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Chapter 193

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    Today is Qixi Festival, the day when Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet.

    Cowherd and Weaver Girl are a pair of lovers who "meet on the magpie bridge". For thousands of years, their love story has deeply moved the hearts of generations of daughters and girls.  Therefore, Qixi Festival is also called "Daughter's Day" and "Girl's Day". It is the only traditional festival in China with women as the protagonists.

    That night, in addition to begging for skillful hands from Zhinu, the daughters also begged for a good marriage.  In the past, marriage was a lifelong event that determined the happiness of a girl's life.  Therefore, infatuated women in the world will pray to the starry sky for their happy marriage and happiness on the night of Qixi Festival.

    [1] "Xingxiangzi. Qixi Festival" by Li Qingzhao. Ci

    The crickets sang in the grass, and the sycamore trees fell in shock.

    Just in the world, the sky is full of sorrow.

    ? The cloud steps, the moon and the earth, there are thousands of locks.

    The floating chas come and go, and they don't meet each other.

    The star bridge magpie drive, see you after years,

    If you want to leave love, don't hate it.

    The morning glory and the weaving girl are nothing but Lizhong.

    Very suddenly clear, suddenly rain, suddenly wind.

    After waking up early in the morning, Shun Xin and his wife got busy preparing for the "Chinese Valentine's Day".

    Su Xiaoya got up late.  After getting up, she neither washed nor dressed, and walked outside the gate alone.

    Crickets chirped desolately in the grass, and the leaves of the sycamore tree at the top seemed to be startled by the sound of the chirping, and fluttered down.

    Seeing this scene, Xiaoya couldn't help but think of the sad season in the sky and on earth:

    In the starry sky above the clouds and the moon, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were blocked by thousands of locks and had no reason to meet.  This pair of lovers only meet once a year for a short time, and the rest of the time is like floating boats in the vast galaxy, wandering around, never meeting again.

    On the tall sycamore tree in front of the door, the pair of magpies who announced good news to me all day long also disappeared. Could it be that they also flew to the Milky Way to build a magpie bridge for the thousand-year-old lovers in the sky[1]?

    Perhaps the Magpie Bridge has not yet been built, and the Cowherd and Weaver Girl may not be able to get together after parting, right?  Or maybe, at this time, the black magpie has already built the star bridge, but could it be that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were blocked by other things and still could not get together?  The weather is cloudy and cloudy, with sudden wind and rain, so the meeting of Cowherd and Weaver Girl will be hindered again

    After breakfast, the little brother Zhao Gang took his mother's hand and went outside to play with his sister.

    As soon as the mother saw Xiaoya, she scolded: "Why, you want to starve to death! Why do you not eat?"

    Xiaoya went over to tease her younger brother, saying, "I'm not hungry~"

    Zhao Gang said: "I'm hungry, I'm hungry."

    Xiaoya twisted her younger brother Dudu's chubby cheeks and said, "You still eat~"

    The servant girl Shunxin chased out the door with a "red-headed rope tied with seven knots", muttering: "Tie the red-headed rope, and bless the young master to be healthy" She touched Zhao Gang's neck as she spoke.  Top side.

    Zhao Gang pulled it with his small hands, not allowing Shun Xin to fasten it for him.

    Xiaoya took the red-headed rope and said, "Today is Qixi Festival, all children have to wear 'red-headed rope'."

    After tying the red string, the mother said to Xiaoya: "Don't stick around here, go home and wash your face and eat. If you don't see me, what have you become?" Mother poked Xiaoya on the forehead.  For a moment, "Damn girl, let's see how you can get married"

    "I don't want to get married!"

    Zhao Gang learned to speak: "I marry, I marry."

    "Shunxin, you go home with the young lady and dress up well, I beg the weaver girl tonight, marry her as soon as possible, don't bother me at home!"

    Zhao Gangxue said: "Annoy me, bother me"

    Xiaoya smiled and said, "You little man, why am I bothering you?!"

