Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 76
When Chen Jiangsheng saw Gu Yu and the others coming back with lotus leaves in their arms, he ran over unwillingly and asked, "Gu Yu, Gu Yu, where did you go just now? You didn't call me, so I got banana leaves myself."

Gu Yu was amused to see him serious. This Chen Jiangsheng is a little chubby, but he is cute, but his brain is always slow, and she has always been used to him, "Why should I call you? Who told you to fuck him before?" After two years of private school, I can't even recognize the words."

What Gu Yu was pointing at was the pair written by Jing Zhe when Xia Zhi was [-] years old. Chen Jiangsheng always recognized half of it.

When the thousand-layer cake was steamed and the lotus leaf dumplings were ready, Li Dequan and Chen Yongyu had also killed the chicken, and the incense candles were all ready to be placed. When they got down, the lotus leaf dumpling was also on the desk, and they started to cook the whole chicken in water, took three wine glasses and three rice bowls, and when they were ready, let Jiang Shi lead Wang Shi and the children together Go to sacrifice to the God of Tian and the father-in-law of the land.

Gu Yu was a little strange, and asked Xu Qinshi, "Grandma, why don't my father and the others go?"

Xu Qinshi was also a little confused, but said, "This is a rule passed down from the older generation. Men are not allowed to go. They have been doing this for many years."

Jingzhe smiled warmly and said, "I've heard of it. It's certainly a rule passed down by the elders. It's just that this woman has conceived life since ancient times, so she went to sacrifice to the god of the field to have a good harvest. Isn't the ear of rice just the seedlings? Is it the fruit that fell?"

Chen Jiangsheng was taken aback, and muttered: "Then if my father and the others don't go, won't there be a good harvest if they go?"

An Jinxuan continued what Jing Zhe said just now, "No, in the days of our ancestors, men would go hunting in the mountains, and hunting meant ending their lives, while women gave birth to their lives, so things like planting and picking It’s women who do it with the kids.”

"Why can the child go?" Chen Jiangsheng still didn't give up.

This Gu Yu guessed wildly by himself, "The child is gone, and he can hunt and plant in the future, so life will be good."

Xu Qinshi opened his mouth wide, looked at Jing Zhe, looked at An Jinxuan for a while, and finally touched Gu Yu's head, "I have lived most of my life, and I am really not as good as you children, Jing Zhe, Brother Jin, you guys Speaking of it this way, I think this is the truth, but how do you know this? Seeing you reading and writing inside with the door closed every day, I thought it was too old-fashioned, but it seems that reading is really sensible."

Chen Jiangsheng was a little unconvinced, "I also study, and my husband has never taught this."

One sentence made the adults laugh, and Jiang patted him on the shoulder, "That's enough, boy, I only hope that you can recognize a few words when you read those books."

Go out, go to the field, choose a larger open space, set up rice bowls and wine glasses, chickens are also offered, and those mille-feuille cakes and lotus leaf buns, adults bow to each other, and children kowtow.

The rice in the field already had rice grains, but they were still green and not filled with grout, and stood upright to the sky. Gu Yu thought of what Jing Zhe had said to An Jinxuan just now, thinking that the belly of the rice was slowly growing. It will bulge and then turn from green to yellow, and finally harvest, isn't it a process of life gestation? Thinking of this, Gu Yu sincerely feels that these people are really smart. It turns out that the customs and so on are also reasonable and evidence-based, but These things are passed around, and in the end there is only one ritual left.

There was an atmosphere of joy in the air, the gentle wind was blowing the seedlings, and there were a few wild ducks floating on the river on one side. When going out, An Jinxuan took out the few remaining lotus leaves. At this time, the adults were wearing straw hats. , the children are carrying a lotus leaf, and the field ridge is too small to accommodate only one person. It is interesting to walk in a row at this time.

Gu Yu couldn't keep his mouth shut, seeing this he laughed again: "We children wear lotus leaves, which are immature rice, and your yellow straw hats are mature rice."

This remark made everyone laugh again, the straw hat that Xu Qinshi was wearing happened to be a few years old, looked a little dark, and laughed at himself: "Gu Yu, grandma, isn't this old rice."

After sacrificing to the God of Field, I went to the Tudigong Temple in Zhuangzi to offer a sacrifice. Afterwards, Jiang took everyone to the Qingsha River and made a sacrifice. She said that she gave birth to Jiang Sheng when she was tending the fields here. It was not easy to support her at first, so she recognized Qingshahe as her godmother, so she grew strong and strong, so she didn't have to worry about it, so she sacrificed once a year.

After Chen Jiangsheng listened, he bit his lip, and after Jiang Shi packed up the basket in his hand, he carried it by himself with a serious face.

When the group came back, Li Dequan and Chen Yongyu had already packed their things, and they could open the table for dinner after the chicken was cut and fried.

The women were naturally free, and stopped doing embroidery and other things, gossiping and waiting for dinner.

Although there is not much contact with the yard over there, Li He doesn't know if he listened to Yue'e's persuasion. Although Xia Zhi didn't come because of illness when he was [-] years old, he still sent materials. I sent some of the mille-feuille cakes and lotus leaf dumplings.Xu Qinshi and Jiang Shi also said it should be.

When Xiaoman came back, there were some rice balls in the basket, padded with grapefruit leaves, already steamed and dyed, they looked very pretty, and they said that Yue'e asked her to bring them here.

