Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 306 Daughter's Day

When mentioning Girls' Day in later generations, the first thing people think of is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th. Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Yuexi, originated in the early Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. To entrust the meaning of missing hometown, missing relatives, praying for good harvest and happiness.

Of course, having said so much, the Girl's Day mentioned by the Spring and Autumn Festival is not the Mid-Autumn Festival known to later generations, but the Qiqiao Festival on the seventh day of July.

Qixi Qiqiao, this festival first originated in the Han Dynasty. Ge Hong's "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty has a record that "Han colored women often wear seven-hole needles in Kaijin Building on July [-]th, and everyone learns about it". The earliest record of Qiqiao seen in ancient literature.

At the same time, because of the beautiful love story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, it is said that on the day when Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet on the magpie bridge, the girls will beg together to beg God to let them be as ingenious as Weaver Girl, and pray that they can have the happiness they want. Marriage, thus forming the Qixi Festival.

In the study a few days ago, her second brother Yang Chunming said that the Girl's Day was an extension of the Qiqiao Festival.

Every festival, the inside and outside of the county will be very lively. Chunqiu had already made an appointment with Yang Chunming to go out together that day. She even prepared the clothes she would wear that day. She just waited for that day to put on new clothes and go out for fun.

During the Qixi Festival, there are many customs, such as begging for cleverness through needles, happy spiders to meet cleverness, throwing needles to test cleverness, seeding for children, worshiping "mill drink music", worshiping Weaver Girl, worshiping Kuixing, drying books, drying clothes, and congratulating cattle Birthday, eating Qiaoguo and so on.

It's just that her mother wasn't around, and Chunqiu didn't care about it. Yang Chunming didn't ask for these jobs that required "skills and ingenuity", and Chunqiu was happy and at ease.

The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is Qiqiao Festival.

Putting on a flowing light yellow dress, Chunqiu's forehead was covered with soft cloth, and for the first time, she used the rouge and gouache left by her mother to dress up.

With her hair combed into a high bun, a headband of the same color, and a delicate purse pinned to her waist, Chunqiu stared at the mirror carefully for a while before walking out of the yard.

At this time, Yang Chunming and Li Tuesday had already changed into casual clothes, holding folding fans, and sat in the gazebo in the yard waiting for Chunqiu.

The two of them were holding a pair of Pian Pianjia's heads, and Chun Qiu, who ran out, saw them and kept complaining about them.

"Second brother, brother Li Zhou, let's go"

"Oh, sister Qiu'er's dressing up like this today is really eye-catching, it makes sister Qiu'er beautiful, charming and cute." Li Zhou praised Chunqiu's outfit immediately.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect brother Li Zhou to be so good at talking, Qiu'er has seen it today." Chunqiu covered his mouth and smirked, his eyebrows and eyes curved into crescents.

"Qiu'er's words are wrong, I'm telling the truth." After Li Zhou finished speaking, he blinked at Chunqiu, and Chunqiu couldn't stop giggling at that funny little appearance.

The melodious laughter drifts away with the wind, the boy's voice is clear and the girl's voice is delicate and pretty, mixing them together creates a harmonious movement.

The sky not far away has been dyed red by bright red clouds, which make the whole environment pink.

Chunqiu and Li Zhou teased a few words, and Yang Chunming at the side interrupted with a smile, "Okay, let's go now."

Chunqiu responded with a crisp voice, then ran quickly to Yang Chunming's side, stretched out his hand to hold Yang Chunming's warm and generous palm, raised his head and showed a bright smile to Yang Chunming.

Yang Chunming lowered his head, tightly held Chunqiu's little hand, and gently touched Chunqiu's somewhat messy hairband with his free palm, then turned his head and said to Li Zhou behind him, "Brother Li, let's go."

After hearing this, Li Zhou opened the folding fan in his hand with a "snap", put one hand behind his back, held the folding fan in the other, and walked gracefully behind Yang Chunming and his sister.

Turning out of the alley in the backyard of the county government office, a spacious road appeared in front of me. Most of the shops on both sides of the street had already closed, and there were still a few sporadic ones standing in it.

"Go around the road in front of you and walk two steps forward, we will be there." Yang Chunming pointed to the end of the street, lowered his head and explained to Chunqiu in a low voice.

Chunqiu took Yang Chunming's palm, and responded with two "hmmmm", and the light yellow ribbon on his hair fluttered in the wind, like butterflies flying.

The three of them walked for a while, and the pedestrians on both sides of the street in front of them gradually increased, and the hawker's cries became more and more clear in their ears.

Chunqiu noticed that most of the passers-by were women, and even the veiled women seemed to be well-dressed. After walking such a short distance, Chunqiu found that there were already many The five women were secretly watching her second brother.

Chunqiu tilted his head and looked at his second brother's elegant and handsome face, his heart would "ploppppp" faster, there was no way, the moonlight is so beautiful now, and the boy is even more beautiful.

"You are so young, what are you thinking about?"

"Oh, second brother, you slapped me on the head again." Chunqiu held his head unhappily and protested as he walked.

"Where is my problem? With so many people, why don't they look at the road?" Yang Chunming looked at Chunqiu with a serious tone.

"I..." Chunqiu sticks out her tongue, feeling a little guilty, isn't she addicted to her second brother's beauty and cannot extricate herself.

Seeing that his sister stopped talking, Yang Chunming stopped reprimanding him immediately, and told him to be careful on the road. Chunqiu absent-mindedly said "hmm, huh, huh, huh!" Yang Chunming shook his head helplessly, and held Chunqiu's hand tightly again. .

When they came to the bustling place, Li Zhou didn't come with Chunqiu, he talked to Yang Chunming and made an appointment for a meeting place, Li Zhou apologized and left directly.

"Second brother, let's go too"

Watching Li Zhou leave, Chunqiu couldn't wait to drag Yang Chunming away quickly. There was a small stall selling masks not far from the two of them. Chunqiu was curious about the masks on the stall, so he kept urging Yang Chunming to leave. Chunming, let's go.

Pulling Yang Chunming to the side of the stall, Chunqiu let go of Yang Chunming's wrist, fixed his eyes on the masks of different shapes in front of him, touched left and right curiously, "Boss, how do you sell this mask? What about this one? Hey, this one looks nice too..."

Yang Chunming followed Chunqiu, looking at Chunqiu with doting eyes.

He smiled apologetically at the owner in front of the stall. Fortunately, the owner who sold the masks was also a kind old man. He didn't feel impatient with Chunqiu's curiosity. Instead, he answered enthusiastically one by one. I suddenly felt more interested in the hidden meaning of the words, and asked different questions one after another.

Finally, after consulting the boss again, Chunqiu hesitated, and decided to buy two rabbit masks, one for his second brother and one for himself.

(End of this chapter)