Chapter 393 There is a story

Author: He Yesu

Chapter 393 There is a story

She winked at Nan Zhen, looking familiar.

Nan Zhen smiled and said nothing, but the shopkeeper next to her couldn't help but said, "How could my grandfather's generation know this before?

Those who grow crops rely on the sky for their livelihood. If the harvest is good, they feel that the gods are blessing them; if the harvest is not good, either the gods are not working and they do not worship them, or they feel that the gods are punishing them and asking people to change their ways."

Of course they now know that this is all coordinated by the government, but the custom of praying has remained, year after year, until today.

"That's true." Fang Yao clasped her hands in front of her and pouted, agreeing with what he said.

She looked around and sighed, "Tsk, this year's Water God Festival was really grand."

The shopkeeper: "That's not possible."

His eyes were quickly attracted elsewhere, and he no longer paid attention to the people next to him.

Nan Zhen then turned to Fang Yao and asked, "Why are you here? You don't have any errands today?"

"How can there be errands every day?" Fang Yao also looked around, "Besides, even if there are errands today, I still have to come and take a look."

Nan Zhen raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking of what Fei Liu said yesterday, she felt relieved.

Fang Yao suddenly patted her arm and pulled her to the high platform, "Although it is nonsense to say that the water god is angry, praying for blessings is still quite interesting. This is your first time here, go and experience it. It's boring to just stand there.

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She led Nan Zhen to the mask stand and pointed to a green one, "What a coincidence, the clothes match yours."

Nan Zhen is wearing a light blue dress today and looks like Tingting.

The vendor setting up the stall laughed, "This mask imitates the wife of the Water God. The girl has a very good face and can live up to the role."

Fang Yao originally thought the mask looked good, but after hearing it, she felt it was inappropriate, "I remember that the character 'Madam' didn't even exist last year. Where did it come from?"

"It's a new one!" said the vendor, "and I got two at once."

"..."

Fang Yao couldn't hold it back anymore and rolled her eyes.

I can’t tell whether it’s the so-called water god who is a philanderer or the storyteller who made up these stories who expects this.

She was about to take the mask out of Nan Zhen's hand, but she didn't expect someone to take a step ahead of her.

Xiao Rongxi followed the two of them slowly. Naturally, she heard what the vendor just said and refused without thinking, "We don't want this."

He picked up two masks, one black and one white, and chose one of them to wear on Nan Zhen. He smoothed her hair and looked around, "This one is just right."

The mask was painted extremely ferocious, covering the entire face, leaving only a pair of smart eyes.

Nan Zhen stared at the person in front of her, blinked, and smiled naturally, "Put it on too, the blessing ceremony is about to begin."

"Um."

Two people with first-class martial arts danced extremely uncoordinatedly. Their limbs seemed to have been newly installed and they were not very skillful in using them. They even stumbled with their left foot and right foot several times. Fortunately, they stabilized in time.

Fang Yao stood next to Nan Zhen and laughed out loud several times.

When the prayer was over, he secretly rubbed the sore corners of his mouth——

Tired of laughing.

Nan Zhen got off the platform and took off her mask.

A thin layer of sweat broke out in her hair, which wet the broken hair on her forehead. She wiped it with her sleeves and took advantage of the terrain to look at the river bank from a distance.

A row of young people were already in place. Just waiting for an order from someone on the shore, they plunged into the water like an arrow from a string, scrambling to be the first.

The arms beat up layers of white waves, and figures appeared and disappeared among them, accompanied by cheers and exclamations from the spectators.

Nan Zhen squinted her eyes and looked at the finish line. The first place was half a step ahead of the second place. It was expected that she would come out on top.

The sun was getting hotter and hotter. Nan Zhen raised her hand to block it a little. Out of the corner of her eye she accidentally glanced at the person next to her and was slightly startled, "Guiming, why didn't you go?"

He is about the same age as these trendsetters, and has lived in the town all year round, so he should be very connected to the water.

Unexpectedly, Guiming waved his hands repeatedly, with a trace of fear flashing in his eyes.

Nan Zhen didn't know why, but the person next to her explained, "He fell into the water when he was a child and almost drowned in the river. Fortunately, there were many children at the time, so they shouted for help and noisily attracted the adults over, and he was saved."

Since then, Guiming has never been near the river bank again, and he always stands far away during the Water God Festival every year.

"That's right..." Nan Zhen nodded, smiled at him, and didn't mention the matter again.

Guiming raised the corners of his mouth, lowered his eyes, and suppressed the coldness in his eyes.

Yes, if he hadn't been his playmate at that time, he would have died long ago.

But if they hadn't taken action, he wouldn't have been flooded.

Seeing that no one around him noticed him, he left quietly.

Anyway, in Pingyu Town, he is just a dispensable person.

Guiming turned around quickly and decisively, causing Xiao Rongxi to look twice.

I always feel that this person has a story.

"Your Majesty," Nan Zhen looked up and saw his eyebrows slightly furrowed, wondering, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Rongxi looked away and shook her head, "It's okay."

Nan Zhen glanced at the direction Guiming left, but no one was there.

She didn't go into too much detail, and instead pointed to a thin man walking towards them and said, "He is the one who just came out on top and got a lot of money."

The crowd was pushing and shoving, but Xiao Rongxi held her in his arms and followed the flow to make way for the man, "How much?"

"Twelve."

It is enough for ordinary households to use for half a year.

Xiao Rongxi nodded and whispered to Nan Zhen, "It's indeed a lot. It can also be seen that a lot of money has been spent on this Water God Festival. I just don't know what the Yamen's plan is."

The highlight of the celebration of the Water God Festival is in the morning. It is now more than half the time, and there is no movement except for the plainclothes government officials who pass through the crowd from time to time.

"Shi Hengxin, why did you leave so quickly? Why didn't you stay and play for a while?" someone shouted next to him.

The man named Shi Hengxin paused and said with a smile, "You guys can play. I have something to do at home, so I will go back first."

"What can happen today! You just earned ten taels of silver, why don't you treat everyone to a meal?"

Shi Hengxin: "Next time, next time I will definitely...please let me go, thank you very much."

He pushed aside the crowd and walked away.

Seeing that the real owner was gone, the people who were making fun of him had no intention of joking. They waved their hands and said, "This guy is mysterious. I heard that he keeps going to the drug store recently. Doesn't he have some disease?"

"That's not possible. I swam very fast today and was very strong."

…

The small discussion was soon covered up in the din, leaving Nan Zhen and Xiao Rong Xi a little silent.

The two of them exchanged a look and followed each other with a tacit understanding.

Shi Hengxin lives on East Street, not far from Fang Yao's family.

At this time, most people in the town gathered on the river bank, and there were few pedestrians on the long street.

Shi Hengxin didn't notice the two tails following behind him, so he went straight home, locked the door, and walked to the backyard.
Chapter completed!