Chapter 67 I want to apply for a Scarlet King Experience Card
Holding the card in one hand, Xia Zhi and Shiraishi Rika walked towards their next destination. Although they already had a clear goal, Xia Zhi was still a little overwhelmed by the many activities they saw along the way.
Xia Zhi even saw a lot of reserved programs that can only be seen in large-scale events in Japan, such as goldfish fishing and apple candy... Xia Zhi always felt that there was something weird there.
"What's wrong?" Shiraishi Lihua looked at Xia Zhi next to her with a strange look on her face.
"According to my memory, shouldn't fishing for goldfish and apple candies be the kind of things that only appear on certain festival nights?" Xia Zhi drew it with his hands. Although he worked hard, he wanted to say
It's probably not something that messy gestures can express clearly.
Shiraishi Rika looked at Xia Zhi and asked uncertainly: "Is Xia Zhijun talking about the summer festival?"
"It seems to be called this, right?" Xia Zhiji was not sure.
"That's right. Fishing for goldfish is indeed a traditional activity of the Summer Festival. But does Xia Zhijun know about the Summer Festival?"
"From anime and novels..."
Although this is a cultural creation, projects related to Japanese traditional festivals will not be tampered with, right? Natsuki is a little unsure.
"I see, then how much does Xia Zhijun know about the Summer Festival?"
"Let's just catch goldfish."
Xia Zhi said awkwardly. This level should be similar to the situation where the moment he heard Chinese Kung Fu, he thought of Bruce Lee and only Bruce Lee.
Shiraishi Rika didn't care very much: "The summer festival is also called a temple fair, or a fireworks display. If you watch anime, Xia Zhijun should also know about the fireworks display, right?"
"I know a little bit about this."
In fact, it is similar to China. There will be large-scale fireworks displays on the evenings of some major festivals, but such activities are mainly concentrated around the Spring Festival in China. Speaking of which, Japanese fireworks shows always appear in the summer...
"The Summer Festival is an event held in the summer in Japan. It is one of Japan's traditional festivals. Although the time is set in mid-August, it may be slightly earlier or later due to weather conditions. Fireworks displays and festival parades
In fact, they are all part of the Summer Festival. In addition, there will be some other activities, and many interesting products will be sold. In this way, there are actually many similarities between the School Festival and the Summer Festival.
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“In addition to food such as takoyaki, taiyaki, candy apples and marshmallows, there are also activities such as goldfish fishing, water balloons, ring roping and pot throwing, and some more festive products, such as masks, will be sold.
Folding fans, wind chimes." Shiraishi Reika counted on her fingers: "The scenes that Xia Zhijun saw in anime about fishing for goldfish were mostly at night, maybe because the summer festival is more lively at night than during the day."
"During the summer festival, there will be festivals and parades during the day, visits to shrines, shopping on the streets and other activities that are better held during the day. At night, lanterns will be hung up, and various stalls will be connected together to fish for goldfish and the like.
The activities will also become more atmospheric. More importantly, at night when the sky turns completely dark, you can’t see anything but stars and lights. This is the most appropriate time to set off fireworks.”
"But summer festivals don't have to be held in all Japan on one day. Because the weather conditions in different regions are different, we will make arrangements when available. Also, there are three major festivals in Japan. Does Xia Zhi know?"
This question had obviously touched on Xia Zhi’s knowledge blind spot, and he shook his head simply. Shiraishi Rika was addicted to acting as a commentator, and continued to explain to Xia Zhi with a smile on her face: "In Japan, all summer festivals are
It can be called a summer festival, but there are three largest festivals among summer festivals. From morning to night they are the Kanda Festival in Tokyo, the Gion Festival in Kyoto, and the Tenjin Festival in Osaka. The longest one is the Gion Festival in Kyoto.
The garden festival lasts for nearly a month."
Natsuki guessed that there would be no holidays during the summer festival. Otherwise, if the Gion Festival were to take a holiday, Kyoto might be completely bankrupt.
"The scale is so big." Xia Zhi sighed.
"Well, except for the Gion Festival in Kyoto, which doesn't have a holiday because it's too long, the Osaka Tenjin Festival and the Tokyo Kanda Festival should have small holidays, and it's not that far from Chiba. Tokyo is very close, so you can go there anytime.
