After returning home, Zhao Yulan asked them about the scene of going to enjoy the flowers, and heard that they and their friends got along harmoniously, and they were very happy. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]

Soon it will be the Dragon Boat Festival.

Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth month of May. Originally, it was a festival for the common people to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics, and there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the land of Wuyue. Later, it became a festival to commemorate the Wuyue poet Qu Yuan.

Qu Yuan, the great Zeng of King Chu Huai during the Spring and Autumn Period. He advocated the promotion of meritocracy and advocated Lianqi to resist Qin, but was strongly opposed and attacked by the nobleman Zilan and other ministers, and was degraded and exiled to the Yuanxiang Valley. In exile, he wrote famous poems such as "Lisao" and "Nine Songs", which were widely circulated. Later, the Qin army broke through the capital of Chu, Qu Yuan was grief-stricken, and on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, after writing the masterpiece "Huaisha", he threw himself into the Miluo River and died.

After Qu Yuan's death, when the people of Chu went to pay homage to him, a fisherman took out the rice balls prepared for him and threw them into the river, saying that when the fish, shrimp and crabs were full, they would not bite Qu Yuan's body, and people followed suit. An old doctor brought a jar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that he could make the dragon in the river faint and not hurt Dr. Qu Yuan. Later, people came up with the idea of wrapping rice with palm leaves and tying them with colored silk, which developed into zongzi.

Since then, on the fifth day of May every year, people have the custom of racing dragon boats, eating zongzi, and drinking realgar wine.

Every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhao Yulan originally had to go back to her parents' house for a day, because the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Daughter's Day, and the married daughter has to go back to her parents' house on this day, but this year's business is very good, so she asked someone to bring a lot of gifts to her mother's Zhou Zhishu, so she didn't go back.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, Zhiweiguan closed early, and the family prepared many things for the next day's festival at home. Because the dragon boat race was to be held at the end of the day, Song Zhenrui asked someone to send an invitation early and asked Yingqi to watch the dragon boat race.

"Dad, what is this for?" Ying Qi saw her father weaving things out of mugwort leaves. Brother Fu Yi helped his father play with Ai Ye. I thought it was making zongzi, but it didn't look like it.

"This is Ai Hu. Tomorrow for the Dragon Boat Festival, each of us has to bring it. It is to ward off evil spirits. Zhou Chungui said, still compiling it in his hand.

It was originally cut into the shape of a small tiger with mugwort leaves, and it was called Aihu. Ying Qi didn't expect her father's craftsmanship to be quite exquisite, and the Ai Hu made was like a small work of art. It is said that it will be attached to his back early the next morning to ward off evil spirits.

And Xue Yun and Zhao Yulan are embroidering purses. After embroidering one, Zhao Yulan handed the purse to Ying Qi.

"Sister Qi, you come and put a little realgar powder and herbs into your purse. Tomorrow you can carry it on your chest. ”

"Okay. Ying Qi nodded, and put the realgar powder and angelica, grass rows, and ** prepared in advance into her purse.

Because Yingqi was going to Song Zhenrui's house for an appointment the next day, Xueyun specially used a double-sided embroidered dragonfly to point water, using the ancient poem "The little lotus shows its sharp corners, and there are dragonflies standing on its head", which is very exquisite.

"Xueyun, the embroidery you made is really beautiful. Ying Qi and Zhao Yulan both praised.

"Hehe, thank you Miss for the compliment. Actually, it's so-so. People in Suzhou will do it. Xueyun said modestly.

At that time, Xueyun and Yingqi went to the appointment together, and Fu Yi also went to play with a few classmates, leaving Zhou Chungui and Zhao Yulan at home to continue to watch the store.

"Mother, let's also sell some small rice dumplings. "After finishing the preparations for the Dragon Boat Festival, I began to prepare the steamed buns for the next day.

"Tomorrow when you're not home, we won't open the store on the right. Zhao Yulan said.

