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Chapter 205 Another Year of Dragon Boat Festival (2)
But one difference is that during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, when the four brothers and sisters of Lin Xiaoqiao jointly protested, Li did not draw the word "king" on their foreheads.

Because of the festival, Widow Zheng also gave their four brothers and sisters a small gift. The gift for the two sisters Lin Xiaoqiao was a silk handkerchief embroidered with centipedes, scorpions and other five poisons, and the two brothers Dalang Erlang The gift I received was a sachet embroidered with five poisons.

Lin Xiaoxi was born with a passion for embroidery, so he liked the handkerchief given by Widow Zheng very much, but Lin Xiaoqiao felt that although this gift was suitable for the occasion, it was a bit awkward to embroider the five poisons on the silk handkerchief.

Widow Zheng's embroidery skills are superb, so the embroidered things seem to be vivid, especially the little snake spitting out the letter, Lin Xiaoqiao feels trembling when she looks at it, anyway, she is not going to take this handkerchief After using it, it will fluff if you look at it more.

Not only that, but she also discussed with her sister Lin Xiaoxi in private that Lin Xiaoxi was not allowed to use this silk handkerchief in front of her. If she likes it, she can appreciate it in private. Nodded in response.

On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, according to the custom, we must eat zongzi. Mrs. Li and Widow Zheng had already wrapped and cooked the zongzi the day before. There are twenty packs of ingredients, and the total amount is less than one hundred, but it must be enough for my family to eat.

Now that the family conditions are better, chicken, duck and fish are eaten in different ways every day, and they are not so rare about zongzi. The four brothers and sister Lin Xiaoqiao ate two small zongzi and stopped eating.

Thinking of last year's Dragon Boat Festival, when Erlang ate rice dumplings so much that he could only watch others eat meat and bones, Mrs. Li couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional, and chatted with Widow Zheng: "Look at these children, they ate rice dumplings." So little, now that the family conditions are better, the children don’t even care about zongzi. I think back then, when the family was not separated, every festival, this zongzi was a precious food, and I couldn’t easily taste a bite .”

After hearing this, Widow Zheng smiled softly: "Why do you think about so many things in the past? This doesn't mean that your life is getting more and more prosperous now."

Hearing these words, Mrs. Li had a smile on her face, and said, "Yes! Our life is getting better and better!"

The two women chatted about some other topics, most of them were still about the business of the shop, and this topic went round and round.

Just now, Lin Xiaoqiao accidentally saw the soft smile on Widow Zheng's face, and she immediately thought of Chen Xuewen's smile, which was always so gentle and gentle.

Counting the days, he has been away from home for several months. Although the two often correspond, Lin Xiaoqiao still misses him very much occasionally, and she doesn't know if her brother Xuewen has zongzi for a festival like today.

I have been studying for so long, so it is time to come back. It must be very lonely to be alone, and even such a festival cannot be spent with relatives. Her brother Xuewen is really pitiful.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoqiao went to the study to write a letter, which was signed on the fifth day of May. Although there was nothing special in the letter, Lin Xiaoqiao just wanted to tell Chen Xuewen that on such a festival, Here, even if he is not around, everyone will still miss him and think about him.

Lin Xiaoqiao felt that if she did this, she would definitely be able to comfort brother Xuewen, and the facts were of course as she thought. After Chen Xuewen received the letter, he was really moved.

In particular, when he saw a big zongzi drawn on the letter paper, and a few large characters of "meat stuffed oh" were marked next to the zongzi, he kept flashing in his mind, that weird little girl, Holding a meat-filled rice dumpling in his hand, standing in front of him smiling, seducing his playful appearance, Chen Xuewen couldn't help but want to laugh.

The days of studying abroad are lonely and boring, but he can often receive letters from this little girl, Chen Xuewen can really feel the full affection of those relatives in the distance, and he feels lucky and happy.

At noon, Mrs. Li didn't want to stay in the kitchen because of the hot weather, so the lunch was not so grand, but simply cooked a few dishes, which could barely be considered a hearty one.

Even so, everyone didn't have much appetite, and just took a few bites casually and stopped eating. Most of the dishes on the table were left without chopsticks.

After the meal, Mrs. Li saw that no one had eaten much, so she took out the big watermelon that had been soaked in the well water for a whole morning, and cut it up for everyone to eat.

Although this month's watermelon is not very sweet, but Lin Xiaoqiao and the others still enjoyed eating it one by one. A watermelon weighing about ten catties was wiped out by everyone in one meal.

After eating the watermelon, everyone rested for a while, and then went out to watch the dragon boat race. Every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, the county magistrate would hold a grand "Dragon Boat Race" event on the largest and longest Qingshui River in the town. It is said that the scene was very lively and spectacular.

Lin Xiaoqiao's family used to live in the country and had never seen it before, so this year they decided to join in the fun together.

A group of people braved the scorching sun and came to the bank of Qingshui River. Many ordinary people were already standing on the bank. Lin Xiaoqiao and the others found a place under a tree to stand there.

The competition has not started yet, and the county magistrate seems to have not come here yet. The river surface of this river looks very wide, and four dragon boats have already been placed on the river surface.

Each boat is seven or eight meters long, and each boat has a small flag on the bow, which is marked with a number, and each has a big drum on it.

Lin Xiaoqiao has never seen a scene like a "dragon boat race" in two lifetimes, so he is quite curious and looking forward to it.

At first Lin Xiaoqiao was waiting with excitement, but after waiting for a long time, the game hadn't started yet, but the crowd on the shore was getting bigger and louder.

The weather was unbearably hot, and by chance today, there was no wind at all. Even though Lin Xiaoqiao and the others were standing under the tree, they still felt extremely hot, and their mood became more and more irritable.

Just when Lin Xiaoqiao waited so patiently that he almost disappeared, the county magistrate finally came leisurely with a group of shirtless and shirtless men.

After the county magistrate found the shady place to sit down, he said a few official words to the people at the scene, and those shirtless men gradually boarded the dragon boat, and the race was about to begin.

With the bang of gongs and drums, every dragon boat rushed out like an arrow, and the cheers and cheers of the common people on the shore also rang out.

Seeing the almost identical paddling movements of the men on the boat, accompanied by the sound of "bang bang bang" drums, this kind of scene is really quite spectacular.

(End of this chapter)