They made a lot of noise until very late that night. Except for two old people who were too old to endure, no one else slept.
Or I would eat melon seeds and peanuts and listen to my parents talk about the past.
Or they are playing games and have to stay up until very late.
The time is a bit difficult to endure, but it only happens once a year.
Zhao Wei thought about it, got some bamboo strips, and started making Kongming lanterns with his family.
Use bamboo strips to make a small round frame.
Then paste rice paper on it.
There is still a lot of this kind of paper in this era. It is mainly bought to paste windows, or to make soul-calling banners, money strings, etc. when visiting graves for worship.
Anyway, it has many uses. Whether you have money or not, you should buy some and stockpile it for emergencies.
Zhao Wei taught very carefully and it was not difficult to learn. However, when preparing the fuel, I wanted to use candles at first, but then I felt that was not a good idea, so I changed several plans.
Finally, I poured a little white wine, took a small piece of cotton left over from making clothes, and soaked it in it.
Put the cotton at the bottom of the rack, light it with fire, and it will be easily lit.
At first, they thought they were making a lantern, and the white color seemed unlucky.
It’s New Year’s day, so it’s appropriate to make one with red paper.
Later I heard that this is called a Kongming lantern, not a lantern, which can be used to make wishes, and the white color is best.
Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, as the flame was lit, the lantern really did fly up slowly. It was truly magical.
Everyone was a little excited after seeing this and quickly released their own Kongming lanterns. Then, they followed Zhao Wei's example, clasped their hands together and made a wish.
Zhao Weixu's wish is that his family will be together forever, and they will have this day every year.
Seeing Yunxiu closing her eyes and making a wish piously, he leaned over and asked in a low voice.
"Wife, what is your wish?"
"Ahem...I won't tell you."
Yunxiu raised her chin a little proudly.
Zhao Wei saw that her parents were still closing their eyes and making a wish, so he took the opportunity to kiss her.
"Will you tell me? If you don't, I'll still kiss you..."
"Ah! You rascal, I won't tell you!"
After saying that, she ran away. She had already anticipated that Zhao Wei would go crazy.
Sure enough, a snowball came flying over and hit her right in the heart, making her scream.
Yunxiu was furious and threw a snowball over not to be outdone.
The two of them fought back and forth, and some of the blows accidentally hit Wang Caigu and Zhao Yong.
Therefore, in order to teach these two disrespectful couple a lesson, Wang Caigu and Zhao Yong soon joined the battle.
The whole family played happily in the yard.
The joyful laughter resounded unrestrainedly throughout the heaven and earth, composing a moving piece of music!
…
However, the people in the village were keeping watch as usual, with all kinds of people and every household having its own program.
Some people played cards, some beat children and women, some snored, and some played javelin…
At this time, someone was coming out of the toilet with his trousers held up. Because it was too cold, his hands were powerless and he could hardly unbuckle his belt to open his trouser pockets. Naturally, he was cursing.
Some people felt a little sleepy and came to the yard to get some fresh air.
Some come to sober up.
Some of them lost the game and were thrown out to freeze in the cold wind.
…
Then when these people looked up, they saw white unidentified objects flying in the sky.
The sky at this time was between bright and dark. The light of the snow was shining in the dimness, and I could just see the white flying object, but I couldn't see clearly what it was.
In a trance, it seemed like I saw a ghost, a female ghost dressed in white.
Then, exclamations rang out one after another.
“Ahhh… Damn it, help!!!”
"There's a ghost... Oh my god... There really is a ghost! I saw a ghost!"
…
It would have been fine if only one person was screaming, but at the same time, seven or eight people were screaming. When everyone rushed out of the yard, they didn't see any ghosts, but only people screaming and howling like ghosts.
Some were still screaming hysterically, while some of the timid ones fainted directly...
For a time, rumors spread in the village that ghosts were lurking and harming people, and this peaceful New Year was turned into a Ghost Festival atmosphere.
So, everyone thought that it was because they didn't set off firecrackers at home that the evil spirit was allowed into the house.
Soon, when one family started to make a noise by banging pots and gongs, the rest of the families who had seen the ghost followed suit.
The noise made the whole village excited. Although it was difficult to learn other things, it was easy to learn this thing called hammering.
It was noisy for almost an hour before it quieted down.
As Zhao Wei's family was quite far away from the village, they naturally had no way of hearing what happened.
They are now sitting around the stove, eating delicious dumplings.
Zhao Wei was a northerner in his previous life. The small mountain village where he is reborn is geographically located relatively northerly, and people there also have the custom of eating dumplings during the New Year.
So, of course we have to eat enough dumplings this New Year.
The family ate their fill, played their fill, and went to bed contentedly.
It was not until the next day, when Erlaizi and his friends came to wish him a happy new year, that he learned about this from their mouths.
Among the five disciples, one fainted. When he talked about this incident, he still looked frightened.
"Master, Master's Wife, Master's Grandmother, Master's Grandfather... Didn't you see a ghost last night? Oh my god, I actually saw one."
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