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Seeing that there were too many people on the main road at the entrance of the village, Tao Ran rode a small tricycle from the side road to the gate of Tian Waigong's house.As soon as the car stopped, Li Tingzhou jumped out of the car with the bamboo basket in his arms, put the strawberry bamboo basket on the ground, and helped Tao Ran carry down the vegetables he brought to Tian's family.

After moving all the two baskets of vegetables, Tao Ran half-jokingly said: "Do you feel cheated? I came here to play, and I have to help me with work every day."

"It's been a few days, please be polite to me, and besides, I really paid the accommodation fee." Li Tingzhou also pretended to be unhappy, the two looked at each other, and immediately laughed.

Tao Ran was about to take out the key from his pocket, but found that the gate in the yard was unlocked.At first, seeing that Uncle Tian's motorcycle was not at the door, he knew that Uncle Tian had gone to find out about the pig farm again today, but the gate was unlocked, so it must be that Aunt Tian and Yang Yang were at home.

"Eldest aunt, why didn't you go out to sell the stall today?" Tao Ran saw the elder aunt sitting in the yard when he entered the door, Tao Ran wondered why the elder aunt didn't go out today and asked a question.

Speaking of which, although Uncle Tian didn't learn all of Grandpa Tian's crafts, he still knows how to do some simple crafts.Although the eldest aunt is not in good health, it is not too tiring to set up a stall, so she usually sets up a stall on the street.Usually when there was no one at home, Tao Ran would just open the door and go in, and then look for them on the street.

The eldest aunt who was sitting in the yard splitting bamboo into strips looked up and saw Tao Ran bringing a young man she had never seen before.She quickly stood up to greet her: "Tao Ran is here, who is this?" Tao Ran's coming here is almost like being at his own home, but when other people come, the eldest aunt must maintain due respect as the host.

"This is my friend. I met him when I went back to school a few days ago. He just wanted to relax, so he came here to play for a few days." Tao Ran explained with a smile, and turned to Li Tingzhou to explain: "This is my aunt, Just call Auntie."

"Hi auntie, I'm Li Tingzhou, you can call me Tingzhou. Today Tao Ran said he wanted to show me the bamboo weaving in Nantian Village, so I came here to disturb you." After speaking, Li Tingzhou took out the bamboo basket: "Tao Ran won't let me What gift should I bring? This is the strawberry he brought, so I will borrow flowers to present to Buddha."

Seeing Li Tingzhou's polite appearance, Aunt Tian also liked it, and quickly took the bamboo basket and told him to sit down quickly.After finishing speaking, he glared at Tao Ran and complained, "You have nothing in your hands, and you asked the guest to help you with your things."

"Auntie, I have a good relationship with him. If you don't pay attention to so much, don't teach me. What are you doing with these bamboos?" Tao Ran repeatedly begged for mercy, took the bamboo basket from Li Tingzhou, and put it in the room.

The aunt asked them to sit down before continuing to chop bamboo: "It's not because of you, a bunch of people came to buy lanterns today. It's also because of this that I don't go out to set up a stall. There are too many people and cars on the road. Don’t worry, it’s better to prepare some bamboo sticks at home and weave lanterns when your uncle comes back at night. I guess, the craze for buying lanterns can last for a few more days.”

"Of course, Uncle Ran, you're here!" With this cheerful shout, Tao Ran felt suddenly heavy, and Yang Yang must have jumped onto his back.Without turning around, he stood up directly, supported his back with both hands, and walked around the yard with Yang Yang behind his back.

Tian Haoyang was taking a nap upstairs, and when he woke up in a daze, he heard someone talking downstairs.He leaned over to the window to take a look, and it was true that his uncle was here, so he ran down quickly.

When he put Yang Yang down, Tao Ran saw the boy's excited face: "Did you miss Uncle Ranran, Uncle Ranran's friend also came today and brought you strawberries, would you like to thank him?" ah?"

When Xiao Yangyang turned to the side, Li Tingzhou saw Xiao Yangyang's bright eyes and looked at him curiously.Li Tingzhou couldn't help introducing in a soft tone: "Hello, kid Tian Haoyang, my name is Li Tingzhou, you can call me Uncle Tingzhou, nice to meet you."

Yang Yang shyly hid in Uncle Ranran's arms, and then summoned up the courage to say hello to Li Tingzhou.Then he lay down in Tao Ran's arms and complained in a low voice: "Uncle Ran, you haven't seen me for a long time, I'm so bored at home alone."

Tao Ran looked at Li Tingzhou apologetically for Yang Yang's reaction that he didn't dare to talk to Li Tingzhou. Li Tingzhou shook his head to express that he didn't care. It's normal for children to be afraid of birth, and it would be nice if they knew each other for a few more days.Tao Ran carefully picked up Yang Yang, and asked softly, "Uncle Ran Ran is sorry for Yang Yang, I apologize to you, will you forgive me?"

"Then if Uncle Ranran takes me out to play, I won't be angry with you." Hearing Uncle Ranran talking to him in a soft voice, Yang Yang stopped being angry in an instant, but he wanted to go out to play again. Yizhuan made this request.

Hearing Yang Yang's answer, Tao Ran was stunned.The eldest aunt who had been listening laughed and explained.It turned out that Yangyang wanted to run out to play when she heard the excitement outside today, but she was worried that there would be too many people and she was not in good health, so she would not let Yangyang go out.

It just so happened that Tao Ran and his friends came today, so I asked them to bring Yang Yang with them when they went shopping.Both Tao Ran and Li Tingzhou agreed, and they went out holding Yang Yang's hand.

The stalls in Nantian Village are mainly placed on the main road just entering the village, so that tourists can see them as soon as they come, and walk along the street to finish shopping.The main street of Uncle Tian’s house was several hundred meters away, and it didn’t take long for two adults and a child to walk there.

