Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 312 Rural Deception (Two in One)

Tao Zhi was next to Jin Xi, looked away from other places, and couldn't help but whispered to Jin Xi and Cui Xique: "That young man who looks like your second mother, with a cloudy face, looks drunk , Is that your sister Lan'er's man?"

Cui Xique couldn't help but snort when she heard the words, and then thought that Tan's coffin was over there, and she couldn't laugh on such an occasion, so she quickly calmed down.

Jin Xi held back too, turned her head and said to Tao Zhi: "Biao Aunt, you are really polite when you speak. What do you mean by muddy face? Wouldn't it be enough if you just said that young man with pockmarked face? That's right, he was It's my cousin-in-law Yang Feng."

"Xi'er, why do you say it so directly when you say that people don't reveal their faults? It doesn't sound good to be heard." Tao Zhi whispered, looking around vigilantly, but luckily no one else passed by.

"Taozhi, what are you afraid of? We are not hurting people behind our backs, but telling the truth!" Cui Xique patted Taozhi's shoulder and said.

"Compared to what those people in our village say behind their backs, what we say is really nothing! You don't know, people in the village say behind their backs that Miss Lan is a flower stuck in cow dung, or a lump of risking Bubbly cow dung!" Cui Xique said, the so-called bubbling refers to the pockmarked hole on Yang Feng's face.

Taozhi couldn't laugh or cry, these people's tongues are really poisonous!Then he thought of the fact that the matter between himself and Liang Lisheng had just spread in the village, and many people were talking about it behind their backs.She was washing clothes by the pond, and when she overheard a few words, she was so sad that she wanted to run away.It was later that Jinxi took her to the Qianlixiang shop in the county town to stay for a period of time, her knowledge broadened and her thinking changed, she didn't care what outsiders said, and did what she thought was right.

Mrs. Sun finished her work in the ancestral hall below and came back. The conversation about Liang Jinlan and the others quickly stopped.Jin Xi stood up and stretched her body, walked up to the ancestral hall above, next to the walls on both sides, and began to look at the scrolls hanging on the wall one by one.

Although the content on the picture scroll is concise, it is also very vivid and clear, even villagers and old women who cannot read characters can understand it.

From the death of a person to the hall of hell on each floor of hell, after rounds of trials, the merits and demerits of the previous life are commented on, and then corresponding punishments are given.Mountain of knives, pool of blood, sawing, snake hole, tongue cutting, eye drilling, heart digging...

Jin Xi watched with gusto, and the time passed quickly before she knew it, until Mrs. Sun came over and asked her to go back to pick up some food, and Jin Xi suddenly understood.

In the afternoon, after drinking and eating, the Taoist team of the Zhan family began to perform rituals in the ancestral hall above, and the ancestral hall gradually became lively.During this period, the Taoist team was divided into two, and one team, led by Liang Yulin, went to the mountain behind and selected a cemetery for Mrs. Tan.

Mrs. Sun and Madam Dong also came over with the third and fourth children in their arms. The two little guys didn't know what happened, but they saw groups of lively people everywhere, dancing with excitement and giggling whenever they met. laugh.

During the intermission of a ceremony, it was just the setting sun, and everyone was sitting, squatting or standing at the entrance of the ancestral hall.The third and fourth children of Jin Xi's family are learning to walk, and they are mischievous. The two little guys immediately became the focus of everyone's fun.Brother Nian couldn't play with Liang Liqing and Liang Libai, Jinrou, Wenyun and Wen'an were all playing with the third and fourth children there, and under Jin Xi's encouragement, Brother Nian also joined Jinrou and the others to play together play.

Here, Mrs. Yang helped Liang Jinlan sit on a rock, fanning the wind with her filial hat.Seeing a group of children playing over there, Yang spat.

"It took a long time to raise a son, what's there to show off? Who hasn't raised a son?" Yang muttered.

Liang Jinlan glanced over the toddler's third and fourth children, snorted softly, turned her head and explained something to Xiao Cui who was standing beside her, Xiao Cui nodded and left quickly.

After a while, two wet nurses brought a little boy wearing a little red bellyband and a great-grandson's red filial piety hat on his head.

