portable space

"Brother, where are these two big lanterns hanging?" Fan Ming shouted towards Zhang Taiping.

"Hang it on the door frame outside." Zhang Taiping said, "I'll hang it." He walked over.

There is another door outside the courtyard. It is just a large door frame supported by two pillars. On top is a triangular bamboo cover with the words "Zhongnan Villa" on it. There is no door leaf below.

"How to hang it?" Fan Ming looked and saw that there was no place to hang it.

"This is simple." After Zhang Taiping finished speaking, he went into the house, found steel bars, bent two hooks, and brought out a ladder.

As a result, Wukong got on the ladder first and waved to him from the top to give him the lantern and he would hang it up.

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said: "You can't do this job, come down quickly and don't waste time."

"Zhizhi." Wukong was still on top, baring his teeth and claws. But as soon as Zhang Taiping's eyes widened, he immediately stopped eating, frowned and came down obediently.

Zhang Taiping climbed up the ladder, nailed the steel hook to the bamboo cover, then propped up the two red lanterns and hung them on them, and asked Fan Ming to take out the wires and electric lights that had been prepared in advance and connect them.

It is fire safe, and it will be convenient whenever you need these two lanterns in the future.

Fan Ming looked up and down and said, "It's quite beautiful. It feels like a former residence in the mountains." After a pause, he said, "But aren't you going to post couplets here?"

"Couplet?" Zhang Taiping then realized that there was indeed a couplet missing here, and said, "I needed to post it, but I forgot about it. I'm going to write it now."

I went into the house and found a large piece of red paper, picked up the biggest brush and swiped it around. The red paper had black characters, and immediately a couplet was created.

The first couplet is "Spring arrives and the flowers are like brocade", and the second couplet is "The wind blows and the bamboos sing to themselves". Although there are not many words, they fit the charm of the manor.

Just after posting the couplets, a group of children ran in. When they saw two big red lanterns, they sang the children's song they had learned, "On New Year's Eve, light the lanterns, one by one they are red. The mountain village dolls are making a New Year's Eve party.

My face turned red under the lanterns."

Zhang Taiping laughed when he listened to the children's songs sung by the children's immature voices and said: "Come back tomorrow morning and give everyone money." Distributing New Year's money here is called loose money.

The children immediately became happy. Now it is the children who celebrate the New Year, and for them the happiest thing during the New Year is to set off firecrackers and receive lucky money.

A black boy asked: "Uncle handsome, is Yaya at home?"

"Here he is!" Before Zhang Taiping could answer, Yaya ran out of the house and answered.

"Yaya, let's fire off the cannons and go!" said the black boy, and raised a small box of cannons in his hand.

The cannon in his hand is the favorite cannon of the younger children. It is called a "foreign art cannon". As the name suggests, this kind of cannon does not require a ignition point. Just rub it on the outside of the box like a match and it will ignite. It burns slowly and has enough energy.

When people go out, it has no power and is just a sound. Even if it rings in the hand, the palm will be yellowed and hurt for a while at most. It will not cause major harm, so parents can rest assured that their children can play with this kind of cannon.

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Yaya would naturally go, but she also wanted to get some cannons from home, so she said to Zhang Taiping: "Dad, I want cannons too."

When Zhang Taiping bought firecrackers, he prepared a lot of these boxes of firecrackers for the children and said, "Wait a moment, and dad will get them for you."

Cai Yazhi, who was also standing at the door, said thoughtfully: "It's a bit dangerous for a girl to set off cannons. What if she gets hurt?"

Zhang Taiping did not want to kill the child's innocence and fun because of the possibility of injury. For a child, the New Year without firecrackers is destined to be incomplete. He shook his head and said: "This kind of firecracker has no power and will not hurt."

He took out a large bundle of boxed cannons from the house and gave a box to every child in the yard, but he still said: "Don't throw it at people, don't throw it into firewood, do you understand?"

The children responded in unison: "I know!"

Wukong must be involved in this kind of thing, and sure enough, he stretched out his hands to ask for Zhang Taiping.

Zhang Taiping treated it like a child and gave it two boxes, but emphasized it emphatically: "You can't throw it at people, you can't throw it into firewood, you know!?"

