After listening to Wang Dazhui's words, Min'er's beautiful little face suddenly turned red, and the little girl was shy because Wang Dazhui said that her skin was white and tender.

Seeing Min'er blushing with shame, Wang Dazhui rubbed her head, "Why are you still shy?" It seems that our Min'er has grown up! ”

"Everyone is seven years old, and they are not three or four years old." Min'er covered her red face and said in a coquettish voice.

"Haha, yes, you're not a three- or four-year-old kid anymore." Wang Dazhui listened to Min'er's words and couldn't help laughing.

"Brother Sledgehammer, if you say that again, Min'er won't play with you anymore." Min'er stared at the big eyes of the bright wafer, puffed out her face, and said very shyly with a pout.

"You don't play with your cousin? So who do you want to play with? Wang Da Hammer deliberately teased her.

Wang Dazhui and Min'er talked and laughed, and walked inside. When the two of them arrived in the courtyard, they soon saw Wang Dazhui's sisters.

Wang Dazhui's sisters are busy making kites together! The older third, fourth, and fifth sisters are making their own hands, and the younger sixth, seventh, and eighth sisters, as well as the youngest ninth sister, surround themselves to help hand things over, and join in the fun.

When several people saw Wang Dazhui and Min'er, they immediately stopped what they were doing and surrounded Wang Dazhui.

"Brother Sledgehammer, are you back? Come and make kites with us, shall you? The third sister took the lead with a smile and said.

Now that it is March, it is indeed the season of kite flying. Seeing that the sisters were dressed up beautifully, holding bamboo chips, kite strings, and pen, ink, paper and inkstones for making kites in their hands, Wang Dazhui did not refuse, and was very happy to take Min'er to participate in it.

In the Qingming season, the blue sky is thousands of miles, the wind is harmonious, and the grass and trees germinate, which is a good time to fly kites. Kite flying is only known as a cultural and recreational activity, but in ancient times, it also included an ancient custom - "letting go of bad luck". As a result, the kite has also become a kind of talisman for ancient people to ward off evil spirits during festivals.

The people of Jiangnan have had the custom of flying kites during the Qingming Festival since ancient times. Shanghai proverb "February 2, twine, March 3, kite flying", another example, "Yang Liuqing, kite flying". When people fly kites, sometimes they run with a string, sometimes they look up into the distance, not only have the joy and fun of spring, but also can strengthen their bodies. It is also said that sending a kite into the sky, cutting the string, and letting it drift away will take away the pain and troubles of the year.

In ancient times, due to low productivity, science and technology were extremely underdeveloped, and people were unable to resist diseases and various natural disasters, so they prayed for good luck. This kind of psychology is manifested in kite flying, which is "letting go of bad luck". People write their names on the kite, and then release it to the sky, and deliberately cut the string to let the kite fly away, thinking that in this way they can release the "bad luck" and hand over good luck, so as to achieve the purpose of "eliminating disasters and difficulties".

Since flying a kite is a bad luck, no matter how delicate and beautiful the kite is when flying a kite, the string must be cut in the end and let it fly away. At the same time, there is also avoidance in flying kites, that is, the kites released by people cannot be picked up and replayed, otherwise they will be infected with "bad luck".

In the 70th episode of "Dream of Red Mansions", Cao Xueqin vividly described the scene of the sisters flying crabs, beauties, big fish, braided bats, phoenixes, sand swallows and other kites in the Grand View Garden. It can be said that toy kites in China developed to a fairly high level at this time.

Cao Xueqin is very interested in kites, and is the author of "The Examination of the Southern Harrier and the Northern Kite", which records in detail dozens of kite tie, paste, painting and flying techniques. The book not only has color pictures, but also verses explaining how to tie and draw kites.

Wang Dazhui had seen "Dream of Red Mansions" before, and when he saw this 70th episode, he saw that the kites described in it were particularly good, so he specially looked for "The Examination of the Southern Harrier and the Northern Kite" to study, and the content in it was probably memorized, so it was naturally easy to make kites.

"What kind of kite do you all want? Butterfly, dragonfly, swallow, phoenix, or beauty? Wang Dazhui asked as he checked the materials they had prepared.

"I want a butterfly kite, and the butterfly kite is the most beautiful." The eighth sister shouted first.

"I want a dragonfly kite, and a dragonfly kite is as beautiful as a butterfly kite." The ninth sister followed closely.

"I want a swallow kite, and in the spring the swallows fly back from the south. It's definitely the most beautiful to make. The seventh sister thought about it and said.

"I want a phoenix kite."

"I want a beauty kite."

Everyone talked about what they wanted to look like a kite.

Seeing that Min'er hadn't squeaked, Wang Dazhui asked with a smile, "Min'er, what about you?" What kind of kite do you want? ”

Min'er tilted her head and thought about it, and said to Wang Da Hammer embarrassedly: "What Brother Sledgehammer likes, Min'er wants the same." ”

"Okay, no problem, I'll get you a kite like mine later." Wang Dazhui agreed with a smile.

Saying hello to everyone's favorite style, Wang Da Hammer began to tie the kite frame, and several sisters started to make kites, and Wang Da Hammer made kites quite quickly.

The skeleton of the kite was first tied with bamboo chips, and then the paper was pasted on it, and the work of pasting the paper was left to a few girls, after all, their hands were more skillful.

After pasting the paper on the skeleton of the kite, the next step is to paint, take out the paint and start coloring the respective kite drawings.

It's hard to say what Wang Dazhui has other abilities, but the level of painting is extraordinary, and soon lifelike paintings appear on the kite.

Colorful flowers and butterflies, grass-green dragonflies, black and white swallows, fiery phoenixes, stunning beauties,......, Wang Sledgehammer painted himself an airplane, and Min'er was naturally the same as him.

"Brother Sledgehammer, I didn't expect your hands to be more clever than my sister, it's only been half a day's work, and you've made more than ten kites." The third sister held her kite and said lovingly.

"It's good if my sister likes it. If you like, I can teach you later. Wang Dazhui said with a smile.

"I'm going to learn too."

"I'm going to ...... too"

Everyone happily shouted that they wanted to learn to paint with Wang Dazhu. Because he painted so beautifully.

If you want to say how good Wang Dazhui's paintings really are, in fact, they have not reached the master level, but he uses modern painting techniques when painting, and the characters and animals he paints are three-dimensional, so they look more vivid and lifelike.

"The kite is ready, then let's fly the kite quickly! See who of us has a kite that flies higher and farther. Wang Da Hammer encouraged.

Everyone picked up their kites and checked them, and then started running and flying them.

The sun was shining and the breeze was blowing, and the kites soon flew into the sky one after another.

(End of chapter)