On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after eating the Lantern Festival in the morning, the whole family made noodle lamps together. Except for Niu's, no one else in the family is good at kneading noodle lamps, but it is quite fun for the whole family to do it together.

The dragon lantern is a metaphor for the wind and rain, is a highlight, every year is Niu Shi personally pinched, this year is no exception, Niu will roll the dough into a round and long strip and put a small noodle on it, pinch out the dragon head, and then use scissors to cut out the dragon scales on the dragon.

Some other small noodle lamps are made by everyone together, Niu's fingers fly, and soon the images of small animals come out, including rabbits, pigs, dogs, monkeys, etc., and the twelve zodiac signs are almost collected.

Xiao Qi's eyes shone brightly at the small lamp on the table: "Mother, your hands are so skillful." Niu Shi saw that the two children had flour on their faces, and he felt very satisfied for a moment.

Ah Fu pinched a monkey lantern at random and began to draw, using the colored paper that Xiao Qi brought from the flower family to prepare the lanterns, and he wanted to draw these beautiful little animals on the table and paste them on the lanterns.

After Xiao Qi took the noodle lamp to the stove to steam, Niu Shi bit his ear beside Liu Dahe: "I saw that Ah Fu became a little unfortunate after this illness. ”

Liu Dahe glanced at Ah Fu a few times and said in a low voice: "Nonsense, Ah Fu has always been like this." ”

Niu stroked his forehead: "You mean to say that Ah Fu was so stupid before?" ”

Without waiting for Liu Dahe to answer, Niu Shi sighed and continued: "When the weather is warm, let Ah Fu go with you to learn carpentry, so it's not a matter of painting blindly all day long." Liu Dahe nodded again and again.

As soon as the noodle lamp was steamed, the little mouse smelled and got into the stove, and the pear blossom followed closely and wanted to pull the little mouse home, Xiao Qi washed his hands and took out a little mouse-shaped noodle lamp from the steamer and put it in a wooden bowl and handed it to the little mouse: "This is what I pinched, it looks good, right?" ”

Seeing that Xiao Qi's face was rubbed with ash at the bottom of the pot, Lihua took out a discolored handkerchief and gently wiped it off for her.

Xiao Qi: "Sister Lihua, have you steamed the noodle lamp at home, do you want me to help, I pinched several of them today, and I have a little experience." ”

Rika blushed and whispered, "My family has no face." ”

Xiao Qi scooped a small pot of flour from the utility room and handed it to Pear Blossom: "Sister Pear Blossom, I heard that the noodle lamp on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month cannot be given away casually, this pot of flour is for you, you take it home and make it yourself." ”

Pear Blossom was very moved: "Thank you, Xiao Qi, I will definitely repay you when I have the ability in the future." ”

Xiao Qi scratched his head and replied with a smile: "Sister Lihua, we don't have to be so polite between us, if it is changed to my family without flour, you will also give it to us." ”

After Pear Blossom left, Xiao Qi brought the steamed noodle lamp to the house, and Ah Fu immediately recognized the noodle lamp he pinched, and it was very rare to pick it up and pinch it in his hand: "This is the monkey I pinched, and I pinched a long tail for the monkey." ”

Xiao Qi picked out the four things he pinched and wanted to eat them in his mouth, but was stopped by Niu: "If you are hungry, eat a few steamed buns to pad your stomach, don't eat the noodle lamp first, and wait until you light it at night, and then eat it after the oil in it is burned." ”

Xiao Qi is an obedient and good baby, took four steamed buns from the closet and ate them in a few clicks, and then asked with an embarrassed face: "Am I too good to eat?" Brother, am I fat? "Xiao Qi is indeed very good at eating, not only can he eat but he is also hungry fast.

Ah Fu nodded: "Yes, sister, I've been used to it for a long time, why do you only remember to ask now?" ”

Niu smiled: "It's a blessing to be able to eat." Xiao Qi's eyes were a little sour when she heard Niu's words, her mother is really good to her now, but she really envy Pear Blossom for being so slender and good-looking.

