Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 101 Dragon Dance
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the villagers go to each house to pay New Year's greetings in the morning, and in the afternoon, they open the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, light the long lanterns, and then dance the dragon and the lion.

Ye Yuan's father passed away a few years ago, so Fang also specially went to light the ever-burning lantern for him, and brought Liu Man'er and others to worship. She looked at the altar and muttered to herself, wondering if she was talking to Father Ye Saying something, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, Liu Man'er felt a little sad for no reason.

Life is impermanent. Fortunately, I still have the opportunity to do it again, so that I can enjoy life and cherish the people in front of me.

Although she knew it was impossible, Liu Man'er still hoped that Father Ye would be reborn in another place.

After the sentimentality is over, it is lively. Dawan Village is a large village nearby, and they are indispensable for the dragon and lion dance every year.

Even in a disaster year, the head of the village would send the young and middle-aged people in the village to dance the dragon in several nearby villages. This year is a good year, so the grand event of the dragon dance is naturally even more grand.

Early in the morning, the head of the village asked people to open the ancestral hall and brought out the things needed for the dragon dance. After worshiping the ancestors, many young and middle-aged people in the village looked at the dragon dance things and were eager to try.

Liu Man'er was also very happy watching the bustling crowd. It's not that she has never seen a dragon dance, but she was still very excited to see this scene with her own eyes.

Some people have already started beating gongs and drums. The young and middle-aged people in the village are all wearing their hair, putting a cloth scarf embroidered with Dawan Village on their foreheads, and wrapping a red cloth around their waists. They all look very energetic .

All the men, women and children in the village came to watch the fun, and Liu Man'er was also crowded in the crowd. She looked at Ye Yuan and asked, "Ye Yuan, do you want to go to the dragon dance? I think you can dance with Ye Qing for a while." A lion."

Yes, there are many strange things in Dawan Village, besides dragons, there are also lions, and some things she doesn't know.

"You want to go?" Ye Yuan looked at Liu Man'er, in fact, he didn't really like to join in the fun.

But Liu Man'er is very interested in such activities. She is like a child now, and she finds these traditional things very novel.

"Can I go?" Liu Man'er said: "If I can go, I will definitely go, but the chief will definitely not let me go, he will only let men go."

In this village, the status of men and women is different, not only in this village, but also in this country. The status of women is quite low. If the head of the village asks him to go to the dragon dance, the dragon dance team will be killed. Other villages will die of laughter.

"Of course, you can take a sedan chair." Ye Yuan pointed to those flower boats and said.

Liu Man'er looked along where Ye Yuan pointed, those oddly shaped things with a hollow in the middle were sedan chairs?

"Ye Yuan, do you want to come to the dragon dance this year?" Many villagers have already stood up spontaneously, but the village chief still values ​​Ye Yuan more, so he asked him a question.

"Let me dance the lion." Ye Yuan nodded, "I will dance that lion with my brother."

Speaking of which, Ye Yuan looked sideways at Ye Qing beside him, "Second brother, which lion shall we dance?"

"Of course." Ye Qing nodded hastily. Being able to represent the village to go to the dragon and lion dance is also a matter of face, not to mention, he has long wanted to go, last year, he went to the dance The dragon, but the position of Wu's dragon tail.

The lion dance is very attractive. There are four lions in the village, and a total of eight people are needed. Presumably many people want to go to the lion dance.

"Okay then, let you brothers dance that colorful lion." Li Chang said, pointing to a lion piled outside.

Last year, Ye Yuan was not invited, but this year, Ye Yuan actually nodded and agreed, um, yes, there is an extra good young man, and let people in other villages know that their village is full of talents.

They are all good men, go to other villages to dance a few more times, so that they can attract a few good girls to marry into their own village.

"Well, okay, just give that sedan chair to my wife." Ye Yuan pointed to a lotus-shaped flower boat and said.

After hearing Ye Yuan's words, the village chief was slightly taken aback. This lotus-shaped flower boat is a flower boat that many girls and women rush to sit on every year. This is Ye Yuan's daughter-in-law?

Turning his eyes towards Liu Man'er, the head of the village realized that Liu Man'er was dressed very beautifully today, he didn't expect that silly and foolish person to dress up in such a beautiful way today, as beautiful as a young lady in the city.

"Yes, yes." The chief immediately agreed, thinking that it would be no problem for Liu Man'er to be the image endorsement of their village.

It's just that Liu Man'er didn't want to agree, she pinched Ye Yuan, and she felt that she should belong to the kind of person who dances dragons bravely, this so-called bridal sedan chair is really ugly, and it's also a little funny.

Ye Yuan and Ye Qing went to try the lion, and Liu Man'er was brought to this lotus-shaped flower boat by the head lady.

The head lady said kindly to Liu Man'er: "You haven't sat in this sedan chair before, have you?"

"No." Liu Man'er shook her head.

