Traveling through Xueba is full of blessings

Chapter 26
In a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Xia Dong clamored to make an ice lantern, and the two brothers and sisters hadn't taken a break after running in the morning, so they were dragged by Xia Dong to work as laborers.

Su Meili scolded Dongzi angrily.You said that his brother and sister hadn't had breakfast yet, so he was making a fuss.The older he gets, the more ignorant he gets, being used to it by his older brothers and sisters recently, he refuses to accept what anyone says, and the more he lives, the more hesitant he is.

He fought with others in the village, but he couldn't find his brother to fight for him when he got home, so he dragged his sister to make up the numbers.You said it's just like Xia Tian, ​​which naughty kid in the village can be afraid?I heard that Xia Tian had the momentum to go there as a big sister, but was shamefully returned by a group of kids.Why, these kids are now making up rhetoric to bury her daughter.I don't even know why these kids are so talented.

The weather outside is freezing cold, Xia Tian imitated his elder brother Xia Qiu and made this handicraft ice lantern for his younger brother.She felt very fresh.

To make ice lanterns for hanging lantern poles, "Heideluo" is used as a mold. "Heideluo" means bucket in Russian. It can be seen that the Northeast was still greatly affected because it was close to the Soviet Union at that time.This kind of bucket is very different from our bucket. Its shape is narrow at the bottom and thick at the mouth. It is an inverted cone with the pointed part removed.Fill it up with water. In order to make the ice lantern more attractive and beautiful, Xia Qiu got half a piece of red paper from somewhere, crushed it and put it in the water. This kind of ice lantern has a faint red color and looks very beautiful from the outside. up.You also need to find a piece of hemp rope, with a big knot on both sides, and sink it into the water. The purpose of this is to increase the firmness of the ice lantern after it is made.

There is a handle to hang the lantern pole (similar to the beam of "Hydro").When we put a bucket full of water outside the ice and snow, the surface of the water was still steaming. As time went on, the steam became less and less, and finally the surface of the water was covered with ice stubble.But the ice stubble on it must be stirred away, so as not to freeze to death, and the ice stubble must be fished out.

After several hours, a layer of ice about five or six centimeters thick was frozen along the edge of the barrel, and the ice lamp was basically completed.Pour out the water that has not frozen into ice, and then bring it into a warm place in the house to thaw, separate the ice lamp from the bucket, and then take it out to freeze for a while, and an ice lamp is done like this.

The ice lanterns are hung high on the lantern poles. From a distance, the orange lights are very eye-catching, peacefully illuminating the land of the Northland, warming the hearts of people in the cold, and bringing more auspiciousness to the New Year in the Northland...

Xia Tian and Xia Qiu have been busy all morning, and their hands and feet are a little frozen to make Xia Dong satisfied.Xia Dong followed Xia Qiu behind Luo Li's butt and asked long-windedly when he could carry it out to play?It's not enough to bother Xia Qiu, so Xia Dong didn't bother the brother and sister to make breakfast by knocking him a chestnut.

It has been half a day since I came back from running in the morning. Xia Tian and Xia Qiu are almost freezing cold. There is no food in their stomachs, and neither of them has a good temper left. After a few laps it ran.

Uncle Xia sent Xia Wen, her lobby brother Xia Wen, to come early in the morning and tell him to go to his house this afternoon for the fifteenth day.Originally, Su Meili planned to invite everyone to her place, probably because Uncle Xia was in high spirits and wanted to treat guests to dinner on happy occasions, and another one might be that he felt a little bit sorry for Xia Tian not robbing her, Sister Xia Ling. up.After all, young people know how to be humble, and their family's performance that day was indeed a bit unsightly.

It was quite late when they arrived in summer.This time Xia Feng also came back.Xia Feng looks very simple, and his face is a bit old-fashioned.You can't tell if your stomach is bulging even if you wear it thickly.Xia Feng chatted with several members of Xia's family.

I heard from Xia Feng that none of her men came over today, and he was spending the festival with Widow Li at home.From the moment Xia Aiguo's people entered the door, Zheng Sancai greeted everyone very warmly to enter the house.It is said that Xia Feng and Xia Ling are helping, and they don't need their help today, so let's go into the house to rest.Su Meili and Xia Tian didn't care where Mr. Xia Aiguo went to chat with Uncle Xia, but they turned around and kidnapped the old lady's house in an unusually tacit understanding.

The old lady mended her little nephew's clothes in summer.There was a newly made diaper sheet next to them. When they saw them coming in, they sat in the kang, let out the edge of the kang, and then turned to open the kang cabinet, digging and digging to find a few persimmon cakes, and put the persimmon cakes in them. As soon as he stuffed the small basket into Xia Tian's arms, he let her eat it quickly.