Cui Xique patted Jin Xi lightly, pouted her mouth that way, Jin Xi raised her eyes and saw Yang sprinting towards the direction of the two nurses, her mouth had already been split open, and she laughed so hard The eyes squeezed into a slit.

When Jin Xi saw that one of the two wet nurses had a bruised nose and a swollen face, her breasts swelled terribly, she immediately remembered that she was the woman who helped Yang's fight yesterday.It really was Liang Jinlan's wet nurse.

Clapping her hands, Yang took the little doll dressed in red and dressed as a red child from one of the nurses.

Jin Xi's eyes fell on the little baby, that child had just turned [-] days, and the [-]-day banquet was originally scheduled to be held in these two days, but it happened to coincide with Tan's death, and the [-]-day banquet had not been arranged in time.

Because it is too small, the eyebrows and eyes have not yet opened, so it is difficult to see who the child looks more like.However, it is really well raised. Looking at the big breasts of the two wet nurses one after another, one can know that the child is full of milk.A pair of small arms, juicy and juicy, as if two small lotus roots were broken.There is a silver collar around the neck, and a long life lock.Silver bracelets and silver anklets are worn on both hands and feet.

"The bones of such a young child haven't grown hard yet. Wearing these things will hurt the child!" Sun said in a low voice.

Dong Ma who was beside her nodded, she was right, the third and fourth children dared not wear those silver ornaments until they were over a hundred years old.Jin Xi raised the corner of her mouth, what was so hard to understand, it was obvious that Liang Jinlan was showing off her wealth!

Over there, Mrs. Yang took Liang Jinlan's little doll by clapping her palms, and walked towards this side with a smile.After all, they are also nephews. Sun and Cui Xique got up and planned to go over to see the child. An old woman in the village who had always been friends with the old Liang family rushed forward, and went forward enthusiastically, clapping her hands towards Yang. The child in Shi's arms teased with a smile, and said, "Little Bao'er, your family is coming? Let the mother-in-law hug me?"

The child didn't understand anything, blinked his small black eyes, looked around, and spit out small bubbles like a little fish in his mouth, I have to say, he was really cute.

Mrs. Yang turned sideways slightly, stretched out her hand to separate the old woman from the child with a smile, and said, "Aunt Jiang, you are such an old man, how dare you bother to hug him? You should rest while doing it, ah!" After that, he bypassed Mrs. Jiang and walked straight towards Liang Jinlan.

Mrs. Jiang's smile had a momentary embarrassment on her face.That's how people in the country are, if you want your child, the best way to cheer is to greet, tease and ask for a hug.

Mrs. Sun and Cui Xique stopped, and when they were hesitating whether to go on, another young and neat villager's daughter-in-law passed by, also teasing the little baby. Mrs. Yang still found an excuse to refuse that person, If she didn't give her a hug, the daughter-in-law would also be embarrassed.

Mrs. Sun and Cui Xique looked at each other, and Mrs. Sun looked embarrassed. Obviously, Mrs. Yang deliberately prevented others from getting in touch with Liang Jinlan's child.

Jin Xi came up from behind and dragged the two of them back. It was obvious that Mrs. Yang looked down on these country women and felt that everyone's hands had dirty Liang Jinlan's noble young master.How could Jin Xi just watch Sun and Cui Xique put their hot faces on their cold butts?

"Xi'er, this is not good, we are all from the old Liang's family, so we don't want to go over there for a while..." After sitting down, Mrs. Sun was still a little uneasy.Cui Xique was fine, and it was obvious that Yang was defiant.

"What's wrong? Since my third and fourth child were born, I haven't seen my second uncle and mother go over and give them a hug, right? Well, Ga Po Jinrou and the others are playing with the third and fourth child over there. A lot of people went over to tease her, but the second mother and Sister Lan'er just sat there indifferently?" Jin Xi said directly.No matter how cute Liang Jinlan's child is, Jin Xi would not tease her. That's right, she admits that she is such a narrow-minded and caring person.

