It was an era when cultural and recreational activities were extremely rare.

Men can ride horses, fight dogs, dice and throw pots, and even go to the Quyuan Lodge to drink and play with little ladies, but women's entertainment activities are very poor, and they can only weave cloth shoes and sew clothes at home, and in the last two years, there is an extra knitting sweater.

Although now there are more cultural people to read newspapers and play chess and mahjong, but mahjong is not something that ordinary people can afford, a pair of ceramic mahjong is now the cheapest also needs more than a thousand dollars, jade is more expensive, as for the wood can only be played by poor families, rich families are disdainful of using wood mahjong, the feel is not good, and there is no sparse shuffling sound no atmosphere.

But none of these are what girls like.

Last winter, Qinghehou invented shuttlecock and sandbags, and now shuttlecocks and sandbags have begun to become popular in Xianyang and the whole of Daqin, and the kite flying in the wind in front of him makes Ying Shiyan, Meng Wan and a group of little maids feel that they have found a new toy.

Because there were big trees in the yard to block it, the wind was not strong enough, and soon the kite fell, and Chen Xu also hurriedly reeled the line, so as not to hang the kite on the branch.

"Brother, play with me!" Xing'er yelled and rushed to Chen Xu's side, Chen Xu handed the spool to Xing'er, and told her how to spin and rewind the thread, so Xing'er and Yu Ji dragged the kite all over the yard, shouting and shouting.

Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan couldn't help it, picked up a kite and began to put it up like Chen Xu, a group of little maids also followed behind to watch the swaying kite cheering, and the lively sound spread to the outside of the courtyard, and the guards and passers-by who were guarding the door couldn't help but look inside.

"Brother, brother, come on, the bamboo kite is hanging on the tree!"

There was an apricot shout in the distance, Chen Xu turned his head to look, and sure enough, the triangular kite was hanging on the branch of a big tree, and was forcibly pulled by the apricot a few times, obviously broken, and a tail was fluttering down from the tree.

Before Chen Xu could give him, several servants rushed to climb the tree to get the kite, Chen Xu's cheek twitched a few times, and it was estimated that it was useless to take it off.

Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan also hurriedly took back the kite that had been flown a few feet high, and ran over with a flush on their cheeks and a slight sweat on their foreheads.

"Husband, our yard is too small!" Meng Wan pouted.

Chen Xu is full of black lines, and the courtyard of the Qinghe Marquis Mansion is the largest in the entire Xianyang City, except for the palace.

Ying Shiyan looked at Chen Xu's depressed expression and covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Husband, it's still early now, why don't we go to the river beach outside the city to play!" ”

Ying Shiyan's proposal was approved by everyone, and Chen Xu naturally would not be disappointed, so he beckoned the guards to prepare the carriage and horses, and then took a group of domestic servants and maids out of the city with a few kites, and Xing'er's broken triangular kite was also glued and brought back on.

It is now mid-spring in February, and the flowers outside the city are full of red and willow green.

It just happened that these days are also a rare sunny weather, the Wei River is full of idlers who are playing in spring, there are princes and princesses, there are dignitaries, and hundreds of disciples, all of them are sitting on the grass by the river to talk and chat, read books and read newspapers, among which there are singers and dancers singing and dancing, and a group of people playing the piano and blowing the flute are not happy.

Of course, in addition to these idlers, there are more little ladies wearing spring skirts and flowers, kicking shuttlecocks and playing sandbags on the river beach in twos and threes, and many of them are female students from women's colleges, and a few are wearing school uniforms.

Moreover, on a large flat river beach, sure enough, there were several gorgeously dressed young men riding on horses, dragging a huge bamboo and wood cowhide structure of a big bird running back and forth, and hundreds of people were around to watch and cheer, and the scene was very lively

"Look, Qinghehou's carriage!"

Chen Xu and his family came out of the south gate in four carriages escorted by dozens of guards, and they were immediately recognized by sharp-eyed tourists.

In the whole Xianyang, except for the emperor's six-horse Tianzi chariot, only the carriage of the Marquis of Qinghe is the most familiar, mainly because everyone cares too much about the every move of the Marquis of Qinghe on weekdays.

"It seems that today's spring is warm, and the Hou Ye has also taken his wife and concubine out to enjoy the spring!" Many people stood up and watched.

"Hey, what are the Marquis of Qinghe holding in their hands?" Soon, someone saw Chen Xu, Ying Shiyan and others who got off the carriage getting off the carriage with a strange-shaped and colorful thing with a long tail in their hands.

"I feel that Qinghehou must have developed a fun thing!" A young scribe said in surprise.

"Not bad, Qinghehou is not only good at making food, but also good at making things for play, let's go, hurry up and have a look!" The anxious person directly pulled out his legs and ran to the place where Chen Xu parked.

"Go together, go together!" In the blink of an eye, a large group of people surrounded Chen Xu's carriage from all directions, and soon the people on the entire river beach moved.

"Qinghehou, princess, teacher Meng~"

A group of girls from the women's college ran the fastest, saluting around Chen Xu, Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan with excitement on their faces, all with youthful and lively smiles on their faces.

