This year is the Year of the Rat, and what she sees is a mouse lantern with a light gray background and pink plum blossom prints.

The mouse's round body, pointed mouth, and small eyes like mung beans are very vivid in itself. The rat also carried a smaller lantern on its paws, and the small lantern was painted with a festive pattern of abundant crops.

"Look at it, look at that rat lantern, it can do so well." Xia Yanqing pointed to the rat lamp and asked Shao Yi to look at it.

Shao Yi naturally saw a lot of this kind of lantern, looked in the direction of her finger, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, this is really good, it was specially made by the craftsman who made the lantern in Pinyue Building." As he spoke, he pointed to the other side of the rat lamp, "There are still those who are also from Pinyue Building." ”

Xia Yanqing saw that next to the mouse lantern were a few strings of treasures and a few strings of silver ingots, which were also made of paper paste, somehow done, and they were also shining.

She smiled: "It's not a loss, it's a business, and it's all about getting rich." ”

Later, the grandson listened to their discussion, and was also very interested, squeezed between the two of them to look at it, and praised it again and again: "It's really good, at this time in previous years, there were also lanterns in our house, which were very delicately made, but there was no such thing." ”

Xia Yanqing turned his head and said with a smile: "Isn't it different, we are in business, and the most important thing is to make a lot of money, let the reader say that this is a philistine and a vulgarity." ”

"You can't say that, they are all the people of the Great Liang Dynasty, and they each do their own things well, there's nothing wrong with that." Obviously, Taisun didn't agree with Xia Yanqing's words, and then asked: "On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all merchants who do business have arranged to display lanterns, what does Aunt Xia's Qingyun Zhai do?" Glass lanterns? ”？

"Yes, we are in the glass business, if we do something else, I guess the people who watch the lights will not agree." Xia Yanqing felt quite helpless, especially after seeing the lights in Pinyue Building, which made her feel that the lanterns in Qingyunzhai were too simple and rude. It is just a few pieces of glass, which are cut out with a glass knife and then set on a wooden frame. Although there are some simple patterns on the wooden frame and different patterns on the glass, they are really not comparable to the elaborate papier-mâché lanterns.

She felt that the modern glass lanterns of Qingyun Zhai were very insincere, and they were inferior to the character of Yuelou. But the grandson didn't understand her mood at all, and still asked with great interest: "What is the glass lantern of Qingyunzhai like?" It must be beautiful, right? ”

Xia Yanqing nodded reluctantly, and said vaguely: "Well, the glass is quite exquisite." "That's the only advantage she can find.

Later, Xia Han also squeezed up, squeezed Shao Yi aside, and was busy explaining: "The lanterns in my sister-in-law's workshop are beautiful." The night before yesterday, I lit it up in our house and saw that there were various patterns and colors on the white and delicate frosted glass, and the candles were lit in it at night, which was so beautiful. ”

This very emotional explanation made the grandson listen to it full of yearning, "I don't know where Aunt Xia's lantern is?" If only I could see it. ”

Shao Yi was almost squeezed out of the first echelon by two little boys, and he was very angry about this kind of scene-stealing behavior.

Don't look at him being able to give his grandson a roll of the eyes from time to time, but Xia Han didn't dare to provoke him, so he could only persuade the two of them with kind words: "You two follow behind, let's go out like this, and the lanterns hanging on both sides of the street can be seen." If you are crowded around like this, and if you are scattered and you two are lost, what will be good? ”

As soon as he heard this sensitive word, Xia Yanqing echoed continuously.

Xia Han also obediently agreed: "Yes, yes, my grandmother and mother have been telling me since yesterday, and they are all talking about this, for fear that we will get separated in a crowded place, and it will be difficult to find it back." ”

Shao Yi was very relieved to see how sensible his nephew was.

"Okay, let's go, let's pass it from here, come back in a big circle and rest for a while, and then turn around from the other side, and then we can rush to Shangpinju on Changping Street."

Looking at it along the way, there are many surprises, and from time to time there will be a few lanterns that stand out, so that the eyes of the people watching the lights will shine.

Some win in exquisiteness, just like the rat lamp in Pinyue Building, as well as the 12 zodiac signs, as well as the vivid rats, and all kinds of exquisitely made palace lanterns.

Some of them are elegant and refined in the lantern picture, and the lantern with the pixel surface background color is pasted on rice paper, and various paintings are painted, revealing a different bookish atmosphere, which is very eye-catching in this noisy occasion.

There is another big category, which is the Furui likable type, the most typical is the kind of copper coins and silver ingots, which are easy to understand. There is also a big red background Fulu Suxi hollow lettering, which looks both festive and heavy.

There are also various lantern riddles, as well as guessing the lantern riddles. There are also for the literati's pastime, similar to couplets, the upper couplet to the lower couplet, the lower couplet to the upper couplet, and so on, and there are also word games.

Xia Zixi didn't care about fighting for this kind of thing, just watched Xia Yanqing and the two children crowded in the crowd, and wondered how they could guess and come out right, so as to win the rewards of the three melons and two dates.

Xia Yanqing guessed two lantern riddles and replaced them with a small lantern.

Xia Han and Taisun got together, matched two couplets, made a crossword puzzle, and got a wind gourd and a small lantern. The two were overjoyed, especially Taisun, this was the first time he participated in such a lively folk activity, and he had such a sense of substitution.

The weather was still cold in the first month, but the little one's face was red, and his eyes were shining with excitement.

Just look at it while walking, and evaluate which lantern is more beautiful and innovative, which lantern riddle is too simple, or which is difficult...... Before I knew it, half an hour had passed.

Shao Yi was already looking for a place to rest, and saw a small stall at the mouth of an alley with a few tables in the distance. There was a small pot against the wall, steaming hot.

There were two middle-aged men and women busy in front of the stove, and there was a half-sized man about the same size as Xia Han, who was shuttling between several tables, collecting dishes and chopsticks, wiping the table, and doing the work very neatly.

Shao Yi pointed over there and asked for the opinions of Taisun and Xia Zixi: "Let's be gone for a while, go over there and sit and rest." It should be a noodle stall, we want two bowls of noodles, and if we don't eat it, we can rest for a while. ”

Xia Yanqing understands it, and he does not resist this kind of place. Xia Zixi didn't pay attention to it, several people looked at each other, and their eyes fell on the face of the grandson.

Taisun Zheng felt that the life of the people was so colorful and full of interest, so he was naturally willing to experience more, and he was indeed a little tired along the way.

"Then go ahead and see what their faces look like."

As soon as he spoke, Xiu Yuanhe had already brought someone over to take care of it.

There were not many customers at the noodle stall, so two tables were immediately vacated. Qiluo and Xinxiu rushed up, rubbing wildly, and the two middle-aged couples and the half-grown son couldn't come back to their senses.