Chapter 43: Happy Holidays!
The people of Tanar were completely unaware that there was almost an earth-shattering battle at the site of the town's old park. If fighting breaks out, the town of Tanar is likely to follow in the footsteps of the village, and the town's tourists and residents will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
However, fate does not have the word 'if'. The festival is still going on in an orderly manner.
In the evening, the temperature began to slowly drop. But the flow of people in the town has increased instead of decreasing, and it has become more and more lively.
On the docks, Victor and Robin are chatting with a large glass of iced juice while waiting for Perona and Mai Hongji.
After a while, these two girls finally appeared on the dock in a hurry. They rushed to Victor's side with bags and bags, and they were almost out of breath.
"Aren't you two tired? You girl...... Drink slowly, don't choke! ”
Perona snatched the iced juice from Victor's hand and poured it down, and Mai Hongji took the juice handed by Robin with a red face, and couldn't wait to drink it after whispering thanks.
"Puff~~ It's so enjoyable to pinch hahaha!" Perona, who had 'taken a sip' of the iced juice, wiped her mouth, threw the empty cup on the ground, and laughed out loud.
"Perona, don't let out this salty uncle's laughter! Wipe the corners of your mouth clean! Put the empty cups in the trash! "Victor, as a guardian, couldn't stand it anymore, and directly sacrificed his nirvana-' 'Mystery Guardian Triple Reprimand'.
Forced by her brother's might, Perona had to take the handkerchief from Victor's hand and wipe her mouth indiscriminately, then picked up the cup from the ground and pouted to throw away the garbage.
Wu Hongji drank most of the glass of iced juice, and her little hand still kept fanning the wind on the pretty face of the red flutter, and said crisply: "Victor, there are many ingredients in this town that I haven't seen before!" And it's so cheap! Let's go buy some later, okay? ”
At this time, Perona also came back, pulled Victor and coquettishly said, "Brother! My mother just went to the vegetable market! I found a ready-to-wear store, and the styles made by the owner are trendy~ Let's go together! ”
Wu Hongji next to her suddenly stopped doing it, jumped up and hugged Perona and said reluctantly: "Pepe! Who do you say is the old mother! Rude stupid girl, look at how the concubine cleans you up! ”
"Oops! Xiao Wu, you're going to rebel, aren't you? Mistress Pepe is really going to get real this time! ”
Robin covered his mouth and watched with a smile on his face as the two girls played together.
Victor covered his head and said helplessly, "...... Aren't you two hungry? Let's go, I heard that there is a good restaurant in town. Robin? ”
Robin smiled and nodded: "It's a restaurant next to Central Street, called 'Bee Superman'." There are a lot of repeat customers and the reviews are quite good. I booked a place for 4 people at noon, should I leave now? ”
Perona and Mai Hongji gathered around Robin, their eyes full of little stars: "Sister Robin is so capable~"
Victor opened a zip-up space on the ship, and put all the things Perona and the others bought into the space. Then the group left for the hotel.
It was getting dark, and Victor and his party walked for a short time before they arrived at the store of 'Bee Superman'. It is a three-story hotel with retro decoration, and there are no walls in front of the row of tables near the street on each floor, and several columns support the eaves, but the railings are only half a person high, and the workmanship is a little rough.
The hotel sign hangs directly above the main gate, with the words 'Bee Superman' written in a slightly cartoonish font, and a cute cartoon bee drawn next to it. There was a ring of small light bulbs hanging around the signboard, but for some reason it didn't light up.
Robin whispered a few words to the waiter who greeted him at the door, and with a slight bow, the waiter led the group to a table near the street, which happened to be four seats.
After discussing for a while, they decided to try the specialties of Tanar Town, so they ordered a few of the restaurant's hot dishes according to Robin's suggestion.
In a short time, the small table is filled with local specialties. There are several very distinctive dishes among them, and even Victor can't help but nod his head in praise.
'Hu Ma Hong' is a fresh red-nosed fish cut into thin slices like cicada wings and sprinkled with secret sesame sauce and chopped peanuts, which has a rich and mellow flavor, and the texture of the fish is firm and completely fishy, which is perfect for girls' tastes.
'Mercy Sky Prayer' is a special mint pepper that is minced and fried until crispy with the island's specialty chili pepper 'Mercy Green' and Chuklik Island's specialty mint 'prayer page', and the spiciness of the chili pepper is neutralized by the special mint fragrance to achieve a perfect balance. Coupled with a dipping sauce made with a variety of ingredients, it has long occupied the first place in the food poll of tourists in Tanar Town for nearly five years.
'Superman Jack' is as simple as cutting the eggplant into cubes and frying them over low heat until the surface is slightly crispy, then spreading a spoonful of the owner's pride of sauce 'Bee Jack' on the cross-section. The sweet but not greasy sauce is absorbed by the eggplant, and the juice overflows when you bite into it. Adults and children love to eat it!
Victor asked the waiter to open a bottle of low-alcohol fruit wine, and everyone toasted and ate it with laughter.
As she ate, Perona felt her surroundings get darker and darker. She looked around curiously: "Strange? Don't you have the lights on? ”
Robin smiled and said, "You'll know why you didn't turn on the lights in a minute, Perona." ”
The streets are getting darker. However, both the merchant storefronts and the roadside stalls on the central street are tacitly unlit, and everyone is waiting for the most important moment of the Charon Festival.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The town's bell rings seven times, and the most important moment of the Charon Festival has arrived!
The streets are crowded with people vying to get around the handicraft paper dragon models, and the town's militia is trying to maintain order. Whether it is the clerk of the business, the stall owner, the tourists who come here, the residents who have lived in the town for generations, everyone is quietly waiting for that moment.
At the moment when the bell rings, the makers have lit up the lanterns that have been prepared to cover the lampshades in their paper dragon models, and the paper dragon lanterns of different colors completely light up the entire central street.
The sky is disturbed by reflective bright pieces of paper, and the vivid glowing paper dragon is like the great hero of the prodigal son 300 years ago, stretching its wings in the celebration and blessing of people.
Perona lay on Victor's shoulder, her eyes wide, she had never seen anything like it. Mai Hongji and Robin sat at the table, laughing and touching each other's glasses.
Victor raised his glass to the colorful paper dragons and drank them down.
To that great hero!
The rainbow of colorful lights illuminates the entire town of Tanar, and the sea of joy completely erupts! Tourists and residents alike raised their hands and cheered!
Happy Charon Day!!