Chapter 67 Drag on for a long time over the Lantern Festival
After going downstairs and leaving the Yujingyuan community, Lin Xu and Li Feiyan did not stay in the city for long, but on the way back, when they passed by a supermarket, they went in to buy some things. Then he drove away directly and returned to Wuxiang Middle School.
After returning to school, Lin Xu took a short rest, and resumed his alternating state of martial arts practice and study, without delaying both civil and military affairs.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, he received a phone call from Yue Xianyun. Yue Xianyun first sincerely apologized to him on the phone, and then said that she sent someone to find a few houses for him again in the afternoon, and this time she really looked for it from his point of view, and she definitely didn't do anything. Let him log in to the chat app to check it out, she has already uploaded photos on the Internet, and if he doesn't accept the house in Yujingyuan, these can be used as alternatives. In short, no matter what, I still hope that Lin Xu can continue to ask her for help, and don't use her directly when you are angry.
After ending the call, Lin Xu also logged in to the chat software on the Internet to take a look, and sure enough, Yue Xianyun sent him many photos on it, and there were five or six photos in each house, a total of five houses. Yue Xianyun also left a message in the back saying that if Lin Xu was not satisfied with these, she could continue to look for them.
Lin Xu took a look and found that these five houses did meet his requirements. Moreover, these five houses are no longer the kind of relatively high-end communities, but ordinary types, and even one is relatively old. It seems that Yue Xianyun is really serious about helping to find it this time, for fear that Lin Xu will no longer let her help with this matter. It's just that he may have preconceived ideas, and when Lin Xu finally looked at it, he still felt that it was not as good as Yujingyuan's set that satisfied him.
However, although he had agreed to accept the Yujingyuan set in his heart, he naturally agreed to it without saying anything at this time. Seeing that on the chat software, Yue Xianyun's display status was still online, and he replied: "Just these sets of alternatives, don't bother to find more, I'll compare it carefully, think about it, and I'll give you an answer." ”
"Okay, you think about it slowly, don't rush. Seeing him reply, Yue Xianyun first made a happy expression, and then didn't dare to urge more, just agreed.
"Then I'll go down, goodbye. Lin Xu replied again, and then without waiting for Yue Xianyun's reply, he directly closed the chat software and went offline.
Then this night, he naturally continued to practice and study martial arts, and the next day was the same.
As for his "consideration", it was enough to hang Yue Xianyun for six days, and only on the night of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, he called Yue Xianyun to tell him that he had thought it through and decided to accept the house in Yujingyuan, and promised Yue Xianyun's thanks and gifts. And said that he would come over with his luggage tomorrow afternoon to check in, so that Yue Xianyun could get ready and wait in advance.
After Yue Xianyun learned that he accepted, he was naturally overjoyed and happily agreed, and his heart that had been hanging for many days finally landed and put it down.
The next day, the 15th Lantern Festival of the first lunar month.
Lin Xu and Li Feiyan got up early in the morning, and naturally drove home immediately. In traditional Chinese festivals, any festival is basically a festival of reunion, and it is more meaningful to spend it with your family and reunite with your family.
Although Lin Xu didn't like the festival more and more, he didn't dare to miss the Lantern Festival, so he still went home obediently and celebrated the festival with his family.
The Lantern Festival in their village is also a little lively, and the custom is called "Lantern Festival", the more lively the day is, the better, in order to celebrate, but also indicates that this year can be more prosperous and happy.
There are also many programs for the Lantern Festival in their village, and the villagers are concentrated in the small temple where the village committee is located. Watch performances such as dragon and lion dances, stilt walking, rowing boats, Yangge twisting, gong and drum teams, etc. These programs are basically performed by the villagers, led by the village committee, and rehearsals will begin after the Spring Festival on the first day of the new year, and then they will be performed on this day. During the performance, basically the whole village will gather to watch and celebrate together.
In addition to their village, the other villages are basically the same. Sometimes the best team in each village will be selected as a representative to go to the township to participate in a larger-scale Lantern Festival.
This is the custom on their side, but after the daytime is lively, there is no program at night. In addition to the county seat and city, no lantern festivals will be organized in various villages and townships. At most, the family goes out at night to enjoy the moon together. Of course, the essential food for the Lantern Festival, eating the Lantern Festival is also indispensable.
Lantern Festival, also known as tangyuan, is a food made of glutinous rice wrapped in sesame, peanuts, bean paste and other fillings. In the south, it is mostly called tangyuan, and in the north, they are used to calling it Lantern Festival, but there are also called tangyuan, and people in various places call it differently.
It is said that there is also a story that when Yuan Shikai was in power, there was a Lantern Festival to wander on the streets. Seeing that there are many vendors selling Lantern Festival on the street, Lantern Festival is homophonic with the word Yuan Xiao, and his own surname is Yuan, so he is more sensitive. I felt that this name was not good, and later asked people, knowing that the Lantern Festival was called Tangyuan in the south, so he ordered, and in the future, the north will also be called Tangyuan, and it is not allowed to be called Lantern Festival. When they heard someone shouting, they were all pulled and shot, and even the Lantern Festival was changed to the ancient name Shangyuan Festival.
