Chapter 12 The Mountain Village in the Showering Rain
Liping County is not far from Dadunzi Town. From Dadunzi Town, you bypass Ajiangpo and go into the mountains to Dunzhai. There is now a mechanical farming road that can barely be accessed by a van, so there is no need to walk. I let
Xiaoyao took my parents directly from Liping County to Dadunzi Town, and then to Dunzhai.
When you go to a grave to pay homage, you always need to bring some things, such as incense, candles, money, firecrackers, fruits, braised pig heads and large pieces of fat, as well as my grandmother’s favorite chicken cake. My father also gave me
I bought a 400-gun roll of firecrackers, as well as sickles and shovels, etc., and I had them all ready. In the morning, I went to the middle school near my father, Lao Jiang, to borrow the van he had just bought, and then took my parents with me.
Xiaoyao and Duoduo went to Dunzhai together.
This journey took more than three hours to walk, but only took more than 40 minutes to drive. Soon we arrived at Dunzhai, the place where my grandmother lived for more than 80 years. The village was the same as when I left, with basically no
There have been too many changes, but there are a few small houses built on the side of the road, which are houses with brick and wood structures. This represents the symbol of the rich in the countryside. I heard my mother tell me about this house.
, it’s all money earned by young people working outside.
With the deepening of social changes, more and more young people have received education, their horizons have become broader, and they are more nostalgic for the outside world. The traditions and customs of this remote Miao village are gradually being forgotten.
, and finally disappeared into the wind.
The pace of the times is constantly advancing. For example, the mysterious and ancient profession of cultivating Gu is slowly disappearing as time goes by.
My mother has lived in Dunzhai for more than 20 years, and is naturally very familiar with the people in the village. And because my grandmother’s status here is very high, the villagers are also very enthusiastic towards my mother and constantly come up to say hello.
, exchange a few words, and when they see me, they always say with a smile: "Feng, this is your Zuo, she is so big now? Hey, your wife is so beautiful, she looks like the one in the movie
As for celebrities, their granddaughters are already so old..."
Whenever the villagers talked about it so enthusiastically, my mother smiled happily and did not correct me. Even my father, who was taciturn, showed an honest smile and looked at me and the people next to me meaningfully.
The little demon pulling Duoduo.
The scene was a bit awkward. I glanced at the little demon subconsciously. This little foxy girl had a dignified face at the moment, as if she was a girl who had just graduated from high school. She respectfully and politely called out to each other after my mother introduced her.
: "Uncle Long, Second Uncle, Aunt Ban..."
Well, this feeling is really weird. I felt uncomfortable all over, so I urged everyone to speed up and get out of here.
My grandma's grave is on the mountain behind Dunzhai, where there are deep ravines and dense shade. There are five majestic hills evenly distributed in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Each one looks like a dragon head, forming a pentagon. Facing the green mountain boundary, it looks like five dragons holding a saint.
, majestic, with winding mountains and locked mouths. Miao witchcraft does not have as many categories of Feng Shui techniques as those in the Central Plains, but it also has its own simple way of using mountains and water to change luck.
There are tricks, and this place was designated by my grandmother during her lifetime. I have communicated with Zamao Xiaodao, and it also means that it will bring blessings to future generations.
The road up the mountain was winding and winding. Xiaoyao and Duoduo were light and fast, so they walked to the front unknowingly. Taking advantage of this opportunity, my mother quietly took my arm and pointed at the little demon in front of me.
Said: "Zuo, this Yaomei is pretty good, you have to hurry up. If you miss it again, don't you think I'll scold you to death?"
Young people in our family generally get married early. I found that Xiao Laojiang’s sons have already gone to elementary school, and their peers have become parents. Look at me, I don’t even have a formal girlfriend. A second-year-old like me
For a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old to be unmarried, it is really a shameful thing in our small place. Before, I could be called an old bachelor.
If the conditions at home were really bad, then she would tolerate it, but my mother always felt that her son's conditions were among the best in every village. Not only could he make money doing business outside, but he was now a member of the public family.
, the few friends I associate with are all big-time friends, and they enjoy the scene well. There are not many people who can compare with her. My mother has enjoyed all kinds of blessings for most of her life, and she just hopes to have some grandson to tease her and enjoy that kind of love.
joy.
I can understand her earnest desire to have a child, but the rush to seek medical treatment for this disease is really overwhelming for me. Not to mention that I have nothing to do with the little demon, even if there is that... the human-monster takes a different path, we can't.
Is there any result?