"I've seen Master Hou!" Shi Xuan and Wanwan also followed behind a group of female students to say hello.

"Hey, you two are also here, it just so happens that I made a few paper kites at home and came to the river to play!" Chen Xu said with a smile while sorting out the kite.

At this time, hundreds of people have been surrounded one after another, and there are still people in the distance who are still running this way, even people who don't know what happened in the distance can't help but come around to watch, giving full play to the fine tradition of Chinese people who like to gather to watch the excitement, and soon the surrounding crowds are full of people.

"Master Hou, what is this in your hand?" A scribe with a Faculty badge on his chest couldn't help but ask out loud.

"This is called a paper kite, and it can be released into the sky like a bamboo kite!" A domestic servant proudly explained for Chen Xu.

"Paper kites?" Many people are confused.

"It looks like a simple structure, it's still a skeleton made of bamboo, but it's just a hemp pulp paper!" A man with an Academy of Sciences badge said, holding a broken beard.

"How can you fly so small, look at the bamboo kite released by a group of people over there, it is six or seven feet in size!" There are doubts.

"Hey, how can Qinghe Hou not fly, although it looks small, Hou Ye must have blessed the mana......"

"Exactly, don't take common sense to it, Qinghe Hou is a disciple of the Immortal Family!"

"That's it, dare to doubt the Marquis of Qinghe, be careful of being beaten......"

Many die-hard fans of Chen Xu in the crowd began to refute loudly, and some even rolled up their sleeves and glared at the doubter, so the doubter could only shrink his neck and dare not open his mouth.

At present, there is a large group of people in Xianyang who are die-hard fans of Chen Xu, and they can't stand anyone slandering Qinghehou, as long as someone says that Chen Xu's half sentence is not, they will immediately jump out and roll up their sleeves, they are completely a group of brainless fans, so these words make Chen Xu cry and laugh after hearing them, criticize, others are also kind enough to defend themselves, don't criticize, especially sometimes they are completely blacking themselves, what they originally wanted was to convince people with virtue, but now they are about to become unreasonable underworld leaders.

Looking at the discussion of hundreds of people one after another, and some people pushing and making noise, Chen Xu twitched and raised the kite in his hand and said with a smile: "Don't be noisy, don't crowd, this kind of paper kite is simple to make, a few pieces of slices and a few sheets of hemp pulp paper are enough, everyone on both sides of the road out, Ben Hou will show you a way to fly the paper kite!" ”

Immediately, many people with nameplates from the Academy of Sciences, the College of Agriculture, and the College of Engineering on their chests jumped out and began to direct the onlookers.

Xing'er volunteered to lift the kite in Chen Xu's hand, Chen Xu let go of a piece of twine and shouted to let go, Xing'er immediately let go, Chen Xu raised the line and ran a few steps against the wind, and the kite swayed in the wind and quickly rose.

"Wow, it really flew, it's so easy!"

The wind by the river is very strong, and the terrain is open, Chen Xu runs while putting the line, the kite soon flies up more than ten zhang high, feeling the pull of the twine in his hand, Chen Xu doesn't have to run, standing in place and starting to pull while putting the line, just seven or eight minutes, in the exclamation and noise of hundreds of people, the kite flies higher and higher, has far exceeded the highest city tower in Xianyang City, swaying left and right in the sky, and a panda face pattern painted on it looks full of joy.

"Brother give it to me~~" Xing'er ran over excitedly to cross the spool, and Yu Ji and a group of students began to cheer around Xing'er.

"Let's spread them all out, and we'll put the rest on it too!"

Chen Xu shouted a few times, so the crowd of onlookers quickly dispersed a large open space, and Ying Shiyan, Meng Wan and a few maids and servants couldn't wait to raise their kites and start to pull the line and run into the wind.

Seeing these kites with colorful patterns swaying and flying, the river beach suddenly thundered with joy, and everyone looked up and pointed at these kites painted with various colorful patterns.

Looking at the lively and jubilant scene at the scene, Chen Xu felt a sense of accomplishment, simple modeling is not a problem, being able to fly is a skill, the more complex the structure of the kite, the more difficult it is to fly, this is Chen Xu's experience.

In fact, the structure is complex...... He won't do it either.

These six kites, the most complicated is a swallow-shaped, but the flight is also the most unstable, it has been planted from the air three times and twice, obviously the center of gravity is not very stable, Chen Xu tried to add a tail, this swallow finally flew up smoothly, and at the same time, in order to prevent these kite strings from twisting together, Chen Xu instructed Ying Shiyan and others to spread out as much as possible.

"Hey, what are these things? Do you want to go to the Tongyu Lieutenant's Mansion to come and inspect" The soldiers on the city tower looked at these kites that swayed and flew overhead, and they were all a little overwhelmed, and one of them couldn't help but shout.

"Smack~" A leather armor-clad Shi Chang slapped the back of the soldier's head, "Are you blind, don't you see that the city is Qinghehou?" ”