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An important event of the May Shuo Festival is to select the best beauty, called the May Queen, as a symbol of spring. The elected May Queen usually wears a garland and is paraded through the streets by a procession. Citizens flocked to the streets to watch.

The Kingdom of England has many festivals throughout the year, among which Christmas and the Festival are the most popular.

Because both festivals are very lively, various ceremonies are held to celebrate the arrival of the festival.

Spring in the Kingdom of England came relatively late, and it was only in May that it was spring.

In a previous life, where Stephen Jones lived, winter was usually from December to February and spring from March to May.

In the English kingdom of this world, May is the beginning of spring, and the year is also divided into four seasons, that is, spring is from May to July.

May Shuo is a festival to celebrate the cold winter passes, the arrival of spring, the revival of all things, and prays for a good harvest in agriculture that begins to be sown in spring.

However, for children, they do not have a deep understanding of the meaning of this festival, they only know that on May Shuo Day, garden parties will be held everywhere, and in the evening, a large number of bonfires will be raised to celebrate, they just want to see these two things.

Science and magic in the Holy Continent have become the mainstream of the world, and the level of science and technology is equivalent to the middle of the industrial age of the era in which Stephen Jones lived in his previous life, the invention of airplanes and the invention of steam trains and automobiles, but they are not fully popularized, and most people still use horse-drawn carriages to rush to transportation.

Airplanes are still military, secret weapons used for combat, and trains are generally used to transport goods, at least trains are dedicated to transporting people.

The camera was also invented, and all the photos taken were black and white.

In this era without television, you can see such a lively scene in daily life, which is only the two days of May Day and Christmas.

May Day and Christmas are also rare legal holidays in the Kingdom of England, and the people of the Kingdom of England also attach great importance to this kind of festival where you can rest in an upright manner.

Everyone will buy all kinds of things they need to celebrate the holiday a day or two in advance, and on this day, they will not go shopping again.

Therefore, most of the shops on the street, except for those bars, as well as rice grain shops and other food-related shops, will be closed, and then the owners and clerks will also take to the streets to celebrate the arrival of May Shuo.

Unfortunately, Stephen Jones’ insoles will still be open, although there may not be many shoes sold on this day, but there will always be some people who for various reasons have broken shoes on this day and need to be repaired.

Essex had confessed to Stephen Jones the day before May Day, hoping that Stephen Jones would keep watch in the store, but he could get up later to open the door.

As for Essex, she would take Stephen Jones’ two younger brothers to the street to watch the garden party, and in the evening, Stephen Jones would close the house and go to the street to watch the bonfire.

Stephen Jones doesn’t care, he’s mentally mature enough not to really cry out there like an 11-year-old and yell that he’s going to see it too.

Essex was also happy to see Stephen Jones so obedient and sensible.

And said that after the garden party returns, he will bring some delicious snacks for Stephen Jones.

Essex: “Stephen, let’s go first, and remember to put the numbers in the doorway.” ”

Stephen Jones: “Okay, I see. ”

“Goodbye brother.”

“Goodbye brother.”

When Stephen Jones saw them go, he turned to the table, brought some green branches that had been prepared, and then made some simple decorations such as putting a flower in the branch as a decoration, and then inserting this branch in the doorway.

This has a little meaning with hanging wormwood or calamus at the door during the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil spirits.

It is also one of the rituals of May Shuo.

On the day of May Shuo Festival, people who come to buy shoes, there are really none, everyone will wear new clothes on the street, clothes and shoes have long been purchased in advance.

There are a lot of shoes that need to be repaired, and Stephen Jones doesn’t know how many shoes have been repaired, and he feels that people are a little numb.

Outside, it was bustling, with many park performers dressed in exaggerated clothes performing, and ordinary people gathered in a circle to watch or follow.

Some boys and girls would go door-to-door with garlands of branches and branches, and then sing the May Day hymn to express their blessings to the owner.

But none of this seems to have anything to do with Stephen Jones.

“Hey, have you heard, the exiled Wasteland witch seems to be returning from the wasteland, and has announced that she is openly challenging the authority of our king.”

A middle-aged man with a top hat, a ceremonial staff, a suit, a beard, and a meticulous look stood next to him, one dressed like him, but without a beard, and the other said that the two were obviously friends or relatives or something, because the two of them entered Stephen Jones’ shoe store side by side and asked for shoes to be repaired.

“I’ve heard about this for a long time, but what happened afterwards, do you know?”

Another middle-aged man asked curiously.

“Of course, our king could not bear this provocation, and he sent the court wizard, the Suliman wizard, to enter the wasteland to negotiate with the Wasteland Witch, if it can be resolved peacefully, if it cannot be solved peacefully, go and solve the Wasteland Witch, but guess what? After hearing about entering the wasteland, the Suliman wizard has not returned. ”

“Ah” The beardless middle-aged man was surprised after listening to the bearded middle-aged man’s words.

The bearded middle-aged man was satisfied with his companion’s performance after listening to his words, and was about to continue saying something.

Stephen Jones’ voice came over: “Guest, have you heard of a wizard named Hal?” ”

The bearded middle-aged man frowned slightly after hearing Stephen Jones’ words, obviously not happy that Stephen Jones interrupted him, but still calmly replied: “Hal wizard? Haven’t heard of it, what’s wrong? ”

“Oh, it’s okay, just ask.” Stephen Jones hit a laugh and continued to bury his head in mending shoes.

The bearded middle-aged man didn’t care either, and continued to fight with his companions.

Stephen Jones just heard the middle-aged people say that the witch of the wasteland, his heart moved, but he was not sure of his guess, the word witch of the wasteland is too popular, there is an area in the Kingdom of England that is very remote and desolate, that place is called the wasteland, many criminals are exiled, they will go to this place, the witch of the wasteland means a witch who is exiled to the wasteland, therefore, the witch of the wasteland does not refer to a person.

Stephen Jones remembers that in Howl’s Moving Castle, there was also a character called the Witch of the Wasteland.

However, Hal’s Moving Castle does not have a detailed description of the world in which it lives, and he does not know the name of the continent of the world where Hal’s Moving Castle is located and the name of the country it is in, which may be just a coincidence!

Stephen Jones guessed.