The county seat of Qinghe was built along the north bank of the Qinghe River to the north.

The Green River is a natural moat to the south.

However, the area along the river is not flat, but undulating slopes.

The largest slope can be said to be a small hill.

The top of this hill is flat in front and protruding in the back, and the length and width of the flat land are about thirty or forty zhang.

On the right side of the hill to the river near the South City Gate, there are teahouses, restaurants, restaurants, etc., and on the left side are clusters of houses.

At the top of the hill is a county school.

About 20 zhang out of the main gate of the county school is the bank of the river.

However, it is impossible to go down to the river bank because it is about four zhang above the shore, and if you want to get to the river bank, you must walk about thirty zhang and cross the path in the lower lane of the first residential area.

Standing here, you can see the river.

Therefore, the county school built some pavilions here, enclosed a garden, and built a two-story Qinghe building for students to chant poetry and meet friends to climb high and look into the distance.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, it is not only close to the start of the track, but also the best place to watch the dragon boat race, so this good place has long been occupied by the powerful people in the county.

It is not the turn of the Jiang and Liu families to occupy a place here, and those teahouses and restaurants by the river not only have high prices, but have long been fixed.

In addition to these places, there is also a very sought-after tent area by the river outside the South City Gate.

It's close to the end of the track, so you can't see the whole race, but you can see the results up close.

Zhao Zhukuai's family watches the dragon boat race here every year, and they have booked a tent in it for a long time.

Therefore, as soon as the two families entered the city from the north gate, they drove to the south gate.

"Wow, there's too many of them, right?"

After entering the city, Jiang Han lifted the curtains of the car without any taboo and looked out.

"There are so many people, where is this car parked!"

Although Yun Niang felt that her behavior was a little inappropriate, she couldn't help but look out through the curtains of the car she scooped up, and saw the crowd outside, and couldn't help but feel worried.

"Hmph, it's all to blame for this troublemaker, to come and see the dragon boat, you have to get so many moths...... Without so much delay, we were already there! Later, if my brother is blamed by Uncle Zhao, I must make you look good! Liu Xiaomei glared at Jiang Han and said coldly.

It's her, she has to go around to Owa Lane to pick up Song Yaozu to sell her things. The orphans and widows of the Song family couldn't have a good holiday, so Song's mother reluctantly pulled Song Yaozu and talked for a long time before releasing him.

If it hadn't been for this delay, they would have arrived a long time ago.

His brother still had to go on duty today, but he was afraid that something would happen to a group of women and children, so he specially asked for two hours of leave and sent them to the county seat.

As a result, this troublemaker actually looked like a matter of course, and he didn't know how to be considerate of her brother at all.

I have never seen such a cold-blooded and selfish person again!

"Huh!" Jiang Hanqiang laughed twice and bluffed, "You guys are just worrying about it, my brother Kang doesn't have to worry about having no place to park, but you are in a hurry!" Brother Kang has been in the county for several years, so he doesn't know better than you where to park? You guys are doubting my Brother Kang's abilities! ”

She knows that on a holiday like today, her behavior is indeed a little annoying, but only during the festival will there be so many people, and only people will have business, why is she reluctant to let go of this rare opportunity?

Who made her so much debt?

These debts are like roadblocks, blocking her broad road to her goal, if she doesn't clear it first, when will she see the hope of opening a restaurant?

If you want to clean it up smoothly, how can you not seize all possible opportunities to make money?

What's more, this is still a legal and compliant money-making opportunity!

"We can find a place to park, but if we had come earlier, we could have parked closer to the river—Master could have walked a little less, and his leg still hurts! And you still have so many things......" Liu Dakang, who was sitting on the frame in a poor suit, said bluntly while skillfully driving the car to find a place to stop.

When Father Jiang heard this, he said, "My leg is fine, Dakang, you find a place a little closer to your Uncle Zhao's tent as soon as possible to put us down, and then hurry back to the yamen, don't be too late, lest it be difficult for your Uncle Zhao." ”

Father Jiang was supposed to stay at home to take care of the family because of his leg injury, but Liu Dakang and Jiang Han didn't want to leave him alone at home on this lively day.

The two of them had a good meal, Jiang Han even said that there were many people and chaos by the river, and now that the case of the disappearance of women and children has not been solved, she is busy making money, and the task of watching Yun Niang and Xiao An can only be handed over to him.

He thought about it and felt that it made sense, although he was unable to move, it was always safer to look at it with more eyes, how could he be more alert than Aunt Liu.

"Okay, here, the blue and red tent above is Uncle Zhao's house." Liu Dakang stopped the car and pointed sideways to the tent area on the bank of the river on the right rear and said.

He said to Song Yaozu, who was sitting next to Father Jiang, "Let's come down first, Brother Song, I want to trouble you to help take a look at the ......car first" After speaking, he turned back to look at Jiang Han and said, "Jiang Han, do you move these things to the tent now, or put them in the car, and then sell them directly from the car?" ”

Jiang Han looked at the crowded crowd outside the car window, and said, "Put it in the car, wait and sell it directly, Song Yaozu, you take a look first, I'll go up and say hello to Uncle Zhao and come down, the two of us are going to watch the dragon boat while selling things today haha!" ”

Song Yaozu nodded and didn't speak.

