Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is imminent, no matter which household, are rejoicing because of the arrival of this festival, there are still more than ten days to go, each family began to use bamboo to tie lanterns, make fruits, birds and beasts, fish and insects and other shapes.

Or simply make the words "Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival", and then paste the paper of various colors, and the paste paper will naturally be painted with beautiful patterns on the outside.

These lamps are not made for nothing, they are specially used to "burn the lanterns" on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, tied to bamboo poles with strings, and hung high on the eaves or terraces.

Or use a small lantern the size of a bowl to build a letter, and then hang it high in the house, also called the Mid-Autumn Festival.

If the family is wealthy, this hanging lamp can reach several zhang high, and ordinary people only erect a flagpole and two or three lanterns, but they are still happy.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, the streets and alleys of Manchester City are lit up like a glass world.

Weaving fans and weaving feathers carried a large number of lanterns in the courtyard, and in the courtyard, there were lanterns spread all over the ground, and the flowers were dazzling.

Both of them didn't understand why Ling Yi said that he wanted to make a lantern at this time, and now the palace may have become a mess, even if he has a heart, but this lantern still seems to be a little unacceptable.

Some people are just afraid that they are in a hurry to jump at this time.

Zhi Yu entered the house and said: "Madam, you have brought all the lanterns you wanted, everyone who can find them around here has been searched, and the maidservants have only found more than a hundred, many of them are holes, and the maids have not thrown them away, they have all been brought back." ”

Ling Yi nodded with satisfaction, smiled and walked out, "You go and find all the maids in the house." Then he said to Hu: "The nurse will go to the kitchen to boil a pot of paste." ”

When he got to the courtyard, he said to the weaving fan, "Go and find more rope." There are also bamboo poles, which are long and thick, and it doesn't matter how many you find. Be sturdy. ”

The three of them hurried and went about their own business.

Gong Xiru came out of the back room at this time, his face looked a little pale because of his injury, and he leaned against the door frame tiredly, "It seems that I have to find some paper and ink." ”

Ling Yi smiled and looked at Ling Wen, who had been standing aside as if he were a transparent person, "Steward." I have to trouble you to go and help me go to Moguan to get more paper and ink.

Ink should be the second, as long as it can be discredited. The paper should also be the most inferior, as long as it can be pasted. ”

Ling Wen's eyes moved slightly, and he nodded: "The little one will go immediately, how much does Madam want?" ”

Ling Yi's jaw raised against the lantern on the ground. "So much. You can do it, it's enough to be able to smear these lanterns. ”

Ling Wen smiled slightly: "Then this amount is a bit much, it will take some time, Madame, wait a minute, the small one will go back to Moguan." ”

Ling Yi nodded, and after Ling Wen left, she walked to Gong Xiru's side and said angrily, "What are you going to do when you are injured?" Your wound is easy to stick to, and you have to tear it open when you move. You don't feel sorry for wasting Mr. Liu's medicine. ”

"It's all a small injury, it's not in the way, if you want me to lie down and watch you busy, I can't do it, if I wasn't injured and couldn't move, I wouldn't have let you be so troublesome if I went directly to the palace."

Ling Yi shook his head and denied: "Even if you are not injured, I will not let you enter the palace, now the palace does not know what kind of chaos will become, if you go, you will have to draw your sword, I don't worry." ”

Gong Xiru showed a gentle smile in his eyes, "I'm not at ease, I'm afraid that I won't be able to get out once I go in, and I feel uncomfortable leaving you alone." ”

At this time, Zhi Yu had already summoned all the maids and family members in the house, there were more than thirty people, lined up in several columns, and everyone looked at Ling Yi blankly, waiting for her to order.

The weaving fan also returned to the courtyard with a large bundle of rope, "Madam, what is this rope used for?" ”

"Everybody's some—" she commanded the fan. It wasn't until everyone had a string in their hands that she continued: "I called everyone here today because I want to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

As we all know, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and this year is no exception, this is the first Mid-Autumn Festival I have spent in the Hou Mansion, so this year is a special day.

This year, the tree lights in our Hou Mansion will also reach unprecedented heights. And calling you here at this time is to ask everyone to work together to make a word.

I want to hang the highest vertical lantern in the Hou Mansion, so that everyone in Beijing can see our lanterns at a glance, which also indicates that this year, as well as next year and even the year after that, the Hou Mansion can rise step by step. ”

"Tree Mid-Autumn Festival? Started erecting so early? Didn't these lanterns all hang on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival? The chattering of the maids was obviously strange about this sudden decision.

Zhi Yu's face sank, and he said angrily: "Since Madam has ordered, we will do it, and we have forgotten our duty to be slaves?" Do not speculate on the master's mind. ”

"Sister Oriyu, we didn't talk about it, we were just curious, since Madam ordered it, we would naturally do it. Everyone hurry up, Madame wants us to finish it today. The first- and second-class maids who were waiting outside the courtyard asked.

Ling Yi shook his head: "Not today, but within half an hour, there are more than thirty of you here, divided into a team of six people, I will tell you which parts to do, you just need to spell two words at the end." ”

Half an hour to complete the splicing of more than 100 lanterns, the next people look at each other one by one, at this time a little will be able to observe the words and colors have seen that this is not just an ordinary erection lamp, I am afraid there is an important role.

Although more than 100 lanterns are not a small number, not to mention that it is not easy to splice them into two complete words, but fortunately, everyone can cooperate well, and the speed is also fast.

Before the paste and paper and ink arrived, Ling Yi asked everyone to select a good lantern splicing first, and after Hu Shi and Ling Wen brought the paste and paper and ink, they divided ten people to paste the tattered lanterns, and five people to paint the finished lanterns black.

Weaving Fan took advantage of this time to find Liangqi, who was familiar with the terrain of Beijing and knew where to find long, thick sticks.

Because the regulations are only half an hour, naturally they can't do it very finely, but everyone is desperately speeding up the action, time flows away like flowing water, and the lanterns of scattered articles are becoming fewer and fewer.

Gradually, under Ling Yi's command, more than a hundred lanterns were spliced into two big characters "for" and "head", spread in the courtyard and looked black and pressed, full of the mixed smell of ink and paste in the courtyard, and the people under them also made it black one by one, but what made people happy was that it was finally completed in time.

"Madame - the bamboo pole maid has been found, where do you think it is appropriate?" The weaving fan carried a bamboo pole and panted into the courtyard, and behind him, there were several people, counting the past, a total of eight long bamboo poles. Looking at the weaving fan and Liang Kai again, he looked tired enough to choke, obviously it was not easy to find so many bamboo poles. (To be continued.) )