"Tomorrow will be very lively, and there will still be quite a lot of people buying food outside. We need to do a little more. As for zongzi, every family has to make it, is it necessary for us to make it again?" Zhou Chungui said.

"Of course, Dad, let's make some other flavors of small rice dumplings. ”

"Aren't they all white zongzi? There are other flavors?" Zhou Chungui said suspiciously.

"Dad, you're so stupid. The last time we went to Fucheng, weren't the pastry shops talking about how to make zongzi? Why didn't you hear that?"

"Yes? Maybe I didn't pay attention to anything else. What did they say?"

"People say that they have made a variety of zongzi flavors at home, such as bacon, egg yolk, bean paste, and so many. We can try to do some of that, too. ”

"I ate bacon when I was in Suzhou and Hangzhou. It's that there are bacon grains in it, and it tastes quite fragrant. Xueyun seconded this time.

"Let's try it then. Zhou Chungui agreed.

So, they made a list and decided to try to make a few kinds of zongzi and taste the taste first. I prepared bacon, bean paste, egg yolk, dates, and walnuts. Ying Qi named it bacon zongzi, bean paste zongzi, egg yolk zongzi, jujube paste zongzi, walnut zongzi. Then I was going to ask Fu Yi to write a big name with a brush and post it at the door of the store temporarily. Now she and Fu Yi's brush writing can basically see people.

First, the bacon is cooked and cut into pea-sized pieces, the walnuts are also cut into small pieces, the dates and egg yolks are cut in half, and the bean paste is scooped into a small spoonful.

Soak the glutinous rice in water for two hours in advance. Fold the smooth side of the dumpling leaves, roll the tips of the leaves inward, put in a little glutinous rice, poke it tightly with chopsticks, bacon and walnuts can be separated into small particles, and bean paste, egg yolk and dates are placed directly in the middle, and then glutinous rice is added. The leaves on both sides are piled up in the middle, folded over, and finally tied firmly with a rope. That's it.

Put the zongzi in the pot and cook for an hour, and the zongzi will be cooked. Hot dumplings are cold dumplings, so dumplings can be bought hot and cold.

The girls like to eat egg yolks, jujube paste and bean paste, and the boys like to eat bacon and walnuts, and the method is simple, just put the ingredients into the zongzi. So I decided to sell these varieties the next day.

"We also brought them to our friends when we went out. Ying Qi suggested.

So, they prepared five different flavors of zongzi in advance, and when it was time to watch the dragon boat race, they could taste it with everyone.

The next day, Fu Yi and Ying Qi got up very early, packed up and went to the county office together.

The Song family lives directly in the county office, which is quite close. Unlike Fanjiazhuang, you need to take a carriage on the edge of the county.

By the time the two arrived, the others had also arrived. Fan Xuewei, Fang Cailiu and Guan Danling also made an appointment.

Everyone brought a maid, and when they met, everyone was a little surprised that Ying Qi actually brought a maid. But I didn't say much.

Song Zhenrui's father arranged for two family members to follow the girls, and the boys didn't need it.

"Ying Qi, is this your zongzi? It's so cute!" Ying Qi sent a string of small rice dumplings to each person, each string has five, just five flavors, tied with colored silk threads, very cute.

"Yes. Taste it when the time comes. I think it's delicious. Ying Qi said with a smile.

"Well, your stuff has always tasted unique. "Fang Cailiu is very popular.

"Thank you, it's so nice to pick willows. Ying Qi laughed, and saw Guan Danling rolling her eyes disapprovingly.

The girls came to a predetermined high ground, so that they could see the dragon boat from a distance. And the boys ran to the river to get a closer look.

There are two dragon boats in total. It is about ten meters long, narrow and narrow, and the bow is decorated with a dragon's head, and the stern is decorated with a dragon's tail, so it is called a dragon boat.

A dragon boat is red, a dragon boat is cyan, and the dragon head is carved in wood with colored paper tied on it. The dragon's tail is made entirely of scale armor carved from wood. There are also three simple pavilions on the dragon's body, which are very exquisite.

