In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Tieniu, Qi Feng and Yu Liang set up eight large wooden stakes in the open area outside the courtyard, and tied them into a tic-tac-toe frame with hemp ropes, and the ropes were tied very high for safety.

One after another, villagers sent homemade lanterns to the outside of Lu's courtyard, Lu Xiaoyi took a look, mostly square diamonds, and there were also individual animal forms, although they were not exquisite, but they were also simple and lovely. Lu Xiaoyi roughly classified the lanterns according to color and style, and handed them over to Qi Feng and the surplus grain to hang up.

The children in the village were so excited that they stayed outside the Lu family courtyard all afternoon. Lu Xiaoyi just asked them to help eliminate potential safety hazards and clean up the fallen leaves and firewood around the open space.

When night fell, the jade rabbit rose in the east, and the villagers gathered outside the courtyard of the Lu family one after another, some people carried dry miscellaneous fried goods, some people held sliced pig ears, some people carried a pot of old wine, and some people swaggered over with empty hands.

The lanterns were lit one after another, and people's exclamations came and went.

Although they are all very simple lanterns, the moment the fluorescent candlelight shines through, the lanterns are like fairies under the moon, hazy and graceful.

Homemade lanterns are hung overhead, and the villagers look up to identify which lantern is their own, and once they identify it, they invite friends to come and watch.

There are also some villagers who have students at home, shouting at their children to come and read the riddles on the lanterns, fortunately, the riddles of the students are ordinary things, some villagers guessed correctly, and suddenly felt that they had face, and became more and more happy.

The lotus lantern provided by Qishan was placed on the wooden platform in the center, and the surrounding area was full of villagers, all kinds of exclamations and praises were heard in the ears, and Qishan laughed with satisfaction.

Only a few people in Xiaxi Village went into the city to see the lantern festival. The vast majority of people have only heard of it and never seen it, but now the Lu family is taking the lead, and the villagers have spontaneously organized a small lantern festival, and the joy from the heart can be seen from the words and deeds.

Lu Xiaoyi took out the rabbit head lamp that the surplus grain had given her and lit it anew, and carried it to the magpie and spring flower with a small bamboo stick to show it, but unfortunately, she did not receive the expected praise, because the magpies had been attracted by the exquisite lotus lanterns, and Lu Xiaoyi was not angry. Comfortably carrying a rabbit head lamp followed behind.

Magpies and their lotus lanterns. He began to look up at the homemade lanterns hanging again, pointing and giggling, head to head, shoulder to shoulder. His face was sprinkled with a glossy light. All of them are as beautiful as fairies.

Lu Xiaoyi's sensitive discovery. Around a young girl like Magpie Chunhua, there will always be some shy teenagers, whether they are emotional or deliberate. Or is it purely the natural attraction between the sexes, in the hazy moonlight, under the lights, boys and girls are affectionate and polite, no wonder the ancient Lantern Festival is the favorite festival of boys and girls, anyone in this hazy and romantic atmosphere, will suddenly be emotional!

Lu Xiaoyi looked around him again, he was really more popular than people, wasn't he a young girl? Where is the shy young man?

Lu Xiaoyi began to look for the shadow of the surplus grain, only to see him and Qi Feng standing on the periphery of the crowd to inspect something, it seems that he has taken up a part-time security job, after all, there are many people watching the lights in the village, in case of another stampede, good things turn bad, and the Lu family will become the target of public criticism.

Xiao Ding, Liu Bao and Shen Qiang came over and looked around the rabbit head lamp in Xiao Yi's hand.

Shen Qiang laughed, pointed to the rabbit head lamp and said, "It's so ugly!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi said unhappily: "Do you make a try?" ”

Shen Qiang stared at Lu Xiaoyi, his eyes were a little unfamiliar and a little stinging, and he said seriously: "I'll buy you a better one." ”

"Don't." Lu Xiaoyi suddenly felt a little incomprehensible to Shen Qiang, "I just like this rabbit head lamp." ”

A trace of loss and puzzlement flashed on Shen Qiang's face, and soon, he pointed to a round lamp diagonally above and said to Lu Xiaoyi: "There is a mystery on it, do you guess it?" ”

"Read it and listen to it."

"Seven or eight brothers sat around the pillar, and as soon as they parted, their clothes were torn."

Xiao Ding and Liu Bao rushed to say garlic! Shen Qiang asked Lu Xiaoyi: "Guess what?" ”

"Narcissus?" Lu Xiaoyi said deliberately.

