Ouyang Xun and Wang Xiucai have already started to build the library according to the agreed plan. If they don't have ten days and a half, they can't finish the work. Especially those orphans and ancient books that Li Xingzhi took out, they can only copy them all, and then copy them

Take out the original copies. Otherwise, if those original copies are damaged, the gain will outweigh the loss.

This is a big project! Of course, it would be easy to gather some scholars and distribute them so that each person can copy a few books. However, for Ouyang Xun, who is addicted to books, this is obviously not a good idea. If he is copying

What should I do if the books were damaged during the process? Wang Xiucai also disagreed with this method. In the end, they could only leave the copying work to themselves. However, at Li Xingzhi's suggestion, Ouyang Xun also agreed to let Old Master Shi join in.

Come in. Although Li Xingzhi did not ask Old Master Shi for his opinion, he must be "a great honor" for someone who loves books like him!

After all matters were agreed upon, Li Xingzhi became the hands-off shopkeeper again.

In the afternoon, after lunch, Li Xingzhi became a little bored again. After arriving here, life became leisurely and everything was fine, except that there were some less entertainment activities, which made Li Xingzhi a little uncomfortable.

Just after the Qingming Festival, the weather was sunny and cloudy.

Li Xingzhi stood in the courtyard, and the wind blew gently, rustling the leaves of the loquat tree in the courtyard. His heart moved, but he remembered an interesting thing.

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The origin of kites has long been unknown. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, kites gradually spread among the court nobles. It was not until the Song Dynasty that kites became a traditional folk entertainment activity.

It is best to fly a kite around the Qingming Festival.

The weather with little rain, light wind and cloudy weather is most suitable.

Just after the Qingming Festival, Li Xingzhi became interested in flying a kite, which was one of his favorite things as a child. Of course, for such an interesting thing, Erlang was indispensable.

Li Xingzhi took out the bamboo strips that had been cut, and various kite-making materials were already placed next to them, such as paper, paste, various paints, pens, etc. When Li Xingzhi was a child, because his home was in a mountainous area, there were a lot of bamboos.

, I also learned to make a kite, and now that I have such a complete set of materials, I can’t help but feel excited.

Under Erlang's curious eyes, Li Xingzhi entangled a few bamboo strips and a few thinner threads, and gently bent the bamboo strips from time to time. Soon, the skeleton of a kite was ready

Li Xingzhi picked it up and looked at it. He was quite satisfied. Although it was a little rough, it still had some appearance.

Occasionally, a servant would pass by and glance at him curiously. He was also full of doubts in his heart. He didn't know what his husband would do again. This time, he actually made a fool of himself.

Li Xingzhi didn't have time to pay attention to other people's opinions. He carefully looked at the frame of the kite and made some adjustments. Then, he laid the frame flat on the large paper on the ground, drew a slightly larger outline on the paper, and then

Use scissors to cut the paper along the drawn line. Finally, place the skeleton on the cut paper and paste it with glue.

Next, is a very important step, drawing the graphics.

There are various graphics painted on kites, the most common ones are eagles, sand swallows, bats, etc. This time Li Xingzhi made a swallow kite.

He drew a big swallow on it. Although he had never studied Chinese painting, painting this thing did not require much painting skills.

Then, he drew a few bats on the lower abdomen and wings of the swallow, which was very particular. This swallow is also called Fuyan, and bat is a homophonic pronunciation of "Bianfu" and "Bianfu".

Painting bats means "blessings among blessings"! And Li Xingzhi painted a total of five bats on the swallows, which also has the meaning of "five blessings coming to the door"! In the folk, people can always come up with various entertainment activities.

They often endow these activities and things in the activities with some beautiful stories, legends or other meanings. This is their yearning for beauty and their hope for future life!….

The people are all lovely. As long as they have food to eat, they are content. People who are content can always find all kinds of fun.

"Erlang, what do you think of this kite?"

"Kite?" Erlang looked at the 'big swallow' in front of him with surprise, and asked with some uncertainty: "Can a kite fly into the sky?" With Erlang's knowledge, he still didn't know what a kite was.

"Yes, if you tie a thread underneath and pull it, you can fly into the sky!" Li Xingzhi said.

He looked at Erlang's surprised expression, staring at the kite, his eyes almost shining, and then said: "This kite is not finished yet, just wait and see!"

"Oh." Erlang was a little disappointed after hearing this.

It’s no wonder that Erlang looks like this and has even forgotten the etiquette he has maintained these days. After all, flying into the sky has always been everyone’s dream. In ancient times, the sky was a mysterious thing; in ancient Chinese culture

, "Heaven" is the greatest, even the most powerful god must follow the "natural principles" and "the ways of heaven"!

Erlang's yearning for the sky carries the hopes of many predecessors!

At this time, Li Xingzhi had already used two slender white silks to draw many patterns on them, and then attached the 'long tail' made of these two silks to the back of the swallow. For a good kite, the long tail is

The tail is essential and can be used for decoration, but its greater purpose is to maintain the overall balance of the kite so that it stands in the air and does not tilt to one side.

Finally, there is one most important thing - the bamboo flute!

This is an indispensable thing for kites. Each kite must have a bamboo flute on its head. After the kite flies into the sky, the small bamboo flute will play a kite-like sound.

This is where the name “kite” comes from!

Those without small flutes can only be called 'paper kites' at best. However, in later generations, there is no longer any distinction between the two.

Li Xingzhi tied the strings and a beautiful kite was ready!

Erlang took the kite and looked at it carefully. He really didn't understand why this little thing could fly into the sky! He didn't know what kind of magical power this little thing contained that it could fly into the sky.

Go! He even imagined in his mind when he could fly to the sky! This was a little child's dream! Maybe it died one day, or maybe it took root and sprouted in his heart, and finally grew into a towering tree.

Tree!

Li Xingzhi didn't know what Erlang was thinking, and was still immersed in making his kites - these kites that once upon a time carried his childhood dreams! Kites are the flying of dreams!

This time, with experience, he had become much more proficient in doing it. He quickly pasted the paper. Then, with a light touch of the brush, a short time later, a man with a thin waist, a peach face, and no gills was waving a big stick.

The arrogant monkey appears on the page!

Erlang next to him was quickly attracted by this weird monkey. At this time, people's imagination was still very poor, and it was impossible to see such characters in comics. However, even though they were separated by a thousand years, the old man

Monkey's charm is still undiminished, just look at Erlang's eyes next to him.

Li Xingzhi patted Erlang's head twice and said, "You can't be dissatisfied!"

Although he doted on Erlang most of the time and gave him everything he could. The two of them were more like father and son than brothers. However, Li Xingzhi still didn't care when he needed to be taught a lesson. He didn't want Erlang, a good sapling, to grow crooked.

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Li Xingzhi also made a windlass with some wood and rolled it with thread. Although it didn't look very good, it could still be used.

By the time Li Xingzhi finished making the two kites and the windlass, the sky was already dark and it was time to have dinner.

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Second update due to the request of some children's shoes.

However, this time, I can only be a shameful 2K party!

There is only one update tomorrow, there are a lot of things to do; we will check the day after tomorrow, and the second update will still be a bit unbearable. Exercise first, and the first update will be the guarantee, and I will update the second update if I have time.

Thank you for coming, and thank you to everyone who read the article!

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