Chapter 105 Ski Bike, Laba Festival

Luo Ran and Luo Wensheng saw that their eyes were hot, and Luo Youli said: "It's not early now, let's hurry back to have breakfast, after eating, we are skating, and my father will make an ice skating car with you." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Okay, good," Luo Wensheng said expectantly.

Luo Ran is also very curious about what the ice car is like, after all, in modern times, he wears skates and snowboards.

After eating in a hurry, Luo Ran Wensheng began to urge Luo Youli to make an ice car. Luo Wenxuan was also on the side to help. Fortunately, there are some ready-made things at home that can be used directly as parts, and in less than an hour, an ancient simple ice car came out.

The so-called ice car, in fact, is only one and a half feet square, a wooden board on the top, is spliced with several wooden strips, the bottom of the wooden strip on both sides are two rectangular wood, next to the side of the ground, inlaid with two pieces of iron, protruding outside.

As for the two pieces of iron, they were made from some discarded pieces of iron at home and using Luo Youli's carpenter tools, which took most of the time in the entire ice car production.

The cart is also equipped with two supporting wooden sticks, one of which has an iron nail.

People can sit, squat, kneel, or stand on the ice car, holding the stick with both hands, one end of the iron sheet lifts the ice surface, and the inclined gravity of the ice car angle turns into power, plus the person holds the support rod, driving the ice car to slide forward rapidly.

Don't look at this small ice car, it is also rare in the eyes of children in the countryside. Why, because making such a tool requires the use of various materials, and it still requires some carpenter's effort. Although the average parent pampers their children, they will not spend time and effort doing this.

A few people took the ice cart and found a gentle place to skate. In the end, it was the first snow, it was not too porcelain, and the ice car was newly made, and Luo Ran was sunbathed in the sky when he skated for the first time. It doesn't hurt, but it feels humiliating. Wen Sheng is stronger than himself at such a young age. But after a few times, I slowly became proficient, and I didn't fall.

Bending over and half-squatting on the ice car, Luo Wenxuan and Wensheng pushed hard behind Luo Ran's back, and Luo Ran held the support stick in both hands to support it on the ice. The scenery and people next to him quickly retreated, the wind blew in the ears, and the ice car rushed out with people all at once.

The children who skated next to them all got out of the way and cheered.

Luo Ran played a few laps on the snow, although he was still unsatisfied, but he also remembered that his brother had been teaching him not to fall and had not played much. So he handed the ice car to Luo Wenxuan.

Sure enough, he is a master of the ice car, and Wen Xuan can turn and slide back without getting off the ice car.

Luo Wenxuan played a few laps to his heart's content, and gave the ice car to his younger brothers and sisters.

The children around looked at each other greedily, and a few of them were planning to come over to play for a while. After Luo Ran and Wen Sheng played a few more laps, they lent the ice car to the children to play, and there were too many children, so they took turns in order, one lap per person.

Looking at the little broken children who argued at first in their own reconciliation and discipline [Is that called reconciliation?] That's called force suppression] honestly in order, Luo Ran was quite proud. [Are you proud of how many children you have as an adult? 】

In the afternoon, it was snowing again, and the adults called the children home so as not to get their cotton clothes wet. Luo Ran also nested at home with his brother and brother.

While talking to Zheng, Luo Youli hurriedly came in from outside with a worried face. Zheng said, "What's wrong? ”

"I just heard that a child smashed the ice open to catch fish, just worried that someone would accidentally fall into the ice hole."

"Well, this is a sad thing, although the pond has been frozen for a long time, and the ice is very thick, but I am afraid of what happens."

"Don't worry, it's snowing again, and the kids should all be back. When the snow stopped, the smashed area was frozen again. Luo Youli said comfortingly.

The pond on the Zhuangzi leads the river water, and the river itself contains fish and shrimp. Luo Ran also asked the helpers to fish in the river and buy the small fish fry they caught at market prices. So the fish in the pond must be denser than in the river, and the children probably thought about it, so they went to the pond to smash the ice and fish.

"Daddy, don't worry. When the snow stops, write a few signs on the Zhuangzi, prohibiting entry into the Zhuangzi area, including the pond. Say a few more words to the adults around Zhuangzi. Luo Ran persuaded. Now there is only this way, you can't send someone to watch it, you don't have this manpower at home, and you can't look at it.

"That's all there is to it."

Zheng said: "This is also about Laba, the child's father, tomorrow send Wenxuan to Fucheng, when you come back, bring some jujubes, cowpeas, red beans, mung beans, etc., let's cook Laba porridge, cook more this year, and send a bowl to the neighbors around." ”

"Well, cut two catties of meat again, and buy some other things, although it is still early to buy New Year's goods, but those things that can be put for a long time I will buy more back, which is cheaper than the New Year." When it comes to Laba porridge, Luo Youli already remembered that Laba was followed by a small year, and then it was the New Year, and it was much cheaper to buy some things in modern times than the New Year.

Laba arrived soon, and on this day, Zheng soaked all kinds of beans and rice early, and put them in a pot to cook after breakfast.

There are many ingredients for Zheng's laba porridge, including rice, millet, glutinous rice, sorghum rice, barley and other cereals, soybeans, red beans, mung beans, kidney beans, cowpeas and other beans, red dates, peanuts, lotus seeds, wolfberries, chestnuts, walnut kernels, almonds and other dried fruits. After boiling in the pot for more than half an hour, the porridge was boiled to a rotten and soft color, without losing its flowery green color, and it was soft and thick, sweet and delicious. It is not only a seasonal delicacy, but also a good product for health, especially suitable for drinking in cold weather, which can maintain the spleen and stomach.

This reminded Luo Ran of the origin of laba porridge.

Since ancient times, Laba has been used as a ritual to worship ancestors and gods (including door gods, household gods, house gods, stove gods, and well gods) to pray for a good harvest and good fortune. There are three meanings of "wax" in the month at the end of the year: one is "wax, pick up", which means the alternation of the old and the new (recorded in the Book of Sui and Etiquette); The second is said to be "the same hunt of the wax", which refers to the field hunting to obtain birds and beasts to worship the ancestors and gods, and the "wax" from the side of the "meat" is the "winter sacrifice" with meat; The three are said to be "the wax people, chase the epidemic and welcome the spring", and the Laba Festival is also called the "Buddha Enlightenment Festival", also known as the "Enlightenment Meeting", in fact, it can be said that the eighth day of December is the origin of the wax day. (This paragraph of more than 100 words is excerpted from Baidu Encyclopedia and does not affect everyone's starting coin.) ）

First, he took out two bowls of food boxes and asked Mr. Luo to send them to his grandparents. The rest were given to the neighbors who knew each other and the people of the original Luojiazhuang, and the village chief of Xinzhuang was not left behind. (To be continued.) )