Chapter 50: Playing with Lanterns

He Yu's parents, including his eldest brother and sister-in-law, were tired after eating, and they had to clean up the table and kitchen.

The mother also had to prepare gifts for the eldest brother and sister-in-law to go to her father-in-law's house tomorrow for the New Year, and she was busy until midnight.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, He Yu's eldest brother got up early in the morning, dressed neatly, and happily went to his father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings with his sister-in-law.

He Yu's father, in the whispering voice of his mother, walked to He Yu's grandmother's house together.

He Yu's younger sister resolutely refused the arrangement of going to her grandmother's house with her parents, and chose to watch the house with her second brother.

In fact, the "walking house" in the mountains, for children, the temptation is still quite big, it is second only to the festival, to the relatives' house to beat the tooth sacrifice, you can also get a lot of snacks!

But He Yu and his sister, perhaps influenced by their father, were reluctant to go to their grandmother's house.

Because of their poor family background, their brothers and sisters are obviously not treated well compared to those glamorous cousins! He Yu's sister even went to her grandmother's house for the New Year one year, but she didn't eat the New Year's dinner and came back.

He Yu is now more than ten years old, and he is already a big child, so he naturally has a hot meal at home, so he takes his sister and eats the Chinese food prepared by his mother.

He Yu originally wanted to cultivate quietly for a while, but his younger sister He Yuanying couldn't stay idle and clamored to see the lanterns.

He Yu himself also likes to listen to the three-sided drum, so he took his sister to his uncle's house to watch the excitement.

Playing with lanterns is an important entertainment activity during the Chinese New Year, especially in a sheltered place like the Big Water Cave!

He Yu's uncle is tall and big, can speak well, has a high prestige in the village, and belongs to the local leaders.

He Yu's uncle also likes to be lively, and since the first day of junior high school, after picking up the whole family for New Year's dinner, he initiated playing lanterns.

Although playing lanterns is a lively picture, although it is still the original cast, it also needs to be rehearsed, otherwise, it will not be good because of unfamiliarity.

On the evening of the second day of the Lunar New Year, those young people in the village who love to be lively gathered on the floor of Uncle He Yu's house to rehearse some programs first.

Among them, the actors who are deeply loved by children are Zhu Hao, who likes to play the role of Dan, and Liu Jinhi, who likes to play the role of a harlequin.

Zhu Hao has a very good figure, plus a white paw face, a bit of a male and female appearance, imitating a woman's movements, a little exaggerated, but vivid!

His original male voice is deep and magnetic, but when he sings a female voice in a falsetto, it is even more decent!

Zhu Hao put on a little makeup on his face, mainly putting on lipstick, and he changed into a bright female costume.

is a handsome little daughter-in-law, who often attracts the eyes of the green-skinned descendants in other villages.

On the other hand, Liu Jinhi is tall and thin, a little hunched back, squinting with a pair of slender eyes, and a long horse face, which usually makes people laugh!

When he saw someone, he nodded his head, painted a piece of white on his nose, and put on a clown costume.

Some of the clothes are not long enough, and they don't match very well, and with his funny movements and funny voice, people can't help laughing.

Liu Jinhi and Zhu Hao are old partners, they brought ringers and costumes from the village early and rehearsed them on the floor of Uncle He Yu's house, attracting all the children in the village to watch.

Uncle He Yu, as the most influential of the initiators, decided the performance program and action route of the lantern team after the official start of playing lanterns, and he would often go to the next house in advance to "play the front station".

When he walked to the floor of the next house, he would speak in his loud voice: "The boss is rich in the house, and I will open the door to see the excitement!" ”

The host will open the door of the hall, prepare firecrackers, red envelopes, tea, melon seeds, etc., and put benches, tables and chairs in the hall, just waiting for the lantern procession to enter the door.

Of course, there are also people who are reluctant to give red envelopes to the lantern team because their families are poor, and when they see someone from the lantern team standing in front of the door, they will blow the lantern and close the door, pretending that they have slept or there is no one at home, and the lantern team will take a detour!

Like He Yu's family, today's parents have already left relatives, and they will come back very late, and there are only two children in the family, He Yu's uncle, naturally he will not lead people over.

Besides, everyone knows the family background of these people in the same village, and they don't have to go to other people's homes to find them unhappy, but those respectable people's homes must go, even if they don't give red envelopes, they have to show their whole body skills to perform!

The performance of the lantern team in this village is purely for excitement and warm-up, and it doesn't care who gives red envelopes or not, and the lantern team often comes to He Yu's house in the past.

The lantern procession in the village is not large, and there are only four children holding lanterns in front, namely He Yu's cousins He Yaomin and He Yaorong, and cousins He Huaying and He Huaxiang.

The lanterns are made of bamboo strips and come in a variety of shapes, with red and green colored paper pasted on the outside and candles lit on the inside, giving off soft colored light and shadow.

Under the light and shadow of the lanterns, the children holding the lanterns are full of joy and happiness on their ruddy and immature faces. In the middle of the team, Zhu Hao, the horn of Danjiao, and Liu Jinhi, the harlequin, were clustered around the singing drums.

Their makeup-worn faces and brightly colored costumes, under the soft lighting of the lanterns, look even more mysterious and funny, attracting the curious eyes of the children who follow the lively children from time to time.

Especially Zhu Hao, when performing, he sang a high-pitched female voice in falsetto, and walked on the road to speak, but he was a man with a rough voice, which attracted children to be ignorant!

Behind the lantern team is a team of bells and trumpets playing gongs and drums. In the back, there are people who follow the lanterns all the way.

The sky slowly darkened, and the lantern torches lit by the lantern team illuminated a ribbon on the hazy fields under the night sky, floating on the country road.

It was already dark, He Yu was going to take her sister home, but she seemed to feel that the rehearsal was not enjoyable, and she didn't see a lot of impromptu programs, and she clamored to follow her to the village hometown to listen to the flower drum, He Yu could only take her sister together and follow her to the village hometown.

Because it is a tradition in the village to go to the village's hometown first, He Yu's uncle did not play the front station, and directly took the lantern team into the village elder's hall.

After the opening gong and drum were beaten, Liu Jinhi opened his throat, raised his voice, and sang: "Playing with the lantern to your house, your family's wealth door is wide open, your family's wealth door is opened, and the lamp rolls in with the treasure." ”

The people who followed the people all the way to see the excitement spontaneously formed a circle in the hall, and the village elders appeared in the east corner of the hall in the stars and the moon, and sat on a Taishi chair.

The village elders in the village are worthy of the name of high morality, and those adults who play with lanterns and watch the excitement are respectfully stepped forward to say hello.