Cousin Chu and Xiaofan entered Nianfu's house together, and Nianfu's grandfather opened the locked door of the innermost warehouse on the east side of the courtyard and said, "Come and see?"

Nian Fu pulled Xuan Chu on his right hand, Xiao Fan followed behind him, and looked at it, this is good, a room of ghosts, there are 5.6 young men and women, pushing and grinding, only to see them, one by one, dementia like a machine, doing work, non-stop in their hands, loading rice with rice, sweeping and grinding. There are also two people who keep pushing the grinding plate, squeaking and making the sound of stones squeezing the wheat grain, which is very common, but at this time, it is really incredible to see these green-faced and gray-eyed ghost pawns come to work.

Grandpa Nianfu smiled: "Okay, it's time to come out?" ”

Nian Fu pulled Yi Chu out together, and pulled Xiao Fan, who was scared stupid, and said, "Xiao Fan, can you be sharp!" ”

Nianfu's grandfather said: "Nianfu will take them to the backyard wheat field to see"!

The wheat field in the backyard that brought the two people who didn't say a word to the wheat field in the backyard was the season of summer harvest and wheat harvest in the north.

Xiao Fan saw so many dozen people cutting wheat and said excitedly: "Year after year, no one cuts or plants this wheat grain in your family every year, so it is taken back!" It turns out that a lot of people were hired to cut wheat at night, right?"

Nian Fu smiled and said, "You go and take a look." ”

Xiao Fan was about to go forward, but he found that something was wrong! These people didn't interject when they saw them talking, they didn't even sigh for a long time, except for the "swaying" sound of the wheat. Xiao Fan thought to himself, it's impossible, it's just that Nianfu's grandfather raised a few ghosts to work at home, but he can't blatantly call him to work in the field!

Seeing that Brother Xiao Fan was still going forward, Xuan Chu shouted: "Brother Xiao Fan, come back quickly, those are not people!" ……”

Xiao Fan glared at Nian Fu, Nian Fu made an innocent expression, Xiao Fan scolded: "You kid want to kill me?" ”

Nian Fu said: "I just want you to see it clearly! Didn't do anything, hahaha. ”

Xiao Fan said: "Okay, if it's a brother, you can tell me how your family summoned the ghost pawns to help with the work?" I'll let you go! "Xiaofan is actually selfish, a rural person, with a lot of work and hard work, the one who doesn't want to save energy. What's more, this kind of good thing that saves effort and does not cost money, if you learn the ability to summon ghosts to work, it is not that you don't have to work hard, and you can eat ready-made meals! Then summon a few beautiful female ghosts to cook, serve tea and pour water. It's best to be so beautiful. Uh-huh, Xiaofan took a bite of himself in his heart, Yi Chu is still alive and well, how can he compare to a ghost! I regretted it immediately.

Nian Fu said: "Oh, my grandfather hasn't taught me yet, and when I become the head of the house in the future, I will call them and do your housework, right?" ”

Xiao Fan didn't relent: "That's not good, you have to give me an explanation, how did you send me away like this!" ”

Nian Fu said: "Okay, I'm not afraid to tell you, I just learned to carry a ghost sedan chair, let's talk about this, it is to catch four owls and tie them to your cemetery, and tie one to each of the four corners of the ancestral tomb of the old immortals." Recite the ghost mantra for the ghost carrying the sedan chair, and recite it for 7749 days. If you succeed, you can summon a ghost to carry a sedan chair to serve you at any time, even if you are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and you can come back overnight. I'm afraid that the chicken won't be able to come back, remember this! ”

Xiao Fan said: "Oops! Good is good, I'm timid, this is terrible. ”

A few people chased and played all night, and they actually forgot the time. I didn't see those ghosts getting up and slowing down. About the east dew fish belly white, the sky is not yet bright, at this time the chicken crows! "Coo-coo-coo-coo......" A rooster crows and the sky breaks, and the chaos clearly has yin and yang. At this time, I saw these ghost pawns, scattered and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Nian Fu said: "Hey, it's dawn, it's all dawn, it's okay for us to go back, but it's hard to say, Xiaofan, you're going to be scolded!" ”

Chu Chu said, "Where have all those ghosts gone? ”

Nian Fu said: "Who knows! Anyway, as long as my grandfather urges the ghost charm, they will come to work! In the morning, they recited the ghost talisman and they went back again! I don't know where it came from, but I know that my grandfather has a lot of ghosts to summon anyway! ”

Xuan Chu said, "Isn't that very majestic?"

Nian Fu smiled: "No, it's very majestic!" ”

Well, after returning home, I heard that the matter of Nian Fu's grandfather, said that the old yin and yang of Yancheng, during the Lantern Festival, took the four ghosts to carry the sedan chair and rushed to Yangzhou City, which is 1,700 kilometers away, to see the lanterns.

There is a problem with this ghost carrying a sedan chair, that is, the chicken must come back before it crows, otherwise it will be thrown to the local area! The next night, we will continue on our way.

Yangzhou lanterns made in Yangzhou have a lot of exquisiteness, mainly "play lanterns" and "lanterns" two categories. "Playing lanterns" are children's hands to play with lanterns, there are roughly three kinds: one is the "lantern" to play in the hand, there are watermelon lanterns, lotus root lanterns, lotus lanterns, small red lanterns, etc. The second is the "pick up lantern" to play, including dragon lanterns, toad lanterns, butterfly lanterns, Journey to the West characters, eight immortal characters, etc. The third is the "pull lantern" that is dragged and played, including rabbit lanterns, unicorn lanterns, horse lanterns and boat lanterns. "Playing with the lamp" is also a kind of paper craft, mostly with bamboo strips tied into a skeleton, the appearance is pasted with colored paper, some are also slightly outlined with pen and ink, and the center of the lamp can be inserted with red candles. When lit at night, the candlelight is flickering, and the children have come out of the house, carrying, dragging, quiet streets and alleys, at this time it becomes a lively sea of lanterns.

The "lanterns" of every house are fixed and hung inside and outside the courtyard for people to watch and enjoy. The shapes of this kind of lanterns are even more diverse, and the binding process is more complicated. First use iron wire, bamboo pole to tie out the frame, and then use silk, yarn to cover the surface, the upper part of the lamp should be decorated with green tile cornices, colorful tassels, the lower part of the lamp to draw people, landscapes, flowers and birds. This is no longer a lantern in the ordinary sense, but a collection of paper, mounting, paper-cutting, calligraphy and painting, poetry, woodcarving as one of the high-end artworks, this kind of lantern is the representative work of Yangzhou lantern art, with a unique local style.

This year, my grandfather visited Yangzhou lanterns for a while, and he was very happy, but he forgot the time, and came back late, just over the Mandarin Duck Lake, which is more than 100 kilometers away from Yanchi, the rooster crowed! The ghost lady who carried the ghost sedan chair asked his grandson: "Grandson, today is delayed, it's late, do you take the hard road or the water road?"

Grandpa Nian Fu thought to himself, it is better to take the waterway, otherwise if this hard road throws him on a stone, it will not be broken.

Who knew that the chicken crowed: "Goo goo ......", the ghost pawn grandfather ancestors, not caring about their children and grandchildren, carried the sedan chair and left, I don't know whether to kick Nianfu Grandpa off the sedan chair, or Nianfu Grandpa got off the sedan chair himself, anyway, the ghost ancestors flew away. Nianfu's grandfather fell into the Mandarin Duck Lake and drowned as soon as he was in a hole!

Let's see the next time