Mist Fairy

Chapter 243 Soul Orchid and Orchid Valley
Day by day, the Mid-Autumn Festival in Taoyuan Township is getting closer and closer, and the festive atmosphere in the village is getting stronger and stronger.

The paper maker is also busy, busy making all kinds of lanterns to decorate the village.The villagers who were waiting outside Qiancun also rushed back. They drove the ox cart and brought carts of grain.Everyone's face is filled with joy.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also the Harvest Festival, which is a day to celebrate the harvest.

The Dashe Terrace in the village is a huge platform built high with rammed earth and paved with bluestone.The rice harvested by the farmers is displayed in piles on the platform of the Dasha, waiting for everyone to taste.

Most of the people in the village are farmers, and the expressions on their faces are also different at the moment. Although they all have the joy of a good harvest, those farmers who harvest more and have better rice obviously smile more happily.

In addition to rice, the village also prepares various sacrifices.Pigs, cattle and sheep are naturally indispensable, and chickens, ducks, fish, dried fruits, fresh fruits, pastries, and flowers are also offered one by one.

Even the tea provided by Zhang Cundao was packed in small plates and offered on the altar.

The altar is very long and large, and it is full of things.There are so many things to see, it looks a bit like a buffet...

In the past two days, Feng Wu did not dance with Zhang Cundao anymore, because she was taken away by other women to rehearse the dance together.Traditionally, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, women in the village dance to celebrate.

The men are getting together, besides handling various matters, they are preparing rituals and music.

Yes, they have to play sheng, beating fou, beating drums and ringing bells to make music.

Zhang Cundao was asked: "What musical instrument do you know?"

Zhang Cundao shook his head and said, "I don't know how to play a musical instrument. I never learned it."

Hearing this, the villager who asked the question shook his head and sighed and said, "It's no good if you don't know how to play musical instruments. If you don't even know how to play the sheng, you won't be able to get a wife. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the young man plays the sheng and drums to attract the attention of the girls. .”

"Ah! What else is there?" Zhang Cundao had never experienced this kind of activity.Quaint and full of fun, this festival even has the function of a blind date.

The villager shook his head and said, "It's too late this year, next year you have to learn how to play the sheng. According to my observation, the boys who play the sheng are more likely to be liked by the girls than those who play the drums."

After saying this, he rummaged from behind, handed Zhang Cundao a bamboo sheng, and said, "When that day comes, you will follow us and pretend to play the sheng, just put on a show, and you won't be able to tell anyway."

Zhang Cundao took the bamboo fungus speechlessly, and then tried to blow it. He found to his dismay that he really didn't have music bacteria, and he couldn't even blow the bamboo fungus...

The villager gave him a strange look and said, "Why are you bragging about it? It's bad."

Hearing this, Zhang Cundao's eyes widened, and he said quickly, "Although I don't know how to play the sheng, you don't have to give me a bad bamboo sheng. Isn't this just to make up for it?"

The villager immediately gave him a blank look, and said, "You were not asked to make trouble. If you accidentally blew it, wouldn't it disrupt our rhythm."

This statement is really justified.Zhang Cundao didn't dare to say anything anymore. If you are a bastard, you should be a bastard. Just wait for the lie to win. If you are a bastard, you have to keep the rhythm.

After this little episode ended, it was finally the day of the Harvest Festival.

On this day, all curfews are lifted, and the villagers can have fun until dawn.

During the day, the village head leads the villagers to sacrifice to the God of the Great Shrine.Then, Zhang Cundao found some outsiders during the ceremony.

Several pots of orchids were placed next to the sacrificial table. At first, Zhang Cundao didn't pay attention, because there were many flowers and plants in the sacrificial ceremony.

But when the sacrifice started, the orchids were all shocked, and then a puff of smoke rose from the orchids, turning into a figure!

These figures include old and young, men and women, all of which are phantoms made of smoke, but their facial features are all lifelike.

"This is... Soul Orchid!" Zhang Cundao was startled, and then figured it out again.Isn't Soul Lan's hometown in Taoyuan Township?It is not surprising that there are her kind here.Come here these days, forget this crop.

Soul Orchid has the ability to communicate with the gods, and the villagers invited them to complete the ceremony.I saw these soul orchids holding hands, chanting some incomprehensible songs, and then they began to spit out more smoke.

