Early in the morning, Xiaobin's parents bought wine and food at home, and a goat that had been raised for more than a year was also sent to the village for slaughter.

The custom here is that on the day of the Torch Festival, the wine, meat, dishes, melons and fruits in the village must be shared collectively, and Xiaobin's family also contributed a goat and fruit wine that has been brewed for many years.

Xiaobin and Xiaoxian took Nan Zhiqiao, Ye Zhenzhen and Qianqian to the open space in front of the village to help everyone build a bonfire pagoda for the bonfire party at night.

In the center of the pagoda is a green pine that has just been cut from the mountain, and the green pine is surrounded by flammable firewood and grass, which is piled up in a regular pagoda shape.

After the bonfire pagoda was built, young girls and boys from nearby villages began various activities in the open field.

Horse racing, wrestling, singing, bullfighting, sheep fighting, cockfighting...... All kinds of games, all kinds of games, these have only been seen on TV before, but now I experience them in person, which is a different style.

Qianqian followed Xiaoxian and got carried away, Zhen Zhen was very interested in the beauty pageant of the Yi girl, and stood next to the beauty pageant and watched intently.

The Yi beauty pageant is the most important and distinctive custom of the Torch Festival, which is said to have a history of thousands of years, and the activity requirements are very strict.

On the day of the Torch Festival, the beautiful Yi girls dressed up and performed in front of the bonfire pagoda with yellow umbrellas, and the judges were all respected old people in the villages, and they judged according to the girls' figures, dress, moral character, and reputation for hard work, and the audience also had the opportunity to vote.

There are more than 20 Yi girls on the stage today, and the final audience voting link is that the audience puts a red camellia in the basket in front of the girl, and whoever gets the most camellia is the final winner.

Ye Zhenzhen likes one of the Yi girls very much, the girl is only seventeen or eighteen years old, with willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, graceful posture, and the national costumes on her body are brilliant.

"It's so beautiful!" Ye Zhenzhen took the red camellia in her hand, stared at the beautiful Yi girl and admired, and at the same time, asked Nan Zhiqiao beside her, "Senior Nan, look, is that girl very beautiful?"

Nan Zhiqiao looked in the direction of Ye Zhenzhen's finger, the girl had a fresh and refined feeling, but looking at the other girls, similar clothes, similar facial features, the feeling was almost the same.

"It's ok. Nan Zhiqiao followed Ye Zhenzhen's meaning and replied copingly.

"How can it be okay? It's obviously very beautiful, so my camellia will vote for her. ”

"Hmm. ”

The audience voting began, and Ye Zhenzhen ran to the stage with the red camellia in her hand and put the flowers in the basket in front of the girl.

When I came back, I stood on the periphery of the arena and saw people putting flowers in the baskets on the stage one after another, and the number of camellias in each basket was comparable.

Ye Zhenzhen was looking forward to the little girl she liked to win, and when she turned her head, she saw that the camellia in Nan Zhiqiao's hand beside her had not been put yet, so she urged: "Senior Nan, go quickly, just put it in the basket in front of that little girl." ”

Nan Zhiqiao didn't want to go up, so he handed the camellia in his hand to Zhen Zhen, "You go up and put it." ”

"No, I've gone up once, and if I go up again, it's against the rules of the game, Senior Nan, you go." ”

Nan Zhiqiao was so worn by Ye Zhenzhen that she couldn't help it, so she finally walked on stage and put the camellia in the basket in front of the girl.

The girl looked at Nan Zhiqiao and smiled slightly.

Nan Zhiqiao turned around, went straight back to Ye Zhenzhen's side, and said, "If nothing else, that girl will be the champion." ”

"I can also see that there are the most camellias in the basket in front of her. ”

"After that, let's go somewhere else. Nan Zhiqiao wanted to pull Ye Zhenzhen away.

"There's a beauty contest coming up, and I'm going to watch it. Ye Zhenzhen was outside the competition venue, looking like a nymphomaniac.

Nan Zhiqiao sighed in his heart, just looking at the beauty just now, Zhen Zhen is this expression, look at the beautiful man later, the expression may be more exaggerated, the men and women here are very open, Zhen Zhen is the most dazzling beauty here, in case there is a handsome guy to confess after a while, it is not good, take precautions first.

