Time flies, and ten days have passed in a blink of an eye.

Thursday, September 15, 2016.

Today is a very important traditional festival in my country's lunar calendar - Mid-Autumn Festival.

According to historical records, the festival of ancient emperors worshiping the moon was the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which coincided with the half of the three autumns, so it was called "Mid-Autumn Festival". Because this festival is in August of autumn, it is also called "Autumn Festival", "August Festival", "August Festival", "Mid-Autumn Festival"; there are also beliefs and related customs to pray for reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival" and "Daughter's Day". Because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all centered around "moon", it is also commonly known as "Moon Festival", "Moon Festival", "Moon Chasing Festival", "Moon Festival", "Working Moon Festival"; in the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called "First Month". The prevalence of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was as famous as New Year's Day, and became one of the main festivals in my country.

The custom of "Autumn and Evening Moon" in the previous life of the Song and Ming dynasties was in the custom of "Autumn and Evening Moon". The evening moon means worshiping the moon god. Set up a large incense table and place moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates, plums, grapes and other offerings. Among them, moon cakes and watermelons must be cut into lotus shapes. Under the moon, place the moon god statue in the direction of the moon, and the red candles are lit high, and the whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife cuts the reunion moon cake. The person who cuts it in advance calculates how many people there are in the whole family. Those who are at home and outside the country must count them together. They cannot cut more or less, and the size must be the same.

However, since the Mid-Autumn Festival has developed to this day, the tradition of setting up various sacrifices on the table to worship the moon god has become increasingly weak. More people would rather spend the Internet and talk to people about the mountains on this day than to go out of the room to glance at the big and round moon. Song Ming was reborn in this world for no reason, and he was particularly touched by this. In this changing modern city, let alone the Mid-Autumn Festival, even the more grand Spring Festival, there is no way to find the atmosphere of the festival.

Fortunately, due to the influence of his previous life, Song Ming always attached great importance to all important traditional festivals in the Chinese lunar calendar. Therefore, in recent years, Song Pingguo and Wang Fengqin have gradually paid attention to these traditional festivals.

Just like this Mid-Autumn Festival tonight, Song Pingguo and Wang Fengqin were ready, and all kinds of fruits, mooncakes and other things were ready. A family of four, plus Wang Wencong, who had recovered and discharged from the hospital a few days ago, five of them crowded on the not-so-spacious balcony, where a simple incense table was already set up, offerings such as mooncakes, watermelons and apples were placed on it.

Burning incense, worshipped the moon in turn, and then Wang Fengqin began to cut the reunion moon cakes, while Song Pingguo took out the Tieguanyin tea that he had never been willing to drink. The five of them ate the moon cakes while drinking tea while watching the moon. Of course, if they could see the moon.

Speaking of this, Song Ming felt very awkward. It was really hard to find the feeling of watching the moon on this small balcony. It seemed that you had to start making some money quickly. Then buy a separate villa, and then during the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can sit around the grass in front of the villa and enjoy the moon together. The feeling is definitely more than a hundred times better than now.

"Xiaocong, are you still adapting to the current job?" Wang Fengqin divided the cut mooncakes again, then looked at her younger brother Wang Wencong and asked.

When Song Ming heard this, he also looked at his uncle. He was also impatient. He had just been discharged from the hospital for two days and went out to find a job. In the end, his mother was worried about his uncle's physical recovery and was afraid that he would find some tired jobs, so she asked his father to come forward to find a very relaxed job in his small shopping mall, and was only responsible for supervising whether the customer had forgotten to pay at the exit of the mall cash register.

"Of course I can adapt. This job is very easy. Thank you brother-in-law!" Wang Wencong also knew that although his current health has recovered, he still has to rest for a while. A slightly heavier job is not suitable for him. Although the salary at the moment is not high, the job is easier, which is very suitable for his current physical condition.

"What are the things that the family says to you? You have just recovered, so you will do this job for the time being. When you have completely recovered, you can change to other jobs with higher salaries!" Song Pingguo said.

"Well, I understand." Wang Wencong nodded and said.

...

The next day, at noon.

In the room, Song Ming was practicing calligraphy seriously, which was one of the necessary lessons every day. Although calligraphy calligraphy was the simplest thing for Song Ming. He had written it for decades in his previous life, but if he didn't practice it, he would have a hand-made life, so he spent half an hour practicing every day.

Just when he was practicing, a surprise shout scared Song Ming-

"Xiao Mingming, you are going to get rich!!!"

Seeing Miss Xiaoqing running into his room with a square piece of paper with a look of surprise, Song Ming had to put down his brush, and then asked with a puzzled look: "Miss Xiaoqing, what's the matter so happy? Get rich? Where does this wealth come from?"