I was hesitant and didn't express my position, which made my mother feel resentful. She pinched me cruelly and walked ahead angrily.
Soon we arrived at my grandma's grave. Although my parents came once during the Qingming Festival this year, the grave was now overgrown with weeds. The green and yellow grass awns covered the grave, and I walked to the grave.
Come and look at the cold black and white photo on the tombstone. The grandmother in the photo is unsmiling and has sharp eyes. Although she had a good reputation when she was young, her nearly half a century of cultivation experience has exhausted all her youth, and
In the end, she was left with a hooked nose and the appearance of a skinny old woman.
I don’t know why, but I came back many years later and looked at my grandmother’s photo on the tombstone. When I looked into her cold eyes, I seemed to be able to feel that she was still vaguely alive, or in other words, there was still a sense of consciousness.
circulating in this world.
Long Laolan, such a name is really not pleasant. Many people will find it incredible when they hear it, wondering how they could have such a name. However, in the era when my grandmother and the others lived, diseases, plagues, hunger and rampant wars made it possible to
Living to old age is something worth looking forward to, so it was not surprising in the past. But for such a mysterious woman, even if her soul returned to the underworld, there is still a rope holding me in her hand.
, controls my destiny.
Lying under the grave is both my grandmother and the creator of the natal golden silkworm Gu in my body.
I didn't stare for long before my mother woke me up, handed me the sickle, and asked me to help clean up the weeds and wild ferns beside the tomb, while my parents cleaned up the bluestone platform in front of the tombstone.
Put it in order and put the sacrifices brought this time.
Busy and busy, with the help of Xiaoyao and Duoduo, I quickly cleaned the grave, leaving only a few weak and stubborn white flowers. My father took out the firecrackers and lit the incense candles and candles.
After the paper, I lit the firecrackers. Amidst the crackling sound, we all knelt in front of the grave. Xiaoyao and Duoduo also knelt down next to me. My mother added firecrackers to the fire.
While clasping his hands together, he prayed: "Mom, you have to bless our family, bless Zuo with success and safety, and then marry a virtuous and kind-hearted wife and give birth to a fat boy..."
My mother was talking incessantly, while I put my forehead on the ground, thinking about the Long Laolan that I had heard from others over the years, and my heart was full of respect.
Many times, we don't know how to pay attention to the people around us, thinking that they are ordinary, but in the hearts of others, they are a legend.
We stayed at my grandma's grave for almost an hour before starting to go down the mountain. The sacrifices had to be taken away before, but I stopped them and said that they should just leave the wild food in the mountains on the grave. There are some here.
Being fastidious, although it is false, still needs to be maintained after all. My parents did not insist on it, and left here after all the incense candles and flammable objects were completely extinguished.
The descent down the mountain was not smooth. The weather changed abnormally. It was clear that it was sunny before, but then it became cloudy. The black clouds on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau fell low and seemed to be able to weigh on our heads, and in the distance
There was also a faint roar of thunder, and the air became humid, which made people a little worried.
Although Duoduo can now walk freely under the sun, she still has some Yin spirit energy. This kind of breath is the most arousing thunder in the sun between heaven and earth. If she is walking in the mountains and fields, it can easily trigger
Lightning strikes, this is a rule between heaven and earth, it is difficult to resist. Although you can hide in my locust wood sign, in the eyes of my parents, Duoduo has always been a normal child, whether it is me or Duoduo
Duo, she doesn’t want my parents to know her true identity.
So we quickened our pace and started walking towards Dunzhai on the other side of the mountain bend.
When we were almost outside the village, big raindrops began to fall, hitting our heads and causing pain. Because my brother-in-law had moved to the city, we didn’t have any relatives in Dunzhai, but fortunately, we had no relatives in Dunzhai.
The house is still there. My uncle had planned to sell it before, but he ran out of subsidies, but no one came to buy it, so he kept it. My mother often came over to take care of it, sweeping the dust and dusting it, but it was still strong, so I hurriedly
He hurriedly entered the village and ran towards the old house.
Although it was noon, the rain fell suddenly, throwing dust everywhere. The village was filled with mud, and the sky became very dark, making people feel depressed.
My parents are old, and their bodies may not be able to bear the rain. We hurried to the old house, and suddenly I stopped and stopped ten meters away from the old house. I
My parents had already run into the house. When they looked back, they saw that Duoduo and I had not entered the house with Xiao Yao. They couldn't help but feel strange and shouted to me: "Zuo, why are you still standing outside?"