The family stopped talking and gathered around to prepare for dinner.

There were not many people, Li Dequan, Chen Yongyu, and Jingzhe and their three boys were at the same table, and the rest of the women were at the table with Xiao Manguyu, but the Xia Solstice did not stop, crying and screaming there. Without stopping, Mrs. Wang couldn't eat at all.It was Chen Jiangsheng who said that Xia Zhi was a little boy going to their table. Although the adults didn't take it seriously, Xia Zhi really stopped crying after hugging him, which made the group of people laugh for a while.

After eating and washing the dishes, it was still early, and it was dark and late this summer, so I didn't know what to do for a while.Mrs. Wang wanted to go to embroidery.

Stopped by Xu Qinshi, "One day I have nothing to do, so I just have a free day."

So a group of people gathered around Xu Qinshi to talk about the past, about the days of enjoying the lotus by boat on June [-]th in the past.

Seeing that everyone was not interested, Gu Yu couldn't help but come up with an idea, "Second Uncle, doesn't he have a few wooden boats, why don't we all go out to play and go out with lanterns, and then we can row to the lotus pond in Qingshui River, back and forth It won't take long. It doesn't matter if there are so many people."

Li Dequan was a little hesitant, but Chen Yongyu clapped his hands first and agreed. In addition, Xiaoman was also a little moved when he heard that they were going to Liubazi that day. It happened that the whole family was going out this time, and they all wanted to sit on the boat.Xu Qinshi hesitated for a while, but still decided not to go, "I'd better go to the yard over there, you go out, grandma's legs are weak as soon as she gets on the boat, just to see how my daughter is doing over there, don't worry, Besides, I also want to keep the house as a housekeeper, this poor family can't survive if a little things are stolen."

The evening wind was very cool, Li Dequan and Chen Yongyu carried a wooden boat, Jiang Shi and Chen Jiangsheng carried one end, Jing Zhe and An Jinxuan carried one, and it was much easier than the two of Jing Zhe and the others before, Xiao Man and Wang Shi One person was carrying a basket, in which were layer cakes, lotus leaf bags, and vegetable dumplings from over there. By the way, he also sent some snacks that others gave yesterday, and Chen Yongyu also specifically asked Jiang to pick them up at his own I bought two gourds, went to the warehouse to buy half a gourd of wine, tied each of them to Li Dequan's waist, Gu Yu was not idle, and carried two lanterns in his hand, so that he would not be afraid of the dark.

On the village road, at the foot of the tree, there was a group of people who were waiting for dinner and chatting. Seeing them making these things, they couldn't help asking jokingly. Chen Yongyu replied without turning his head: "Take the children to play in the lotus pond." , can’t do anything anyway.”

There are often clicks of clicks from behind, "It's different when people come back from the city. The family is so poor, and they still have such leisure."

"If I want to say this, it's good. If you are poor, you don't need to suffer all day long. Otherwise, there is nothing to look forward to in life."

No matter what they said, the wooden boat opened the water.

Under Jing Zhe and Chen Jiangsheng's repeated insistence, Chen Yongyu and the others also agreed, the four adults held Xia Zhi in the boat, Jing Zhe An Jinxuan and Chen Jiangsheng Xiao Manguyu in the boat, rowing here slowly one after the other.

This time, instead of using a bamboo pole, it was replaced with a scull, Jingzhe Chen Jiangsheng can also do it, Gu Yu is fine, and uses Xiao Man's legs as a pillow, lying on a slant.

The wind in the evening is also comfortable. Occasionally, there is a hint of warmth after the sun goes down. Unknown insects are flying above the head, and the fields on both sides of the river are swaying with the wind. Get better.

The suffering of those tiring days seems to be nothing. Gu Yu even looked up at the bright red sunset, thinking that she is so small, so small that it can be ignored, so wouldn't the so-called troubles on her body be even more troublesome? It's worth mentioning, she shook her head and laughed.

Before, the adults were still not at ease, and they were always telling them not far away, but after watching it for a while, they felt that Jing Zhe and An Jinxuan were very experienced in rowing the oars, and the boat was stable, so they were not so worried.

The lotus pond arrived soon, and they found a place to park the boat next to each other, and put out the pastries, eating and laughing, the lotus leaves seemed to turn black in the darkening sky, but The fragrance of the lotus did not diminish at all, but became extraordinarily intense in this tranquility, and occasionally the sound and cry of frogs jumping into the water could be heard.

Chen Yongyu and Li Dequan were drinking while talking about what they did when they were at the age of Jing Zhe, Wang Shi was also talking and laughing with Jiang Shi, and Gu Yu and the others were children, so it was even more lively.

Unknowingly, the sky is already dark, a crescent moon hangs in the sky, stars are densely scattered in the sky, and those who drink or not are a little tipsy at this time.

The food was almost eaten, but everyone's talk was not finished yet. Chen Jiangsheng didn't want to go back, so he made a bet with An Jinxuan that he would go into the water, catch fish and touch lotus roots, but he saw that Jiang had already wanted to go back, so he was very unwilling. They promised to come out again at the next holiday.

On the way back, Xia Zhi was already sound asleep in Wang's arms, and everyone stopped talking, and all listened to the sound of water brought by the oars.

Between the heaven and the earth, there was a silence.

(End of this chapter)