Chapter 39 The heavy rain welcomes the arrival of autumn

Time goes by, and when people are busy, they always forget about the passing of time. In the blink of an eye, the early summer has been replaced by the end of the great summer with heavy rain. This is the hot season in Lin'an City, but Sixth Sister and Master can't get even half a cent.

Leisurely.

It stands to reason that given Mrs. Li's state of mindlessness a few days ago, she would never be able to weave on a machine. Regardless of whether she respects this craft or not, the knitted ruffles will definitely be affected by repeated thread breaks.

The quality is a bit worse...

Fortunately, the master was very observant and stopped during the rain that day, leaving Sister Six to weave by herself. Only after she had sorted out her thoughts did she return to the loom.

It's a pity that in these days when Luo Qi is in great demand, the number of Luo Qi weaving is slightly less than expected, giving away a lot of business to others in vain.

"Master knows that you want Master's shop to return to its former glory as soon as possible, but don't be anxious about anything." The sixth sister is a perceptive person. Of course she understands that she cannot do temporary business, but after all, she must have the character of a young lady. As a master,

Where can't you see it?

"Go and have a good Chinese Valentine's Day with your sisters. Don't worry about Master. I've been here alone all these years..." Halfway through the words, Master was afraid that the Sixth Sister would hear this.

If there is a misunderstanding, it’s time to make amends.

"Now that I have you to help me, Master has a lot less worry. You should also give yourself a rest."

Although ordinary people who make a living by weaving do not have fixed holidays and ten-day rest like those officials who work for the government, they are not like my disciples who can't wait to leave all day long for the weaving business. Mrs. Li

I can't help but feel distressed.

"So Sixth Sister, you have some time to prepare for the Chinese Valentine's Day with us?" After hearing what Sixth Sister said, Fifth Sister said with a smile, "Why don't you invite Mrs. Li to your home?"

The fifth sister is lively, and she is indeed generous in her dealings with others. Today's day is like this: the fragrance of lotus welcomes the autumn moon, and the leisurely people carry green cens. The flying fireflies and rotting grass do not convey hatred, and the smoke and brown flowers fill the door.

Mrs. Li has been working hard for a long time, and she has always treated her sixth sister as her own. Sister An, the fifth sister, feels it is not appropriate to be alone on this festival of begging for luck.

The hand that placed the fruits on the incense table paused for a moment, pursed her lips slightly, and the sixth sister spoke: "Master should be preparing some things to worship the ancestor in two days."

How can a disciple not understand the master's intentions? During this Qiqiao Festival, in addition to fighting and worshiping, there are also many entertainment activities for young ladies.

Mrs. Li knew that if she asked Sixth Sister to prepare things for Tongxing Temple with her, she would be afraid that the latter would be busy until everything was sorted out. Otherwise, she would not give her a break and would simply not let her go.

People involved.

"Here, take this box. You two should catch the spider right now, lest it becomes dark at night and you don't know where the spider has gone." The mother had been busy for a long time, and she didn't know when she had prepared two lacquerware boxes and handed them to the sisters.

Two people.

"I'll just send some fruits to Sixth Sister's master some other time. Don't worry about you two sisters..."

"Mom, I want that grinder that the sister next door has!" Before the mother could finish her words, she was interrupted by her seventh sister, who pulled her sleeves and refused to let go.

An's was tortured to the point of being helpless, but the thing looked useless. The fifth sister didn't like it when she was young, and the sixth sister only played with Sanniang's for a while and then gave up.

"Mom, Sanniang told me that she had it when she was a child. Why doesn't Mom want to buy it for me?" The fifth sister in the family is the most talkative female brother. Seeing that her mother was silent, the seventh sister wanted to call her fifth sister.

The son begged for mercy.

"If you have the money to buy the music, you might as well buy a robe and wear it yourself."

Hearing the words spoken by her fifth sister as she did when she was a child, the mother hid her face and smiled - instead of giving this girl new clothes, why not buy one herself?

① Chu Zai’s reference for worshiping in Tongxing Temple is “Hangzhou’s Machine God Temple and the Spirit of Craftsman” published in “Hangzhou (Weekly)” Issue 11, 2017, author Gong Yuhe; “Hangzhou’s Three Old Machine God Temples” is published in “Hangzhou (Life)”

Quality)》2010 Issue 01, author Lu Hongnian

②Idle people (similar to today’s tour guides), officials’ holidays, and craftsmen’s holidays refer to "Song Dynasty: Dawn Hour"

③ People in the Song Dynasty celebrated the Chinese Valentine's Day and had fun with music. The reference material "Metabolism on July 7th - Starting from the Golden Dolls of the Southern Song Dynasty collected in Quzhou Museum" was published in "Cultural Relics World" Issue 04, 2021, by Hao Yating.

④ During the first period of summer, the rotten grass becomes firefly, and during the third period when it rains heavily. (Many explanations on the Internet tend to believe that the ancients did not have scientific knowledge and thought that the "rotcao" is the "firefly", but I am more inclined to believe that this is the ancient people's use of rhetoric alone.

Showing "the wonders of nature")

⑤If you are in a bad mood and cannot go to the loom, please refer to "Hangluo Weaving Technology"

⑥For the origin of Hangzhou temple fairs in the digression, refer to "Research on Folk Beliefs in Hangzhou during the Republic of China", author He Shanmeng, 2020.04.10.

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Digression: The record about Tongxing Temple (Tongsheng Temple) is basically a countable sentence. The specific time of the sacrifice has not been found yet. Considering that the origin of the Hangzhou temple fair is to commemorate Chu Zai, who was born on the 13th day of the seventh lunar month, so in the article

The Lieutenant General’s sacrifice time was first set on the 13th day of the seventh lunar month (to check the information, I searched online for the book I bought after searching, and after searching online, I went to CNKI to download the article. When I have time, I will try to consult the inheritor of Hangluo intangible cultural heritage.

There is no way to leave Beijing, otherwise I would already be looking through materials in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Gongshu District)
Chapter completed!