My younger brother was also unlucky enough to follow us on the No. 2 bus back to our hometown.

I bought white paper like rice paper at a grocery store called Xinhua Bookstore, but the difference is that this paper is larger and lighter.

The four sheets of paper are cut, folded, and coated with white latex on the edges, and after the capping, they are stretched out to form a ball, and a ring made of bamboo strips and iron wire is pasted at the opening at the bottom, and used for fire.

"It's raining." Chen Qianying

Lin Ke: "It's good to rain, so that the trees on the mountain are wet, and it is not easy to catch fire." ”

When the production was done, my brother called a group of village children.

Chen Qianying looked at it so lively and said, "So many people? ”

I cautiously held the Kong Ming lantern: "Wait until you know." ”

"Brother, there's no cloth!" Lin Kegang spoke. Someone next to him answered, "I'll get it." "After saying that, he ran away without a trace, and then ran back after a while." Canvas, burn-resistant. ”

Lin Ke: "That's no oil!" Which of you pays for gas? ”

Another friend said: "Gasoline burns too fast, I know where there is diesel, give it to me, I'll get it." ”

Chen Qianying took my hand and asked, "Is there still so much exquisiteness?" ”

Me: "You also know that Kong Ming lanterns use the principle of heat rising, so the sphere should be light, the heat should be sufficient, the canvas should be burn-resistant, and adding oil will increase the fire." ”

Chen Qianying: "What is the difference between diesel and gasoline?" ”

Me: "If you put gasoline on fire, it will deflagrate, and then it will slowly evaporate and dissipate, and if you compare it to running, it will be like a sprint." After the diesel is ignited, it will only be ignited little by little, and it does not ignite so quickly at first, but it is very stable in the later stage, with a large smoke, sufficient heat, and long-lasting, just like running a marathon. ”

"Oh, red note, no red note." A friend next to him reminded.

"I'll get it." The other friend ran away again.

Chen Qianying asked again: "What red note?" ”

Me: "Because we choose lighter white paper as the material, the overall Kong Ming lantern is white, but in the rural customs, white is an ominous thing, if you fly on the roof of someone else's house, it is very taboo, paste a red note will be better, but if you want to take the Kong Ming lantern on someone else's roof, you have to set off firecrackers, otherwise others will not let you take it!" ”

Chen Qianying suddenly said: "There is still such a saying!" ”

The canvas was oiled, placed on the fire, and everything was ready.

Chen Qianying said excitedly: "I'll do something, I'll do something." ”

I handed the lighter to Chen Qianying.

Two people grabbed the four corners of Kong Ming's lantern and hung it, and Chen Qianying took a lighter and lit the canvas.

Me: "A little more in the corner, because diesel doesn't burn easily at first, so make sure it's on fire all around." ”

The fire slowly spread, and Kong Ming lanterns were placed on the ground.

The white sphere flickered with fire, and the sphere slowly bulged, then began to beat.

Chen Qianying: "Are you going to fly?" ”

Me: "Not so fast, wait."

Black smoke rose from the opening at the bottom of the Kong Ming lantern, and the sphere slowly rose......

A little friend next to him said, "Lin Fei, send it." ”

I grabbed the bottom of the Kong Ming lantern with one hand, slowly raised my head, and gently pushed, watching the Kong Ming lantern rise slowly with billowing smoke.

watched the Kong Ming lantern fly away and get smaller and smaller......

Lin Ke: "Okay, let's start chasing." ”

Everyone ran away at my brother's call.

Chen Qianying asked strangely, "Where are they going?" ”

Me: "They're going to chase Kong Ming's lantern!" Chase it back and put it back! ”

Chen Qianying: "Chase it back and put it back?" ”

Me: "How can children in the countryside have so much money, of course they should chase it back and continue to release it!" And the biggest fun of putting Kong Ming lanterns is to chase it! ”

Lin Ke also went home and rode a bicycle: "Brother, I'm going to chase after you." ”

Me: "If you fly too far, don't chase it." ”

"Got it." When Lin Ke replied, he was already more than ten meters away from me.

Looking at the running partners, I sighed, let's run! Buddies! Run! Youth!

"Lin Ke, wait for me, I'll go too."

When I heard this, my heart trembled, and Chen Qianying had already run away.

"Don't run around!" I hurriedly ran along and bypassed the corner of the house in front of me, but I didn't see Chen Qianying.

Finished......

Forty-three minutes of restless heart! My heart hung in the air during these forty-three minutes of waiting!

Until I saw a group of friends slowly walking towards me, Lin Ke was holding the damaged Kong Ming lantern, and Chen Qianying was also beside him, covered in mud, carrying a pair of sneakers that were originally white but turned black because of the mud and smirked at me.

