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Sitting on the small bench in the room, Yang Yang rested his chin with two chubby hands, watched Uncle Tingzhou squeeze strawberry juice, and then looked out of the house from time to time.Uncle Ranran said that he was going to prepare things for making lanterns, but it felt like the time had passed, why he hadn't come back yet.

As soon as Tao Ran entered, he saw Yang Yang jump up from the stool and run towards him.He quickly raised the thing in his hand, being careful not to let him touch it.

Seeing Yang Yang looking at him curiously, Tao Ran no longer pretended to be a fool, and put the bamboo basket in his hand on the table.The curious Yang Yang quickly lifted the flowered cloth on the bamboo basket, and after seeing clearly, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief.But looking at it again, it was still just those few things, Yang Yang sighed in disappointment.

Tao Ran was amused by Yang Yang pretending to be an adult, took out the things in the basket and spread them out, just a fruit knife, a large porcelain bowl, and a few small candles.

Yang Yang lowered his head and looked at the table. These things didn't look like they were used to make lanterns.He raised his head angrily, seeing Uncle Ranran looking at him with a smile on his face, Yang Yang decided to believe him again.

"Uncle Ranran, didn't you want to make a lantern for me? Why didn't you see the bamboo?" Hearing Yang Yang's doubts, Tao Ran touched his head with a smile, stood up under Yang Yang's puzzled eyes, and took the field A big grapefruit bought by my aunt came back.

Then he explained: "Didn't Uncle Ran promise you to make a lantern that is different from others? You see, those lanterns outside are either made of bamboo or wood. Today I will make you one out of grapefruit."

Facing Li Tingzhou's playful eyes and Yang Yang's disbelieving eyes, Tao Ran continued to coax, "Uncle Ran will never lie to you, this grapefruit can really be made into a beautiful lantern."

Tao Ran is still trustworthy in Yangyang's place, so Xiao Yangyang agreed with suspicion.

Looking at the grapefruit in his hand, Tao Ran was very satisfied.The grapefruits that Aunt Tian bought were not the kind with thin skins, which was exactly what Tao Ran wanted, as the skins are too thin and they are easier to rot.After careful observation, he found that there were not too many scars on the surface of the grapefruit. Tao Ran took out the fruit knife and prepared to do it.

First cut off a small cover on about a quarter of the grapefruit, and then dig out the fruit.This part is a bit difficult for Tao Ran, so be careful not to poke the grapefruit peel.Just as he was struggling with the pomelo meat, a hand stretched out from behind and took the fruit knife in his hand.

Tao Ran looked back and saw that Li Tingzhou was holding a fruit knife in his right hand, and snatched the grapefruit from Tao Ran's hand with his left hand. Separate the skin and flesh of the pomelo.

Li Tingzhou tapped lightly, and the pulp of the grapefruit was perfectly poured into the bowl.Feeling Tao Ran and Xiao Yangyang's adoring eyes, Li Tingzhou was full of a sense of accomplishment: "I practiced this when I was practicing knife skills, it's nothing."

Seeing that Yang Yang, who usually admired him the most, worshiped Li Tingzhou instead, Tao Ran felt something was wrong.He quickly took the grapefruit peel, and explained to Yangyang how to make a grapefruit lamp. He dug out two small holes in the symmetrical positions on both sides of the grapefruit, and then drew a space in the center of the bottom where the candle can just fit, so that the candle can be fixed. .

Finally, take out the red rope and the handle prepared in advance and install it, and this extremely simple lantern is ready.The lanterns are simple and simple, but Xiao Yangyang can't stand Xiao Yangyang's liking.After all, Uncle Ranran made it for him with his own hands, and it also has the scent of grapefruit. Even if it is broad daylight, Xiao Yangyang wants to light the candle to show off to his friends.

Watching Xiao Yangyang love the grapefruit lamp so fondly, Tao Ran felt as if he saw his former self.However, the grapefruit he used to play with was made by himself when he was in high school. At that time, he had a whim and poked a grapefruit with a fruit knife.

There were only two grapefruits in total, and after one was broken, there was only one left. I carefully broke it for a long time, and I spent the whole afternoon here.Later, after it was not easy to do well, I also held the grapefruit lamp and was unwilling to let go.Thinking about it now, it's kind of silly.

Tao Ran, immersed in memories, felt someone standing in front of him, and saw Li Tingzhou holding a whole grapefruit there.Before he could post, I saw Li Tingzhou juggling with a fruit knife, only to hear him say: "Seeing that you like Xiao Yangyang's pomelo lamp so much, in order to prevent you from running to snatch his, I'm still reluctant Let me help you do one too."

Hearing the disgusting tone, Tao Ran felt powerless. He was just looking at the grapefruit lantern and reminiscing about the past. How could he become a lantern that wanted to grab Yangyang.

Just as he was about to explain that he was in a daze, he saw a big scar on the grapefruit in Li Tingzhou's hand, and complained: "The scar on this grapefruit is too big, and it doesn't look good when it's done."

In fact, when he brought the grapefruits for Yang Yang to make lanterns, he had already carefully selected them.Aunt Tian bought a total of three grapefruits, only one was smoother, and the other two had a relatively large scar.

"Don't worry, I can make these scars the highlight of this grapefruit lamp." Li Tingzhou said lightly.

