The champion is my son

Chapter 35 Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race
It is also necessary to find mint, mugwort leaves, wormwood and other plants to hang on the door sills to ward off evil spirits.Wait until the fifth day of May, the official day of the Dragon Boat Festival, and bathe with grass boiled water to drive away evil spirits and avoid harm.

Some people are more particular about making white cords, sachets, talisman hairpins, etc., which can be worn by themselves or given to each other as gifts.

The three villages of Dayebai, Shilitang, and Shikuaitian will hold dragon boat races on the fifth day of May, where the Ninghe River flows gently.

This happens every year, just to compete.

This matter was approved by Lexu county magistrate, and the county magistrate will come to watch the game every year, and the county magistrate will also prepare a lottery, which is 20 taels or something worth 20 taels of silver.

20 taels of silver is quite a lot. Ordinary people can live a year, and they can take money or ask for things.

As early as two days ago, Mrs. Jiang had bought glutinous rice from Mr. Liu's house in the same village.The Jiang family does not have the habit of eating zongzi, but they still buy some glutinous rice every year, instead of making zongzi, they make glutinous rice.

In addition, drink realgar wine, and put realgar wine in front of and behind the house to curb snakes, rats, insects and ants.

On weekdays, the family seldom eats meat. This time, Mrs. Jiang took down the bacon hanging from the beams of the house and made glutinous rice stewed with bacon and potatoes.

Yun Ji is very well-behaved to help the family with what they can do during the holidays today.Although he is only five years old, the children in the village basically start to do housework at this age.None of the children in the countryside are pampered.Li Qing knew how to guide him so that he wouldn't get tired of housework.A gentleman must be ignorant of five grains, Li Qing doesn't want to raise his own children.

After lunch, all the people in the village spontaneously went to the shallow water area of ​​Ninghe River, where people named it Poer Gun.

Li Qing was carrying a basket, Jiang Shi was carrying the burden, Yun Ji was carrying a small bench, and they were going to sell fried ghosts.This kind of thing is nothing to be ashamed of. Going to Poer Gun is not only to watch dragon boats, but also to sell things. Many people will do this, and there you can also meet pickers who travel from place to place.

Although it's not too early or too late to go, many people have already gathered by the river.Through the gaps in the crowd, several dragon boats on the water can be seen.

According to the practice of previous years, the dragon boat in Shilitang Village is composed of hunters in the village, capable farmers and scholars.

Shilitang is a team composed of 21 people, one helmsman, one drummer and one gong at each end, sixteen rowers in the middle, and two substitutes.

Li Qing set up his small stall next to a sachet stall.

There are biscuit sellers nearby, and some people have already set up tents to sell some wine and meat.After research, not long ago Li Qing came up with pot stickers.So this time they brought over a plate of potstickers filled with vegetarian stuffing.I probably earned more than one or two taels of silver selling fried dough sticks before.At this rate, Li Qing thought, she should be able to save enough money for the next step by the end of the year.

Fried ghosts are no longer unknown to everyone. Many people have eaten fried ghosts from Jiang's food stall, and the taste is very good.So as soon as the stall was set up, someone came up to ask, and it was quickly overcrowded.

People who don't know are very curious about this. What is it that is so popular?Li Qing's fried dough sticks are getting more and more mature. At the beginning, they still had a bit of a stiff chewy texture, but now they only have a crispy texture, so the two picks were quickly sold out, but no one cared about the fried dough sticks.

The Ninghe River was blown by the gentle breeze, and there were three men and one woman sitting in a four-cornered pavilion not far away.The man wears a crowned bun, while the woman wears a maiden bun without red hairpins.

They are all doing one thing, that is eating Li Qing's fried ghosts.

"Well, I didn't expect that Lexu in Sichuan would have such delicious snacks. This is a good food that we have never had before in Beijing." One of the men sat on the stool lazily, took two sips from his teacup, and poured out the tea in his mouth. Something swallowed.

"My lord, I just saw the new snack pot stickers from Shangjing at the woman's stall. I didn't expect that the cooking of pot stickers has been spread to this remote Sichuan." The young man on the side bowed his hands and said.

The young man in the boy's mouth straightened his body immediately, and looked at the man opposite. The man opposite was well-shaped, with a row of beards on his lips, thick sword eyebrows, and looked very serious.

"Brother Liao, what do you think?"

"Look at what my brother said, the pot stickers are not a unique skill. If someone in Beijing can make it, maybe no one in Sichuan can do it." Before Brother Liao could speak, the little girl beside him spoke first. There was a lot of ridicule in the words. "It's the fried ghost. It's the first time I saw it. It's very fresh. I don't know why it makes this thing swell so much."

"Little sister is right. I think this stuff uses yeast. Someone has made it like this before. It tastes hard and dry. It's not as crispy as this one." The man on the other side stared at the deep-fried dough sticks in his hand. Said.

"I suddenly smelled a business opportunity, if we bring it back to Shangjing..." the foolish man said excitedly.All three looked at Brother Liao.

This man called Brother Liao is a Su merchant, Liao Xing, the eldest son of the Liao family in Suzhou, known as the iron king of the business world.The reason is that cold face, which makes people shudder, and the two are warring.It would be a pity that such a person does not go to war, as long as he goes into battle, a single face is enough to scare away millions of enemy troops.This is the evaluation of Liao Xing by the people.

"If you can buy the formula, it's not too bad." Liao Xing said.

Several people have long been used to the cold face of their eldest brother, and gathered together to discuss.

In fact, Liao Xing didn't do this on purpose, but he was born with facial muscle stiffness, commonly known as facial paralysis. No one knew about this except his family.Over time, it left a strong impression in the hearts of others.

Liqing's pot stickers are almost sold out here. The bottom of the pot stickers is oily and crispy, full of fillings, and strong salt taste. Most of them are bought by people from the wine and meat stall next door.

Seeing that Li Qing's things were selling quickly, the people around couldn't help being jealous, but there was nothing they could do in public, so they could only yell desperately, expecting more people to buy their things.

Li Qing also felt at ease, and could take his son to wave the flag for the dragon boat in his village.Jiang shi has seen countless dragon boat races like this, and she didn't expect that much in her heart.Now she is more interested in small stalls that sell money, so she took the initiative to guard the stall.Li Qing walked towards the river with Yunji on his back.

"Brother Liao, I'll send someone to the small stall to inquire, buy it at the lowest price, and take it to Shangjing and Suzhou." The foolish man is Mrs. Liao Xing's younger brother Zhang Desheng, also known as the so-called brother-in-law.The remaining man is Liao Yong, the second son of the Liao family, and the little girl is the sixth young lady of the Liao family. She is a concubine, but she has a very good friendship with these three people, so this time I brought her with me when I came to Sichuan.

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