Volume 1 When I first entered the industry Chapter 17 Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanyang Festival, the Chongwu Festival, the Midday Festival, the Zhengyang Festival, the Tianzhong Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the dragon totem sacrifice in ancient times. During the Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer, the Seven Nights of Canglong rose to the south of the Middle Heaven. In the fifth line of the "I Ching: Qiangua", it is said: "The flying dragon is in the sky"; At this time, Long Xing is both "in the middle" and "in the right", in the position of great luck, Enshi Pu also, Long De is prominent. So on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the yang energy is the most vigorous.
As usual, the Dragon Boat Festival has a three-day holiday, and after the morning class, we can go home on vacation. I didn't listen to anything the teacher said in the morning class, I just hoped that the wall clock on the wall would hurry up, and as long as it was nine o'clock, we would be liberated. I'm sure all of you have experienced the darkness before the holidays! To be honest, I really don't understand why the school is still doing this evil early self-study, students can't learn, and teachers can't be interested in teaching.
As time passed, I kept staring at the clock on the wall, and finally I was looking forward to nine o'clock. Usually I was the last to go, but today I was the most active, as soon as the teacher finished the class, I rushed to the school gate with my backpack.
When I got to the school gate, I flagged down a taxi and instead of going home, I went straight to the grocery market.
Why go to the grocery market? Because I'm going to go out at home tonight and explore the sixth floor of the dormitory. Come to the grocery market to buy some things that are used to make the Yin God, it's too dangerous to lose the Yin God recklessly like I did last time, and if you don't pay attention, you'll end up with a fart. Not to mention that I may have to face an old female ghost this time, and without sufficient preparation, I really don't dare to provoke this tiger beard.
When you come to the grocery market, don't say it's a really miscellaneous place. As soon as you enter, you will see all kinds of miscellaneous items on both sides of the street, such as toilet seats, glass bottles, plastic flowers, washbasins and other daily necessities. The street was already narrow, and the pile of things was scattered around, so I had nowhere to stay, and there were so many pedestrians coming and going, it took me a lot of effort to squeeze into the grocery market. But I searched for a long time, but I didn't find what I needed, and just when I was at a loss, a soft cry came from behind me.
"Oh, little brother, be careful! Look at you stomp on my feet~"
I turned around to see a woman in her thirties bending over to wipe her shoes. This woman is still quite charming, there are almost no traces of time on her face, and her shoulder-length short hair looks a little capable. What surprised me the most was that she had a small sarcoma in the center of her eyebrows, the size of a soybean.
"Ah, I'm sorry, Auntie, I'm not..."
"Hey! Hi! Hi! How do you speak, whose aunt is you called, and whose aunt is you called? Am I that old? ”
"Uh, sister... Sister, are you okay? ”
"Well, this is like a human saying, I said that you are a young man, you are reckless, you don't look at the dots when you walk, what are you looking for?"
"I just want to find a shop that sells incense and candles, I'm sorry, big sister, I didn't pay attention to you, it's really, I'm really embarrassed, you see I'm a poor student..."
"Ao, buy incense candles, it's a coincidence, I'm a seller of incense candles, you come with me." Without waiting for me to say anything, the eldest sister grabbed my hand directly, grabbed me and walked forward, until I walked into a remote alley.
If this person is a woman, if this is a big man, I will definitely assume that she has other intentions.
"It's here, that's it, little brother, we're also fated, come in and take a look, I'll give you a 20% discount on your purchases."
I looked at the store in front of me and was a little surprised, this store is too retro, and there is actually a plaque. The plaque is also painted with gold lacquer, and there are three big characters on it: "Buddha Yuan Pavilion". I went, but I didn't expect this eldest sister to open a Buddhist hall.
"Let's go, little brother, don't be stupid, let's go in and have a look." The eldest sister saw that I was still and reached out and pulled me. Not to mention, she is quite strong, and she pulled me in at once.
When I entered the store, I was frightened, this decoration was really chic, antique, and particularly elegant. Looking at the booth again, all of them are carved from solid wood, and the hollow flowers are very connotative. The shelves are filled with Buddha statues and some ritual items. The whole store is inconspicuous from the outside, and the area is really large when I come in, and I wonder if it is a villa. It's really big, it's 200 square meters. It's the so-called shopkeeper, I'm only a high school student, and I can't even afford half of it.
"Well, eldest sister, you... You're too luxurious, and I can't even afford it right now. I was a little embarrassed.
"Oh, my little brother, you are out of sight, as soon as I see you, I feel kind, I feel that you must have a great future in the future. If you call me sister today, then the sister can still lose you! In this way, you see what you need, if the money is not enough, my sister will sell it half and give it away. ”
I'm a little embarrassed in my heart, I don't know each other, why is this person so kind? I, who had always been warned by my family to be careful of strangers, felt panicked, especially afraid that the person in front of me was a liar. But on second thought, I was still a poor student, and I had nothing to deceive.
