Chapter 87 Dragon Boat Festival
After the new calendar comes the lunar calendar, and the Dragon Boat Festival is coming.
To this day, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a very important festival in Jiachuan.
The water in the Yangtze River has risen to the point where it has completely submerged Shipanjiao, and the annual dragon boat race is about to begin.
On that day, the streets of Jiachuan will be empty of people, including farmers from several nearby districts. The entire main street is full of people rushing towards the new highway terminal.
Dragon boat teams come from all walks of life in Jiachuan, including fishery teams, urban construction teams, agricultural teams, light industry teams...
There are also districts and towns with better economic conditions, such as Chengguan Town Team, Rongshan Tianhua Team Team...
This year, there is another dragon boat team - the individual business team.
This team was organized voluntarily by individual industrial and commercial owners in Jiachuan. Several industrial and commercial owners in Jiachuan who made a fortune took the initiative to find their father, Bureau Zhou. Let’s also form a team. Our industrial and commercial owners The system should also participate!
Dad was a little worried. The bureau had not considered this budget before...
No money from the bureau is required! Is money a problem? ! As long as Director Zhou takes the lead and signs up for us!
Dad looked at the two guys in front of him, and he really didn’t expect such enthusiasm.
Wait a minute, this is not just a matter of money, but also a boat, people, and training.
This is no big deal. I know that there is a dragon boat in Erli Township. It was only built last year!
The person who said this was the owner of an individual bus fleet operating in small towns.
I know the way on the water, I'll go to the fishery club to recruit people!
It was the coal boss who said this.
Why is the coal boss familiar with the water route? Because Jiachuan is located at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou, in addition to the land route, Qianzhou's coal can be delivered from Loushanguan directly to Majie Wharf, where it can be sold using the Yangtze River waterway.
So the coal boss is not only a coal boss, but also a ship boss.
Dad remembered Zhou Zhi’s words and called his secretary over. Secretary Zhang, I think it is very worthy of encouragement that our industrial and commercial comrades have such enthusiasm for participation.
I'll leave this matter to you to organize. We not only have to participate in this competition, but we also have to do it well and strive to get a ranking!
Let the people of the whole county see the style of our individual industrial and commercial comrades!
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Jiachuan Middle School, girls dormitory.
Jiang Shuyi wrapped a piece of dark translucent glass in a handkerchief and placed it in an iron box.
"Shu Yi, don't you want to watch dragon boat racing? I told you it's very lively." Zhang Xinyi said: "If there is no place to eat at noon, just go to my house, it's okay."
"No more, I want to take this back and keep it in Douyu "In the basin."
Zhang Xinyi pursed his lips: "This is just a piece of glass, and you still treat it as a treasure. There are many good things from Zhou Zhi, you should let him give you better things."
"Really? What good stuff does he have?"
"That's a lot. He has a jar of agate stones he found among the pebbles by the river, which are very beautiful; and there are also golden stones he found in the coal pile, which he said are called 'fool's gold';"
< br>"There is also dark coal essence, which is not good-looking; but there is also a beautiful light stone, which was also found in the coal pile. It is called 'Genpo'."
“There are also squares of calcite and two small glass tubes, both of which were found from the sand.”
“One has gold sand inside, and the other has tiny white flakes inside. , he said it was called mica..."
"There are a lot of weird things out there, any one of them is better than yours."
"Xinyi... what did he... give you?"
"Hmm..." Zhang Xinyi thought for a while: "There is a word, but the content is quite decadent and old-fashioned. I didn't like it so I didn't give it up."
"What is it?"
"I don't remember, I just remember that the last sentence is 'hold wine for you to persuade the setting sun, and leave the evening light among the flowers'."
< br>“Oh.”
If Zhou Zhi had known that Song Qi's song "Spring in the Jade House" would be judged as "decadent and old-fashioned" by Zhang Xinyi, he would have probably vomited three liters of blood on the spot.
"Why don't you leave and go watch dragon boat racing with me and Ye Xin tomorrow? After that we go to Zhou Zhi's house to play and see all his weird stuff?"
< br>"..."
"Then it's settled!"
In fact, no one was in the mood for the afternoon class, and they were all discussing tomorrow's big events.
The weather is already very hot, and the cicadas on the paulownia trees outside the window are all screaming, making the heat even more intense.
Girls are wearing skirts, and boys are wearing short-sleeved shorts. The most popular ones now are NBA jerseys and vests and jerseys of European football giants. They are all made of chemical fiber and you have to go to Barbarian State to buy them.
Making paper also became a troublesome task. There was sweat under my arms, and I accidentally smeared the ink on the test paper.
"The popsicles are here!" Zhou Zhi walked into the classroom carrying two plastic bags.
Possicles are a business started by Mr. Qiao. Zhou Zhi used to sell them during his summer vacation. At first, he earned 5 cents from a popsicle, but now he can earn 10 cents.
Don't look down upon a dime. If you sell forty sticks a day, that's four yuan, and it's just over a hundred a month. It's two months' salary as an ordinary worker. Mu Ruyun looked at the wax paper of the popsicle in his hand and lamented: "Why is it from mung beans again! Does anyone have milk to replace it with?"
All the boys who got the milk turned their heads. She was shaking so hard that she even opened the wax paper faster. After opening it, she licked the popsicle all over, fearing that she would be robbed.
In fact, the milk version is not necessarily more delicious than the mung bean version, but the price is a little higher.
“What does your elbow taste like?”
"It's good if you can eat it. The other classes are jealous of us." Zhou Zhi said: "Old Mu, you should be criticized now. Think about it, you were very excited about eating isatis root two weeks ago, and now you are picky!"
