng Linghui is very good at artillery battles. It is not easy to scatter, and there are few squibs. Someone told her to stop rubbing the barrel of the cannon and go over to load gunpowder.

It's not difficult to do artillery fights, and almost every little boy in the old society can. Roll into a tube with paper. Cut to the length of a finger. One end is pasted with yellow mud, black powder is added in the middle, and a paper twist is installed. Tamp it with a bamboo skewer or thin wire, then seal it with yellow mud and let it dry. Black powder is also prepared by himself. One nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, a child knows.

Artillery is a big project. Starting from the ancestral hall 'hanging case' (inviting the ancestors to come back for the New Year), the ancestors were worshiped in the middle, until the sixteenth day of the first month, seven cages of fire were baked, the ghosts were killed, the old poles were released, and finally the ancestral hall file (after the New Year, the ancestors sent away, and put away the portraits of the ancestors and the scrolls with genealogy. All need to fire artillery battles.

And every year on the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival. The villages belonging to Zhuanshui City will fight lanterns and old poles. This is a big matter that affects the face of every family and every village. After the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, all kinds of drum fights, Yangge fights, fights, dog fights, and Yellow River fights (a kind of labyrinth-like game. Legend has it evolved from the Shang Dynasty's Yellow River formation. ）…… It has been lively until the first month.

On the second day of February, the people who were not happy had to fight a lion to finish.

All the artillery battles needed during this period had to be made before the year.

What? You say that the dragon in the north and the lion in the south, the north is all dragon dances, and the south will dance lions?

Then you're just watching too many movies. It's like the tiger can't go up a tree, it's all. The history of lion dance in Shaxi County is not 3,000 years, but 2,000 years. I don't believe you listen to this smooth mouth: King Qin's drum, Yangjiazhuang's fist, Shilipu's rattan card, Chengjiazhuang's gun, and the lion of hardware are famous.

Cheng Linghui did a day's artillery battle and returned home happily. Her mother brought her a new navy blue shirt for her to try. In a village like Cheng Linghui, not every child will have new clothes to wear during the Chinese New Year. Generally, the big ones are worn small, and the small ones are worn again. Cheng Linghui is very happy to have new clothes.

The countrymen make clothes for their children, and they all come with cloth. How not to waste how to do it. Clothes made tend to be large. This shirt is no exception. Wear it loosely on the body. But it is not difficult to see from the small vertical collar of the placket that does not show the stitches, and the row of garlic braids that the mother is actually very skillful.

When Grandma saw it, she was dissatisfied and said, "Hey, why don't you make me a flower dress to wear?" What does such a big girl look like in a boy's clothes? ”

The mother snorted: "Sanhui climbs high and low all day long, and I don't know how to be clean." This color is resistant to dirt. ”

Grandma glanced at her mother and said nothing more. turned to Cheng Linghui and instructed: "In the future, you can have a hobby (love to be clean and tidy), don't worry about your mother." ”

"Got it." Cheng Linghui happily ran to her grandfather and father to show off her new clothes. Grandma shouted from behind, "Don't get dirty." Tomorrow there will be a guest at home. ”

It turned out that the betrothed son-in-law was going to the woman's house to give a gift in the next year. Tomorrow is the twenty-second day of the lunar month, and Chang Sanshao is coming as usual.

Early in the morning, the eldest sister dressed up. Wearing a brand new pink floral shirt and sky blue pants. His face was rubbed with gouache, and his hair was combed smooth. also called a few girls from the family who had a good time with her. The girls didn't know what to say in the room, and from time to time there was a burst of laughter.

Cheng Linghui is not stupid, she knows that the eldest sister is going to show off her son-in-law to others. It's no wonder that her daughter of the same age has already become a child, and she is still at home. I don't know how many times I've been laughed at by the villagers. Now I have found a son-in-law who has a good family background, looks good, and has read books. That is, she is thin-skinned as a girl, otherwise it would be strange to be dissatisfied with the gongs and shouts on the street.

Cheng Linghui was also called up by her grandmother in the morning. I washed my hands and face, and put on the new cloth shirt that my mother had made the day before. It's just that in order to pull her feet with her father, she cut her black hair in pieces. Now I can only wear short hair with inch length, and I can't even tie my head rope.

The fourth and fifth sisters were also dressed up by their mothers, with new red ropes tied in their hair.

Grandpa squatted at the gate and smoked dry cigarettes, and my father didn't know what to do when he came out and went in. Anyway, Cheng Linghui felt that they were very unnatural.

It was mid-noon. Chang Sanshao really drove the ox cart alone and staggered. Park the ox cart at the gate of the street, jump out of the cart and look at the gate in a daze. Grandpa saw it, hurriedly stood up and asked, "Coming?" ”

"Hmm." The young man answered, and Bai Fufu's face suddenly turned red to the base of his neck. I didn't say a word for a long time. Grandpa hurriedly said, "It's cold outside, come into the house." ”

The boy looked at the ox cart: "This cart?" ”

Grandpa took the reins from the young man's hand and said, "Don't worry about it, I'll settle it." On the one hand, he called Cheng Linghui: "Sanhui, call your father out." The three boys of the Chang family are here. ”

My father heard it and hurried out of the house. Welcome the boy into the hospital. The young man cramped: "Hello, uncle." ”

The father said again and again: "Okay, it's all right." How's your dad? ”

The boy said, "Okay." My father gave my uncle two jars of old wine. There is also pork and fish. My mother gave it to ...... took two pieces of satin, and said that it was for her to make two clothes for the New Year, and ......" The more the young man spoke, the quieter his voice became, and his face was as red as charcoal.

