Lin Yujuan studied with Mr. Lin for more than half a month. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info sometimes say a few digressions after the book is finished, so Lin Yujuan is fortunate to know that it is now the Ming Dynasty. I don't know too much else, and Lin Yujuan is not very familiar with history, and it is useless to know.

Speaking of the Qingming Festival in Qintong, it is very lively. About two or three hundred years ago, the Song army fought against the Jin soldiers near Qintong. Since it is a waterway and there are rivers everywhere, it takes advantage of its location. The struggle of the masses of the people was organized. Nine times out of ten, people in the water town will hold the boat and swim in the water, regardless of gender, old and young. Thus, the militia was born. The boats were covered with wooden planks, and a row of young men stood on each side, each with a penny. There is one more at the helm and one at the gong. Everyone listened to the sound of the gong and moved in unison. There will also be no such thing as a penny fight, and the boat is very fast. I believe that Jin Bing's landlubbers can only stare at it. After repelling the enemy, this habit of training troops was also retained. It's just that later in the Yuan Dynasty, due to the imperial court, it can't be blatantly said to train sailors. It is connected with the Qingming Festival to commemorate the dead. Sacrifices are always legal, let's all hold the boat together to pay tribute to the ownerless lonely grave, which is a good thing. By the way, I practiced the boat support skills, and there was a tacit understanding between the neighbors. In the end, it slowly evolved into folklore.

About ten days before the Qingming Festival, the village began to discuss the matter of meeting the boat. From fifteen or sixteen to forty or fifty years old, men who feel they can do it can go to the boat. Some of the villagers paid for it, some went out of the boat, and the others went to the people. There are always more than ten or twenty boats in the whole village, and I heard that there are many people doing business in Zhouchen Village next door. I also pooled money to get a tribute boat, which was beautiful, but unfortunately I can't see it now. Every morning, when the sky is still bright, the sound of gongs is heard in the alley. It was the gong beaters on the boat who rang the gong and asked everyone on the boat to gather and practice.

Of course, Lin Yujuan's house was Lin Guilu, and the uncle and uncle also went to participate. In the past few days, when I heard the sound of the gong every day, I immediately got up, packed up Lisuo, had breakfast, and went to the ship to gather. In this way, I practiced until the day of Qingming Festival. Lin Yujuan also wanted to follow, but unfortunately women were not allowed to go on today's boat. I have to despise it in my heart, why does feudalism not let women get on the boat. Fortunately, the last group of women and children took the boat of the neighbors and relatives to the town to watch the boat race.

By the time Lin Yujuan and the others set off, it was already dawn, and the men had just returned from the sacrifice outside the village. Because everyone finished sacrificing their ancestors a few days before Qingming. On the day of Qingming, the strong men in the village supported the boat, carrying incense candles, offerings, firecrackers, braziers and so on. When you see a deserted grave where there is no one to sacrifice, go and sacrifice it, no wonder you don't bring women. Lin Yujuan and their boat followed the boat and slowly rowed out of the village. By the time I left the village, I had already seen dozens of boats one after another. There are also many people from other villages passing through here to go to the town. There is a bridge on the water leading to Magpie Lake outside the village, and a string of firecrackers is set off when each boat passes under the bridge. For a while, the sound of firecrackers, gongs, the sound of pennies entering and exiting the water, and the boats greeting each other were very lively.

The boat went around the east from the village to the town, and the Taidong River in the north of the village was too deep for the penny to reach to the end, so it could only be rowed. It was so lively all the way to the town, and there was a wide area of water to the south of the town that was suitable for boat races. So they parked the boat there. The people who were racing were on standby in their respective boats, and those who watched the excitement went ashore. The entire shore was crowded with people, all kinds of selling things, and it was much more lively than the usual market in the town. Gee, why didn't we think to sell something? Lin Yujuan looked at each other, so many people must have a good business selling something to eat and drink.

In addition to one or two hundred penny boats, there are more than a dozen tribute boats on the river. In particular, there is a tribute boat that stands out, bigger and more beautiful than the others. The ship was carved like a moving pavilion, covered with veils on both sides. When the boat reached the middle of the water, the veil was pulled up from all sides, and the musicians on both sides of the veil were blown up. A beautiful woman danced with long water sleeves and swirled to the middle.

Wow~~~, it's so beautiful, it's really a big beauty dancing. Lin Yujuan has been in the countryside for a long time, but she has never seen such a beautiful beauty. The hair on his head was raised high, and he only had a peony flower on his head, which was almost like the real thing. The rest didn't bring any jewelry.

"I heard that Li Yuanwai and a few squires in the town invited him from Yangzhou, and I heard that she is the first beauty in Yangzhou. It's been a big year. ”

Where do countrymen have the opportunity to see beautiful women, this is an eye-opener. asked the people next to them one by one, regardless of whether they knew each other or not. Naturally, there are also people who think they are well-informed to solve everyone's doubts, and they are also proud when they look at him.

Not to mention, this shore is crowded with people. When there are many people, all kinds of voices come, and the boat in the middle of the water is still dozens of meters away from the shore. If you really can't hear a song or something, it's the only way to dance. Lin Yujuan's eyes were also hot when she saw the beauty, and she pulled her sister and brother to squeeze in the best position in the middle.

