Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the begging festival, and the people of Xin'an City begin to put up lanterns.

The Qiqiao Festival is a rare festival in Xin'an City, where every family will bring lotus lanterns to the river under the incense bridge to put lotus lanterns to pray for blessings, in order to pray for good weather and good health in the coming year.

Xu Xiaoxiao took the villagers of Liujia Village to Chang'an Street before dawn, Chang'an Street is only 200 meters away from Xiangqiao, and the people can go all the way along Xiangqiao to the street to participate in the food festival after putting off the lanterns.

At this time, the sky of Chang'an Avenue was covered with colorful silk, the entrance of each shop was hung with a uniform lotus lantern, and every corner of the street was arranged with wooden garbage cans that could be easily discarded.

At the end of the street, there is a special person responsible for explaining and guiding, and there are bulletin boards every few tens of meters, which mark the drama programs and the food categories on the street.

The delicacies exhibited on the street are all painted with lime, which is divided into several exhibition areas, melon and fruit area, meat area, supplies area, cooked food area, etc.

There are several benches for pedestrians to rest in each area, and there are portable toilets next to the rest.

The latrine is designed by Xu Xiaoxiao, and the hut is made of wood, which is convenient and hygienic.

Chu Qing rode a horse and led the officers and soldiers to Chang'an Street, he jumped off the ground and walked quickly to Xu Xiaoxiao.

"People have brought it, how do you want to arrange it?"

Xu Xiaoxiao was arranging for Liu Zhouzi to arrange the exhibition, and looked back at the neat and orderly officers and soldiers, "They can stand guard at the end of the street, mainly responsible for preventing riots, and explaining to the guests participating in the food festival." ”

Liu Qiao'er came to the two of them, glanced at the officers and soldiers, and said, "I'm here to train them, there is still some time, and it's still too late." ”

After speaking, she took the officers and soldiers to introduce the current situation on Chang'an Avenue in the streets and alleys.

The villagers of Liujia Village began to put out the fruits and vegetables to be sold, each booth was customized by Xu Xiaoxiao to Wang Lin, the booth was under the wooden wheels for easy push and pull, there were brake devices under the wheels, and there was a wooden roof above the booth to shelter the shops from the wind and rain.

"Now the basic arrangement is almost the same, and then you can wait for the guests to come with peace of mind." Xu Xiaoxiao took Chu Qing to walk on the street.

Chu Qing looked at the busy Liujia Village on the street and sighed, he never thought that Xin'an City would be so lively one day.

Since the outbreak of war and famine, Chang'an Avenue has entered a state of decay, with fewer pedestrians and shops closing one after another.

The Chamber of Commerce came to him several times to find solutions to the problem of Chang'an Street, which is the most prosperous street in the entire Xin'an City.

If Chang'an Street can't be operated, Xin'an City will become a dead city.

The people can't buy the goods, the merchants can't get the goods, and the links are interlocking.

Now looking at the prosperous scene of Chang'an Avenue from the past, his heart is much more steady.

He is only good at using soldiers, and he doesn't know anything about business, if it weren't for a small help, he doesn't know how long the current supplies in Xin'an City can last.

Chu Qing looked at Xu Xiaoxiao with a sigh, "Xiaoxiao, thank you." ”

"What?" Xu Xiaoxiao's mind was full of thinking about the details of the current exhibition, and Chu Qing's sudden thanks disrupted her train of thought, and she looked up at Chu Qing in confusion.

Chu Qing was very tall, and she needed to tilt her head to see what he looked like at this time.

I saw that his cheeks were slightly red, his lips were pursed, and his eyes were evasive, as if he didn't dare to look directly at her.

"That's, that's.... Thank you so much for all this. Chu Qing turned his face away, pressed his fist against his lips, and coughed a few times in embarrassment.

He has never been good at expressing emotions, and Fang Cai's gratitude is still unconsciously said.

Just when Xu Xiaoxiao was puzzled by Chu Qing's expression, Aunt Li trotted to her side.

"Xiaoxiao, you are here, I have been looking for you for a long time." Aunt Li gasped.

Xu Xiaoxiao hurriedly followed Aunt Li's back and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Aunt Li's face was like ashes, and she said with an embarrassed expression, "You'll know when you come here." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly took Xu Xiaoxiao's hand and walked towards the cooked food exhibition in front of him.

Chu Qing was worried that something would go wrong, so he hurriedly chased after him.

Several people came to the cooked food area and saw a layer of cyan hairy spots on the door of the finished meat, Xu Xiaoxiao leaned over to check it, she picked up the butcher shop, and carefully observed the spots on the butcher shop.

Moldy?

