Chapter 353: The Begging Festival
cpa300_4(); Yuquan Town, Lingxi, is located on the traffic artery on the border of western Xinjiang. 【Reading Book Pavilion Free Novel Reading】The medicinal herbs, mountain treasures and some ores in the southwest of Lingxi need to be transported out from here, although the town is not very large, but it is also rich in food and clothing. And because of the large flow of outsiders, the atmosphere in the town is more open than in ordinary places, and the streets are full of little ladies and women, all without hats.
On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, the sky had just darkened, Yan Xiaoyue, who was dressed in a Hunan concubine-colored sprinkled gold skirt, followed Muzigui out of the door, and met several groups of little ladies and little women carrying baskets along the way, and walked to the most lively big banyan tree bridgehead.
There, the town's great benevolent Squire Tan will lead the crowd to worship the Weaver Girl, and also set up a few competition games, for a while, the crowd was crowded, shoulder to shoulder, Yan Xiaoyue and Mu Zigui followed the flow of people, looking left and right, and the mood was much better.
Mu Zigui on the side watched Yan Xiaoyue walk crookedly to another route, and said with a smile: "Why are you still the same as when you were a child, you only care about watching the excitement when you go shopping, and you don't pay attention to the road next to you, and be careful of bumping into people." ”
Yan Xiaoyue restrained a little at this time, turned her head and smiled at Mu Zigui: "Isn't this with Brother Zigui?" I used to be so small, and I didn't lose it when I visited the night market in the Imperial City with you, is it possible that I will be lost now? ”
Mu Zigui looked at the smile in front of her, her translucent eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky on this summer night, which made people fascinated and sunk, and she was unaware of herself, smiling wantonly and naturally free.
Thinking of the absurd scenes that often appeared in dreams in recent months, Mu Zigui lowered his eyes, his ears were red, and he said bitterly, but his face made a happy look, "That's not necessarily." You don't care about it like this, I'm really afraid that I won't be able to find you. ”
Yan Xiaoyue smiled, "Brother Zigui is worried about nothing, how can I be so ignorant, it's just that I haven't seen such excitement for a long time, it's just a whim." I didn't expect that there would be such a fun thing in the begging festival. ”
Far away, Yan Xiaoyue looked at the big banyan tree. Be in full leaf. It is in the shape of a giant umbrella and is very eye-catching. There are many stalls on both sides of the bridge, and there are layers of clever fruits on the food table. There are many styles, there are incense, Fang Sheng and a variety of strange flowers and birds in the shape, and there are relief patterns on the surface of the melon skin, although I don't know how it tastes. But only in this vivid form, golden color. I can't help but taste it.
Mu Zigui saw that Yan Xiaoyue was looking at it with relish, so he accompanied him to go over one by one, and there were five more wrapped bags in his hand.
Yan Xiaoyue looked at it and smiled, eating the Qiaoguo she had just bought as she walked. Although the taste is average, it can be served in a novelty, but I ate three or four before stopping.
When you get to the bridgehead. The incense case has been placed on the arch bridge, and the old case has been placed with tea, wine, fruits, five sons and other offerings. There are a few more flowers, bunched of red paper, inserted in two white porcelain plum vases, and a small incense envy is placed in front of the flowers.
There is a group of gorgeously dressed women and women standing on the north side of the bridge, an old man dressed in a brocade robe stepped forward and arched his hand to the surroundings, "It is another year of begging festival, we Yuquan Town is blessed by Lord Tan, this year will be held here to beg for worshipping ceremonies, and thank you to all the villagers and elders for lifting and gathering together, and we will worship the Weaver Girl after this needle begging competition, and the final winner will give a pair of hairpins rewarded by Mrs. Tan." ”
As soon as the old man in the brocade robe finished speaking, the little ladies below all cheered.
Next, Yan Xiaoyue noticed that the group of gorgeously dressed women stepped forward to worship, and after the incense was inserted, the old man stepped forward and said, "Vega will bless everyone's wishes." Next, please come up to the little ladies who are interested in participating in the needle threading, here is the needlework provided by Master Tan's house, who is the first to wear the nine stitches. ”
As soon as he had finished speaking, the women who had become relatives cried out loudly, and for a time the voices were noisy and full of chatter, and there was not a little lady on the bridge.
The old man in the brocade robe was not in a hurry, he just stood there idly, looking down with a smile, "The little ladies of all families don't have to be shy, this begging coincidences happen every year, and the third lady of the Gu family got a coincidence, so Wang Xiucai hired his son, for fear of being robbed by someone else's house." After speaking, he paused before saying: "I don't know whose little lady has this blessing this year." ”
As soon as these words fell, a few little ladies went up to the bridge, and Yan Xiaoyue heard the women around her discuss: "Look at Third Sister Li going up." ”
"And the girl from the Zhang family in Mao'er Hutong also went up."
"Sister Zhang, the opportunity is rare, you can go up too, you are about to be in time, maybe you can get a trick when you go up!"
The little girl on the side was also helping to persuade, "That's it, Zhang Liuniang, go up quickly, you embroider so well, you must be able to be clever." ”
I saw a shy voice uneasy: "So many little ladies go up, where can I have a chance?" ”
A few people chattered and finally persuaded Zhang Liuniang to go up.
Yan Xiaoyue's gaze has been watching happily, Mu Zigui looked at Yan Xiaoyue's shining eyes, and said with a smile: "Does Xiaoyue want to go up and beg?" ”
Yan Xiaoyue shook her head, she just watched this kind of excitement, there was no need to participate.
"Aren't you interested?"
"I just like to watch the excitement, and I don't like to make the excitement for others to see."
Mu Zigui listened and looked at Yan Xiaoyue carefully, nodded, and agreed: "That's right, if Xiaoyue goes up, I'm afraid that no one will care about the Qiqiao Festival." ”
Yan Xiaoyue glanced at the smile in the corner of Mu Zigui's eyes, and muttered, "Hmph, Brother Zigui, you can make fun of me." ”
The two of them said that the results of the game on the bridge came out, and they were really coincidental to that Zhang Liuniang, looking at the congratulations around her, Zhang Liuniang's little face was flushed, but she was overjoyed, and returned to her sisters with a pair of skein silver hairpins, her eyes shining.
Yan Xiaoyue smiled, most of the people who can go on stage to the competition are young ladies from civilian families, under normal circumstances, most of the conditions at home are not good, so they will naturally cherish such an opportunity, not to mention the color head, the girl who has such a reputation is to say that it is better to kiss, and it is no wonder that so many people came to the begging festival.
Yan Xiaoyue looked at the crowd that gradually dispersed, and Mu Zigui slowly followed behind the crowd, and there was a discussion of the crowd far or near in her ears, but her eyes stayed on a woman with a big belly, followed by a man with a nervous expression, slightly open his hands, as if he was ready to help help people at any time, and couldn't help but envy when he looked at it.
The woman had a gentle smile on her face, thinking that she was happy, she conceived an heir for her father-in-law, and her father-in-law could protect her mother and son so carefully and nervously, even if her belly was as big as a ball, she was willing to drink.
Yan Xiaoyue looked at her unconsciously stroking her stomach, and Luo Mo frowned. (To be continued.) )
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