Nan Zhiqiao had a small abacus in his heart, and suddenly, a smell of meat wafted into his nostrils, and when he looked up, he saw that the barbecue grill not far from the square had been set up, and the fragrance of roast mutton wafted along the wind.

"There's barbecue over there. ”

Nan Zhiqiao reminded her simply, and Ye Zhenzhen immediately shifted her attention to the barbecue, and all the beautiful men's competitions were left behind.

Ye Zhenzhen took the initiative to pull Nan Zhiqiao to the barbecue grill, on the day of the Torch Festival, all the delicacies are eaten for free.

By the time the bonfire party began, both of them had eaten a little.

The bonfire is a scene where everyone from the nearby village sings and dances around the lit pagoda torch.

Nan Zhiqiao and Ye Zhenzhen were pulled to the center of the crowd by everyone, because of the credit for solving the schistosomiasis epidemic before, the two were treated as VIPs by the villagers, and they surrounded the two in the middle when they danced.

While they were dancing happily, the little girl who had won the beauty pageant during the day suddenly walked towards the two of them, holding an embroidered belt in her hand.

There is also a custom in the Torch Festival, that is, young men and women will send love tokens to each other, and the flower belt is the most common love token given by women.

The beautiful girl took the embroidered belt to Nan Zhiqiao, and reached out to tie the belt to Nan Zhiqiao.

Ye Zhenzhen sighed in her heart, but she didn't expect that just after watching the beauty pageant, Nan Zhiqiao was remembered by others, that girl should be the first time to see Senior Nan, the girl here is really open.

Nan Zhiqiao took a step back, avoiding the girl's flower belt, and at the same time hugged Ye Zhenzhen beside him into his arms, and said with a smile: "Hello, let me introduce, this is my girlfriend." ”

The pretty girl put away her flower belt, said a word of blessing, and quietly left.

Ye Zhenzhen broke away from Nan Zhiqiao's arms, pretended to be angry and said, "I didn't expect you to be so popular." ”

Nan Zhi Qiao took Ye Zhenzhen's hand, "I have always been very likeable, but from now on, I will only let Zhenzhen you like it alone." ”

Hearing the love words, Ye Zhenzhen's cheeks were hot, but fortunately, the firelight was reflected, and everyone's faces were a little red.

In order to hide her shyness, Ye Zhenzhen hurriedly stepped on the beat and danced with the crowd again.

The bonfire party went on late, and when it was almost over, Qianqian suddenly ran over, holding a white envelope in her hand, and handed it to Nan Zhiqiao.

Ye Zhenzhen felt strange and asked, "Where did the letter come from in the middle of the night?"

Qianqian explained: "A man wearing a peaked cap gave it to me just now, saying that I was asked to hand over the letter to Mr. Xiao Nan, and Mr. Xiao Nan is my brother-in-law." ”

"What about the messenger?"

"It's gone. ”

Ye Zhenzhen stretched out her head to look at the crowd around her, and she couldn't see anyone wearing a peaked cap at all.

"Do you see what that guy looks like?"

"No, the cap covered most of the man's face. ”

Nan Zhiqiao had already opened the letter, there was only one line on the letter, and after reading it, Nan Zhiqiao frowned slightly.

Ye Zhenzhen was curious and asked, "Senior Nan, what does the letter say?"

"Nothing. Nan Zhiqiao folded the letter in half.

The more Nan Zhiqiao didn't say anything, the more curious Ye Zhenzhen became, and couldn't help asking, "It can't be a love letter from a little girl, right?"

"Yes, it's a love letter, so you don't have to read the content of the letter. ”

Nan no Qiao said as he threw the letter into the campfire.

"Huh, you just burned the letter?"

"Of course the useless things are going to be burned, let's go, go back and pack our things, and we will go back to Beijing tomorrow." ”

Nan Zhiqiao pulled Ye Zhenzhen out of the campfire square, the stationery in the bonfire was burned and deformed, and a black serpentine pattern was clearly visible on the letterhead, and above the pattern was a line of English; It's time to honor your promises.”

(Hi Evan, it's time to make good on your promise.) ）