Shen Qiang glanced at her and muttered, "Less garlic!" Then he pointed to another lamp with a riddle written on it, and read: "A tall building is built with a single tree, there are no tiles and no bricks, people walk under water, and water flows above people." ”

Xiao Ding and Liu Bao rushed to talk about the umbrella again! Shen Qiang asked Lu Xiaoyi again: "Guess what?" ”

"Hat?" Lu Xiaoyi said deliberately.

Shen Qiang stared at Lu Xiaoyi, as if he wanted to knock her brain open to take a look at the structure, and finally snorted helplessly, and found a simpler riddle and read: "Little Zhuge Liang, sit alone in the military tent, set up a gossip array, and specialize in catching flying generals." ”

Spider woman! Spider woman! Xiao Ding and Liu Bao, the two guessing masters, applauded again.

Shen Qiang looked at Lu Xiaoyi, Lu Xiaoyi rolled his eyes, "Stealing oil woman?" ”

Shen Qiang roared angrily: "Can your oil thief weave a net? Lu Xiaoyi, are you deliberately angry with me? ”

Lu Xiaoyi lifted the rabbit head lamp and shook it, and snorted: "Who made you say that my rabbit head lamp is ugly!" ”

Shen Qiang stomped his feet angrily, but he didn't run away, still following Lu Xiaoyi's side.

Lu Xiaoyi had no intention of watching the lantern festival, his mind fell on the magpie, and he saw that the magpie had been turning his head and looking around, with longing and loss in his eyes.

Lu Xiaoyi knew who the magpie was looking for, and she also helped to find it in the crowd, but unfortunately, she didn't see Li Changsheng, who the magpie was thinking about.

Li Changsheng, who has been working in the city and rarely returns to the village, Lu Xiaoyi rarely sees him, the last time he saw him was on the first day of the Lunar New Year, when he glanced at it in a hurry, he only felt that the handsome and fair-skinned young man was becoming more and more talented.

Lu Xiaoyi hadn't spoken to Li Changsheng, and he didn't know much about him, so he could remember this person because of the magpie.

Seeing that the magpie was stunned, Lu Xiaoyi leaned over, "Magpie, let's guess the riddle?" ”

The magpie hid the loss on his face and said with a smile: "I can't read!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi said: "Why don't you let Xizhu teach you?" Xizhushu reads very well, and I heard Xiao Geng say that Mr. praised him several times. ”

Magpie was ashamed: "He taught, I don't have a good memory, I always forget, so I don't want to disturb Xizhu reading." ”

Lu Xiaoyi said: "It's okay, there is a literate here." He smiled and said to Shen Qiang: "Shen Fatty, study for a thousand days." Use it at this time to help read the riddle! ”

Shen Qiang was very happy, and searched for the riddle in the lantern above his head, and Bingyu Wufeng and Jiluo also found it, and suddenly, the powerful guessing puzzle was established. There are smart students like Bingyu Wufeng Liu Bao, as well as aura girls like Xiao Ding Jiluo, plus Lu Xiaoyi and Magpie, the two gag troublemakers, the riddle quickly attracted the attention of the villagers, whether they understood it or not. They all joined in. For a time the lights will be pushed high. Tide.

In the middle of the moon, the night dew was cold and wet, the candles in the lanterns were extinguished one after another, and the villagers dispersed one after another.

The Lantern Festival is over. The smell of the New Year is completely gone. People are back to their normal lives. Farmers plough in the spring, students start classes, and businessmen rush to ...... Get busy.

In February, Lu Si took Bingyu to the county to take the children's test and sent back the news. said that Bingyu County had tried it, and was waiting for the government test in April.

The villagers rushed to tell each other when they heard the news, some people lamented that the Lu family's big house still had the luck of a scholar, some people gritted their teeth and sent their sons and daughters to study in the Lu family's private hall, and some people said sour words, thinking that the county had tried it, and they couldn't pass the government test and didn't even have the qualifications to take the Xiucai exam, and the Lu family bragged too high, so as not to fall down and hit themselves.

As soon as Lu Bingyu passed the county test, Lu Xiaoyi was pushed to the forefront again.

Because Qi Shan brought surplus grain and matchmaker to the door in person, Lu Zhong must have agreed, and for a while, the news that the black and poor gourd in Shangxi Village and the Lu family Xiaoyi in Xiaxi Village were married. Some people say that Yu Liang is a scheming person, knowing that his family is poor and he can't marry a daughter-in-law, so he started the idea of Lu Xiaoyi, and over the years, he has been working hard to the Lu family, working hard to run errands and send things, and the poor boy finally climbed into a good family.

