Chapter 46: The Lion Dance of the Dragon Boat Festival
Just when Ordo came out of the hall, the cup in Feng Daodao's hand had been shattered due to excessive force.
Lei Mei said to Feng Daodao: "Senior Uncle, please calm your anger, Lei Mei will go to the Yamen to bail out Senior Brother Yiyun." β
"If it's useless, let him stay in prison for a few more days!"
After saying that, Feng Daode has brushed his sleeves and left, only Lei Mei and the helpless maids are left in the hall, Lei Mei is thinking about how to get rid of the relationship with Wudang, their Lei family's current scope of activities is in the shopping mall, although it is not too wishful, but it is also passable, but Feng Daode is a person with a strong desire for profit, and he is determined to use the power of the court to make Wudang completely overwhelm Shaolin, so he did not hesitate to collude with Gao Jinzhong to get rid of Nan Shaolin, I believe that if necessary, he will definitely lose the entire Lei family, but if it is really necessary to get rid of the Wudang party and contain the Lei family, but how easy it is, at least she can't think of any force in the rivers and lakes that can fight against Wudang, even if there is, but why should people carry the thunder of the Wudang faction for you.
On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Duanyang Festival.
Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, the major businesses in the city will hold a lion dance conference, and they will seal two hundred taels of silver tickets into the Qingzhong as a lottery head, which should be regarded as a reward for the winner. The lion team of major merchants designated by the martial arts is formed, because there are many lion teams to participate, and there is only one green, so the competition between the lion teams is often very fierce, after all, it is two hundred taels of silver for white flowers, these silver for those rich people, is just a meal money, but for small families is a lifetime but difficult to fight for the number, for these silver, those lion teams have broken their heads, and there are not a few people who are injured for this every year.
This year's green is clear water green, the so-called clear water blue, is to hang the green on the ten-zhang high wooden platform, surrounded by a soft ladder for the lion dancer to climb, and under the stage there are benches and clear water basins, after all, the green pickers cross over from it, can not step on the water basin or kick over the bench, the offender will lose the qualification to pick green. In previous years, the lion dance conference was presided over by a respected elder elected by major merchants, but this year's host was replaced by Chen Zhifu, who was not so much a host as an idle person to join in the fun.
Perhaps it was the reason why Governor Chen personally participated, the scale of this lion dance conference was larger than in previous years, and even the silver ticket in Qingli had increased to five hundred taels, so there were more lion teams participating in the lion dance than in previous years, and even the two major academies in the city also sent lion teams, so the lion dance team stood on the lion dance field before dawn, and even the crowd around was crowded to see the lively crowd, and even the stands were full, although Fang De did not come today, but his three wives came, accompanied by Fang Xiaoyu and Yim Wing Chun.
When they walked up to the stands, Lei Mei greeted them very affectionately: "Three ladies, you are here, I have already taken a seat for you, sit here!"
"Then thank you, Sister Lei!"
Ouyang Sihai and Ma Yumei and Miao Cuihua sat next to Lei Mei, of course, there will be no seats for Fang Xiaoyu and Yan Wing Chun in the stands, the two of them stood behind Ouyang Sihai, Ma Yumei, and Miao Cuihua, and then they saw Lei Tingting standing next to Lei Mei and dressed as a man, when their eyes turned to Lei Tingting, Lei Tingting glared at them fiercely, and then ignored them (she).
Yan Wing Chun was angry in his heart when he saw Lei Tingting like this: "Three-inch nails!"
Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help frowning slightly: "You still don't mess with her!"
Yan Wing Chun raised her eyebrows: "I just don't like her." β
Fang Xiaoyu only smiled bitterly, he was taking Yan Wing Chun a little, he was afraid that Yan Wing Chun would cause trouble, so he whispered to Ouyang Sihai: "Mother, Sister Wing Chun and I will go down and go around." β
Ouyang Sihai nodded: "Don't run away and come back." β
Fang Xiaoyu agreed, and then pulled Yan Wing Chun and ran down the stands.
Yan Yongchun was puzzled: "What are we going to do, don't we still have to cheer for Shiyu and Xiguan in the future!"
Fang Xiaoyu said as he walked: "How can there be a competition so quickly, let's buy some fruit and come back." They quickly walked out of the lion dance arena.
After Fang Xiaoyu and Yim Wing Chun left, Lei Tingting did not stay for long, and quietly slipped out of the stands.
Lei Mei was smiling at Ouyang Sihai at this time and said, "Your filial piety is becoming more and more promising, I think he will definitely be able to pass the examination of the Tribute Academy this time." β
"Children don't boast, they are proud when they praise them," Ouyang Sihai said this with a little pride on his face, after all, in this era, mothers are proud of their sons, after all, Fang Xiaoyu is too long for her, you have seen a few thirteen-year-old Xiucai, there are many people who have taken the exam for a lifetime, and they are still a child when they die: "Besides, your family is not bad, he is now both civil and military!"
