The Dragon Boat Festival will come soon, and it will be rainy for several days. The company had three days off, and Jian Yi called the old lady to ask if she wanted to pick her up for the holidays. The old lady was reluctant to come back, saying that the Dragon Boat Festival in the temple was lively, and they had already begun to prepare zongzi leaves and dumplings, she asked Jian Yi not to worry about her, and went to Zhou's house to accompany Old Man Zhou for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Old Man Zhou has not returned to his ancestral house for the Dragon Boat Festival for many years, probably because of his age, the more he misses everything in the ancestral house. So this year, I am going to go back to my ancestral home in the countryside for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Zhou Jining and Zhou Qi naturally relied on him, he originally planned to call Zhou's father and Zhou's mother together, but when he called, he learned that Zhou Qi's grandfather was sick and hospitalized, and Zhou's mother was taking care of him over there. He simply didn't call his son anymore, and asked him to go to Yue's house to help.

The Dragon Boat Festival is the first day of the holiday, and Zhou Qi arranged for people to go back to the ancestral house in advance to clean up. He originally planned to accompany the old man to go back, but the old man had always thought thoughtfully, and asked him and Jian Yi to go to the temple to accompany the old lady, and then go back to the ancestral house in the evening.

So he went out early with Jian Yi and drove to the temple. The festival is full of traffic, but fortunately, the two went out early, and arrived at the temple at just over ten o'clock.

The old lady knew that Jian Yi would come over, but she didn't expect Zhou Qi to come over, so she blamed the two for not accompanying Old Man Zhou. She's a lot of fun here.

However, the temple during the festival is very lively, and you can see an endless stream of pilgrims later, and the temple also holds a zongzi making competition, which is judged by the host.

Jian Yi was clumsy, but at the instigation of Aunt Qing, he also participated in the excitement. Zhou Qi didn't like this kind of excitement, and just watched from the sidelines.

Seeing that he was bored, Jian Yi softly asked him to go for a walk, and then called him when he was done.

The Zongzi Contest lasts for an hour, and the winner is the one who wraps more beautifully. Jian Yi and the three of them couldn't even rank up, but they got the zongzi and took it back to cook it themselves.

Aunt Qing attaches great importance to the festival, and after returning to the yard, she instructed Jian Yi to cook zongzi, and she hung the wormwood picked early on the door. After living here for a long time, this small courtyard is like their home. Jian Yi's heart was uncomfortable, and he turned his back.

The zongzi were cooked in a short time, but Zhou Qi, who went out for a walk, did not come back. Jian Yi called him, but the signal here was good and bad, and the prompt could not be connected. She had to go out into the yard and look for him everywhere.

After searching around where he might have been, she couldn't find it, and she hesitated a little and went into the main hall. There are many pilgrims in the main hall, and the strong smell of incense lingers in the nose.

She found Zhou Qi in a relatively remote hall, he stood tall and standing in front of the Buddha statue, holding a stick of incense in his hand, the hall was very quiet, the light was very dark on a cloudy day, and there was no sound at all. He didn't notice Jian Yi's arrival, and his expression was pious. I don't know what wish I made, but after a moment of silence, I stepped forward and inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Jian Yi had never seen Zhou Qi like this, and he quietly walked out of the hall before he turned around. Zhou Qi came out after five or six minutes, she pretended to come over, and when she saw him, she said: "I can't get through to your phone, the zongzi are cooked, and grandma let me go over to eat the zongzi." ”

Zhou Qi sighed, and the two went to the small courtyard together.

When the two went back, Aunt Qing had already boiled the eggs and scooped them up, adding garlic that had just been dug up from the temple. It is said that it can dehumidify, avoid the five poisons, and let Jian Yi and Zhou Qi eat some.

At noon, the old lady rarely had no lunch break, and chatted with Jian Yi and Zhou Qi. Old Man Zhou was considerate and thoughtful, she naturally wanted to be more thoughtful, and in the afternoon, she urged Jian Yi and Zhou Qi to go down the mountain. said that she would go down the mountain next time for the festival and wouldn't let them run around again.

Although the old lady kept urging, the two of them still went down the mountain at about four o'clock in the afternoon. I brought the rice dumplings given by the old lady.

The two arrived at the ancestral house at more than six o'clock, and there was a dragon boat race today, although it was nearly evening, but it was still very lively. Zhou Qi was not interested in such a lively scene, and asked Jian Yi if he wanted to go over and have a look.

The sky will soon get dark, and the old man is probably already in a hurry, so Jian Yi shook his head and refused, letting him go to the ancestral house first.

As soon as the car stopped, the seventeen or eight-year-old child ran straight to the yard, shouting all the way: "Come back, they're back." ”

Unlike the last time they came, wormwood and lanterns were hung at the door, and the courtyard was brightly lit, and it was a lively scene. The usual desolate silence is completely gone.

The old man quickly greeted him, saw the two of them smiling, and said, "I'm back, take a rest first, and I'll eat right away." ”

The chicken broth is simmering on the small stove by the courtyard window, and it already exudes an attractive aroma.

When the two walked to the middle of the yard, Zhou Jining also came out, he was no different from when he went to work, he was still in shirts and trousers, seeing the two of them smiled slightly and said hello, and asked the aunt to put the zongzi brought back by Jian Yi into the kitchen.

The inside of the house has been repaired, and it is bright everywhere, and it is no longer in the dilapidated appearance of the previous visit. Jian Yi went to change his clothes and came down, the food was already on the table in the yard, in addition to the three ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhou family and Jian Yi, the old man also called several families in the town to come over for dinner, and everyone came over at this time, and it was very lively.

The old man was in high spirits and drank wine with old people of the same generation. Zhou Qi and Zhou Jining were not spared, and were toasted by their brothers.

Although the Zhou family has long since lived here, these families have not been sheltered by the Zhou family. When the child goes to school and the elderly are sick, they have their own funds to help. There are also things like building roads and bridges, and the Zhou family has also helped.

The men sat at one table drinking wine, and the women and children at the other table, and those who did not know Jane were a little restrained. The aunts at the same table were very enthusiastic, and let Jian Yi taste this and that, saying that it was a special dish here.

Although everyone came here to gather, each family brought a few dishes, and each person's craftsmanship was different, and a large table was full.

Knowing that Jian Yi they came in the evening, everyone talked about the excitement of today's dragon boat race, it is said that the competition will last for three days, and the final winner will have a lot of bonuses, which is also provided by Mr. Zhou.

Of course, such a lively occasion is indispensable for all kinds of snacks and knick-knacks. An aunt asked her teenage daughter to take Jian Yi to see tomorrow, and the men are drinking today, and they may not be able to get up to take her out tomorrow.

Jian Yi wanted to go out to take pictures, so she answered and thanked the aunt.