Chapter 42 Who said backwardness is not beautiful?
Chapter 42 Who says being behind is not beautiful?
"Sir is really a master!"
"My eyes have been opened today!"
"It's really a magic trick!"
All the way, people surrounded Song You, who were horrified and admired him, as if he was an expert in the world.
A large group of people walked towards the old man's home.
It is the largest family in the village.
Without saying anything else, just standing outside the courtyard, looking at the white wall eaves and the bamboo plum blossoms in the courtyard, I knew that this must be a refined family. After passing the stone lion, I entered the vermilion gate.
The scenery inside is by no means what ordinary wealthy households in mountain villages can see. As expected, when the old man went in to inform and explain the situation, someone told Song You that this family was originally an official, and they would retire here after returning to their hometown when they were old.
, Most of the fertile fields and fertile soil I saw on the road were the property of this old official Liu.
In two days it will be Mr. Liu's 70th birthday.
Seventy years old, Mr. Liu has been back in his hometown for a long time. Although he doesn't plan to have a grand party and doesn't invite any guests, his family's nephews still want to come, and they also invited a theater troupe to make it lively.
It happened that this evil tiger came to the village a few days ago.
The stage was the altar of an ancestral hall, with lanterns hanging all around it. It was more lively than during the day. The opera troupe sang all night long, and the audience also listened all night long. There were children running all over the place.
In this night without neon lights, I scream and pursue the simplest happiness.
"Are you feeling inferior again?"
"Easy to do."
"Why?"
Song You looked around one by one. Except for himself and the curious and puzzled cat standing on his lap, everyone was laughing. Their beards were trembling with grease, their faces were dark and full of grooves, and their mouths were open.
The yellow, unhealthy, and missing teeth were exposed. Strangely, not only was there no resentment or resistance in my heart, but I only felt full of simplicity and brilliance.
It seems to be cooperation, it seems to be playful.
"Sanhua Empress can talk, breathe fire, and transform into human form, and the mountain tiger is so powerful, but it's just an innate advantage." Song You looked at the cat, "Sanhua Empress is even better."
In the evening, the old official Liu arranged a sumptuous dinner. The table was full of big fish and meat. The poor old official could hardly walk steadily, and he even poured wine for Song You himself.
"Are all tigers that big?"
The light of candles is brighter than that of oil lamps.
This is the joy of this era.
Song You also knew that this was probably the reason why they tried so hard to keep him. It was just that the tiger hurt people, but it only ate some poultry and livestock. However, it was clean and there was no black smell on its body.
There are no ghosts accompanying me, and I have never harmed anyone. In addition, I have gained some wisdom, and I am not far away from enlightening my spiritual wisdom. God has the virtue of good people, and he is willing to be open to others.
There are some respectable old people around me.
Song You felt a little emotional when he lit the lanterns.
"Sir, you are truly a master."
In the evening, the troupe takes the stage.
After a while, she turned around, stared at Song You on the bed, and asked in a crisp voice:
It's pure heart and pure joy.
Song You gradually fell into deep thought.
"oh……"
In addition, this method of regulating birds and gathering beasts has its own secrets. Since he made an agreement with the tiger in the mountain, Song You will never look for it again and hurt it, and it will never go down the mountain again in violation of its oath.
Early the next morning, Mr. Liu sent someone to invite him again, invited him to have breakfast, and invited him to take a walk outside the house. He chatted with him respectfully. It was just because he was old, and he saw that he was capable, so he went to see a doctor in a hurry.
, I want to ask for some elixirs or ways to prolong life, but Song You can't help.
Why is it more lively than during the day?
Because during the day, the birthday banquet only entertained the farmers in the village, but at night, when the opera was held, people from all over the country came.
"Go to sleep."
"Are they all that big?"
"It's not even the biggest..."
Now Song You easily drove away the evil tiger, which not only helped a lot, but also showed extraordinary skills. Mr. Liu was very polite and quickly arranged the best room for them and invited them to stay.
I went to the backyard to serve him well, and sent someone to ask Song You about his preferences and taboos in food, clothing, housing, and transportation. He also told them to take the clothes to wash by Huanyi at home, which was very considerate.
"There are big and small."
Soon Song You discovered that eating here is very interesting.
Even though these people have just started to eat their first bowl and have enough food for two or three bowls, they cover their rice bowls tightly from the beginning, fighting with the cook who is adding rice in a tacit understanding, until an "inadvertent mistake" occurs.
Then I added a bowl of fragrant white rice to the bowl, which triggered a burst of laughter.
Song You waved his hand and extinguished the candle.
Immediately, the old official Liu beside him nodded, and happily wanted to teach him the secret of protecting the bowl. He was clear-minded, so he just bowed his head and listened attentively.
Look at the people eating.
Mr. Liu and the people around him looked at each other for a few times, showing a look of embarrassment, and then complimented him: "Sir, you can persuade the evil tiger to leave the mountain with just a few words. It is really a magical method, but the evil tiger has returned to the forest, waiting for you, sir."
I'm afraid I'll be on tenterhooks again when I leave in a few days."
The combination of the two made Song You dare to assure everyone that it would never go down the mountain again.
"Tiger just grows big."
In another day, it will be Mr. Liu’s birthday.
"Not the biggest."
"Miss Sanhua is thinking about the tiger during the day."
The last time Song You bought lamp oil in Yidu, it cost less than a hundred yuan per kilogram. But if it were replaced by candles, it would cost three to four hundred yuan. If he burned it all night long, he would need two or three candles at least.
