"There are so many people."
"It's Dragon Boat Festival after all."
As night falls and the lanterns first come on, Li Ang and Chai Cuiqiao are walking along the riverside streets.
In the middle of the road is a group of men in red clothes and red hats. They are holding a dragon dance carriage connected by benches and tied with colored paper lanterns. The one walking in the front will raise and lower the dragon head to make a gesture. Various moving postures.
This is the dragon carriage of Xinliangshe, the Midian Society.
There are many kinds of mutual aid societies among the people of Yu. Every city has a rice society, a brocade shop, a gold and silver society. Behind the New Grain Club is the dragon cart of the wine club. In addition to the same bench shape, each of the four dragon claws also holds a lantern in the shape of a wine pot, which looks lifelike.
Dozens of dragon dances and dragon carriages, accompanied by the lively and noisy drum music, led the citizens to advance from north to south on both sides of the Jishui River.
"Old man, please bring me two fried dumplings."
Li Ang stopped in front of the food stall and bought two fried dumplings - which are sesame balls - with a smile.
Make glutinous rice flour and water into a ball shape, sprinkle sesame seeds on top, put it in a pan and fry it. It is crispy, crispy and delicious, just like the taste of campus breakfast in your memory.
Legend has it that eating jiandui is an ancient custom. Nuwa was exhausted trying to mend the sky. The new people on earth were worried about loving Nuwa, so every household made a spherical jiandui with flour, tied it with a red string, and placed it on the roof to mend the sky.
'This is the most authentic thousand-year-old delicacy. The production process and taste have not changed at all, and even the fillings are the same. '
Li Ang ate the sesame balls in the paper bag and glanced at Chai Cuiqiao, who was beside him with tears in his eyes and a resentful look in his eyes, and the smile on his lips became thicker.
After all, the little maid overestimated her appetite. She ate so many rice dumplings at dinner that she could hardly walk. Even if she wanted to eat, she didn't have the extra stomach capacity.
'Let you eat so much for supper. '
Li Ang smiled, turned around and bought four more sesame balls from the food stall, and said casually as he walked: "You can't eat them now, so as not to overeat. When you go back in the evening, fry them again."
"Great!"
Chai Cuiqiao waved her fist, suddenly shortened the length of her steps, and sped up her walking frequency. It looked like she was walking quickly, and she kept making "hey hey hey" sounds from her mouth.
Li Ang was confused, "What are you doing?"
"Walking quickly will speed up digestion."
Chai Cuiqiao walked up and down in front of Li Ang solemnly. After just a few dozen steps, she felt tired again. She supported the willow tree by the river and sighed: "The amount of exercise is really great. Maybe this is the marathon you mentioned, young master." "
"Pull your head and pull it. Your horse is almost thin."
Li Ang slapped his forehead helplessly and amusedly, and followed Chai Cuiqiao's gaze to the Jishui River below the river bank.
There are many pleasure boats and boats sailing on the river, and lanterns are hung on the four corners of each boat. Through the thin curtain, you can hear the elegant sound of silk and bamboo music, the sound of drinking and drinking, and the loud chatter from inside.
There was a burst of children's laughter like silver bells from behind. A group of children with rice wine on their foreheads shuttled through the gaps of the dragon-shaped floats, with duck eggs connected with colorful threads hanging on their chests. From time to time they stopped to play with straws—— Each party takes a piece of grass, hooks it to each other, and pulls hard. The one who keeps breaking wins, and the one who breaks loses and finds another new grass.
Just like a thousand years later.
Looking at the lights of thousands of houses,
Fuzzy and chaotic memories emerged in Li Ang's mind, leading to violent and complex emotions.
Joy, sadness, sentimentality, and loneliness...
Thousands of years apart, the food is the same, the festivals are the same, and the customs are the same, but there is no one to talk to about the thousands of words he hides deep in his heart.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, let's go, the dragon boat is just ahead."
Li Ang smiled and waved his hand, retracted his gaze towards the deep river water, and continued to move forward with Chai Cuiqiao.
Thanks to the Academy's improved iron pot forging, vegetable oil extraction, and spice cultivation techniques, Li Ang also saw a large number of delicacies similar to later generations' snacks at the street food stalls.
Fried squid, fried pigeon, fried chestnut, chicken skewers...
It's just that the price is slightly more expensive than ordinary snacks.
Not only because today is a holiday, but also because of the extra spices.
Li Ang, who still had dozens of coins left at home, finally experienced the joy of having snacks freely. He bought more than a dozen bags of snacks, but he couldn't hold them anymore, so he asked the store to find a string, thread it through the oil paper bag, and carry it away. .
When passing by a jewelry stall, he glanced at the old hairpin on Chai Cui's head. His heart moved. He stopped, pointed at a beautifully crafted copper-laminated peony hairpin, and said to the old lady behind the jewelry stall: "I Man, please give me this hairpin..."
"Grandma, how do you sell this hairpin?"
Almost at the same time, a thin finger pointed at the copper hairpin.
Li Ang turned around and saw that the person who was interested in the same hairpin as him was a little girl about nine years old. Next to her stood a woman about thirty years old wearing a medium-priced skirt. Her face was soft and well-maintained, and she looked like Pregnant.
Li Ang smiled and cupped his hands, "Did the little lady buy it for herself?"
"no."
The little girl approached her mother awkwardly, "My mother hasn't bought jewelry for a long time. I saved a hundred coins and wanted to buy one for my mother."
Li Ang nodded, "That's it."
The little girl's mother smiled and asked: "Do you want to buy it for your sweetheart?"
"No, it's my little maid."
Li Ang waved his hand with a smile, while Chai Cuiqiao on the side puffed up her mouth inexplicably and looked at the starry sky angrily.
"A maid? Then, if the young man wants it, I'll let it go to you..."
Before the little girl's mother finished speaking, a surprised cry came from behind the crowd, "Doctor Li?"
Li Ang looked back and saw Shad's third brother, who had Guinea worm, and a few guys squeezing out of the crowd and trotting over with surprise on their faces.
They all wore half-sleeved clothes, with the names of their companies embroidered with white thread on their chests. They knew at a glance that they were going to participate in tonight's dragon boat race.
"Sasaburo."
Li Ang cupped his hands and said, "Is your elder brother feeling better?"
"Much better. He hasn't had any dizziness, vomiting, or diarrhea since he returned home. And we followed your doctor's advice and didn't let him drink realgar wine today."
The third brother Sha De replied: "Tonight I brought a few guys to the dragon boat race, thinking of coming back first to bring blessing to my eldest brother."
Li Ang smiled and nodded, "Then I wish you success."
"Doctor Li?"
The woman in a skirt and her daughter on the side blinked curiously, "Is the young man a doctor?"
"Of course! Dr. Li from Baoan Tang is the best doctor in Zhenzhou, no, in Jiangnan Province."
Before Li Ang introduced himself, the third brother Sha De next to him patted his chest and said: "He saved my eldest brother's life.
There were also the army horses of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry and the broken bones of hundreds of people in the city.
Dr. Li, what does your security hall advertisement say?
Which one is better at curing all diseases? Look for Baoan Tang on the west bank of Jianshui Bridge.
I'm not just bragging. I'm just a passerby. I just think Dr. Li's medical skills are superb. "
