Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

Ningping City was bustling with activity due to the approaching Moon Festival and the opening of sugar shops, and the atmosphere in the palace was also joyful.

Jiang Tuan is a person who pays more attention to rituals. No, it should be said that his whole family is a person who pays more attention to rituals. Their family concept is to make life interesting.

In order to make life less monotonous and a little more colorful, their family will pay appropriate attention to some rituals. Of course, this is not only to go with the flow, but also to please themselves.

Use those rituals to reward yourself for your busy and hard work, make yourself happier, and make your life worthwhile.

Ever since he knew that the Moon Worship Festival was the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiang Tuan had been very excited about the importance of the festival. He would run to the kitchen whenever he had time. The fillings and styles of mooncakes were developed at that time.

While he was preparing the delicious food, everything needed for the festival was prepared in the palace.

I mentioned before that the Moon Festival is a very important festival in Daxia, because it is the first festival after the autumn harvest, so this day celebrates not only the full moon but also the harvest.

Although the curfew will not be lifted on this day, each household will not go to bed early as usual, but will wait for the moon to come out before offering sacrifices.

The sacrifices in the palace were much more solemn and lively than those in ordinary people's homes. During the sacrifices, offerings such as pigs and sheep would be placed on the table. After the worship of the moon god, there would be a family party, with all royal members gathering together to admire the moon.

For Jiang Tuan, sacrifice is a very complicated and tiring process, which requires him to kneel down and worship from time to time.

Every time he knelt, he wanted to invent a "kneeling massager"; every time he bent over, he missed the waist and neck massager at home.

He was thankful that there were not so many important festivals in Da Xia, otherwise he was really afraid that he would get lumbar muscle strain before he returned, which would be hilarious.

After the formal worship, it is time to relax, and everyone sits together to admire the moon in the sky.

Maybe the people of Daxia don’t have many entertainment activities on a daily basis, or maybe it’s just that there are few opportunities for so many people to gather together and appreciate such a big and round moon. Everyone was very focused, except Jiang Tuan.

Since knowing that the moon is full of bare pits and mountains, Jiang Tuan can no longer appreciate it from an aesthetic point of view. Every time he sees it, he will seriously discuss with his sister which pit is which pit and which mountain is which mountain.

However, his sister really knew, and he was just guessing.

Now seeing the festive moon in Daxia, he could suddenly deeply feel the beauty and emotion expressed by the phrase "May we live long and share the beauty of the moon, even though we are thousands miles apart."

At that time, the poet was far away from his relatives and could not see each other. When he saw the round moon and the reunion of other families, his longing for them naturally came out.

He is also far away from his relatives now, and he also feels a sense of longing when he sees other families reunited.

However, a talented poet can write about his longings into famous lines that will be passed down through the ages, but he could only have red eyes and his mind full of “Mom, Dad, and Sister, I miss you so much!”

Everyone present was a smart person, even Jiang Yi, who was only two years old, was a smart little girl. How could Jiang Tuan's barely concealed emotions be hidden from them?

Feeling Jiang Tuan's sadness, Jiang Qi and Lan Shu winked at Jiang Huai at the same time, asking him to go and comfort him.

After receiving the task, Jiang Huai did not hesitate and stood up holding Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi was chewing a small piece of mooncake when she suddenly felt herself moving and getting taller. She looked up and saw that it was her brother. Everything was fine.

Just as she was about to continue chewing, she heard her brother say, "Yier, do you want to listen to your uncle tell you a story?"

For a little foodie, nothing is more important than eating. But since her brother picked her up, how could she let him down? She nodded slowly.

From this incident, we can see that it is true that others pamper Jiang Yi, but little Jiang Yi is also pampering the people around her in her own way.

Seeing Jiang Huai and Jiang Yi coming over, Jiang Tuan quickly restrained his emotions. Everyone else was happy during the festival, and he didn't want to be the one to spoil the fun.

Jiang Yi was put on the ground by his brother, and he ran to Jiang Tuan with his short legs: "Uncle, story, story."

When Jiang Tuan heard Jiang Yi say she wanted to tell a story, he froze for a moment, which reminded him of the embarrassing scene when he told "Journey to the West" last time.

When he realized that he could gain energy by telling stories, he was already thinking about what stories would be better to tell.

However, after telling the story last time, the children gave him such a big blow that he was afraid that if he blindly told the story, there would be something inappropriate and cause unnecessary trouble, so he never dared to put it into practice.

Now when Jiang Yi asked him to tell a story, he didn't know what to say.

"Don't worry, uncle. Just tell me one at random."

Seeing Jiang Tuan's embarrassment, Jiang Huai comforted him. He brought Jiang Yi here to make her happy, not to tell a story, so just be casual.

OK, it's just a story, right? He can.

What stories are there about the Mid-Autumn Festival and the moon? When Jiang Tuan thought about it, he immediately thought of Chang'e flying to the moon.

After thinking carefully about the story, he felt that there was nothing he couldn't tell, so he started telling it.

At this time, several princesses who had listened to his stories before came over. When these princesses moved, the other princes and princesses also followed suit.

Even those who were unwilling to move would follow suit when they saw their brothers and sisters moving in order not to appear different.

Soon, all the princes and princesses gathered around Jiang Tuan, and instantly he had the illusion that he was the king of children.

Seeing the children's enthusiasm, Jiang Tuan immediately felt a strong sense of responsibility. He thought that he could not let the children down during this festival, and secretly made up his mind that he must tell the story in a lively and interesting way so that the children would enjoy listening to it.

The original story of Chang'e flying to the moon is actually very simple. It is a story about a disciple betraying his master, which led to the separation of the master and his wife.

Children would definitely not want to listen to such a dry story. In order to make the story more interesting, Jiang Tuan combined the novels and TV dramas he had read and added many descriptions.

Try to tell the story of Houyi's bravery, Chang'e's beauty and his disciple's abomination, and make the plot full of twists and turns.

However, when he talked about his apprentice, he forgot the other person's name, which was a bit embarrassing. In the end, he could only refer to him as "that apprentice."

Apart from this small surprise, Jiang Tuan thought that he told the story very well, vividly and carefully without making it too profound, and he thought that he would not be asked any strange questions this time.

However, his confidence did not last long, as the children's questions came in waves like a tide, almost drowning him.