Chapter 52 Dragon Boat Festival and sending invitations

End of June.

The Dragon Boat Festival has arrived as scheduled, with clouds and sunny days.

Early in the morning, Anjia got busy.

Dad was the first to get up. He went out at four or five in the morning. He and Uncle Wen and others went to roast pigs. They either bought them or cooked them themselves. It was amazing. The place should be at Uncle Wen’s. The food stall is right at the corner of the street.

After roasting the pigs, prepare rice dumplings and dragon boat rice.

Father An seems to be just a salty fish, but he is quite prestigious in Bauhinia Street. During the holidays, he dare not say that he takes charge of the overall situation, but he always contributes money and efforts.

Aunt Song has a day off today, so she helps her make rice dumplings and other things.

An Ting got up at around 7:30. The dragon boat race was at 11 a.m., so he had to prepare in advance. On the contrary, Song Ci, who had always been self-disciplined, turned into a slacker.

When she walked out of the room in a daze, the whole family was busy.

After breakfast, Aunt Song was afraid that her daughter would be too bored, so she asked Anting to take her to Hepan Road to see dragon boats and other things.

Anting was very happy and smiled at Song Ci: "Song Ci, let's go, it's time to rescue Qu Yuan."

Song Ci was originally in a daze. , was perked up by this guy's words, "Nonsense!"

Although he was scolding, his body was honest, and Song Ci followed Anting to Hepan Road obediently.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a national festival. Song Ci must have celebrated the festival in big cities when he was a child, but it was not as atmospheric as in a small town. No one around him directly participated, and the sense of participation was very weak. It was basically regarded as a day off. , nothing more.

Today's Hepan Road is very lively. The banks on both sides are crowded with people, some from other places and some from locals. Firecrackers are blasting and gongs and drums are noisy.

Someone is already training on the river.

As soon as Anting and Song Ci arrived at the intersection by the river, they saw Bao Weiwei, Gao Fei and Zhu Jiajun, as well as some junior high school classmates, such as Zeng Xi, Li Qi and Shi Zimo.

We are all residents of the town, representing different streets.

Gao Fei comes from Zhenzhong Street and does not participate in the competition. On the one hand, he is not in good physical shape, and on the other hand, he is also lazy.

Needless to say, Zhu Jiajun will not be able to participate in the competition. If he does, he will only be a hindrance.

Wearing a yellow round hat, Bao Weiwei looks like Chibi Maruko-chan. There is a camera hanging around his neck. He is obviously the photographer.

There is another ideaThe person who didn't come was none other than Wei Feng. He must have exploded in the high school entrance examination. Today he represented Hepan Road in the dragon boat competition. He is 1.8 meters tall and has a strong build.

Last year, Anting lost to this person.

Unlike Anting, who is surrounded by classmates and friends, Wei Feng is alone. After the high school entrance examination, all the younger brothers and sisters have dispersed.

Wei Feng looked at Anting with complicated eyes. He probably cared a little about what the boy said in the drink shop, but in the end he insisted on fighting and did not take the physical education entrance examination.

Anting has no interest in interfering with other people's choices. If you don't listen after trying to persuade me, then I can't do anything about it.

Wei Feng sneered and challenged Anting: "I won last year, and I will win this year!"

Anting disagreed and didn't want to be quick to talk. , just shrugged and said calmly: "It's hard to say..."

Wei Feng could feel that Anting had become more mature. If he had been quarreling before, he was so calm now. What he hated the most was this indifferent attitude. He made an inverted thumb gesture on the spot and turned around to leave.

Looking at Wei Feng’s back, Gao Fei complained: “That guy Wei Feng has a really bad temper.”

“Baby, you must win! "Bao Weiwei said fiercely.

An Ting did not give a reaction. He was not so entangled in the outcome. Furthermore, for a team project involving more than a dozen people, it was not his turn to make the final decision and everyone's on-the-spot performance was required.

Just try your best.

The dragon boats on Bauhinia Street have not yet arrived. Anting and his friends stayed on Hepan Road for a while. During the process, a child ran into the river.

An adult jumped into the water to save others and ended up getting cramps.

Fortunately, he was rescued by the dragon boat team from Hepan Road.

Seeing this, Bao Weiwei muttered: "Hey, it's so stupid to act bravely. If I see a child falling into the water, I will definitely not take care of it."

Gao Fei: "You are good or bad."

Bao Weiwei said selfishly: "There is no such thing as bad or not. People just want to live happily and put themselves in danger for others. You're so stupid."

Hearing this, Anting looked at Bao Weiwei with a nostalgic look. The latter was a person who said one thing and did another. In his previous life, he was obviously traveling after college. Save people from drowning.

