Hearing Feng Sipo talking about those wild delicacies, Qiu Yantang not only drooled, but also wondered in his heart whether he should also start breeding them.
Rabbit, wild boar,
Fungus, prickly ash sprouts, shepherd's purse,
Dandelion, Astragalus, Ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, Schisandra chinensis...
There are so many good things.
"Tangtang, your saliva is about to flow out..."
After hearing what Feng Sipo said, Qiu Yantang raised his hand and wiped it, but found that there was nothing.
"When we get back later, I'll make you drool just looking at the fish..."
But when it came time to eat, Qiu Yantang still let Feng Sipo have a good meal.
Time passed quickly, and until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Feng Sipo did not come again. Qiu Yantang was busy at home eating melon seeds and listening to gossip.
"Little ancestor, I'm here to ask you to make a lantern!"
Before I saw the people with autumn branches, I heard her voice. It is a custom to make lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and there is also a custom of lighting street lights at night.
"Tangtang, we're here too!" Lan Qiqi and the others said.
"Why are you here too?"
"We have to make lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. We don't know how to make them, so we came to you."
Anyway, if there is anything in this village that they want to do but don’t know how to do, they basically go to Qiu Yantang. To them, Qiu Yantang is a jack of all trades.
"Okay, then go prepare the materials, some paper, and some ice. Today we're going to make some portable lanterns out of bamboo.
Then use the ice cubes to make some ice lanterns."
The ice lanterns in Northeast China are very famous, but they are too big and not portable. Moreover, if they are not thick enough, they cannot be stored.
"If you like glass lamps, bring some glass along."
Afterwards, Qiu Yantang took a look at everyone's clothes and said, "Captain Fan, you're wearing too little. Go back and put on more clothes before coming back. And you too!"
"You guys go prepare things, I'm going out for a while." After Qiu Yantang said this, she left. She still had to prepare some decorations, such as dead branches and pine needles.
When they returned, Qiu Yantang had already returned. "Little Ancestor, you're back so soon? There are winter plum blossoms here... They're so beautiful."
The branches that Qiu Yantang brought back were a little small, but they were quite suitable for this lantern, just right.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also a big festival in Northeast China. Generally, every family will make lanterns and children will carry them around to play with them. Most of them are made of bamboo strips and paper, and some are made for brightness.
They are made of iron wire and glass, but no matter which one, they are basically disposable consumables and cannot be used for long.
As for the ice lanterns, they would basically become deformed in a few days after Qiu Yantang and the others finished making them, as the coldest time was slowly passing.
"Little ancestor, how do you use this branch?"
"Wait me a moment!"
Manzhi's desire for knowledge was still very strong. When Qiu Yantang heard this, he ran straight into the house and took out black ink and red cinnabar.
"Dip the stick into the ink and then throw the stick onto the paper."
As he spoke, he also demonstrated it, and what appeared on the paper looked like a small tree, which looked very realistic.
Qiu Yantang took some cinnabar and painted small flowers on the small tree made of ink. Then he began to make the most primitive paper lanterns with bamboo.
As for Qiu Yantang herself, she picked up a piece of glass. Generally, a glass lantern has four sides and a small wooden board underneath.
Logically, the best way to glue the glass together is to use glass glue, but unfortunately, there is no such thing now, so she drilled holes and then connected them with wire.
Seeing Qiu Yantang about to pierce the glass with the awl, Fan Tuan quickly said, "Tangtang, you can't do that. You won't be able to penetrate it, and the glass will... break."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Qiu Yantang pierce through it directly, and there was only a small hole, without any trace of cracks around it.
"Little ancestor, how did you do it?" Qiu Manyi opened his mouth wide and spoke after a long time.
As for why the others didn't speak, it was because they were also completely stunned.
"It's very simple, just use some strength and go faster!"
Everyone was a little dizzy, but they understood what was said.
Lu Jinnian said, "Can I try?"
Qiu Yantang handed over the awl and a piece of glass, "Of course!"
Lu Jinnian put all his strength into it and stabbed it with a needle, but it went off course. Not only did it go off course, but the glass also cracked under the force.
He was a little embarrassed, and Qiu Yantang quickly said, "It's okay, it's okay. I'll drill the glass and you guys can assemble it."
After saying that, he took the awl back, bent it casually, and then started digging a hole every second, quickly, accurately and ruthlessly.
The hole is also round and even.
After Qiu Yantang finished making it, Lu Jinnian and Lin Jing assembled it. As for Zhao Xiangqian, he took a piece of ice from the house, melted it at this temperature, and then made it into the shape that Qiu Yantang wanted.
It’s not possible to make characters, after all, they don’t have that much power, but it’s still possible to make them into shapes like pagodas.
It was done very quickly. There were no light strips at that time, so Qiu Yantang contributed a lot of white candles and red candles.
I originally wanted to use red candles, but if all I used was red, it would look eerie and scary, and not very friendly to others.
White + red is different, it brings a bit of romance.
The finished ice lanterns are all in some regular shapes, such as ice towers and ice balls. When you light the lights inside at night, the feeling will suddenly be different.
It attracted a lot of onlookers.
Qiu Dingxiang also came over. When he saw the ice lantern made by Qiu Yantang and others, he thought it was so beautiful.
"Auntie, next year we'll do this by the river, and those big slides, and make some sleds."
Ouch? Qiu Yantang opened his eyes wide. Good! "Dingxiang, you are quite smart."
If this happened in later generations, he would definitely be a business talent, and the construction of the Ice and Snow World would be inseparable from his participation.
"Little aunt, please don't praise me. I get easily tortured..."
The candles burned for more than an hour, and then everyone left, and Qiu Yantang began to scatter street lights.
The candles used were those that Frog had brought back earlier. There were many small heart-shaped candles in them, which were just right when lit and placed at the door.
Just at this moment, Qiuhua and Zhang Shouquan just came back. They had been taking turns keeping an eye on Sun Qing recently.
Qiuhua and Zhang Shouquan: ...
Scattering lanterns is for praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits. Is this the little ancestor doing this to ward them off?
"What are you two doing standing there? Come and help!" Qiu Yantang felt upset when he saw Qiu Hua and Zhang Shouquan didn't come to help at all.
"Can't you two come over to ward off evil spirits? Come quickly! It's a big festival, you have to come and join in the fun!"
When my master and I used to make street lanterns, we used rubber belts from bicycles, and they could burn for a long time.
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