Chapter 26: The Fifteenth Day of the First Month

In a blink of an eye, it came to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Xia Dong yelled to make ice lanterns, and the brothers and sisters didn't take a breath when they came back from running in the morning, so they were dragged by Xia Dong as laborers.

Su Meimei scolded Dongzi angrily. You said that his brother and sister hadn't eaten breakfast yet, and he was making a fuss. The older I get, the more ignorant I become, and I've been used to it by my brothers and sisters recently, and no one is convinced, and the more I live, the more I whirl.

fought with others in the village, but when he couldn't go home, he couldn't find his brother to fight him, so he pulled his sister to make up the numbers. You said that just like summer, which child in the village can be afraid? I heard that the summer was quite imposing and took out the posture of the big sister to go to the ground, but was embarrassed by a group of children and came back. Why, this group of cubs is now making up and burying her daughter. I don't know why these children are so talented.

The weather outside is quacklingly cold, and in the summer, I learned from my brother in summer and autumn to make this handicraft ice lamp for my younger brother. She thought it was fresh.

The ice lantern used to hang the lantern pole is made of "Feedro" as a mold. "Heedero" is the Russian word for bucket, which shows that the Northeast at that time was still greatly affected because of its proximity to the Soviet Union. This bucket is very different from ours in that it has a narrow bottom and a thick mouth, and it is an inverted cone with the tip removed. Fill the water full, in order to make this ice lamp more attractive and better-looking, Xia Qiu got half a big red paper out of nowhere, crumpled it and put it in the water, such an ice lamp has a faint red color, and it looks very beautiful from the outside. It is also necessary to find a piece of hemp rope, and on both sides of the rope must be pulled a large lump, and sink into the water, the purpose of which is to increase the firmness of the ice lamp after it is made.

There is a handle that can be attached to the lantern rod (similar to the beam of "Feedro"). When you put a full bucket of water outside in the ice and snow, the water is still steaming, and as time goes by, the hot exhalation becomes less and less, and finally the water is full of ice stubble. But you have to stir the ice stubble on it, you can't freeze to death, and you have to fish out the ice stubble.

After a few hours, about five or six centimeters of ice froze along the edge of the barrel, and the ice lamp was basically made. Pour out the water that has not been frozen, take it into the warm part of the house and melt it, separate the ice lamp from the bucket, and then take it out and freeze it for a while, and an ice lamp is done.

The ice lantern hangs high on the lantern pole, and the orange light is very eye-catching from a distance, shining peacefully on the land of the north, warming the hearts of people in the cold, and making the new year of the north more auspicious......

Summer and summer and autumn are busy all morning, and their hands and feet are a little frozen to make Xia and winter satisfied. Xia Dong followed Xia Qiu's buttocks, and Rory asked when he could go out to play? I couldn't give Xia Qiu annoyance, I knocked him a popping chestnut, and Xia Dong didn't bother the brothers and sisters to make up breakfast.

It's been half a day since I came back from this morning's run, and it's almost cold in summer and summer and autumn, and there is no food in my stomach, and neither of them has any good temper left.

Uncle Xia sent her lobby brother Xia Wen to tell him early in the morning, and went to his place this afternoon for the fifteenth day. Originally, Su Meili planned to call everyone to come to her, but it was estimated that Uncle Xia was also a person who was in good spirits and wanted to have a dinner on a happy occasion, and another one might be that she didn't want to go to Xia Ling in the summer. After all, when the little ones know how to be humble, and their family's appearance that day is indeed a bit bad.

In the summer, they arrived quite late. This time, Xia Feng also returned. Xia Feng looks very simple, and his face is a little old that does not match his age. I can't tell if my stomach is bulging even if I wear it thickly. Xia Feng chatted with a few people from the Xia family.

Listening to Xia Feng, her man didn't come over today, and he was at home to spend the holiday with Widow Li. From the moment Xia Aiguo's people entered the door, Zheng Sancai greeted everyone into the house very warmly. said that Xia Feng and Xia Ling were involved, and they didn't need their help today, so let's go into the house to rest. Su Meili and Xia didn't care where Xia Aiguo talked to Uncle Xia, and when they turned around, they went to the old lady's house with an unusually tacit understanding.

