29. Easter Parade
Twenty-nine Easter
At nine o'clock in the morning, Su Zhen and his party drove to the town, and they also met Kenny and a few people at the place where they had made an appointment in advance.
Easter is not a public holiday because it is the first Sunday after the vernal equinox, but the atmosphere is not as bad as any other holiday, especially for children.
Different from the usual quiet, the Harvard town is very lively at the moment, parents bring their children to play together, but although it is lively, it is only compared to usual, and there is no crowded feeling in China at all.
In the various shops in the town, as early as a month ago, a counter was opened, and all kinds of eggs were placed, in the meaning of Christianity, eggs give birth to life, representing new life, so all along, Easter eggs are the protagonists of Easter Day, every year Easter White House will also hold a "get out" competition, that is, put the eggs on the ground, roll with a long spoon, and the children who break after the most can get all the eggs, this activity has lasted for more than 100 years.
However, nowadays, very few people make homemade eggs, most of them are purchased in stores, and most of the eggs sold in stores are made from various sweets.
Although the streets are quite lively, according to Kenny, the most lively is in the town's park, so the group arrives at the park.
As soon as he entered the park, Su Zhen got a balloon, which was distributed by the staff dressed as rabbits standing at the gate of the park, and every child who came could get a balloon for free, Su Zhen was naturally no exception, although Su Zhen was very unwanted, but it was very rude to refuse, so he had to accept it, but he turned his head and stuffed it to Liu Shihua.
Liu Shihua likes this rabbit-shaped balloon quite a lot, but she couldn't keep this balloon for long, because the little Jerry (flying squirrel) on Liu Shihua's shoulder was very curious about this thing floating in the air, and couldn't help but stretch out his paws to scratch it, but as soon as the little paws scratched, something happened that everyone on the earth knew.
The sound of "bump" not only frightened little Jerry, but also frightened the people around him, and the culprit got into Liu Shihua's arms the moment the balloon exploded, revealing only his fluffy tail.
Liu Shihua was also blinded all of a sudden, and Su Zhen was very unscrupulous and laughed cheaply, but it is strange to say that since this flying squirrel was rescued by Liu Shihua, he seemed to be very close to Liu Shihua, did not run or make trouble, and obediently became Liu Shihua's pet, which made Liu Shihua, who likes small animals very much, very happy.
After the fright, Jerry hid for a while, and then became lively again, lying on Liu Shihua's shoulder for a while, and running to Liu Shihua's head for a while, looking at the surrounding crowd with great curiosity, he was indeed not afraid of life at all.
The active flying squirrels attract a lot of attention from the surrounding area. Especially the children, who were very interested in little Jerry, took the lead in taking action at the end of the year, running to Liu Shihua and asking, "Big sister, can you ask to touch it".
"When you can" Liu Shihua replied with a smile, and touched the little girl's head, and then grabbed Jerry who was jumping on his shoulder, and handed it to the little girl, Jerry was obviously not very happy, but under the strong pressure of Liu Shihua, he had no choice but to let the little girl touch it, and the little girl who touched Jerry was very excited and shouted to a pair of men and women on the side, "Mom and Dad, look, I touched it, it's so cute."
"What's your name?" asked the little girl in front of her.
"My name is Emily," the little girl replied, "what's its name?" Is it a squirrel? ”
"It's a flying squirrel, it's called Jerry, you see if it's as cute as little Jerry in cat and mouse" Liu Shihua happily teased little Lori.
At this time, with Emily's example, many children around came to see Jerry, which frightened the little thing, and quickly broke free of Emily, jumped onto Liu Shihua's shoulder, grabbed his clothes, and amused the adults around him with a resolute expression.
After this little episode, Liu Shihua and Emily said goodbye, and everyone started playing again.
At this time, there are a lot of amusement facilities in the park, which has been completely like a playground, there are robot bullfights, water polo battles, shooting games, etc., all activities are free, most of them are provided by businesses in the town, and you can also get some small gifts if you win the game.
There are also a lot of rabbits in the meadows of the park, and this is another protagonist of Easter. Because of the rabbit's super fecundity, it is also regarded by Christianity as a representative of life. So as soon as Easter comes, all kinds of rabbit costumes and easter eggs can be seen everywhere, and many of the park's staff are like the balloon givers at the door, wearing doll rabbit costumes.
At noon, the highlight of the day is coming, which is to grab easter eggs.
It's also an event that parks across the U.S. hold especially for local kids. Generally speaking, it will be divided into two areas, one is the toddler group and the other is the children's group. The toddler group is for preschoolers, because it is still small, so the eggs are placed directly on the lawn, as long as they are picked up directly, but the eggs are not real eggs, but chocolate eggs.
The children's group is slightly difficult, the easter eggs in the children's group are all hidden, and the children need to find them by themselves, but after Su Zhen saw it, his head was full of black lines, and this is really well hidden~ Take a leaf to cover it up a little or the grass to cover it a little, even if it is hidden~
Liu Shihua couldn't participate because he was overage, which was a pity, but in a blink of an eye, he began to encourage Su Zhen to participate, and Su Zhen directly began to pretend to be stupid, joking, and let himself and a group of bear children rob him
At 11 o'clock, the host gave an order, the game began, the juvenile group was okay here, the children rushed into the field and began to look for easter eggs, and the toddler group over there made the group dumbfounded, why? Because it was not only the children who rushed in, but also the adults who rushed in, and soon the easter eggs all over the ground were swept away.
Most families are happy to come out with their children carrying a small basket of eggs, but there are also those who have not been grabbed, at this time there will be a large basket full of eggs "rabbits" will come to those children who have not grabbed eggs eggs, the result is naturally happy.
Lunch is an Easter set meal served in a restaurant in town, consisting mainly of ham and lamb, which is also the standard meal for Americans to celebrate Easter.
In the evening, there is also a fireworks show in the park, and at six or seven o'clock, the townspeople gather in the park to watch the fireworks, as well as some snacks and homemade drinks, which are also provided free of charge by the town's merchants and some farms.
When he returned to the ranch, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, and little Jerry had already fallen asleep in Liu Shihua's arms, and he didn't see the activity of the day, which made Su Zhen very puzzled, isn't the flying squirrel a nocturnal animal, how can it be different when he arrives here.
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Originally, there was still a chapter to make up for what I owed yesterday, but I still have two statements to do, no way, it's almost the end of the year, and there are a lot of things, so I must make up for it when I have time.
Yesterday, another buddy got married, let's still ** silk one, sad, what's even sadder is the gift money that went out, I feel distressed, several friends got married this year, and this gift money is out of seven or eight thousand, and I can't afford to hurt it.