"Can't compare, can't compare," Lei Mei shook her head again and again: "How can my family Wang compare to your filial piety, right, they went to private school together and took the exam together, but when you Xiaoyu was showing off his talent in high school, he didn't even pass the Tongsheng level, and now you Xiaoyu have to take the Gongsheng exam, but he is still just a child, and there is no way to let him abandon literature and martial arts, I hope he can use a little brute force to support the faΓ§ade with a martial arts!"
Ouyang Sihai stopped talking.
She's not one to say things against her will.
Lei Mei followed and said: "With your filial piety's intelligence, there should be no problem with the top five high school leaders in the Jiangnan Entrance Examination this time." β
Ouyang Sihai said: "He can take the tribute student exam is already thankful, how can Wukui be, the tribute academy will take the exam for thousands of candidates in Fujian and Zhejiang, that can be said to be thousands of candidates fighting for the single-plank bridge, and if you are not careful, you may be squeezed down." β
"Mrs. Fang is too polite," Lei Mei said with a smile: "Maybe you don't know that there is a new gambling method popular in the casino now, that is, guess the five kui, your family's filial piety is very high, and there are many people who pressure him to win the five kui." β
Ouyang Sihai smiled and said, "Then borrow Sister Lei's auspicious words." β
"Actually, your Xiaoyu is not too old," Lei Mei smiled and said, "If he can be a high school tribute student, you should also be open to him to marry, I don't know if Mrs. Fang has any suitable candidates or requirements?"
Ouyang Sihai couldn't help laughing: "He is not yet fifteen, and the eldest sister wants to protect him." β
"Fifteen is not small, and it will be time to get married in two years!"
"That's right," Ouyang Sihai nodded again and again: "Could it be that you have any suitable candidates?"
Lei Mei shook her head: "That's not true, but marrying a wife is aimed at being a good person, although the relationship between Yan Yongchun and your Xiaoyu is good, it can be regarded as coming from a solid family, and people also have a bit of a look, but she is very arrogant by nature, there is no atmosphere at all, at first glance, she is not a virtuous helper, it is not suitable for the eldest daughter-in-law of Nagato, and more importantly, I heard that she is three years older than Xiaoyu!"
Ouyang Sihai was silent for a while and said, "I can't be the master of this matter, I'd better wait for him to come back!"
And then they ended the conversation.
When Lui Tingting saw Yim Wing Chun again, Yim Wing Chun was eating a bunch of lychees, while Fong Hsiao-yuk followed behind Yim Wing Chun with two bamboo baskets, and the baskets were full of summer fruits, yellow-orange-orange oranges, agate-like grapes, watery pears, fragrant melons, and sweet peaches...... , in short, the two baskets are full of them.
When Fang Xiaoyu saw Lei Tingting, he handed over the basket and said with a pleasant face: "Brother Lei, let's eat a pear, it's very sweet!"
"It's not promising, a big man follows the girl's house all day long, and he is not ashamed!"
Lui Tingting reached into the basket to take her favorite melon while talking, but as soon as her hand touched the melon, she said that she was pulled away by Yim Wing Chun.
Lei Tingting was furious: "What do you want to do?"
"What are you doing?" Yim Wing Chun said: "I also have a share of these fruits, I said that if you are not allowed to take them, you are not allowed to take them, if you want to eat them, you will go out and buy them yourself!"
Fang Xiaoyu's eyebrows locked slightly: "Is this necessary?"
Yan Wing Chun glared at Fang Xiaoyu: "It's all your troubles, let's go to Xiguan and Shiyu." She pulled Fang Xiaoyu and turned around and left.
Lei Tingting was so angry that she trembled: "Yan Wing Chun, what are you angry about, one day I will let you crawl on the ground and beg me." β
Emperor Hu De and Li Jinlun followed Fang Shiyu and Hong Xiguan to the lion dance field early in the morning to prepare for the lion race, and now they were waiting for a dry mouth, so Hong Xiguan said: "Now we are already very thirsty, but I don't know how long we have to wait, I think it is better to let Emperor De grow some fruit, otherwise I really doubt that we will be able to produce lions by then." β
Fang Shiyu nodded and said to Emperor Hu Dedi, "You go and come back quickly!"
Before Emperor Hu Dedi could answer, Li Jinlun had already said: "No need, Xiaoyu and Wing Chun are here, and they are carrying two baskets of fruits." β
Fang Shiyu went with the prestige, and sure enough, he saw Fang Xiaoyu carrying fruit, so he smiled: "Haha, my younger brother is still thoughtful, and he knows that we are thirsty, so he will come to deliver fruit......
Before he finished speaking, Emperor Hu Dedi and Li Jinlun had already rushed towards Fang Xiaoyu and Yim Wing Chun.
