Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu had never seen anything like this before, and they were incredibly excited. They followed along, dancing the Yangko dance, and practically covered all the main streets around the Forestry Bureau area.
In the afternoon, everyone went to see two more movies. In the evening, Wang Chunxiu and Zhou Mingyuan stayed home to watch over Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi, while everyone else went out together to see the ice lanterns in the open space opposite the bureau building.
The Forestry Bureau is currently at its most prosperous; it has money and doesn't care about spending.
The bureau specially transported ice blocks from the Songhua River and found skilled craftsmen in advance to carve and build various kinds of ice lanterns.
Especially at night when the electricity is turned on, colorful lights shine through the translucent ice, creating a dazzling and vibrant spectacle that makes you feel like you're in a crystal palace.
In previous years, only Sheng Xiping would accompany Zhou Qinglan back to her parents' home and have the opportunity to see the ice lanterns. How could Sheng Xi'an and his siblings have such an opportunity?
This was their first time seeing ice lanterns, and they all found it quite novel, not to mention Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu.
The two children felt they didn't have enough eyes to see everything; everything was fascinating and dazzling.
"Come on, let me take your pictures." Sheng Xiping, who had brought a camera, called out to everyone to come over and take their photos.
Everyone got excited and posed for photos in various ways in front of the ice lantern.
Zhou Qingyang and his wife held Zhou Chenming, Sheng Xiping and his wife led their two sons, and the three Zhou siblings posed for a group photo. The Sheng siblings also posed for a group photo.
Sheng Xiping had just changed his film before coming to Songjianghe. He only took about ten photos at Zhou's house on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, but he still had a lot left, so he took a bunch of photos.
"Hey comrade, how much does it cost to take a photo? Can you take one for us too?"
Many people came to see the ice lanterns, and some, unaware of what was going on, thought Sheng Xiping was there to take photos for people, so they came over to ask.
Sheng Xiping was taken aback when he heard this, then laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I don't take photos for people to make money. This is my own camera, and those are my family members."
These days, people usually take photos at photo studios.
Cameras are too expensive. Unless it's for work purposes, most people are unwilling to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars to buy a camera.
Moreover, film and photo developing are very expensive, so even if the workplace has cameras, very few people lend them out for their own use.
So when the other party heard Sheng Xiping's words, they were obviously stunned, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses.
"Oh, oh, I'm sorry, I thought you worked at a photo studio." The other person waved his hand apologetically and turned to leave.
"It's okay, it's okay. If you want to take pictures, I can take a couple for you."
I'll develop the negatives for you later, and you can develop the photos yourselves.
Sheng Xiping looked at the camera. He had used about twenty negatives since the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and there were still more than ten left.
Anyway, they've taken almost all the photos, so let's take a few more for other people to make it up, and then we'll take them to the photo studio to get them developed tomorrow.
Otherwise, there won't be many opportunities to take photos, and I don't know when I'll be able to take enough photos to get them developed.
The other party was delighted to hear this, "Oh, thank you so much. How much is it? We'll pay you."
"It's okay, let's take the picture first and then talk about it."
Let's be clear beforehand: I haven't received any professional photography training; it's purely a hobby. The photos might not be particularly good, so please don't be too critical.
It's best to be upfront about the unpleasant aspects beforehand, so that in the end, your good intentions aren't met with complaints about the quality of the photos.
"No, no, you can take the picture however you want."
The other party quickly waved their hand, saying that it was already good enough that they were willing to take photos for them, so how could they be picky?
So, the group of people found a favorite ice sculpture, stood in front of it, posed in several ways, and took three or four photos.
Afterwards, Sheng Xiping asked the other party to leave their contact address, saying that he would find a way to give them the negatives once they were developed.
Fortunately, the other party was also from Songjianghe, so it was easy to find them.
With only a few negatives left, Sheng Xiping had Sheng Xinhua and his brother lead Zhou Chenming to find some small ice sculptures for a group photo.
Only after he had finished photographing the entire roll did Sheng Xiping finally put the camera lens away, completely satisfied.
Just then, everyone had been wandering around for quite a while. Zhou Qinglan was worried about her two kids at home, and Zhou Chenming was also tired, so they all went home to rest.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, classes began at Songlin High School. Sheng Xiping could not stay in the school's dormitory for the time being and had to return to the school dormitory.
Sheng Xiping took his younger brother back to school, gave him some money, and told him to study hard.
Upon returning from school, Sheng Xiping went straight to the photo studio.
Including this time, plus the photos taken at home before, I had a total of two rolls of film, all of which I handed over to the photographer to develop. I'll develop one negative of each film first to see the effect.
The photographer probably had never seen such a wealthy person before, developing two rolls of film at once.
This was quite a large business deal. After receiving the money, the technician repeatedly assured him that he would make sure to wash it as quickly as possible.
Sheng Xiping left his name again, saying that Zhou Qingyue would come and pick it up later.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the forest farm also started work. Sheng Liancheng had to go up the mountain, leaving Zhang Shuzhen alone at home.
So Sheng Xiping and the others didn't delay any longer. They packed their things and took a car back to the forest farm on the morning of the ninth day.
Schools in the south have short winter breaks, so Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei set off to return to school around February 10th.
A few days later, Sheng Xikang also packed his things and left. Only Sheng Xi'an returned the latest, not returning to school until late February.
It's almost March, and the Sheng family is now facing a choice.
Zhou Qinglan is going to work at Songlin High School. Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi are too young and can't be separated from their mother, so they will definitely go with her to Songjianghe.
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