Soon Gambusi appeared at the door again, holding a coconut shell filled with water in her hand. Before coming down the wooden ladder, she reached out to pull out the thatch hanging from the edge of the roof, soaked the thatch in water, and soaked betel nut in the coconut shell. Leaves and cut red peppers, she pounded all the ingredients with her hands, then stretched the coconut shell bowl into the sky, signaling Liang Daobin to teach him how to make it.
"Uh... Taoist Master, please dip your hands in some water and wipe it off your chest."
After Yun Kongru said so, Liang Daobin also wiped his chest with water.
Gumbusi stared at the kitten in Yunkong's hand. The two kittens also stared at her warily. Jiaojiaohu even stuck its head out of the bamboo basket, trying to get a clear look at Gumbusi. Gumbus dipped her hand into some purified water and quickly wiped it on the backs of the two kittens. The Scorched-footed Tiger growled several times in displeasure.
Gumbus was finally satisfied and let them go to the house.
Yun Kong found it very fresh and interesting. He remembered that Master Po Lu once said that the natives in Guangxi and Bashu also had many taboos, which were carefully implemented by the natives in their daily lives. It seemed that this place was also very similar.
What Yun Kong didn't know was that before getting married, Gumbusi had gone to the home of Nv Bomo for lessons to learn taboos and the daily use of victory-wearing spells to drive away impurities from the family and maintain purity in the house. In fact, all young people Girls must take these classes before they are allowed to marry.
Entering the stilt house built by Liang Daobin with curcuma tung trees and leaves, you can feel the coolness of the clouds and the aroma of vegetation floating in the house, which is very comfortable. He placed the bamboo basket on the ground, and the two tabby cats carefully climbed out of the basket to explore the unfamiliar environment.
Yun Kong looked around the room and saw that the ceiling was very high and there was a high cabin in the room. The flat roof of the cabin was where goods were stored. It couldn't be climbed without a ladder.
Yun Kong feels fresh and curious about everything.
"Okay," Liang Daobin put down the book and got down to business immediately. Businessmen don't waste time. "We will visit the village chief tomorrow and beg him to allocate a piece of land to build a temple by the sea. He will ask Bomo to ask the gods. So I have to do it up and down first." He climbed up to the top of the small room with a ladder and took down a cloth bundle, which made the clanging sound of copperware hitting each other. "These are the things they like."
What will they like? Yunkong looked curiously at Liang Daobin unpacking his baggage on the ground. He saw ordinary things such as copper coins, copper bells, tin sheets, copper rings, and iron rings, but they were rare imported items here. Liang Daobin said while choosing: "Especially Bumo likes it very much. Every time I look for him, I will bring him a few, and then I see him strung up in a string, shaking them back and forth to summon the gods during the big sacrifice." Liang Daobin Raising his hand and imitating Old Bumo's shaking gesture, Yun Kong could imagine the sound the copper made.
There are also two copper bells in his carry-on bag, which he used to hang on his Zhaozi. He has followed him around the world for more than thirty years. Although he no longer needs Zhaozi, he still cherishes them very much because of those two copper bells. Represents those irreplaceable thirty years.
"Oh, the village chief also likes pottery and porcelain from the Song Dynasty." As he said that, Liang Daobin ran to the kitchen in the corner of the house to rummage, where many dishes were piled up.
The two kittens patrolled the house, walked quietly to Yun Kong, and rubbed their cheeks against Yun Kong's thigh.
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When Dunda ran near Old Bomo's house, he was surprised to see Old Bomo standing high at the door, with his back hunched and hands clasped behind his back, as if waiting for his arrival.
"Is it you?" Old Bumo looked unhappy, turned around and walked back into the house.
"Old Bumo! Old Bumo!" Dunda shouted while running in panic, "You must save me!"
Lao Bumo's woman appeared at the door, making a show of closing the door.
Dunda became anxious and quickly rushed up the wooden ladder and knocked open the half-closed door. The woman who was closing the door fell to the ground with a muffled sound. Old Bumo was shocked and angry: "You are crazy..." Dunda immediately rushed over and held down Old Bumo. Mo's mouth: "Old Bumo, the words you speak are powerful, please don't say them, please."
