Chapter 344 Ice Lantern

Han Li was walking in front, and a group of girls were chattering about various topics behind him.

The dogs were arranged by Yamamoto, the leader, to keep alert around everyone. As for the two lynxes, they were still lying on the firewood pile to watch the house.

However, as Han Li led everyone higher and higher, Hao Hongmin couldn't help but look back.

This casual glance made Hao Hongmin feel regretful. She blamed herself for looking back so early.

Hou Yuhua had the hardest time walking because of her height. At first, her roommate Zhang Shulan was pulling her, and finally Qi Zhaodi couldn't bear it and grabbed her other arm.

The surrounding environment became quieter and quieter, and the sound of shoes stepping on the snow became clearer and clearer.

Just when someone couldn't help but speak, Han Li stopped and turned around and pointed in the direction they came from.

"Everyone look back at where we live now. Isn't it beautiful now, like a dream world?"

Everyone looked back along Han Li's finger, and they saw that Shanghe Village was very beautiful at this time.

Everyone rubbed their eyes gently. They looked at the village in front of them in disbelief. Was it really the place they hated and wanted to escape from at any time?

At this time, they stood on a high place, and the originally sparse courtyard seemed to become dense.

Under the light, these houses seemed to be white clouds from the sky falling into this world.

Under the action of snow, wind, and the dim light, the houses that were originally unsightly became plump and unusually cute.

Looking down the mountain, the roofs, the outside of the house, and the courtyard walls were covered with white snow, which set off the red lanterns.

The orange light of the electric lights in the house shone through the windows, giving people a very warm feeling.

When the lights of the electric lights, lantern poles and the big red lanterns at the door were combined, a soft golden light appeared, and the courtyard walls and fences seemed to be inlaid with gold.

When the wind blew, occasionally you could see the smoke from the chimneys circling around under the light, like a child playing hide-and-seek and quickly disappeared.

Those houses with lanterns hanging at the door, the pure white snow is infinitely transformed under the reflection of the big red lanterns, it feels as if covered with a layer of hazy colors, making people feel as if they are in an unreal fairy tale world.

"Is this really Shanghe Village?"

"It's so beautiful."

"Unbelievable, really unbelievable."

"It's so beautiful."

"I feel like I'm dreaming now, it's much more beautiful than what is described in the book."

"Brother Li, how did you think of watching from here, it's so beautiful."

"No way, who let me have a pair of eyes that are good at discovering beauty."

"It would be great if there was a color camera at this time, so that we can keep this beautiful scene."

"There will be such a day."

No matter how beautiful the scenery is, everyone will go back here after a while, because it is too cold here.

This time when they came back, everyone looked at the original house and felt that they didn't seem so bad, even the lights in the house seemed to have turned into warm colors, which made them feel much closer in their hearts.

At this time, many children in the village were playing in the street with their homemade red lanterns. Some of them were made of wicker, some were made of cans with a layer of red paper on the outside, and some were made of ice. Anyway, they were red and fun.

However, everyone had been in the cold wind on the mountain for a long time, and now they just wanted to go home and warm up.

What made Han Li feel a little reluctant was that He Mi and the others were going back to their yard today, which made him a little reluctant to leave after just tasting the difference, but there were still many days to come, and he had plenty of time to experience it slowly.

And it seemed that it was not bad to do it secretly, after all, the old saying goes that a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as stealing, and stealing is not as good as not being able to steal.

I didn't sleep well last night, and I was busy all day today, so everyone washed up and went to bed early in the evening.

The next day, Han Li returned to his previous life.

Since they didn't have to open the door too early during the New Year, their family appropriately added some morning exercises.

Han Li only needed to pull one person to start exercising first, and the other would catch up quickly.

If you don't plow in spring, you won't have anything to look forward to in autumn. If you don't get up in the morning, you won't have anything to do during the day.

In simple terms, a year's plan starts with spring, and a day's plan starts with the morning.

Han Li thought these words made sense. He felt refreshed after getting up today, and even felt very strong when he started to do boxing in the yard.

From the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month, people go out to visit relatives and friends, and the second day is the day for married daughters to visit their parents.

But in their case, they don't go back to their parents' home, but dumplings on the first day and noodles on the second day must be arranged.

However, according to local customs, the noodles on the second day are not less particular.

Today's noodles have to be made from dumplings on the first day to roll noodles, and after the noodles are cooked, they are soaked in cold water, which is called cold soup noodles.