I don't know if this matter is true or not, but they do have the names of Tangyuan and Lantern Festival on their side. However, it is also said that there are different names due to different practices.
In the south, it is called tangyuan, and the method is to first mix glutinous rice flour into a dough, wrap the filling like a dumpling and then roll it round. Their traditional northern method of making it is to put the filling into a large dustpan containing glutinous rice flour, and then keep rolling it, so that the filling is coated in glutinous rice flour in the rolling over. If the stickiness in the middle is not enough, you need to sprinkle some water. Anyway, it is not a dough, and it is made directly with glutinous rice flour. Because of the difference in this practice, there is a difference in the name. The practice in the south is called tangyuan, and the way they are in the north is called the Lantern Festival.
In comparison, this statement is more reliable. However, what the specific reason is, Lin Xu has not studied it in detail, and it doesn't matter. Relatively speaking, he still prefers to eat glutinous rice balls, and because the Lantern Festival is directly wrapped in glutinous rice flour, it is worse in taste, and it is not as tough and chewy as glutinous rice and bread. But they also don't have the interest to do this at home from time to time, unlike in the south, where making dumplings is as important as making dumplings. It is said that on the day of the Spring Festival in the south, they all eat glutinous rice balls instead of dumplings. In the north, they eat a meal on the Lantern Festival, and they rarely eat it.
Because it is not very popular to eat this, there are fewer home productions. Anyway, Lin Xu and his family don't do it themselves, on the day of the Lantern Festival, that is, to buy some outside, they usually go to the store to buy bags of quick-frozen. Anyway, when I bought it, I tasted one for one person, and I didn't like to eat it too much. Maybe the region is different, the taste is different, anyway, few people in the north love to eat glutinous rice balls. And glutinous rice is eaten too much, and it is not easy to digest. Lin Xu's so-called liking is only relative to the Lantern Festival, and compared with other foods, he will be defeated. And overall, he doesn't have a big sweet tooth.
Lin Xu himself is quiet and doesn't like to be lively, so he didn't go to the temple to see the villagers make Lantern Festival on the day of the Lantern Festival. The rest of the family went to see the excitement together, and even Li Feiyan went with him.
Their family celebrates the Lantern Festival, and there is no special program, that is, the whole family gets together for a good meal at noon, which is similar to the day of the Spring Festival. The difference is that on the day of the Lantern Festival, there was an extra bowl of rice balls on the table at noon.
Lin Xu and Lin Tong, because they are going to start school tomorrow, one lives in school, and the other is going to leave home for the first time to go to school in other places, so naturally they can't stay until the evening, and they have to leave in the afternoon. The family moon viewing at night is naturally free.
Lin Xu and Lin Tong are both older, and they don't need their parents to worry more about starting school. And this time Lin Xu went to school in other places for the first time, because Li Feiyan had a car, and he didn't need to be accompanied by his parents, just let Li Feiyan follow.
After lunch, the whole family watched TV together for a while. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Xu said goodbye to his parents and prepared to leave. His things are in the school dormitory, and he doesn't need to clean up anything at home, and his parents just give him enough money.
Nine years of compulsory education, just to the junior high school stage, high school has to pay for teaching, and the expenditure is an additional amount. In addition, I went to school in other places and rented a house, which made it even more expensive. Lin Xu went out this time, and his parents really got him a lot. Although he is already very rich, with a net worth of millions, because of the lack of light, he can't take it out with his parents, and he can only accept his parents' money as a last resort.
It seems that finding a normal and reasonable way to get money must be put on the agenda as soon as possible. Otherwise, it is always provided by the parents, and the pressure at home is also great. After all, a new house will be built this year, which is also a large part of the expenditure, plus it will be difficult for him to go to school.
Lin Xu didn't need to pack anything at home, mainly to bring enough meals and other things for his sister for a few days. After packing up, the parents and grandparents sent Lin Xu, Lin Tong and Li Feiyan out together.
The three of them went to Wuxiang Middle School first, and after arriving, Lin Xu first helped his sister go to her original dormitory to move the bedding and other things to her single dormitory. From now on, his single dormitory belongs to his sister.
And his original things in the dormitory have basically been packed up. In fact, there is not much to clean up, everything has been prepared for him on Yue Xianyun's side, even the bedding and other bedding are all newly bought, he only needs to bring the clothes he needs to change, and really move in.
The majority of the house has been collected, and Lin Xu is too lazy to care about the remaining small pieces. So when he went over this time, he really only needed to bring his own clothes and pack a travel bag. Originally, the things in the dormitory, he naturally kept them for his sister. The same is true for the futon, which is connected to my sister's original, with an extra layer of mattress and a thicker bed, which is more comfortable.
Regarding the matter of "having rented a house", Lin Xu and Li Feiyan naturally mentioned it to their families a long time ago. Li Feiyan took the initiative to "admit" to Lin Xu's parents that she had to rent a big house for Lin Xu, so that it was comfortable to live in, and Lin Xu's parents complained that Li Feiyan spent more money on Lin Xu, and they didn't want to go away, so they couldn't blame anything, so they could only obey them.
After Lin Xu helped his sister pack up her things, he handed her the key to this single dormitory, and he didn't stay any longer, and went out with Li Feiyan and drove to Pingyang.