Seeing this, Fang Shiyu hurriedly ran over: "Don't take it all for me, you two stinky boys!"
Soon, Fang Shiyu, Hong Xiguan, Hu Dedi, and Li Jinlun all had their favorite fruits in their hands.
Fang Shiyu said while nibbling on the melon: "I said a long time ago that as long as my brother is here, he will do everything for us properly, and we don't need to copy our hearts at all, I'm not wrong!"
"Don't pat yourself on the back," Yan Wing Chun began to lecture at this time: "Shiyu, Xiguan, you two boys have heard me clearly, these fruits cost the girl and me more than half a month's pocket money, if you don't give me the green harvest back, be careful I let you spit it out with interest."
"Cut!" Fang Shiyu said disdainfully: "It's strange to believe you, you didn't know that your pocket money had already been spent, except for Xiaoyu, who of us still has pocket money, but there are people who not only eat the fruits bought with his money, but also refuse to help him carry the fruits, but they are here to be the boss!"
After listening to Fang Shiyu's words, Yan Wing Chun's face turned a little red, but soon she raised her eyebrows and said confidently: "So what, Xiaoyu is my good brother, his money is my money, can we two use it so clearly? I warn you, if you lose this lion race today and lose the face of Qionghua Academy, I will let you not eat and walk around." β
She pretended to be very fierce.
Fang Shiyu made a very scared look: "I'm so scared!"
Yan Wing Chun glared at him: "I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Then she threw a pear to Xiaoyu: "Eat pear, this pear is very sweet." β
Fang Xiaoyu took the pear and didn't eat it, but said to her: "Sister Wing Chun, I'll give the remaining basket of fruits to the eldest mother, second mother, and third mother!"
"I'll go with you," Yim Wing Chun said, "If you continue to stay with these boys, you will have to make them angry!"
"It's good!"
Fang Xiaoyu did not object.
Fang Shiyu said to Li Jinlun at this time: "Jinlun, don't just remember to eat, help Xiaoyu bring the fruit over." β
Li Jinlun agreed, stuffed all the remaining peaches into his mouth, and quickly took the bamboo basket in Fang Xiaoyu's hand: "I'll help you carry the fruit." β
"Thank you then!"
"You're welcome!"
Li Jinlun picked up the fruit and turned to leave, and when he turned around, he quickly stuffed a few peaches into his pocket.
- His favorite is the sweet peach.
Soon Li Jinlun brought the remaining basket of fruits to the stands, and when he left, Fang Xiaoyu stuffed him with a large bunch of lychees. Then he mentioned the remaining fruits to Ouyang Sihai, Ma Yumei, and Miao Cuihua, and held their favorite fruits, he held oranges to Ouyang Sihai, peaches to Ma Yumei, and melons to Miao Cuihua: "Mother, Erniang, Sanniang eat fruits, these are my sons, I washed them." β
After Ouyang Sihai took the fruit, he said with a smile: "Send the rest to Shiyu and them, they will have to compete later." β
Before Fang Xiaoyu could speak, Yan Wing Chun had already rushed to say: "Don't worry, auntie, Xiaoyu has already sent them a basket of fruits!"
Ma Yumei smiled and said, "It must be Xiaoyu's idea to buy fruit!"
Fang Xiaoyu said: "Sister Wing Chun also contributed to buying fruits!"
Then he respectfully handed a melon to Lei Mei: "Aunt Lei, eat a melon to quench your thirst!"
"Thank you!"
Lei Mei smiled and took the melon from Fang Xiaoyu's hand, she wiped the melon with the silk handkerchief in her hand, and said to Ouyang Sihai: "It's still Mrs. Fang's son who teaches her son well, and the son she teaches is gentle and polite, unlike the wild boy of our family, the crazy girl doesn't know etiquette at all, and she will only take care of herself if there is anything delicious, and completely leave us elders out of the clouds." β
Ouyang Sihai couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, but he said: "The child doesn't praise him, and if you praise him, he will get carried away." β
"Mrs. Fang said she laughed!"
As soon as Lei Mei finished speaking, she heard Lei Tingting's voice behind her: "If you don't eat, you don't need to be courteous!"
Lei Mei turned around, only to see that Lei Tingting had knocked over the melon that Fang Xiaoyu handed her to the ground, so she frowned: "Tingting, you are too much, Xiaoyu kindly gave you the melon, if you don't eat it, it's okay, how can you knock it off, pick it up immediately." β
Lei Tingting's eyes turned red at this moment, and her heart was full of grievances.
Fang Xiaoyu had already picked up the melon from the ground, and said with a smile: "Auntie, don't blame Tingting, if you want to blame me, it's all my fault, I don't know if she doesn't eat melons, I'll change it for her if she takes the wrong fruit!"