Hu Hong smiled and said to me: "What do you want to do with these troubles, go, bring a convenient bag, and let's go pick water chrysanthemums." ”

I asked in surprise, "Did Shuiju have it so early?" ”

She looked at me like an alien and asked, "Are you really stupid to read?" Today is almost the beginning of February, at this time the water chrysanthemum is the most tender, and it will be old after a while, and it will not taste good to make water chrysanthemum. ”

I was stunned for a moment, nodded, took a big red convenience bag, and said, "Let's go." ”

She pointed to her rubber boots and said, "Now that the dam is full of water, many people are busy planting early rice, so you might as well change into your boots." ”

Listening to her reminder, I searched for a long time next to the stairs at home, and finally found the red rubber boots I bought two years ago.

My mother buys me shoes, and she always buys them two or three sizes bigger.

Children grow fast, a pair of shoes according to the life span of 2-3 years, two to three sizes larger, in order to leave enough room for growth.

Most importantly, it saves money.

Taking off the sneakers on my feet, I sat down and put on my rubber boots, which were just right for this year, and I didn't even need to pad the insole, and it seemed that I had grown a lot taller.

The two of them jumped to the ridge next to the nearby paddy field, and in the small grass, they found the water chrysanthemum.

Water chrysanthemum is a kind of plant, green oval leaves, after mashing, glutinous rice flour, can be made into water chrysanthemum.

Water chrysanthemum, also known as water autumn cake, Mao Xiangba.

It is a kind of food made around the Qingming Festival, and according to legend, the origin of this custom, the old man said, in the old days, it was said that the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar was "Ghost Festival".

Legend has it that on this evening, wild ghosts come out to roam and take the souls of children.

And the "ba" soul of the drinking chrysanthemum can stick to the soul, and the child will be healthy.

Here take the homonym of "ba", which has the meaning of controlling adhesion.

Every year half or a month before the Ghost Festival, the people of the village make two kinds of delicacies: water chrysanthemum and preserved eggs.

Pour the preserved egg powder into the water, it will gurgle and bubble, take a stick and stir well, mix it into a mushy white flour paste, and then throw the fresh eggs into it, and wrap it in layers of preserved egg powder paste.

After all the eggs are covered in flour, cover them with a haystack and wrap them in a large plastic sheet.

Ten or twenty days have passed, and the night before Halloween, everyone will wash the preserved eggs, pour water, and put them in a pot to boil.

Peel it off, it's black in color, and it tastes like a particularly Q-bomb preserved egg.

On the third day of the third lunar month, everyone in the family, from children to the elderly, will eat a water chrysanthemum and preserved eggs.

When I was a child, I didn't know what was going on, but I just knew that this festival was not bad, and there were many delicacies to eat.

When I grew up and watched horror movies, I began to have the concept of ghosts, and I was skeptical.

When I was in the sixth grade of elementary school, a few days before the third day of March, some naughty boys told ghost stories to scare girls.

There are a few ghost stories that have been replaying in my mind a few days before Halloween, and I am so scared that I have to cover myself when I sleep at night, and even dream of ghosts at night.

But my parents always said that these two foods would ward off evil spirits, and they couldn't go out after dark, because there were "ghosts" who came out at night to celebrate the festival and eat disobedient children.

If you are timid, you always have to eat double preserved eggs and water chrysanthemum.

If you are greedy, it is not enough to eat three servings of preserved eggs and water chrysanthemum.

For example, I'm the most timid and miserable, hehe...... Eat until you are full.

In addition to the special noodles, there is also a filling of the water chrysanthemum.

There are generally two kinds of baba filling, sweet sesame filling, or pickled bacon sauce and dry filling.

Personally, I prefer the second one, which is fragrant and fat.

"Hey! What are you thinking? Hey...... The saliva is coming out. ”

Hu Hong patted me and asked with a sneer.

I came back to my senses and looked at the vast paddy field, as well as Hu Hong, who was smiling like a monkey next to me, before I reacted, just now I fell into my own fantasy again.

was about to bite down on the water chrysanthemum, but she was shaken back to reality.

I muttered, "I was just thinking about the water chrysanthemum, and I almost got a bite." ”

Hu Hong was in the grass in front of me, looking for Shui Ju, laughed "poof", and said: "It seems that the three words of a hundred daydreams are not groundless!" No, there is a fool behind me, looking at this large muddy paddy field, I can dream of eating, and I am still dripping. ”

It's been all these years, and I've long been surprised by her ridicule and satire series "All Poisons Are Invulnerable".

I pulled through the grass and saw that there was only a handful of water chrysanthemums in the bag in my hand, and complained: "The water chrysanthemums are so small now, when will we be able to save a bag?" ”

Hu Hong lifted her bag and said, "Look at me, I've already found a small half bag!" ”

I exclaimed, "Why don't you pick more, let's take them to the vegetable market tomorrow morning and sell them for some pocket money!" ”

Hu Hong said impatiently: "Miss Ling, let's hurry up and find Shui Ju." Less daydreaming.

That's not enough in the bag for me to stuff between my teeth! Sell a ghost? ”

I knew she was disgusted that I was slow, so I nodded and said, "Okay, listen to you." Let's hurry up, we'll go back before dark.

I heard that in the pond in front of me, there was a woman who couldn't think about it a while ago, jumped into it, and killed herself.

I'm so scared, I don't know if there are any water ghosts in it......"

Hu Hong took advantage of my inattention and got behind me, and I looked up and saw no one.

I'm alone in the surrounding area.

I shouted in fear: "Hu Hong? Old Hu? Where are you? Feed?! Don't scare me. ”

Hu Hong shouted in my ear: "Hey! ”

I was so scared that I was trembling, and the water chrysanthemum, which was not much, was scattered all over the ground.

I angrily asked, "What are you doing!" Why scare me, I often stay home alone, I ...... I'm scared. ”

She helped me pick up the water chrysanthemums scattered all over the ground, and then took several handfuls from her bag and gave them to me, saying, "Okay, okay, I'll play a joke with you."

I'll apologize for these handfuls of water chrysanthemums, what's going on? Isn't it sincere enough? ”

I looked at the small half-bag of water chrysanthemum and said with a smile, "Wow, thank you." So many, I can't find it for a day today. I was so impressed. Well, forgive me. ”

Hu Hong smiled and took my arm and said, "Let's go, let's change a field dam, I have seen it just now, it seems that everyone has chosen it, and there is nothing to choose." ”

I nodded and said, "Okay, spare the pond in front of me, I'm really scared." Don't make jokes like this in the future, I thought you were captured by a ghost. ”

Hu Hong gave me a mischievous look and asked, "What if, I mean, if I was really captured by a ghost?!" ”

I thought about this question seriously for a moment and said, "Then I'll go find a Taoist priest for you." The first reaction must be to go home and find my mother. ”

"What if, that ghost controls you, and neither of us can leave?"

She continued.

Then this situation is troublesome, and there is nothing to do but wait for death.

I replied with a serious face: "Then be a companion on Huangquan Road!" What else can I do if you can't beat the ghost? ”

Hu Hong looked depressed and said, "I thought you would let the ghost eat you and let me go!" ”

I smiled and said, "The ghost is not stupid, you can have both, why make a choice?!" ”

Hu Hong nodded and said, "Indeed! You're right, let's talk about ghosts and ghosts here, let's find Shuiju in another place."

"Good! Walk. Don't stop until you fill a bag. I said arrogantly.

"Okay, I'll be with you to the end." Hu Hong put his arm on my shoulder and said.