Shangqiaotou Village, Qiaotou Town

In this deserted winter, sleeping with two people hugging each other is indeed more comfortable than sleeping alone. Even the dream is beautiful, so when Hong Sheng woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the sun. After so many years, this is a first once!Looking at the clean face in his arms, Hong Sheng bowed his head and kissed twice more, this thing is like being addicted, one kiss makes my heart sore, and another kiss feels warm again, kiss, kiss Ah yes, I just softened my heart and made it close. Looking at the person in front of me, I feel that no matter how I look at it, I can't get enough of it.From then on, Le Sheng occupied his quilt and never left. At night, the two hugged each other warmly. When he opened his eyes, it was dawn. Immortals will not change!

After the fifth day of the lunar new year, the village began to spread the [-]th "playing with fire" (on the day of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, each village will organize activities such as floats, stilts, Yangko twisting, etc., to perform in the town together, to celebrate the New Year, and also to collectively The way of paying New Year’s greetings, commonly known as "playing with fire"); girls and daughters-in-law, choose some Yangko twists, and boys walk on stilts.So in the past few days, in the brigade yard and the school yard, there are two dials, thumping, thumping, twisting, stepping, it's very lively; the children who haven't gone to school gather around the outside, wearing In the crowd, imitating the appearance of adults, twisting and twisting, happy and happy.This stilt must be practiced. It is a full meter high. The foot is stepped on a small wooden stake that extends horizontally. The foot is fixed and the leg is tied. The beginner is supported by others, and finally stands up and supports the wall Move it once, walk well, the stilts are like long legs, you can jump, jump, and twist.In the past, Hong Sheng played the drums, and this year was no exception. Le Sheng followed him and watched him play; rather than playing the drums, Le Sheng preferred to watch others step on stilts and stand on two wooden sticks. Twisting and jumping, he was very proud, so he took Hong Sheng to teach him.As soon as the stilts were tied to his legs, Le Sheng burst into laughter. With one hand supporting Hong Sheng, he stood up staggeringly, and with the other hand he leaned on the wall and began to try to walk; this thing looked easy, but when he really walked, he was timid at first. All of a sudden, a half-meter-long "wooden leg" was added. Before he could take a step, his legs began to shake; Tao is full of enthusiasm.

After lunch at noon, as soon as the dishes and chopsticks were washed, Le Sheng hurriedly dragged Hong Sheng to practice stilts again. When he stood up, although Hong Sheng had to support him, it was basically no problem for him to walk while leaning on the wall. After two laps, Le Sheng excitedly showed Hong Sheng.At this time, the young man who had dragged Le Sheng in the cave earlier jumped over on stilts, his nickname was Xizi; Xizi shouted when he saw Lesheng,

"Le Sheng, do you dare to let go and leave?"

Le Sheng looked at the other party and tried to put his hands down, but he shook them twice, scaring Hong Sheng so that he quickly opened his arms to protect him; Xi Zi smiled happily, and said,

"Le Sheng, you have to walk like this. You have to keep moving your legs. If you don't move, you will fall!" He said and demonstrated; Twice, still stopped; the excited Le Sheng smiled down at Hong Sheng, and Hong Sheng, who was smiling brightly, could hardly keep his eyes open.

"Lesheng, I'll pull you up and walk around twice and you'll be fine!" Xizi said, she came up and grabbed Lesheng's arm, and was about to take him away; Leaning against the wall, held by Xizi with one hand, he turned around the wall and started walking. Hong Sheng followed behind him nervously, with his neck raised and his hands still open;

"Le Sheng, don't support the wall, I can hold you, let go to go away! When you are 'playing red fire', there is no wall to support you!" Le Sheng has completely trusted Xi Zi at this time, and said Then he let go, and just being dragged by Xizi, he was able to walk from one side of the wall to the other;

"Look, listen to me, right? It's easy to learn!" Xizi pulled Le Sheng and walked all over the yard, but Le Sheng didn't pay attention to his feet, and stepped into a small uneven hole. Le Sheng, who hadn't learned how to adapt, let out an "ah", swayed and fell backwards; Xizi was holding on tightly and didn't let go, but the other party was also a big guy, and his weight was there, so he just pulled Xizi like that He staggered and almost fell; but Le Sheng didn't fall to the ground, because the stilts were still there, so he sat down on Hong Sheng's arms behind him; The eyes of the other party are behind the solid chest of the other party. He was stunned for a while, and then laughed hahaha. When he smiled, Xizi also laughed, and said while laughing,

"You are lucky, Le Sheng. Brother Hong Sheng will follow you. When I was just learning, my butt almost fell into four pieces, haha..."

