Riding the wind of rebirth

Zhou Zhi made a grabbing gesture, then waved his hand, changed to a finger, gently stretched out, suddenly retracted it, and then rubbed his ears to show that he was burned.

Muxialaha was indeed very curious, so he imitated Zhou Zhi and did it again. As expected, as soon as his fingers touched the hot exhaust pipe, he suddenly retracted them, then rubbed his ears and screamed.

All the kids burst into laughter. Muxialaha's two brothers hit him on the head, and everyone laughed even louder.

At this time, the door of the grain station opened, and a man wearing a military uniform without epaulettes and a soft military cap without a badge on his head walked out and said in Chinese with a strong Yi accent: "What are you doing?! Have you finished your homework?! Mujia, it's your turn to lead the morning reading tomorrow. Have you learned the required texts?"

"Uncle Tu, Mujia is good at fighting but not at studying." A little girl shouted at the side: "This brother just told him not to touch the car, but he insisted on touching it and got his hand burned!"

The girl spoke Chinese very well, but girls change a lot when they grow up. If it weren’t for her fluent Chinese, Zhou Zhi wouldn’t have been able to remember who she was.

Now that I remember, the little girl's name was Ziqi Aguo, and she was the best student among the children Zhou Zhi had taught in his previous life.

The man reached out and grabbed Muxialaha's hand, took a look at it, then slapped his palm and said, "Go away, go home and do your homework..."

"Wait a minute!" Zhou Zhi suddenly called out to the kids and took out a bag of candy from the trunk: "I have some candy here, come and get some each."

"Wow! That's great!" The kids cheered immediately, and stretched out their clean and dirty hands in front of Zhou Zhi.

"The one with the cleanest hands gets first." Zhou Zhi pretended to judge the little hands around him: "This little girl's is the cleanest. You're first. What's your name?"

"Big brother, my name is Ziqi Aguo!" The little girl liked the big brother in front of her who could drive, had candies, was clean, and had a gentle temperament and appearance, so she rushed to sign up.

Zhou Zhi put a few candies in her palm. Ziqi Aguo peeled one and put it in her mouth, and immediately smiled happily.

"Second place, um, you, what's your name?"

"Teacher, my name is Amurano." This is the eldest child with a wolf temper. He is relatively older among the children and also more stable.

Zhou Zhi put the candy in his hand, and then said to the other children who had puzzled expressions on their faces, "There are some black spots between Amurano's fingernails, but that doesn't mean they are dirty. His hands have been washed before. But I know that it is the rattan pulp that was stained when he cut rattan, and it can't be washed clean. So his hands are actually the second cleanest."

When the man in military uniform heard this, he looked at Zhou Zhi with a little surprise and nodded slightly.

"Teacher, is it too late for us to wash our hands now?" a child asked.

"It's not too late. Being hygienic is a good habit." Zhou Zhi said, "If you wash your face, I'll give you an extra one."

"Yeah!" When the kids heard this, they all ran excitedly towards the stream below.

"Young man, there are very few outsiders coming to our village. Are you... a teacher sent by the county education committee?" The man in military uniform asked as only Amurano and Ziqi Aguo were left by his side.

If we talk about the people Zhou Zhi admired in his previous life, the man in military uniform in front of him is one of them: "No, I am a college student at Shudu University. My name is Zhou Zhi. I came out to travel and look for research topics."

In fact, the man in military uniform knew Zhou Zhi was definitely not a teacher as soon as he said that. It was impossible for a private teacher who had just graduated and started working to drive a private car these days. Although he didn't recognize the brand of this car, it was much better than those in the county. "Our teacher is a country uncle." Ziqi Aguo blinked her big eyes and said, "Big brother, why don't you stay and be our teacher!"

"Zi Qi, stop talking nonsense!" The man in military uniform interrupted Zi Qi and A Guo: "Didn't you hear what big brother said? He is still a student and won't stay for long."

"Stay as long as you can!" Ziqi Aguo seemed not to be afraid of the man in military uniform and tried hard to fight for it: "Big brother, you can live in my house!"

After saying that, I remembered to confirm a question: "Big brother, you will definitely teach, right?"

"If I can find a project, I might stay longer." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I definitely can't be a formal teacher, but if I need to substitute for a class while you're working on the project, it shouldn't be a problem."

The man in military uniform immediately extended his hand: "Hello, my name is Tu Liangzhi. I served as a soldier outside for more than ten years. After I came back, everyone didn't despise me and recommended me to be the village chief here."

"Hello, mayor of Tu." Zhou Zhi also extended his hand and shook hands with him.

"Don't be so formal," Tu Liangzhi smiled, "Just call me brother. What project are you going to do, brother Zhou? We are very poor here. Our industries are potatoes, pumpkins and black goats. There are no projects to do, right?"

"I'm doing cultural research." Zhou Zhi explained, "I know that Meigu is the 'Source of Sonobi', the hometown of the great Bimo master Asuraze, and the ancestral home of the Bimo patriarch. I guess there should be a lot of information to find."

"Ah, this..." Tu Liangzhi suddenly looked embarrassed: "Aren't these all monsters... I am a party member..."

"Brother Tu, times have changed. Any culture has its essence and dregs. We can't deny the rest just because of one part of it." Zhou Zhi was almost laughing to death in his heart.

Of course he knew why Tuliangzhi was embarrassed, because Tuliangzhi's father was the biggest "monster" in his eyes.

Bimo is the priest in the traditional religion of the Yi nationality. In Yi language, "Bi" means to bless and chant scriptures during religious activities, and "Mo" means elder or teacher.

According to the Yi document "Leo Teyi", the seeds of a divine fruit fell from the sky and landed in the lower world. After three years and nine generations, it finally grew into a cedar giant. However, it was neither human nor tree, and could not become the ancestor of mankind.

It was not until the Aju Acong era that the mountain god learned that he had to ask Bimo to remove the three filths of white, flower and black, and hold a sacrifice to the pig's scapula before he could become the ancestor of mankind, so he sent porcupine, white rabbit, pheasant and spider as messengers to the upper world to invite Ebisu Bimo.

After many requests, Ebibimo agreed to go to the underworld to perform the ritual. He cut three magic bamboo poles from the bamboo forest behind the house, made them into magic signs, magic hats and magic fans, and gave them to Eazi and his three grandchildren. He then came to the underworld with a Buddhist scripture called "Simuangan".

After the three ancestors and their grandchildren removed the three-color filth three times for the cedar giant and performed a ritual of divination, twelve branches of the Snow Clan finally emerged on earth, one of which became the ancestor of mankind.

Later, the world entered a period of great flood, and the gods sent three Bimos with Yi scriptures to save the people.

The three Bimos each rode a yellow ox, with the scriptures hung on the horns of the oxen, but when they were crossing the vast ocean, the scriptures got soaked.

So when they came down to the mortal world, they placed the scriptures on green branches to dry in the sun. As a result, an eagle flew over and tore some of the pages. The scriptures stuck to the green branches and tore some of the pages.

The Yi scripture was incomplete from then on. Therefore, when the Bimos chanted scriptures and performed rituals, they would bring ox horns, eagle claws and bamboo sticks as ritual implements, and insert green branches on the altar, meaning that these things would be used to make up for the lost parts of the scripture. (End of this chapter)