In August, the most lively thing is naturally the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Although there was a Mongolian invasion this year, Qingyuan Mansion, which is far away from the front line, is still very lively.

And Yanggong Town, immersed in the Mid-Autumn Festival, has been constantly new in recent days.

The first is naturally the fundraising of Xiaolongwan Harbor at the wharf. Seven or eight days passed in a blink of an eye, and there were endless people coming to donate every day. I heard that the people on duty revealed that the donation boxes of five people were almost full, because the sound of silver and copper coins were thrown in was almost gone.

The second is that the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sanweiju Teahouse held a unique charity sale. The charity sale was not large in scale, and only more than 30 people were invited to participate, but they were all big businessmen with good reputation in Yanggong Town.

This charity sale is similar to that circulated among the people. It was prepared and held by five or six merchants including Zhao Dalang of Xiaolongwan Harbor and Fan Hailong, the shopkeeper of Sanweiju. Its name is also very loud. It is called the charity sale of the Anti-Japanese War Baoguo. The purpose is also to raise donations for the Ezhou frontline.

In order to be fair and transparent, the charity sale specially invited some officials from the harbor and famous gentry and celebrities from Yanggong Town to attend. The charity sale took out a total of more than 20 charity items, almost all of which were auctioned, and a total of more than 23,000 charity funds were raised. This money was combined with the 180,000 charity donations from Xiaolongwan Port, and the total amount of funds raised has exceeded 200,000 charity.

Of course, in addition to the donations from Yanggong Town, the majority of the private donations this time should be in Yin County.

I heard that since Gao Yanei apologized at the wharf, the enthusiasm of donations in Yin County has increased unprecedentedly. There are people queuing up in front of the ten donation boxes every day. I heard that in just three days, the boxes were almost full. Xiaolongwan had to make five donation boxes again.

Although the donations from the people are all change, if these more than ten boxes are donated, they are probably a collection of tens of thousands of coins.

While the people were enthusiastically raising funds, the Anti-Japanese War Baoguo Charter reached an agreement with the Baihua Building, the largest brothel in Yin County. A grand charity sale will be held at Baihua Building on August 28. More than 300 invitations were sent, and thousands of flyers were distributed. Therefore, the charity sale of Baihua Building has also become the most popular topic during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The words "Baihua Building" and "Baihua Building" can be heard everywhere in the fields, streets and alleys, teahouses, tile houses, and the words "Baihua Building" and "Baihua Building" can be heard everywhere.

While the charity sale was being vigorously promoted, guilds from all walks of life in Qingyuan Prefecture also claimed that they would call on merchants in the industry to donate money to protect the country in the war of resistance. Baihualou, as the host venue of this charity sale, is also rectifying the matter according to Zhao Qi's requirements. As the leader of the brothel industry in Yin County, Han Lei, the shopkeeper of Baihualou, even organized the entire Yin County brothel to help promote, and selected a group of sweet-looking and enchanting ladies to ride on the street in a float to go door to door.

In addition, many famous gentry in Qingyuan Prefecture said they would participate in the charity sale, and countless old-level figures who lived in seclusion on weekdays and did not care about the world also appeared, saying that they would take out their poems, calligraphy and paintings to participate in the charity sale.

Such a large-scale charity donation and charity sale, and so many industries and gentry and merchants participated, this is almost the most lively event in Qingyuan Prefecture's history.

Therefore, this charity sale also relieved a lot of panic and dissatisfaction caused by the invasion of the Mongols and the increase in taxes by the imperial court, and also made the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was slightly deserted compared to previous years, a lot of lively.

Zhao Qi has been having a relatively easy life in recent days.

The fundraising in Yin County and Yanggong Town has been completely on track and he no longer needs to worry about it.

The small-scale charity sale held in Sanweiju in advance was considered a drill, with very good results and will provide good experience for Baihualou charity sale.

Moreover, since reaching a charity sale agreement with Han Lei, almost all the charity sale activities in Yin County were Han Lei, Gao Yucheng, Su Houyou and other groups of vice presidents of charity sale were responsible for running errands. Zhao Qi, the president, became very relaxed and only needed to provide some planning and guidance.

After autumn, the weather is cool, and the construction of Xiaolongwan Harbor is progressing rapidly. Most of the first phase of the project has been completed, and four of the ten wharfs have been completed. It seems that there is no problem in the completion of the project in a year.