When I came to see it today, I felt that there were a lot more people than before, and most of the extra people were villagers from Taoyuan Village.There are many more things from the small stalls on the street, all of which are large and small lanterns.

Many stall owners put bamboo strips beside their stalls, and weaved lanterns on the spot to attract everyone to watch.Walking around this street, I feel that the styles of the lanterns are ordinary, they are all cubes and cylinders, at most they are different in size, and the weaving skills of everyone are good or bad.Tao Ran was a little disappointed, he didn't find any lanterns that could brighten his eyes.

On the contrary, Li Tingzhou bought a lot of small bamboo gadgets. In his opinion, these things are not exquisite enough, but they are still a bit wild, and some people have ingenious ideas. Some bamboo birds and rabbits look cute and cute.Fortunately, when I came out, I took a bamboo basket from Grandpa Tian's house, otherwise it would be inconvenient to hold all kinds of small things in my hand.

After shopping, Tao Ran thought about it, and took Li Tingzhou and Xiao Yangyang to Tian Qiye's house. Among the three people with the best craftsmanship in the village, Grandpa Tian and Tian Qiye had the best relationship.On the contrary, there was one person surnamed Wang who was called the third uncle by everyone, and he had some conflicts with Grandpa Tian.

Therefore, Tao Ran's family has a good relationship with Tian Qiye. When Tao Ran needed bamboo baskets to sell strawberries, he went to Tian Qiye directly.Now I want to go to see the lanterns, of course I'm going to Tian Qiye's house.

It can be regarded as familiar with the way, the three of them walked in the door, and saw the big sign standing in the yard.Regardless of Uncle Ranran and Uncle Tingzhou who were looking at the sign, Xiao Yangyang was attracted by the various lanterns on the table.

After Tao Ran finished reading the contents of the sign, he was looking at Yang Yang who was holding his small head and concentrating on the lantern, so he called Tian Qiye's grandson and asked him if he still sold lanterns.

"It's sold out a long time ago, but if Brother Tao Ran buys it, my grandpa will definitely be willing to make another one for you. But Brother Tao Ran, if you really want to buy lanterns at my house, you won't be afraid that your grandpa will come back and beat you. And I heard that this time Everyone came to buy lanterns because you were showing off." Hearing Tao Ran's question, the young boy couldn't help but make a joke.

Not only are today's lanterns sold out, but bamboo lanterns and even wood-carved lanterns are also booked for the following week.The people in the yard are either new to the house, or they are admiring Tian Qiye's craftsmanship in making lanterns.

Xiao Yangyang over here heard Uncle Ranran's question, so he didn't bother to look at the lantern, and ran over.Grabbing Tao Ran's clothes, he bent down and asked, "Uncle Ran Ran, can you make a lantern? I want Uncle Ran Ran to make it for me."

Tao Ran is really not very good at making lanterns. When Grandpa Tian was doing woodworking and bamboo weaving when he was young, he often watched from the sidelines.I also wanted to learn it, but it was a pity that my hands and feet were not quick enough, so I was directly disgusted by Grandpa Tian. Later, I only learned a few of the simplest bamboo weaving, which was not very beautiful.

Thinking how long it's been since I've done it, if I can't do it, or if it's too ugly, my image in Xiao Yangyang's eyes will collapse.However, Tao Ran, racking his brains to figure out how to explain, looked at Yang Yang who was full of expectation, and didn't know how to say it.

"You know how to make lanterns?" Li Tingzhou was carefully observing the steps of making lanterns, but when he heard the sound, he came over and asked Xiao Yangyang in his arms.

After strolling along the way, the two got closer. Seeing Yang Yang obediently staying in his arms, Li Tingzhou couldn't help but patted Yang Yang's head: "Let's go back and watch your Uncle Ran make lanterns, and I also brought a juicer." machine, let’s drink strawberry juice and sit by and watch.”

When he heard strawberry juice, Tao Ran suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thinking of some things he saw when he put the strawberries in the house today, he immediately had a solution.He confidently promised Xiao Yangyang: "Go, go home, but uncle promises to make you a different lantern." After saying hello to Qi Ye, he was ready to go back.

Tian Qiye knew Tao Ran's craft very well. He also taught Tao Ran when he was a child, so he was so angry.After hearing that Tao Ran agreed to make a lantern for Yang Yang, he became a little worried and told him not to be brave, and he could take back a lantern that was on the table as a sample.Tao Ran declined Qiye's kindness, and mysteriously told Qiye that he had a way.

Tao Ran suddenly thought of some ideas, so he asked Qi Ye if he could try to make lanterns with special shapes, like goldfish and flowers.Tao Ran gave an example of the woven animals usually sold at the stalls. Could it be possible to add a light to it and match it with a handle to become a special-shaped lantern.

After listening to Tao Ran's suggestion, Tian Qiye said that he would think about it for nothing. He is not a rigid person, and he is willing to study in this direction.

Considering that candles are sometimes unsafe, Tao Ran also asked whether it is possible to use candles, although it lacks some charm.But for some lanterns whose candles are not easy to fix, safety is the main priority.Add light bulbs with wires to the lantern, or LED lights that only require batteries.

His proposal made it difficult for Mr. Tian Qi. He really doesn't understand these lamps when he is old.Tao Ran felt that his thinking was immature, so he just had a flash of inspiration, so he explained to Tian Qiye that he would think about it when he went back, and he had to check the information by the way, and come to him tomorrow.

Turning around after speaking, he saw Li Tingzhou looking at the lantern with Yang Yang in his arms, Tao Ran could not help but raise the corners of his mouth, and walked towards them.