Hearing Xizi's words, Hong Sheng couldn't help but burst out laughing, and the shock just now was well timed away.Knowing that Hong Sheng was by his side, Le Sheng became more courageous. In a whole afternoon, the stilts were able to "grow" legs, and he dared to walk and jump.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the village will select some people who can walk on stilts to form a square team and start formal rehearsals. Those who have participated in the past and those who will participate this year will be selected first. Those who have just learned this year have to see how to go How about it, Xizi Yila Lesheng said at this time,

"Village Chief, choose Lesheng, Lesheng is going well!"

The village head turned to look at Le Sheng and asked,

"Lesheng, do you want to go?"

Le Sheng looked at Hong Sheng and asked,

"Hong Sheng, have you gone?"

Before Hong Sheng could answer, the village head spoke first.

"Hong Sheng plays the drums, so he must go!"

"Then I'll go too!"

"Okay, let's count Le Sheng as one!"

On the morning of the 30th day of the first lunar month, people gathered in the brigade courtyard at seven o'clock. They all wore the costumes distributed the day before. Some played old men, old ladies, matchmakers, scholars, and others I don't know if it was intentional or not, but Xizi gave Lesheng a red padded jacket for his daughter-in-law the day before. Once she wore this red padded jacket, a plastic doll was tied on the chest, and a small basket was carried on the back. Looking at it from a distance, I thought the little daughter-in-law had returned to her natal home; the trousers on stilts were all uniform, long enough to cover the stilts, and the colors of the trousers were different according to the appearance; For trousers, green trousers are for scholars, black trousers for old men and old ladies, and red trousers for matchmakers. If you leave a chosen one that no one wants, it will be worn by the "ugly student".When we arrived at the unified starting point of the town, one village was next to the other. If there were many people in the village, it would be impressive. There were [-] people in the square team carrying the flag alone; although Qiaotou Village was as famous as the town, it was a pity that it was just a Xiaocun, but the big girls and the boys are also twisted without losing their momentum.

Crowds have already surrounded the inner three floors and the outer three floors on both sides of the road. A team came over, commented, applauded, shouted well, watched the excitement, and wanted to have fun; those who came late, short children, adults They led the way from left to right, squeezed in the crowd, took a look at them, and they could have a happy day. Villagers in the 90s were happy, simple and simple. It seemed that no one wanted to miss such an annual "gathering". fried ones that are smaller than steamed buns), there are also those who sell marshmallows; some children hold candied haws in one hand, and when they see the marshmallows can’t walk anymore, they insist on buying them, and are scolded by the young mother Two sentences, crying tears and snot all over his face, but he still refused to leave. The adults were so angry that they slapped their buttocks twice, and finally let the little baby get his wish; It just bloomed, a bunch of candied haws in the left hand, and a marshmallow in the right hand, very satisfied!

As soon as the sun went down, the lights came on one after another. The lanterns exhibited by various villages and factories, large and small, lined up two streets: there were twelve zodiac signs, gold ingots, big corn cobs, and so on. There are carp jumping over the dragon gate... After watching the big lanterns, there are also small lanterns. The small lanterns are hung in a row, and riddles are pasted on the lights. If you guess correctly, you can take the lights away. This is called "guessing lantern riddles"; Le Sheng, wearing his new clothes for Chinese New Year, wearing his red scarf and rabbit fur earmuffs, pulled Hong Sheng to look at this and wanted to touch that. After running for a while, he turned back to Hong Sheng Smile, very happy;

"Hong Sheng, is this really a lamp?"

"This is a sunflower lantern!"

"Hong Sheng, I know this one, it's a Tiger Lantern!"

Hong Sheng followed all the way with a smile. Le Sheng’s eyes were full of lights, but his eyes were full of Le Sheng. As soon as people crowded in, he quietly blocked them with his body, saying,

"Be careful!"

He staggered, he hurried over to pull him away, and said,

"Lesheng, run slowly!"

The red scarf was scattered by the crowd, and he pulled the person to a corner, and while re-wrapping it, he said,

"Lesheng, are you cold?"

When they arrived at the place of "guessing lantern riddles", the two of them guessed wildly all the way, and got one of them right, and got a small round lantern, which was pasted with white lantern paper, and the picture on the lantern paper was Chang'e flying to the moon. Sheng liked it so much that he held it all the way and couldn't bear to let go.

The first month is over, and the ground is still frozen. At this time, people are not very busy. Before noon, sitting on the stone squat of the door lamp, the daughters-in-law are flying with needles and threads, talking about the parents of the East and the family of the West, Also a pastime.