When Lao Bumo heard what he said, he couldn't help but wonder, so he nodded in agreement and gently pulled Dunda's hand away: "Why do you want me to save you?"
"Long Gong is chasing me. There are two Long Gong, one is as tall as me and the other is taller than a tree! They keep chasing me and want to kill me!"
"How do you know it's Long Gong?"
"I heard my grandmother say that anyone who is so tall that only his feet can be seen is Long Gong!"
"If it's Long Gong, then you must have offended him, otherwise he wouldn't be chasing you." Old Bumo said, "What disrespectful thing did you do?"
"No, I didn't," Dunda immediately denied it, and then said in a low voice: "If there is, it's not intentional, I don't remember."
"Anyway, you are someone who can easily offend others." Old Bomo snorted: "You can leave, I don't want to save you, you should learn a lesson."
Dunda quickly let go of Lao Bomo and knelt in front of him: "As long as you are willing to save my life, I will catch fish for you every day!"
"There are already many people helping me catch fish."
"I'm going to help you repair your house, why not repair the roof! No, you can build a new house too!"
Seeing his impatience, Lao Bumo smiled gloomily and said, "If you really want me to save you..."
"want!"
"Then you promise me first to do something for me, no matter what."
"I am willing! Even if I go headhunting, I am willing!"
Old Bumo looked at Dunda's face and saw the eager look on his face. He was really willing to kill people: "I don't need a head, you just agree." He turned to the woman who was knocked down by Dunda just now: "Na Matai 4! Get ready, I want to communicate with Long Gong."
Only then did Dunda notice that the woman named Namatai had not gotten up after being knocked down by him. At Old Bumo's order, she climbed up and went to the corner of the room to get the utensils.
Old Bomo sat down on the ground and shook the beads in his hand. His eyes gradually lost focus and he entered a trance state. He began to chant and say some words that ordinary people could not understand. They were very similar to the language of their tribe, but some of the pronunciations were different. Some seem to understand it, but they don’t understand the meaning at all. It may be an older language.
That is "spiritual language".
It is a specialized term used by wizards to communicate with another world.
However, Dunda fully understood what Old Boomer was singing.
Dunda was confused as to why Old Bumo would sing these lyrics.
"I spurn light, I praise darkness,
Everyone is afraid of your forbidden name,
And I hugged him and kissed him passionately.
Friends of darkness, black mist, heavy rain, poisonous thorns, raise your little ears,
Listen to the sound of wind, listen to the sound of water, listen to the secrets falling on the leaves,
Then come to my ear and tell me..."
There were also very long lyrics. After Lao Bumo chanted and repeated it several times, Dunda gradually felt a wet chill running down his back. He couldn't help but shrink his shoulders and looked around in fear.
He saw Namatai kneeling on the ground. She lowered her head and put her hands politely on her knees. Dunda didn't know whether it was an illusion or it was too dark in the room, and he couldn't see Namatai's eyes.
Old Bumo stopped singing and opened his eyes with heavy bags under his eyes, "I heard it." He said in words Dunda could understand, "Longgong told me that you were catching fish by the river. It was their river. Their fish.”
Dunda quickly defended: "I don't know, no one told me I couldn't go there."
"What's even more unforgivable is that you picked the Kamplongo 5 and then threw it away."
"Kamplongo? What is that?"
"That's the waterweed of the gods. You insulted Khenbulongo!" Old Bumo said angrily, "No wonder Longgong wants to teach you a lesson!"
Komburongoh is the "corus" in the Tang Dynasty. It is a fragrant aquatic plant. Its roots, stems and leaves can be used for medicine, but it only grows in temperate zones. Strangely, in Bo Ni, which is located in the tropics, calamus actually grows beside the river in some places. I don’t know where it came from. The wizards regard it as a treasure and must use rituals to pick it, cut it, dry it, and then make it into a ritual. The beads in it are their most important magic weapon.
The large string of beads shaking in Lao Bumo's hand was made of calamus roots.
Dunda had no idea how sacred and important calamus was to Old Bumo. He defended his life: "Old Bumo, I am still young and should not die for a taboo I don't know!" Dunda kowtowed and said, "Please forgive me. I, I’ll do anything to make up for it!”
"Really?" Old Bomo knew that the opportunity had come, "Then you must give me something before the Long Gongs are willing to forgive you."
