Chapter 444: Sitting in the Singing Hall 1
Hong Xing praised Xu Chaoqun for her adorable son and said she missed him even more.
She was eager to see her two sons, so she said to Ziyi and Yike, "General Manager, Yike, I'm leaving first and going back to visit Maoming and Maoye."
"Go, bring some pine cones and melon seeds for the children." Yike took out one pound of each from his backpack and gave them to Hong Xing.
"This is too much. Don't use the pine cones. There aren't many to begin with. If you give them to me, you won't have much left." Hong Xing only took a bag of melon seeds.
Yi Ke didn't refuse her, since she had already shown her affection.
Yike held Xu Chaoqun's hand and walked into the village, where they found red lanterns and big red flowers hanging under the eaves.
I was extremely surprised. It felt like there were many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in this mountain. As long as there are talented people who can make lanterns, the New Year atmosphere will be rich.
"Brother Chaoqun, do you know who made the red lanterns?" Yike asked.
"Yes, an old man made it." Little Chaoqun answered seriously, looking up, "The old man can also fold paper flowers, paper horses, and paper figures. They are very beautiful."
Yi Ke thought to himself, "Could this guy have been running a funeral parlor business?"
Yike shuddered and quickly put the thought aside.
"Sister-in-law Yike, Sister-in-law Yike." Li Xiaoying saw Yike, ran over happily, and hugged Yike's arm, "Sister-in-law Yike, you didn't look for me when you came back last time. When I went to look for you, you were asleep again. When I went to look for you at dawn, you were gone again. I haven't seen you for several months."
"Sister, she lied," Xu Chaoqun said loudly, "That day she said that sister was bad and took her brother Dawang away without telling her, otherwise she would have followed him."
"Hahahaha, you're awesome, little brother." Yike couldn't help laughing again
Taoyuan Village, this is the first happy event since the establishment of their village. Du Qingcang is both the village chief and the parent of the bride and groom, and he especially wants to make the wedding a joyous one.
When he learned that an outsider named Hu Laotou could make lanterns, he immediately found Hu Laotou and asked him to make red lanterns. He then hung red lanterns under the eaves of all the houses in the village, even the ironwood trees by the lake.
The word "happiness" on the lantern was written by Wu Feifei. She couldn't go out of the room to get some fresh air, but she could help write it indoors.
Seeing that the village chief was determined to make the occasion festive, Old Man Hu volunteered to make red flowers. The strings of small red flowers and the red lanterns created a visibly festive look.
Li Xiaoying introduced the various arrangements here and there as she walked, and also talked about the old man's active participation in making lanterns and tying red flowers. It was a piece of red cloth that could be used to make red flowers for the bride and groom. Wang Cuihua also gave it to the old man Hu and asked him to make two big red flowers for the bride and groom to wear when they got married.
"Yike, you don't have to do anything when you come back. Just wait to be called sister-in-law." Li Xiaoying said with a smile.
"Ziyi, Yike, you're back." Li Xiaoshan and Li Dashan were fiddling with some small bamboo sticks at the gate of Du Qingcang's house.
"What are you doing?" Yi Ke asked curiously.
"I know, I know." Li Xiaoying answered quickly, "They are making an archway. Didn't you say that you wanted the bride to enter the groom's house like a fairy through the archway surrounded by flowers? Brother Jiankang, take out the pattern you drew before and let them make it according to it."
"Are there any flowers now?" Yi Ke asked.
"There are artificial flowers. Old Man Hu made a lot of red flowers and hung them all up." Li Xiaoying said.
"This is too, too, too simple." Yi Ke wanted to say something ugly, but swallowed it back.
"Are there any extra red lanterns?" Ziyi asked.
"Yes, there are several of them in the main room." Li Xiaoshan replied.
"Okay, you guys do it. Set up the frame first, and don't tie the red flowers on it for now." Ziyi instructed.
"Okay."
Ziyi and Yike walked into the main room, where several people were busy.
"General Manager, Yike, you are back." Tu Zhan looked up and saw the two of them and shouted.
Several other people also looked up and shouted.
"General Manager, it's OK." Tu Jin called out stiffly.
"Brother Ziyi, it's okay." Hu Xiangle shouted happily.
"Sister, Brother Ziyi." Du Jiankang dropped the things in his hands and came over to take the things on Yike's back, "I was worried that you wouldn't be able to catch up."
"Ask two people to drive the ox cart to the dock. My father and mother are still at the dock. There are a lot of things. Let's use two ox carts." Ziyi said.
"Okay, I'll go call someone right away." Du Jiankang said and went out.
It turned out that Li Haoran and Zhang Yuling went to the dock, saw the iron ox plowing the field, and refused to come back.
"Sister, brother, look after your brother." Xu Chaoqun urged when he saw Yi Ke standing there and not moving.
"Okay, look at my brother."
Yike arrived at Wu Feifei's door, pushed it open and shouted, "Aunt, I'm back."
Wu Feifei was sitting at the table writing and drawing. She looked up and said with a smile, "You are finally back. Your godmother has been nagging you every day because she was afraid that you would not be able to catch up on time."
"Hehe, then we have to catch up on time." Yi Ke laughed.
"Brother, brother." Xu Chaoqun ran straight to the bed.
"Don't get too close. Come here and warm your hands first." Wu Feifei quickly reached out to stop Xu Chaoqun.
"Aunt, I'll go take a shower first and then come to see my little brother." Yike said.
"Okay, go ahead." Wu Feifei said with a smile.
Yike closed the door, went to the bedroom to put down his gifts, and did not rush to wash up first. Instead, he went out the door and said to Li Xiaoying: "Xiaoying, go see what my sister is doing. Ask her to come over when she is free."
"Okay." Li Xiaoying turned and ran.
"Yike, I'll go to the lab and install light bulbs on these lanterns." Ziyi said, holding a red lantern.
"Then you better be careful." Yike thought of the fluorescent red light in his previous life, which would have been so beautiful hanging at the door.
Although Yi Ke wanted to dress up more beautifully, the conditions were limited, and it was already good enough that everyone could dress like this.
In this era, when people outside get married, the most they do is stick wedding characters on the doors and windows, the bride and groom sing a red song, and give each of their relatives and friends a candy, and that's the wedding. There is no such festive atmosphere as the wedding of Pian Yi's brother.
Are you still afraid of missing something? While taking a shower, she was still thinking about what she could do now, and she actually thought of something - sitting in a singing hall.
In the past, there was a local custom that the night before the bride's wedding, her close friends would gather together and sing wedding songs with the bride, commonly known as "sitting in the singing hall."
On singing nights, a square table is placed in the middle of the main room, on which are placed various dried and roasted nuts - peanuts, melon seeds, etc., as well as candies with colorful packaging, most of which are red candies with the word "happiness" on them, and then a pot of tea is placed. Wealthy families also place small pieces of fruit on the table.
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