Chapter 350: Bai Bing

In the year of Jiayin, on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, it was a pity that the county did not organize a Yangko dance competition this year, which disappointed many people who wanted to watch the fun. If there were competitions, the Yangko teams should have prepared to go to the county town today.

Everyone in Han Li's family got up early today. The sisters of the Yun family were going to roll Yuanxiao today. Last time, they discussed for a long time, and finally decided to make Yuanxiao for eating.

Because it is the Lantern Festival, the meaning of Yuanxiao is the reunion of the whole family, happiness and peace.

Eating Yuanxiao represents the meaning of reunion and harmony, and the days are getting more and more prosperous.

No matter when, family harmony and family reunion are very important for a family.

So can the Lantern Festival without eating Yuanxiao still be called the Lantern Festival? There are everything in the house, why not make yourself happy.

The two sisters cooked the beans needed for the Yuanxiao filling last night, and simmered them on a low fire for a night. They will be mashed into a paste and added with sugar, honey, and black sesame seeds to knead into a ball, and the initial preparation will be completed by dividing them into similar small pieces.

Next, take out a large basket and put some glutinous rice flour in it, take the right amount of prepared stuffing and put it in it and start shaking it constantly, so that the glutinous rice flour will stick to the stuffing. When it doesn't stick, take it out and sweep off the glutinous rice flour. Dip it in clean water and repeat the above steps, and then the white and round Yuanxiao of the size you like will be rolled.

Han Li was finishing the first batch of medicinal materials for beauty prescriptions in the health room. According to the records in "Yuyitang Records", after this precipitation and fermentation, the finished product will be ready in a week at most.

In fact, all the families in Shanghe Village are busy today, but most of them are making lantern bowls to be used tomorrow.

After Han Li finished finishing, he remembered what Yang Xiuying, Zhang Yaozu and others said yesterday, so he started to work again.

This busy work made Han Li make a small sled, a skate, a one-legged donkey, and simple ice skates made of iron bars and wooden boards. The iron bars were decomposed, and the shiny tiles are definitely useful on the ice.

In the year of Jiayin, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the sound of firecrackers rang out in the village after dawn.

However, unlike the first day of the new year, the sound of firecrackers today was obviously much less.

After the sound of firecrackers from Han Li's house, a group of children came to pick up the duds, but they came and left in a hurry, and ran to the next place before saying a few words.

Many people gathered at Han Li's house today, and those who were close to him came.

This is because everyone had agreed in advance to go to the wild and the river to "walk on white ice" today, which is homophonic to "walking on a hundred diseases", which means getting rid of all diseases on oneself and family members.

There is also the custom of rolling ice on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, but this custom is specially prepared for married women. Every year on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, as soon as it gets dark, women will lie on the stone platform beside the well and roll back and forth. Or they will come to the wild with lanterns and flashlights, lie on the ice and snow, roll left and right, or play with each other for fun, thinking that this can "get rid of bad luck" and is also called rolling diseases. ”

They sang a nursery rhyme while rolling around: “The ice is rolling, no pain in the waist or legs, the ice is rolling, the body is light, the ice is rolling, the heart is relaxed, the ice is rolling, and I can sleep till dawn. ”

In fact, the custom of "wheel ice" had already become popular among the people during the Whip Dynasty. At that time, it was called "get rid of bad luck."

Today's weather is pretty good. It should be considered cloudy, or half cloudy in common parlance.

A group of people walked towards the river, talking and laughing, carrying things. At this time, not only the educated youth, but also many people in the village came out.

Children, teenagers, young people, middle-aged people, men, women, and even some elderly people with limited mobility walked slowly on the frozen river with the help of their families, hoping to get rid of their "hundreds of diseases."

Everyone was talking and laughing, chasing each other, shouting loudly, chasing each other, and having fun.

Many people were like Han Li. They brought out their small sleds, ice skates, one-legged donkeys, and homemade ice skates.

Usually, people who are a little older would be concerned about their face, but they were embarrassed to go out and play with children, because it is different in the countryside than in the city. If they can play twice, they will definitely be talked about by the villagers.

But today This "walking away all diseases" day has nothing to do with age. No matter how old they are, they can play openly and legitimately. The happier they play, the better the effect.

The Yun sisters skated a lot when they were in Sijiu City. At that time, they had their own ice skates. You know, a pair of good ice skates can almost buy half a bicycle, which is a luxury in these days.

Although the simple ice skates made by Han Li were hard to wear, they quickly mastered them, and soon their laughter came from the river.

In fact, the two sisters had wanted to go out for skating a long time ago, but no one around mentioned it, so they had not taken action. This time they must have a good time.