Xia Tian knew that there were only a few persimmon cakes in total, and her grandma didn't eat any of them.This thing is still quite rare now, and it was her sister-in-law who secretly gave her milk when she came back last time.After Xia Tian broke off half of it and stuffed it into the old lady's mouth, he sat down in front of the old lady tiredly, crossed his legs and hugged the small frame while eating the small mouth.Su Meili mended clothes with the old lady, and the atmosphere in the room was joyous.

At dinner, Old Man Xia asked Xia Tian to sit beside him and accompany him, saying that he should leave in a few months, but he had to have a few drinks with him.Xia Wen still remembers Xia Tian’s rhetoric during Chinese New Year, asking Xia Tian if he wants to climb the roof or brother will find you a cardboard box for you to drink from?Xia Tian scratched his head, it was rare to show a simple and honest look of Hehe Silly Le.His grandpa didn't let her go, he had to let Xia Tian drink five glasses of fruit wine.

Xia Tian knew that his grandpa was probably upset when he thought that if there were no accidents in a few months, she would leave Lishu Village and go to the army.From the first time I saw Grandpa in the summer, the moment Old Man Xia took the egg from his warm sleeves, he really put Old Man Xia in the same position as Xia Aiguo and Su Meili.

Thinking back on this in Xia Tian, ​​I don't know if it was because of the alcohol or something, my eyes were a little red, and my grandpa and grandpa kept telling old man Xia little secrets.Talking about Xia Dong's scandal in a low voice, it revealed that Xia Aiguo is still more afraid of Su Meili, saying that his brother looks honest but actually has a heart or something.

The old man Xia who listened was smiling happily.Uncle Xia was also very satisfied to see this side of his niece.Although no matter whether they are workers or soldiers, the two sisters or the two families can't talk about who will rob whom, but the side of his wife who was tossing and turning upside down that day made him feel a little sorry for his second brother. family.

Xia Tian thinks that she is quite happy now. Although she is in the countryside, she has not met a family that favors sons over daughters. She has the right to speak in her own family, and her parents also respect her opinions and value her feelings.And the big family of the Xia family, although not as harmonious as her own family, is really stronger than the few knowledgeable and educated families she has seen in later generations.

From the top to the bottom of Uncle Xia's family, although everyone was a bit scheming and calculating, Xia Tian didn't think that was such an incorrect behavior.Who can have no selfishness! She also has it, how can she treat them like her own parents, why should she ask others to treat her niece like a daughter?Now that Uncle Xia's house is like this, Xia Tian is already very grateful to God for giving her a good family.

Zheng Sancai discussed with Su Meili about what Xia Ling should bring to the dormitory when she went to work in the factory. Xia Feng knew that her two younger sisters were different from her, one was going to be a state worker and the other was going to be a soldier, so she didn't feel any jealousy The meaning is full of envy and joy.Seeing Xia Feng like this, Su Meili began to teach and teach her how to get along with her husband and wife, when she and her mother-in-law need to be tough and act tough, and when not to be like this.Also let her learn to coax some gentlemen, don't be so obsessed with thinking that she is a good daughter-in-law by working hard, having children, being diligent and thrifty.

Zheng Sancai occasionally interjected a few words.The old lady looked at the people at the two tables, they got along very well at each table, it turned out that Xia Ling loved to fight with Xia Tian, ​​and now she can watch Xia Tian talk with a smile on her face, she is really content.Living at such an old age, she has endured hardships all her life, and she has never lived a life with good conditions. Isn't she planning to have today.

When it got dark at night, Xia Dong couldn't sit still, and called Xia Aiguo to go home.Everyone was a little too disturbed by him to sit still.

Old man Xia waved his hand, which meant that he should go home when he should go home.Zheng Sancai also said that she would go for a stroll in front of the village brigade for a while, and even the old lady would wear thick clothes to let her go, so let's talk about it later.

This year, there are no programs in their village on the [-]th.It is said that a movie is being shown in a village a little far away from here, and the young man who is not afraid of the cold has already driven there to join in the fun.Most people don't like going too far, but they are still used to going out on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The old people say that going out on the fifteenth day can cure all diseases.

Xia Dong got his wish and went out with his pretty little lantern.No one kept shouting, saying that the children in the village wanted to compete who was the most beautiful.His sister is the most beautiful head of the village, so of course his lantern should also be the most beautiful.

Xia Tian heard this fallacy...

(End of this chapter)