You can go to all of them. As for Osaka, you can get there if you spend a little time.”
Xia Zhi understood and suggested "consciously": "Then do you want to go and see it together then?"
"Okay!" Shiraishi Lihua looked very happy.
Sure enough, even Shiraishi Reika, who is a local, is still not uninterested in such a large-scale festival. The same goes for Xia Zhi. Even if he knows that he will not be able to catch the Spring Festival when he goes back, he still wants to go back to soak up the Spring Festival atmosphere, and by the way
Looking at your family and friends, the festival is secondary. The key is to have the idea of enjoying the festive atmosphere.
Although Xia Zhi is not someone who likes to join in the fun, and his sense of ritual is not particularly strong, not to mention that this is not a festival of his own country or nation, he is still quite interested in the summer festival that he often sees in novels and anime. Already.
It is a waste of spiritual wealth to go abroad and turn a blind eye to such large-scale celebrations.
Every nation has its own advantages and disadvantages, and national festival celebrations are a concentrated display of the nation's advantages. Relatively speaking, this place is filled with almost all good aspects, and Xia Zhi has no need to avoid it.
However, it’s only January now. Even the Tokyo Kanda Festival, which is the first to start, is still a long, long time away. What’s more, Chiba is also a very large gathering place for human beings. It is natural that there will be its own festivals and festivals here.
Although the more lively the event, the better, but there is no need to go to the biggest festival to be the headlining person.
If you want to go to the Great Wall, instead of waiting for a long vacation to squirm with the crowds, it is better to wait until the off-season and find an opportunity to go. The same principle applies.
"So, Xia Zhijun, do you want to go and watch Lao Lao? Just think of it as practice for the Summer Festival." Shiraishi Reika suggested.
"No need. Except for exams, I'm not used to practicing such things in advance." If you become very proficient in something you do often, it is helpless. There is no one like Xia Zhi who has nothing to do with fishing for goldfish.
Opportunities are skillful. Instead of wasting his interest and curiosity in catching goldfish now in this daytime with no festive atmosphere, Xia Zhi chose to save the experience of catching goldfish for the first time until the summer festival.
"That's it." Shiraishi Rika was slightly disappointed, but her disappointment was quickly replaced by another thing: "You can already see it, Xia Zhijun."
What do you see?
Xia Zhi followed Shiraishi Reika's gaze and saw at a glance what Shiraishi Reika was referring to. A sign about three meters high and half a meter wide stood there, with the words "Culinary Research Society Cooking Competition" written on it.
The words may be to make the brand more conspicuous. These words are written with bright red paint, and they were written without any intention at all, or they did not expect that the paint would slide down. The whole brand is like a movie.
The sign written in blood was the same, which made Xia Zhi cringe even though it was daytime.
Xia Zhizhi couldn't help but open the card in her hand, looked at it, and found that the event held by the Cuisine Research Club was not a haunted house, and then she put it away: "I don't think this Cuisine Research Club wants to hold it properly at all.
Event ideas.”
Xia Zhi, who didn't get a response, looked at Shiraishi Rika next to her. She was looking at the sign that was far away and not so obvious before. The happy atmosphere was disappearing from her side. She knew how to detect the atmosphere.
Xia Zhi felt the emotional changes of Shiraishi Lihua: "What's wrong?"
Hearing Xia Zhi's voice, Shiraishi Lihua came back to her senses and shook her head: "It's nothing, I was just thinking... This is really a unique brand."
Xia Zhi also nodded in agreement.
If there weren't any relatively lively and popular voices over there, Xia Zhi would always feel that it was a haunted house wearing Culinary Research Club clothes causing trouble. However, their broadcast was quite reassuring.
"The third Tianyu Gao Cuisine Research Society Culinary Skills Competition is now in full swing! The last two entries are available! Come over quickly and actively participate! The winners will receive exquisite gifts from the Cuisine Research Society!"
Amidst such shouts, Xia Zhi walked towards the scene with Shiraishi Lihua.
"We want to sign up!" Xia Zhi waved his hand.