At this time, he had already separated the grapefruit peel, and saw that he picked up the knife and waved it at the scar. It turned out that he was going to carve a pattern on the scar on the grapefruit peel.Gradually, as more and more grapefruit peels were crossed out, Tao Ran finally saw clearly what he had engraved, and it turned out to be a peach tree in full bloom.

"Papapa..." There was a burst of applause. It turned out that Yang Yang also ran over at some point, probably because he had watched the whole process of Li Tingzhou's carving, and couldn't help applauding after seeing the finished product: "Ting Uncle Zhou, you are so powerful, even more powerful than Uncle Ranran."

Seeing Yang Yang staring at Li Tingzhou with star eyes, Tao Ran found out sadly that Li Tingzhou had surpassed himself in the list of Yang Yang's most admired people, obviously this guy has only been here for a day.

But looking at the unusually finely carved peach blossom tree, Tao Ran had to admit that Li Tingzhou was much better than him in this respect, if he couldn't compare, he couldn't compare.Seeing that there was only one grapefruit left, Tao Ran asked Li Tingzhou to make one for himself, and brought it up together at night, so that the children would be envious.The last sentence was addressed to Xiao Yangyang.

Xiao Yangyang looked at the peach blossom grapefruit lamp in Tao Ran's hand, and made a request to the already familiar Uncle Tingzhou: "Uncle Tingzhou, can you make Yangyang's grapefruit lamp beautiful, Yang Yang thinks I want strawberries, strawberries are the best."

Speaking of strawberries, Yang Yang remembered that Uncle Tingzhou was going to squeeze strawberry juice for his mobile phone.Li Tingzhou directly agreed to Yang Yang's request.Yang Yang handed his beloved pomelo lamp to Uncle Tingzhou with confidence, thanked him obediently, and then ran to the table to take a sip of strawberry juice.

"It's so delicious!" Xiao Yangyang took a sip, his eyes widened by the delicious taste, and then he looked at the strawberry in confusion.Turning to look at Uncle Tingzhou with a guilty conscience: "Uncle Tingzhou, can I replace the strawberries with strawberry juice?"

Xiao Yangyang's reaction made Tao Ran and Li Tingzhou laugh. Looking at Xiao Yangyang's bewildered expression of not knowing why they were laughing, Tao Ran explained with a smile.This strawberry juice is red and cannot be carved on the yellow grapefruit peel.If you want to carve strawberries, you can also carve the shape of strawberries, and carve strawberry juice. In the end, you can only see this cup.

Xiao Yangyang, who understood, blushed, feeling that she had made a big joke, and buried her head in drinking strawberry juice, feeling ashamed to see these two uncles making fun of her.

Tao Ran looked at it, then drove Li Tingzhou to make grapefruit lanterns, and ran to get a few oranges: "Yangyang, do you want to make lanterns?"

Hearing this, Yang Yang raised his head immediately: "I want to, but Yang Yang can't dig it out." As he spoke, he gestured for Li Tingzhou to dig the grapefruit flesh with a knife.

"Who said we Yangyang can't get it out? The grapefruit is too big, so you can make it with a smaller one." After speaking, Tao Ran took out the orange hidden behind his back.

Seeing the oranges, Yang Yang thought about what Uncle Ranran said just now, his clever little head turned: "Oranges can also be made into lanterns, right, Yang Yang also wants to make orange lanterns by himself."

The practice of orange lanterns is similar to that of grapefruit lanterns, but smaller.Tao Ran took out a small knife and took Yang Yang's hand to remove the orange pulp together.Yang Yang knew it was because he was afraid that he would cut his hand, so he didn't make any noise and sat down seriously.

This is much less difficult than the grapefruit lantern, but because Yang Yang is not very good at controlling the knife, when they finished an orange lantern, Li Tingzhou had already finished his and Yang Yang's two grapefruit lanterns.

Looking at Li Tingzhou's clean clothes, not even his hands were dirty, and then seeing that orange juice was splashed everywhere on his body, even on his face.Tao Ran and Xiao Yangyang had a tacit understanding and got up to wipe Li Tingzhou's face.

After the laughter, Li Tingzhou took over the work of making the remaining orange lamps, while Tao Ran and Yang Yang went to admire the grapefruit lamps.Tao Ran’s pomelo lantern is engraved with a peach blossom tree in full bloom, Yang Yang’s lantern is the strawberry he asked for, and Li Tingzhou’s is actually a peach tree, but unlike Tao Ran’s, his peach tree has no flowers, but is full of fruit. peach.

When Aunt Tian came back from visiting, she saw that the table was covered with fruit lanterns of all sizes.There are three yellow grapefruit lights, and many small orange lights.Aunt Tian didn't notice the pattern on the grapefruit lamp, but was first attracted by the orange lamp.

These orange lamps come in half and are suitable for table decorations.There is also a whole, the upper cover is tightly connected with the lower part by the toothpick, with a small handle, it looks very delicate.

Aunt Tian didn't expect that she would have such a big surprise after going out to play all afternoon.

Only then did Yang Yang come out to show off to grandma that there was an orange lamp made by himself, and he did not forget to give credit to Uncle Cheng Ranran and Uncle Tingzhou.Aunt Tian discovered the engravings on these grapefruit lamps this time, and immediately praised Li Tingzhou's dexterity. If Grandpa Tian saw it at home, maybe you would be asked to learn carving skills from him.

Tao Ran didn't take it seriously when he heard this, but Li Tingzhou was thoughtful.Tao Ran and Yang Yang were anxious to get dark so they could go out for a stroll with the grapefruit and orange lanterns.