"You said yesterday that you saw Tang Gui riding on that girl's neck, is that true?" I glanced at the door and asked Douyazai.
It was daytime now, but Dou Sprout couldn't help but shiver.
"Maybe I'm hallucinating. Fengzi, you really don't pick up the pot. I had a nightmare last night."
I said you have a big heart and can still sleep and dream, but I can't even sleep.
After hesitating for a long time, we still didn't dare to enter the house.
What if she sees us and gets irritated? Basically, we know everything we need to know, so don’t get into trouble.
Because the Taoist statue enshrined in Guizai Temple was moved, two members of the Tang family died and one went crazy in just a few days. Regarding this situation, people in the village were inevitably talking behind their backs, especially the women.
They sat together and said, "In my opinion, this is because the Zaizai God (Taoist statue) is angry. Tang Gui's family is just the first household. I estimate that from today on, people will die every once in a while in our village until
When everyone in our village is dead and not even a chicken is left, have you seen the body of Tang Zaizi (Tang Gui's younger brother)?"
"I don't dare to go and see it. It's too scary. Second cousin, what should I do? You have the most ideas. Please think of a solution quickly."
The second cousin raised her hand to crack melon seeds and said with squinted eyes: "In the final analysis, it is Zaizai that blames us for not taking good care of it. In this way, each of our families will contribute some money to buy a big pig head, and then ask Yapo to make an offering."
, as long as Zai Zai Shen takes the pig head, we will be fine."
"That makes sense. Second cousin, you have more experience. Come on, let's mobilize right away."
"Walk."
Watching these big ladies pat their butts and walk away, I sighed. I don’t know whether this bastard god will accept the pig’s head. I only know that there must be something wrong with that thing.
At this juncture, the whole village is watching, and I don't dare to take it.
I subconsciously reached out to take out a cigarette, and suddenly I touched a pack of soft stuff. I took it out and saw that it was the sachet that the ranger Lao Hu gave us before. I had forgotten about it and kept it in my back pocket.
"What about you?" I asked Dou Sprout.
Looking at the purse I took, Dou Sprout scratched his head and said, "Who gave it to me? I thought it was a hindrance when I went into the water that day, so I threw it away. It's not worth anything anyway."
About half of the people in the village can speak Mandarin. People with nine years of compulsory education and children at home who go to school in the county will basically say that only those local old people who have not been out of the village for many years and have no children at home can’t speak it at all. For example,
Hunchbacked toothpa.
When I got back, I sat down at the table.
When thinking about something seriously, there are often two manifestations: one is to draw a drawing, and the other is to drink hot tea.
There is a stack of paper on the table, as well as the small diary we brought out from under the banyan tree. The tea cup beside it has reached its bottom.
After listening to my story, I looked at my head as if I had caught something, and a trace of surprise flashed in my eyes.
He took paper and pen and went into the house and came out a few minutes later.
He called Brother Yu over his head, folded the paper and handed it to Brother Yu and said: "Wen Bin, you go out now and send this letter away. Don't read it. I sent you a text message with the recipient address. Delete it after you read it."
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Brother Yu directly put the folded paper into his arms, said no problem, turned around and left.
"etc."
"What's wrong?"
He thought for a moment and said, "Don't mail it at the county post office. Go to the post office in Yongzhou City. Make sure there are no eyes around you."
Brother Yu nodded and prepared to leave, but he had just taken a few steps when Uncle Xue and Li Tiecheng came in together.
"Xiansheng, what are you talking about? I think it's the post office or something."
He put his head away from the paper on the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and said with a faint smile: "Junior brother is back. He is just a friend. When he encounters a point where he is not sure, I draw a route for him."
"So that's it, you're really busy," Uncle Xue didn't say anything, and asked instead: "Old Li Gang also discussed with me. It's been almost two days, and we should be almost ready. When will we go down?
"
He shook his head: "We have to ensure safety, and there are still some things left. Let me arrange it then."