"Isn't this a butcher's shop that was made the day before yesterday? Why is it moldy? Xu Xiaoxiao curiously took the meat shop and sniffed it under his nose.

These butchers smell strange, as if they have been left for a long time, and they smell of dead rats and cockroaches, not like freshly dried butchers.

In order to cooperate with Aunt Li, she also deliberately took out the edible dryer from the space to dry the butcher shop, and she also tried a piece in the front hall, except for being a little sweeter, there was no problem.

"Is this our butcher's shop?" She asked, looking at the villagers.

Aunt Han, who was in charge of the butcher's booth, walked out with a cower and nodded worriedly, "This is what we did the day before yesterday." ”

"No, I didn't taste this the day before yesterday." Xu Xiaoxiao took a bite of a small corner of the butcher's shop and carefully reminisced about the taste at that time.

The butcher shop in her hand is salty, and because it has been left out for a long time, it has no chewiness, and it tastes hard.

"Xiaoxiao, what do you mean by this? You mean I changed our butcher's shop, right? Aunt Han's son Liu Guoqing jumped out of the crowd excitedly, pointing at Xu Xiaoxiao and scolding angrily.

Aunt Li couldn't stand it and walked in front of Xu Xiaoxiao, and protected her behind her, "Xiaoxiao just wants to find out what is going on with these butcher shops, have you blamed anyone, what are you excited about?" ”

"The butcher shop is in our custody, and now she says that there is a problem with the butcher shop, isn't it insinuating that we are?"

Aunt Han's husband Liu Mazi rolled up his sleeves viciously, crossed his hands on his waist, and looked like he was going to fight.

Liu Mazi was eight feet tall, fat, and looked down at Aunt Li with angry eyes.

Although Aunt Li is petite, she is not to be outdone, she rolled up her wide sleeves and pointed at Liu Mazi's nose and said, "If you want to quarrel, I will accompany you, people are kind enough to take everyone out to make money, you two rat is actually adding to the chaos." ”

Xu Xiaoxiao was annoyed when she heard it, she pulled Aunt Li over and calmed her emotions, "Okay, let's not talk about it, Aunt Li, do we have any extra butcher shops?" ”

Speaking of this question, Aunt Li hung her head in shame, completely lost the momentum of Fang Cai, like a child who made a mistake, twisted her body, "I'm sorry, Xiaoxiao, I thought I didn't waste it all and took it out, and I didn't keep it at all." ”

Liu Mazi and Liu Guoqing laughed a few times after hearing this.

"And the face to say about us? It's not that we are not prepared yet, so we will help, and we are not the one who makes this butcher shop, so if there is a problem, we should find someone who makes the butcher shop. Liu Guoqing's mocking slanted Ni looked at Aunt Li, hugging her chest and shaking her legs, looking at the lively posture.

"Is that enough?"

Liu Li was walking from a distance menacingly, his thick eyebrows raised, and his chest was moving up and down due to anger.

Liu Guoqing saw Liu Li walking over, and looked at Liu Mazi on the side with a weak heart.

Liu Mazi didn't seem to be afraid of Liu Lizheng, and walked in front of Liu Guoqing with a chuckle and blocked him behind him.

The reason why he has this confidence is because Liu Lizheng's father still owes Liu Mazi's father the favor.

When Liujia Village had not yet been relocated, Liu Li was running for Lizheng, because Liu Li was an orphan and did not have the support of his relatives, and the whole village was against it.

It was his father who overcame all odds to help Liu Lizheng become the Lizheng of the village.

Even if his father is gone, Liu Lizheng still owes them money.

"Lao Liu, you come to judge the judges." As soon as Aunt Li saw Liu Lizheng coming, she looked at him with grievances.

Liu Lizheng looked at Aunt Li with a straight face, and turned to look at Liu Mazi, "Mazi, what are you doing?" ”

"I'm just being realistic." Liu Mazi shrugged and said indifferently.

Liu Lizheng glared angrily, his face was gloomy, and he said in a dumb voice, "Today is the opening day of the food festival, if you have anything to say, don't make trouble here." ”

Liu Mazi continued to hang up with an attitude that he had nothing to do with himself, shaking his legs and pulling the butcher shop on the table.

Xu Xiaoxiao stood behind Liu Lizheng and looked at the silent Aunt Han, puzzled, Aunt Han hung her head and pursed her lips, curled her body in fear, her shoulders trembled slightly, and she tugged at the corners of her clothes, trying her best not to appear in front of everyone.

Aunt Han has been in contact with her a few times, she is friendly, and she will say hello with a smile when she sees her, Aunt Han has a good reputation in Liujia Village, but she doesn't want Liu Mazi and Liu Guoqing to be so hated.