The old lady was mending up her little nephew's clothes for the summer. There were also newly made diapers next to them, and when they saw them enter the door, they sat down in the kang, let the kang out along the edge, turned around and went to open the kang cabinet, took out a few persimmon cakes, and stuffed the small basket containing persimmon cakes into the summer arms and let her eat them quickly.

Summer knew that there were only a few persimmon cakes in total, and her grandmother didn't eat any of them. This thing is still quite rare now, and it was also the last time her sister-in-law came back to steal milk for her. After breaking half of it in the old lady's mouth in the summer, she sat down in front of the old lady tiredly, cross-legged and hugged the small frame while eating and chatting. Su Meili and the old lady mended their clothes together, and the atmosphere in the house was happy.

At dinner, Old Man Xia asked Xia to sit next to him and accompany him, saying that it would be time to leave in a few months, but he had to accompany him to have a few drinks. Xia Wen still remembered the bold words he said during the New Year in the summer, and asked if he wanted to climb the roof in the summer or if his brother would find you a cardboard box for you to step on the box and drink? Scratching his head in summer, it is rare to show a simple and honest hey silly music. His grandfather didn't let her go, and he had to let him drink five glasses of fruit wine in the summer before he could do it.

Summer knew that his grandfather was probably thinking that if nothing happened in a few months, she would leave Lishu Village to go to the army, and he was upset in his heart. From the first time I came to see my grandfather in the summer, the moment Old Man Xia put eggs on his coat from his warm sleeves, he really put Old Man Xia in the same important position as Xia Aiguo and Su Meimei.

Summer thought back to this, I don't know if it was because the wine was agitated or what, my eyes were a little red, and my grandfather kept telling the old man Xia a little secret. whispered about Xia Dong's ugly things, and broke the news that Xia Aiguo was still more afraid of Su Meili, saying that his brother looked honest and actually had a heart or something.

Old man Xia, who listened, was full of smiles and joy. Uncle Xia was also very satisfied when he saw his niece. Although whether he is a worker or a soldier, there is no question of who robs whom between the two sisters or the two families, but on the side of his own ladies tossing and turning upside down that day, he still feels a little sorry for the second brother's family.

Summer feels that she is quite happy now, although she is in the countryside, she has not met a patriarchal family, she has a lot of say in her own family, and her father and mother also respect her opinions and value her feelings. And the big family of the Xia family, although not as harmonious as her own family, is really stronger than the individual knowledgeable and cultured families she has seen in later generations.

Uncle Xia's family from top to bottom, although everyone is a little cautious and calculating, but Summer doesn't think it's such an incorrect behavior. Who can be without a little selfishness! She also has it, how can she treat them like her own father, and why should she ask others to treat her niece the same as her daughter? Now that Uncle Xia's family is like this, Summer is already very grateful to God for giving her a good family.

Zheng Sancai discussed with Su Meili what Xia Ling should bring to the dormitory when she went to work in the factory. Xia Feng knew that her two younger sisters were different from her, one was going to be a national worker, and the other was going to be a soldier, without any jealousy, full of envy and happiness. Su Meili looked at Xia Feng like this, and began to teach her to get along with husband and wife to know when and mother-in-law need to have a hard waist and be tough, and when not to be like this. also let her learn to coax some old men, don't think that working hard, giving birth to children, and being thrifty is a good daughter-in-law.

Zheng Sancai also interjected a few words occasionally. The old lady looked at the two tables of people, each table got along very well, it turned out that Xia Ling loved to fight with Summer, and now she can look at Summer with a smile on her face and talk, she is really content. Living at such an old age, she has endured hardships all her life, and she has not lived a good life, isn't it just that she has today.

When it got dark at night, Xia Dong couldn't sit still, shouting that Xia Aiguo wanted to go home. Everyone was a little embarrassed by him.

Old man Xia waved his hand, which meant that he should go home when he should go home. Zheng Sancai also said that he would go to the village team for a while, and even the old lady would wear a thick coat and let her go, and we would talk about it again after a while.

This year, there is no place for any programs in their village. It is said that a movie is being shown in the village a little far away, and there is a young man who is not afraid of the cold, so he has already rushed there by car. Most people are disgusted that they haven't gone too far, but they are still used to going out for a walk on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Xia Dong got his wish and went out with his beautiful little lantern. Whoever called it didn't stop, saying that the children in the village wanted to compete to see who was the most beautiful. His sister is the most beautiful in the village, so it stands to reason that his lanterns should also be the most beautiful.

Summer hears this fallacy......