Chapter 40: Dragon Boat Festival
After the heavy rain, it poured down in the middle of the night, and she slept well with the sound of the rain, and when she woke up on time in the morning, the sky had cleared.
Yesterday they spent a day and night to rush back to the academy, Shang Mingyang was also very tired, it happened that today the academy was on normal rotation, and he could rest for a day, planning to take a walk, Shang Mingyang didn't get up, she simply hugged the second sister's newly made futon and rolled and continued to sleep for a while, and when she woke up again, the sky was already bright, after freshening up, she looked at Shang Mingchang next door and was no longer there.
Erxi sat by the door and chatted with the scholar in the next room: "The dragon boat race in Liuzhou is seven days?." ”
"That's right, it's in the lower reaches of the moat, it's the last day, and you don't have to go to school today, you can tell your son, but you can go and see"
Looking at Erxi's yearning appearance, Shang Mingyang couldn't help laughing, he was more interested in these bustles when he was younger: "Let's go, let's go quietly after dinner."
Erxi stood up, his eyes lit up, and followed behind Shang Mingyang: "Okay young master!" “
Shang Mingyang has been exercising recently, and he feels quite effective, and when he goes down the mountain and walks along the street, his body is only a little panting, not as weak as before
Because it was the last day, there were a lot of people, the streets were bustling, and there were queues at the city gate, with carts, horses, and sellers carrying their hands, all for the dragon boat race.
For Liuzhou City, this is a grand festival like the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people who live in the village or town far away will enter the city in advance, join relatives and friends or wait in the hotel, and those who have no money to live in the store simply rest on the street or by the river on the way to the dragon boat race, and it is not cold in summer, and the sky is covered by the ground.
Of course, the government has been prepared to deal with this kind of event, there are more soldiers patrolling the streets, the inspection of the city gate is also more stringent, and the annual dragon boat race is followed by a variety of gambling, which will also lead to a lot of fighting, and the weapons of the weapon must be strictly guarded against.
Outside the city wall, a gray and whitish robe, with a tall and straight figure stood out in the crowd, he stood on the side of the team, carrying a fat pig, and seemed to be preparing to leave the city
"Yu Yiyuan." Shang Mingyang walked over quickly and shouted
Feng Yiyuan turned his head, his eyes slightly puzzled: "Are you...?" “
I don't think I remember.
Shang Mingyang hurriedly said: "In Xia Shang Mingyang, that day in the academy, I fainted, and you helped me go back." ”
Feng Yiyuan suddenly smiled and nodded: "It's you, so early, are you going to watch the dragon boat race?" ”
Shang Mingyang nodded and said, "Well, I went home a few days ago, and I heard that it was the last day of today, so I came over to take a look." And he said, "Are you going to watch the dragon boat race?" ”
Feng Yiyuan shook his head, "I don't go to watch, I still have to do things." ”
"Brother Feng, I..." Shang Mingyang wanted to ask Feng Yiyuan to have a meal that day, so as to thank others, but someone interrupted her
"Yu Yiyuan." Suddenly, someone shouted loudly in front of her, and she followed the sound and saw a woman with a big waist and thick shoulders walking by the side of the road, looking a little impatient.
"Alright, alright, we can go," the woman yelled.
Feng Yiyuan responded and smiled at Shang Mingyang and said, "I'm going to do something, you should also go and see the dragon boat." ”
Shang Mingyang was helpless: "Okay".
The woman came over and looked at her, and scolded impatiently at Yu Yiyuan, "What are you talking about, it's been calling you for a long time. If you can't make it in time, don't come in the future! ”
"I'll go first." Yu Yiyuan, who was carrying two pig cages on his back, smiled at her, and his expression was the same as before.
"Okay, goodbye." She said.
Feng Yiyuan had already carried the fat pig to the city gate, and it seemed that the weight was not light, which made his figure a little rickety, his robe was stained, and his movement was a little shaky.
"Oops, it stinks."
Those who entered and exited the gates covered their mouths and noses to avoid complaining.
"What a stink! When I ate meat, I didn't see you say it stinks. The woman swaggered behind Yu Yiyuan, "How good our pork is." ”
The crowd cursed and shouted and made a noise
"There are so many people." Looking at the slow crowd in front of him, Shang Mingyang blurted out that this crowd of people is not inferior to Kyoto
When Shang Mingyang arrived at the end of the dragon boat, it was already overcrowded, and he took Erxi to find a teahouse to rest, but it was full of people, and the box was booked early
After searching for a long time, she suddenly saw a number of college students gathered in a tea attic
Several acquaintances were also seen.
"Mingyang!"
A high-pitched shout sounded, and Ji Yitai ran down quickly and came to her.
In order to avoid being disturbed, the second floor is blocked by small servants.
"That's my friend." Ji Yitai said to the little guy, pointing inside, shouting, "Everyone is inside.."
“... I didn't know you were back, I didn't call you" Ji Yitai said to Shang Mingyang with some embarrassment.
Shang Mingyang smiled indifferently: "I came back from my trip last night, so I didn't inform you."
Upstairs, you can watch it at a glance, there are three large round tables in the middle, the position by the window is also decorated with a horizontal board, it is convenient for people to sit down, the attic is not big, but there are more than ten or twenty people, all of them are students of the academy, everyone shush and greet for a while, because she is not usually keen on making friends, so after saying hello to the classmates, they all talked about their own
Watching Shang Mingyang slowly come to the window, Wang Xian, who was sitting in the corner of the window, asked happily, "It's been a few days since classes started, why didn't you come to class?" I haven't seen you in days..."
Shang Mingyang was a little embarrassed, and coughed lightly: "Something happened at home"
"What's wrong with your family, Mingyang?" Ji Yitai asked enthusiastically
"It's nothing" Shang Mingyang smiled awkwardly and changed the topic: "Have there been so many people these days?"
Ji Yitai shook his head: "There are the most people on the first day and today, after all, it's the last day."
"That's it" Shang Mingyang nodded, deliberately ignoring Wang Xian and asked Ji Yitai, "By the way, Brother Ji, do you know Feng Yiyuan?"
Ji Yitai raised his eyebrows and said with some curiosity: "What's wrong?" Suddenly asked him? ”
Shang Mingyang replied, "I just happened to meet, he seems to be helping someone else"
"Oh, oh, how can I not know, the leader of the Tianzi class, but I heard that his family is relatively poor, and it is not unusual for you to see him helping people"
Wang Xian interjected a little sadly, "I also know that this Feng Yiyuan is really pitiful, I heard that he also has an old mother who is not in good spirits, and he has to provide for his own schooling, and he has to take care of the old mother, and we are also kind-hearted, seeing that his talent is still exempt from his tuition and miscellaneous fees, otherwise he will not even have the opportunity to study, such a work-study person is really admirable"
"It's good to get through it, thinking about high school in the future, I finally have a hope"
"Ten years of hard work, there are many people who fall off the list, how can it be so easy"
Wang Xian and Ji Yitai said that they had a match or not
Seeing that the relationship between the two suddenly improved, Shang Mingyang was thinking about saying something, and there was a commotion in the crowd of onlookers.
"The prefect is here."