Gradually, the smoke formed a tall man.As soon as this man appeared, everyone bowed to him and shouted, "The God of the Great Society!"

This is the Dashe God, who is worshiped by the villagers in Taoyuan Village. They thank the Dashe God for the good weather, the prosperity of the population, and the smoothness of everything, and let the Dashe God continue to bless them in the coming year.

The cumbersome sacrifice lasted all day, and when night fell, the god of the great shrine was finally sent away.The villagers also breathed a sigh of relief, and began the most important event - the celebration!
The raging brazier was lit, illuminating the entire Dashetai.The women of the village poured into the center and began to dance around the brazier.Feng Wu was naturally among them, surrounded by people, dancing a simple but quaint dance around the brazier.

The men, on the other hand, started their performances.

The players who played the sheng formed a huge team, began to shake their heads and played the sheng, and then circled around the dancing women.Under the singing and dancing, everyone looked at each other, and everyone seemed to be serious about dancing and playing music, but in fact they didn't pay attention to it.

Zhang Cundao, a pretentious person, also mixed in, shaking his head and following the steps of others, which seemed to be the same thing.It's just that he is empty-handed and silent.

When he passed by Feng Wu, Feng Wu listened carefully to his playing, but he didn't hear any sound.She was taken aback in surprise, and then saw Zhang Cundao's slightly embarrassed face.

The two looked at each other and smiled, not breaking the performance.

After a while, those who danced were tired, and those who played the sheng were tired.Then they went to look for something to eat at the big sacrificial table, and at this time, the people who had just made eye contact with each other were also sticking together at this moment, and began to further deepen their relationship.

Zhang Cundao, who was pretending to be a fool, saw someone leaving the Sheng playing team, so he also hurried away.You can't even blow it, so what are you doing in it?

He came to the big sacrificial table to take a rest, and then saw a young couple holding hands and going to the sea of ​​flowers by the village.

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded: "Don't you have a female companion to drill flowers with you?"

Zhang Cundao turned his head to look, but a person like smoke and mist was talking to him.

These are the people of Soul Orchid, and they are also Soul Orchid.

This soul orchid came over, she sniffed Zhang Cundao lightly, frowned and said: "You have the smell of our people...but we don't know you."

Zhang Cundao suddenly realized that this smell should be contaminated by the little soul orchid in the real world.The smell of soul orchid can directly contaminate the soul.

This soul orchid got closer again, she smelled it for a long time, and suddenly shouted to a few soul orchids over there: "Everyone! He smells like Xiao Qi!"

As soon as she yelled these words, several soul orchids over there immediately floated over.

The next moment, Zhang Cundao was surrounded by Soul Orchid.

"It smells like Xiao Qi..."

"I haven't seen Xiao Qi for a long time, why does he smell like Xiao Qi..."

"Did he take Xiaoqi away?"

"This is impossible, no one can capture our people in Orchid Valley!"

"Then what's the matter with his smell?"

The few Hun Lan didn't care about Zhang Cundao's reaction, and conspired loudly beside him. After they argued for a while, the first female figure, Hun Lan, asked Zhang Cundao: "Why do you smell like Xiao Qi? Have you seen it? Xiaoqi?"

Zhang Cundao thought for a while and decided to tell the truth.

So he said, "I found an orchid. She said she was from Taoyuan Township. I haven't looked for you yet, but you came here first."

"Is that so?" The orchids breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that, looked at Zhang Cundao and said, "How is she now? Can you bring her back? Xiao Qi has never left the Orchid Valley, and we are afraid that she will be afraid."

Zhang Cundao thought for a while, but shook his head and said: "She is fine now, but she should not come back, my hometown is far away, and she also went to my hometown by accident, I have no ability to send her back. "

Several soul orchids glanced at each other, each winked, and then continued to plot loudly.

"He seems to be a good person. Xiaoqi's taste is very calm, so he shouldn't be bullied."

"Then should we tell him the reason for Xiaoqi's accident?"

"I think it works."

These soul orchids seem to be very simple in their hearts, and they easily believed Zhang Cundao's words. Fortunately, Zhang Cundao is not a bad person, otherwise these soul orchids would have been deceived...

Several soul orchids had a chirping discussion, and Zhang Cundao could hear them all clearly.

