Chapter 249 Going to see boating
On the Dragon Boat Festival.
Early in the morning, Mao Mao opened her eyes with a bright and energetic expression.
She rolled over and got up, slid off the bed in a flash, and ran out barefoot. The whole sequence of movements was done in one go, but Xia Xiaoxiang caught her back with quick eyes and hands.
"What's the rush? You haven't changed your clothes yet."
Mao Mao is in a hurry.
She couldn't even wait to change her clothes. When Xia Xiaoxiang pressed her down on the stool to comb her hair, she held onto the edge of the table, her toes spreading and curling up repeatedly, and her buttocks twisting and turning on the stool, unable to sit still.
After finally changing her clothes and combing her hair, Mao Mao climbed off the stool: "Row!"
"Mao Mao, let's go see boating!"
Xia Xiaoxiang: "I know, I know. No matter how fast you run, it hasn't even started over there yet."
But Mao Mao was still excited.
She is a lively child, and today is the Dragon Boat Festival, a grand event for the whole city. Several days ago, Mao Mao had already told her family that she would go to watch the boat races together today.
Oh, not just her family, she also made plans with her friends.
Mao Mao pulled her mother downstairs.
Many people were already seated at the dining table.
Everyone dressed up in their finest clothes, even Old Madam Lou was going out to watch the dragon boat races. After the races, she planned to go to the theater to see a play, "The Legend of the White Snake," which was being performed that day.
Today's breakfast also included zongzi (sticky rice dumplings).
The ladies prepared a lot of food; they couldn't finish it all in one meal.
Lou Dashuai and the others kept their eyes straight ahead, and none of them reached for the zongzi. Only Mao Mao ate happily, finishing a whole zongzi wrapped with jujubes, and even got a bite of pork belly wrapped in the zongzi from her mother.
After breakfast, Lou Fengju got up, pushed back his chair, and picked up his younger sister first: "Come on, Mao Mao, I'll take you to get a front-row seat."
Mao Mao, holding onto her older brother's shoulder, cheered in her little voice, "Watch the boating!"
"Wait, Mao Mao, you forgot about this."
The first wife came over with a sachet woven from five-colored silk threads, hung it on her body, and then showed her the sachets she was wearing. Each of the ladies in the household had one.
"With the weather getting hot, there are many mosquitoes along the river. The room is filled with mugwort, which can repel mosquitoes."
Mao Mao touched the sachet, a sweet smile on her face: "Thank you, Second Aunt."
"You're welcome."
The family is large, and they can't fit everyone in one car, so they have to share several cars.
When we arrived at the dragon boat race venue, the riverbank was already crowded with people before the race even started.
A surging river flows through Haicheng, and today it has become the venue for dragon boat races. Almost the entire city's residents have come to join the fun. The riverbank is packed with people, shoulder to shoulder, and as far as the eye can see, all you can see are rows of dark heads.
Lou Fengju skillfully lifted his younger sister up and let her sit on his shoulders.
Mao Mao, supporting her brother's head, excitedly looked around. Sitting high up, she could see far and wide; she could see several teams preparing for today's dragon boat races along the riverbank, and many vendors, drawn by the excitement, had set up stalls all along the street.
She used to come out with her mother to watch boating, but they couldn't see that much.
Mao Mao also saw many unfamiliar faces with blond hair and blue eyes on the street. Today was a big festival, and even the foreigners in the concession came to join in the fun.
The ladies were intimidated by the crowd, and Old Madam Lou, who had difficulty walking, said, "I'll wait at the teahouse next door."
The teahouse has a second floor, offering a better view of the river than from the shore. The First Madam had already reserved a private room there.
The third concubine immediately responded, "I'll go too."
"Grandma, Mom, please go sit in the teahouse." Lou Fengju held his little sister's feet, glanced back at his brothers, and said, "We'll take Mao Mao for a walk around the neighborhood first, and then we'll come find you when the competition starts."
The first wife nodded: "Okay, be careful."
Mao Mao, already impatient, wiggled her little feet and cheered, leading her brothers off: "Let's go!"
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