He doesn't have the right to speak, who has sold his leisure time to this hateful boy, even if he doesn't want to come and wants to stay at home with his mother and brother, he has to obediently follow her and work hard for her.

The group got out of the car, went up the steps, and entered the tent.

At this time, there was only a white-haired woman and a middle-aged woman in the tent, with two men, one woman and three children, sitting at a wooden table drinking tea and chatting, and did not see Zhao Zhukuai.

The tent was very large, and in addition to the wooden table that the Zhao family had used, there was also a wooden table, which was obviously reserved for them.

Before Liu Dakang entered the tent, he greeted the middle-aged woman.

Before the Liu family moved to Luoxia Town, they had close contacts with the Zhao family, so they were no strangers to the Zhao family.

After several people met and exchanged pleasantries, Liu Dakang helped Jiang's father and Zhao's family to introduce: "Auntie, this is my master!" He had a leg injury and was not very comfortable......"

Before he finished speaking, Father Jiang took his hand, respectfully saluted Mrs. Zhao, and gave each of the three children a small red envelope.

Seeing that he was so polite, the Zhao family's smile became more sincere.

Aunt Liu introduced Jiang Han, Yun Niang and Xiao An to the Zhao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the six children greeted each other again, and Yun Niang also took out the sachet she made and gave it to each of the Zhao family.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Zhao family liked her politeness and sensibility very much, and pulled her to ask questions, but they were reluctant to let go of that hand.

However, the attitude towards Jiang Han and Liu Xiaomei was just a polite smile.

Liu Dakang and Jiang Han glanced at each other, and a trace of embarrassment flashed on their faces.

Liu Dakang was embarrassed that he wanted to use this opportunity to go to duty with Yun Niang almost again, but now it is obviously not possible.

And Jiang Han's embarrassment is that she didn't think about the gift at all, she knew that she would carry her glutinous rice on her back, and it could barely be regarded as a heart, now does she want to go down and get it?

At this moment, Zhao Zhu was about to come over.

"It turns out that you have arrived, I thought you hadn't arrived yet, there is less than an hour before the race will start, over there in Xialifang, the dragon boats from all villages have been transported, and the tables have been set up, and we will start to worship the dragon god and the river god in a while!" As soon as Zhao Yu entered the tent, he poured a cup of tea from the table and poured it into his stomach.

"I'm here to take a look, Dakang, we'll have to hurry to the next side of the house later!"

Before Liu Dakang could speak, Jiang Han asked curiously: "Sacrifice to the river god and sacrifice to the dragon god?" Do dragon boat races still engage in these superstitious activities? ”

In modern times, dragon boat racing has long become a sport, and the folk are no longer as in ancient times, and most counties and towns with open rivers will hold dragon boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival.

She lived to be in her twenties in modern times, and she couldn't count the number of dragon boat races she had seen.

Take the small southern county town in her hometown as an example, when she was in elementary school and junior high school, she would only compete once every few years, and the longest time was five years apart. That is to say, in recent years, the above has advocated Chinese culture and revived traditional culture, so this activity will be held every year.

In the case of a small county town, let alone a large city with a population of several million, the river is not suitable, and there are countless communities in the city, and it is also difficult to organize.

If you are very interested, you can buy a ticket to watch the world or national dragon boat competitions held in specific cities, or go to a small county town to watch.

Dragon boat racing has become a sports event, which has a lot more professionalism, but a lot less joy and entertainment for the whole people.

As for the sacrificial activities before the dragon boat was launched, she had not only never seen it since she was a child, but she had never heard of it.

How is this superstition? You kid like to be open-mouthed! When Father Jiang heard this, he glared at him sharply, and said solemnly, "This is the most important thing, in addition to praying to the dragon god to bless this year's wind and rain, but also to ask the river god to bless it, there is no big water this year!" ”

"You kid, standing by the river and disrespecting the river god and the dragon god, hurry up and apologize to the river god and the dragon god!" Aunt Liu, who was sitting next to her, poked her head hard and said with a straight face.

Dizzy, she just said a word of "superstition" quickly, where is she disrespectful to the river god and dragon god?

But she can't resist Aunt Liu, who believes everything, so she can only do it honestly.

This little episode made the Zhao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's attitude towards her, which was not very enthusiastic, even lighter.

She knew from the glance when the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other when they heard her name just now that they must have heard Uncle Zhao mention her famous name a long time ago.

She laughed at herself in her heart, she didn't particularly care about their attitude, and she was not a copper plate that everyone loved, and she didn't force everyone to like it.

"Sister-in-law Liu, you don't have to be so nervous, the Jiang family kid's words are not disrespectful, he is a heartless rectum!" Uncle Zhao persuaded.

When Jiang Han heard this, someone could finally say a fair word, although the latter sentence was not very good.

She smiled: "Uncle Zhao still understands me, I just don't understand, just ask one more sentence......"

It's just that she didn't finish saying this yet, but she heard Uncle Zhao say again: "I think, not only will the river god dragon god not be as knowledgeable as him, but I guess I have to be afraid of being entangled by him, haha!" This kid is bold, I've seen her little things chasing after her crooked kung fu! ”