He looked at me again and said, "Yunfeng Yazai, you two call Xiaoxuan to the canteen to buy some food. Buy more. Let's eat instant noodles for lunch and dinner."
I nodded, called Douyazi Xiaoxuan and went out.
On the way to the canteen to buy things, I was worried. Dou Sprout seemed to have forgotten what happened last night. He teased Xiaoxuan: "Hey, why are you dressed like this?"
Xiaoxuan is wearing thick stockings and denim shorts today. Although Xiaoxuan is not tall, she has good proportions and her legs are in good shape.
"What I wear has nothing to do with you? Do you think I'm the same as you men? I don't wear a different style three hundred and sixty-five days a year." Xiaoxuan replied.
Douyazai said, "Fengzi, she said we are the same."
I looked down at the jeans I was wearing. I bought five pairs of these pants at the time. Indeed, it seems that I have been wearing this style of jeans for more than half a year without changing them. The knees have turned white after washing.
Dou Sprout whistled and said with a sideways glance, "Who are you showing your legs to? It's insulting to gentlemen."
"Can you say that again?"
"I just said, it's insulting to politeness, what's wrong?"
Xiaoxuan's face turned dark. She suddenly took out a dagger from her down jacket pocket and stabbed the bean sprouts with it. The bean sprouts were so frightened that they ran away.
The canteen in the village is not big but has a lot of things on display. When I entered the house, I saw two children tearing up spicy strips and eating them. These bulk spicy strips cost only a dime a piece.
"Boss, what instant noodles do you have here?" I asked.
"Let me take a look. There are six items, 100 for a well-off family, one wheat, and a few bags of Master Kong. Which one do you want to buy?"
"Do you have the whole box?" I asked.
"There are full boxes at 6-chome, so you can get 6 cents per bag for the box."
I took out the money and was about to pay the bill. At this moment, two eldest sisters from the village came in and said: "Quick, Lao Xiumei, give me five sticks of incense. I'm getting three 1,000-shot firecrackers for going to the temple. Yapo is the one who is going to the temple this time."
We need to get serious."
When they heard that it was for the temple, the boss didn't dare to ask for money. They took the things and put them in the baskets and left in a hurry.
I dropped the fifty yuan and said I would save the instant noodles and come back later to get them, and followed him.
In the afternoon, preparations began. If something was not available in the village, some people would go to the county to buy it. If something was not available in the county, they would go to the city to buy it. Almost the whole village gathered their strength to hold a sacrificial event.
I originally thought that the hunchbacked Yapo was an old goddess. There are such people almost everywhere. They only mutter a few words and burn some paper money.
But I didn’t expect that the formation would be so big and more grand than the Chaoshan people’s sacrifices to their clans.
Such a small village has such a grand temple ceremony. No matter who sees it, it will be shocking. I feel that it may be a sacrificial style left over from ancient times.
From the pond, extending to the entrance of Guizailing, a solid yellow flag is inserted every one meter.
The path in the middle is kept spotless, and when the wind blows, these big yellow flags flutter in the wind and make a hunting sound.
There are two altars in total.
At the entrance of Guizailing, four large tables are put together and covered with bright yellow cloth. On the table are placed three main items, four large items, and six small items similar to those used for setting up altars for Taoist gates.
Three main parts: pig head, cow head, sheep head.
Four major items: four piles of yellow paper, four sacrificial towels, five fragrant flowers and five vegetables, and clean wine.
Six small items: white sugar, red meat, preserved fruits, dried dates, fungus, and tea noodles.
The offerings were abundant and covered with yellow cloth, with a large incense burner placed on top, and three strings as thick as chopsticks seemed to be inserted into the incense burner.
Green smoke curled up and drifted in the air.
The hunchbacked Yapo changed into a very old yellow-robed Taoist uniform, and her white hair was combed up in a knot.
She was stooped and leaning on a cane, walking forward step by step.
