Peach blossoms are about to bloom

  Peach blossoms are about to bloom

  "Mom, mom, come back!" Xia Jia Ning looked at her mother's distant figure and irritably grabbed a fried dough stick to bite into. Her mother was an old superstitious woman who would check the almanac before doing anything, and whenever she encountered something unclear, she would go ask Old Auntie Wu for guidance.

  Man Ah Po is 90 years old this year, and it was during the Anti-Japanese War that she followed her husband to escape to the south and settled in Jiangnan Alley. The couple had no children, and after her husband's death, she remained a widow, earning her the respect of everyone in Jiangnan Alley.

  The old lady was very kind to people, when she was a child, she always went to the old lady's house to eat sugar, listened to the old lady talk about her hometown, the magnificent Great Wall, the brilliant Forbidden City, and the majestic Temple of Heaven were all imprinted in her mind since childhood.

  Because of her grandma, she had a special fondness for everything in Beijing. Even her best friend from college was from Beijing. Every time her grandma finished speaking, she would stick a yellow talisman on her forehead and mutter some words.

  Later, people in the alley said that she was so beautiful and intelligent, all of which were brought out by Ah Po's recitation since childhood, and her mother believed this even more firmly.

  Xia Jianing took a few bites of the fried dough stick and put it down. She used to love eating the kind of old fried dough sticks that Qi Shu's family made, which were truly delicious, unlike those bright yellow ones outside that had alum added to them. This old fried dough stick was dark in color and especially tasty.

  The whole city only has Qiūnán Lane's Seventh Uncle's house that still makes it, but today Aunt came and her stomach isn't feeling well, she thinks it's too oily.

  She sipped the soy milk slowly, but before she finished, her mother rushed back in a flurry and slapped the yellow talisman onto her forehead. Xia Jianing knew it was that trick again and resignedly rolled her eyes at the talisman as she blew air on it.

  Summer's mother gave her a slap on the back of the head, "Auntie Meng said that your red bird star is moving greatly recently, and your peach blossom luck is coming, but the peach blossom calamity will also come with it. This charm can help you resolve it, don't blow it away, be careful not to blow it away, finish eating and go give Seventh Uncle wine."

  "Whispering, 'Feudal superstition, what a joke! What peach blossom calamity? I'll cut it down with one sword and scatter the peach blossoms!' Mom, Dad went where?" Xia Jia Ning finished drinking the soy milk in two mouthfuls, then picked up the funnel to pour wine into the wine jug.

  Qiū Jiā's family sells fast food until noon. The people here are used to eating and drinking a little wine, which is usually delivered by her family.

  "Where else can we go? Let's go to your uncle Wang's house and set up a dragon gate array."

  "Oh, I'm going then." Xia Jianing carried two jars of rice wine out the door, and her mother chased after her shouting, "Don't forget to ask your brother about his exam results when you call him later!"

  "I know, I know!" Xia Jianing rolled her eyes again and blew air onto the mole on her forehead. Fortunately, people in Jiangnan Alley were already used to this kind of behavior, everyone had their own quirks, and no one would laugh at anyone else. This had become a custom in Jiangnan Alley.