This year's dragon boat race is a boat against the current, and the bottom of the Wangjiang Tower is the end point, with a two-mile race and a straight race. Along the river, two miles is the starting point, set up an altar, on the altar offered three animal incense candles.

Previously, when the girls in the pink skirt were entangled with Meng Qingyun in this house, Liu Zhixian had already led the officials of She County and the elderly to worship the dragon god, and sprinkled wine and zongzi into the river, praying for smooth wind and rain and evil disasters.

After the sacrifice was completed and the three cannons sounded to clear the river, Liu Zhixian personally opened the gong, and the dragon boat race officially began.

This year, there were six teams participating in the competition, and the six dragon boats were painted in red, orange, yellow, green, and purple colors. The long and narrow dragon boat, the bow is decorated with a dragon head, and the stern is decorated with a dragon tail, all of which are wood carved and painted; The dragon boat is also decorated with various colored pennants and hanging colors.

The dragon boat of She County is about five zhang long, 24 people, the bow of the boat is set with a drum, the drum rumbles, and it urges people to forge ahead.

The riders shouted high-pitched and rhythmic trumpets, rowed their oars neatly and quickly, and the six dragon boats flew like arrows from the string.

The spectators on both sides of the strait are like mountains, the black pressure is full of human heads, with the advance of the dragon boat, the enthusiastic cheers are like fire, and the waves are higher than the waves, and the sound is vibrating in the four fields.

Meng Qingyun, Jiang Erlang, Li Xiaoqi, Shu'er and others all threw themselves in front of the window, opened their eyes wide, and saw that there were originally six small dots on the river, and in the thunderous noise, they quickly moved towards them, gradually changing from small dots to bowls, and bowls to basins, and finally showing their whole bodies.

When the six dragon boats are all clear in the field of vision, they have been divided into three grades, the first is red and cyan, the middle is yellow and green, and finally orange and purple.

There was only one bow between the red and the cyan, and the hands of both boats were buried in their heads, and they operated the oars like a storm, and they wore turbans, and wore only a small coat on the upper half of their bodies, and their strong arms were exposed, and their tendons and flesh were bulging high and shining like roast duck.

"Come on! Come on! ”

The people on the shore were already going crazy, and everyone was shouting at the top of their lungs, and the veins on their necks were bursting up.

Then I saw that the cyan dragon boat, which was originally slightly behind, was about twenty zhang away from the finish tower, and the rhythm of the drummer's drumming suddenly changed, as tight as a rainstorm, and the riders also roared, and their two arms followed the rhythm of the drummer, so fast that only the afterimage of the road remained.

So the cyan dragon boat surpassed the red dragon boat at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then overtook half of the dragon's head and surpassed the finish tower.

The people on both sides of the strait cheered like thunder!

In order to vent the joy of victory, everyone threw hats, handkerchiefs, fans and other small objects into the sky, and even mixed with strange things such as shoes and grilled chicken legs. It's okay to grill chicken thighs, but eat one less bite; The shoes are thrown out, do you want to go home barefoot?

"Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

Jiang Erlang applauded snapped, his face full of admiration.

Li Xiaoqi, a native of She County, although he can watch the dragon boat race every year, this annual event still makes people's blood flutter.

He asked Shu'er, "How is it?" It's worth the trip, right? ”

Shu'er clapped her little hands, and the chicks nodded like rice.

Meng Qingyun also let out a sigh of relief and spread it on the big pillow behind his back. At the decisive moment, she, like everyone else, breathed a sigh of relief, but now that the victory and defeat had been divided, she suddenly felt a burst of emptiness and exhaustion.

A cup of tea was suddenly handed over to him, and someone said softly: "Drink some tea to moisten your throat." ”

Looking sideways, Li Xiaoqi's eyes seemed to have starlight, and his heart suddenly softened like spring water.

She took the teacup, didn't rush to drink it, and sighed first: "You, don't always look at people with this kind of eyes." ”

There was a pause.