The noodles under Yun Yingying's hands are cut very evenly, and Yun Jingjing's fried sauce is very tempting.

Maybe because of the morning exercise, the three people ate a lot, Yun Yingying said while eating.

"Brother Li, we are going to go play with Sister Hongmin and Xiu later. We heard that the commune will be very lively today, and we want to go over and take a look."

There will be a lot of fun in the first month, the second month, and the third month. Han Li agreed without thinking.

"If you want to go, we can go, but it's very cold today, so you must bring your clothes, hats and scarves."

While they were talking, Hao Hongmin, Yang Xiuying and Meng Zaihong came over.

"You had breakfast late today, Sister Yun, finish it quickly so that we can go to the commune to see what's going on."

"You sit down first, we'll finish here soon."

"Are you the only ones going?"

"No, we are the first to come to your house, Sister Hongmin, you sit down and rest for a while, I'll go see how the others are preparing?"

After dinner, when Han Li sent them to the door, he found that all the female educated youth in Shanghe Village had gone out.

This made Han Li's idea of ​​taking the opportunity to find He Mi to communicate about his feelings fall through. He felt that he had miscalculated. If he had known that they were going out to play today, he should have told He Mi. Now he could only watch a group of female educated youths walking away with laughter.

Han Li went home and first checked the degree of precipitation of the ointment, and found that it would take some time before the next step of treatment.

Han Li sat in front of the table today and couldn't read the book. He thought of the lanterns in the children's hands when he came back last night, especially those small lanterns made of frozen ice, which emitted a particularly dazzling light.

Han Li could use decomposition to directly make the ice lanterns he wanted, but those were too smooth and a bit eye-catching,

so Han Li came to the yard and took out a number of utensils such as iron buckets, basins, enamel cups, cans, etc. to start filling water.

And put a little red ink in the water, and all the water was dyed red.

After freezing outside for a period of time, it will become an ice lump, but it cannot be frozen solid or frozen through. Only the outer layer needs to be frozen. Then, after a little polishing and trimming, they will become beautiful ice lanterns of different sizes.

At that time, the small ice lanterns can be tied with ropes for my wife to carry out for fun, and the slightly larger ones can be placed in various corners of the yard. They will be very beautiful when lit at night.

After Han Li froze all the utensils in his home, he took out the key to He Mi's house and went there to make ice lanterns.

Han Li spent time reading books while waiting for the freezing process. In the blink of an eye, more than four hours had passed.

There were many ice lanterns in every corner of Han Li's house and He Mi's house. Due to the limitation of materials, there were only two types: red and transparent.

The candles that Han Li got in Sijiu City are now useful. He threw candles into all his ice lanterns, and put some candles in He Mi's house as spare.

After doing all this, Han Li sat back in front of the table, picked up the teacup and drank tea slowly.

Not long after, the chattering of the female educated youth could be heard outside.

Most of the others had gone home, and the Yun sisters brought He Mi, Qi Zhaodi and Hou Yuhua to their own home.

At first, they really didn't notice the ice lantern in the yard, but when Yun Jingjing ran to the toilet, she found it at the door.

"Is this an ice lantern?"

"Ice lantern?"

"Really, there are a lot of ice lanterns in the yard."

"This must be what Brother Li made at home today."

"It will be beautiful if all of them are lit up at night."

As they looked at the ice lanterns in the yard and talked, Han Li walked out of the house.

"It's so cold now, so hurry back to the house and warm up on the kang. It's not too late to light the ice lanterns at night."

"Brother Li, did you make all this today?"

"Yes, it's very simple to make this. You just need to watch the water and don't let it freeze solid. Don't we have the key to He Mi's house? I thought it was fun at the time, so I froze their buckets into ice lanterns and made several small ice lanterns that can be carried. You can carry them out to play together at night."

He Mi looked at Han Li and smiled without saying anything, while Hou Yuhua asked a little uncertainly.

"Brother Han, do I really have one of these hand-held lanterns?"

"Yes, I made several and almost everyone has one."

With something new, everyone naturally looked forward to the sky getting dark quickly. After dinner, everyone gathered again.

Everyone held a small ice lantern made of red ice cubes in their hands, lit a candle inside, and played with the children on the street.

But even if there is a sense of novelty, after all, they are a little older and not as cold-resistant as children, nor do they have the tireless excitement of children, so everyone dispersed after playing for a while.

After returning home, Han Li went out to walk the dog. He wanted to see if he could find a chance to communicate with He Mi alone.

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