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Time flew by amidst people's busyness and joy, and in a blink of an eye it was the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

In the morning, the village chief called everyone together again, and everyone knew what was going on. Generally speaking, at least two shows are needed for fun, one at night and one during the day. The one during the day is the best.

There are many programs and the places to travel are far away, but this one in the evening is held in the village. I think what the village chief wants to talk about is the excitement at night.

As expected, the old village chief waited for everyone to sit down and lit up cigarettes before saying: "The day after tomorrow, that is, on the 15th, we will follow Fengyukou Village for a tour of the town."

"You actually want to go around the town?"

The old village chief nodded: "This year is a big show. Not only Fengyukou and we are going, but there are also several villages going there together. The scene will definitely be big by then."

"Haha, this is a good thing. When the time comes, our village will also show its face."

The old village chief pressed his hands and said: "Originally, the night scene was scheduled for the night of the 14th, but I was going to the town on the 15th, so after some discussion, the night scene was moved forward by one day, and it will be played tonight.

." Everything else can be done at night, but you can't paint it into a core, because the patterns on the core can only be seen during the day. If you pull it out at night and it's black, it won't be worth seeing at all.

"We've been waiting for this day." Wang Laoqiang said with a smile.

"We can put the matter about Xinzi aside for the time being and wait until tomorrow to make final preparations. Today we will prepare the show for the evening." The old village chief said, and then asked Wang Peng, "How is the lion playing?"

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Wang Peng patted his chest and said, "It's no problem. It's no problem at all to get on the table and jump on the bench."

Seeing Wang Peng's confident and proud expression, all the old people in the room smiled and shook their heads. Getting up on the table and jumping on the bench was the most basic requirement for lion dance. In their time, lion dance required

On the high platform, there is a lantern on the top of the platform made of long benches or parquet wood. Many lions get on the platform and compete for it. Whoever gets the lantern first is the lion king of the year. Some highly skilled lion dancers also

Being able to build some plum blossom piles and jump and dance on the plum blossom piles is the real pinnacle of lion dance. However, modern young people can use it to get on the table and simply jump obstacles and be proud of it.

Their smiles may contain passionate memories of their time, but also a hint of sadness that their youth will never come back.

The old village chief didn't expect Wang Peng and the others to perform any extraordinary tricks with the lion dance. He nodded and said, "That's good."

Zhang Taiping thought of the bamboo horse that Fan Ming had been practicing these days and asked: "Our village does not have a bamboo horse team, what about the girls who practice bamboo horse?"

The old village chief said: "Go there early in the evening and let them join the bamboo horse team in Fengyukou."

This is the only way, Zhang Taiping thought, we can't let two or three people represent a village.

The old village chief asked again: "Do you have any other opinions?"

Everyone shook their heads, "No, there's nothing to do, just wait until night."

"That's good, let's break up. When we get back, we'll notify everyone who has a program tonight so they can get ready. When we gather again in the afternoon, I'll use the loudspeaker to announce." After saying that, he waved his hands in the air.

He said at once, "The Marshal and Old Man Qian will stay here for a while."

"What else can I ask for?" Old Man Qian asked after everyone else left.

The old village chief said: "We still need some small things, and you two have to prepare them for us."

"What?" Zhang Taiping asked.

"Torches." The old village chief said, "The firecrackers have been bought in the village, and now we still need torches."

Torch is an indispensable item for fun at night. In the past, torches were used to illuminate the night. Although there are lights now, torches are also indispensable, because their function is not only to illuminate, but also have other functions.

"This is simple." Old Man Qian said, "I'll just do some later. It won't take much time."

The old village chief asked: "The main thing is, do you have kerosene there?"

"Oh, this really doesn't exist. A few years ago, some kerosene was kept at home for emergencies. Now that the electricity is cut off, who would store kerosene at home?" Old Man Qian said, "This is really a trouble."

The most obvious shortcoming of China's vast territory and large population is the lack of energy. In the 20th century and even the beginning of the 21st century, the country's power supply was still dwarfed by comparison. Some underdeveloped places would also implement a shift power supply system, especially in marginal mountain villages where there were power outages.

It is a common thing, so every household basically has a kerosene lamp and a few candles in case of emergency. However, in recent years, the country has already changed this situation, and power outages have become a very rare accident.

incident, so the kerosene lamps in the house had already dried up.

Zhang Taiping said: "I have some gasoline somewhere and I wonder if it will work?" He prepared two small barrels of about ten liters of gasoline for the motorcycle and stored them in the space to prevent the motorcycle from suddenly running out of oil and breaking down on the road that day.

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"If there is no kerosene, we can only use gasoline, but gasoline doesn't smell good when burning," the old village chief said.

I didn't leave at that moment. I made more than ten torches directly from the old village chief's house. They were wrapped with shabby clothes and cotton. They were soaked in gasoline and turned into simple torches.

The old village chief said to Zhang Taiping again: "By the way, I remember you had a barbecue in your house. Do you still have charcoal?"

"There is a lot of charcoal." Zhang Taiping wondered, "What is the use of this?"

Old Man Qian smiled and explained: "Charcoal powder is indispensable when playing with torches."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Taiping asked.

The old village chief replied: "If you have any, just take a few pieces, grind them into powder, and add rosin powder to them. At night, sprinkle them on the torch, and a big ball of flame will appear with a bang."

, it can be regarded as a program.”

"This is no problem." Zhang Taiping said, "I'll go back and tinker with it."

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, there is one more thing." The old village chief grabbed him and said.

Old Man Qian said from the side: "Old Man Wang, you are really serious. You don't say everything in one go. You said you don't feel uncomfortable when you say it, but I feel uncomfortable hearing it."

The old village chief ignored Old Man Qian and said to Zhang Taiping: "We don't need cores tonight. There are a little few things in our village. There are only two lions and a few bamboo horses. This is what I think,

Let Wukong perform another show, what do you think?"

"Let him beat the gong. In the past few days, he has learned to keep up with the rhythm by beating the gong." Zhang Taiping said.

Unexpectedly, the old village chief shook his head and said: "It's okay for Bai. At night, Wukong hides in the crowd and beats the gong and can't attract people's attention, so there is no highlight. What I mean is to let him perform a show alone."

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"Perform a show alone?" Zhang Taiping said, "I have not trained it specifically, and I don't know what kind of show it can perform."

The old village chief said: "It doesn't matter what program you don't know, as long as you give it a character who can get in front of people and attract everyone's attention and make people happy to watch it."

"I have an idea here, you two can see if it works." Old Man Qian had an idea.

The old village chief said angrily: "If you do, please tell me immediately. Don't wait too long."

"I'm not trying to imitate you. I think you just took your time to talk about something." Old Man Qian chatted with the old village chief and said, "Since it's called Wukong, let's dress it up as Sun Wukong and give it a stick."

Golden Cudgel, wasn't it the one who was wielding the knife in front again at night to clear the road? Let him work with those young men to open the road in front or on both sides."

Zhang Taiping nodded and said: "This does not require training, but it is fine."

Old Man Qian chuckled and continued: "Don't you still have four big dogs at home? Find one with a relatively gentle temper and let Wukong ride it. I think this will definitely become the highlight of tonight's show."

The old village chief's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and said, "This is a good idea. What do you think, Commander?"

Zhang Taiping imagined the scene of a monkey riding a dog, but it made people happy. He nodded and said, "I'll go back and give it a try. It would be best if I could arrange Wukong and the big dog together."