At noon, the village chief Liu Shun appeared at the gate of the courtyard, and he shouted at the top of his voice: "Dahe, Dahe-"

Liu Dahe is pasting lanterns in the yard, the two lantern stands are tied by Liu Dahe two days in advance, this time it is almost pasted, the colored paper paste taken from the flower house is very good on the lantern, many children are around the side to watch the excitement, the sound is very noisy, so Liu Dahe did not hear Liu Shun's shout.

Xiao Qi's hearing was very sensitive, and she tugged at her father's sleeve: "Dad, the village chief called you." ”

Liu Dahe listened to Xiao Qi's words and hurriedly put down the work in his hand to meet him, Liu Shun hurriedly took two steps back when he saw this, and stretched out his hand to point at Liu Dahe: "You, don't come over, just stay where you are, I will leave after saying a few words." Liu Shun's voice sounded slightly hoarse.

Xiao Qi stood beside Liu Dahe, and felt very strange when he saw the frightened look on the village chief's face: "Uncle village chief, what happened?" ”

Liu Shun stretched his face and pointed his hand at the children in the courtyard one by one: "You all go home now, no one is allowed to come out to play, if you are disobedient, I will let your father and mother open your buttocks." ”

Seeing that the children were out of the courtyard gate of Xiaoqi's house, Liu Shuncai said to Liu Dahe with a serious face: "Two elderly people in Wangjia Village have passed away, it is said that it is because of the wind cold, this disease has been very contagious recently, and I heard that the people above said that the lantern festival was originally going to be held in the county seat of Guxian, but now it has been canceled." I'm here to inform you, don't go out to walk the lanterns today, and stay at home in the next few days and try not to go out. ”

Liu Dahe nodded: "Okay, I know, Shunzi, you go slowly." ”

After Liu Shun left, the stinky duck egg and the second egg came out from the side of the courtyard gate and covered their mouths and laughed, it turned out that the stinky duck egg just now from the small seven families followed a piece of colored paper with batter and pasted it on Liu Shun's back, the paper was painted with a Wang Ba, the poor village chief Liu Shun carried Wang Ba around the village in a big circle, and when he returned home at night, he was found by his daughter-in-law to tear the paper off, Liu Shun looked at the Wang Ba on the paper and was half angry: "If I go back and let me know which rabbit cub got it, see if I don't beat him half to death." ”

When it was getting dark, Liu Dahe poured the oil from the cooking at home into the groove of the noodle lamp, plugged in the wick, and put two lamps in each room after lighting it, one on the windowsill and one in the stove.

Niu's feet were not yet well, so he could only sit on the bed and order: "You take the lamps everywhere and put them away, and be careful not to burn the things on the side." ”

Liu Dahe personally took the dragon lantern to the utility room and put it next to the grain, begging for a bumper harvest next year. Xiao Qi and his brother Ah Fu glanced at each other, put the puppy lamp at the gate of the courtyard and grinned: "Let the dog help us guard the door." Then they put the sheep lamp and the rabbit lamp next to the sheepfold and the rabbit cage, and put their hands together: "Bless the sheep and rabbit to be healthy and not sick." ”

Before dinner, Xiao Qi and Ah Fu lit firecrackers at the courtyard gate, the sound of crackling sounded, and finally there was a little festive atmosphere, the little mouse on the other side of the door wanted to rush over to play, but was pulled by Pear Blossom, it is estimated that the village chief also informed her family not to go out, Xiao Qi smiled at Pear Blossom: "Sister Pear Blossom, Happy Shangyuan Festival." The sound of firecrackers was too loud for Pear Blossom to hear what Xiao Qi said.

After dinner, Xiao Qi and Ah Fu lit the lanterns made by their father, and the firelight shone on the ground through the colored paper, which was very dazzling.

In previous years, during the Shangyuan Festival, they had to go around the village several times with a large group of children carrying lanterns, but this year it can only be like this, it is still very lively in the morning, and it becomes deserted in the evening, and it seems that every household is shocked by the words of the village chief Liu Shun.