"Ninth elder brother, tenth elder brother, Gege, slave maid and maid have said hello to you." A sound of footsteps came, and then I saw Su Malagu open the curtain and enter, saluting respectfully.

Brother Jiu glanced at the people around him who were following Aunt Su Mala, and said with a smile: "Mama, no courtesy." Is there anything that Mama Doroma has to tell us to do? ”

Aunt Su Mala said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager asked the Ninth Elder Brother, the Tenth Elder Brother and Gege to go to her to chat, and they will eat together in the main hall of Cining Palace tonight, and let's have a good taste of the food made by Mama Ge Fohe." ”

The Ninth Elder Brother, the Tenth Elder Brother and Hajlan hurriedly got off the kang to put on their shoes and put on a thick cloak, and Yuguan walked out of the door.

Sure enough, there was a large expanse of white land outside, and the sky was obviously dark, but it was lined with snow as if it were day. The snow was still falling one after another, and the snow on the ground had accumulated a thick small layer. The small trees outside the house were covered with snow, and the branches were pressed low. The palace maids and grandmothers held umbrellas and hugged the ninth elder brother, and the tenth elder brother and Hajlana walked towards the residence of Xiaozhuang.

Soon, the group arrived in front of the Xiaozhuang house, Su Malagu went in first to report, and after hearing the word Xiaozhuang inside, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother led Hajilan into the house.

After entering the house, Hajlan felt that his eyes were bright, and he felt that the light in the house was much brighter than the outside, and when he looked closely, it turned out that the lights in the house were lit. I saw Xiaozhuang wearing a blue homely clothes, combing a small two-handful of hair, wearing only some grass velvet flowers on his head, and was crooked on the soft couch to recuperate. The Queen Mother also sat quietly aside.

"Yinyu to Huang Duo Luo Mama, Huang Ma please be safe!" The ninth elder brother saluted and greeted him.

"Yinqi to the Emperor Doro Mama, the Emperor Mama please be safe!" The tenth elder brother saluted and greeted him.

"Hajlan to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager greets!" Hajlan saluted.

Xiaozhuang's brows stretched, and he looked at the three little beans lovingly. The Queen Mother looked at Hajlan with a smile, stretched out her hands into a welcome embrace, Hajlan cooperated and stretched out her two fat paws, and pounced directly on the Queen Mother, her small body twisting and twisting. The Queen Mother immediately reached out and hugged Hajlan's round little body, her eyes full of smiles! After the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother saluted Xiaozhuang and the queen mother, they stood aside respectfully.

Xiaozhuang looked at the obedient and respectful Ninth Elder Brother and Tenth Elder Brother, motioned for Ninth Elder Brother and Tenth Elder Brother to sit down on the stool that the palace maid moved close to him, and said with a smile: "Little Jiu, Little Ten, what are you talking about at Hajlan!" ”

Brother Jiu sat in a proper manner, and after hearing Xiaozhuang's question, he replied respectfully: "Back to Emperor Doromama, we are talking about ice lanterns!" 'The night hall is full of shadows, and who is engraved. The candle halo is only suspected of holding a glass of water, and the fire should fall a few beads of cold. The thin wheel is hard to find, and the full of flowers can be seen. The afterglow of the road can illuminate the gall, but it makes the wandering girl timid. 'Listen to how beautiful such an ice lantern is, I, the tenth brother and Hajlan are going to try to make an ice lantern, what do you see?' ”

Xiaozhuang smiled: "Xiao Jiu is very smart, he can recite poems in just a few days after entering the upper study!" It is worthy of the descendants of my love Xinjueluo family! Ice lanterns, Huangdo Romema is waiting to see the ice lanterns made by Xiao Jiu, Xiao Shi and Hajilan. ”

The Queen Mother hugged Hajlan and nodded, and a gentle voice sounded in Hajlan's ears: "Huang Ma is also waiting to see the ice lanterns made by Xiao Jiu, Xiao Shi and Xiao Girl." ”

After a while, the Queen Mother, the Ninth Elder Brother, the Tenth Elder Brother and Hajilan had dinner here in Xiaozhuang, and the noodles made by Ge Fo He Mama were greatly praised, and they all said that the noodles rolled out by Ge Fo He Ma were fine and chewy, and the sun poached eggs in the special soup were delicious and nutritious.

When I woke up the next day, there was a layer of snow about a foot thick in the yard, and it seemed that it had snowed overnight. Hajlan was helping Mama Gefhuh to put on a thick plum-colored robe, a pair of light red trousers, and an apricot satin rabbit fur trimmed cardigan.