Cui Xique patted his thigh, and said: "I was really confused before, but fortunately girl Xi stopped it in time, or she would have sent her hot face to the second sister-in-law's cold ass! Third sister-in-law, let's learn from them and pretend to watch Just disappear!"

Because Mrs. Tan died unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, she performed a special exorcism ritual at the gate of the ancestral hall.Jin Xi has never seen such a ceremony before, and she is not famous, but only knows that there is a link in it, that Mr. Zhan is wearing a Taoist robe and sitting cross-legged on the altar built at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

On his head is a fine-meshed sieve used to sift sesame beans at home, and in his left hand he wields a mahogany sword that is said to have been opened, and nine copper coins are nailed to the hilt.The right hand is holding an iron chain, swinging it with a rattle.

On an open space in front of the altar, lime powder is used to sprinkle the figure of nine lotus flowers.

Jin Xi knelt in the crowd, looking curiously at the old Taoist who was babbling and singing. Just now, Cui Xique told Jin Xi that this ceremony was called "Guolian", and then Cui Xique's brother-in-law Yang Aimin was struck to death by lightning, and he also performed this ceremony, so Cui Xique could explain a few words to Jin Xi.

Jin Xi compiled Cui Xique's half-understood words into sentences she could understand, and she roughly understood the purpose of this ceremony.

The so-called "over-forging" is to use the lotus flowers sprinkled with lime powder on the ground as bait to attract all the wandering souls in the vicinity.The living soul in everyone's concept is a general term for the soul of a living person who does not return to the body and floats around.

"Fourth aunt, if a living soul really comes to play with lotus flowers later, will we all see it too?" Jin Xi asked in a low voice, curious about these mysterious rituals in the countryside.

Cui Xique didn't know if he could see it, and said: "I don't know, anyway, I haven't seen it. However, I heard from the older generation that there must be souls coming to play with lotus flowers in such rituals. Not only can I see it, but I can also recognize whose living soul it is!"

Jin Xi raised her eyebrows in astonishment, is there such a mystery?Then I have to keep my eyes wide open later, to see if I can really see those strange dark matter?
"Wait a while and just stare at the old Taoist priest. Whenever there is a disturbance, he will make moves." Cui Xique whispered, and then the two of them stopped whispering, because the noisy crowd gradually began to quiet down. The old Taoist rapped on the altar again.

In the following time, Jin Xi almost stared so hard that her eyes were sore, she didn't see any living souls.But in the meantime, the old Taoist waved the mahogany sword in his hand and cut the air for a while, spitting something in his mouth.Immediately afterwards, Jin Xi heard some gasps from the nearby villagers who stayed up all night watching, and vaguely heard someone say something like 'Come on, come on! '

It was hot all day, and there was a slight breeze after nightfall.Just after someone in the audience said 'here we come', Jin Xi suddenly felt a gust of cool wind blowing from the alley on one side of the ancestral hall, and she couldn't help shivering.Look up again,

There was still nothing in front of the altar.But the old Taoist priest's expression changed slightly, he suddenly changed from sitting cross-legged to jumping up, as agile as an old monkey, jumped from the altar to the middle of the nine lotus flowers, the iron chain in his hand slammed, as if in the middle of the nine lotus flowers. Draw towards someone or something.The mahogany sword in his hand seemed to be driving away invisible objects in the air.

I don't know if it's because I stayed up all night last night and today I've been tossing all day. No, Jin Xi only felt that there was a real figure passing by on the edge of the lotus in front.It took less than a second for everything to happen, Jin Xi shook her head, and looked again, but there was nothing in front of her, the old Taoist made a look of letting out a long breath, and was putting away the mahogany sword and iron chain , walked towards the altar with the support of the apprentice next to him.

Jin Xi lowered her eyes, recalling the previous illusion in her mind, that figure seemed to be a woman of short stature, because in an instant, Jin Xi seemed to see that she was wearing a skirt underneath.

In the second half of the night, there are still a few rituals, and the rest are small rituals. There will be a big ritual when Tan's funeral tomorrow morning.

