C17 Making Lanterns

Ning Yu held Ning Tian's hand, and the father and son pair walked on a small road in the countryside. The road was not smooth, and there were many ditches, even though it was not wide, Ning Tian's short legs still needed to be stepped on.

It was fine during the day, but at night, Ning Yu would always hold onto his hand to prevent Lu Kuang from falling down.

After walking just a few steps, Ning Yu was no longer willing. He squatted in front of his son and said: "Tian Tian, come up.

Ning Tian had been very sensible since he was young, so he shook his head and said, "No need, Daddy, I can walk by myself. Daddy has worked all day in the afternoon, and is very, very tired and miserable."

When Ning Yu heard his son's words, his heart felt warm, warmer than chicken soup. He turned around and said to his son, "How about this, dad will carry Tian Tian on his back and help dad light his path with a flashlight everyday. This way, dad won't have to suffer so much."

In the end, Ning Tian still wanted his father to carry it. It was only when he was in front of Ning Yu that he would occasionally give it a little bit of thought.

Ning Tian nodded his head and took the flashlight from his father. Then, with a little jubilation in his heart, he climbed onto his father's back, Ning Yu dragged his little butt and reminded him: "Do you know that you have to hug Daddy's neck tightly?"

"Got it."

Ning Tian took the flashlight and circled around Ning Yu's neck. His arms were firmly hanging around his father's neck, but his hands didn't forget to hold the flashlight and let his father light the way.

Only then did Ning Yu stand up and raise his arms. Ning Tian, who was carried on his back, said: "You have lost weight, looks like you have to give me more."

Ning Tian replied, "I eat a lot every day."

Ning Yu said: "That's true, you're one of those types of bodies that everyone is envious of. Tsk tsk, truly worthy to be my son.

Ning Tian was very happy that Ning Yu said that the two of them looked like each other, because everyone said that he and his father did not look like each other. However, Ning Tian really liked his father and wanted to be closer with him.

Ning Yu didn't know what his son was laughing about, so he asked, "What are you laughing about? So happy? And tell daddy to be happy? "

Of course Ning Tian was embarrassed to say it, he was not big in size, but he was a shy person, and now that Ning Yu asked, his face was red, and from the corner of his eyes, he could see specks of light dancing in the rice fields, which looked really good in the blink of an eye. Ning Tian immediately asked Ning Yu: "Father, father, look, what is that?"

"What?" Ning Yu turned his head dizzily, stunned by the beautiful scenery.

It turned out that the flickering lights were fireflies. It was not yet hot and there were not many fireflies. However, even so, it was already very pretty.

Ning Tian really liked the appearance of the Fire Insect. He asked excitedly, "Daddy, is that the little star on the ground?"

Ning Yu explained: "That is a firefly, a type of worm that can emit light. These kinds of bugs only appear on a summer's night."

"So it's fireflies. They are so beautiful!" like a small lantern. "

"They really can be made into lanterns. When dad was young, he used them as lanterns, but when dad didn't have a flashlight, he made lanterns out of paper and put a lot of fireflies in paper lanterns so that they could illuminate the road in the night."

"Really?" Ning Tian was a little envious. "I also want firefly lanterns …"

Ning Yu said: "The firefly lantern is not working, the environmental pollution is very serious now, it is already very rare to see fireflies, if we put it in the lantern, they will die very quickly."

"Huh?" Ning Tian bit his lips, "Father, then I don't want it anymore."

Ning Yu thought for a while, then said: "How about this, when we get back, Daddy will make you a lantern, right?"

Ning Tian still wanted the lantern, so he nodded his head: "Okay, then Daddy, can we make it when we return home?"

"Of course!" Ning Yu said, "Then we must increase our speed. Tian Tian, hug tighter."

Ning Tian withdrew his arms, his two calves pressing down on Ning Yu's waist. With a "Charge!", Ning Yu ran forward with his back carrying his son.

After returning home, Ning Yu made lanterns for Ning Tian. The candles in the village were already prepared, the village was not like a big city, especially in the summer, it was easy to turn off the electricity, thus every household had candles in their house every year.

Han Xiaomei was used to wandering the village after dinner.

The fan was the most common type of fan, made from the handle of the leaves, light in quality and cheap in price. The most important part was that the fan's surface was large, and the wind it brought out was much more than those exquisite bamboo and silk fans.

When Han Xiaomei finished her walk and returned, he saw the father and son duo in the living room, concentrating on playing with something.

Han Xiaomei put down her fan and walked over: "What are you two doing?"

Ning Tian raised his head and replied, "Grandmother, father will make me another lantern."

"Make lanterns?"

Han Xiaomei moved closer to take a look. She didn't know where Ning Yu got the empty beer can from, but there was a candle placed in the middle of it, and the other parts were all chopped wax. The candle was piled up to about half its original height, and the remaining half were lit up by the diamond-shaped holes that Ning Yu dug.

At the top of the jar, there were two symmetrical holes, tied together with fine iron wire. The metal wire was used as a rope, and Ning Yu was currently tying the other side to the bamboo.

"It's tied up."

Ning Yu handed the tied bamboo over to Ning Tian, and let Ning Tian carry it, it was just like a small lantern.

Ning Tian looked around and liked it so much that he turned to his father and asked, "Is the lantern ready? Can we order then? "

Ning Yu replied: "Not yet, I'm just missing the last step."

Thus, he found the remaining candles, lit them up, and took back the bamboo sticks from Ning Tian's hands.

Ning Tian asked curiously: "Father, what are you doing?"

"Of course it's to melt the wax. After filling the bottom of the jar and lighting the candle, it won't be poured out, do you understand?"

"So that's how it is!" Ning Tian looked at the broken wax in the beer bottle that was slowly merging into one. He raised his head and looked at Ning Yu with eyes full of worship, "Father, you are so awesome!"

Ning Yu raised his chin in an immodest manner: "Of course!... "Hey!"

stared at Ning Yu and said: "All you do all day long is not taught the Heaven's Point Sword Technique and you only know how to cause trouble with your children. You must be careful, don't burn my grandson down, otherwise I will find you for this."

Ning Yu patted his shoulder that was not really in pain and said carelessly: "I got it, got it. Mom, you haven't bathed yet, right? "Hurry up and wash."

Han Xiaomei snorted, she did not forget to remind her as she turned around, "Don't burn Tian Tian!"

"Got it."

Only then did Han Xiaomei go back to her room to get some clothes to take a bath. After entering the bathroom, she suddenly remembered that she didn't tell her son about something, but she just couldn't remember it at the moment.

In the courtyard, Ning Yu had already made a lantern, and the father and son duo had even brought cold water over so that the candle could quickly solidify. After the solidification was done, they could light the candle, and the weak light would shine through the diamond-shaped hole that had been dug out.

Looking at his son walking around the whole courtyard carrying his "lantern" with a face full of satisfaction, Ning Yu felt especially happy in his heart.