"Teacher Zhuang, happy New Year's Eve." Just before lunch, Zhang Zhong received a call from Zhuang Yu.
Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "Happy together, happy together, you are not idle during this Chinese New Year."
"How do you say this?"
"Didn't I publish a new article yesterday?"
"Oh, what you are talking about is graffiti, which made Teacher Zhuang laugh."
"You are being humble. I have benefited a lot from reading this novel. When will you come to Yanjing again? Let's talk about it," Zhuang Yu said.
"It depends on the situation. If possible, I might go to Yanjing in the first month of the year."
"Oh? What's important?"
"It is indeed an important matter, but I am not sure yet. If it is confirmed, I will definitely tell you."
"Well, it's settled. Since it's New Year's Eve, I won't disturb you. See you next year."
"See you next year."
After Zhang Zhong hung up the phone, while still putting the phone in his pocket, another call came.
It's Lin Lin.
"Hey, what's the matter?" Zhang Zhong answered the phone and said with a smile.
"Why, I can't call you if I have nothing to do. It's New Year's Eve. It's not too much to call you and say happy New Year's Eve."
"It's not too much, but didn't you just send me a blessing message?"
“The text messages are not sincere.”
"Is it sincerity to make a phone call?"
Lin Lin chuckled, "Don't tell me, I don't think there is much sincerity in calling. How about we meet in person tonight?"
"Forget it about being gay, I don't even want to see you again this year."
"Hey, I'm not kidding you. We haven't met yet since Daxiang came back. Why don't we go out and hang out after dinner tonight."
Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect Lin Lin to be serious.
Last time they agreed that they would get together before the year when Song Xiang came back, but this matter was shelved later because Song Xiang came back too late. After he came back, he arranged a blind date at home, and the business was busy and he couldn't take care of Zhang Zhong.
them.
"That's okay, but we agreed, let's meet and chat, then go out and hang out." Zhang Zhong said.
"I know, you really think I want to go out and wander around. Am I this kind of person?"
"Are you not clear about it yourself?"
"Haha, it used to be, but now I have calmed down. Look at me, I have been single for more than two months. Isn't it amazing?"
"Then you are really amazing." Zhang Zhong curled his lips and was speechless to Lin Lin.
"Okay, it's settled. I'll contact you after you finish dinner. I'll go out with Daxiang for a while. His blind date is not ideal, so I'll take him out to relax," Lin Lin said.
"Well, don't lead Daxiang into trouble."
"As long as he doesn't lead me astray, okay, I'm done."
Zhang Zhong looked at the phone and smiled. He was not really worried that Lin Lin would lead Song Xiang astray. Although Lin Lin was usually a bit generous, people still have principles, especially when it comes to relationships.
The custom of Lin Lin and Song Xiang's family is to have New Year's Eve dinner at noon. After lunch, they can spend the afternoon as they wish, so Lin Lin said that they would go out to play later.
These two people will most likely go to a bar or an Internet cafe.
Lin Lin and Song Xiang both like to go to Internet cafes. When they were in college, they often went out together as a team and often stayed overnight. It was understandable that Song Xiang disliked his laptop for playing games, but Lin Lin's desktop computer
With tens of thousands of dollars allocated, the game playing is smoother than the Internet cafe computer, but I still like to go to the Internet cafe with Song Xiang every day. According to what he said, the main thing is not to play games, but to enjoy the atmosphere.
Zhang Zhong thought for a while, and if he was given a choice between an Internet cafe and a bar, he would still choose the bar.
"Dad, look at my little lantern." As soon as Zhang Zhong opened the door, Peng Peng ran over holding a lantern.
Zhang Zhong looked at the lamp in her hand and asked, "Where did this lamp come from?"
"Uncle Liu sent this just now." Pengpeng said.
"Your Uncle Liu came just now?" Zhang Zhong was a little surprised. He was in the room just now and didn't hear any movement outside.
"Yeah, yeah, here we go and then we go."
Hu Huifang was peeling garlic in the living room and said, "Liu Feng didn't even come in, so he gave me the lamp and left. He said that a customer sent two pairs of lamps, so he sent us a pair, and this one is for Peng Peng to play with.
I also hung one on the ceiling of the dining room."
Pengpeng giggled and said, "This lantern is so heavy, but it also looks good. Can we use this lantern when we go out at night?"
"good."
This lantern is indeed beautiful, but it is not an ordinary lantern, but a palace lantern, and it is also a revolving lantern.
This lamp is quite interesting. There is a flat impeller on the lamp, and there is a burning candle or oil lamp underneath. The hot air rises and drives the impeller to rotate.
Some people say that the revolving lantern mechanism is the original application of the working principle of modern gas turbines.
The impeller of the lamp in Peng Peng's hand is rotating at this moment, and the image of people and horses chasing each other appears on the screen as it rotates, which is both interesting and beautiful.
However, Zhang Zhong guessed that what was placed inside was not a candle or an oil lamp, but a light bulb. As for why the impeller rotated, it was probably driven by an electrical appliance.
But when he looked closer, he felt some heat coming from the lampshade, which surprised him because this heat was not produced by light bulbs.
"Pengpeng, show dad the lamp." Zhang Zhong said.
Pengpeng generously handed the lantern pole to Zhang Zhong, "Here."
After Zhang Zhong brought it over, he directly took off the cover on it.
This shocked Pengpeng, "Dad!"
Zhang Zhong ignored his daughter and stretched his head to look inside. There was actually a candle. The rotation of the impeller just now was indeed driven by the heat of the candle.
He covered the cover and gave it back to Pengpeng, "Don't be afraid, isn't this good?"
Pengpeng felt relieved when she saw that the lamp was fine. After taking the lamp, she ran away, for fear that Zhang Zhong would ask her for the lamp again.
Zhang Zhong shouted from behind, "Don't put this lamp carelessly."
After he finished speaking, he asked his mother, "Mom, did you light the candles in here?"
"Well, I ordered it. Pengpeng wants to see it."
Zhang nodded and said, "Well, be careful not to let her put it around."
"Don't worry, I'm watching."
Zhang Zhong turned back to look at the lamp hanging on the ceiling of the dining room. It was different from the one in Peng Peng's hand. This lamp not only showed the shadows of men and horses chasing each other when it turned, but also the background picture did not change.
The lantern screen depicts mountains, rivers, flowers, trees, and people and horses galloping on these paintings.
Zhang Zhong also saw how it was done. It should be that the lamp was not rotating on the screen. There was a piece of paper holding a man and a horse on a bearing. Their shadows were projected on the screen by the light of the candle, creating this effect.
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This lamp should not be cheap. Although the principle of the revolving lantern is simple and easy to make, it is very difficult to make the workmanship so exquisite, both the shadows of people and horses and the background of the light screen are lifelike.
There are many colored lights in modern times, which may be able to achieve this effect, but they are all machine-made and have no soul.