Hong Sheng didn't rest in February this year. At this time, he happened to be doing carpentry work with his master. In April of the lunar calendar, the son of the second aunt in the village was going to marry a wife. He ordered a set of combination cabinets with his master. Doing work at my aunt's house.Thinking that the small round table at home was cracked several times, so Hong Sheng brought a piece of elm wood from his house and made another small round table during the break. A thin layer of lacquer, for the sake of appearance, paints are used to paint grass, leaves, etc. on it, and then a layer of varnish is applied, which is both beautiful and durable.Le Sheng watched Hong Sheng take the paint and asked,

"Hong Sheng, what are you doing?"

"Draw a bamboo leaf, isn't it beautiful!"

"Hong Sheng, can you still draw bamboo leaves?"

"Well, I will draw a bamboo leaf."

"Hong Sheng, I want to draw too."

"What do you want to draw?"

"I figured it out after thinking about it"

"Okay, then you draw!"

Le Sheng thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know what to draw. Hong Sheng smiled and watched him squatting at the small round table thinking while working. After a while, Le Sheng seemed to think of something, stood up and went into the second aunt's room , After a while, when I came out, I started to write... Hong Sheng just finished the work, and Le Sheng called him,

"Hong Sheng, come and take a look"

When I went to look at it, I was completely stunned. There were three red cherries, a bunch of purple grapes, two big green apples, and a big yellow banana beside it; the cherries were brown stems. Grapes are green leaves; at this time, the master who had rested also leaned his head over, and boasted after seeing it,

"Ah, Le Sheng's drawing is really good, who taught you?"

"I taught it myself!"

"It's a smart doll!"

"Hong Sheng, does it look good?"

Hong Sheng nodded heavily, the smile on his face couldn't be concealed,

"It's beautiful, it's really beautiful!"

The second aunt came out of the house with water and told the three of them to rest. When she came to see Le Sheng's painting, she couldn't help but praise,

"Oh my god, it looks like someone is happy to live, but he has grown a pair of skillful hands. This painting is just like the one on my family's New Year picture!"

Le Sheng was a little embarrassed by the praise, so he could only keep leaning towards Hong Sheng; his second aunt asked again,

"Le Sheng, how much do you know how to draw?"

"do not know!"

"Would you like to paint this cabinet (combination cabinet) for Genzi (her son) of our family?"

Le Sheng raised his eyes to look at Hong Sheng, only to see the other party smile and say,

"Le Sheng, if you know how to draw, you should practice on paper first, and then draw a cabinet for Second Aunt, is that okay?"

Seeing Hong Sheng opened his mouth, Le Sheng nodded;

The second aunt was very concerned about this matter. She searched through the limited paintings at home and newspapers, and found a painting of "Plum Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum" and showed it to Le Sheng; after more than a week, After the cabinet was bound and painted with thin varnish, Le Sheng began to paint; the combination cabinet with four doors has "plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum" on the surface. After the varnish, the cabinet seems to be raised to a higher level. Make the second aunt happy and tell Hong Sheng,

"Hong Sheng, you see that Le Sheng has worked hard, why don't you count his wages?"

Hong Sheng quickly waved his hand and said,

"No, no, second aunt, you are too polite!"

The second aunt was also polite, and didn't mention the wages anymore. To be honest, she would be reluctant to pay the wages. In the afternoon, when Hong Sheng and his master were packing up tools, the second aunt secretly called Le Sheng into the house. opened a can and said,

"Lesheng, this is canned peaches. It's delicious. Eat it alone. Don't let them see it!"

Le Sheng turned his head and looked out the window, but he didn't pick up the spoon handed over by his second aunt.

"Don't be afraid, you can eat whatever Second Aunt gives you!"

Only then did Le Sheng open his mouth and say,

"Hong Sheng hasn't eaten yet!"

The second aunt was taken aback when she heard it, then suddenly laughed,

"This is for you, not for Hong Sheng, we don't give it to Hong Sheng, it's all yours!"

As a result, Le Sheng said again,

"Hong Sheng didn't eat it, and neither will I!"

When the second aunt heard this, she couldn't help laughing, and while laughing, she patted Lesheng's arm and said,

"But you're a fool! (meaning a silly child)"

Later, the lid of the can was tightened again, and Le Sheng took it back and ate it with Hong Sheng.

From then on, the second aunt would say when doing household chores on the street,

"Le Sheng from Hong Sheng's family has grown a pair of dexterous hands. The painting is the same as the one he bought!"

"The combination cabinet in my house was painted by Lesheng!"

"Hong Sheng is very lucky, that Le Sheng knows how to love him."

"There's something delicious. Lesheng's family also misses their Hongsheng. It's better than raising a son (meaning having a son)!"