Shu Jin could feel Chai Yanfeng's gaze, so he occasionally raised his head to meet his gaze, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Master! Master! With a full shout, a red shadow "scraped" in from the outside. Shu Jin and the others looked up and saw Liu Yunxi, who was wearing a red cloak and a pleated red dress with embroidered gold trim, running into the courtyard with a lantern.

"Master, little sisters! Look at the lanterns I made, isn't it beautiful? Isn't it pretty? Liu Yunxi said, while displaying the lantern for everyone to see.

A few people looked at the lantern, the bamboo branch is the bone, the thin silk is the skin, the shape of the four corners is square, it seems to be an ordinary shape, but the red carp is painted on all sides, and the lantern suddenly looks cute and playful.

"Ahh What a beautiful fish! Did you draw it? Kyauk-kyauk-khao jumped over and praised as she watched.

"Of course! Of course I drew it myself! Let me tell you, in previous years' Lantern Festival, the lanterns were also made by myself. This is the seventh lantern I've made myself! ”

Weiwei also leaned over and was full of praise.

"Aren't you done yet? Would you like to help? Liu Yunxi glanced at the things that were slightly bright and was busy and asked.

"Yes, yes! Come and help us draw some pictures! ”

"Good! What to draw! With that, Liu Yunxi put down the lamp in his hand, untied his cloak and stepped forward.

Shu Jin got up and let the three little girls play together.

"Our lamp, there's still something missing." Chai Yanfeng also walked away and rushed to Shu Jindao.

"Huh? What's worse? ”

"I made the lamp, so you have to draw or write something."

said. Chai Yanfeng led Shu Jin to the lamp he made.

Shu Jin has seen this lamp a long time ago, the body of the lamp is oval, and the lower end is decorated with lamp spikes. The body of the lamp is painted with patterns such as laurel trees and full moons. The style is not complicated, but Chai Yanfeng is very careful and the painting is passable, so it looks very pleasing to the eye. Now let her fill in some things, Shu Jin searched her intestines and scraped her stomach, and recalled for a long time. Finally picked up the pen and carefully wrote half a poem on the lamp:

"There are lights without the moon and there is no entertainment, and there is no spring without lights in the month. When spring arrives, people in the world are like jade, and the lamp burns the moon and the moon is like silver. ”

Poetry or something, she really hasn't reviewed it for a long time, Shu Jin said that she has returned it to the teacher.

"Alright. I'd better go make something delicious. "Written. When the task was completed, Shu Jin decided to get what he was good at.

A few little girls had almost enough of playing with lanterns at this time, and when they heard that Shu Jin was going to eat, they immediately shouted to follow. So, the master and apprentice were ready to start making dumplings.

In the last life, many people thought that Lantern Festival was the same food as Tangyuan, but it was not. The so-called "rolling Lantern Festival, wrapping rice balls". The manufacturing process of the two is completely different.

The production method of Lantern Festival is a little more complicated:

To make Lantern Festival, you need to mix all the fillings into a large pancake and let it solidify; until the filling has set. Cut them into small cubes of about two centimeters, water them a little and put them into a basket filled with glutinous rice flour, and the filling will tumble in the glutinous rice flour. When the filling is sticky, the glutinous rice flour is dipped in water and then thrown back into the basket to roll. The fillings are stained with glutinous rice flour, tumbling in the basket, colliding with each other, and finally becoming round and slippery Lantern Festival.

The glutinous rice balls, on the other hand, are much simpler, and the general method is to use blanched glutinous rice to cover the filling, and then knead them into small round balls.

The tangyuan made by Shu Jin can be regarded as neutralizing the Lantern Festival and the practice of tangyuan.

She had already mixed the filling and put it outside to freeze, and at this moment she directly removed the thin cloth covering the filling, and then compared it with a long rolling pin, cut it with a kitchen knife, and cut the small filling pieces of uniform size one by one. Slightly bright, she cut the kneaded glutinous rice noodles according to what Shu Jin said, and divided them into small agents of uniform size.

Everyone washed their hands, took a small agent and pressed it flat, put a piece of filling, and then turned their hands to close their mouths, and the rice balls were wrapped one by one.

There are several kinds of fillings for Shu Jin, such as five-kernel, black sesame, peanut, and hawthorn. There are many types, and these people will definitely not be able to eat all of them. However, Yipinge will open for business this afternoon, and in the evening, people from all over the county will come to the street to admire the moon and watch the lights.

Today is not officially open, so even if Yipinge opened its doors in the afternoon, there was no usual dish, only tea and rice balls were served.

Liu Yunxi followed Shu Jin to wrap the dumplings for half an afternoon, and she was not annoyed, until someone came to the house, and she reluctantly left. Before leaving, I didn't forget to tell Shu Jin and a few people:

"Master, little sister, I play the Taiping drum at night, remember to come and see! Then let's enjoy the moon and go shopping together! ”

After several people promised to go, Liu Yunxi left.

In the evening, Shu Jin and the others finished dinner and went to the street with a lantern in hand. The Lantern Festival is the last of the New Year's festivals, and it is also a festival second only to the Spring Festival. Because it is the first full moon night of the year, people flock to the streets to admire the moon. Everyone has a lantern in their hand, and the street is as bright as day.

On this night, it seems that all the people are concentrated on the streets of several prosperous spots in Jiangxing County, the dragon dance in five steps, and the lion dance in ten steps, which is really lively, but the Taiping Drum Team that Liu Yunxi participated in is composed of all the unmarried boys and girls in Jiangxing County.

The young boys and girls are dressed in colorful clothes and hold drumsticks or whips in their left hands and drumsticks or whips in their hands. Nowadays, the drum surface of the Taiping drum is mostly peach-shaped or fan-shaped, the drum surface is covered with sheepskin, 20 to 30 centimeters wide, the drum has a drum frame about one centimeter high, and there is a handle under the drum, about 10 to 15 centimeters long. The drum is not particularly large, and it can be picked up with one hand.

Young men and women adorn their drums with different decorations: some decorate the drum frame with colored balls or bells, while others decorate it with iron pieces or small copper cymbals; Some have red tassels or red silk scarves on the ends of the drum handles.

The drum whip used for drumming is more than 30 centimeters long, and when it is beaten, the drum and metal sound respond to each other, which is crisp and pleasant.

It's not so much that these boys and girls are playing drums, it's more like they're dancing. The Taiping drum can be beaten in the heart, edge, frame or back of the drum, and the playing methods include beating, pumping, knocking, pressing, shaking, etc. At the same time, the pendant on the drum is vibrated and jingled, which is very rhythmic. As far as the dancing posture is concerned, the Taiping inspires the young man to jump up, stretching and straight, while the girl's dancing posture is flexible and light, although they are different, but they are all full of vitality and full of youthful beauty.

Among this group of boys and girls, Liu Yunxi is undoubtedly the most attractive one. Although she is only thirteen or fourteen years old, she is tall and well-proportioned, wearing a big red dress and pants, she is like a flame, and her big black eyes are as bright as stars because of happiness. Similarly, her dancing skills are also amazing, attracting countless passers-by to stop and watch. (To be continued......)