"Yes."
"I wonder where Sir practices?"
It is both the nature of the mind and the mystery.
On the table are large fish and meat that are rarely eaten, including delicacies and game. The cook is also very particular. Every dish has its own rules, at least it is like a dish. Not to mention, this iron pot is just a new one.
In an era when it was not very popular, it was rare for village banquets to have so many varieties of dishes.
Originally, there was an evil tiger in the village a few days ago. Even though Mr. Liu stressed in every possible way, people were still a little uneasy. But when there were more people gathered together, they had nothing to fear.
"I am very smart."
Mr. Liu became a little anxious.
The cat jumped back from the window, no longer thinking about this, and still lay down symbolically in the corner at the end of the bed.
"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables..."
…
The Liu family invited all the farmers in the village, as well as some of their nephews and nephews who were away from home, and also invited a singing and dancing troupe of wind and drums, making it very lively.
Inexplicably, he also smiled.
Seeing that Song You was so sure, Mr. Liu looked at the people around him a few times and couldn't say anything more, so he had to believe it.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Candles are too expensive.
"Is that the big one today?"
"It's a small skill, not worth mentioning."
It is the wanton joy of this era.
It also seems to be an implicit culture.
The only one left puzzled was the calico cat.
"Where's the sperm cat?"
After Song You washed himself and lay down on the bed, he covered himself with a quilt and took a casual glance. He saw the calico cat lying next to the window. He leaned close to the window and looked at the night outside.
This drama of forcibly adding food softened the show of the host, covered up the embarrassment of the guests, and added a lot of fun to it, making the atmosphere during the dinner very good.
"Is it the first time Sanhua Empress saw a tiger?"
If it were an ordinary tiger, some young men would be organized to drive it away. However, this tiger was cunning and fought wits and courage with them. After a few days, they still had nothing to do, so they decided to go to the county to invite people.
"Thank you so much, sir."
It is both an agreement and a Taoist law.
"Please rest assured, Mr. Liu, I have made it clear to it that it will not come back again."
The cat by the window didn't answer, but continued to ask: "Can a cat grow that big?"
"I guess it's a famous fairy mountain." Old official Liu said, "I have been yearning for the immortal way for many years, but I don't know what magic method you used to drive away the tiger?"
Everyone is too enthusiastic, so when eating, you have to protect your bowl carefully. There is a person behind you walking around with a rice bowl. If you are not careful, a big spoonful of rice will be covered in your bowl. There may even be some.
Sometimes there will be two such people flanking you, making you look left rather than right.
All things are animistic, and animals are stupid and do not follow rules and trust. In fact, they need "smartness" to support them. Therefore, animals follow more rules than people. Once you have rules in your mind, you know that something can or cannot be done like this.
After that, they seldom violate it again.
Song You also sat down and listened all night.
"Exactly."
Song You was invited to sit at the main table.
At first I thought it would leave when it was full, and I killed pigs and sheep for it and said good things to it, but it actually stayed here.
The tiger drive went smoothly and the birthday party could be held. But when the tiger drive failed, I sent someone to tell my nephew in the county not to come.
This old official Liu is really generous.
"Actually speaking, Sanhua Empress is more powerful than it."
"Yes."
To be honest, this is the first time he has taken the initiative to light candles in his age. He occasionally lights candles in Taoist temples, but they are also lit by pilgrims who come to offer incense and worship the gods. Both the master and the apprentice in the Taoist temple do not sincerely worship the gods, so they would not do it for the sake of worshiping the gods.
Buy candles to light.
"I'm afraid not."
"Yizhou Lingquan County, Yinyang Mountain Fulong Temple."
"I'm afraid that won't work either."
When I returned to my room in the evening, Mr. Liu sent someone to bring some candles.
"I'm just a Qing mountain cultivator, I don't deserve it."
But after all, Song You only persuaded the tiger to go away, not got rid of the tiger, so everyone in the village still couldn't let go.
The table suddenly burst into laughter.
How can one guess a cat's thoughts?
If nothing else happens, she will appear in bed tomorrow morning.
He soon figured out that this was actually a symbol of the host's generosity and enthusiasm, because in these days, white rice was a luxury for most people, and they could even eat enough of it, even to eat enough.
It shows that the host is not stingy at all, and it also shows the host's strength.
As he said this, the old official immediately burst into laughter:
"It's not that I doubt Mr. Xian's methods, it's just that this beast is a beast after all, and his nature is hard to get rid of..."
Song You found it interesting and watched carefully.
And just as he was thinking, the cook accidentally sneaked up behind him. In panic, he just followed the example of the people around him, holding the bowl and avoiding from right to left. Unexpectedly, there was a cook on the left, and he reacted.
The half-eaten rice bowl has sprouted its tip again and turned into a head.
Some of them received letters before the tiger entered the village, saying that someone would set up a stage to sing an opera here today, so they counted the days in advance, not knowing that a tiger had come here a few days ago. Some were closer, but they had heard that there had been one recently.
The tiger came down the mountain, but thinking that there were many people there was nothing to fear, so he came over before dark just to listen to the show.
Many people came here on a ten-mile mountain road.
Some people even brought straw mats, and when they heard they were sleepy, they slept anywhere.
This is undoubtedly an era with very little fun, and it is very rare to find fun. Perhaps because of this, some things have become extremely precious and need to be cherished and not taken lightly.