Chen Kai said with a smile, "Fourth Brother, you can promote it in the village when you have free time. People in our village who want to participate can sign up with you."
Sanya asked excitedly, "Uncle, how does the competition work?"
Chen Kai explained, "Each competition is separated into men and women, and some competitions also have age and gender restrictions."
"The individual swimming competition is limited to men aged 10 and above, and the game is about who can swim the fastest."
"In the swimming team competition, only men are allowed to participate. Two men take one man with them, and the team that reaches the finish line first wins."
A little child asked, "Why can't girls participate in games and competitions?"
An older boy said, "Of course girls shouldn't swim in public; it's immoral and disrespectful!"
There's nothing wrong with women swimming, but they have to break through this societal prejudice themselves. Their family provides the platform, but whether they can break through it depends on themselves.
They planned to hold the competition once a month before the floods, and there wasn't much time left, but there was enough time to hold it twice.
Seeing such generous prizes for the swimming competition, many women will definitely want to participate. As long as they are willing to accept the prizes, then they can participate in the event.
Moreover, he wanted to make this event a big event, promote it in the town and county, send out invitations, and invite people from several neighboring villages to come and watch.
Let everyone know about Anping Village and the Chen family's products.
A little girl asked, "What about other competitions? Can we girls participate in them?"
Chen Kai said, "Apart from swimming competitions, other competitions are open to both men and women."
"A running race is about who runs the fastest, a game competition is about who swims the fastest, and a relay race is about ten people in a group, working in pairs, with one person carrying the other on their back, and the first person to reach the finish line wins."
"The competitions are separated by gender, and there are also competitions separated by age."
"Those under ten years old compete together, those between eleven and twenty years old compete together, and those over twenty years old compete together."
A little child excitedly said, "Then there must be lots of prizes to win!"
Chen Kai nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, there will be a prize as long as you make it into the top three."
A slightly older boy asked, "Can one person sign up for several programs?"
Chen Kai said, "Sure! As long as you meet the project requirements, you can participate."
They chatted for a while longer before heading back.
On the way back, Chen Laosi asked, "Little brother, if you do it this way, you'll have to prepare a lot of black face as prizes."
Chen Kai said, "Fourth Brother, we'll pay for the black face ourselves."
Chen Laosi asked again, "Little brother, have you told your parents yet?"
Chen Kai frowned and said, "Fourth Brother, I'll go tell Father and Mother later."
They haven't told Old Man Chen about this event yet; he still needs to go and get his dad on board.
When they arrived at the village, they saw a group of elderly people with smiling faces holding large red cloths, and the person in the lead was banging gongs and drums.
Chen Kai watched them walk away, completely bewildered. What were those people doing?
Old Man Chen and Chen Kai's four uncles also arrived. Seeing Chen Kai and the others there, Old Man Chen scooped up Chen Kai and put him in Uncle Zhou's arms. Then, holding Xiao Tian himself, he excitedly said, "Fourth brother, come on, hurry up and catch up."
Chen Kai asked in confusion, "Dad, what's going on? Where are we going?"
Old Man Chen exclaimed excitedly, "It's become a spirit! It's become a spirit!"
Uncle Zhou stammered, "I heard it's huge, it's practically a spirit!"
Uncle Zhou also excitedly said, "We need to build a shrine for the local earth god to worship him!"
Can you guys get to the point?
Chen Kai asked speechlessly, "Dad, get to the point, what has become a spirit?"
Old Man Chen smiled and said, "It's a weed."
When they arrived at the location, Chen Kai was stunned. "Wow, what a huge tree! It's really become a spirit!"
Wild grass is everywhere, but have you ever seen wild grass taller than a person?
There was one right in front of them, and it was taller than a person, about five or six meters tall.
The world is truly full of wonders! Even in modern times, this would definitely break a Guinness World Record.
Chen Kai circled the weed a few times before finally remembering what it was: it was a Malan plant! It had grown so much taller; he hadn't even noticed before.
Malantou, also known as Malai, Malangtou, Honggengcai, Jiercai, Lubianju, Tianbianju, Ziju, etc.
Malan (a type of wild vegetable) contains various nutrients and is generally eaten as a vegetable. The best time to eat Malan is before mid-April, when its tender shoots are harvested. Common ways to prepare it include stir-frying, cold salads, fillings, and soups.
The tender stems and leaves of Malantou contain water, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, potassium, vitamin B, nicotinic acid, etc.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Malan is cool in nature and pungent in taste, and enters the liver, stomach and large intestine meridians. The whole plant or root is used as medicine. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding, dispersing nodules and reducing swelling. It can treat symptoms such as acute pharyngitis, periodontitis, conjunctivitis, traumatic bleeding, jaundice, hemorrhoids, carbuncles and boils.
Malantou typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm, with an erect stem that is 0.5–0.7 cm thick. Its leaves are alternate, about 7 cm long and 2 cm wide, with sparse, coarse teeth or pinnately lobed edges, or slightly concave, and prominent veins. The leaves are purplish-red or dark green. The tender stems and leaves are harvested in spring and used as a vegetable, known as Malantou.
The purslane plant in front of him is over 5 meters tall, with a stem about 50 centimeters thick and exceptionally large leaves, over 20 centimeters long and about 7 centimeters wide.
This is such a big head of shepherd's purse; if they ate it, it would be enough for their family for several days. If they sold it, it would probably be worth quite a bit of money.
After a while of gongs and drums beating and making a ruckus,
The village chief simply tied the large red cloth that everyone had brought into a big red flower, and the two oldest people in the village tied the big red flower on one side of the head of the wild wolves.
Chen Kai stared at them, dumbfounded. Were they treating this thing as a mascot?
After tying a big red flower to the Malantou spirit, the village chief led the villagers to kneel down.
Chen Kai and Xiao Tian were still standing to the side when Old Man Chen gave them a wink, signaling them to quickly kneel down and worship the Great Immortal!
The two immediately walked away, keeping their distance. Were they joking? Making them kneel on a blade of grass?
The village chief led everyone in kowtowing three times, while chanting, "Great Immortal, please don't be angry. The children in the village are ignorant. We will help you build a temple for the Earth God, and we hope that you will bless our village."
These people really know how to have fun!
After the village chief led everyone in the prayers, he told them to go home first.
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