December 3rd happens to be Sunday.

Zhuang Yan arrived at Chadong at almost noon, and Yao Qian came with him.

As soon as the car drove to Bixi, you could see a long banner held up in the same place where the ferry was, which read, "Welcome to the Chinese pioneer writer Zhuang Yan to Chadong".

There were people standing under the banner, and Zhuang said that they had to stop the car and get out of the car.

Standing under the banner, in addition to the greeting team in Chadong Town, there are many fans of Zhuang Yan, and there are also some people carrying long guns and short cannons, who are reporters from various media.

Zhuang Yan had long expected this scene, he walked to the front of the line with a smile, and the fans were a little excited, and they could see that many people were holding the book, including "Alive" and "The Catcher in the Rye", and it seemed that they wanted to come over to ask for autographs.

The media reporters were also a little unable to hold back, holding the microphone and trying to move forward.

However, Zhuang Yan pressed his hands weakly and said with a smile: "Friends from the media, it's not too early, if you have anything you want to ask, you should ask after the event is over, don't worry, I will leave time for you alone." ”

As soon as he said this, it was still very effective, all the reporters who came were regular media reporters, not paparazzi, they all knew the rules, and they all took back the microphone and retreated.

And the fans standing next to him didn't come up to ask for autographs.

Seeing that the scene had stabilized, Zhuang Yan said with a smile to He Bing, who was standing in front, "Uncle He, your welcome battle is a bit big." ”

He Bing said with a smile: "Of course, you have to be a little pompous to greet you, come, let me introduce you, this is Secretary Qin of our Chadong." ”

Zhuang Yan smiled again and shook hands with this Secretary Qin, "Hello Secretary Qin, I'm here this time, I'm sorry for you." ”

"No trouble, no trouble. Secretary Qin said with a smile: "It is our honor for you to come, if there is a place where hospitality is not good, please also be sure to Haihan." ”

There were a lot of people in the team who came to greet them, but He Bing only introduced one Secretary Qin, and nothing else.

After a brief greeting, Zhuang Yan went directly to the topic, "I don't think it's too early, let's go over to River Street." Has our dragon boat race started?"

"No, just waiting for you to cut the ribbon for us?" He Bing said on the side.

Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment, "Why are you still cutting the ribbon? It's almost noon, and the dragon boat race hasn't started yet, so it's not appropriate." ”

"Appropriate, appropriate, this is the re-holding of our dragon boat event in Chadong, of course, I want to say that you come to cut the ribbon in person, we should wait. He Bing explained with a smile.

Zhuang Yan shook his head with a wry smile, "Alas, since it's going to cut the ribbon, you should also tell me in advance, so that I can come over early and won't waste everyone's time." Uncle He, I want to criticize you, it's not good for you to cut first and then play. ”

He Bing smiled: "It's not that I'm afraid that you won't agree." ”

"Okay, let's get over it, it's not too early, and it's going to get dark if we delay any longer. Zhuang Yan said.

After saying that, the group of them got into the car and drove towards the other side of River Street.

The car drove in front, followed by a large number of people behind. And the car couldn't drive fast, because there were too many passers-by in this section, all of whom heard that Zhuang Yan was coming and wanted to come over to take a look.

Slowly and leisurely squeezed to the side of River Street, Zhuang Yan and they got out of the car again, He Bing and they specially found a group of young people to protect him for Zhuang Yan's safety.

"Hey, that's Zhuang Yan!"

"Zhuang Yan is really here. ”

"Damn, Zhuang Yan is more handsome than the photo. ”

"Indeed, people look fat when they take photos, why is he a little fatter than the photos?"

"What does it mean to be fat, his figure is just right, is it good. ”

"Yes, yes, I mean he was too skinny. ”

"It's not a photo problem, I also went to the Jinling signing last time, he was very thin at the time, and now he is much fuller. ”

……

As soon as Zhuang Yan got out of the car, the people on River Street were boiling. The road next to River Street was already narrow, but now it was crowded with people, and it was too difficult to get inside.

He Bing also wiped his sweat in the back, and blamed himself: "It's because I didn't think it through, I didn't expect so many people to come today, otherwise I would have cleared the road a long time ago." ”

Zhuang Yan didn't care, while greeting people, he walked forward, "It's okay, it's almost there, it won't take long, where are we cutting the ribbon?"

"Now, there. ”

Zhuang Yan looked in the direction of He Bing's finger, and there was a small stone pier bridge not far in front, where a piece was emptied, and several people were holding a ribbon.

The location of this stone pier bridge is still relatively good, and if you cut the ribbon there, you can basically see it in other places.

A group of people squeezed for a while, and finally squeezed to the top of the stone pier bridge, and after arranging Zhuang Yan's position, He Bing didn't know where to find a megaphone and held it in his hand.

Seeing the megaphone, two black lines appeared on Zhuang Yan's head, wondering if this device was too sloppy.

He Bing raised the megaphone and said loudly: "Hello everyone, today is our annual dragon boat race in Chadong. First of all, I would like to thank you all for your deignation to come to our town, and I thank you on behalf of the old and young masters of Chadong. Before the official start of the dragon boat race, I would like to introduce you to the two representatives of this ribbon-cutting......"

Zhuang Yan didn't expect that He Bing, the old man, would be decent as the host, and the host's speech was also clear-eyed, and he could still get off the script, which can be said to be very awesome.

Taking advantage of Old Man He's vernacular, Zhuang Yan looked around the river street. Not only are the roads on both sides of River Street already crowded with people, but even the stilted buildings next to them are already overcrowded.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Yan raised his eyebrows, not to mention, the scene of this crowd of people is a little similar to the Dragon Boat Festival in Chadong in his dream.

Zhuang Yan also noticed that at this time, there were many small boats parked by the river, and a group of young men stood next to each boat. These lads were only wearing single clothes, and they were supposed to be the contestants who were about to enter the water.

I have to say that in this weather, standing by the river in single clothes and going into the water after a while is a very courageous thing.

In December, it was almost winter, and although there was sun in the sky, the coolness in the air did not decrease a little. Looking at the clothes of these onlookers on the shore, some of them have already put on coats, and even down jackets can be seen.

At this time, He Bing had already finished introducing Secretary Qin of Chatong Town, and began to introduce Zhuang Yan again: "Another guest, I guess you don't need me to introduce him more, everyone knows who he is, that's right, he is a Chinese pioneer writer - Zhuang Yan!"