Then, the soul orchid said to Zhang Cundao: "Xiao Qi did have a little accident, and then left the Orchid Valley. Why don't you go and see if you can pass the accident and send Xiao Qi back again? "

"Through that accident?" Zhang Cundao immediately sensed that there was a problem here.

These few soul orchids chirped and said, "Yes, it's scary!"

"It will shine!"

"There's still a lot of noise!"

"annoying!"

They seem to have lingering fears, but they don't speak clearly, they just talk about their feelings vaguely.

In the end, the soul orchid with a female image said: "It's hard to say, do you want to go and have a look?"

Zhang Cundao thought for a while and said, "If possible, I'd like to take a look."

These soul orchids immediately laughed and said, "No problem, I'll talk to your village chief."

Not long after, the old village head came over. He glanced at Zhang Cundao suspiciously and said, "The soul orchids want to invite you to the Orchid Valley as a guest. Our village asks for the help of soul orchids every year in the festival, and they never ask for your help." I don’t know what kind of remuneration I’ve had, so it’s hard for me to refuse this request. I don’t know if you’d like to go.”

Zhang Cundao immediately said: "Of course I am willing."

The village head nodded, and said, "You can go, but you must pay attention to the time and don't delay the Chinese New Year. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome."

Hearing this, Zhang Cundao also nodded and said, "Don't worry, the village chief, I won't delay."

After saying hello to the village chief, Zhang Cundao went back and talked to Feng Wu and the others.

The next day, a big bird fell from the sky. This big bird is actually an enlarged red-tailed tit, which is the transporter of the orchids.

It held the orchid pot on its back, and then Zhang Cundao on its back, and then it flew into the blue sky as soon as it spread its wings.The big tit flew very fast, and it didn't take long for it to cross the mountain range behind the village and enter a valley.

There are colorful falling flowers, luxuriant grass, and various exotic flowers and herbs growing here.Among them, there are many orchids, and the soul orchid is hidden in it.

After the chickadee landed on the ground and put down the load on its back, it flapped its wings and flew away.Then the next moment, white smoke suddenly rose from all around, and then these white smoke condensed into a human form.

These are soul orchids!

The soul orchids chatted immediately, and they left Zhang Cundao aside as a guest and started talking continuously.

Finally, a soul orchid came to Zhang Cundao and said, "Guest, I will take you to the place where stinginess disappeared."

After her words fell, she waved her hand, and then a skink quickly emerged from the grass on one side.The skink suddenly grew bigger, then raised its head, and immediately placed a soul orchid on top of its head.It was like a lizard with a little grass growing out of its head.

Obviously, this soul orchid is the body of the female appearance soul orchid in front of me.

This Hunlan looked at Zhang Cundao, with a distressed look on her face, and said, "Oh, there are no mounts suitable for the size of the guests..."

"How about I summon a white deer to come in, although the white deer may eat orchids..." She said with some reluctance on her face.Then he secretly glanced at Zhang Cundao.

oops!These orchids obviously don't have any city mansions, so they just want to pretend to be city mansions!

It also looks cute...

Zhang Cundao said dumbfoundedly: "Okay, okay, I don't want a mount, you just lead the way!"

Upon hearing this, Hun Lan immediately said, "Okay! You said this, so let's go."

After speaking, the skink opened its short legs and started to run wildly.And Zhang Cundao could only run behind it.

After running for a long time, Hun Lan finally brought Zhang Cundao to a cliff.And in this cliff, there is a gap shining with purple light!
This gap is about one foot long, emitting a deep purple light.When Hun Lan arrived here, she frowned and said, "It's very noisy here, do you hear that?"

Zhang Cundao shook his head, he didn't hear any sound.Soul Orchid's hearing range was different from his, and Zhang Cundao couldn't hear some voices.

Hun Lan went on to say: "This place is not only noisy, but also emits harmful light. Xiao Qi may have been sucked in by this thing, and we dare not approach it."

Zhang Cundao looked at the crack of purple light and suddenly had an idea in his heart.He sent a red light towards the purple light slit.The red light was instantly swallowed up...

Zhang Cundao stared at this gap for a long time, and suddenly said: "It seems that I need to stay here for a long time to solve it."

He turned to Hun Lan and said, "Can you please bring my friends here, without their help, I can't solve this problem."

(End of this chapter)