Chapter 30 Father Land's Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival is the Dragon Boat Festival. People put zongzi and bananas in front of the land father-in-law, as well as lollipops and scallion pancakes that children love to eat.The mother-in-law of the land is very happy, because she likes to receive gifts very much, even if this gift is something she will never use.If you look carefully, you will find that her mouth and eyes are curved in a smile—the mouth is curved upwards, and the eyes are curved downwards, all narrowed into beautiful thin and long slits.However, no one noticed a slight change in their mood. When people came to the Earth Temple, they always prayed to them for safety, and never paid attention to their emotions.

At nine o'clock in the morning, when the sun was hot, the dragon boats from the upper and lower villages came along the waterway to gather.Each dragon boat erected a brightly colored banner and beat the joyous gongs and drums. The shouts on both sides of the Dongjiang River were like the tide of midsummer, with each wave rising again and again.Whenever two or three dragon boats meet, they have to straighten their heads, line up on the river, and compete vigorously.Everyone has the right to win, and those who can't win don't feel sad. After such a match, under the watchful eyes of everyone, they lost justly and won as much applause and applause.

Sitting in the earth temple, the father-in-law of the land stretched his neck so long that he could only see the flag on the dragon boat passing by.He was very depressed, as if a big stone was stuck in his heart, so he complained to the old woman: "Every festival, what is sent is not what I like to eat." "..." "Sister-in-law Chen San sent a roast chicken during the Lantern Festival last year, my favorite roast chicken! But you took it back to your mother's house!" "..." "Sitting on this rock for hundreds of years, I'm suffocated to death!"

"..." "It's better to hit him to death!" The land granny glared at him: "I said, old man, you might as well go out for a walk. You'll feel better after walking around." "But I don't have an umbrella, and it's not like you don't know that we can't bask in the sun." "That's okay, you can walk along the shaded area by the wall and stand under the old banyan tree, or else you can." "Ok." The land father suddenly became happy, his eyes and mouth were bent into long thin slits. The land father stood up, stretched out his hand, bent over, walked carefully along the base of the wall, and soon came to the banyan tree.The old banyan tree has luxuriant branches and leaves, like a cool giant umbrella.The father-in-law looked up, ha, the tree was already full of all kinds of elf dolls: the fallen leaf elves more than ten years ago, the moonlight fragment elves, the laughter and cries of children... those who are usually hidden in the invisible The little things in the corners of the tree all climbed up the big tree, and there was one on a leaf!Some are standing, clapping their small palms vigorously; some are sitting quietly, looking around; some are lying on the leaves with their eyes closed, and the wind blows the leaves, shaking them like babies in the cradle ...

"Grandpa Land is here too, look, his ass is covered in ashes..." "His turban is still the same as it was three hundred years ago..." The elf dolls were discussing in a low voice. The father-in-law's face was burning like fire. He patted his buttocks with one hand, and pulled off the scarf with the other hand and stuffed it into his arms. The elf dolls laughed "Ge Ga" and "Ge Ga".But they quickly quieted down, and a dozen or so dragons on the river began to fight.Many fragments of gongs and drums danced and danced on the river. They collided with each other and sent out gorgeous sparks. When the sparks fell into the water, the river boiled.

After a while, the dragon boat went far away, and the sound of gongs and drums over the river gradually calmed down. The light ones rose to the top of the clouds; the heavy ones fell, all the way to the bottom of the water. "Come on, come on, come to our world." The elf dolls stood on the leaves in the wind, waving and calling to the newborn elf dolls. By the time the dragon boats came back from upstream slowly after the winner was determined, the big trumpet on the water weng tree had already sang. The big trees on the shore, one after another, are moored in the shade of the trees.

"Aha, old land, how did you come here?" The dragon boat moored under the old banyan tree found the father-in-law and greeted him excitedly. "I've been sitting for a long time, come out and have a look." The father-in-law's face flushed red, as if he was embarrassed by his playfulness. "Come on my back, I want to show you around." Dragon Boat said enthusiastically.In the long winter, the dragon boat lay under the dark silt, and one after another cold night, it was the land mother who covered him with a warm quilt. The father-in-law waved his hands again and again: "No, no, I'm too old to be exposed to the sun, and I feel dizzy when exposed to the sun. You are young and happy. When I see you, I feel young and happy."