I yelled, "There's something wrong with you! What's running around? What should I do if I get lost? Do you know the way back after running away? ”

Chen Qianying pouted: "Then don't they all go!" I can come back with them! ”

I looked at the sloppy Chen Qianying: "Have you fallen into the dung pit?" ”

Chen Qianying: "You just fell into the manure pit." ”

Lin Ke: "I flew too far, I crossed the mountain, she ran around with us and accidentally stepped on the field." ”

Chen Qianying glanced at Kong Minglan and said to me in disappointment: "Kong Minglan was broken by a tree branch. ”

Me: "Isn't it normal if it's broken, it's broken?" ”

Chen Qianying: "I still want to play." ”

I shouted, "Go back and clean yourself up." ”

"What a fierce one! I'll have to wait to get home! Where can I change my clothes here! Chen Qianying was very unhappy.

Lin Ke: "Brother, take her back to grandma's house to wash it first, and give her your slippers and clothes to wear first." ”

I yelled at Chen Qianying impatiently, "Let's go!" ”

Chen Qianying took my hand and begged, "I still want to play!" ”

"me, go back and wash your shoes first." I took her and walked to my grandmother's house.

"Don't." Chen Qianying dragged me and said, "I still want to play." ”

Lin Ke: "Brother, you can make another one!" It's still early, and it's just time to put it when you're done with a meal. ”

"Let's go! Let's go! You go back and clean my shoes and clothes for me, and get a hair dryer to dry them. ”

Chen Qianying still didn't want to go: "Don't!" ”

Impatiently, I said, "I'll do it!" You're going to clean it up first! ”

Hearing this, Chen Qianying smiled: "Wait, it's okay to make it bigger?" ”

I glanced at Chen Qianying: "Yes." ”

Chen Qianying: "That one was four just now, right?" ”

Me: "Yes. ”

"I heard your brother say that you can make eight pieces of paper?"

I replied casually: "There are sixteen more, thirty-two!" ”

When Chen Qianying heard this, she took my hand and jumped and jumped: "Okay! I want to see ......"

I:......

Why are you talking too much?

I haven't tried to make thirty-two either, but now that I've got the word out, let's give it a try!

The amount of work of thirty-two sheets is quite large, and it is not easy to make it, and the bottom ring is a problem, but the father of one of the friends worked as a carpenter, helped cut the bamboo, and made a bottom ring with a diameter of nearly two meters, and it was not easy to install it.

After lunch, all the partners were gathered, the fuel was ready, and everything was ready.

We moved four stools, and each of them held a corner before setting up the lantern.

Chen Qianying: "It's raining again." ”

I looked at the drizzle falling from the sky: "It's okay, this kind of rain is the most conducive to putting Kong Ming lanterns, you can wet the top of Kong Ming lanterns, so you don't have to worry about the fire being too big and burning the top directly." ”

Chen Qianying walked over with a lighter and lit a fire at the bottom.

It took a full 3 minutes for the Kong Ming lantern to slowly puff up, and there was a flicker of firelight.

Billowing smoke came out from the bottom, and the Kong Ming lantern just didn't have an upward trend.

"Why is it so slow?" Chen Qianying asked.

A little friend next to him said: "This is so big, the heat is not enough, don't worry." ”

The slight shaking was a sign that it was about to rise, and Chen Qianying pulled me: "Why don't you send it?" ”

Me: "What's the hurry?" It's also the first time I've made such a big Kong Ming lantern, so it's still a question of whether I can fly. Wait! ”

Until the entire sphere slowly rose, Chen Qianying was already too excited.

The friends removed the stools next to them, and they all paid attention to the direction of the rise of the Kong Ming lantern to prevent it from hanging on the surrounding houses.

After rising dozens of meters in a straight line, there are already small partners who have pulled out.

Lin Ke also got on his bike.

I grabbed Chen Qianying: "Don't think about it. ”

Chen Qianying begged, "Hmm...... I want to go too. ”

"Don't think about it, it's raining now, and the sight is poor, and even if you go, you may not be able to catch it."

"I'm going!"

Me: "That's it! When the Kong Ming lantern has a downward trend, I will take you there. ”

Chen Qianying shook my hand and coquettishly said, "I beg you!" ”

"Don't think about it." I was resolute.

Looking at it again, a flame floated in the air, if I hadn't seen such a big Kong Ming lantern, I needed such a vigorous flame, I would definitely feel amazing, even if it was me, I thought it was amazing.

Slowly, the Kong Ming lantern, which was nearly two meters in diameter, became the size of a basketball, then a fist, then a finger......

The flames were no longer visible, and the entire Kong Ming lantern loomed in the clouds.

"Can you go now?"

Me: "What else are you going to do?" There is also an upward trend. ”

"But I can't see the fire!"

Me: "How big do you think the big Kong Ming lantern is?" Do you still want to see fire? Do you know that diesel is more resistant to burning? You don't see how far it is, at least more than five kilometers away from us, and that's not counting the wind when you wait to fall, and you can chase it without a motorcycle? ”

It wasn't until dinner time that the friends came back in a sparse manner.

Chen Qianying ran over and asked Lin Ke, "How is it?" ”

Lin Ke: "I fell into the mountain behind someone else's pig farm, there was a dog there, the owner was not there, and we couldn't get by." ”

Chen Qianying looked at me: "Then let's go get it tomorrow!" ”

Lin Ke: "I can't take it, do you know where to go?" It's already in moderation. It may also rain at night, and it will definitely get wet. ”

Chen Qianying looked at me in disappointment.