Mama Ge Fo He said a little worriedly: "Gege, it's really cold this day, and there are still some snowflakes floating now, otherwise, let's not make ice lanterns with Brother Nine and Brother Ten, okay?" It's not good to be frozen! ”

Hajlan said with a smile: "Mama, don't worry, you can't freeze!" You might even sweat when you move. Besides, I have agreed with the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother, and I can't break my word! ”

Mama Gefhe didn't say anything.

At noon, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother came together. Hajlan glanced at the tools brought by the Nine Elder Brothers and the Tenth Elder Brothers, raised his head and stared at the Nine Elder Brothers, the main force of the ice lantern making this time, the Nine Elder Brothers touched Hajilan's hair with a smile, put down his hand before Hajilan was about to glare at him, and said with a smile: "Hajilan, this ice lantern, as far as I know, this ice lantern was originally a poor stick lamp, and the earliest ice lantern was made by farmers who fed horses on the Songnen Plain and fishermen who fished along the Songhua River. At night in winter, in order to maintain production, they often make zuò ice lamps for lighting. At that time, the method of making zuò was very simple: pour water into a bucket for freezing, take the bucket into the house before the water is frozen and heat it slightly, so that the bucket and the ice mound are naturally separated, pull out the ice lump, chisel open the top center, pour out the unfrozen water in the middle, become a hollow ice cover, put the lamp or candle in the middle, put the lamp or candle in the middle, and put it in the stable or boat as a lantern, no matter how the wind blows, it will not go out. This method has been passed down in the Songnen Plain and along the Songhua River for decades, and later during the Chinese New Year and the Shangyuan Festival, farmers and fishermen have no money to buy lanterns, so they use this method to make lanterns, put them at the door to look good, or ask children to play with them, it is regarded as a festival. ”

Hajlan said secretly: "It seems that this is the prototype of the ice lantern, it originally originated from the Songnen Plain and the Songhua River, why is it not Harbin?" ”

The tenth elder brother shouted: "Ninth brother, how can we be the ice lanterns made by the farmers and fishermen?" ”

The ninth elder brother glared at the tenth elder brother and said, "Tenth brother, what kind of good things are farmers, fishermen or we get them, as long as they are good things, we can also get them to play." ”

The tenth elder brother snorted: "Oh, ninth brother, I know. ”

With a wave of his hand, the Ninth Elder Brother took the Tenth Elder Brother and Hajlan outside the house, and used the shovels, buckets, and chisels to make ice lanterns.

As the main force, Brother Jiu said: "Let's try it first according to the methods of farmers and fishermen, and then talk about anything else when it is done." ”

The Tenth Elder Brother and Hajlan both nodded, and only the Ninth Elder Brother was the first to take the lead. Then, under the command of Brother Jiu, he first poured the cold water into the bucket, and it didn't take long for it to freeze, and he asked the two little chamberlains to carry the bucket to the house, and after a little roasting fire, the ice lump was made. Then he dug up the center of the ice mound, poured out the water that had not yet frozen, took out a cylindrical space, and put the prepared small cover in the cylindrical space, and the ninth elder brother said, "Okay, put the candle into this small cover, which is the original ice lamp." ”

Brother Jiu, Brother Ten, Hajlan and a group of attendants gathered in front of this ice lantern that was said to be the original ice lantern and looked left and right, and Brother Ten stroked his little chin and said: "It turns out that the ice lanterns used by farmers and fishermen are like this, but, Brother Jiu, this is too simple, it is better to do some tricks." We can carve something on it, or get some other colors on it. ”

Hajlan looked at the simple ice lamp, tilted his head and pondered for a moment, and said, "Can this little cover be replaced with something transparent, so that the lit ice lamp will be brighter; Isn't it possible to make a lamp shape with frozen bamboo chopsticks, decorate it with snow on the outside, and burn a candle on the inside, and place it in the courtyard to make it more beautiful? ”

Brother Jiu nodded and said, "We can all give it a try." Fu Shan also has a poem 'The dry willow is not yet rooted, and the cold and fast lights are tied to each other at night. The ice heart is not carved and carved, and it is the most pitiful. We can also try to try the old tree roots chiseled into shallow pots as lampholders, put ice lamps on top of them, and burn candles, which may really be amazing! ”

The ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, Hajilan and a group of attendants were busy for most of the day, making several ice lanterns, with red, blue, and earth yellow colors, and carving some birds, small fish, small flowers or something on them, Hajlan also picked up some simple and interesting paper cuts with red paper, so that they were sandwiched in the ice, and it was also a little interesting to look at, and the old roots of the lamp base were also chiseled into two.

Although he made himself look like a wet wolf, the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and Hajilan looked at the ice lanterns that had been made and felt that it was really worth it! So I began to look forward to this night.