Some people say that Lu Jiaxiaoyi has broken his leg, even if he can't see it obvious after a few years, she is also a girl with hidden dangers of disability, maybe she will be attacked by some cold and dampness in the future, and her legs and feet will be unfavorable.

Some people also said that Lu Zhong and Yulan were stupid, their own families were honest, but they wanted to marry their daughters to poor boys, and the villagers who were good at divergent thinking immediately thought that it must be that the Lu family Xiaoyi often ran to Yu's house a few years ago, and the girl and the boy had a personal relationship. I really can't underestimate the wisdom of the vast number of eight women, this statement turned out to be true.

What's more, it was said that his father had left him a large sum of money for the surplus grain, and Qi Shan had always been helping to collect it, just waiting for the surplus grain to be taken out as a dowry on the day of marriage.

For a while, the villagers had different opinions.

Mrs. Lu is satisfied with this family business, first, the surplus grain is industrious and simple, and Xiaoyi will not suffer if she marries him; The second is that the Yu family is close, and Xiao Yi's return to her parents' house is like visiting the door, and she jumps in as soon as she says hello.

Of course, being close is the most important reason, because Mrs. Lu has her own calculations in her heart, she has always thought that Xiao Yi is the granddaughter who is the most true inheritance of her, and she can protect Xiao Geng Xiaorui when she marries closely, and after a hundred years, she will have a powerful big sister to cover, and she is not afraid that Xiao Geng Xiaorui's descendants will be bullied.

Therefore, when the villagers picked on the relationship between Yu Liang and Xiaoyi, Mrs. Lu was angry, she was worried that the discussion of the villagers would make her son and daughter-in-law change their attention, and this worry became more and more intense, Mrs. Lu couldn't control the anger in her heart, and rushed to the village to scold her.

Mrs. Lu scolded all the way along the village road, seeing cats scolding cats, dogs scolding dogs, not to mention people, the villagers closed their doors one after another to hide, and since then they have turned the discussions on the surface into private muttering.

The parties Lu Xiaoyi and Yu Liang were immersed in the joy of getting married, and did not say a word about the villagers' discussions.

Qi Shan was even more happy, patted Yu Liang's shoulder and praised: "Good boy, stronger than Qi Feng, stronger than Xu Wu!" ”

Yu Liang's white teeth flashed with a smile, the stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he was no longer ashamed to blush at the mention of his family, but couldn't stop laughing.

Qi Shan looked around, "Your yard has to be pushed and rebuilt!" You can't let Xiao Yu'er marry and live in such a shack. ”

Yu Liang nodded, "Jian, I mentioned it to Uncle Zhong, and asked him to help invite that old Mr. Zhou to come and see Feng Shui, and start construction on an auspicious day." ”

"You kid has planned it step by step! Okay, when the time comes, I will bring Qi Feng and Xu Wu to help you build a house, and let Tie Niu take care of the shop with her daughter-in-law. After Qi Shan finished speaking, he sighed, "Your father is stubborn, you are more stubborn than your father." Back then, the brothers gave up all the dart profits, and your father refused to accept it when he was dying, I thought I would leave it for you to marry your daughter-in-law, but you still refuse to accept it. ”

Yu Liang smiled lightly: "Uncle Qi, my father has already taken the money he deserves, and he won't ask for anything else, and my father repeatedly told me to go back to the village to guard the ancestral industry before leaving, and my father's precepts cannot be forgotten, let alone what my father did not receive before his death!" ”

Qi Shan patted Yu Liang's shoulder, "I understand what you said, everyone has their own ambitions, and I don't force you, now that your family affairs have been decided, I am happy for you in my heart, the dowry and building a house are the big heads, if you don't have enough money, just talk to me, although I don't make much money in the dry food business over the years, but I still saved some money in those years." ”

Yu Liang was grateful to Qi Shan for his concern, and nodded: "I know Uncle Qi, if I need it in the future, I will definitely open my mouth to you." ”

Qi Shan smiled with relief, and sighed again: "It's over, it's over, you are the same year as Qi Feng, your daughter-in-law has been settled, and Qi Feng hasn't written a word." ”

Yu Liang wanted to persuade Qi Shan not to be in a hurry, but thinking that this kind of persuasion was too pale, he could only smile faintly and be silent. (To be continued.) )