Chapter 53 - Making Paper Kites
Qiao Gong and Da Qiao didn't know what Xiao Qiao meant, and looked at her inexplicably. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info only heard Xiao Qiao smile and said: "Brother Liu makes it so delicious, how can we still have the appetite to eat other things?" As soon as Brother Liu leaves, what will we eat in the future? ”
Everyone couldn't help laughing, and Liu Yong also smiled: "Sister Qian, relax." Before I leave, I will pass on everything I know and learn to the chef without reservation, and you will not be disappointed. Everyone laughed again.
Time flies, and before I know it, Liu Yong and his entourage have been in Qiao's Mansion for nearly a month, and the happiest person here is Dong Yun. She has always been lonely, and for the first time she was accompanied by two girls of the same age, treating her like a sister, and her heart was very warm. Erqiao taught Dong Yun to read and write, knitted female red, and Dong Yun taught them to ride horses and shoot arrows, dance knives and guns, and the three of them ate at the same table and slept together.
One day, Xiao Qiao pulled Da Qiao's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Sister, look at this sunny sky, it is estimated that the weather will be good in the next few days, why don't we go and release paper kites?" "Paper kites, that is, kites. In the Qingming season, the blue sky is thousands of miles, the wind is harmonious, the grass and trees germinate, and the flowers bloom, which is a good season for kite flying. Kite flying is only known as a kind of entertainment, but in ancient times, it was still a traditional custom - "letting go of bad luck". Send the kite into the sky, cut the string, and let it drift away, praying that the heavens will take away the troubles and pains of the previous year, and look forward to the coming year.
"Yes, yes!" Dong Yun clapped her hands in agreement, "I haven't let go of the paper kite yet." ”
Da Qiao looked at his two younger sisters with a look of affection and chuckled, "Okay." It's rare to go out once a year, so let's prepare first and have a good day. ”
Xiao Qiao came to Da Qiao's front and said coquettishly: "Sister, it's hard for us to go out, we have to have a good time when we go out this time!" In addition to putting paper kites, we also have to ride horses and barbecue meat......"
Da Qiao smiled slightly, bent his index finger, lightly scraped Xiao Qiao's little nose, and said with a smile: "You want a lot." But our sisters and girls don't know how to barbecue. Yun'er would, but she didn't have much time to play with us. It seems that we have to ask a cook to follow, but then we are uncomfortable. ”
Little Joe grinned and said, "I have an excellent candidate." ”
Da Qiao's heart moved, and he said angrily: "You want to beat Brother Liu again." He's so busy, let's stop bothering him. ”
Xiao Qiao pursed his lips and argued, "Do you remember what Brother Liu said?" To 'combine work and rest', we asked Brother Liu to relax, that is, to make him relaxed and relaxed, work and rest at the same time. ”
Da Qiao patted his sister's little face and said with a smile: "You want Brother Liu to give us a barbecue, but you want to let us have a barbecue, but you say it's to relax." ”
Xiao Qiao said in a coquettish voice: "This is what Brother Liu said himself, I didn't wronged him." What else does he say, 'Men and women match, work without getting tired'! ”
Da Qiao chuckled and said, "I don't know where Brother Liu heard the crazy words, where is the reason why men and women work together." ”
"We don't know about other women, but ......" Xiao Qiao paused deliberately, walked over and took Dong Yun's arm and smiled, "With Sister Yun'er by his side, Brother Liu doesn't know how happy he will be." Isn't it, Sister Yun? ”
Dong Yun's face turned red and said shyly: "I don't know, I listen to you." ”
Xiao Qiao smiled: "Besides, doesn't Brother Liu often say that men should have some gentlemanly demeanor?" Wouldn't it be nice to invite him now to give him a chance to show his gentlemanly demeanor? "You have heard Liu Yong say that there is a country called the United Kingdom far away, where it is a natural etiquette tradition for women to give priority, women to accept the respect of men, and to accept the protection of men.
"There are many reasons to favor you." Big Joe sneered.
Xiao Qiao tilted his head, closed his eyes slightly, and muttered: "The warm sun is shining, the gentle spring breeze is blowing, leaning on my sister's gentle embrace, eating fragrant barbecue, drinking fragrant new tea, and listening to Brother Liu tell beautiful stories, that is really the greatest happiness in life." ”
Da Qiao, Dong Yun and the girls all covered their mouths when they heard this, and Da Qiao's finger poked lightly on Xiao Qiao's forehead, and said with a smile: "Just what you say." Okay, let's go and invite Brother Liu. I'm not sure if he's here or not. ”
"No, it won't." Xiao Qiao said confidently, "Brother Liu is not busy." He didn't care about the militia's training, and he didn't need to be an overseer in several workshops now. I heard that he soaked in the fields all day, and asked around if anyone had ever seen a white flower. ”
"It's not white flowers. It is a kind of grass with long hairs after setting seeds, called cotton. Dong Yun added on the side.
Da Qiao sighed lightly: "It's a pity that none of us have seen it, so we can't help." ”
The three sisters came to invite Liu Yong, and Liu Yong was thinking that everything was on the right track here, and he was about to leave Qiao's house, and he could accompany them, so he readily agreed. When the three sisters got their wish fulfilled, they all clapped their hands and laughed.
