Chapter 121: The Contest Begins
It was dawning, and Xia Cao was woken up by the sound of rustling outside. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn a daze, Xia Cao found that the beds of the eldest brother and the second brother were already empty, and Xia Cao also quickly got up.
Because the location of the Spring Hunting Contest is in the mountains and forests on the outskirts of the city gate, there is still a distance from the county seat, and it takes half an hour to take the car, so Xia Cao and they have to get up early today to occupy a good position.
After breakfast, the mayor led a large team to the venue of the competition, the Thousand People Square. The Thousand People Square was slowly expanded over the years since the first Spring Hunting Competition. It is backed by the largest mountain forest in Wujiang County, Panlong Mountain. As soon as the game starts, the players will be able to enter the competition venue Panlong Mountain as soon as possible.
The square is circular and has a large stage in the center, which can accommodate more than 100 people to perform on stage.
When Xia Cao and the others arrived at the Thousand People Square, there were already many people here. There are also divided areas in the square, close to the central stage is the place where the government and the gentry sit, which is equivalent to the VIP seat, and the middle seat is the place where the team who comes to participate in the competition stands, and the people who come to see the excitement can only watch from the outside.
So the mayor and the others took a few people who participated in the competition into the inner circle, and Xia Cao and his children could only stand outside and wait.
"Big Brother Bai, why are you here!" When they were bored waiting for Xia Cao, they found that Bai Jide and Artemisia were about to start at this time.
"I filled all the pills yesterday, I was so tired that I overslept." Bai Zide explained.
"Then you go in quickly, the mayor is still waiting inside." Su said.
Bai Jide went in and found the group of people in Wusu Town, and opened his wooden box, and pulled out a bunch of bottles and cans.
"The red mark on this bottle is hemostasis."
"This bottle is marked with blue markings, and it is insect repellent."
"It's a yellow mark, it's detoxifying."
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"Each of you brings a bottle, just in case." As he spoke, Bai Jide handed it to the people of the competition, although the bottle was labeled with words, but many people who participated in the competition were illiterate, so he could only introduce and explain them one by one.
"Bai Gongzi, won't you go into Panlong Mountain with them?" The mayor of the town asked, he only wanted this Bai Gongzi to just send pills over, and not to enter Panlong Mountain, otherwise the people in their team would be distracted to take care of him.
This time Bai Gongzi was going to divide the pills, did he have this ideological awareness, and felt that it was dishonorable to go in and drag his feet, or he was frightened by the fierce beasts of Panlong Mountain, so he didn't dare to go in. Whatever? It's good if this eldest young master doesn't go in, the beasts in the mountains and forests don't have long eyes, if something happens, he, the mayor of the town, will pay compensation to Baicaotang.
During the Spring Hunt competition, the team can bring two Doctors or not. There are no mandatory requirements for the rules of the county.
"As a doctor, Bai remembers the benevolence and responsibility of doctors, so I naturally want to go in, and if something happens to the team members, I can provide them with rescue treatment as soon as possible." Bai Jide said in a high-sounding manner, but he thought in his heart that if he didn't go in, how would I greet those little cuties. How can such a good opportunity be missed.
Because Panlong Mountain is a place for spring hunting competitions, in order to keep enough prey in the mountains and forests, generally except for the spring hunting period, the government is going to close the mountain, and hunting in Panlong Mountain on weekdays is against the government regulations, once found, then you will wait to go to jail.
When Bai Jide thought about the competition, everyone was aiming at the big prey, and they didn't dare to be interested in those centipedes, scorpions, and spiders. With such a bumper harvest, he couldn't think of any reason to stop him from entering.
The hour was almost up, and the ceremonial officer invited by the government came to the stage to announce the official start of the spring hunting competition in Wujiang County, followed by firecrackers, and then the dragon and lion dance performances.
The performance of the dragon and lion dance can still attract the attention of the masses, especially the deafening drums and gongs, which suddenly bring people into the joyful atmosphere of the festival and beat people's emotions all of a sudden.
Similar to later generations, the next is the important leader's speech, here is the county order, what he said Xia Cao is not very clear, anyway, it is dizzy to hear, probably the content does not need to listen, she can also come up with a rough, nothing more than to thank the superior leaders for coming to the county, making the county flourishing, thanks to the county's gentry for donations, and I hope that each team will go all out, work hard, achieve a good ranking, and add highlights to the county's competition.
The official word has two mouths, this can speak the way of kung fu, the county order is like a orator, and he said a lot of words, mobilizing the atmosphere of the masses and adding a touch of tension to the game. After speaking for about half an hour, the prefectural magistrate finally stopped his mouth and announced that the teams participating in the competition could enter.
The so-called ground entrance is to enter Panlong Mountain, and the team members who participate in the competition will enter, and they will have to rely on their ability to catch the prey.
As soon as the participating team members left, the peripheral audience of Xia Cao could lean in and enjoy the performance on the stage.
At this time, the performances on the central stage had just begun, and those were all performances created by wealthy local tyrants with a lot of money, which attracted attention and won the support of the audience. As early as when Xia Cao first entered the Thousand People Square, the guard guarding the door gave each of them a lot, and if they liked which program they liked, they would vote in the box of which program.
The performances Xia Cao saw in the morning were juggling, ventriloquism, drama, dancing, and Oiran playing the piano, all kinds of things, and the local tyrants also worked hard for tickets.
It was almost noon before the show ended, and everyone was almost hungry, so they went back to the city for lunch, and the show was over. Because the game doesn't end until the unitary, but it's really boring to wait. So now the spring hunting competition has also formed its own conventional style, opening in the morning, performing. At noon, I went home for dinner, walked around the county, and came back to see the results of the game when I was in time.
"Mother, let's go to Zhuyezhai to see how our auction is prepared?" Xia Cao suggested while sitting in the carriage on the way back.
"You are so anxious, let's go eat first, you should be hungry after coming out for so long." Su Shi rubbed Xia Cao's head and said.
Mother, how can we go to the shopkeeper of Zhuye Zhai and not be full? In this way, we will lose the money for another meal, Xia Cao thought shamelessly, but she couldn't say it.
Xia Muhan's father was in another carriage, discussing with the mayor and Li Weicai how to celebrate the team members in the mountains and forests at night. No matter what kind of ranking they achieve, the team members have contributed, so a big meal must be indispensable, otherwise who will go to the mountains and forests for the town next year to be born and die. (To be continued.) )