On the fifth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival arrived.
Every household made Zongzi and went out to buy Zongzi without cooking.
Many people in Chang 'an didn't cook. They just went out to buy food.
A small number of people didn't cook because they were lazy. Most of them didn't have a kitchen.
Chang 'an was the capital of the Tang dynasty. Just like the capital of Li Yi's time, several people rented a house.
The kitchen had been converted into a bedroom. Every room that could be squeezed in was better than the entire place.
For the tenants who couldn't afford to live in a house, it was cheaper to squeeze in with other people.
Of course, the Tang dynasty didn't have a way to make money by letting people live in the basement. There were cellars, but no one lived there.
Li Family Zhuangzi was also making Zongzi. Usually, each person could eat one Zongzi to taste it.
They ate too well on weekdays and didn't like to eat other festival food.
However, Zhuangzi made a lot of Zongzi to give to the people who were still building houses.
Zhang Family Village proposed to give those people 5,000 Zongzi with jujubes.
As for meat in Zongzi, it was not popular at the moment.
Zongzi with meat in it tasted like pork mixed with rice.
"Those pools are very lively today. There are dragon boats and water dances." Empress Wang pushed the baby out to bask in the sun.
The main thing was that she was basking in the sun. The baby was in the carriage, covered by a curtain, and there were palace maids fanning him through the gauze.
The little guy was lying there with his eyes open. He looked at a doll hanging above. When the wind blew, the doll moved slightly.
The baby's eyesight was not good. He was sensitive to light, so he could see blurry things. However, he was willing to work hard to make his eyes move.
"Dragon Boat Festival is good." Li Yi sat there and wrote. He drew a few more strokes and put a small book next to him.
"This is right. The two I wrote before were too fake. They didn't look real. But I think any one of them will do. It's just that I have to keep improving. "
Li Yi was satisfied with his work. The only thing he didn't know was whether it could be used.
Song De came over. "Dongzhu, the street sign is done. Should I nail it now?"
"Nail, hang up the lanterns too. The Dragon Boat Festival is very lively. People come and go, and there are so many water sports.
Some people, who had seen other people's water shows during the day, decided to take advantage of the hot weather at night to play in the water.
Anyway, with the ball following them, both adults and children were at ease. More importantly, it's not the fifteenth of the month today. The moon isn't bright enough, and there's only one little girl. "
When Li Yi was talking about the festival, Empress Wang felt that something was wrong.
At the end of the afternoon, Li Longji, who was watching the dragon boat together, got off work and stopped playing.
His thoughts were all on his son in Zhuangzi. If it weren't for the fact that he was too young, he would have carried him over to look at him.
The Empress was not present, and he did not call the concubines to his side.
She was afraid that she would have to stay in the palace for a while after work today.
When they arrived at Zhuangzi, the sky was still bright. Li Yi didn't copy books today, so he stayed outside in the shade and watched the kites in the sky.
Li Longji went to see his son first. The child was asleep, and he didn't get to see him crying.
"Brother Yi, did you notice that my son doesn't like to cry? He cries occasionally, and he'll be fine soon."
Li Longji sat next to Li Yi, picked up the teapot on the table and poured tea for the teacups.
"Why would he cry if there's no reason for him to cry? The newborns in Zhuangzi don't cry much.
Usually, when they're hungry, they feel uncomfortable and cry. After drinking milk and changing diapers, they won't cry anymore.
In addition, the light is not suitable. When the child sleeps, he can't sleep and cries.
When there's no light and it's night, the body's magnetic field changes, he feels uncomfortable and cries.
When you don't talk to him, he cries; when you need silence, there's a lot of noise, he cries. "
Li Yi continued to talk about the reasons why the baby cried. When the baby cried, he would consider several aspects and make changes, and the child would be fine.
Or he was sick, and he would quickly check.
"Sometimes when the child cries, the adult will hug and shake him, and the child will fall asleep." Li Longji also expressed his opinion.
"Hug and shake … Oh, how could I forget such a good thing?
Someone, tell the craftsman to make a basket that can put the baby in. It can be hung from the top.
The kind that can be swayed from side to side. When it's done, put a soft cushion under it.
The baby can be placed in it and gently shaken. There's no need for people to shake it. It's hot to hug in summer.
But it must be a child after three months. It can't be too young. "
Li Yi suddenly thought of a good thing, a cradle.
The cub ran away and went to find the craftsman.
"Is it something to coax the child to sleep?" Li Longji guessed.
"Yes, according to medicine, it can stimulate the vestibular nerve of the child, and it's said to help the child grow."
Li Yi had a cradle when he was a child. Others said that the cradle was not good, but he felt that he could do it. There was no problem.
"Must it be hung?" Li Longji thought for a moment and shook his head like a coal ball.
"A baby carriage is fine, or you can just make a wooden frame with a shaft.
Make a batch tomorrow and pass it out.
But it must be made clear that it can't be swayed too hard. It has to be swayed gently from side to side. It can't be done if it's too young. "
Li Yi suggested other ways, such as the hanging one. Anyone could make a basket and tie it with a rope.
"Okay, let's see. In fact, the rocking chair you make is also comfortable for adults."
Li Longji decided to take a look at the real thing and observe the child's reaction to consider whether to promote it.
Li Yi looked up and continued to look at the kite. After a while, he said, "Add incense, gunpowder, and alchemical fire oil to the kite. When the wind is good …"
He was talking about the method used by later dynasties, which was used to burn the enemy's provisions and release a large group of kites.
"Brother Yi, what's the difference between this and the Kongming Lantern? It's already good enough to use kites to send messages outside the city. "
Li Longji was still worried that it would be copied. The simpler it was, the less he wanted to use it.
He already had gunpowder, but it wasn't as good as Li Yi's. However, with incense and alchemical fire oil, it was still possible.
During dinner, the cradle was used. Zhuangzi put in the children who were more than three months old, but not those who were more than six months old. Generally, the cradle only needed to be shaken for a quarter of an hour.
The evaluation of the cradle was very good. It was indeed suitable for babies to sleep.
Even if they didn't need to sleep, they would be very happy to be rocked in the cradle.
Empress Wang was envious. Other people's children could be rocked in the cradle, but hers had to wait.
"Third Brother, there's something I need to tell you. It's about the situation of the guards. They may or may not be useful. Let's prepare first …"
Li Yi told Li Longji about the situation when they were almost done eating.
Li Longji nodded. "Okay, I'll make the arrangements."
The moon on the fifth day of the lunar month had moved to the west and would set before midnight.
The moon in the sky blinked. There was no curfew in Chang 'an City, and it continued to be lively during the day.
By the Ba River, a group of people who had gone there to swim in the evening and hadn't left since then were packing their bags.
There were other people playing around before, but they all left after dark.
One of the people whispered a few words and waved his hand. A total of six people carried their bags and slid into the water with reed tubes in their mouths. Soon, they disappeared from the surface of the water.
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