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Chapter 79 Interpreting Different Folklore

Today, May [-]th, the Dragon Boat Festival, midsummer climbing, Shunyang on the top, worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, celebrating activities, various foods, various places, different cultures, and different folk customs... ·

Today's imperial capital also has a strong atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boat racing, eating rice dumplings, drinking realgar wine, knotting colorful ropes, Mulan soup, hanging mugwort calamus...
The imperial capital, the political center of the Apocalypse Dynasty, usually has pilgrims from various countries, and it is also a place where merchants from all over the world gather. It brings different folk characteristics, and everywhere shows the heyday of the Apocalypse Dynasty...
Fu'an Tang Teahouse in Wu'an Hou Mansion.

"Hey, why hasn't that little clever ghost come yet?" Mrs. Xiao asked doubtfully while drinking her tea.

The second wife, Zhao Zhishan, replied with a smile: "Mother, Xuan'er ran to find the eldest lady, and said she wanted to come with the eldest sister."

"Oh, okay, let's wait." Madam Xiao replied with a smile.

A moment later, "Grandmother..." Xiao Jinxuan's clear and bright shout came from outside the teahouse.

"Hey..." Mrs. Xiao who was drinking tea replied with a smile.

The second wife, Zhao Zhishan, also smiled and got up to greet her.

After a while, I saw Xiao Jinxuan holding Xiao Jinxi's hand and walking into the teahouse together.

"Grandmother, Xi'er and Xuan'er greet you, and grandma is well." Xiao Jinxi and Xiao Jinxuan bowed to the old Mrs. Xiao who was seated in the main seat.

"Hey... okay, everyone, get up." Mrs. Xiao replied with a smile all over her face.

"Hello, miss." The second wife, Zhao Zhishan, smiled slightly, and bowed to Xiao Jinxi.

"Hello, Second Madam." Xiao Jinxi also smiled slightly in return.

"Come on, let's all go and eat. Mother Zhao made a lot of zongzi today." Mrs. Xiao said with a smile.

"Hey...Grandmother, let's go eat together." Xiao Jinxi smiled and stepped forward to support Mrs. Xiao.

"Grandmother, Xuan'er is helping you too." Xiao Jinxuan's clear voice sounded.

"Okay, support them all." Mrs. Xiao said happily.

At the dining table.

"Wow, Madam Zhao, you made a lot of zongzi!" Xiao Jinxuan exclaimed contentedly as she looked at the table of zongzi.

"Knowing that the Eldest Miss and the Second Miss like to eat, the old slave specially made some more. As long as the Eldest Miss and the Second Miss are happy to eat." Zhao Momo said with a smile on the side.

"Mother Zhao, thank you for your hard work!" Xiao Jinxi replied with a slight smile and nodded.

"Miss, you're welcome." Mother Zhao replied with a smile, walked forward one by one, pointed to the zongzi on the table, and said, "Let me introduce to you, this is eight-treasure zongzi, and this is red bean zongzi." , this is fresh meat rice dumpling, this is barbecued pork rice dumpling, and this is chestnut rice dumpling.”

"Wow...that's great! I want to eat it all!" Xiao Jinxuan happily continued: "Mother Zhao, you don't even know that last year when you were in my hometown, I didn't even eat the zongzi you made, but I was so hungry !"

"Haha..., Xianglan, look, this little clever ghost is greedy!" Mrs. Xiao who was beside her also said with a smile.

"Haha..., it's the old slave's fault. The Second Miss has been greedy for so long. No, I'll make up for it for you this year. Second Miss, you can eat more." Zhao Nanny replied with a smile.

"Hey...I want to be full today." Xiao Jinxuan said happily while peeling the rice dumplings.

Mrs. Xiao said with a smile: "Haha...well, I'll let you eat to your fullness today. But let's drink some realgar wine first. After drinking this realgar wine, you will be able to drive away evil spirits and detoxify, and all diseases will disappear."

"Oh... I see, grandma." "Yes, mother." Everyone raised their glasses and drank the wine in their glasses.

I only heard Mrs. Xiao say again: "Xianglan, bring that colorful rope."

Zhao Mama, who was at the side, came over with a plate and replied, "Old Madam, here it is." There were five colorful ropes on the plate.

Mrs. Xiao took out colorful ropes from the plate, put them on Xiao Jinxi, Xiao Jinxuan, and the second wife Zhao Zhishan one by one, and said: "This colorful rope can ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. You should wear it obediently until Qixi Festival." Can be untied, do you understand?"

"Yes, grandma, I understand." "Yes, mother." All three nodded.

"Zhishan, this belongs to Peng'er." Mrs. Xiao said as she handed a colorful rope to the second lady Zhao Zhishan.

"Yes, mother." The second wife, Zhao Zhishan, smiled slightly, took the colorful rope and put it inside her cuff.

Mrs. Xiao continued to say: "This belongs to Yu'er, grandma will keep it for him first."

Xiao Jinxi on the side smiled slightly. Looking at this scene, every year, my grandmother would hand over my father's colorful rope to Zhao Zhishan. Perhaps, this was also my grandmother's hope that the two of them could untie their knots. It has been so many years since my mother passed away. , grandmother should also hope that father can get another companionship.

And every year my brother goes to the north at this time, but every year my grandmother still prepares colorful ropes for my brother.

"Come on, let's all eat zongzi." Mrs. Xiao said to everyone.

She turned her head and said to Mother Zhao: "Xianglan, you can go down and eat too, there is no need to wait here."

I only heard Xiao Jinxi also say: "That's right, Mother Zhao, Luo'er is so hungry for your rice dumplings, she's still waiting for you."

Upon hearing this, Mother Zhao bowed and saluted, "Hey, I'm going now, old slave, old lady, eat slowly."

"Go, go." Mrs. Xiao said with a smile and waved her hand.

I saw the second lady put a peeled rice dumpling in front of Mrs. Xiao, and said with a smile: "Mother, this is eight-treasure rice dumpling, you can try it."

"Grandma, this is from chestnuts, you can try it."

"Grandma, this is from red beans, you have a taste."

"Hey...that's good. You can eat too." Mrs. Xiao said with a relieved smile.

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Lai Shun Tavern in Bird Clothes Lane.

At this moment, the tavern is full of diners, and the zongzi and realgar wine of Laishun tavern have a good reputation. Every Dragon Boat Festival, there are a steady stream of customers.

I saw the boss Liu Quan and Xiaoer busy greeting the guests: "Brother Li, you are here, come on, please sit down." "Xiaoer, bring me some realgar wine, and some zongzi." "Boss Huang , you are here, come and sit." "Shopkeeper Liu, I came here specially to drink realgar wine at the Dragon Boat Festival today, and you can cook two appetizers for me and two rice dumplings." "Okay! Boss Huang, Sit down for a while, and I will arrange it for you immediately."······

However, at this moment, in the innermost room of Lai Shun Tavern, a man dressed in hard clothes appeared in one of the rooms, which was the dormitory of the boss Liu Quan.

The well-dressed man searched the room quietly, the bed, the cabinet, the tables and chairs, the beams...

After a while, I saw a well-dressed man on the ground in a corner of the room, and saw something special. The man's eyes froze, and he walked up to check, with doubts in his eyes...
For a moment, the eyes of the man in strong attire lit up... This is to avoid the five poisons.

I saw the well-dressed man get up again and continue to search the room...
A little bit of time passed... In the room, the man in the smart suit still hadn't found any more things, so he looked at the things on the ground in the corner again, walked to the window, and disappeared into the room in a flash.

(End of this chapter)