The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 43 Newlyweds
Grandpa saved Ah Shan's life, and Xia Xiangxi helped restore Ah Shan's innocence. Ma Po's gratitude to grandpa and Xia Xiangxi is self-evident.

It's just that Ma Po is not good at expressing herself, and she doesn't know how to smooth her lips, that is, she can treat Grandpa and Xia Xiangxi better in other more practical ways.

Needless to say, Ah Shan's mother and Ah Shan's gratitude to Xia Xiangxi and grandpa.This is too much to say.

For now, Ah Shan's affairs are not over yet.Ma Po also bewitched the patriarch of the Great Miao Village. Even if Ma Po didn't pursue the matter of wronging Ah Shan from the Great Miao Village, he would still come to him, but she didn't come here aggressively like last time. Ask for a gift.

Ma Po is not a person who doesn't understand right and wrong, and it involves the grievances between the clans. No matter how resentful she feels in her heart, she must take care of the overall situation.After hearing some good things from the patriarch, he agreed to take Gu back.

It wasn't the first time Xia Xiangxi knew about casting Gu, but he hadn't seen it before.Because he is already Ma Po's apprentice, Xia Xiangxi is qualified to watch Ma Po help the patriarch relieve the poison with his own eyes.

Ma Po stretched out her hand and grabbed a big rooster brought by the head of the Miao Village. The big rooster was majestic, with extremely beautiful feathers, and the cockscomb on its head was really tight like a cockscomb flower.As soon as Ma Po grabbed the big rooster, the big rooster was frightened and fluttered its wings. The rooster twisted its head back and forth, as if it would take a bite of Ma Po if it got the chance.

Ma Po asked Xia Xiangxi to hand her a red thread.After receiving the red thread, Ma Po tied one end of the red thread around the rooster's neck, and asked the patriarch to hug the big rooster. Ma Po then took off the silver pin on its head, pricked her index finger, and soaked the blood. At the other end of the red line, muttering something, the patriarch followed Ma Po's instructions, regardless of whether the ground was dirty or not, and just lay down on the ground, letting the big rooster step on his stomach.Ma Po is leading the big rooster with a red thread.

While holding the big rooster to keep it from leaving the patriarch's body, Ma Po asked the patriarch if he felt much better.

The patriarch, who had been complaining about chest pain before coming here, blinked his eyes and felt it for a while, and then said it didn't hurt.

After Ma Po let the big rooster walk around the patriarch twice, she let the patriarch get up from the ground.The patriarch became more energetic, patting the dirt on his body, his pale face turned bloody, and he looked like a normal person.The patriarch thanked them again and again, thanking Mrs. Ma Po for not remembering the villain's mistakes, and not pestering them just because they misunderstood Ah Shan's matter.From then on, people in the Great Miao Village will remember Ma Po's kindness and so on.

Ma Po waved her hand, telling the patriarch to leave quickly with his big rooster.

Afterwards, it was a letter from the Great Miao Village, saying that after the patriarch returned, he buried the big rooster alive.A villager saw it and wondered why the patriarch buried such a fat rooster properly. Looking at the delicacy that can be stewed in a pot after being slaughtered at home, I did not expect that the knife cut the neck of the rooster, and no chicken blood flowed out from the neck of the rooster, only worms the size of rice grains flowed out, and then the belly of the cock was cut open. Where there are chicken intestines, except for the chicken skin, there are countless worms, white and fat, crawling out of the chicken.It can be regarded as scaring the greedy villager to death.

Xia Xiangxi didn't know how powerful the Gu was at that moment.Even if I haven't seen that scene, I feel numb all over when I imagine it.For a moment, she was a little shaken in her desire to learn witchcraft.It was Grandpa who persuaded her to say the same thing, water can carry a boat or capsize it, everything has pros and cons, as long as you know the scale.In this way, Xia Xiangxi's heart calmed down.

In addition, she couldn't allow her to put any thoughts on herself. Ah Shan was getting married, and the marriage that was originally scheduled for after autumn had been brought forward.The Han people also used such things as marriage and daughter-in-law to rejoice when encountering bad things, so Xia Xiangxi could understand that Ah Shan's family also felt the same way.

Ah Shan is getting married, Ma Po can be regarded as showing joy.Even if Ah Shan still doesn't know her mother, it doesn't matter, as long as she sees that Ah Shan is doing well, she will be satisfied.

Grandpa asked Xia Xiangxi to help Ah Shan's house with work.Xia Xiangxi helped Ah Shan clear up his grievances, which made the people in the village look at Xia Xiangxi with admiration, and they also had a different impression of this girl from other places.It is also related to the phrase "habit becomes nature". Xia Xiangxi has lived here for a long time, and the people in the village have long since stopped treating Xia Xiangxi as such. They are all very kind to Xia Xiangxi, Xia Xiangxi Xiangxi's heart was also warm, and she actually had the feeling of "forgetting that she is a guest when she is drunk, and always regards his hometown as her hometown." However, she was not drunk, but intoxicated.

It's almost time to help Ah Shan's family, and it's only a few days before Ah Shan gets married.Mother Ah Shan specially sent a lot of candy to Diaojiaolou, thanking Xia Xiangxi and Ma Po.Xia Xiangxi wasn't interested in ordinary candy. She looked at a long strip of candy that she had never seen before and couldn't name it.Ma Po said that it is called lotus root, it tastes sweet, and it is purely handmade.Xia Xiangxi took a sip and it was indeed delicious. It was sweet and refreshing, unlike ordinary candies that were overly sweet.

