The Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Little New Year's Month, the New Year's Eve or the Lantern Festival, is a traditional custom of going out to admire the moon, lighting lamps and setting off flames, guessing lantern riddles, eating Lantern Festival, pulling rabbit lanterns, etc. In addition, the Lantern Festival in Baiyun County also added traditional folk performances such as dragon lanterns, lion playing, stilt walking, rowing boats, twisting Yangge, and playing Taiping drums.

If the Spring Festival is a reunion, then the Lantern Festival is a celebration. It is regarded as the end of the New Year, after a good party, it is time to go to work, it is time to go to the ground, which means that the rest time is over, and the spring labor is about to begin again. The ancestors chose to celebrate on this day, in fact, it also means to celebrate and pray for a good harvest.

The place name of Jingzhou is inseparable from Emperor Guan. On the day of the Lantern Festival, Guandi Temple will hold a large-scale temple fair, at that time, Jingzhou people play dragon lanterns here, row lotus boats, ride horses and shoot arrows, blow trumpets and sedan chairs, and make a lot of noise. And the young men who play the dragon must first go to the Guan Di Temple to worship Guan Gong, and then dance the dragon along the streets and alleys of the ancient city. In addition, the Lantern Festival is also the "son-in-law's day" of Jingzhou people, and this day is the day when the father-in-law feasts on the son-in-law.

In Baiyun County, which is under its jurisdiction, the Lantern Festival is also very lively, and it is customary for daughters and sons-in-law to go home on this day, and they are the host and guest. Of course, Yang Xiaobei is at home now, and at night, she has to go out to watch the temple fair - she promised Zhou Xiaoju that she had been looking forward to it for so many days, and she almost looked forward to the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, so naturally she couldn't miss it.

Now Yang Xiaobei has been in good condition for more than three months, she can eat and sleep, and her family has nothing to worry about. After all, the farmer is not so particular, who is still grounded when pregnant with a child? It's just that the little sister was really not in good health a while ago, so she was a little careful. Zhou Pinzheng saw that everyone was not against going out to play, but seemed to be making a fuss about it, and he was speechless.

Fully prepared, Yang Xiaobei was wrapped tightly, and set off with Zhou Pinzheng to pick up Zhou Xiaoju. Uncle Zhou and they also went to have fun with the people, but people participated in official activities, and it was not fun to be with them, so Zhou Xiaoju strongly asked to play with his brother and sister-in-law, and after discussion, they unanimously decided to go to Xudian Town and revisit the old place.

Of course, this time they were as tourists, well prepared. It is not yet dark to arrive early, occupy the favorable terrain, so as not to wait for the crowd to come up after dark, not to mention a good location, it is a problem to be able to squeeze in.

It's still early, Zhou Pin is parking the car next to the performance venue, and takes them down for a walk - there will be a lot of people in a while, Zhou Pin is afraid that Xiaobei will be bumped into, and he will definitely not let her squeeze in to "celebrate with the people". Yang Xiaobei scoffed at this, what the Lantern Festival wants is to be lively, what's the point of not crowding? However, since she was pregnant, Zhou Pinzheng often showed a state of being a soldier because of her high nervousness, in order not to stimulate him, Yang Xiaobei wisely did not object.

The performers are already in place. There is no stage construction, three years have passed, and it is still that simple earthen platform. But there are not many familiar young people who come and go. First, Yang Xiaobei only participated in a few rehearsals back then, and she was not familiar with everyone, and secondly, this is also a bowl of youth rice, and many of them are like Yi Huifen, who got married and had children, and actively or passively quit.

Yang Xiaobei was wrapped in a thick scarf, wearing a long down jacket, and turned his hat to wrap his head so that only two eyes were exposed. Not to mention the appearance, I can't even see the figure. As a result, people who came and went only saw a few of them hanging out here, thinking that they were early audiences, some of them looked curiously, and many more turned a blind eye, preparing for the upcoming performance.

