Chapter 184 Blue Moon
On March 25th, it was sunny and breezy.
The weather is starting to get warmer, and the heavy fur coat has been put on the rack to dry, and it will be put away in a few days.
Early in the morning, the streets and alleys are filled with a faint sweet smell.
It is the fragrance of blue moon cake.
It is said that a long, long time ago, there was a famine on the earth, and people were starved of hunger. Seeing the misery in the world, a goddess of the blue moon sent down Furui, and taught people how to extract starch from the rhizome of the blue moon flower to make cakes. Blue Moon Flower survived the famine.
From then on, March 25th, which is said to be the birthday of the Blue Moon Goddess, has become a traditional festival in the land of the Jingjiu Dynasty. The time goes back much longer than the Jingjiu Dynasty.
The blue moon flower is a very common plant, the surface part is not large, about one foot high, herbaceous, it blooms in mid-March and withers in mid-April. The underground rhizomes are hypertrophic, and can be eaten directly after cooking or used to extract starch. It is also a vegetable and a grain. It is planted on a large scale in many places in the Jingjiu Dynasty.
The blue moon cake is a snack made from the rhizome of the blue moon flower. It is usually white, but after adding some blue moon petals, it will turn into a beautiful light blue color, and with some sweetness, Shen Hao can eat a catty of it in one sitting.
In addition to making blue moon cakes for every family on March 25th, there will also be blue moon parties, which are usually held as a family unit, and sometimes neighbors in the city will get together to be lively. Just set up a row of tables in the alley, your family serves a few dishes, and my house serves a few jars of wine. It's a long banquet that can last from noon to night.
The same is true in the lively yamen of the common people. Except for those in special positions who cannot leave their jobs, all the rest of the country have a day off.
The smaller the place, the purer the taste of the festival. The festival is the festival, and there will be no weird things jumping out of the festival to steal the limelight.
For example, the "Hong'enyuan Blue Moon Festival Celebration", which has been widely known in Fengri City since half a month ago, even spent a lot of money to make a giant float with a height of one foot, and put a few beautiful flowers on it. The singer toured the city, stirring up wind and rain, adding an alternative scenery to the Blue Moon Festival.
Of course, men like this one. Those divas make people angry just looking at them, even if they can’t afford it, it doesn’t stop them from thinking about it, maybe they can see the diva’s skirts on the car being blown up by the wind after running a few steps with the floats? It is said that the last time someone saw it
home.
Shen Hao got up early, washed his body according to the custom, and then put incense and burnt paper on Goddess Lanyue in front of the incense table in the yard, and followed Hu Tian to a whole set of sacrificial procedures. This is the first time he has done this, and he has been alone before. Even during the Blue Moon Festival last year, he was still dealing with broken corpses in the Qi Mansion in Wuyang City.
To be honest, now that he has a home, Shen Hao gradually has the feeling of blending into this world.
After the sacrifice, Li Erfu, the former restaurant chef, brought up a large plate of exquisite blue moon cakes, which he actually made into the shape of the moon and blue moon flowers.
"Oh! Not bad!" Shen Hao picked up a piece and bit it down, the mouth melted into slag and sweet sticky, leaving a fragrance on his lips and teeth. It was better than the blue moon cakes that Shen Hao had eaten before.
"Try it all!"
Everyone eats blue moon cakes on the Blue Moon Festival. Even in the dungeon, blue moon cakes will be eaten today.
Hu Tian, Xiao Ma, and Li Erfu were not too polite, but they didn't dare to sit at the same table with Shen Hao, and each took a few yuan to eat slowly.
After that, Hu Tian sent money. This is the rule set by Shen Hao. It's a festival, how can we not pay some festival fee?
Hu Tian was one hundred taels, and the rest, including Xia Nu, were all fifty taels.
Everyone laughed from ear to ear. Even Xia Nu, who had no idea about money before, was nervous about money, but she didn't spend it recklessly, and basically saved it. Hao emergency.
Shen Hao opened the door and went out only to see that the two stone beasts at the door each had a bouquet of blue moon flowers stuck in their mouths. He didn't know whether it was Hu Tian or Xia Nu.
Going out early, Shen Hao didn't go directly to Hong En Yuan, but wandered along the crowded places. It was the first time he had the opportunity to walk around the streets after coming to Fengri City for so long.
No one followed, Shen Hao himself was wearing normal clothes, and what was different from the passers-by was that Shen Hao was holding a folding fan in his hand, the fan was pitch black, and looked a little weird.
The folding fan was made by Shen Hao's drawings, and it took a lot of work. Now he shakes it in his hand, coupled with Shen Hao's handsome appearance, and the cloud-patterned white robe that Lin Xiner specially made for him, it is very stylish. Absolutely full in an instant, attracting the frequent glances of every little lady with girlish hair on the road.
Shen Hao never avoided looking at Qiu Bo, he smiled and nodded towards him, and even hooked his eyes when he met a pretty one. Most of the little ladies in this world are very courageous. Although they can be shy, they are not necessarily on the passive side when it comes to men.
However, Shen Hao still wouldn't do so lightly if he got in touch with him substantively. He has no plans to get married now, even though people have been coming to him for matchmaking since he was a small banner officer in Licheng, but he refused them all.
Aren't Hualou's sisters fragrant?
As for the wife, let it be.
Stop and go along the way, bought a lot of snacks during the period, even ate a baked sweet potato.
It was almost noon, and Shen Hao just wandered to the downstairs of Hong'en Courtyard. At this time, the Hong'en Courtyard had already been decorated with lights and festoons, and it was very lively. People in gorgeous clothes crowded shoulder-to-shoulder outside the gate, and BMW cars also parked along the intersection for a long way.
Ordinary people watch the excitement here, and those with signs can walk in swaggeringly, their faces are full of arrogance, because today the Hong En Building entertains all big shots, and being able to enter is a symbol of status. Can't get in.
Shen Hao was alone, although his handsome appearance attracted his sister's liking, but when he walked outside Hong'en Courtyard, no one gave him a second look.
Anyone here who has a bit of ability is not surrounded by others? No one can look down on the lonely Shen Hao. It's just a casual cultivator, it doesn't count as a fart here.
"Give way! Make way for those in front! Master Liu is here!"
Master Liu? Many people looked back, only to see a group of black-clothed slaves arrogantly pushing aside the crowd in front of them and sending a stern-faced middle-aged man in. Some sharp-eyed people recognized that this was Liu Hengyi, the owner of the biggest car dealership in Fengri City.
It is said that this Mr. Liu has a deep relationship between black and white, and he is so impatient, who in Fengri City will not give him face?
Is a businessman so dragged? The owner of the biggest carriage dealer in Fengri City is just like this. The relationship in all directions is much deeper than the rumors.
The crowd in front dispersed one after another, not wanting to provoke this big shot. This made the corners of Liu Hengyi's mouth slightly raised when he was surrounded. He came here early to avoid the big guys behind from entering the arena.
"Hey! The one in white in front of you, hurry up and get out, haven't you seen Mr. Liu coming?"
Shen Hao, who was shaking the black fan, turned his head inexplicably: "Are you calling me?"