The sad reminder of the science man

Three years ago, because Xue's father was assassinated and injured, Xue Pan and Xue Jia did not go outside to play as they wished, but were locked at home because Xue's father had to support his health.

But Xue Chi doesn't give up so easily. Every year, he pesters Father Xue to ask him to go out to play during some major festivals.

"Daddy, I want to go out to play." Xue Chi entangled Father Xue again.

"Chi'er, tell dad, why did you think of going out to play again?" Father Xue was also willing to tease him with the topic of going out to play with his youngest son.

Xue Pan saw this scene many times. At the beginning, Xue Pan would ask Xue Jia to go out to play together, but Xue's father never agreed, so Xue Pan didn't join in later, and said in a low voice. "It's coming again." Then I started playing with my sister.

"Daddy, I've never gone out before. What do you mean? Daddy promised to take me out to watch dragon boat rowing three years ago." Xue Chi was upset, he really wanted to go out and have a look, although the scenery at home is not bad, but Tired of watching it for so many years.

"Oh, is that right, but there is no dragon boat rowing at this time! It's Chinese New Year! Dragon boats are for Dragon Boat Festival." Father Xue continued to tease Xue Chi.

Xue Zhi nodded his head and looked serious, "I know that dragon boats are only available during the Dragon Boat Festival, but you can also go to see the lantern festival when you go out to play! I have already inquired. There is a lantern festival on the Lantern Festival. Daddy, will you take us there!"

Father Xue looked forward to Xue Jia, and then looked at Xue Pan and Xue Hao, his eyes lit up when he heard Xue Jia's words, thinking, I haven't taken them out to visit the night market in recent years because the outside situation is not good, In addition, I have been pretending to be seriously injured in order to conceal people's eyes and ears, but after three years of recuperation, I can go out for a walk, so I nodded, "Okay! If Chi'er behaves well during the Chinese New Year, then Daddy will take you out during the Lantern Festival Look at the lanterns."

Hearing this, Xue Jia circled around Father Xue, "I knew that Daddy was well."

Xue Pan and Xue Hao also looked at Father Xue eagerly, "Father, I want it too."

Father Xue happily agreed, "Okay, okay, let's all go."

After turning around for a while, Xue Chi seemed to think of something, and asked strangely, "But why didn't Dad agree to me before, but this time I agreed as soon as I said it?"

Father Xue pretended to be surprised and said, "Ah, Chi'er, I found out, that's because after the Chinese New Year, Pan'er and you will be officially enlightened and practice calligraphy, and there will be no time to play in the future, so Dad asked you to go out to play before studying." Once. Pan'er and Chi'er, you have to study hard in the future, don't you know? Otherwise, you will have to break the family law as a father." Father Xue's expression became stern as he said.

Both Xue Pan and Xue Jia knew that reading was a big deal, so they stood together and said in unison, "Got it, father."

Father Xue patted the heads of Xue Pan and Xue Jia, "This is a good boy."

In ancient times, the taste of the new year was very strong. In ancient times, the Spring Festival was from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.What about eating Laba porridge in Laba, worshiping the stove on 23, cleaning on 24, doing New Year’s goods and other things.For Xue Chi, the New Year's Eve is not much different from normal days except that the house is full of red.One is because he is young, and the other is because the Xue family is rich, and he can eat whatever he wants on weekdays, and he can’t go out to play whatever he wants to play. He has a lot of toys, and ancient people are also very smart. There are as many types as modern ones, but there are also many.So the Chinese New Year is really not very attractive to Xue Chi.In the past few years, there were a lot of activities outside Jinling during the Chinese New Year, and Xue Chi also listened to a lot, but because he couldn't go out, Xue Chi really didn't have much expectation for the Chinese New Year, but this year is different.Father Xue promised Xue Pan and the others to take them out to the Lantern Festival this year. Knowing that Xue Chi could finally go out to play, how much he looked forward to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month so that he could go out to watch the Lantern Festival.

As Xue Jia was looking forward to, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month finally arrived. When it was just getting dark, Xue Jia and Xue Pan urged Xue's father together, arguing to go out to watch the lanterns.

Father Xue looked at the sky and took the three of them out. Naturally, each brother and sister were followed by four or five people. Because Xue Hao was still young, he was hugged by the nanny, and he was also strong and strong. Little servants, while Xue's father is holding one in each hand, and there are six or seven servants around them.Before going out, Father Xue told his servants to pick up his brother and wait in a quiet place if they were rushed away by too many people or too crowded.And I also told Xue Pan and Xue Jia that there are many people outside, children are not very safe, and told them to be obedient, Xue Pan and Xue Jia also knew that it was for their own good, so for the servants around them, although they sometimes blocked their sight , but still obediently stay in the crowd.