Look at me? I can't help it.

It was getting late, so I quickly asked Chen Qianying to change back into the shoes and coats that my grandmother had dried, and the three of us caught the last train.

In the car, Chen Qianying was too tired to fall asleep on my shoulder.

I picked up the phone: "Hey! ”

"Where are you going to play today?"

Me: "I don't want to go anywhere." ”

Chen Qianying: "How boring is that at home?" ”

"No, I'm fine staying home." Since moving into a commercial house, I don't like to go out very much.

"Let's go to People's Square in the afternoon!"

Me: "No. ”

"Okay, then it's decided, I'll go over in the afternoon." Then I heard a busy sound.

Me: What's that......

When I walked to the dinner table, my cousin Qiu Hanying (seven years old) was crying.

The second aunt shouted, "If you are disobedient, you will go home for me." ”

Qiu Hanying lowered her head and picked up the bowl, and suddenly cried louder.

The second aunt yelled, "It's over, isn't it? ”

Qiu Hanying cried and said, "I bit my tongue!" ”

I couldn't help but laugh.

The second aunt is going back to work, leaving Qiu Hanying at my house.

Chen Qianying entered the door and slipped her slippers in one go, and she didn't treat herself as an outsider at all, and I was also convinced. "Let's go!"

I was already penniless after the Kong Ming lantern was released, and I originally planned to go to the martial arts hall for a day today. But since Chen Qianying is also here, and her cousin is also there, she wants to ask her mother for money.

I took my mother's hand and shouted coquettishly, "Mom......"

My mother looked at me, "What are you doing?" Want to drink milk? ”

Chen Qianying laughed.

I glared at Chen Qianying, and then said to my mother, "Give me fifty yuan and take my sister to People's Square to play." ”

"What about your own money?"

Me: "Didn't you ask me to take Chen Qianying back to put the Kong Ming lantern two days ago?" ”

Mother: "Kong Ming's paper is four pieces of paper for a dollar, you don't understand anything to me?" ”

"Didn't she play enough and made a thirty-two one! You don't need to pay for a car, do you? ”

Chen Qianying stepped forward and said, "Lin Fei, I have money on me, let's go!" ”

It's not that I'm hypocritical, but I just don't want to spend girls' money, and I don't want to be penniless when I go out, so I ignored Chen Qianying and said to my mother: "Hurry up!" ”

"Don't bother me, I'm going to sleep." Mom walked straight into the room.

Chen Qianying: "Let's go, I have money, besides, it doesn't necessarily cost money to go out." ”

At this time, it doesn't matter if I have money or not, but I can't swallow this breath. "You sit down for a while, I'll prepare."

Chen Qianying nodded happily.

Qiu Hanying was watching TV.

I also walked to the living room and sat side by side with Qiu Hanying, staring at the TV.

Chen Qianying asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say that you wanted to prepare?" ”

I nodded, "Wait ten minutes." ”

Chen Qianying: "Why? ”

"I told you to wait for ten minutes, I just waited for ten minutes, I really can't wait for you to go by yourself."

Chen Qianying pursed her lips and sat on the sofa watching TV.

The minutes ticked by......

Chen Qianying looked at the watch in her hand, and then put her left hand wearing the watch in front of my eyes.

I gently pushed her hand away and said to my cousin, "Han Ying! Can my brother take you to People's Square in the afternoon? ”

Qiu Hanying nodded excitedly.

"Okay, but I don't have any money on me, you go and ask my aunt to give me money, and I'll take you out to play in the afternoon."

Qiu Hanying didn't say a word, she ran directly to her mother's room and slammed the door, "Auntie, aunt ......"

The mother couldn't bear to be disturbed, opened the door, her eyes were hazy, her eyebrows were frowning, "Oops! What are you doing? My aunt had just fallen asleep. ”

Qiu Hanying: "I want money to go out and play." ”

Hearing this, my mother turned her gaze directly to me: "Let's do it (you are really dead!)" ）。 ”

I smug my head away and didn't look at her.

"Give you twenty dollars, don't quarrel with your aunt anymore." My mother reluctantly took twenty yuan to Qiu Hanying.

I asked aloud, "How much?" ”

The old mother seemed to understand something, turned around and went back to the room and came out again: "Take it, take it, hurry up and go out to play." Then he closed the door.

After a pause, Chen Qianying was stunned......

People's Square

I bought a kite with my cousin and borrowed a three-person bicycle for Chen Qianying.

Because I am the oldest, the eldest aunt has two daughters, the eldest uncle has a son, the second aunt has a daughter, and I am also the eldest brother who has taken care of my younger siblings since I was a child, so I am very happy to play with them.

For a naughty child like Qiu Hanying, there is no pressure at all for me to take it with me in the afternoon.

But for Chen Qianying, I was speechless.

I've always thought that children growing up in the countryside would be wilder, as adults say, but since I met Chen Qianying, I think she is more like a monkey that has just been released from a cage, jumping up and down......