Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1826: I hope my son will become a dragon, so I bring my son to court

On the third day, girls and boys who have fallen in love with each other will come to the bonfire. The boy can snatch the token from the girl and use it as a token of love. Such fun and frolicking will continue until dawn, and the Torch Festival will officially end.

In order to publicly select the most beautiful girls and the most energetic boys at the festival, a modern program has evolved from this festival - beauty pageant.

However, unlike other beauty pageants that basically select women, the Torch Festival beauty pageant selects both girls and boys. In the beauty pageants in the autonomous prefecture, girls from Meigu often win the top few places.

So Zhou Zhi teased Ah Zi and joked with her: "Ah Zi, are you going to the beauty pageant? It would be a pity if you didn't go!"

"Don't change the subject. Where's the stuff?" Although Grandpa scolded her, Ah Zi didn't intend to take back her outstretched hand. She was in a posture of "I won't let you in if you don't give it to me": "Did you forget?!"

Seeing that Ah Zi didn't respond to his words at all, Zhou Zhi had no choice but to take out a roll of paper from the car and hand it to her: "How could I forget Ah Zi's instructions? This is a photo poster signed by Guan Tingting."

Ah Zi took the painting tube and opened it carefully, her face immediately lit up with smiles: "Wow! The cover photo of "Listening to the Sea"! Thank you, Brother Elbow! I'll go put it up."

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

"Hey! Don't you want the signed CD anymore?" Zhou Zhi quickly called out.

"And there's a CD?" Ah Zi's eyes widened: "Is it signed?"

"Well, take it to the radio room and listen to it." Zhou Zhi said with a smile.

"Okay! I'll put the picture there too!"

The radio room is the only one in the whole village that has a CD player. If you want to have a good listening effect, listening to the radio is of course not enough. You need to use over-ear headphones there. Zhou Zhi looked at Ah Zi jumping and running towards the radio studio, and estimated that this girl would not be able to come out for a while.

"Where's mine?" Wu Renzhong also looked at Zhou Zhi eagerly.

"I'll give it to you now, considering how hard you've worked during this period." Zhou Zhi smiled and took out a brocade box from his bag: "Let me make it clear first, this is your wedding gift. I won't interfere with the wedding!"

"Take it here first!" Wu Renzhong eagerly snatched the box and opened it. Inside was a bright red Nanhong carving.

"Wow, what is this? It's so beautiful!" Liang Guangping and Liu Hongtao, who were standing nearby, exclaimed in surprise.

Old Chi Ri, who was watching the fun, was also dumbfounded: "Elbow, this, this was made with our flint?"

"Yes, I asked a master craftsman from Suzhou to carve it. Doesn't it look good?" Zhou Zhi was very proud.

"Uh... what is this sculpture? A lizard and a mouse?"

"I..." Zhou Zhi almost cursed. He spent a lot of effort to pick this thing out from traditional themes and thought it was the most suitable one to give to Wu Renzhong. However, he was defeated by a lizard and a mouse.

"This is called a Chilong, a popular pattern during the Warring States Period. It originally meant a red, hornless dragon. Before the Song Dynasty, dragon statues were mainly like this."

"Is that so..." Wu Renzhong grabbed the Chilong and looked at it carefully.

"The features of the Chilong head during the Warring States period are round eyes, a large nose, and a slightly thin line at the end of the eye. Double thin eyebrows, the upper line is very shallow and thin, often difficult to see, and the lower line is obvious. Cat ears, most of which are square."

"The lines of the legs are particularly curved, and the claws are often tilted upwards. The scapula, the main joints, are fully expressed with zigzag arc lines." Zhou Zhi patiently explained his masterpiece: "Starting from the Chilong in the Warring States Period, the additional patterns on the body are generally outlined with intaglio lines, among which the curved eggplant-shaped dripping intaglio pattern is the first of its kind. In this pattern, there are also one or more thin lines, and the tail is carved into a twisted tail with intaglio lines."

"In the Han Dynasty, the Chilong became more lively and interesting, with a more vivid shape, and its tail began to have two staggered cirrus patterns, one large and one small."

"So this is an imitation of an antique dragon?" "This is a Chilong from the Warring States period. The most difficult part of this sculpture is the skeleton and the curved lines. You need to show the strength of the Chilong, just like... just like..." Zhou Zhi couldn't find the words for a moment, but Old Chi Ri interrupted: "Just like a water seedling!"

"Oh! Yes, it looks like a mink!" Zhou Zhi said, "Grandpa is right, but it has more strength and bone structure than a mink!"

Wu Renzhong looked at the carving in his hand. The Chilong shook its head and tail, coiled itself into a rough figure 8 shape, and looked back at its tail just below its hind legs, where a cute little mouse was lying.

However, after learning from the "lizard", Wu Renzhong didn't dare to talk nonsense again: "What kind of mythical beast is this?"

"Well...it's not a mythical beast, it's just a little mouse."

"Oh my god! The ancient dragon from the Han Dynasty is pretty good, why did you put a rat on your tail?"

"Let me ask you, what time of the year does the rat correspond to in the Chinese zodiac?"

"What zodiac sign?" Wu Renzhong, a poor student, didn't even know this.

"The corresponding midnight." Tu Liangzhi came back from nowhere at this time, and stood at the door with a broom to brush off the dirt on his body: "Elbow is back?! What are you doing piled up at the door? Hey, what's this thing? It's pretty good!"

"Then is this thing called - Hoping that your son will become a dragon?" After all, Lao Chi Ri is a great Bi Mo, he is knowledgeable and has some cultural background.

Zhou Zhi immediately gave a thumbs up: "Grandpa is the one who understands things!"

"Rat...son...dragon...hope...Hey! You really hope your son will become a dragon!" Wu Renzhong smiled brightly: "Interesting! Interesting!"

"In fact, this sculpture has more than just the meaning of wishing one's son to become a successful person. Look at the bottom of the Chilong. There is also the back."

"What is it?" Wu Renzhong turned the sculpture over: "This is a wave, this is a dragon emerging from the water?"

"You're right about the waves. This is the tide." Zhou Zhi smiled and bowed to Wu Renzhong: "So this sculpture has another saying, called 'Bringing a Child to Court'. I wish Mr. Wu good luck in marriage, having children, and being promoted to a higher position!"

"Wow, there is actually such a saying..." Wu Renzhong's eyes narrowed with joy: "Interesting! It's really interesting! Hahaha, thank you Elbow!"

At this time, the dolls who had changed their clothes also swarmed around them. Tu Liangzhi urged them, "Let's go, let's go inside and we have something to say."

"Don't be in a hurry, unload the car first! Whoever finishes first will get the candy first..."

"Oh! Finish it first! Give out the candy first!"

When everyone, regardless of gender, age or status, rushed in from outside with a large bag of things, Gillette Abi was already blanching the chicken. He was stunned by the scene: "Elbow is back? How many things did he bring with him?"

This matter was organized by Feng Xueshan. Feng Xueshan’s greatest characteristic is that she is “quick-witted” and always considers things for you in ways that others wouldn’t expect, making you feel her thoughtfulness.

After hearing Zhou Zhi talk about the situation in Lianhe Township, Feng Xueshan started thinking about college. Every summer vacation, a large number of college students graduate in Shudu, and many of their clothes, washbasins, lunch boxes, quilts, sheets and other things are no longer useful.

These things would naturally be despised in big cities, but in Lianhe Township, there are still many families who only have one thin blanket for the whole family in winter.

And this situation is not limited to Lianhe Township. In the Daliang Mountains in the 1990s, such villages could be found everywhere.

(End of this chapter)