Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1954 Beauty Pageant
After entering the yard, everyone roared a few more times, and then went into the host's house, where the host took out bottles of wine to entertain everyone.

After they finished drinking, the host took out some white wine and everyone roared happily to express their gratitude.

If the host takes out good wine again, people will cheer loudly and praise the host's generosity.

This year, many families have made a fortune because of the projects found by Zhou Zhi and his team, so as soon as Zhou Zhi and his team come in, they usually have to drink three bowls of wine.

Fortunately, this situation does not last long, because after visiting this house, the women will stay at home to entertain visiting relatives, friends and guests, while the adult men will join Zhou Zhi and their team to visit the next house to wish them a happy new year.

So the team will have more and more people as it goes on, and it will become chaotic at the end, and Zhou Zhi and his friends can take the opportunity to avoid being forced to drink.

Therefore, the order of visiting is also very important, because the more people there are, the more things need to be taken out for reception, so the wealthier people can line up later.

The last one is naturally the grain station. The place is spacious with plenty of seats and the preparations are sufficient. The Yi people have a simple gathering. They don’t need tables, chairs or benches. They just need a winnowing basket on the ground, some peanuts, melon seeds, candies and snacks, a small bowl of dried meat and a small bottle of corn wine. A few familiar people can squat around the winnowing basket and happily eat, drink and chat.

When the atmosphere reached this point, it was usually necessary for the leader to come out and say a few words. Tu Liangzhi was pushed to the front by everyone and spoke a lot in Yi language. Zhou Zhi basically could not understand anything he said, but he saw that everyone was looking at him and applauding and cheering.

That night, a bonfire was lit in the small square outside the grain station, and a swing was set up. More people gathered to celebrate the "Moerqiu".

The young men wore newly made black slanted-collared tops, wrapped their heads with cloth scarves, tied a hero knot, and wore red earrings given by Zhou Zhi on their right ears; the girls wore large-collared tops, pleated long skirts, multi-layered cloth on the edges of their clothes, square scarves wrapped around their heads or on their heads, and cherry red teardrop pendants on their ears. Everyone gathered together, dancing the Guozhuang and playing games to the tunes of the harmonica, pipa, erhu and reed pipe.

There is no need to say much about swinging on the swing, but the "Moerqiu" is more unique.

The so-called Moerqiu is to erect a pillar on the ground with a diameter of about 50 cm and a height of about one meter, with a smaller top. Then take a horizontal pole of the same size as the wooden pillar and about six meters long, and drill a round hole in the middle.

After the horizontal bar is installed on the top of the wooden column, one or two people can sit on each end of the horizontal bar. The one who lands on the ground pushes the ground with his feet to make the horizontal bar rotate. When people bounce up from the ground, they can do rolls, tumbles, and ride on the pole. The one who does the best will receive praise and applause.

Other games include wrestling, which is bare-chested wrestling, and a game called "Wabuji Ze" in Yi language, which translates to "cock fight."

This game is very interesting. Participants can only squat, put their palms together in front of their chest to make a rooster raising its head, and then hit each other hard. Whoever is knocked down or is about to fall and touches the ground with his arms first loses.

This game looks very simple, but when Zhou Zhi came on the field wearing a charwa, he was knocked down by Tu Rizi. It was a complete fight against a loser, and the horse stance he had learned from years of Tai Chi practice was of no use at all.

The fellow villagers were quite tolerant of Zhou Zhi. Instead of booing him, they cheered him on with a smile.

The Yi New Year in 1995 kicked off with such a joyous gathering.

The next day was even more lively. Early in the morning, blue, black and colorful crowds of people appeared on the newly built asphalt road, and everyone was heading in one direction - Meigu City.

Although the distance is not close, it does not affect everyone's enthusiasm at all. Now the grain station only has one car, which can tow a trailer, and a tractor, which can also be attached to a trailer. The rest are horses and some mules.

The transportation tools of the grain station, plus mules and horses, could only ensure that there was enough space for the guests and children. Except for some people who had their own mounts, most people in the village walked there. Zhou Zhi calculated that even if the road was repaired, it would take seven or eight hours to get from Lianhe Township to Meigu County, which shows the attraction of the Meigu Festival to everyone.

When he arrived at the land, Zhou Zhi realized that the scene was almost as lively as the people of Jiachuan crowding at the dock to watch the dragon boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival.

The hillside outside the city was almost packed with people, at least tens of thousands of people.

Colorful flags fluttered on the huge venue, and the sounds of loudspeakers rose and fell. The swings and moerqiu set up in the county were much taller than those in the countryside.

Many activities were being held at the same time - horse racing, archery, wrestling, bullfighting, and cheers were heard one after another.

But these were not the most interesting things. "Where is it? Where is it?" The guards slowly moved forward in the crowd. Zhou Zhi stuck his head out of the car window and shouted to the oldest man standing on the trailer, Munailahei: "Munailahei, where is the beauty pageant?!"

"There's a big platform over there!" Munailahei was very brave. The car was driving slower than a normal person's walking speed anyway, so he simply stood on the roof of the Guard from the trailer: "Over there, over there!"

"Renzhong, turn right, turn right!" Zhou Zhi's forehead was covered with sweat. "There are too many people here! Muni Ahei said the beauty pageant stage is on the right!"

When the car drove to the edge of the beauty pageant venue, the advantage came into play again. Everyone could stand higher than the people watching around them, except for those who had climbed up the trees early on. They had a better view.

Chi Xueli, who had just been inspired by Muni Lahei, also came to the roof of the car, set up a tripod, and pointed the camera at the venue.

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Shama Ricong, Jike Azi, and Mai Xiaomiao, who were sitting in the carriage before, also squeezed next to Chi Xueli and occupied the best viewing position.

"Is it really that good?" Zhou Zhi and Wu Renzhong didn't go out. Even if they went out, there was no room to stand. One of them sat in the driver's seat, and the other sat in the passenger seat. They started chatting and gossiping: "Why do women seem to care more about it than men? Shama has even climbed onto the roof of the car."

"They are just competing with each other." Wu Renzhong whispered, "They are all beautiful women. They are not convinced that other women are much prettier than themselves. You all went there with a critical eye."

After saying that, he raised his index finger and pointed upwards: "You are a writer, you often say that there is no first or second place..."

"There is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "But there is also a saying that there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. Aesthetics is a matter of taste..."

At this moment, there was a roar from the crowd, and Wu Renzhong said, "It's out!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhi also leaned out half of his body, and in a very awkward posture tried to raise his eyesight higher, and noticed that there was a pair of girls on the stage who were dressed in traditional ethnic costumes and dressed particularly beautifully. They were holding black paper umbrellas of the Yi people, and lined up in a pair. They came out from the right side of the big stage, and then walked gracefully across the front of the stage. Every five of them stopped in the middle of the stage, then turned to face the audience, and then lined up to enter behind the scenes from the left.

There was probably a pair of judges giving scores in the audience.

Zhou Zhi couldn't keep that weird posture for long. After telling the excited girls on the roof to be careful, he shrunk his head and sat back in the passenger seat: "It seems like she has put on a lot of makeup. She is pretty, but I don't know what her real face is like."