Here, the eldest lady asked Liu Man'er to stand in the middle of the flower boat, then lifted the flower boat up, and then fixed it to Liu Man'er's body with the rope on top.

In fact, this flower boat is made of bamboo, covered with a layer of red cloth, the middle is empty, and the bottom is surrounded by pink cloth. The flower boat is like sitting on a sedan chair.

Liu Man'er felt so embarrassed, it was really ugly, and it was so funny.

But Ye Yuan had already put on the lion costume, and he was still blinking at her from the lion's eyes and mouth, Liu Man'er remembered that she was interested in this in the first place, so she encouraged Ye Yuan to go to the dragon and lion dance.

"Ye Yuan, isn't it a bit ugly." Liu Man'er said in a low voice.

"How can you be ugly? You look so good in this sedan chair." After hearing Liu Man'er's words, the Li Chang's lady said from the side.

Uh……

But Liu Man'er still thought it was a bit funny, she was a normal person, hanging a huge bamboo lotus around her, and standing in the middle, is this called sitting in a sedan chair?

Why do you feel a little ashamed?
But seeing the women and girls around wearing the flower boat with a smile on their face, Liu Man'er didn't feel embarrassed anymore.

What are you afraid of? Anyway, everyone is like this, and I feel very honored.

After all, this is a local custom, and I should abandon my own aesthetics and play well.

"Yeah, Miss Li Chang, you are right, it is indeed very beautiful." Liu Man'er spread her hands and twirled around as she spoke, the curtains hanging under the flower boat fluttered, and she really had a little bit of fairy air.

Seeing Liu Man'er turning around in a circle, the eldest lady here laughed, "Silly lady, you used to look a little silly, but now your man came back and trained you so well, and now you are so polite, silly lady. She is already a good daughter-in-law in our village."

Tutoring? !
How do you hear this word, how do you feel a little...

Is it really good to use it here?

Liu Man'er chuckled in her heart, but on her face she said with a gentle and polite face: "Miss Li Chang, you're flattering yourself."

There are still many people in this village who call her silly mother, but most of them have no malicious intentions, they are just used to calling her like this, and Liu Man'er is also used to calling her like this.

Just be stupid if you are stupid, women are not stupid and men don't hurt.

Next, the dragon dance teams are ready. Everyone wears red scarves with embroidered characters on their heads, holds the Great Bay Sacred Wand, and supports the Jiuyuan Shenlong. It looks really interesting.

Then those who beat the gongs also tied the waist drums and gongs around their waists, and some people still tied stilts on their legs, I don't know what they want to do.

Liu Man'er thinks she's pretty good, but she really doesn't know how to use stilts, so tall, just two points, can it really be balanced?

But these villagers seem to be really stable and pretty good, it seems that the masters are among the folks.

"Okay, let's start!" With the order of the chief, the sound of gongs and drums began to sound, the dragon's head began to dance, the lion began to dance, and those people on stilts were all waving red flags, which read A big "leaf" character.

Although there are people with various surnames in Dawan Village, it is said that the earliest people were people with the surname Ye. Later, in order to avoid the war, more and more people moved in. Later, the village gradually changed its name to Dawan Village.

But now, on the genealogy of Dawan Village, the Ye family still has the most, and the ancestors of the Ye family are the earliest recorded in the genealogy.

The reason why the chief asked Ye Yuan if he would go to the dragon dance was also because Ye Yuan's surname was Ye. After all, in such a society, even if he was from a village, there would be some xenophobic things.

Although this village has been living together for many years, the Ye family always believes that the Ye family is the owner of the village. It seems that all the chiefs of the past generations have the surname Ye, and half of the people in this village have the surname Ye. For this reason, people with other surnames Even if you want to be the village chief of Dawan Village, you won't be able to.

Closer to home, Liu Man'er felt that such dances by the villagers were quite imposing, especially when they stepped on stilts and raised banners, ordinary people couldn't ignore it even if they wanted to.

After saying hello to Fang and the others, Liu Man'er smiled and set out on the road with some women. Everyone walked along the road with the large army. They have been dancing all the time, and these women sitting in sedan chairs are still leaning on the side of the flower boat, imitating the way they sit on sedan chairs, and Liu Man'er is almost dying of laughter.

But while she was laughing, a woman from the village came to remind her, "Hey, silly lady, you can't do this sedan chair, you have to shake it."

As the woman spoke, she also showed Liu Man'er a demonstration. Liu Man'er already regretted it a bit. This kind of movement is really an awkward dance, and she really can't learn it.

Liu Man'er nodded with a smirk, and slowly walked to the back of the line. Before anyone noticed, she transferred the flower boat on her body to a spectator in the village, and then slowly moved to the back of the line. Get out of the crowd and become a bystander.

After the dragon dance team danced around in their own village, they went to other villages to show off the strength of their own village. Liu Man'er didn't have much fun to watch, so she returned to her home.

(End of this chapter)