In addition, two projects in Maowan Village are also being completed quickly.

First, the re-expanded mountain god temple was built by a group of middle-aged and elderly people in the village in slack farming time. After two months, the main body has been completed. A few days ago, the beams and tiles have been put on, and the shrine has been repaired. After the customized mountain god statue is completed, the plaque is hung, and the Taoist priests will do three days of rituals to invite the gods to enter the position.

Zhao Qi almost never cared about the construction of the mountain temple except for donating fifty stagnant coins, because the construction of the mountain temple was not actually his original intention, but the fact that the mountain god showed his spirit and smashed him was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, especially the people in Maowan Village believe it. Old Mrs. Su also talked about it several times, and Zhao Qi had to act like this.

But no matter what, after nearly two months of construction, the mountain temple has been completed, which made Zhao Qi feel relieved and able to let go of this matter.

Recently, Zhao Qi is actually most concerned about his own house.

This is different from Xiaolongwan Harbor. Because you live in your own home, all aspects are more detailed than shops and commercial housing. At present, the main body of the house has been completed, and the upper beams and tiles have been completed. What is underway is interior decoration and details improvement.

Seeing this huge house covering an area of ​​five acres becoming more perfect day by day, Zhao Qi and his family were also getting happier day by day.

Among them, the happiest ones are not Zhao Qi, Old Lady Su and A Lian, but Xiao Zhu, Baoer and Xiao Wu.

Because Zhao Qi's two-story apartment design and the novel bed design of the upper and lower bunks made all children excited all day long. Whenever they had time, they would run to the apartment building to watch the bunk beds being built and installed. They even started to group internally and draw lots to choose their own beds.

Xiaozhu and Baoer belong to the main family and live in the backyard. Because there are enough rooms, Zhao Qi originally planned to arrange a bedroom for the two little girls, but after seeing the apartment building and bunk beds of a group of children, the two little girls strongly demanded to live together and also live in upper and lower bunk beds. Zhao Qi had to satisfy their small wish, arrange the two little girls in one bedroom, and let the carpenter create a luxurious upper and lower bunk bed.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the Tang Dynasty and rose in the Song Dynasty.

As the three major festivals that are parallel to the New Year and Dragon Boat Festival, from this day on, officials of the Song Dynasty will have three days off, and the people will also enjoy the moon, watch the lanterns and eat moon cakes. Talented men and beautiful women will go out for private meetings on the night of mid-autumn. The moon is on the willows, and after the evening, they will make an appointment, touch and pinch, and um, and ah, sitting in front of the flowers and chatting against the big and soft moon in the sky.

As for the people near the capital, they would run to watch the Qiantang tide early in the morning, and the situation was even more lively.

Although many parts of the house have not been renovated yet, especially the yard and some attached stables and chicken circles have not been completed, the main buildings such as the main hall and restaurant have been completed. Therefore, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Qi bought more than a dozen lanterns and dozens of mooncakes in the town, and happily hung red lanterns in each room with a group of children, and distributed mooncakes to all the young and old families. When it was dark, the family gathered in the new house to eat mooncakes and watch the moon tell stories and play games. A large group of children cheered and chased and played enthusiastically in the yard, turning this family, which was once lonely and poor, became a lively and joyful big family, especially Xiao Wu and a few older children, who even cried secretly while eating mooncakes.

"Okay, this is the holiday. After decades, the old woman has eaten sweet and delicious mooncakes again!"

Old Mrs. Su sat in the open space in the yard, eating moon cakes, and watching Zhao Qi go out to play with a group of children carrying lanterns and laughing and joking. Her face was full of satisfaction and loving expressions.

"Grandma, Xiaoqi is really amazing. She has earned so much money in just a few months and built a big house. You will have to enjoy your happiness in the future!" A Lian sat on the stool next to her, holding a mooncake in her hand and talking to Old Mrs. Su.

"A Lian, we women will never get things done. We still have to rely on a man at home. How busy Qi'er is on weekdays, thanks to your careful care of food and drink. If the old woman goes, I hope you can take good care of him for the rest of your life!" Old Mrs. Su reached out and gently stroked A Lian's hair.

"Grandma, you...what do you mean?" A Lian's body shook slightly.

"The grandmother means what you think, I know both you and Qi'er..."

A Lian was so scared that she knelt at the feet of Old Mrs. Su, and lay on the ground with pale face and horror.
Chapter completed!