The Liang family then made a total calculation and decided that the adults would stay behind for those small religious ceremonies in the second half of the night, and all the grandchildren would go back to rest.Liang Jinlan and Yang Feng had been waiting for this sentence for a long time. Hearing the words, they didn't delay for a moment, and hurriedly took Xiaocui and the wet nurse back to Lao Yang's house at the west end of the village to sleep.

Liang Lihui and Liang Lisheng insisted on staying, so Liang Lizhi took Liang Liqing and Liang Libo back home, and the old Liangtou stayed at home.Here, Cai Jinshan and Cai Qingyang came to pick up sisters Jinxi and Jinrou with lanterns.

Jin Xi was yawning all over the place and wanted to go back to rest, but since she caught a glimpse of the passing woman outside the lotus earlier, Jin Xi's drowsiness was scared away.

Both A Cai and A Wang stayed at home, monitoring Cang Yun's master and servant anytime and anywhere.It is a long way to go home from the ancestral hall, almost crossing half of the village.Especially after going through the pond where Mrs. Tan drowned, Jinxi's courage was frightened tonight. Only Cai Jinshan and Cai Qingyang could not give her a sense of security at all. I didn't have time to send it off, and asked Cai Jinshan to go back and call Ah Cai and Ah Wang to come over. After tossing and tossing, it was almost dawn.

Together, Jin Xi insisted on not going home, but stayed in the ancestral hall, closely following Sun and Cui Xique.

Mrs. Sun had no choice but to ask Cai Qingyang to carry Jinrou, who was already dozing off, to her house. Along with Jinrou, there was Liang Lihui's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhou.

The people who stayed behind saw that Jinxi didn't go back, Liang Yuzhou and Cui Xique immediately praised Jinxi, saying that Jinxi is really a good granddaughter with filial piety, and that the Tan family has a spirit in heaven and will definitely bless her.Jin Xi felt guilty, and wanted to tell Sun Shi about the figure she saw earlier several times, but she couldn't find a chance, so she just kept it in her heart, followed Sun Shi and Cui Xique unmovingly, always worried. It is suspended, and everything looks like a war.

Perhaps the old Taoist priest has been in this line of work for too long. During the day, he was seen sitting in the ancestral hall beating gongs, squinting his eyes and yawning. At this moment, everyone is exhausted, except his spirit. The head is the best.

This night was really the most tossed and insecure night for Jin Xi since she came to this world.It wasn't until the next ceremony started that Jin Xi realized how wrong her decision to stay was.

In the second half of the night, the moon completely hid in the clouds, and it was pitch black outside.

It was time to start doing things again, and the people who stayed behind each held a faint fire lit by tung oil in their hands. Liang Yulin led the way, followed by Liang Yuzhong, Liang Yuzhou Sun, Cui Xique, Liang Lihui, Liang Lisheng, and Jinxi at the end.Behind Jin Xi, fortunately, the old Taoist priest with Oshio was still following.

The crowd lined up in a long snake formation, each with two tung oil lamps in their hands. Under the singing of the old Taoist priest, they exited from the half-moon-shaped arch on one side, and then followed the path where chicken blood was sprinkled in the previous day. Hastily but quietly walked towards Lao Liang's house.

Jin Xi was trembling along the way, but fortunately there was an old Taoist priest behind her.Along the way, the people in the village were already sound asleep, and there was no spark coming out of the windows of every house.The black clouds in the sky are accumulating more and more, like a big black pot turned upside down.There is only the faint light of the jumping fire in the hands of the people with the word "Long Snake Array".

In the huge village, there is no daytime hustle and bustle, it seems that the whole world has become silent, loneliness, fear, panic, coming from the darkness all around, two dots of fire in the hand, flashing green light, not only It can't dispel the surrounding darkness, but instead stimulates the most fearful darkness in people's hearts.

Walking this road during the daytime, it doesn't take half a cup of tea, but walking under such circumstances tonight, Jin Xi seems to be boundless and has no end.

Finally, the road under her feet finally changed from a potholed earthen road to a stiff and uneven bluestone road. Jin Xi looked up and saw a faint light coming from the depths of the bluestone alley ahead, knowing that she would soon reach Lao Liang's house.Just when the air in her heart was slightly relieved, from behind her, there suddenly burst out a strange sound like howling ghosts and wolves.