Bao Weiwei is a very happy person. He has never been unhappy since he was a child. He was born in a good family, his parents are very good people, and he has no shortage of material and spiritual wealth. .

The next second, Bao Weiwei felt the gaze from Anting, which she thought was contempt for her.Cowardice, I didn’t expect it to be nostalgia, a slightly sad nostalgia.

Anting couldn't help but stretched out his hand, pinched Bao Weiwei's face, and said: "Don't die, Bao Weiwei."

Bao Weiwei was horrified and said with disgust: "Sai Zai, although but... why are you looking at me so tenderly and cursing me at the same time?"

Others laughed, thinking this was Anting's disgusting way.

Anting didn’t explain that much.

　……

It’s almost half past ten.

The uncles from Bauhinia Street finally arrived. Anting did a simple warm-up exercise and prepared to get on the boat. The competition was about to start. The friends all expressed their support for Anting.

There is a prize for the dragon boat race. It is not paid by the official. Instead, each street contributes money together. A total of 20,000 yuan is collected. All the winning streets take it. In fact, there are more than 20 people in the dragon boat team. , the average bonus of 20,000 yuan is less than 1,000 yuan. The focus is on holiday customs, not making money.

Just as Anting was about to walk away, Song Ci shouted.

　“Wait.”

　“Hmm?”

　“Your hair is too long, remember to trim it when you have time.” As he spoke, Song Ci had already walked up to Anting, took off her hairpin, and clamped it on the young man's forehead.

Song Ci has always had the habit of wearing hairpins, not for good looks, but purely for the convenience of heat dissipation, especially in summer.

The hairpin was pinned to Anting’s forehead, revealing his smooth forehead, which suddenly became sunnier.

"Your hair will fall down when it gets wet. With bangs of your length, you may not be able to see anything, affect your performance, and get caught..." At this point, Song Ci realized something. Added: "Have you grown taller?"

It was the first time in Anting's life to wear a hairpin. He found it interesting. He fiddled with his bangs and replied: "I don't know..."

Height and so on.

An Ting didn’t care that much. He didn’t measure this thing at all. Anyway, he was over 1.8 meters in his previous life, and he was only fifteen years old in this life. He was not in a hurry.

Actually... I have indeed grown taller. I was only 173 in the Hundred Days Oath Meeting, but now I should be 175. I am at an age where I can thrive.

"An Ting, the game will start immediately, come here quickly!"

Hearing Uncle Wen's call from the river, Anting said thank you to Song Ci. Turn around gracefully.

"Since you have participated, you must win..." Song Ci whispered.

An Ting smiled bitterly, this girl was really competitive, "Yeah."

The dragon boat race in the town was about to begin.

It is impossible for hundreds of teams to compete with each other. There are a dozen dragon boats in total. The river in the town can only accommodate so many dragon boats; any more will have to be split into two boats.

With the referee’s trumpet, drums beating and gongs ringing, more than ten dragon boats set off together.

The cheers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait are endless.

Although Song Ci let Anting win, Anting didn't care about winning or losing, he just wanted to enjoy the old town life.

Actually, we still won...

After the game, Anting took his friends to find Dad An. Dad An was very generous and shared the dragon boat rice and roasted pork from Bauhinia Street.

In principle, each street is only responsible for dragon boat rice in its own street, but people from other streets or villages usually don’t refuse when they come and ask for a bowl of dragon boat rice.

The distance between people is very close.

An Ting and his friends ate dragon boat rice on the railing of Hepan Road, which is actually rice cooked with mushrooms, shrimps, squid and pork.

During this period, Anting noticed something. Song Ci bit into a piece of fatty pork, showing a bitter expression, and asked: "What's wrong?"

Song Ci thought for a while and said coquettishly: "I... only like to eat roasted pig skin."

Hmm... Song Ci doesn't like to eat fat pork, but he likes to eat roasted pig skin.

An Ting said directly: "Then you eat the skin and give me the rest of the fat pork. Don't waste it."

"Well..." Song Ci wanted to agree. , and felt that it might not be good, so he hesitated.

Seeing this, Anting said boldly: "It doesn't matter, give it all to me. I like to eat fat meat. I am the most ferocious carnivore on the earth."

" Are you a dinosaur?" Song Ci teased.

"Hmm~"

Song Ci put the leftover fatty pork into Anting's disposable bowl, and the latter finished it all.

　…

　The next few days.

The summer is hot.

Both Anting and Song Ci stayed at home, occasionally helping their parents prepare for the wedding.

Dad An and Aunt Song hope that their two children can take advantage of this period to travel or play with their friends, and not waste too much time on adult matters.