    Shun Xin also followed Xiaoya into the gate with a smile.

    Yu Rong took Zhao Gang to wash his face by the small river.

    Zhao Gang took his mother's hand and wanted to go home, yelling: "Don't wash your face, don't wash your face."

    Yu Rong cursed again, and said: "What kind of children have I given birth to, why don't I wash my face?!" Then she said softly, "Today is Qixi Festival, everyone has to go to the river to wash their faces.  If you wash your face with rainwater, you will become more intelligent"

    [2] Talking about Hua Min in "Disordered Mind". Lyrics/Music Cui Zige. Song

    Xiaoya returned to Xiulou and let Shunxin play with her.

    This show building existed when it bought this yard.  It's just that Xiaoya thought it was too far away from her mother's house, so she never moved here, but lived in the West Wing, which is closer to her mother.

    Ji Xu and Zhang Jin came to Yurong"Xiaoya thought it was a hallucination, so she twisted her thigh hard —— it hurts!"

    A smile appeared on her face, she hurriedly ran downstairs, and hurried back, she came to the dressing table, hurriedly put on lipstick, tidied her clothes, and then walked downstairs twisting her waist  .

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    Notes

    [1] take the magpie bridge

    The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the most romantic "Qixi Festival" among traditional Chinese festivals.  According to legend, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at the Milky Way Magpie Bridge on this day.

    So, on Qixi Festival, will Altair and Vega really meet?

    According to astronomers, the two stars of Cowherd and Weaver Girl are two bright stars in the starry sky in summer. If you want to watch these two stars, you can look up at 90 degrees after 9:00 pm, or lie on a bench outside.  Facing the starry sky, the bright Vega first appeared near the zenith, and then there was a first-magnitude Altair in its southerly direction.

    At about 10:30 that night, the moon has fallen below the southwest horizon. At this time, the Milky Way and the two stars of Cowherd and Vega will be clearer and brighter.

    Of course, the truth is far less romantic, the positions of the two stars and the Milky Way will not change, just because the earth is revolving, we can only see the Milky Way in summer.

    Therefore, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can be seen sitting on both sides of the Milky Way throughout the summer.  But they won't meet at all.

    In the past few days of Qixi Festival, magpies are generally not seen. Where have they gone?  Could it be that they really took the magpie bridge?

    Magpies have always been a very popular bird among the people of our country.  This kind of bird likes to be active in places where humans gather, such as some tall trees in front of and behind houses, where magpies are often seen, and some even place their nests here.

    The folks believe that the magpie is a kind of festive bird, the main reason is that it has a nice cry.  In the past, there was an agricultural proverb that "the magpie crows and the distinguished guest arrives".

    According to legend, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met through a bridge built by magpies.  This is just a beautiful legend, how could it be true?

    In the past few days of Qixi Festival, we have not seen magpies, which is related to the living habits of magpies.  Birds have the habit of moulting, and even mammals such as cats and dogs have this characteristic.  And magpies generally moult in the first ten days of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, which is around the day of Qixi Festival.  Because magpies grow thicker feathers in spring, this is also because spring and summer are relatively warm.  But on the eve of Qixi Festival, magpies will begin to moult. A large number of feathers will quickly fall off, and then grow soft and fine feathers, so as to resist the cold in winter.  But when magpies moult, they not only have weak resistance, but also their mobility will be greatly reduced.  Therefore, in order to avoid the weather, they will hide and seldom come out for activities.  Therefore, it is difficult to see magpies on Qixi Festival.

    [2] Dyed nails

    It is a custom of Qixi Festival that is spread in Southwest China.  Young girls in many areas like to wash their hair with tree sap mixed with water during festivals. Not only can they be young and beautiful, but also for unmarried women, they can find a good husband as soon as possible.  Dyeing nails with flowers and plants is also a hobby of most women and children in festival entertainment, and it is also closely related to fertility beliefs.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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