Just do it, the girls have already prepared the materials for tying paper kites, and everyone gathered around to tie them. Liu Yong also used to tie kites when he was a child, cut thin bamboo, polish it into thin slices, bundle it with thin threads to build a skeleton, and then paste it with thin paper, tie it with long wires, and use the wind to rise into the air. The kite can be big or small, and can also be tied into various shapes, the common ones are birds, lanterns, beasts, etc., and there are also long strips such as dragons and centipedes, which are colorful and varied, and are magnificent.
In addition to the symmetry of the left and right, the weight is appropriate, the setting of the damper is also very important, the lift is not enough, the uneven force is easy to deflect.
Girls are probably born to be good at kite ties, although Dong Yun has never tied them before, but with the help of Er Qiao, they quickly tied them. Da Qiao made a wild goose, Xiao Qiao was a swallow, Dong Yun was a butterfly, and the third girl looked at Liu Yong again, only to see that the front of his paper kite was big and long, and the back was small and short, like a thick "Shi" character.
Xiao Qiao asked curiously, "What pattern is Brother Liu piercing?" ”
Liu Yong said embarrassedly: "Actually, I want to tie an eagle, it's not that I can't draw, so I made the simplest one." This one is called an airplane. This airplane-shaped paper kite was the most common and easiest for Liu Yong to make when he was a child.
"Flying chickens? It doesn't look like a chicken at all. Little Joe wondered.
"It's not the chicken that lays eggs, it's a mechanical machine." Liu Yong explained hard, and it didn't matter if these women understood it or not.
Da Qiao said softly: "It doesn't matter if it's good or not, it matters whether it can fly or not." Let's try it first and see if there's anything wrong with it, so that we can solve it right away. ”
A few people tried it in the open space of the garden, and sure enough, the problem came out. The paper kites of the three sisters and even the girls can fly smoothly, but Liu Yong's "plane" fell down as soon as it was raised.
Xiao Qiao teased: "Brother Liu, look at your piercing, we can have so many paper kites, but you can't fly up, but you still say that yours is the easiest!" ”
Liu Yong scratched his head and said a little embarrassed: "I haven't let it go for many years, and my hands are rusty." I'll find out why! ”
Xiao Qiao secretly pursed his lips and made a strange appearance, Da Qiao was worried that Liu Yong would not be able to hang on his face, so he pulled Xiao Qiao, who wanted to speak and stopped, and said, "Brother Liu, let's help you take a look." ”
"Okay!" Liu Yong picked up the paper kite, put it in front of everyone, and said with a smile, "To be honest, men who do this kind of delicate work are indeed inferior to women." Isn't it too heavy? ”
The three sisters took Liu Yong's paper kite and took a closer look. "Brother Liu, what are you doing here?" Da Qiao pointed with his hand, and everyone looked at it, and it turned out that there was a small bamboo pipe tied to the damper.
Liu Yong replied: "This is called a bamboo whistle." In our hometown, a bamboo whistle will be tied to the paper kite, so that when it is released, the wind will blow from the bamboo whistle, and it will make the sound of a kite, which is fun. "The wind in southern Sichuan is small, Liu Yong can't make the kind of eye-catching complex kite, so he has to make a paper kite that makes a sound, which is also the origin of the name "kite", but it is "die before leaving the school".
Da Qiao praised: "Why didn't we think of this method, it's really fun." However, with the addition of a bamboo whistle, the weight will increase, and according to the little sister, the paper kite will have to be made larger. ”
Liu Yong nodded yes, and several women helped Liu Yong to tie it again, the area was much larger than the original, and after several debuggings, he could finally fly in a balanced manner.
Looking at the excitement on the faces of the Qiao sisters and Siqing and Siyu who served them, and looking at the envious expressions of the other maids, Liu Yong felt sad in his heart. It is also the cardamom years, the girls of their own era are either happy under their parents' knees, or carry schoolbags to school, enjoying their own innocence and childlike fun, most of the girls here either marry early, take care of the housework, or work hard to support the family.
Liu Yong's heart moved, and he whispered to Da Qiao: "Sister Ying, I have an idea, I don't know if it's okay?" ”
Da Qiao said: "Brother Liu, please speak." ”
Liu Yong said: "I want to invite all the girls here to play with me tomorrow, okay?" ”
Xiao Qiao clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This is good." A few more people are more fun. ”
Da Qiao turned his head to look at the envious expressions of those girls, his heart was sour, he nodded, and said, "However, it can only be done with my father's consent." ”
"I know." Liu Yong smiled, walked up to those maids and said, "Is there such an opportunity, why don't I go and suggest to Qiao Gong that you all have a day off tomorrow, so that you can all go out and have fun, okay?" ”
The girls were so surprised that they almost jumped up, they were very grateful, and they all said: "Thank you, Childe, Master Qiao values Childe the most, and he will definitely agree." ”
"If you want to play, let's have a good time. Tomorrow you don't have to care about anything, you don't have to do anything, you can have as much fun as you want, you can play as much as you want, I will take care of all the work. Liu Yong said from the bottom of his heart that he really wanted to do his meager part for these women, and talk about the guilt that men have felt for women for 2,000 years.
The girls were even more excited when they heard this, and several little girls hugged each other, jumping and jumping. Xiao Qiao smiled: "Brother Liu, can we make any request tomorrow?" ”