Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 87 Dragon Boat Festival
After the new calendar comes the lunar calendar, and the Dragon Boat Festival is coming.

Until now, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a very important festival in Jiachuan.

The Yangtze River has risen to completely submerge Shipanjiao, and the annual dragon boat race is about to begin.

On that day, thousands of people in Jiachuan, including farmers from several nearby districts, will also come, and the entire main street will be full of people rushing towards the new highway wharf.

Dragon boat teams come from all walks of life in Jiachuan, including fishery team, urban construction team, agricultural team, light industry team...

There are also districts and towns with better economic conditions, such as Chengguan Town Team, Rongshan Tianhua Team...

This year, there is one more dragon boat team—the individual industrial and commercial team.

This team was spontaneously organized by Jiachuan individual business owners. A few Jiachuan business owners who made a fortune took the initiative to find their father - Zhou Ju, let's form a team too, our business system should also participate!

Dad was a little nervous, the bureau hadn't considered this budget before...

No need to pay money from the Bureau!Is it a matter of money? !As long as you take the lead in the weekly game, sign up!
Dad looked at the two guys in front of him, he really didn't expect such enthusiasm.

Wait a minute, it's not just about money, it's about boats, people, and training.

It's not a big deal, I know that there is a dragon boat in Erli Township, which was only launched last year!
The person who said this was the owner of an individual bus fleet running in a small town.

I am familiar with the way on the water, I will go to the fishery club to find people!
It was the coal boss who said this.

Why is the coal boss familiar with the way on the water?Because Jiachuan is located at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou, besides the land route, the coal in Qianzhou is released from Loushanguan to Majie Wharf, where it can be sold by using the Yangtze River waterway.

So the coal boss is not only the coal boss, but also the ship boss.

Dad remembered Zhou Zhi's words and called his secretary, Secretary Zhang. I think it is very encouraging for our industry and commerce comrades to have such enthusiasm for participation.

I will leave this matter to you to organize. We must not only participate in this competition, but also do it well and strive to get the ranking!

Let the people of the whole county see the demeanor of our individual industrial and commercial comrades!
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Jiachuan Middle School, female dormitory.

Jiang Shuyi wrapped a dark translucent glass napkin and put it in an iron box.

"Shu Yi, don't you watch dragon boat rowing? Let me tell you, it's very lively." Zhang Xinyi said: "If there is no place to eat at noon, you can go to my house, it doesn't matter."

"Don't read it, I want to take this back and keep it in the fighting fish basin."

Zhang Xinyi pouted: "This is just a piece of glass, and you still treat him as a treasure. There are many good things from Zhou Zhi, and you should ask him to give you better things."

"Really? What's good about him?"

"That's a lot. He has a jar of agate stones he found from the small pebbles by the river, which is very beautiful; there is also a golden stone found in the coal pile, which he said is 'fool's gold';"

"There is also a dark coal, which is not good-looking; but there is also a beautiful light stone, which was also found in the coal pile, and it is called 'Gempo'."

"There are also squares of calcite, and two small glass tubes, all scoured from the sand."

"One has gold dust in it, and the other has tiny white flakes in it. He said it's called mica..."

"Anyway, there are a lot of strange things, any one is better than yours."

"Xin Yi...he...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 hang up."

"What is it?"

"I don't remember, I just remember the last sentence is 'Hold wine for the king to persuade the setting sun, and take evening photos among the flowers'."

"Oh."

If Zhou Zhi knew that Song Qida's "Jade House Spring" would be evaluated by Zhang Xinyi as "decadent and old-fashioned", he would probably vomit three liters of blood on the spot.

"Why don't you leave, go watch the dragon boat rowing with me and Ye Xin tomorrow, after that we go to Zhou Zhi's house to play and see his weird things?"

"..."

"That's it!"

In the afternoon class, everyone was not in the mood to attend the class, and they were all discussing tomorrow's big event.

The weather is already very hot, and the cicadas on the paulownia tree outside the window are all screaming in Yiwa, which makes the heat even more hot.

The girls are all wearing skirts, and the boys are wearing short-sleeved shorts. The most popular ones now are NBA jersey vests and European football giants' jerseys. They are all made of chemical fibers, and you have to go to Manzhou to buy them.

Making paper rolls has also become a hassle. There is sweat under the arms, and the ink on the test paper is accidentally blurred.

"The popsicles are here!" Zhou Zhi walked into the classroom carrying two plastic bags.

Popsicles were Master Qiao's way out, and he sold them during Zhou Zhi's summer vacation. A popsicle first earned five cents, but now it can earn ten cents.

A dime can't be underestimated. Selling forty sticks a day is four yuan, and a month is still in the early [-]s. An ordinary worker earns two months' wages.

Mu Ruyun looked at the wax paper of the popsicle in his hand and lamented: "Why are they from mung beans again! Does anyone have milk to replace?"

All the boys who got the milk shook their heads and even accelerated the speed of opening the wax paper. After opening, they licked the popsicles all over for fear of being robbed.

In fact, milk is not necessarily more delicious than mung beans, but the price is a little bit higher.

"What does your elbow taste like?"

"It's good to have something to eat. The other classes are envious of us." Zhou Zhi said, "Old Mu, you should be criticized. Think about eating Banlangen two weeks ago, and now you're still picky!"

