293 Dragon Boat Festival trivia
The plum rainy season lasts for more than a month, and the whole Shanghai is wet, and most people use charcoal basins to bake clothes, otherwise the clothes will not dry for many days after washing. Some people don't pay attention to it, so they just make a bed out of logs, and then grow mushrooms from the bed board.
Zhang Meixi's clothes are clean and dry every day, and sometimes she even has to change them twice, all of which are the credit of the female assistants around her.
As soon as the rain ended, the sun immediately showed its fiery power, and the water vapor that had accumulated on the ground for more than a month was evaporated in just a day or two.
Zhang Meixi was less active, sat in the Ping An Academy of Sciences and read a paper for a day, with the help of an electric fan, life was quite easy, and in the evening I took the car back to the boat and had some dinner. The whole body began to be greasy and sweaty.
So after eating, Zhang Meixi said:
"Let's go outside and blow the sea breeze."
The sea breeze on the deck has a fishy salty smell, and on one side is the human Shanghai Beach. The stars in the sky and the lights on the ground are one and the same. On the other side is the boundless sea, and the stars are cast as if they have been stolen by the spirits of the sea country. There was a whimpering cry in the distance.
The side of the boat was very high, directly to Zhang Meixi's waist, and a layer of guardrails was added on top of it, which was level with her chin.
Between the empty and distant sky and the sea, it is more and more obvious that ordinary people are insignificant.
After only five minutes, Apricot came over and said with a smile:
"Miss, the rules of the Dragon Boat Festival are to bathe in orchid soup, and it has been prepared for you."
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Zhang Meixi followed Apricot to a wide cabin, and saw that a large white porcelain bathtub like a double bed had been prepared inside, with water vapor and a strange fragrance.
"This is an orchid?"
Zhang Meixi leaned closer and fanned the mist with her hand.
Apricot hadn't spoken yet, and the little assistant on the side, Jin Huan, had already answered first:
"Miss, this is called Peilan, and it is actually a kind of chrysanthemum. You can also make tea directly, and a leaf can make a fragrant cup. ”
Apricot smiled and patted the back of the golden ring:
"Go out quickly, what do you say about a country girl."
She turned her head and explained to Zhang Meixi:
"This is all sent by the third young master, a pack from the boss. It's enough for the whole family for a year. ”
Zhang Meixi waved her hand:
"Then we'll wash it, it's already poured into the bathtub anyway, and it's always undrinkable."
Several female assistants happily helped her wash her hair and helped her into the bathtub. Zhang Meixi suddenly became a little shy, and waved her hand to drive them out.
She walked into the bathtub herself. When I sat down, I felt that the bathtub was wider, and my hands could be stretched out, not far from the edge, and I could swim. Abundant in moisture, the crisp peilan leaves float one after another on top of it. Some resemble mint leaves, and the flavor is one that is too strong and fragrant.
After taking the orchid bath, even the half-worn lake blue shirt worn at home has a clear fragrance. The pores of every skin are refreshed, and after going out to the deck a few times, I feel how many times my heart is broader. The clothes are fluttering, with some fairy artistic conception that can pick the stars by hand.
Seeing that Apricot was still by her side, she immediately recommended her and said:
"You go and change the water and wash it once, the rules and customs of this Dragon Boat Festival orchid soup bath are good for the skin, let's wash it for a few days in a row."
The apricot curtsy and obeys the order to bathe. On Wednesday, the young master walked over from a distance, wearing a pair of undershirts, and the two of them stood side by side, holding the side of the boat with their hands, watching the stars on the sea.
The young master on Wednesday said:
"I can only recognize a few stars. I heard that people in the past could be located by the stars when they sailed, but the earth was too big, and if it drifted for more than ten days. The stars can also change dramatically. So you have to rely on the technology of the guide, and the science is powerful. ”
Zhang Meixi said with a smile:
"If you collect enough star maps, you won't be afraid of change. The most feared thing is that the clouds are too thick. In fact, the instrument error of the guide is also very large, and the magnetic field will vary greatly. In the future, computers can be used to collect detailed drawings and locate them by launching satellites. ”
The young master turned his head to look at her on Wednesday, and there was some starlight reflected in his clear black round eyes like a little tiger:
"Big sister understands too much and talks about these things. I can't keep up. ”
Zhang Meixi praised him:
"Actually, you are also smart, you look like a hero, and your heart is fragrant with orchids."
She used the gorgeous lines of the Mary Sue in the popular book Suzhou Bullet Review.
Under the bright and extinguishing starlight, Young Master Wednesday's face immediately turned a deep red.
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The next day was the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhang Meixi got up to wash, Apricot burned wormwood at the door of her cabin, and tied a colorful silk thread around her wrist.
"Colored silk is to ward off evil spirits."
Zhang Meixi raised her hand and leaned over to her eyes to see, the color was gorgeous, and there were more than a dozen kinds of colored silk in the subdivision, which were wrapped up to the thickness of a finger. She laughs:
"There are a lot of rules this year!"
Apricot answers:
"This was sent by the Second Young Master!"
She also shook her wrist in front of Zhang Meixi's eyes, and the silk thread was much less than Zhang Meixi's. If you look at the two gold and silver rings, it will be a little less.
Zhang Meixi shook her head, and there was some anger in her laughter:
"The second young master has so many tricks, and the festive things should be the same for everyone."
Apricot waves:
"They don't like the same."
Jinhuan smiled and said:
"We have something else."
He showed her a wooden plate containing dozens of sachets tied with silk threads.
"It's a small yellow croaker with insect flowers printed on it. There are five kinds of bugs, scorpions, centipedes, spiders, toads, and snakes. ”
Zhang Meixi covered her mouth and smiled:
"So that's how I bought you."
Jin Huan hurriedly waved his hand:
"We haven't bought that yet, this one will wait for the eldest lady to reward us."
Zhang Meixi had already packed up and was about to go out to work, she stood up with a smile and said:
"In that case, I'll give you a task, and you'll be responsible for sending out these sachets."
The Golden Ring curtshit:
"Yes."
Today, I went straight to the industrial base in Pudong, where a new function has been added to serve as an industrial base for the security team. Zhang Meixi got into the Ford car and found out that the driver was Master Zhou.
Young Master Zhou drove the car to the place, Lisuo quickly jumped out of the car and bypassed the front of the car, helped Zhang Meixi open the door, and stretched out a hand to help her.
Zhang Meixi first stretched out a foot wearing black cloth square-mouth shoes, poked her head out, hesitated for a second, and then pressed a few weak fingers into the palm of Young Master Zhou, and got out of the car with strength.
Deputy Captain Su of the Ping An Security Team, who was very low and looked a little obscene, led Zhang Meixi to the office and sat for a few minutes, and Young Master Zhou clapped his hands and said:
"There's a gift for you, take a look."
A string of four security guards lined up and walked in, not tall and a little thin.
Zhang Meixi looked at them with a smile:
"These are gifts."
Young Master Zhou also smiled, and his mouth was white-toothed:
"It's specially prepared for the eldest lady, do you like it?"
…… (To be continued.) )