"It's too affectionate, and it's easy to misunderstand."

Li Xiaoqi blinked, looking innocent, and didn't know how to answer.

"Hahahaha......" Jiang Erlang laughed, "He is born with a pair of amorous eyes, not to mention looking at people, even looking at a flower, a leaf, a cat, and a dog, all of them are affectionate." ”

He patted Li Xiaoqi on the shoulder: "I said a long time ago, most of the responsibility for your peach blossom debt will fall on your eyes." Lang Jun obviously has no intention, but the goddess misunderstands love, which is inevitably lovesick. ”

Li Xiaoqi spread out his hands and shook his head helplessly.

Meng Qingyun remembered his long scroll of the Yellow Mountain and asked, "What about your paintings?" How's the drawing? ”

Li Xiaoqi said: "I'm still drawing, and it takes a month's work." ”

Meng Qingyun sighed casually: "Is it so difficult to draw a picture?" ”

Li Xiaoqi smiled.

Shu'er, a child who had been silent and almost had no sense of existence, suddenly came over: "Seventh brother painted it...... Long scrolls, like, like, Xingle diagram...... Landscapes, terraces, pedestrians, flowers and trees...... Everything is fine. Drafting, drawing, coloring...... It's a lot of work. ”

Meng Qingyun was surprised: "It's rare for you to say so many things at once!" ”

At this time, the door was lightly snapped twice, and the maidservant opened the door, and the mother-in-law of the Li family came in.

"Qilang, Erlang, Mrs. Ruan and the two girls in the family are eating tea next door, and Mrs. called you over."

Jiang Erlang unexpectedly pointed to his nose: "I'll go too?" ”

The mother-in-law smiled and nodded.

Since it was said that the female elders took the girl and asked the two men to come over, Mrs. Li's meaning was very clear, that is, it was for the four young people to look at each other.

Li Xiaoqi laughed: "I was talking about me just now, I didn't expect it, you also have today." ”

Jiang Erlang asked his mother-in-law: "Where does this Ruan family come from?" ”

The mother-in-law said: "It is the former official department Shangshu Ruan's foreign family, and it is also our Huizhou wang family, and the family is in Xiuning." Today is the eldest lady of their family, with two girls. ”

Jiang Erlang touched his nose: "This kind of thing, I have always only been called Qilang, why did you still piggyback on me." ”

The mother-in-law smiled: "Erlang, you are not too young......

Li Xiaoqi is already overjoyed, it is rare to see Jiang Erlang's embarrassment, it is very worthy of schadenfreude. He stood up, grabbed the other party's arm, and walked out the door while saying, "Share the blessings and share the difficulties." ”

The mother-in-law retreated to the side, letting the two brothers go out first, and then exited by herself, and covered the door for Meng Qingyun.

Meng Qingyun turned around and said to Shu'er: "How old is your brother, why haven't you married a wife yet?" ”

Shu'er pursed her lips and just smiled.

Meng Qingyun remembered that day on the Yellow Mountain, when they met on a narrow road, the child deliberately scared her - this is also a naughty ghost.

She changed the subject: "Is your stuttering problem natural, or is there something wrong with your stutter?" ”

Shu'er herself was not doing much, and Holly next to her changed her face first, and her eyes shot sharply.

Shu'er shook her head at him, and then said to Meng Qingyun: "Born, that's it." ”

Meng Qingyun sighed: "I see that your family doesn't look like an ordinary family, and you should have invited a lot of famous doctors, right?" ”

Shu'er nodded.

"Haven't all been cured?"

Shu'er shook her head gloomily.

Holly felt sorry for him and said: "Those quacks are not worthy of their names, there are many famous doctors in the world, let's just look for them." ”

Meng Qingyun said: "I have a way, maybe it will work." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Shu'er's eyes lit up, but even Holly, who had a serious expression, also showed curiosity.