As soon as Xue Pan and Xue Chi went outside, they felt that their eyes were not enough.Lanterns are hung in front of every house, and there are lantern stalls in front of many shops.The shapes of lanterns are also varied and varied.There are lanterns of mighty beasts and cute animals; there are lanterns that are lifelike and can be faked, and there are lanterns that are wild and rough in workmanship;Palace lanterns, revolving horse lanterns, animal lanterns, lady lanterns, zodiac lanterns, Kongming lanterns, all kinds of lanterns are available, and all kinds of lanterns should be available.

Xue Pan and Xue Jia couldn't turn their eyes from watching, they walked slowly following Father Xue's strength, stopped and refused to leave if they liked it, insisted that Father Xue buy it, and followed by the servants, everyone's hands The last one was missing a lantern, but Xue's father couldn't stand it anymore and stopped them. Xue Pan and Xue Jia stopped buying lanterns.

Xue Pan and Xue Chi bought the lanterns, although there were still many lanterns they wanted to buy, but their father said that they would not let them buy more, so they had to hold on.At this time, the two younger brothers discovered that there were many snacks on the side of the road.The two younger brothers have been staring at it for a long time, but they only ate a little for dinner at home, just to go out for snacks.Seeing the greedy looks of the two little brothers, Father Xue ordered his servants to buy some of everything, and then let the two little brothers choose what to eat.Although Xue Pan and Xue Chi were also very excited, they usually taught very well, but each of them took small bites of their favorite things and ate them. Xue Pan and Xue Chi murmured for a while, and Xue Hao also chose It's not like eating snacks.

At this time, Xue Pan and Xue Jia had left for a long time. Father Xue saw that they were a little tired, so he asked someone to pick them up and walked towards the restaurant that had been booked first.When I arrived at the restaurant, I asked the servants to put their things down, and waved them to wait.Father Xue ordered some snacks from the restaurant and put them in front of Xue Pan, Xue Jia and Xue Hao.

"Father, there's still so much I haven't read, why did you stop here?" Xue Pan asked Father Xue after he sat down.

Father Xue smiled slightly, "Okay, those store lanterns are similar in the back, and there will be a lantern parade soon, we can see clearly, and there will be too many people crowded around, if you get hurt or rushed It’s not good if we’re gone, okay, daddy ordered some snacks for you guys, don’t eat too much of those snacks you just bought on the street, come and try this restaurant’s dim sum, it’s also very famous.”

After listening to Father Xue's words, the three children knew that it was not because they were not allowed to play, but that they would be waiting later, and after hearing Father Xue's words, they also became curious. Other children also eat it, and they have never eaten it before, so they want to try it. To be honest, the joy they ate just now is not because of the taste, but because of the atmosphere.Now I heard Father Xue introduced that this dim sum should be good. After I tasted it, it tastes really good.

Xue Chi felt that he hadn't eaten enough, so he planned to take some home, "Father, let's take it back and give mother a taste later! This taste is not as delicate as at home, but it is also delicious."

Xue Pan and Xue Hao also shouted, "Buy more, buy more. Wow, it's so beautiful, Xiaoer, look, look outside."

Xue Jia heard Xue Pan's words, turned his head to look, and exclaimed, "Wow, so beautiful!"

It turned out that the lantern parade had already started at this time, and the modern Xue Chi had also watched the lantern parade on TV, but in comparison, the ancient lantern parade did not give way too much.The first thing to pass is the twelve zodiac lanterns, each of which is lifelike and vivid.Then there are various flower-shaped lamps, including lotus, peony, chrysanthemum and so on.Then came the revolving lanterns. Rows of revolving lanterns turned around, making people dazzled.Then there are Kongming lanterns tied with strings, floating in the air, dangling, which is also very beautiful.The last is to form floats. Each car has a theme and has its own characteristics.

When the lantern parade was over, it was getting late, and the three children kept dozing off, so Father Xue asked his servants to carry the three children back.

Xue Pan, Xue Chi, and Xue Hao were all very satisfied with this trip to watch the lanterns. When they woke up the next day, they started discussing enthusiastically. It was confusion for a while, but this news didn't dampen their interest in talking about it.