The moat head starts as the starting point, to the small pond as the end point, specially inserted with bamboo pole pennant, whoever arrives first will go to pull out the pennant first. The winning team will receive additional rewards.

From the head of the river to the end of the pond, there are people shouting and cheering along the way, which can be described as a sea of people.

"Oh my God, there are so many of them!" Ying Qi exclaimed. Isn't it said that the population in ancient times was small? There are so many people, and they are completely similar to the people I have seen before going out to shop during festivals.

"Yingqi, it's your first time to come and see. There are so many people every year, and it is said that people from all over the country have rushed here, which is much more lively than rushing to the market. Some people have to walk for a few days and nights to come here to race dragon boats. It's hilarious!" Song Zhenrui said.

"Yes, my father and mother rarely let me go out, but I agree to it on days like the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said to be auspicious. Fan Xuewei also said.

"It's time to start. Look, that's your father. Guan Danling said suddenly.

Sure enough, under the leadership of the county officials, the officials of the county government led all the people to start holding memorials, mainly to pray to the dragon god for a year of good weather and to drive away evil spirits and disasters. Then the gongs and drums sounded three times, and the dragon boats began to race to speed.

The people next to them shouted, and some of them collectively sang the song of the race: "Hey, hey, hey, row up and go." Hey, hey, hey, May Duanyang Dragon Boat yo hey......"

"Look, look, I'm going to throw a duck. At this time, I saw that the boatmen of the dragon boat divided half of their men to grab the ducks, and some of them grabbed the boats, but before they had time to tie up, the ducks flew away again, and then I heard someone shouting, "Go into the water and grab the ducks!"

The old people, women, and children on the shore desperately "come on, come on." "I don't know whether to ask the dragon boat to refuel, or to ask my own son to grab the duck to refuel.

This excitement is boiling to the extreme.

"It's so much fun!"

"There are a lot of them on the left, go to the left. ”

"Oh, fly to the right. Turn around, turn around. ”

Several girls also ran with the dragon boat, and when they saw this, they were full of emotion.

After about half an hour, the ducks were basically grabbed ashore, except for the first few ducks in the boat, the later ones could not be snatched by the people who went into the water. Count the ducks hanging on the stern of the boat, and the ducks in the cyan boat have the upper hand.

Then move on. When they arrived at the dangerous beach, the boatmen nervously shouted "Hey!" and "Hey!" while rowing hard.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"Oh, be careful, there's a stone. Turn right and you're about to hit it. Ouch, luckily I didn't hit it!"

The people next to him were even more excited than the rowers.

"It's coming, it's coming. Hurry up!"

"Oops, pick up the pennant!"

Finally, the Red Boat won the race by a leading margin.

"It's so exciting!" Ying Qi and the others also shouted and cheered there very excitedly.

"I watched it for the second time, it's really great!" Fang Cailiu nodded.

The little sisters discussed with each other emotionally, and then returned to the county seat as the crowd slowly dispersed.

Fu Yi went to the agreed place to receive his sister, and when he said goodbye, everyone was still emotional, and they were not much humble, and they said goodbye to each other after seeing the ceremony.

"Brother, it's really fun!" Ying Qi said happily. She had never actually seen a dragon boat race. Xueyun was also a little excited, and it was the first time she had watched the dragon boat race. Following Miss, I found that my previous life seemed to be a little monotonous to the point of being far away.

"Well, it's so much fun. We kept following the river, you don't know, how many people there were, it was so lively. Once Song Mingfeng was on my side, and he was almost squeezed into the river. Luckily, I grabbed him. There are so many people, it's too lively, it's so fun. It would be nice if I could go rowing this dragon boat once when I was older in the future. Fu Yi looked envious.

"Hehe, brother, yes, yes, we'll look for a chance to go when we're older in the future. Ying Qi smiled, all hope is possible.