Cheng Linghui was puzzled: "What's wrong with you?" ”

The young man suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "There are not many things, a little respect." Uncle, don't dislike it. ”

My father didn't know where to put his hands and feet, and said, "How can you be, it's good that you're here." He asked the boy to come into the house and sit. I blamed my mother for being stunned and didn't know how to pour some water for people.

The mother hurriedly poured water and held it in both hands and sent it to the boy. The young man caught it, lowered his head and said, "Thank you, auntie." ”

"No thanks, no thanks." The mother looked like a god without a master in both hands. Instead, my grandmother sat on the side and asked, "How are your in-laws?" ”

The young man hurriedly put down the bowl and stood up and said, "It's all right." "But my grandmother didn't know what to say. For a moment there was silence in the room.

Cheng Linghui didn't know why, and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Why don't you speak? ”

The mother suddenly remembered something, and said, "You are sitting, and I am still sitting in the stove room." ”

The young man who had just sat down immediately stood up again as if he were electrocuted: "Go and get busy, I'll just sit by myself." ”

Seeing that the young man was really restrained, Grandma smiled and said, "Sanhui, you are here to talk to your brother-in-law." I'll go to the stove to help your mother. "After that, he went out. My father made excuses and left. Only the boy and Cheng Linghui were left in the hall. The boy breathed a sigh of relief invisibly.

Cheng Linghui climbed onto the Luoquan chair and leaned on the table to look at the young man's neck.

The boy asked, "What are you always staring at me?" ”

Cheng Linghui asked, "Does it really not hurt when you have a pimple?" ”

The boy was inexplicable: "What pimple?" ”

Cheng Linghui reached out and touched his neck.

The young man subconsciously ducked back and said with a smile: "What do you say this?" This is the Adam's apple. When you grow up, you'll have it. It doesn't hurt at all. ”

In this era, women's clothes are biased. Cheng Linghui wears a navy blue cardigan shirt and short hair. It's no wonder that the teenager recognized her as a boy.

She asked, "Doesn't it really hurt?" So what's going on with your throat? ”

The young man said: "When you grow into a man, your voice will change." I'll be fine after a while. Do you think I'm fine now? ”

Cheng Linghui wanted to say something, but she heard the second sister shouting outside: "Sanhui, you come." ”

Cheng Linghui asked, "What are you doing?" ”

The second sister said: "You just come." But he didn't say what to do.

The young man said, "Go and have a look." ”

Cheng Linghui walked out, and the second sister whispered a few times in her ear. Cheng Linghui said: "What should I do?" "Turn around and go back to the house. Xiang said to the young man: "My eldest sister asked me to ask, what is your name?" ”

The young man's face turned red again: "My name is Jiwen." ”

"How many texts? Copper plate? Cheng Linghui thought the name was too interesting.

"It's not. It is inherited from the text, the article. My father hopes that I will study hard and glorify my ancestors in the future. ”

"Inherit the Sacred Peerless Learning, that succession, right? I can write. Cheng Linghui was very glad that she went to the school for a few days and happened to be able to write this word. didn't embarrass himself in front of this brother-in-law who can read. You know, in the old society people who were learned were very respected. The more respected people are, the more they love face. Cheng Linghui will certainly not be an exception.

She ran out and told the second sister the answer she asked. Then he ran back with a piece of paper in his hand. He walked up to the boy and said, "Lift your feet." ”

The teenager didn't know why. Watch as she puts the piece of paper under her feet, and then uses a blackened stick to draw a circle along the sole of her shoe.

After Cheng Linghui finished painting, she picked it up and looked at it. The young man said, "What are you doing here?" ”

Cheng Linghui said without beating around the bush: "My eldest sister wants to make you a pair of shoes, so that I can draw a bottom compared to your feet." After saying that, he took the soles of his shoes and left. Regardless of the young man, Chang Jiwen blushed again.

After a while, Cheng Linghui came back with a burden. put the burden in Chang Jiwen's arms and said, "This is the new clothes that my eldest sister made for you." She told you not to be embarrassed. I wear it lively. Actually, you don't have to worry. My eldest sister has a good needlework. You can't go wrong with the clothes you make. ”

Chang Jiwen really didn't let go of the burden when he took it, and he didn't take it either. Fortunately, my father came in at this time. Zhang Luo asked him to eat. Chang Jiwen hurriedly picked up two mouthfuls of food and fled out of Cheng Linghui's house. Grandpa and father sent him all the way to the entrance of the village before returning. The grandfather and son couldn't keep their mouths together for a happy lunch meal.

But the eldest sister was obviously unhappy. Cheng Linghui wondered: "Eldest sister, brother-in-law has embarrassed you?" ”

The eldest sister gave her a blank look: "What nonsense? He stopped eating, put down the bowl and turned around and went back to the house. Grandma glanced at Cheng Linghui: "Take a look." ”

Cheng Linghui slipped off the dining table and trotted to the door of the West House where her sister, fourth sister, and fifth sister lived. Look through the crack in the curtain. I saw my sister crying there holding the two satins that Chang Jiwen had just sent.

Cheng Linghui went back to the North Hall House as soon as she slipped away and told her grandmother what she saw. Grandpa, grandma and father, look at me, I don't know what kind of trouble is going on with the eldest sister?