It was almost dusk, smoke was rising from the courtyard, and the air was filled with sweet fragrance.
The officers living here came from all over the country. In the evenings of the past, different aromas wafted from each household, including the pungent Sichuan spicy food, the light and fragrant Jiangsu and Zhejiang fresh food, and the sticky and fragrant Northeastern flavor.
But today is Chinese Valentine's Day, and every household either made Qiaoguozi or bought Qiaoguozi in the cafeteria. The sweet fragrance of honey can be smelled from every window.
It was past the time to get off work and almost dinner time. There were not many people in the compound. The children who were running around were called back. Only a few adults who came back late were hurried home carrying vegetable bags.
The sun was setting, and dusk gradually enveloped the compound. The lights in the nearby residential buildings lit up one after another, converging into a galaxy that lit up in the reflection of the sky.
Ying Heping rested her hands on the back of her head, her legs bent, on a tree not far from the compound, humming silently. She had just caught an extra-large spider and was happily celebrating herself.
"Heping! Today is Qixi Festival, the day for begging for wisdom, why didn't you go home?"
Ying Heping stiffened, poked her head out from the tree branch, and smiled at her aunt who looked up and called out to her from under the tree, "Aunt Ming, I'm catching a spider. I'll be back soon!"
"Okay, it's getting dark, don't hang around outside," Aunt Ming, who was standing under the tree, was worried and patted the trunk twice before leaving.
Ying Heping brushed away the large sycamore leaves that had fallen on his face, wiped his slightly itchy cheeks, and began to hum again.
The people of Qi and Lu are conservative, and they pray for wisdom on the Qixi Festival.
There are many ways to pray for good luck. In the past two years, it was still a local tradition. People would put spiders and fruits in a cardboard box. If the spider wove thread on the fruits the next day, it would be considered a good luck. It was a pure game of luck.
Other families might just be having fun, but in her family, with her serious father, trouble-making mother, and stubborn brother, having fun has turned into a military competition!
After two or three years of development, the Ying family's Qi Qiao has become "Qi Qiao Three Items", including the simple luck-based Qi Qiao spider, the blindfolded needle threading that relies on strength, and the needle-throwing Qi Qiao that was added this year.
What Ying Heping is least confident about is threading a needle blindfolded.
Just kidding, she has an old Chinese doctor and a reserve surgeon in her family. One gives injections and the other holds a knife. Both of them have very steady hands and can thread a needle blindfolded with ease.
The one she was most confident in was Xi Zhu Ying Qiao. After all, her mother was afraid of insects and her brother Xi Jie didn't want to touch them. Both of their spiders were caught by their father, and they were not as carefully selected as hers. She was sure that she could weave a mountain!
Ying Heping clenched the matchbox in his hand, clasped his hands together and bowed to the moon rising from the western sky. Whether he could win tonight depended on this long spider!
The Ying family lived in a small, single-family house on two floors, where Ying Mingcheng and his wife, their son, daughter, and Aunt Xiao Luo lived.
At this time, the dining table in the first floor hall was already set with snacks and delicious meals. Auntie Xiao Luo brought out the mung bean and lily soup she had been simmering all afternoon. She wiped her hands on her apron and looked around. "Why hasn't Heping come back yet?"
"He must have gone to catch her Spider General," Mu Huaixi came in with a bottle of sweet wine, picked up a piece of sausage and stuffed it into his mouth, earning a roll of the eyes from Aunt Xiao Luo.
She is nearly forty years old, but she still looks very young and has a young mentality. She interacts with her son and daughter more like friends. She also knows that her youngest daughter has a strong desire to win, and she must be treating tonight's Qiqiao as a competition.
Mu Huaixi shook her head and half-complained to Ying Mingcheng who followed her into the room, "Neither of us is very persistent. Who did little Heping inherit from?"
Ying Mingcheng smiled and shook his head, then coughed lightly under her blunt gaze and replied seriously, "Maybe it's because of Old Man Ying."
"Yeah, grandpa just likes to compete," Mu Huaixi nodded seriously, which made Ying Wuhui, who came down from the second floor, couldn't help but curl his lips. If he were to say, little Heping's strong desire to win is inseparable from his parents.
His mother, Dr. Mu, is a well-known hard worker in the military hospital. She never takes her time in treating patients and saving lives, and many of the patients she treats can be said to be people she is fighting against the God of Death for.
On the brink of life and death, not giving up even a little bit, can you say that you don't have a strong desire to win?
Not to mention his father. The team he led has held the top spot in many military district competitions for nearly ten years. Could it be that he relied on a Buddhist mentality to maintain such good results?
If you ask him, he is the most Buddhist and the one who has the least burden of winning or losing in the family.
As they were talking, Ying Heping had already come in from outside. Before she had time to show off her harvest, her mother called her to wash her hands and face. She locked her two dirty hands and shouted to Auntie Xiao Luo, "I'm the first to eat today!"
Ying Wuhui raised an eyebrow, immediately slid down from the handrail, and used the momentum to sprint towards the restaurant. He took a seat before everyone else and announced to everyone, "I'm number one."
"Childish." Ying Heping snorted. She wasn't competing for this. If she was going to compete, she would compete for the Qiqiao champion tonight!
Maybe the children were all preoccupied with their own affairs, so they had a lively but somewhat hasty meal. However, the new flavor of chocolate cakes made by Auntie Xiao Luo received unanimous praise.
After the meal came the much-anticipated Qi Qiao segment. This time the “arena” was set up in the backyard, and a lot of fruits and snacks were already placed on the big round table.
Aunt Xiao Luo was also invited to participate this year, and Ying Mingcheng became the referee. Special Forces King was disqualified from the competition this year because he accidentally broke a long spider while begging for skills last year.
Of course, such a "harsh" punishment was also issued by Xiao Heping. I don't know if he felt that her father was a threat to her in the Spider-Man segment.
Qiqiao was originally a game played among daughters, but now it is treated equally between boys and girls, and Ying Wuhui has also been given the right to participate.
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