Although Han Li could easily catch up with them, he saw He Mi and Qi Zhaodi holding sticks and supporting each other, looking afraid to take a step, so he turned around and walked to them to talk about the skills and precautions.

But the two of them were still the same as before, so Han Li had to hold one person's arm with one hand and slowly lead them to walk on the river.

The situation of Hao Hongmin and Yang Xiuying is not much better, but Meng Zaihong, a girl who grew up by the Haihe River, is more familiar with this and has been teaching these two people.

Han Li was helping He Mi and the others to walk, when Zhang Yaozu fell onto his back.

I made an ouch sound involuntarily and then lay still on the ice. I don't know whether it was because I fell hard or because I was embarrassed.

Han Li let He Mi and the others get acquainted with each other slowly, and then he slid over to Zhang Yaozu and pulled him up.

"Brother Han, please be gentler. It feels like your butt has broken into three pieces."

"You haven't learned to walk yet, and you want to throw your legs away and run."

"There is a piece of leather that is not fastened properly, and the shoe is tilted."

Han Li waited for a while to see that he was indeed fine before turning around and skating to catch up with the Yun sisters. Then they all played with sledges, roller skates, and borrowed a one-legged donkey from the villagers. Two laps.

Finally tired of skating, they ran to play with the children playing with ice tops.

Han Li looked at these tops and knew that they were cut by the children themselves. Without good cutting tools, it is very difficult to make a top. Children who can make tops alone are very perseverant.

Moreover, there were no beads at the bottom of the top at this time. They were usually polished by nailing a nail, or simply nailing a thumbtack on top. However, they still had a lot of fun, waving their whips like the queen.

There were too many people on the river today, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere.

When Han Li was about to sit down and rest while they were playing with the ice top, Qi Zhaodi came over and called him.

"Brother Han, there are many people playing ga'er over there. If you go there, you will definitely win them all."

Ga'er (ga) is a homemade toy similar to a short javelin.

But this one is in the middle of the two ends. The diameter is generally between one and two centimeters, and the length ranges from ten centimeters to twenty centimeters.

After the ball is cut, the player holds a wooden stick or wooden slat in his hand and hits one end of the ball hard to make it leave the ground, and then hits the middle of the ball hard with the wooden stick to make it fly far away, which can make the ball fly away. The one who flies the farthest is the winner.

This game seems simple, but it requires certain vision, accuracy, and strength. Most people can't play it at all.

Han Li shook his head and said, "I won't participate in this kind of game, but you can go over and play and see if your eyesight and hand speed have improved during this period."

No matter what kind of game we played on the ice today, it was very exhausting. By almost noon, some people were clamoring to go back, but what they said was to go home, rest for a while, drink some water, and then come back.

So the educated youths went back to their homes to rest, and it was unknown when or what time they would come back.

Later, as expected, no one said anything about going to play on the river. At night, ice lanterns were lit in Han Li's yard. There were no lights at the street entrance, windows, firewood sheds, or toilet doors. The two sisters lit up the lanterns. Although the brightness was not high, the whole The yard becomes more beautiful.

However, the door of their street is made of sawdust mixed with kerosene. This kind of thing is not conspicuous and the effect of ventilation is quite good.

When Han Li and the Yun sisters came to light the lights at the door, Hao Hongmin and Yang Xiuying also came out to light the lights at the door. When they saw the lights on the street, they immediately felt very beautiful. Yun Yingying thought of the scenery she saw that night and said.

"Brother Li, why don't we go to the mountainside again? The village will be more beautiful tonight."

"Okay, but you have to wear thicker clothes."

"But we won't meet the person delivering the lanterns, right? If that happens, it will be a bit scary."

"No, haven't you noticed? People here are buried in the ground after they die. Basically no one buries on the mountain, so if we go to the mountainside, we usually won't encounter them. Besides, you won't have any chance with me around. No need to be afraid."

"Then I'll call Sister He, Sister Hongmin and the others."

"We've heard it here. The scenery must be better tonight."

Yang Xiuying's voice came from the side. After saying hello, they hurried home to change clothes.

Han Li: "You two should go home and change clothes. Zhang Yaozu and the others were drunk last time and didn't see you. I'll call them this time. I'll also notify He Mi. We'll meet there later." , By the way, bring the dogs and let the lynx watch the door at home."

Han Li went to Zhang Xiangjun's house and called out. The two of them had heard about this night scene when they had a drink last time, so this time they both wanted to go without saying anything.

Han Li said hello and came out of Zhang Xiangjun. He turned around and came to He Mi's house.

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