"Hehe, Xiao Mingming, you are really going to get rich. Look at what is written on it?" Song Qing smiled and handed the square paper in her hand to Song Ming.

Song Ming's forehead was full of question marks. Seeing Sister Xiaoqing's happy look, there must be something good to come to the door. After taking Fang Zhi, he finally understood why Sister Xiaoqing was so happy.

"Xiao Mingming, do you understand where this money comes from now? I believe that with your strength, it is easy to get this bonus." Song Qing said confidently.

Song Ming couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard this. It turned out that the square paper that Sister Xiaoqing brought back was about the content of the first calligraphy exhibition in Guixi Province. No wonder she was so happy. According to Song Ming's calligraphy attainments, if she really wanted to participate in this calligraphy competition, it would be a foregone conclusion to win the award.

"So that's the case, haha, Miss Xiaoqing, you have been practicing calligraphy for several years. This opportunity is rare. You can sign up with me too!" Song Ming said with a smile.

"Oh, I really don't have the talent for calligraphy. Although I have practiced for several years and am a little better than ordinary people's writing, it is basically impossible to win awards if I want to participate in this provincial competition." Song Qing sighed unwillingly.

"Uh..." Song Ming blinked and said, "Sister Xiaoqing, don't increase others' ambition and destroy your majesty. According to me, although your calligraphy level is not very high, the junior high school group you participated in is not as powerful as you imagined. You still have the chance to win the award."

"Hey, that's right!" Song Qing thought about it and felt it made sense, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll join you to participate. It's best if you can win an award. It's nothing if you can't win an award. It's important to participate!"

Song Ming laughed and said, "That's right!"

...

This calligraphy exhibition competition is hosted by the Guixi Provincial Department of Culture, so the coverage is very wide. The participation mainly involves the following three aspects:

1. Calligraphy enthusiasts and professional calligraphers from all walks of life, including civil servants in various party and government organs, enterprises, institutions, private individuals, etc.

2. Teachers and students in primary and secondary schools and kindergartens.

3. In-service teachers and students from major technical secondary schools.

Participating groups: kindergarten group, lower grade group, upper grade group of primary school, junior high school group, high school group, university group, social youth, middle-aged group, social elderly group, and primary and secondary school students have added English writing groups.

After Song Ming understood the detailed rules, he threw the paper aside without any pressure. With his calligraphy level, he participated in any group, Song Ming was absolutely confident of winning the first place, not to mention that he was a low-level senior high school group. Therefore, after clarifying the competition process, Song Ming no longer paid attention to this. Even if he had a headache, he would have a headache. Should he lower the level of his work? Anyway, it would be enough to ensure that he could get the first place in this group. Otherwise, if he wrote it at his normal level, others would not suspect that he was looking for someone to write it on his behalf. Although it was easy to find it out in the end, it was a waste of time.

After ignoring the calligraphy exhibition, Song Ming turned his attention to the computer. It has been more than ten days since his book was recommended by Sanjiang, and his collection has increased so much that it has caused a sensation among the signed writers.

More than 31,000 collections are the results of Sanjiang's recommendation for a week. In addition to the collection before being recommended by Sanjiang and the collection that has been added this week, the total collection has exceeded 50,000. This amazing achievement made the big fish, dressed like snow, fisherman's song, Qingshui and other familiar authors stunned. Apart from scolding Song Ming, a cattle that hurts people's self-esteem, he no longer knows how to express their shock.

Perhaps it was because Sanjiang's achievements in "The Ming Dynasty Promotion" were so dazzling in one week, so this week the editor actually arranged a recommendation that was a little stronger than Sanjiang. Last week's recommendation of Sanjiang, "The Ming Dynasty Promotion" finally settled in the "Member Click List" Tanhua. What satisfied him the most was that he fought until Friday, and "The Ming Dynasty Promotion" finally reached the "book friend recommendation list" with a more valuable "book friend recommendation list". Although it was just hanging at the end, Song Ming had already felt relieved.

This week, "The Promotion of the Ming Dynasty" held the strong momentum of the previous week, and went further in the "Member Click List". Only after "The Supreme God of the Other World" which was rejected by Sanjiang in this week, the first time the Peach Blossom Swordsman's "The King of Martial Arts" and the "Hengshan Immortal Gate" of Moling's Beished Snow, rushing to the top. The results on the "Book Friends Recommendation List" were even more gratifying, and they went directly to the tenth place of the week from the 14th place after the end of last week.

The rise is amazing.
Chapter completed!