Chapter 161: Lighting Lanterns
In the afternoon, Li Wanyue took the children to make lanterns. She bought paper and paint in advance and let the children make them themselves to exercise their hands-on ability.
She wondered how she folded lotus flowers with paper when she was a child?
After trying several times, I folded a lotus flower.
Several children exclaimed: "How beautiful."
Li Wanyue taught them how to fold the lotus flowers. After folding them, they used paint to add some color to the lotus petals, which made them look better.
Xiao Tao asked: "Aunt, can I give one to Xiao Miao?"
"sure."
Xiao He also asked: "Can I give one to the eldest and second girls?"
"It's all right. Just fold it for whoever you want to give it to."
As Li An folded the folded pieces, he said, "Then I'm going to fold one for Brother Mu Niu."
Li Kang then said: "I want to make one for Xiaoman too. Let's go to the river to release river lanterns at night."
"Okay."
Li Wanyue thought that she could collect dew during the Qiqiao Festival, but there was not even a flashlight at night, so she could PASS this activity.
In the evening, after dinner, Wang Guixiang crushed the picked nail grass flowers, pinched a little and put it on her nails, wrapped it with leaves, and tied it with a rope.
Soon, the three little girls' fingers were all wrapped in leaves.
Xiaolan said, "Mom, let's go out and release river lanterns."
"Be careful." Wang Guixiang warned.
Li Wanyue smiled: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm watching them."
Li Sandong grinned: "And me, sister-in-law."
"good."
A group of people carried lotus lanterns out of the yard and each called their own friends.
Li Wanyue cut a few more small candles and lit them on the other lanterns that had no candles.
As it got dark, the twinkling candlelight moved towards the river, and the other children without lanterns followed behind.
The sounds of insects and frogs could be heard all around.
Li Wanyue said: "Come, let's make a wish to Sister Zhinu. I hope you will be smart and clever in the future."
A group of children put their hands together and made a wish.
In a corner where no one cared, Li Sandong was also silently making a wish.
After a while, they put the lanterns into the river.
The children were very excited as it was their first time experiencing this form of river lantern release.
In the past, who would be willing to buy paper for their children to make lanterns, not to mention that candles are quite expensive.
Watching the lanterns rise and fall with the river and soon float away.
The crescent moon is reflected on the river surface, and the bright starlight is sprinkled on the river surface, like the Milky Way across the river between the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. But today, the magpie serves as a bridge for them to meet.
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On the other side of the river, near Shan Village, Valen Liu and Gao Conghui were also releasing lanterns by the river.
Gao Conghui was in a low mood. She had thought that Master Zhu would spend the Chinese Valentine's Day with her, but she didn't expect that he only gave her a few lanterns before the festival.
She said she had to go out with her parents in the next few days and would miss the Chinese Valentine's Day, so she couldn't be with her, so she asked her family to accompany her to light lanterns.
She held the lamp in her hand, watching the candle flame swaying in the wind, and she couldn't feel happy at all.
Liu Ruyun said, "Xiaohui, don't be sad. There is still a long time to come. Master Zhu will be able to spend a lot of time with you. Look, he can't spend the holidays with you, but he didn't forget to send you lanterns, which shows that he cares about you in his heart."
"I know." Gao Conghui silently made a wish and put the lantern into the river, watching it float away.
And the Young Master Zhu, whom she had been thinking about all the time, was at Lanting Lake in the county town, accompanying his beloved to light lanterns.
Gao Zhiyuan was walking on the street with several other students. Because of Master Zhu's relationship, his classmates were very friendly to him.
He really enjoyed this feeling.
As we were walking, a student said, "The Lanting Lake is in front of us. Every year on the Qixi Festival, many young girls and young women come here to light lanterns and pray."
"yes."
Another student said, "I suddenly remembered that on the Qixi Festival two years ago, an incident happened in the Qin Mansion. A maid wanted to climb into the bed of the young master of the Qin Mansion, but she climbed into the wrong bed and was kicked out. Wow, she is so brave."
Some students mocked, "It's dangerous to be rich. Master Qin passed the exam and if he wasn't in poor health, he might have continued to take the exam. The Qin family is one of the richest families in our county. If he succeeds, even if he becomes a concubine, it will be great, much better than being a maid."
Several people exchanged glances, and they all understood what he meant.
It was the first time that Gao Zhiyuan heard of this. He thought, if he were the young master of the Qin family and someone threw herself into his arms, who would push her away? He could just take her as a concubine.
That Young Master Qin is also a fool.
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw a sturdy figure by the river that looked familiar. Why did that figure look like Young Master Zhu?
If it is Young Master Zhu, then who is the woman next to him?
He wanted to go forward to take a closer look, but was tapped on the shoulder. The student who was traveling with him asked him, "Brother Gao, there is a pub up ahead. Let's go have a drink."
He raised his head and looked toward the river again, but the shadow was gone.
There are so many people here, maybe I must have seen it wrong.
I'll find time to ask Xiaohui, it's been such a long time, the marriage with Young Master Zhu can't be delayed.
Tell her to urge Young Master Zhu to settle the marriage.
Otherwise he would feel uneasy, fearing that one day he would lose what he has now.
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That day, I heard that Li Wanyue's family was going to harvest potatoes.
When people heard the news and had free time at home, one or two of them came out to help.
After a period of rest, Li Shuangshuang's injuries have recovered, but there are still some weaknesses that need to be healed slowly.
When she heard that the Li family was harvesting potatoes, she and her mother went to help.
Li Wanyue saw the mother and daughter coming over and hurriedly greeted them: "Auntie, Shuangshuang is here. Why don't you stay at home and rest? Are you feeling better?"
Li Shuangshuang smiled and replied, "It's all right, thanks to you. If it weren't for you and Mr. Xie helping me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get rid of that family. I heard that your family was going to harvest potatoes, and my mother and I had nothing to do, so we came to help."
"It's fine as long as you and the child are well. There's not much land to be collected, and there are enough of us. You should take good care of your health."
Zhang Mei said, "Yueyue, just let her go. The doctor said there's nothing wrong with her. It's boring for her to stay idle at home all the time."
Li Wanyue had no choice but to agree and let her do the easy work.
Zhao Dafa also came to help with his family.
Village chief Li also went to help. He also wanted to know what kind of potatoes Li Youshan's family was growing, what they looked like, and how the harvest was.
After a while, they dug up an acre of potatoes, and the village chief led people to put the potatoes into baskets and weigh them.
After the weighing, several people were stunned.
The potato harvest from this acre of land was as high as 230 kilograms, and the harvest from that acre of land was 2,300 kilograms.
Oh my God, the yield is so high.
The yield of rice per acre is only 300 kilograms, and 400 kilograms is considered a high yield.
It was the first time they had seen something so productive.
Although Li Wanyue was also very happy, she was not as exaggerated as the others.
After all, this output is not high in modern times.
In modern times, the potato yield is more than 3,000 kilograms, and some can reach 5,000 kilograms.
However, in this era, with the good fertility and pest control, this yield is already very good.
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