Chapter 340 Dragon Boat Race
During the Dragon Boat Festival in May, the weather is clear and the scenery is full of green. There are many unknown small flowers in between, which are blooming in full bloom to welcome the arrival of summer!
Early in the morning, Su Ruojin got up early at the reminder of Sister Mao Ya and washed up quickly. She thought that Zhao Lan should not have gotten up yet since it was so early.
She ran towards the guest house in high spirits. Just as she stepped over the moon-shaped gate, she saw a graceful figure, whistling in the morning light, like an eagle soaring in the sky, free and noble, with slender eyes raised along the eyebrows, revealing a clear light, and a long gown with narrow sleeves, fluttering with the sword light and blade shadow, bringing a visual feast. She stared at it intently.
After less than half an hour, Zhao Lan put away his sword with a neat spin, and his morning exercise ended.
Su Ruojin clapped her hands excitedly, "(*@ο@*)Wow~, Brother Jin is getting better and better."
Su Sanlang, who was training with him, asked, "Sister, I'm as good as Brother Jin in training, right? We're both as good as each other, right?"
Su Ruojin: ...
There was only Zhao Lan in her eyes.
Uh... are you putting your lover before your brother? She smiled guiltily, "Agan is just as good at training."
The young lady's guilty look wandered, causing Zhao Lan's mouth to curl up. With a wave of his hand, Shuangrui caught the master's sword and quickly held up the towel.
Zhao Lan took it, wiped the sweat from his forehead and palms, "Ajin——"
"Brother Jin!"
Zhao Lan smiled gently and said, "I'll go wash up and be right back."
"good."
Seeing that his sister only had eyes for his future brother-in-law, Su Sanlang rolled his eyes unconvincedly, "Sister, you don't have much time to spend with me, and you are still siding with the young prince..."
Su Ruojin: ...She felt guilty immediately after hearing what Su Sanlang said, and quickly took the towel from the servant and wiped the sweat from his forehead and palms.
Su Sanlang felt comfortable with his sister's service, so he snorted reluctantly, "That's good enough."
Seeing that the boy was taking advantage of the situation, she glared at him and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes, wash up, and have a good breakfast. Then we will go to the river to watch the dragon boat race."
"I know." Su Sanlang was young and energetic, and he would go wherever there was excitement. If his father was not the prefect and he was afraid of bad influence, he would have signed up for the competition long ago.
Just as he was thinking about it, when he heard Su Ruojin's words, he quickly ran back to his own yard.
The sun slowly rose. Half an hour later, Su Yanli took his family and students to the dragon boat shed that had been prepared long ago. "You sit here and watch. I'll go to the official shed to take a look."
In order to ensure that today's dragon boat race is both lively and safe, Su Yanli has made thorough preparations, and now it's just a routine inspection.
At the entrance of the official shed, Zhao Lin, He Yunhe and others also came from the other side. Su Yanli did not step into the shed, but stepped forward a few steps and saluted Zhao Lin, "I didn't know that the young prince Zhao came to Songjiang Prefecture. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person."
Zhao Lin's gaze fell on the viewing shed not far away. He waited for a long time until Su Yanli bowed and saluted, then he slowly withdrew his gaze, "Sir Su--" he raised his hand to respond.
Although Su Yanli is about to step down, this is the place he has run for three years and he has developed deep feelings for it. In order to make life better for the people of Songjiang Prefecture, the Dragon Boat Festival in Songjiang Prefecture is more grand and lively than that in the surrounding areas.
Judging from the tone of Prince Yingnan's voice, it was just as he guessed last night, the visitor had bad intentions!
But he still said that a person with integrity has nothing to fear. The visitor was a guest, and his status was higher than his. He received him as a superior and smiled, "Little Prince, please come in and take a seat."
Zhao Lin smiled wryly, "I won't go in. I'll go over and say hello to Zhao Lan."
Su Yanli bent down and said, "Young Prince, please do as you please."
Zhao Lin walked away.
He Yunhe followed behind him and bowed as he passed by Su Yanli, "Master Su——"
"Mr. He."
The two greeted each other.
The officials inside had already come out when they heard Su Yanli greeting someone, but they didn't have time to say hello to Zhao Lin and He Yunhe.
He Yunhe, everyone knows him, the second son of the Jiangnan Transport Commissioner.
The Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture asked, "Who is the person in front..." It seems that he is not the future son-in-law of Prefect Su.
"Prince of Yingnan." After saying that, Su Yanli turned and entered the official tent. "Are the security on both sides of the river and on the river surface in place?"
When the judge heard the question, he hurriedly followed, "Your Excellency, everything is ready, we are just waiting for the dragon boat race to start."
"Call all patrol officers and yamen runners today to confirm again."
"Yes, sir."
The Tongzhi reminded him, "Sir, everything is ready for the start of the race. We are just waiting for the auspicious time for you to start the race."
"Um."
Su Yanli conducted the final review before the game.
Over there, Zhao Lin and He Yunhe had already sat down in the Su family's shed. Xie Qingyu sat next to Zhao Lin, arrogant and distant, not even looking at anyone.
Ning Ba Niang secretly rolled her eyes, moved closer to Su Ruojin, and whispered in her ear, "I hate her dignified look the most. We are not in the palace, and her aunt the queen can't see it. Who is she doing this for?"
Su Ruojin glanced at her and said, "Who cares? Let's have our own fun."
On both sides of the river, places convenient for watching the boat race are specially fenced off with fences to prevent people from accidentally falling into the water. No small vendors are prohibited from doing business along the river banks. There are even yamen runners to guide the small vendors to set up stalls in convenient places, so the scene is lively but not chaotic.
The sun is rising and the auspicious time is approaching.
Su Yanli brought all the officials of Songjiang Prefecture and stood on a specially built platform at the starting point. He gave a blessing speech and finally waved his hand. With the sound of a gong, the dragon boat race began. The contestants rushed forward and tried their best to compete for the bounty of one thousand two taels of silver for the first place.
“Row faster… row faster…”
As more than a dozen fleets rowed away like arrows, people's emotions were instantly aroused, and everyone shouted excitedly, "Red boat wins... Red boat wins..."
"Lan Zhou wins..."
The vendors were walking around, "Sir, do you want some water? I have mint dew boiled in the spring water from the old mountain outside the city. It's sweet and thirst-quenching. Would you like a bamboo tube?"
Not to mention mint, the green fragrance of bamboo alone attracts people to buy it.
Su Ruojin also asked people to fetch ten bamboo tubes of water and distributed them to everyone to drink.
Xie Qingyu's people thought it was unclean and waved their hands away in disdain, "Go away, don't give everything to our lady."
Everyone in the room turned to look at Xie Qingyu.
Xie Qingyu was not only the wife of the prince, but also the niece of the queen, so she didn't give people a good face. She looked at Su Ruojin with dissatisfaction, "Second Lady Su, this is how you treat guests. You don't even bring any tea or snacks to the shed?"
If Su Yanli was not the prefect, Su Ruojin would definitely buy it in advance, but in order to support the business of small vendors, Su Ruojin did not bring any, since he could buy it anyway.
Besides, she didn't invite her, so of course there was no preparation.
Su Ruojin smiled falsely, "I'm so sorry, Madam. We didn't prepare anything. So you should bring everything with you. Otherwise, you can just drink your own."
Xie Qingyu: ...
Is there anyone who dares to be so shameless?
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