When he arrived at the entrance of the town, he smelled the fragrance of glutinous rice, and saw someone walking back with zongzi leaves, Zhou Dashun suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly returned home.

When I opened the door and entered the house, I saw Zhou Guiyi snoring and sleeping sweetly.

Zhou Dashun hesitated, couldn't bear to wake up his son, so he pulled out and walked out.

Zhou Guiyi woke up, turned over and sat up, startling Zhou Dashun.

Zhou Dashun settled down and said; "Returning, awake?"

Zhou Guiyi rubbed his eyes and said, "In ancient times, the real marching people slept with their eyes open, and they were very vigilant. Zhang Fei during the Three Kingdoms period slept with his eyes open. ”

Zhou Dashun nodded and said, "I just saw someone buying zongzi leaves and smelling the fragrance of glutinous rice, so I remembered that it will be the Dragon Boat Festival in two days." It just so happens that you're back, so let's go to Xiaoyu's house to send the Dragon Boat Festival. You agreed, and I'll buy some gifts or something in the town, and get ready. ”

This Mengzhen is located in the territory of Chu, under the jurisdiction of Dayou County, the fashionable "baby parent", also known as "cradle parent", or finger belly for marriage, or swaddling marriage.

After Zhou Guiyi was born, Zhou Dashun sought marriage in ten miles and eight towns, but never found a satisfactory family. Most of them thought that the Zhou family was poor and the clan was thin, and they were worried that their daughter would suffer in the future.

Unexpectedly, there was a family in Mengzhen who was interested in getting engaged. This family can be regarded as a solid family in the town, the male owner is a veterinarian at the town veterinary station, the hostess is a tailor, and the daughter Xiaoyu is delicate and good-looking. After the family added Xiaoyu, the fortune teller said that Xiaoyu lacked gold in her life, and it was suitable for a man from the northwest; Zhou Guiyi's home happens to be northwest of the town; Xiaoyu's family asked the fortune teller to calculate again, and it was really a godsend.

Zhou Dashun was secretly happy, and he also asked the two children to have Geng Bazi, and the result was very appropriate. The two families were overjoyed, so they chose a good day and happily decided the family affairs, which caused the neighbors to be amazed.

That week, Guiyi was still in the cradle, ignorant of the world, and at the mercy of his parents, he decided on this doll.

gradually grew up, but Zhou Guiyi seemed to have forgotten such things, and refused to go to Xiaoyu's house during the New Year's holidays. Xiaoyu's family didn't care, they just said that they were still young, yellow-mouthed, unreasonable, and never said a word.

The Dragon Boat Festival originally originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the dragon sacrifice in ancient times. During the Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer, the seven nights of the dragon soar to the center of due south, just as the "Book of Changes" ninety-five yao: "The flying dragon is in the sky". The ancients worshipped the dragon ancestor on this auspicious day and held some festive activities in order to pray for blessings and ward off evil spirits. And because Qu Yuan's hometown is in Chu, it makes the Chu people attach great importance to the Dragon Boat Festival. What to row a dragon boat, worship the dragon, pick herbs, hang wormwood, wash herbal water, worship gods and ancestors, soak dragon boat water, eat dragon boat rice, eat zongzi, put paper dragons, put paper kites, tie five-color silk threads, wear incense sachets, etc., it is very lively. This son-in-law came to the door to give gifts to his parents-in-law, which is also a big gift in Chudi.

Since the decision of the family, there is no fixed number for this week. Xiaoyu's mother gave him the clothes and pants that he carefully sewed, and Zhou Guiyi sometimes wore them, which made Xiaoyu a little unhappy.

After graduating from junior high school, Xiaoyu also followed her mother to learn tailoring, and occasionally complained about this family business, Xiaoyu's mother is also a reasonable person, so she defended Zhou Guiyi a few words, saying: "Boys, how can there be girls who pay attention to it." Ordinary people, talking about food and clothing, is not a good thing. After Xiaoyu complained, she didn't care anymore, thinking to herself, marriage is predestined, let it be.

Right now, when Zhou Guiyi heard that he was going to Xiaoyu's house to give gifts, his heart was excited, and he said, "I'm lucky; No, my life. This kind of vain thing, whether you do it or not, doesn't make much sense. ”

When Zhou Dashun heard this, he hurriedly said: "The Xiaoyu family also looks down on us. Our Zhou family, I don't know what virtue you have accumulated, so you have this family business. Sending the Dragon Boat Festival and talking about the number of courtesies also made Xiaoyu's family passable. ”

Zhou Gui rolled his eyes and said, "Dad, how much silver are you going to spend?" ”

Zhou Dashun thought that his son agreed, thought about it for a while, and said: "When the etiquette comes, there is more money and less money, and people will not blame." You also know the conditions of our family, I still have more than 200 yuan in my hand, you say, what kind of gift should I buy? ”

Zhou Guiyi let out an "oh" and said seriously: "If you buy something, this merchant will make some money from it." Honestly, it was straightforward, and the trustee sent the money to her family. Her family also served me free of tea, wine and food, which really made it a good deal. ”

Zhou Dashun didn't expect Zhou Guiyi to have such thoughts, and when he heard it, he felt that Zhou Guiyi said something wrong, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it for a while, and he really had something to do, so he didn't say anything more, so he went to the town again.