Hua Jiunan went to get a pair of bowls and chopsticks in person and invited Xin Lianshan to eat with him.
But Hao Gui said, "I dare not sit with the elders at the same table." After pouring a large bowl of white wine, he sat at the small table and drank by himself.
Hua Jiu was helpless and could only drag Chen Daji to accompany Hao Gui.
"Brother Xin, you came here specially this time, but you have something to say."
After hearing Hua Jiunan's question, Xin Lianshan slapped his forehead and put down the wine glass...the wine bowl.
"Look at my old memory! I almost drank and made trouble again!"
"Little sir, it was not easy for us to get those mine boils back last night..."
Before Hao Gui could finish speaking, Chen Daji interrupted him impatiently.
"Isn't that the Eight Hells of Immortals?!"
"You don't need to say this, grandma just told us!"
Hao Gui was stunned and quickly clasped his fists at the deaf mother-in-law.
"The deaf ancestor is well-informed, and he is much better than these half-hearted people in our underworld!"
"I, Lao Xin, will definitely come here more often for advice and study..."
Chen Daji couldn't stand Xin Lianshan's "cold world" look, so he interrupted again.
"Xin Big Head, if you want to come over for a meal or a drink, just say so. Stop fooling our grandma!"
"Bah, virtue!"
The purpose was revealed, and Akuma was not embarrassed.
He grinned and continued.
"After the superiors saw the mine boils we sent, they have already started a thorough investigation of Stone Mill Hell."
"The Seventh Master and the Eighth Master were worried that the group of people would jump over the wall and disturb the deaf ancestor and the young gentleman's Qingxiu, so they specially sent me here temporarily as an errand."
"If those blind people dare to come over, I will report it to the people below immediately!"
When the deaf mother-in-law heard this, she naturally knew that this was a good intention from the underworld - a good intention for the sake of her two grandsons.
"General Laoxin is here, so the seventh and eighth masters have to worry about it."
The ghost Xin Lianshan waved his hands quickly.
"What you said, Deaf Patriarch... is no work or trouble!"
"This is what we should do!"
A day without words.
By the afternoon, the troupe invited by Chen Fu had arrived in the village.
It took a long time to set up the stage and arrange the scene.
According to the idea of the theater troupe, they originally thought of setting up the stage in front of the deaf mother-in-law's courtyard.
The opera will be performed in front of the house of whoever pays for it. Only in this way can the identity of the owner be highlighted.
But the old man firmly disagreed.
As soon as you come home, you are at the entrance of the village, facing the wind on all sides, so the folks watching the theater are prone to freezing.
Secondly, since it is mainly to ward off evil spirits, of course it must be sung in front of the old temple.
This is a rule passed down from our ancestors.
Seeing the troupe leader looking at him in embarrassment, Chen Fu said quickly.
"Don't look at me, just listen to my aunt!"
"As long as she is happy, she can do whatever she wants!!"
...
In the 1990s, there were no entertainment projects in remote rural areas, and it was even rarer to find any excitement.
Therefore, the arrival of the troupe naturally attracted villagers from ten miles and eight villages to watch.
Some people even brought dinner and waited for the show to start after the sun went down.
The reason why the news spread so quickly also relied on the unique propaganda tool in rural areas at that time - the loudspeaker!
Nearly all the nearby villages were broadcasting:
All villagers, pay attention, all villagers, pay attention!
Jiudaogou Village invites an opera troupe to sing tonight for three days. If you want to see it, go quickly!
It's dark and the roads are slippery, so try to stay together when going back and forth, but don't bump into each other! !
The happiest people are the children—chasing and playing with each other, it’s such a lively scene.
Readers born in the 1980s who have experience in rural life should remember the scene of outdoor movies being shown in the village when they were children.
In fact, instead of watching movies, the children just took this opportunity to play with their friends for a while.
This is one of the reasons why singing can ward off evil spirits: by attracting a large number of people, the evil spirits will naturally dissipate.
Under the illumination of five or six 100-degree bulbs, the area around the old temple was illuminated as bright as day.
Amidst the sound of gongs and drums, the show started on time at seven o'clock in the evening.
After all, it was the Ghost Festival, so in order to prevent accidents from happening, Hua Jiunan specially asked the five immortal families to send a large number of "manpower" to "patrol" around.
Therefore, you can always see the spiritual eyes of small animals at the entrance of the village, on the roadside, and in every corner...
