Chapter 345 Being Dragged to a Banquet
When Han Li led Gouzi and Lynx to He Mi's house, she and Qi Zhaodi were lighting ice lanterns in the yard.
When He Mi saw Han Li, he quickly came up to him and asked in the voice of just the two of them.
"Why are you here?"
"I missed you so I came here to check on you. If you have trouble breathing or your whole body feels hot, I can help you."
He Mi blocked Han Li's hand that was about to cause trouble in the shadow, glanced to the side and said.
"Little sister Qi, don't make trouble here."
"Then I'll come over tomorrow to teach Qi Xiaomei how to use the stick, okay?"
"It depends."
Han Li got the answer he wanted, said hello to Qi Zhaodi and went to walk the dog.
The next day, the third day of the Lunar New Year, Han Li got up early to practice boxing as usual. After eating with my wife, I opened the street door.
As soon as the door to the bathroom was not opened, Han Li and his wife were sitting on the kang chatting, mentally calculating when would be the best time to go to He Mi's house.
Anyway, the reason for going to He Mi's house is ready-made, to guide Qi Zhaodi in practicing stick, so he just needs to find a suitable time.
The two sisters were talking about the excitement they saw in the commune yesterday, and what they heard about the custom of sending lanterns on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month.
custom? Their words immediately confused Han Li. He seemed to have never heard anyone else say this, so he praised Yun Yingying and asked her to continue.
It turns out that on the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month in Gada, there is a custom of "sending lanterns" to deceased relatives in ancestral graves.
Send them a lamp to illuminate their way home, and hope that they will find a new life with the lamp, be reincarnated as human beings as soon as possible, and live a happy life.
This lamp is made of grain. The one made of corn flour is called a golden lamp, the one made of white flour is called a silver lamp, and the one made of buckwheat flour is called an iron lamp.
This kind of lamp is shaped like a bowl, commonly known as a lamp bowl. Fastidious people will also pinch out twelve different numbers of small saw teeth on the side of each lamp bowl.
After shaping, steam it in a pot, let it cool and harden, insert a wick made of reeds wrapped with cotton wool, fill it with lamp oil, and the lamp bowl is ready.
Of course, unsophisticated people use earthen pots, cans and bottles, and even hollow out radishes to use as lamp bowls. For lamp oil, there are kerosene, lard, and vegetable oil. In short, there are all kinds of things.
That’s not all. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household will mix sawdust with lamp oil, divide it into small piles, and place them on the window sill, gate, firewood shed, side room, and utility room door outside the house. Point.
On the way from your door to the cemetery, go to the graves of your deceased relatives and light small piles at regular intervals. The small shimmers of light are connected together, and it is very spectacular at first glance.
But at that time, no one is allowed to joke, even if the neighbors with the best relationship pass by each other, they will not say anything.
All the men in the family have to go out (girls and nephews are not allowed to go), and the whole family carries a lantern and walks to the cemetery in one team.
At this time, the head of the family will also put away his usual smiling face, and children will be scolded immediately if they say or do something wrong.
These little ones could only carry small lanterns and follow the adults in a line towards the cemetery.
After arriving at the grave, a pit with leeward wind was dug in the snow nest. The lamps and bowls were placed in the pit and lit, and they were chanted to all the dead in the grave, for fear that whoever was left out would be singled out.
"My grandma, grandpa, grandma, uncles, parents... I've given you lanterns."
Finally, when paper is burned in front of each grave, they will also chant it again.
On the way back, the atmosphere returned to what it was before. Children could laugh and play, and adults would no longer scold them.
At this time, the grave circles outside the village were all dotted with lights, which looked as scary as will-o'-the-wisps from a distance.
Moreover, many people only put a small amount of oil in the lamp bowl. The lamp bowl goes out very quickly, and it can scare people to death if they leave too late.
Han Li was a little confused when he heard this. This experience didn't seem like something a man would have, so he asked.
"Who did you hear this news from?"
"It's the eldest girl from Liang Qi's family in Shanghe Village. She said that she once secretly followed her family to deliver lanterns, but she was afraid that people would find out and get scolded. She didn't dare to move when others were leaving. When she could leave, she would sit around the graveyard. The lamp bowl was almost extinguished. She was almost frightened to death that time. Even the wind in her ears felt like a ghost screaming. She crawled around and got sick after returning home. Yesterday She specifically told us not to be curious and follow us to watch the fun.
"She also said that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, ghosts who don't have anyone to send lanterns are particularly lonely. If they see a lantern in someone's house, they will enter the house. But after you light a lantern at the street door, the ghost will walk along the light and not enter the house. They will keep walking. When there are no people outside the village, he will really leave, so we must light the lamp at the street door on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. "
Han Li was a little speechless when he heard this, but this eldest girl from the Liang Qi family is really courageous.
The three of them were sitting on the kang and were in the middle of talking when they heard someone shouting outside the street gate.
"Is Brother Han at home?"
When Han Li heard this voice, he immediately remembered who it was, Ren Liangshan from Zhonghe Village.
"Here, it's Uncle Ren, please come in and warm yourself up."
Han Li replied and went out to welcome him. Unexpectedly, there was not only Ren Liangshan in the courtyard, but also Uncle He who had given him the piece of animal skin that recorded the Spring Breeze and Rain Jue.
"Uncle He is here too. Let's go inside first and have a cup of tea to warm up."
"Don't go inside. We are here to invite you to our village for a drink. We wanted to invite you a long time ago, but we were busy before the New Year, and on the first and second days of the New Year. Today, we finally have some free time, so we came to your house directly."
"It's okay to drink at my house. Let's sit inside and let my family cook a few dishes quickly."
Han Li was 120% unwilling to go to Zhonghe Village for a drink. First of all, he couldn't drink, and secondly, he was going to find He Mi to exchange feelings.
Unfortunately, Han Li couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the two uncles in the end, and was dragged out of the street gate.
Shanghe Village and Zhonghe Village are not too far apart, and there are many relatives in the two villages. The road connecting the two villages has been trampled very flat in the past two days. The only drawback is that it is a bit slippery.
Han Li followed the two uncles directly to Ren Liangshan's house, where several people were already sitting.
Han Li recognized that they were all those who followed Ren Liangshan into the mountains, but he had never dealt with them before and couldn't call their names.
Also, Ren Dagang and his wife, who were diagnosed with congenital infertility by Han Li, were also here.
"Han, you are here. Hurry up and get on the kang to warm yourself up."
"It's okay. It's not cold to walk here."
"Brother Han, let's sit on the kang. We are home now. Your niece will go and pour you two cups of tea."
Thanks: Yu Wanning's father for the reward: 1666 points.
Thanks: Xiao Se Neiwai for the reward: 100 points.
Thanks: Militia III for the reward: 100 points.