"In the middle of July, there is a series of ghosts; Mid-Autumn Festival in August, ghosts carry their pockets. ”

Xu Deyong burned paper on his grandfather's grave in the evening, and then went to He Lao's grave for Xu Huizhen.

When I returned, it was already dark, and there were still many pedestrians coming in and out of the city on the road.

These two nights, the tavern is not destined to have too many guests.

Inside the tavern.

"Give it to me."

Xu Deyong smiled and took Xiao Li'er from Xu Huizhen's arms.

Seeing Xu Deyong coming back, Xiao Li'er grinned happily, and her two little hands stretched out impatiently.

Compared with Xu Huizhen, Xu Deyong is more likely to play with her.

Seeing her girl like this, Xu Huizhen still had a slight snack taste, and patted her little buttocks gently.

Xiao Li'er "giggled" and twisted around, hid her little ass in Xu Deyong's arms, and tilted her head to look at Xu Hui Zhenle.

At this time, Cai Quanwu also came in from outside, and he should have just returned from the grave.

Every night when He Yumei was working, he would come to pick her up, and sometimes he would have a drink.

He Yumei glanced at him, and a touch of sweetness rose at the corner of her mouth.

It seems that the small family formed by the two is harmonious.

"There is no big brother at all, and I came to pick up the little daughter-in-law again." Xu Deyong joked with a smile.

Cai Quanwu grinned, and didn't answer: "Come to two?" ”

Xu Deyong smiled and said, "I'm holding the child here, next time." ”

"Done." Cai Quanwu didn't reluctantly say: "Then another day." ”

The two did not sit down either, and came to the door of the tavern to chat.

Xiao Li'er kept looking east and west in his arms, looking at the street, looking at Cai Quanwu, and the little hand touched the stubble on Xu Deyong's chin, which seemed to feel very funny.

Chatting and chatting, let's talk about the current mid-year festival.

Cai Quanwu said with a hint of remembrance: "This year's Midyear Festival should not be as lively as before." ”

Xu Deyong nodded and said, "Yes, there are not as many lotus lanterns on the street as before!" ”

From the Republic of China to the 50s after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the ancestor worship in the capital is still lively in the mid-year festival in July, all of which are commercial and official assistance.

However, it was gradually regarded as promoting feudal superstition, and was gradually marginalized, and with the public-private partnership, the commercial office was transformed, and there was no official assistance, and the ancestor worship festival activities were no one to undertake, and gradually disappeared.

Dong'an Market, Longfu Temple, Chongwenmen Flower Market, Tianqiao, Shichahai Lotus Market, etc., in the old capital, there are special shops selling lotus lanterns, and their lamps are all kinds of flower baskets composed of colored paper lotus petals or birds and animals such as cranes and herons, which are extremely exquisite, just for one night.

The hawkers in ordinary markets and alleys are extremely cheap lotus leaf lamps, which are made of natural lotus leaves and lit candles.

Some children from poor families also use large incense trees to tie incense sticks, or use lotus canopies to plug incense sticks instead of lotus lanterns.

What's more chic is that the eggplant is plugged into the incense head, which is called "eggplant lamp"; Wax is inserted into the watermelon scoop, which is called "watermelon lamp".

Send these lamps to the river, drift down the river naturally, line up in a line of "water lanterns", rippling with the waves, candlelight reflecting the stars, reflecting each other.

At that time, Shichahai, Beihai, Jishuitan, Paozi River, the second gate outside the Dongzhi Gate, the Royal River, the moat and other places, everywhere was like a day candlelight, and the people gathered under the moon, and it was very lively.

Cai Quanwudao: "I remember when I was a child, the most lively thing was the "burning boat", and they were all scrambling to see it. ”

The purpose of burning the ship is to be a wild ghost who has wandered excessively.

They are all in charge of the clothes shop, and the craftsmen use sorghum straw to tie the shelves, paste colored paper or white paper color painting.

The bow of the boat is a tiger head with lotus leaves on the blue water waves. On the bow deck stood the road-openers, holding steel forks, leaning out, as if aiming at the target, about to insert it, and behind them stood a pair of black and white impermanence ghosts.

Next to the impermanence ghost is the cabin, the top of the cabin is a palace form, the doors and windows can be opened and closed, you can see the furnishings and people inside, there is a mast above the palace to hang a flag 'Bon Society' on the front, 'Cihang Pudu' on the back, there are several sailors with oars on the decks on both sides, and a helmsman at the stern of the ship.

Xu Deyong nodded, and some vague pictures flashed in his mind: "There may not be a burning boat tomorrow, but there should still be river lanterns in Beihai, Shichahai and other places." ”

The two chatted while enjoying the coolness.

Times are always like this, and some things disappear quietly with development.

……

In the evening, the tavern closes early.

Xu Huizhen returned home and sat down on a chair as if she was a little weak.

Seeing this, Xu Deyong hurriedly came over, touched her forehead and said, "What's wrong, it's uncomfortable?" ”

Xu Huizhen leaned her head on him and said, "It's nothing, it should be a normal reaction to pregnancy, and it will be fine after a while." ”

Xu Deyong stroked her short hair and said, "Then don't be reckless, let's rest if you're uncomfortable, and leave everything at home to me to do." ”

Xu Huizhen said warmly in her heart when she heard this: "It's okay, I'm not so delicate, people work in the field with a big belly, where am I going, besides, there is no heavy work for me to do." ”

Xu Deyong said: "Then you have to pay attention, just tell me what you want to eat, whether it is flying in the sky or running on the ground or swimming in the water, I will definitely get it for you." ”

Xu Huizhen glanced at him lightly and said, "Then if I want the moon, you can also take it off for me!" ”

Xu Deyong said with a hippie smile: "You said you wanted, I will take it off for you." ”

"you, you were coaxing the kids." Xu Huizhen patted him on the thigh and said.

"Ah......h

Xiao Li'er crawled to the edge of the bed and looked at them with big round eyes.

seems to protest against the two of them being crooked, not playing with her, or Xu Huizhen beating Xu Deyong.

The two smiled, Xu Huizhen seemed to be in better spirits, looked at Xiao Li'er and said with a smile: "Yo yo yo, our family Li'er has an opinion." ”

Wash up briefly and go to bed for two.

Xiao Li'er crawled around energetically on the bed, grabbed a mosquito net, buckled a mat, and was full of curiosity about everything.

When he saw the two of them coming up, he climbed on them again.

Xu Huizhen's stomach didn't seem to have changed much, and when she saw that Xiao Li'er was about to climb up Xu Huizhen's stomach, she still hugged her.

Yes, let this little ancestor toss himself.

Adults are the best toys for children!

Until Xiao Li'er was tired of playing, her little body fell asleep under Xu Deyong's armpit.

Xu Deyong immediately transferred her to the small wooden bed next to her, and the couple whispered to say that they would take their grandmother to put the river lantern with them tomorrow night, and then slowly fell asleep.

……

Following.

Xu Deyong got up to exercise and vented his energy on the two stone locks.

Even if he had thousands of troops, he couldn't rush into that projectile land!

After the exercise, he opened the blind box with a thought.

"Smack."

A box falls into the blind box space.

Xu Deyong saw that it was a box of candles, which were all bags of white candles wrapped in yellow paper, a pack of ten, which had to be hundreds.

Power outages are common at this time, and oil lamps and candles are usually always on hand at home.

It's going to take a long time.

(End of chapter)

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