At this time of year, Officer Wang is the busiest - by the way, I forgot to explain, Officer Wang has been promoted because of his hard work and outstanding ability! Now he is the deputy mayor in charge of culture, and under normal circumstances, if you call him "Mayor Wang", he will be very happy. Although he was promoted, the literary and artistic work of Xudian Town is a brilliant place, and Mayor Wang still continues to be responsible (in other words, he relied on this promotion).

"Every year there will be some problems", this is Mayor Wang's heartfelt words, but he is tried and tested, not flustered at all, and arranges the work on the scene in an orderly manner. At this moment, there was a tall shadow in the corner of the eye...... Forgive him for being 1.7 meters tall, and he will indeed be blocked in front of Zhou Pinzheng, who is 1.8 meters tall......

It's a little familiar, Mayor Wang's first feeling of this. He was still thinking urgently about the emergency just now, and his reaction was not so sharp for a while, and as soon as he turned his head, he felt that something was wrong - after all, it is rare to see a tall person of more than 1.8 meters in the local area, and Zhou Pin is just a villain, not like a mortal (...... Mayor Wang immediately reacted, this is not the ...... Is it the nephew of County Magistrate Zhou?

He has actually seen Zhou Pinzheng twice, but he can't stand Zhou Pinzheng's special identity, the nephew of the county magistrate Zhou! When getting married, the county magistrate also attended in person as a witness, and the key bride was also an old acquaintance...... "Oops! Xiaobei, why don't you come over and say hello? Is this a surprise attack? ”

recognized Zhou Pinzheng, he naturally recognized Yang Xiaobei, who was wrapped like a dumpling next to him, and came over to greet him warmly. He has always boasted that he is close to the Yang family, and he has always been thinking about Yang Xiaobei - he looks good, sings well, has a typhoon atmosphere, and is a rare good seedling! It's a pity that people have such good conditions, but they have to rely on their strength to speak and go to become a doctor.

It doesn't matter, being a doctor also has a hobby, isn't it? Mayor Wang still didn't give up, and every time there was an event, he always went to find Xiaobei, and gradually became very familiar with it. But after being familiar with each other, people were not here, and they didn't have time to "play", so Officer Wang couldn't invite this god anymore. Later, I was shocked to hear that Xiaobei married the nephew of the county magistrate Zhou, and people flew on the branches to make a phoenix, and Director Wang completely gave up this thought.

I didn't expect to see Xiaobei at the scene this time, what an unexpected joy! After politely greeting Zhou Pinzheng, Mayor Wang behaved very affectionately, "Are you going back to your parents' house to play?" Do you want to go up and have a song? ”

Yang Xiaobei stretched out his paws to pull the scarf down, let out a sigh, and said, "Don't be kidding, people have worked hard to rehearse for a long time, and you can't disrespect the fruits of other people's labor, right?" By the way, add or remove programs, beware of Master Chen asking you for trouble! ”

Sometimes, the authority of the old artist here is much greater than that of the mayor and the officer. After all, you can't really sing a cappella, and there are not many who can hold up a field, all rely on this gong and drum team! However, the scenery of the old people has only been in the past two years, and soon the radio will enter the people's homes with great fanfare, and with stereos and tapes, they will no longer be useless heroes.

Now that he is here, Yang Xiaobei still wants to go and see them. That's a real old folk artist, and his skills are perfect. Mayor Wang was also really busy, and after greeting him a few words, he was about to go to the other side, and when he left, he specially called a young man to come and tell him to find a few seats on the side of the rostrum, and let them go there to watch the performance later.

That feeling is good, neither will it crowd in the crowd, nor will it hide far away from the crowd as Zhou Pin is planning. Yang Xiaobei is not a high-minded person, since Mayor Wang has arranged it this way, whether it is a battle or a relationship, she will receive this love. politely thanked the young man, and Yang Xiaobei ran backstage to find the gong and drum class.

The ground was already uneven, and there were a lot of things piled up in a mess, as well as ropes, lines, etc. Zhou Pinzheng remembered Xiaobei's fall when they first met, stretched out his hand and held her hand tightly, and the two remembered the scene at the same time and smiled at each other.