"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 getting irritated? Basically, you know everything you 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 the Zaizai God (the Taoist statue) who 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 look at 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's the Zaizai monster that we didn't take good care of. 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 God Zai takes the pig’s head, we’ll be fine.”
"It makes sense. Second cousin, you have more experience. Let's go, we will mobilize right away."
"Walk."
Watching these elder sisters pat their butts and leave, I sighed. I don’t know whether this little bastard god will take away 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 things. 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 in the way 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.
After returning, sit your head on 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 pile of paper on the table, as well as the small diary we brought out from under the banyan hole. The tea cup beside it has reached its bottom.
After listening to my story, I looked like I had caught something, and a trace of surprise flashed in my eyes.
He went into the house with paper and pen 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 reading it." .”
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. Pay attention to whether there are eyes around you."
Brother Yu nodded and prepared to leave, but just after he had taken a few steps, 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 then asked: "Old Li Gang also discussed it 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 buy some food from the canteen. Buy more. Let's eat instant noodles for noon and evening."
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 hot pants 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, I seemed to have been wearing this style of jeans for more than half a year without changing them, and my knees were all 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 Dou Sprout with it. Dou Sprout was so frightened that he ran away.
The canteen in the village is not big but there are many things on display. When I entered the house, I saw two children tearing apart 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 is a full box at 6-chome. You can get a box at 6 cents and 50 cents per bag."
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 here 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 was gathering 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 can only mutter a few words and burn some paper money.
But I didn't expect that the formation would be so big, and it would be more grand than the Chaoshan people offering sacrifices to their clans.
Such a small village has such a grand sacrificial 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 were put together and covered with bright yellow cloth. On the table were placed three main items, four large items, and six small items similar to those used to set up an altar.
Three main pieces: 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 generously covered with yellow cloth, and a large incense burner was placed on top. Three incense sticks as thick as chopsticks were 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 bent over, leaning on a cane, and walked forward step by step.