Ma Po said that she has bad teeth, so don't keep it for her, let Xia Xiangxi keep some for herself, and send the rest to Sanwanggou for He Xuan and the others to eat.Happy candy, the more people are happy, the better.

Xia Xiangxi was very happy to see that Ma Po still remembered He Xuan.Grandpa said that if He Xuan had time, he could come to the village.It was Xia Xiangxi who was worried that when He Xuan appeared, he would stir up Huanhuan again and ruin his happy event, so he blocked it.

Grandpa said it's okay, Huanhuan was seriously injured by Mapo's paper figurine last time, so she probably won't come out to make a fuss.Xia Xiangxi didn't think so.She always remembered what Diemei said. The night Diemei was discovered by her father and had a private meeting with Ashan, it was because she dreamed of Huanhuan and was lured out by Huanhuan.As soon as she inquired about that sentence, she paid attention to it, thinking that the disaster that happened to Ah Shan was probably caused by Huanhuan behind the scenes.But Ma Po didn't pay attention. She was a fan of the authorities. At that time, she felt sorry for Ah Shan, and it was too late, and she didn't have the energy to take care of other things.

Now Xia Xiangxi is rarely happy seeing Ma Po, and doesn't want to pour cold water on her, just thinking that she should pay more attention to the situation secretly.

Soon it will be time for Ah Shan to marry his wife.The small Miao village has become a rare lively place.Because this is a mountainous area with rugged mountain roads, don't even think about having a wedding car. The brides are always accompanied by their relatives and have to walk here by themselves.It's a long road.

It was the first time Xia Xiangxi saw a Miao people getting married, so naturally he felt a lot of wonder in his heart.It was also the first time she heard that among the wedding customs here, the most concerned about the quilt of the new daughter-in-law's natal family.When the bride and dowry arrive, they all have to count the quilts in front of many people.The reason why the Miao family care so much about quilts is because Xiangxi is a mountainous area, and the winter is bitterly cold, without heating, which is quite difficult.In the 90s and [-]s, the Miao people were still living in poverty, and only when their families were better off could they be covered with warm and thick quilts in winter.When the daughter got married, the mother gave as many quilts as she could. Firstly, she didn’t want her daughter to suffer from the cold after marriage, and secondly, relatives from her natal family went to visit her daughter, so she would have warm quilts to cover her after staying for a few nights.Although the living conditions are much better now, and it is not a problem to wear clothes and covers, but the custom of preparing quilts in my natal family has been preserved in this way.

Whether a girl is valued in her natal family can be seen from the number of quilts. The more quilts, the more proud she is. If there are too few quilts, she may be laughed at. This is a custom.The quilt has become a very important thing in the marriage of a man and a woman. It is said that although the quilt has been married to the man, if there is a divorce someday, the quilt will be taken back to the woman's house again, and the head is often beaten for grabbing the quilt.

Every nation has its own customs and habits, and it is certain that foreigners cannot understand them.

The bride is very beautiful, not tall, and standing with Ah Shan who is not tall among men, it shows that Ah Shan is tall.

When someone in the village got married, everyone in the village had to eat the flowing water banquet, which was the same as the custom in Xia Xiangxi's hometown.

Ah Shan's father is an honest man, he doesn't talk much, and he seems a bit reserved when entertaining relatives.Ah Shan's mother is eloquent and good at taking care of others, and she is busy presiding over everything inside and out.I didn't rest for a day.

In the evening, all the guests who should be seen off are sent away, and the pots and pans that need to be cleaned are also cleaned, so that Mother Ah Shan has time to go back to the house to rest.

The lights in Ah Shan's new house were also turned off early.Ah Shan's mother covered her mouth and laughed when she heard Ah Shan's panting sound of "heh, heh, heh" coming from the new house, as well as the sound of "squeak" from the new bed.I thought with joy in my heart, it can be considered that I have married a new daughter-in-law, and by this time next year, they will have a white and fat grandson in their family, so how happy it will be!
Ah Shan's mother was dreaming happily when she heard a bigger movement in the new house.Ah Shan's mother came from here, and she couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and hurried back to her room, thinking in her heart that this bastard, Ah Shan, is so rude.Then torment his delicate and weak new wife.

Father Ah Shan saw his wife entered the house and was still standing there in a daze, so he asked her, aren't you tired?Why don't you go to bed and rest?Ah Shan's mother responded, and quickly turned off the light.Before he took off his clothes, he heard the bride's painful cries from the other side of the new house.Mother Ah Shan's heart trembled, and she secretly cursed that it was really a bad thing!Whose girl can't help that bastard Ah Shan tossing so hard!She didn't want to go and take care of such things at first, but the bride's voice gradually became a bit wrong, and Mother Ah Shan couldn't stay still anymore, so she hurried to take a look before she took off her clothes.

Ah Shan's father saw that his wife was going out, and he understood what she was going to do, so he grabbed his wife's wrist and said, "What are you going to do? What is your business? I'm not afraid of being laughed at. The new wife blames you?"

(End of this chapter)