An’s father graduated from junior high school and may not understand much.

Aunt Song was a college student in the last century. She knew that the period after the high school entrance examination was particularly relaxing and should be one of the few carefree times after entering adolescence.

Since meeting Aunt Song, Dad An has also been learning how to get along with his children.

However, Anting and Song Ci unanimously said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it's so hot anyway, it will be more comfortable to stay at home."

An Ting also made up for it. : "Well... let me go on a trip with Song Ci. I'm afraid she will bully me."

In fact, it's not just the hot weather, but there are still many things to deal with in Anting. Travel leisurely.

Hearing this, Song Ci's eyes widened. Regardless of whether he was joking or not, this sentence was outrageous, "It's almost as if you bullied me..."

Seeing the two The quarrel between the two children made Father An and Aunt Song very happy.

"I thought the union of two families would be complicated, but I didn't expect you guys to have such a good relationship." Dad An said happily.

The next second.

An Ting and Song Ci turned their faces to each other and said in unison: "Emotions are not good!"

"Hehehe..."

This time even Aunt Song laughed happily.

It’s the end of June.

One weekend, Anting and Song Ci still received a task from their parents - to deliver invitations and cakes.

These days... people still send invitations and gift cakes, instead of just sending out a red envelope and attaching an electronic link, and that's it.

Dad An and Aunt Song were not free, they went to try on wedding dresses.

Anting planned to take Song Ci to the homes of relatives on both sides by motorcycle to deliver invitations and gift cakes.

At the door of Bauhinia Street, Anting stood beside the motorcycle and said respectfully: "Hello, distinguished passengers, your Tchaikov is ready and ready to go at any time!"

Song Ci had a black line on his forehead and said: "Who the hell is Tchaikov?"

"Tchaikov...the driver..."

"Pfft …It’s so cold.”

“It’s cold, you’re still smiling!”

“I have to laugh.”

Before getting in the car, Song Ci He repeatedly warned, "Helmet, slow down, don't run the red light!"

An Ting thought he was already wordy enough, but he didn't expect Song Ci to be even more annoying.

After all, we live in rural areas. In places like this, motorcycles are an indispensable tool to promote economic development.Zhan, once the motorcycle is gone, many people will be inconvenienced.

Although Song Ci believed that motorcycles were dangerous, she knew that riding one was inevitable.

Song Ci is a good and sincere child, but she is not lacking in strength. In such a hot summer day, she doesn’t want to ride a bicycle or walk around the town with two baskets of things.

Anting was not angry and responded: "Okay, okay..."

After saying that, he directly covered the opponent's head with a sky blue helmet, making Song Ci angry. bulging, she added: "Don't suddenly help me put on a helmet!"

"Yes, yes...whoever married you must have tracheitis." As she spoke, Anting still didn't wear a helmet. Just put on a peaked cap and drive slowly anyway.

“It’s none of your business!”

Along the way, the two of them talked from time to time.

Song Ci chatted: "I always thought that my mother was a person who didn't care about the sense of ceremony. I didn't expect that she would be so serious about the second wedding."

Hearing that Song Ci question, Anting couldn't help but laugh.

"Why are you laughing?" Song Ci, who was holding the railing behind with both hands, asked a little unhappy.

An Ting replied: "I didn't expect that genius girl who knows everything to have such a clumsy side. Why Aunt Song is so obsessed with the wedding, I think half of it is because of you."< br />
“For me?”

While mumbling, Song Ci later realized.

Although it is not ruled out that it is for her own happiness, she still hopes that as her daughter, Song Ci will be famous and prominent on Bauhinia Street, rather than someone's stepdaughter.

Official announcement is very necessary.

Surprised, Song Ci quietly glanced at the young man’s back in the midday sun. This time, I didn’t understand people’s hearts.

Perhaps she felt something was wrong with the silence behind her, but Anting was not used to it. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was on the road without a car, Anting directly turned the accelerator.

Under a sudden inertial trend, Song Ci had to hug Anting's waist tightly. She said shyly: "Bad guy, we agreed to leave slowly!"

"Ah... I'm sorry, I accidentally used too much force. The throttle of the garbage truck is a bit loose. I have to fix it when I have time! Oops... it's loose again..."

Song Ci hugged her tightly again, more than before. Tighter for once.

How could she not know about Anting's prank, but she had no choice but to harass a person who was driving, so she just cursed in her heart.

　“When I go back, I will be responsible for driving."

An Ting said in surprise: "Can you do it? ”

“Women’s motorcycles are very simple! ”

Just a reminder

I checked and found that the Dragon Boat Festival in 2006 was at the end of May, but since the setting is a parallel time and space, it’s better not to pay too much attention
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