"Hey, you little ones don't come here again. This is where the rich men sit. ”

"We'll take a look, and we'll be gone in a moment."

"I can't see anywhere, I have to squeeze here to see, I don't see that the surroundings are isolated here. Go and go and play. ”

。。。 If there are privileged people everywhere, think about it. Maybe it's the rich people who pay for people, and they can't afford to offend.

Sisters and brothers are crowded around again, and today they are selling everything. I haven't seen anything I've seen before, and I've come to sell it. Fortunately, several people have some money in their pockets, otherwise they would have to watch and not be able to buy it. After walking around, I haven't bought anything yet, and there is a very urgent gong sound over there. The boat race was over, and the sisters and brothers squeezed to the river again.

"Folks, be quiet, listen to a few words from the old man." A half-gray old man with half-white hair who seemed to be very decent and popular stood on the platform in the quarantine area and shouted.

"This year's boat festival competition has a big prize, Li Yuanwai in the town, Wang Yuanwai, as well as Tian Dashan people in Huxi Village, Boss Wang of Zhou Chen and others have prepared rich prizes for everyone. The top five boats will be rewarded with a table of wine at the Deyue Tower in the town, and the third place will be rewarded with a dress per person on board. second place, each person on the ship is dressed in a suit and one tael of silver per person. For first place, each person on the ship will have a suit of clothes plus two taels of silver per person. ”

"Silver, this year's first place is two taels of silver per person. Ahh ”

"Yes, in previous years, there were only clothes or something, why did I win a silver prize this year. Do you know what's going on? ”

"Hey, I heard that Li Yuanwai in that town didn't invite a penny last year, and then his daughter-in-law gave birth to a grandson to his family at the beginning of this year, who had not been pregnant for several years. That's not all, he made a lot of money in his own business. ”

"There's such a thing, why haven't I heard of it?"

"Where are you?"

"Zhouxi's."

"Cut, what do you countrymen know. I'm from the town, just across the street from Li Yuanwai's house. I don't know anything. "It's despised.

Although the white-haired old man shouted quite loudly, the boats of the race were still far away from him. When the news came, a hundred and ten boats were boiling. Two taels of silver, almost half a year after I was busy at home. One by one, they are gearing up, and they can't wait to compare immediately.

After the gong sounds, the firecrackers are released, and the competition begins after the sacrifice is completed.

As soon as the gong stopped, dozens of boats flew out like arrows. With the stimulation of silver, this year's competition looks even better. They were all crazy, and the gongs on the boat were almost dumb.

There are too many boats, and they are relatively far away, and Lin Yujuan and the others can't see where the boat in their village is. I couldn't find my father even more. It's just shouting and cheering.

"Ahh Lin Xiujuan shouted.

"Where, where, which one?"

"Stupid, hehe, Daddy, there's a handful of wicker tied to that pole in the tree on their boat." Lin Xiujuan said with a smile

"Come on, come on-" Lin Yujuan also saw it

"What do you mean by coming on?" Lin Yukou said strangely

"This is what it means to hurry up, it's not faster to add fuel to the fire."

"Oh" Actually, Lin Yukou still didn't understand. But now it's a tense time. Seeing that the wicker boat was in the forefront, the sisters and brothers felt that their hearts were about to jump out.

"I didn't have the first place! Ay! Lin Yujuan was very deflated

"It's even more comparable, so many ships can't compare to it at once. When the competition is over, the top three will be compared each time. Our boat just won the second place, and there is still a chance. Lin Xiujuan knows a lot

Half an hour later, it was time for the final. A total of eighteen boats participated in the final round. Although there were fewer boats, the race became more intense. The reward for the first place was so tempting, the bell-bell-gong kept ringing, and the penny was flying. The boats are about to float.

"Ah, a ship capsized!" The people on the shore shouted.

Lin Yujuan stood on tiptoe and looked at the other side, and sure enough, a boat capsized. Luckily, everyone knew how to swim, and a dozen or so people emerged from the water and climbed into the boat to get back to shore. Now, in this season, although the river water is not biting, it is still cold when you are wet. I saw that they greeted the people from their own village on the shore, and sighed and went home.

This is a hiccup, and then look at the other races of the boats are about to reach the end. The crowd on the shore was excited, and they didn't know which one would win.

"Win, win!" I don't know which one it is, Lin Yujuan, they are a little far away from the finish line, and they can't see who arrived first in the end. Qi took a few of them to the place where the ship was assembled to find out the news. The luck was not too bad, and he actually got a fifth. They were going to eat in a restaurant in the town, and asked Qi to take the children home first.

Of course, Lin Yujuan and the others would not go home so soon, and the few people on the same boat did not return to the ship. I guess I went shopping. The sisters and brothers each spent more than a dozen dollars to buy some rare things. Lin Xiujuan bought a head rope and silk flowers, Lin Yukou wanted to buy it too expensive and was not willing to give up, of course Lin Xiaodi wanted to eat it, Lin Yujuan didn't look down on those silk flowers and felt that they were not good-looking. Fortunately, I'm still young and haven't left my head yet, so I don't need this. In the end, I bought some meat or something to go home to improve my life.