The dragon boat rowers put down their oars and ran to the shore.On the other side of the ancestral hall, the delicious dragon boat rice has been cooked. The people on the shore also ran towards the ancestral hall, and the children ran first—they wanted to drink the first bowl of soup. The first soup not only tasted very good, but also taught people to become smarter.The elf dolls on the big tree also ran away after the children - this year's Dragon Boat Rice has golden corn kernels that they love to eat. The noon sun was streaming quietly on the water, the river was full, and the south wind was blowing lazily, the dragon boat floated on the water, "Hulu, Hulu, Hululu..." dozed off.

The shade of the tree covered the half-moon of flowing water, and there was no one around.The father-in-law walked into the shallow water to take a bath and soaked in the water. The father-in-law remembered a long time ago—it must have been hundreds of years ago. At that time, the old land was once a child... "Selling ice cream—fruit-flavored ice cream—" Far away, a girl came pushing a sky blue ice cream box.The land father quickly put on his clothes and ran to the shore. "Elder-in-law, do you want to buy ice cream?" "I...I have no money." The land father rubbed his hands awkwardly, and couldn't help laughing when he thought of the past when he used small stones to turn copper coins into small shops to buy candied haws.

"It doesn't matter, I invite you—let's eat together!" The little girl took out two yellow mango ice creams from the box: "Come on, I'll have one and you have one." The father-in-law took the mango ice cream and, like the little girl, picked up the ice cream with a small spoon and ate it bite by bite. "It's delicious! It's a hundred times more delicious than candied haws!" The land father licked his lips and gave a thumbs up. "There are better ones." The little girl took out two pink strawberry ice creams, "You eat one, I eat one."

"It's more fragrant than rice cakes! It's cooler than the breeze!" The land father gave two thumbs up. The father-in-law ate banana ice cream, apple ice cream, pineapple ice cream, durian ice cream... After trying every kind of ice cream, his stomach was so full. My stomach was full, but I was very, very embarrassed: "I'll bring you some toys and laughing clay dolls later." "Aha, a clay doll that can laugh!" The little girl selling ice cream raised her eyebrows, her eyes were extremely clear. "Good boy, I'm going home." The father-in-law remembered his old woman, and said, "Can I bring some fruit ice cream back for the old woman to eat?" The little girl selling ice cream packed a bag of ice cream and handed it to Old Land.The old land looked at the bottom of the wall, dumbfounded - it turned out that the sun had already moved to the middle of the room, and there was no shade under the wall. "No hat, no umbrella—" It was very simple, the girl ran to the water's edge, where there was a large piece of green wild taro, she picked off the largest piece of wild taro leaf, and ran back.She stood on tiptoe and put the wild taro leaf on the old land's bare head.However, because of picking wild taro leaves, small red bumps appeared on her hands, which were extremely itchy. Laotu grabbed the little girl's hand and blew a few distressed breaths: "Good boy, don't itch, don't itch." It's strange, the pimples are gone, and the hands don't itch anymore. The father-in-law held the ice cream in one hand and the wild taro leaf on his head in the other, and went home happily along the wall. After a while, the dragon boat riders returned to the Dongjiang River after eating the dragon boat meal. "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" Many drum fragments emerged from the drum, and the dragon boat woke up from its nap. They raised their heads, facing the wind, and flew upstream in a short while , and flew downstream for a while.The children clapped their hands and jumped like marbles, and the little girl's ice cream box was sold out in no time.The little girl put the car on the head of the banyan tree and joined the cheerful children, clapping and shouting like them. In the evening, the dragon boats gradually dispersed, and the little girl went home pushing the ice cream box.Walking halfway, the child's "Kaka, Kakaka" laughter came out of the box. The little girl opened the box and saw seven or eight cute little clay dolls in the box. They were wearing pure gold necklaces of small leaves. , looked at her, and laughed happily.