Eating popsicles is also Zhou Zhi's idea. Zhou Zhi has a refrigerator at home. When summer comes, he uses cold medicine and adds water at home. After making popsicles, he puts them in a bag and continues to freeze. Then he makes the next batch. When the number is collected, he will bring it to the home for evening self-study. Come to the classroom for everyone to eat.

But this method is very troublesome, and after eating it a few times, the students still dislike the single taste, so everyone decided to pay from the class fee, once a week, from Zhouzhi to order from the popsicle factory in Chengguan Town, get the cost price, plus a delivery fee of one yuan, Let Xia Tian also send Sun Damao, who sells popsicles as extra income, by the way.

Since it is paid from the class fee, it has to be changed to daytime, otherwise it will be unfair to day students.

So once a week, eating popsicles and opening the blind box became a group activity in the class.

There are 54 people in the class, and if they eat popsicles together once, they can save four yuan.

Everyone calculates like this, as for the extra class fees 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 race tomorrow, I will come to your house to play in the afternoon. Can I?"

"What time? Make an appointment first, I'm afraid it will be bad if I don't come back by then."

Seeing that Mu Ruyun's jealous eyes were turning red with jealousy, Zhou Zhi said, "Old Mu, come too. Then there will be Yang He at my house, have dinner at my house, come back to study by yourself in the evening, just in time to talk about sending you off together during the summer vacation." It's about going home."

Mu Ruyun was overjoyed, but she still had the monitor's airs on her face: "If you want to play, you want to play, it sounds so nice."

When I got home at night, I found that my father was drunk and my mother was taking care of him.

"Dad, what's the matter?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"Mobilize before the war! I met a group of wine fairies." My mother was annoyed: "I fell asleep on the wine table, and it was sent by Secretary Zhang."

Dad can't drink, but the wine is good, he pours it after a few glasses, and then falls into a deep sleep that he doesn't know.

"Drinking before the battle, you're going crazy..." Zhou Zhi muttered to himself, "Where did you find the oarsman?"

Speaking of this old mother, I find it funny: "Liu Sanhe, who is the owner of the boat, gave 100 yuan each, and also included two big drinks at the front and back county guest houses. He almost lifted the dragon boat fleet of his fishery agency. Everyone has reported to the secretary."

"Hahahaha..." Zhou Zhi also thought it was funny, only these small business owners with bright ideas could do this now.

"Mom, some classmates will come to our house for dinner tomorrow."

"Oh, who is it?" My mother didn't feel surprised: "Your father will definitely not come back tomorrow, so I will go to Mrs. Zhao's house and get a cloth head for grandma."

"That's okay, it's easy to eat in summer, not to mention that the rice dumplings are all wrapped by grandma. After eating, we have to go to study at night." Zhou Zhi said: "You have met Yang He and Xin Yi, and there are others you haven't seen. Mu Ruyun, the monitor of our Class [-], Jiang Shuyi who I sent her home last time, and Ye Xin who lives in Fubao Town."

"This summer vacation is our last free summer vacation. Everyone is planning to go to Fubao to have fun. It's a good time to discuss it."

"Xin Yi is going too? Then you have to do some work with Mrs. Zhao, and take care of all the girls."

"It's still early, just count the number of people now, don't worry about other mothers. Besides Mrs. Zhao's work, Jiang Shuyi also needs Uncle Jiang and Auntie Du's approval."

"Ah, yes, I really can't go to your Mrs. Zhao's house tomorrow." My mother suddenly changed her words when she heard this: "I just remembered, and I'm in a hurry to get your little six sister's account book!"

The next day the school was on holiday, so Zhou Zhi went to buy vegetables first, and bought wormwood and calamus to hang on the door.

And the zongzi has been cooked on low heat since last night.

When you come back, scoop out some salt water, soak the cucumbers, and throw the watermelon into the water tank to keep it calm.

In fact, it is very simple to treat Jiachuan in summer, because it is too hot to eat.

Cold spinach, stir-fry one with soaked cowpea, soybean, and minced meat, garlic and white meat, then cut a stewed pork head, and a large pot of mung bean porridge.

Add a few more Cokes and beers at most, and you're done.

While making lunch, he cooked porridge and boiled white meat, then iced it in cold water. After lunch, Zhou Zhi also went out with a straw hat.

The third sister had already made an appointment with her classmates to go to the riverside wharf. This year, my mother pushed a wheelchair and took my grandmother to the house of the eldest cousin of Chinese medicine. Her house is on the fifth floor by the riverside, where she can comfortably watch dragon boat rowing.

Chengguan Town is so big, so there is no need to worry about not being able to find friends, and they met Yan Xiao, Hu Ting and Zhang Xiaoyu not long after they left.

Several people were bare to the upper body, their shorts were wet, and the inner tube of a tire was still hanging on Huating's body, which was used as a life buoy and a raft.

It seems that this group of boars have already gone down to the river to play around in the morning.

Seeing Zhou Zhi and Zhang Xiaoyu, he shouted: "Zhou Zhi! Don't grab ducks this year? Dress like Zhou Zheng!"

Grabbing ducks and zongzi are both activities of Jiachuan Dragon Boat Festival.

In a few years, these activities will be gone.

(End of this chapter)