"Oh? Two brave challengers have already appeared!" The host looked at Xia Zhi happily.
"No. I won't participate." Xia Zhi shook his head.
"I definitely can't handle such a competition with my cooking skills, but it's much easier for you, Lihua. I'll cheer you on down below, and buy some drinks by the way. Do you want some juice?"
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"But, if I am alone..."
"As for Lihua, there must be no problem." Xia Zhi smiled: "I have never seen such an outstanding person like you since I was born... No, I have only seen one... No, I have only seen one... No, I have only seen one
Two, and you make it three."
Of course, it goes without saying that my sister is the number one existence in the world. Although there is a problem with her brain circuit, Tachibana Aya is undoubtedly a person with very excellent personal abilities. Coupled with the basically impeccable Shiraishi Rika, Natsuki knows that in this life
I have never seen such a top-notch person.
"You can't be so comforting!" Shiraishi Lihua didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Come on, Lihua, let these people see your cooking skills. If you win, you can also promote our class's coffee shop."
, Xia Zhi thought for a while: "If I can win, I will be very happy. I can show off to others that this is my friend or something, and it feels good."
!!!
Shiraishi Lihua smiled softly: "I will definitely do it."
"Then I'll buy some juice for the celebration first, come on."
Shiraishi Rika nodded, then turned and walked towards the competition site. The winner must be mine!
"Oh! The contestant is here! It can be seen that she is very confident, and her whole body is full of... murderous intent?" The host's excited words were stuck, and the corners of his eyes twitched. The momentum of the penultimate contestant was too strong
The host was a little scared. Fortunately, the last contestant raised his hand after Shiraishi Rika, which relieved his embarrassment.
Xia Zhi watched the confident Shiraishi Rika walking up, nodded, turned around and walked out of the crowd. This is not a food comic, how could a second five-star chef appear in an ordinary high school?
Personally passed on? This probability is simply the same as picking up an unclaimed 2080ti while walking on the road. It is so small that it does not exist.
Shiraishi Rika's victory can be celebrated in advance. Although she doesn't know why she feels like bullying the younger one, Xia Zhi doesn't care much. Anyway, that little one is not Shiraishi Rika, so what does it have to do with him? Go buy something to celebrate.
Just juice.
Xia Zhi was in a simple mood and walked towards the stall selling drinks that he had just passed by. Depending on his mood, he might even secretly buy some snacks and eat them while Shiraishi Rika was still competing and couldn't see him. Although it wasn't that he hadn't thought about it.
Buy a bag of popcorn or something and go watch, but that's a little too disrespectful and could easily get beaten, so I'll forget it.
In the end, Xia Zhi couldn't hold back, took out the change from his pocket, bought a box of takoyaki, put two drinks in the bag, hung it on his arm, and walked back to the cooking competition while eating takoyaki.
The venue. The competition has been going on for a while, and there are many more onlookers than there were just now. It is very difficult for Xia Zhi to squeeze in.
While saying sorry, he was included in the crowd, and it turned into the situation of going to the magic show and music performance this morning. The difference was that when Xia Zhi was squeezing, a takoyaki fell out of the box, and Xia Zhi looked at it.
I watched it rolling on the ground, feeling distressed for a long time. I bent down and strung it up with bamboo sticks, and put it in an empty box. Just when I was about to find a trash can or something to throw it away, the scene erupted.
There was a burst of cheers.
Xia Zhi looked towards the playing field. Although there were eight men and women in total, all wearing the same school uniforms and aprons, there was one person who was always so dazzling. She handled the ingredients in an orderly manner, and her movements were so fast that it was almost invisible.
Not knowing what she was doing, the host stared at her performance, and even the other contestants on the side were stunned.
Still perfect as always.
"Lihua, come on!" Xia Zhi stood in the crowd and shouted, but it still reached her ears in this noisy scene.
She raised her head and looked in Xia Zhi's direction with a smile. She wanted to nod, but something attracted her attention.
???
Xia Zhi raised his head slightly and saw the takoyaki box in his raised hand.
Coach, can I apply for a substitute for the Crimson King? You don’t have to have one all the time, just use it once, just once...