That voice can be said to be the one that Jin Xi has heard in two lifetimes, the most heart-rending voice, the hairs all over her body stand on end.Because it suddenly sounded, and under such circumstances at night, Jin Xi, who has always believed in atheism, really suffered a blow to her faith tonight.

She turned her head in horror, and saw that the old Taoist was holding a super-sized conch in his hand, and was blowing in his mouth with puffed cheeks.The ghost cries sounded again, Jin Xi's back was covered in cold sweat, and she wanted to run away, but fortunately, the light in front was even brighter, and she had already reached the main entrance of the old Liang's big house.

The two lanterns hanging on the door slightly dispelled some of Jin Xi's fears, and the group entered Jiaxiang, went to the inner courtyard, and entered the east wing where Mrs. Tan had lived before his death.Holding the tung oil lamps in their hands, they made a big circle around the east wing, and then filed out in the same formation as when they came, and the strange sound of conch shells sounded behind them again.

From then on until the end, Old Liangtou stood at the door of the East Wing with a pale face, and Old Jiangtou and an old man stood beside him.

Jin Xi didn't care to pay more attention to the old Liangtou, but secretly swore in her heart that if she had the opportunity to go to the seaside in this life, she would not pick conch shells even if she was killed. In fact, the wife is too scary, so scary that she wants to cry...

After finally finishing this strange ceremony, Jin Xi's back was already wet with cold sweat.When she finally sat down next to Mrs. Sun on the high stool under the side wall of the ancestral hall, the ancestral hall was very brightly lit because of the many lights.The old Taoist held a soul-inducing banner in his hand, and was leading the three brothers Liang Yulin around Tan's coffin in three steps, one prostration, nine steps and one kneeling.

Jin Xi tightly grasped Sun Shi's warm hand, Cui Xique and Jin Shi were also sitting beside her, Jin Xi had never felt like this moment, she felt an unprecedented sense of security towards the ancestral hall...

When the first white belly appeared in the east, Jin Xi's heart that had been hanging all night finally fell to the ground.It's dawn, which is great.

In the morning, there was another big ceremony. The clothes in front of Mrs. Tan were all piled up at the entrance of the ancestral hall, and they were burned along with the sedan chairs and horses with wreaths.According to the rules in this area, the children and grandchildren of the family cannot be used to carry the coffin up the mountain. They must go to the village to invite outsiders.

Chunzhu, Daniu, Erniu, and many men who are usually friends with Liang Yuzhong's family and Liang Yuzhou have all come here, and none of them are related to Liang Yulin.Old Liangtou finally came to the ancestral hall to see his wife Tan for the last time.The firecrackers exploded like thunder, and amidst the loud cries of Lao Liang's family, the eight men who carried the coffin shouted and stood up together.

Here, the four daughters-in-law of the old Liang's family all rushed forward to kowtow to the eight coffin bearers in thanks, and then, with the sound of a big gong with great penetrating power, the sound of the conch shell that nearly blew Jinxi up last night It also blew, and Tan's vermilion coffin swayed and started to move...

The Zhou family and Yang Feng both left Lao Liang's house the day after Tan's funeral and returned to the mountains to rest in peace.Liang Lihui wanted to stay and wait for Tan's overtime.As for Liang Jinlan, this trip back to the village was intended to be a long-term stay.

Soon the Tan family became the first seven, and Liang Lihui also bid farewell to the old Liang family and returned to the county.After Tan's funeral was settled, Lao Liang's family also breathed a sigh of relief. Liang Yuzhong and the others almost lost a lot of weight, Sun and the others were all emaciated, and Lao Liang's head was several years old in an instant, with a hunched back. Quite a few, white hair appeared on the sideburns, and the beard became gray.

However, from the beginning to the end, since Liang Yumei slipped away the night Tan's accident happened, she never appeared again.In the past few days, Lao Liang's family has been busy with Tan's funeral affairs, and has no time to take care of Liang Yumei. After the first seven days, everyone was startled. Liang Yumei has been missing for seven or eight days. It's different, serious and weird!
(End of this chapter)