"Well, eldest sister, that's the case, I need something, I want to buy some for the elders of my family who have passed away, and do my filial piety. I have more than 200 on me, and I don't know if it's enough. If it's not enough, can I owe it first, I'm a student of Tie'an No. 1 Middle School, you see this is my student ID. I work part-time on weekends to earn money, and I will definitely give you back the money. With that, I pulled my student ID from my backpack
"Hey, the little brother is really sensible, okay, you say you want to order something, see if there is anything in this store."
"Well, I need fifty pieces of sandalwood, fifty pieces of wormwood paper, three taels of cinnabar, two dragon candles, ten pentagonal wind chimes, and red rope."
When the middle-aged woman heard what I wanted, she looked at me carefully with her eyes, and there was a slight meaning in her eyes.
"Well, these things are available in my sister's store, so let's count your two hundred yuan, it's not enough, if you come to play with your sister more in the future, you will pay off your debts."
I still don't know the bottom in my heart, this person is for no reason, why is she so good to me? What's so funny? I couldn't help but feel a little vigilant in my heart.
"Well, eldest sister, I won't buy it first, and I'll come back when I save enough money." With that, I turned around and was about to leave.
"Hey, you young man, why are you so outspoken! It's okay, sister, I'll take it for you, don't leave yet, if you go, I'll be angry. "This eldest sister turned her head and went to the counter, I didn't leave, I didn't stay, I could only stand in place in embarrassment.
It didn't make me wait long, and after a while, the eldest sister walked towards me with a red plastic bag.
"Okay, little brother, everything you want is here, can you take a look?" The eldest sister reached out and handed me the plastic bag.
I took the bag and looked at it, well, it was exactly what I needed, and it looked very good. I thought to myself, my 200 yuan is not enough. Hey, it's really hard for a penny to beat a hero, and these two hundred are still left by me who usually saves money.
"Eldest sister, look, my two hundred yuan, is it enough?" I asked timidly.
"Okay, if I don't tell you, even if you're two hundred, but you can say it, you have to come to Sister here often in the future. Otherwise, you'll be sorry sister. The eldest sister said jokingly.
"Well, eldest sister, okay, I'll come over as long as I'm on vacation."
"Oh, don't call me eldest sister, I seem to be old, in the future, you can call me Sister Zhilan. By the way, I don't know what your name is, little brother? ”
I said kindly: "Sister Zhilan, my name is Li Yan. ”
"Li Yan! What a good name, I'll call you Brother Yan from now on. Hehe, that's great, today I have another brother. Sister Zhilan said with a smile.
"That's it, how about my sister invite you to dinner at noon today?"
"Well, Sister Zhilan, I just had a holiday today, and my family is still waiting for me at home, I have to go home."
"Well, yes! Don't you say that I forgot, it's a holiday today, okay, another day, another day, my sister will invite you to dinner, you go home quickly, don't let your family wait for a long time. ”
I said yes, put down two hundred yuan, and turned around and left Sister Zhilan's Buddha Yuan Pavilion.
Zhilan looked at my departing back, a smile full of meaning appeared on the corner of her mouth.
After spending the only 200 dollars I had, I couldn't afford to take a taxi home. Fortunately, my house is not far from the grocery market, and I walked for about half an hour to get home.
It is not unreasonable to say that the Yang Qi of the Dragon Boat Festival is sufficient, and when I arrived at the door, the sweat on my body was almost soaking my clothes.
Knock knock, I knocked on the door, but fortunately my mom was home, and if there was no one at home, I really didn't know where to stay on this hot day.
"Mom, why are you free at home today, and you haven't been busy with business with my dad in the store?"
"Well, no, your dad is looking at the store, I can't come back early, cook for my baby son, there is something delicious today, let's have a good holiday as a family!"
"That's a good feeling, I'll call my dad and ask him to come back early, I'm hungry, don't you know, the school food is too bad."
"Hehe, okay, you can call your dad, he said that he will never see you, and he misses you very much." After speaking, my mother turned around and went back to the kitchen to work.
I left my backpack in my room, called my dad again, and stayed in the living room waiting for dinner.
To say that our family is really less together and more apart, since I was a child, my parents have been busy making money to support the family, often leaving early and returning late, what about me, after I went to high school, I stayed in the dormitory, and I was rarely at home. Today's Dragon Boat Festival, I can finally reunite as a family. What is out of the yin god, what is exploring the sixth floor of the dormitory, now they are all forgotten by me, how can I have to spend the festival at noon.