The man who has traveled through time and space for a long time is so scary
Chapter 212: Cutting Paper-cuts with Joy
"It's so delicious!" Yiyi and Bailu both exclaimed while holding their stomachs! The men all smiled when they heard this. They accepted the new way of eating rice cakes very well. It was indeed a unique flavor.
"I feel quite accomplished after feeding you two!" Yanan began to open the food box and pack the rice cakes, with Huaheng helping her.
"Just divide it into three portions! Add more varieties to make it fresh and new!" Ling Wuxin said. Rice cakes are available in every household and no one is short of them.
"Yes, yes, a bottle of jam for each serving!" Yiyi also agreed.
"Add a few pounds of bamboo shoots. We dug a lot yesterday!" Nanchen also suggested.
"Okay! I'll pack it right away!" Xiao Qi took on the task of packing the winter bamboo shoots.
"Why not just send the New Year gifts today? I'll go back and prepare a few boxes of tea, some fruits, and some New Year goods, and send them all over today!" Seeing that everyone added the same thing, Shen Wen simply took over.
"Okay, Fourth Brother has thought of everything. We will go with you to help." Xiao Ba was very considerate and pulled Xiao Jiu to help.
"Let's take the bacon, sausage and other things with us!" Ye Xiao also thought that this would save trouble, so he wanted to go back to Xiaoyao Garden to prepare first.
"Third brother, just take it from me! And bring the dried venison that Yiyi made earlier!" Ling Wuxin stopped him and asked Xiaoliu to ask Xiaoqi to get the bacon from the small warehouse.
In this way, all the various things added up to several baskets. Fortunately, there were enough strong men, and each of them carried two baskets. Then this huge team of delivering New Year gifts set off from the Hot Spring Valley.
Uncle Hua, Doctor Wang, and Chef Li lived close to each other and often lived together. When Ling Wuxin and his brothers arrived, they were discussing writing couplets, cutting window decorations, making lanterns, and decorating their own courtyards to add a little flavor to the New Year!
"Ha ha ha ha... why are you being so polite? You all live in the farm, yet you still bring New Year gifts?" Uncle Hua was grinning from ear to ear. He blamed the servant with his mouth, but his movement of waving his hand for the servant to take the gift was not slow at all!
"Uncle Hua, this is what we should do. Old Man Wang and Old Man Li, you have some too. How about I ask them to send them home?" Ling Wuxin rarely showed a relaxed attitude in front of the old man.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Just leave it here for now. We are all here. We will send it back later!" Old man Wang waved his hand and said so.
"Hahaha... That's right. Now that you're here, we have something important to do. Writing couplets, making lanterns, and cutting window flowers can be left to you young people. We are old, and our hands are shaking..." Li Yuchu arranged the tasks while chattering.
Yiyi, Bailu and Yanan found it very interesting. They looked at each other with smiles, and then they saw their men obediently starting to get busy, setting the table, preparing red paper, grinding ink blocks, sharpening scissors... The strong men were busy with these little things, which was really pleasing to the eyes!
"Second brother, would you like to write couplets with me?" Ling Wuxin raised his eyebrows at Nanchen.
"Haha...why not? But I think the handwriting of the third and fifth brothers is also very good!" Nanchen responded with a laugh, and the other brothers looked at him when they heard it.
"Second brother, our handwriting is not bad, right?!" the fourth brother took the lead in protesting.
"That's right. Aren't you more dexterous? I'll leave the window paper-cuts to you!" Nanchen said with a smile.
"That's more like it. Then I will be responsible for breaking the bamboo edges and making lanterns." Xiaoliu chose the field he was good at.
"Sixth brother, I want to make lanterns with you." Xiao Qi felt that he was still some distance away from being dexterous, so he chose to make lanterns which did not seem to require that much dexterity.
"Okay, since you have all chosen, then the fourth, fifth and ninth brothers will follow me to cut paper-cuts!" The third brother Ye Xiao automatically accepted the remaining brothers. For a moment, everyone had their own division of labor, and each group discussed with each other. The courtyard was suddenly filled with laughter!
Seeing this, Old Man Hua, Old Man Wang, and Old Man Li all showed approval, stroked their beards and nodded with satisfaction. At the same time, they waved to Yiyi and her three sisters, signaling them to sit over.
"Hello, Uncle Hua! Hello, Uncle Wang! Hello, Uncle Li!" The three sisters Yiyi bowed and greeted the three elders at the same time before sitting down.
"Judging from your faces, you three all look well. Let me take your pulses!" Old man Hua said after examining you with a kind look.
"Thank you, Mr. Hua! Then please take the pulses of the sisters first." Yanan was very polite. Yiyi and Bailu were the key protected persons at the moment, but she herself didn't care. After all, she had a personal doctor like Hua Heng by her side.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! Your boy Heng can help you anytime. Brother Wang, bring the pulse record here, I need to write it down!" Old man Hua checked Yi Yi's pulse and reminded her to pay attention to her diet and daily life.
"Thank you, Uncle Hua. I'll remember that. Uncle Wang, do you want to see a doctor?" Yiyi thanked Uncle Hua and turned to Doctor Wang and asked. She already knew the temperaments of these two big guys very well, so she was naturally willing to cooperate.
"Haha! Ling's wife really understands my preference. It's good to leave some actual pulse records for future generations to refer to. Look at my thick pulse records, they are written in great detail..." Old man Wang was so happy to see Yiyi's active cooperation that he wanted to show off his masterpiece. It was not until Bailu finished diagnosing her pulse and sat down next to him that he happily diagnosed Bailu's pulse and made detailed records. After doing all this, he did not forget to remind them that they were family members and should not be bound by the taboos of festivals. They should still come when they need to have their pulses diagnosed. Yiyi and Bailu nodded in agreement.
After the pulse diagnosis, several people also joined the industry of cutting paper-cuts. Paper-cuts are a characteristic art of farming culture. The living geographical environment, agricultural production characteristics and social customs of the rural areas also make this craft full of local art. Paper-cuts are one of the varieties of paper-cuts. In order to set off the festive atmosphere, the vast rural areas post paper-cuts on the windows before the Spring Festival. The style of paper-cuts is generally free. Except for the "corner flowers" pasted on the four corners and the "round flowers" folded and cut, there are no restrictions on their outer contours.
The themes of window paper-cuts are very wide. People put their beautiful wishes for life on paper and scissors, hoping that through folding and cutting, their dreams will eventually come true. Usually, the New Year's zodiac picture is cut on it, which means good luck in the coming year, the copper coin pattern means wealth from all directions, the gourd lotus picture means many children and good fortune, and the koi picture means surplus every year...
Yiyi, Bailu, and Yanan were more curious about this craft than practical skills. They only knew how to fold paper and cut some free-form patterns using the principle of symmetry. It was really difficult for them to design some complex and specific patterns. However, this did not prevent them from appreciating the craftsmanship of the elderly. Their praises were all different, making the elderly laugh. Their men turned their heads to look at them frequently, as if they wanted their wives to come and see their masterpieces. However, they were patient and had plenty of opportunities. They would always have to put window paper on them when they took them home, so they could show them to their wives alone.
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