Eating popsicles is also Zhou Zhi’s idea. Zhou Zhi has a refrigerator at home. When summer comes, he adds cold medicine and water at home. After making the popsicles, he puts them in a bag and continues to freeze. Then he makes the next batch and waits for the amount to be collected for self-study in the evening. I brought it to the classroom for everyone to eat.
However, this method is quite troublesome, and after eating it several times, the students still disliked the single taste, so everyone decided to use their class fees to order goods from the Chengguan Town Popsicle Factory once a week from week to week, and get the cost price, plus The courier fee of one yuan allowed Sun Damao, who also sold popsicles as extra income in the summer, to deliver the goods.
Since it comes from class fees, it has to be changed to daytime, otherwise it will be unfair to day students.
So eating popsicles and opening blind boxes once a week became a collective activity in the class.
Fifty-four people in the class can save four yuan and four by eating popsicles together.
Everyone calculates it this way. As for the extra class expenses due to eating popsicles...who cares about that? !
"Zhou Zhi, Ye Xinshuyi and I have discussed it." Zhang Xinyi said: "After watching the dragon boat racing tomorrow, I will come to your house to play in the afternoon. Can I?"
"What time? Please make an appointment first, I’m afraid it will be bad if I don’t respond by then.”< br>
Seeing that Mu Ruyun's eyes were almost red with jealousy, Zhou Zhi said: "Old Mu, come too. Yang He will be there too. We will have dinner at my house. After dinner, we will come back to study in the evening. We will discuss it in time. Let’s take you home together next summer vacation.”
Mu Ruyun was happy in her heart, but she still had the airs of the monitor on her face: "I want to play if I want to, it sounds so nice."
When I got home at night, I found that my father was already drunk. Ma is taking care of him.
"What's wrong with dad?" Zhou Zhi asked.
"Mobilize before the war! I met a group of drunkards." My mother was annoyed: "I fell asleep at the wine table. Secretary Zhang sent it here."
Dad's drinking ability No, but the wine is good. After a few glasses, I pour it out and then fall into a deep sleep that I don’t know about anyone.
"You are going crazy if you drink before the war..." Zhou Zhi murmured to himself: "Where did you find the rower?"
When talking about this mother, I felt funny: "The one who is the ship owner Liu Sanhe, one hundred yuan per person, and two large drinks at the front and back county guesthouses , The dragon boat fleet of the fishery company was almost lifted, and the fishery company reported it to the secretary."
"Hahahaha..." Zhou Zhi also found it funny, this is really the only thing happening now. Only small industrial and commercial owners with bright ideas can do this.
"Mom, some classmates will come to our house for dinner tomorrow."
"Oh, who are they?" Mom didn't feel surprised either: "Your dad will definitely not be back tomorrow, then I’ll go to Mrs. Zhao’s house to get some cloth for grandma.”
"That's not necessary. It's easy to eat in the summer, not to mention that grandma has already made the rice dumplings. After eating, we have to go to evening self-study." Zhou Zhi said: "The ones you have seen are Yang He and Xin Yi, and there are others you haven't seen yet. Mu Ruyun, the monitor of our first class, and the one I sent last time She went home to Jiang Shuyi, and Ye Xin lived in Fubao Town. "This summer vacation is our last free summer vacation, and we are planning to go to Fubao to discuss it." ."
"Xinyi wants it too. Are you going? Then you have to go do some work with Mrs. Zhao, and take care of all the girls. "
"It's still early, just count the number of people, other than Mrs. Zhao, don't worry. To do it, Jiang Shuyi also wants Jiang Only if Uncle Du agrees."
"Ah, yes, I really can't go to your Mrs. Zhao's house tomorrow." My mother suddenly changed her tune when she heard this: "I just remembered that I was in a hurry to give you a baby. Sixth Sister is here to collect the account book!”
The school was on holiday the next day, so Zhou Zhi went shopping first and bought mugwort and calamus to hang on the door.
The rice dumplings have been cooked on low heat since last night.
When you come back, first scoop out some salt water, soak the cucumbers, and put the watermelon into the water tank to calm down.
In fact, it is very easy to treat guests to Jiachuan in summer, because it is too hot to eat.
Cold water spinach, stir-fry one stick of water spinach with soaked cowpeas, soybeans, and minced meat, minced white meat with garlic, cut a braised pork head, and a large pot of mung bean porridge.
At most add a few bottles of Coke and beer, and that's it.
While making lunch, I cooked porridge and white meat, and then put it on ice with cold water. After lunch, Zhou Zhi also took the straw hat and went out.
The third sister had already made an appointment with her classmates to go to the riverside pier. This year, my mother pushed her wheelchair and took her grandma to the house of her eldest cousin who is a Chinese medicine doctor. Her house is on the fifth floor of the riverside, where she can be comfortable Watch the dragon boat racing with admiration.
Chengguan Town is so big, there is no need to worry about finding friends. Not long after we left, we saw Yan Xiao, Hua Ting and Zhang Xiaoyu.
Several people were naked from the waist down and their shorts were all wet. Hua Ting also had a tire inner tube hanging on his body, which he used as a lifebuoy or a raft.
It seems that these wild boars have already gone down to the river to play around in the morning.
When he saw Zhou Zhi, Zhang Xiaoyu shouted: "Zhou Zhi! No duck grabbing this year? Dress like this!"
Duck grabbing and rice dumpling grabbing are all activities of the Jiachuan Dragon Boat Festival.
In a few years, these activities will be gone.
(End of this chapter)