Wukong nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and followed a group of children out. Immediately outside the yard, there was a dull sound of cannons and the sound of breaking river ice. It was definitely the children who took box cannons to the river to blow them up.

It's frozen.

Zhang Taiping also took out several thunder cannons from the house. The thickest one was as thick as a child's arm.

Cai Yazhi smiled and said: "Why do you act like a child?"

Zhang Taiping laughed and said: "It doesn't matter whether you are a child or an adult. Only by using multiple cannons during the New Year can all the bad luck in the old year be eliminated. The coming year will be prosperous and prosperous."

At this time, Cai Xiaomei also walked out of the house. She has been cheerful since she was a child, a bit like a boy. She often had firecrackers with boys when she was a child. When she saw Zhang Taiping holding a thunder cannon in his hand, his eyes lit up.

He said: "I haven't fired off cannons in a few years. My brother-in-law will give me a few."

Zhang Taiping said: "The firecrackers are placed on the lid of the big cabinet. You can go get them yourself."

Cai Xiaomei went into the house and took out a lot of broken cannons, and she also held a lit incense stick as thick as a chopstick in her hand.

Seeing that the pockets in her hands were full of cannons, Cai Yazhi said, "I've finished firing them now, what else can I put in them at night?"

The little girl said with a smile: "Don't worry, sister, my brother-in-law bought a lot of firecrackers and there is no end to them."

Cai Yazhi rolled her eyes at her and said, "You are so old, why do you still act like a boy?"

Cai Xiaomei stuck out her tongue and said, "I haven't fired off cannons in many years. It's a rare opportunity this year to relive the fun of my childhood."

Cai Yazhi shook her head and said: "If you keep acting like a boy, be careful not to get married." Although she said this, she never had such worries in her heart. Just like a mother treats her children, her sister

She has always been proud of her. With her sister's good conditions, she doesn't have to worry about finding a good husband.

Cai Xiaomei did not discuss this issue with her sister. She jumped up to Cai Yazhi in a funny way, kissed her on the face and said, "Sister, don't worry."

Cai Yazhi touched the cheek that had been kissed by her little sister, as if she had returned to the closeness she had when she was a child, and her heart was filled with warmth.

The younger sister gave two of the thunder cannons in her hand to Fan Ming and said, "Would you like to try it?"

"Okay!" Fan Ming happily took it. She was about to ask Zhang Taiping for it.

Zhang Taiping stood on the edge of the yard and looked towards the river below. The children had left here and felt relieved. This kind of cannon is different from the box cannons used by children. It is very dangerous.

So be careful not to throw it at anyone.

He lit a cigarette, took a long puff, and said to Cai Yazhi who was standing at the door of the house: "Get ready, cover your ears."

Cai Yazhi smiled and looked at him holding his ears with his hands.

Zhang Taiping lit the thunder cannon, which was as thick as a child's arm, towards the cigarette end. A sizzling sound was heard, and the fuse burned quickly with sparks. He accurately threw the thunder cannon into a large piece of river ice.

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Two seconds later, there was a loud bang. At the same time, the ice in the river splashed, and the water in the river was directly blown up to a height of more than ten meters. The scene was very spectacular!

"It's so powerful!" After the sound, Fan Ming put down his hands covering his ears and exclaimed in surprise, then ran to Zhang Taiping and said, "Brother, let me use the cigarette, and I will try it too."

Zhang Taiping took a puff of the cigarette to make the sparks in the butt brighter and then handed it to her.

This was Fan Ming's first time to fire off a cigarette, so he was inevitably a little nervous. He was ready to throw it out, then he lightly tapped the wire on the cigarette butt and threw it out reflexively, and quickly covered his ears.

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However, after a few seconds passed, there was no sound. He put down his hand and asked strangely: "Did you throw it into the water to extinguish it?"

Zhang Taiping said speechlessly: "This kind of fuse is indestructible, but you threw it out before it was lit."

Fan Ming immediately blushed, gritted his teeth and said, "Try again, I'll definitely light it this time!" Then he put the fuse close to the cigarette butt again, and this time he waited until it was lit before throwing it out.

At the same time, Cai Xiaomei also lit one and threw it down. The two cannons rang out in no particular order, and two water jets shot up into the sky.

"It's lit, it's lit!" Fan Ming clapped her hands and jumped, as happy as a child.