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Chapter 406 The Revolving Lantern

"Mr. Zhuang, happy New Year's Eve." Before lunch, Zhang Zhong received a call from Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu said with a smile, "Let's have fun, have fun, you're not idle even this New Year's Eve."

"How do you say that?"

"Didn't you post a new work yesterday?"

"Oh, what you said, you scribbled at random, which made Mr. Zhuang laugh at you."

"You are 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."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"It is indeed a relatively important thing, but it is not sure yet. If it is confirmed, I will definitely tell you."

"Well, that's a deal. Since it's New Year's Eve, I won't bother you. See you next year."

"See you next year."

After Zhang Zhong hung up the phone, the phone was still in his pocket, and another call came.

It's Lin Lin.

"Hello, 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 to tell you a happy New Year's Eve."

"Not too much, but didn't you send a congratulatory message just now?"

"The text message is insincere."

"Is it sincere to call?"

Lin Lin chuckled, "Don't tell me, I don't think it's very sincere to call, how about we meet at night?"

"Forget about face base, I don't want to see you again this year."

"Hey, I'm not kidding you. We haven't met since Daxiang came back. Why don't we go 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 Song Xiang came back, but this matter was shelved later, because Song Xiang came back too late, and after returning home they arranged a blind date, and they were busy with business, so they couldn't take care of Zhang Zhong. them.

"It's fine, but it's settled, let's meet and talk, and let's just go out for a while." Zhang Zhong said.

"Understood, you really think I'm going to go out and wander, am I this kind of person?"

"Is it because you don't know yourself?"

"Haha, it used to be, but now I've calmed down, look at me, I've been single for more than two months, aren't you serious?"

"Then you are really amazing." Zhang Zhong curled his lips, a little speechless to Lin Lin.

"Okay, that's it. I'll contact you after you finish dinner. I'll hang out with Da Xiang for a while. His blind date is not ideal. I'll take him out to relax." Lin Lin said.

"Well, don't spoil Daxiang."

"Just don't lead me into trouble. Okay, hang up."

Zhang Zhong looked at the phone and smiled with the corners of his mouth upturned. He wasn't really worried that Lin Lin would lead Song Xiang badly.Although Lin Lin is usually a bit generous, he still has principles, especially in terms of feelings.

It is the custom of Lin Lin and Song Xiang to eat New Year's dinner at noon, and after lunch, they can spend the afternoon as they please, so Lin Lin said to go out to play later.

There is a high probability that these two guys will go to bars, or go to Internet cafes.

Both Lin Lin and Song Xiang like to go to Internet cafes. When they were in college, the two of them often went out as a team and often rented a room.It's understandable that Song Xiang dislikes his laptop's ability to play games, but Lin Lin's desktop computer is equipped with tens of thousands, and the game is smoother than the computer in the Internet cafe, but he still likes to go to the Internet cafe with Song Xiang every day. According to him, the main reason is not Playing games is mainly about enjoying the atmosphere.

Zhang Zhong thought about it, if he was given a choice, he would still choose the bar between the Internet cafe and the bar.

"Father, look at my little lantern." As soon as Zhang Zhong opened the door, Peng Peng ran over with a lantern.

Zhang Zhong looked at the lamp in her hand and asked, "Where did this lamp come from?"

"Uncle Liu sent it just now." Pengpeng said.

"Your Uncle Liu came just now?" Zhang Zhong was a little surprised. He was in the room just now, but he didn't hear any movement outside.

"Yeah, come and go."

Hu Huifang was peeling garlic in the living room, and said, "Liu Feng didn't come in, so he gave me the lamp and left. It was said that a customer sent two pairs of lamps, so he sent us a pair. This one is for Peng Peng to play with. I have another one hanging over the dining room ceiling."

Peng Peng giggled and said, "This lantern is so heavy, but it's also beautiful. Can we use this lantern when we go out at night?"

"it is good."

This lamp is indeed beautiful, but it is not an ordinary lantern, but a palace lantern, and it is a revolving lantern.

This lamp is quite interesting. There is a flat impeller on the lamp, and there are candles or oil lamps on the bottom. The hot air rises to drive 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 that Pengpeng was holding was rotating, and the image of people and horses chasing appeared on the lamp screen as it rotated, which was both interesting and beautiful.

However, Zhang Zhong guessed that the light bulbs were not candles or oil lamps. As for why the impeller rotated, it was probably driven by electrical appliances.

It's just that when he took a closer look, 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 pole of the lantern to Zhang Zhong, "Here."

After Zhang Zhong took it over, he took off the cover directly.

This startled Peng Peng, "Dad!"

Zhang Chong ignored his daughter, and stretched his head to look inside. There was indeed a candle, and the rotation of the impeller just now was indeed driven by the heat of the candle.

He covered the cover and returned it to Pengpeng, "Don't be afraid, isn't it good?"

Seeing that the lamp was fine, Peng Peng felt relieved, and after taking the lamp, she ran away, afraid that Zhang Zhong would ask her to light it again.

Zhang Zhong shouted from behind, "Don't put this light on casually."

After finishing speaking, he asked his mother again, "Mom, did you light the candles here?"

"Well, I ordered it, Peng Peng wants to see it."

Zhang nodded, "Well, be careful not to let her mess around."

"Don't worry, just watch."

Zhang Zhong turned his head to look at the lamp hanging on the top of the dining room. It was different from the one in Pengpeng's hand. This lamp not only had the shadow of people chasing it when it turned, but also the background image did not change.

Mountains, rivers, flowers and trees are painted on the lantern screen, and people and horses are galloping on these paintings.

Zhang Zhong also saw how it was done. It should not be the screen that rotated the lamp. There was a piece of paper with a man and a horse tied to it on a bearing. Their shadows were projected on the screen by the light of the candle, creating this effect. .

This lamp should not be cheap. Although the revolving horse lantern has a simple principle and is easy to make, it is not easy to make such a fine workmanship that both the shadows of people and horses and the background of the lamp screen are lifelike.

There are many colorful lights in modern times, which may be able to achieve this effect, but they are all made by machinery, and there is no soul.

　Thank you [Lazy] for your reward. Tomorrow’s motherland’s birthday is also a full moon. It’s very good. It should be updated next month and will be uploaded again
　　
　
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