Chapter 160: Chi Yi
"Let's go down this street and we can also go to the back mountain," Chi Ling said as she slowly led the way in front, this is her home, where she has lived since she was a child, and she can find the familiarity of the place with her eyes closed.
The village at night is still very tasteful, a few people walked around for an hour and did not feel bored, walking along the river, the temperature at night is lower than during the day, there is a white mist floating on the water, from time to time a breeze blows and disperses, and after a while it steames out some more.
Walking through the last stilted building, there are fields of crops one by one, and you can see half a head of white radishes and other vegetables, all of which are original crops, and sometimes you can smell a smell of dung, but it is not pungent.
Walking along the stone path by the river, you can see a light behind the mountain, and if you listen closely, you can faintly hear the sound of people laughing and talking, this mountain is not very large, even if you walk around the foot of this mountain, it will not take long to return to the original point.
After walking through a ridge, you can see the light, it is from a platform over there, and you can see some figures walking around, saying that it is a platform, but it is better to say that it is a square, there is a big stone sculpture, Li Zimu knows this sculpture, it is the soldier master Chiyou.
Underneath the sculpture is a large stone furnace, and the stove is so large that five or six people have to hold it hand in hand. Four stone pillars are erected at the four corners of the stone platform, and the three-dimensional stone dragon is carved on the pillars, and it is obvious that this stone platform is not only a square, but also an altar, as for the role of the altar, it is nothing more than to worship the heavens and the earth to worship ghosts and gods, or to hold large-scale activities.
Miao people rarely believe in Buddhism and Taoism, they believe in Christianity more than Buddhism, the vast majority of Miao people believe in nature and ghosts, but this Chijia village, of course, believes in their ancestor Chiyou.
"Let's go, let's go up and have a look" Chi Ling turned his head to Li Zimu and the two said, and took the lead to walk down the stone steps to the platform, the stone steps are very long, and Li Zimu counted the number of exactly ninety-nine steps.
At this time, the stone platform is already full of large round tables and plastic stools, which should be prepared for the centenarian's birthday party tomorrow, and the area under the sculpture has placed a lot of meat in pots, which should have been taken care of in the past two days, and the weather will not deteriorate even if it is placed outside for a day or two.
Li Zimu looked at the scene in the stands, there were about 20 people, all laughing and chatting around there, the women gathered around to choose vegetables and peel or take care of the feathers of chickens and ducks, and the men were holding flamethrowers and burning the pigs they had killed earlier to prepare for tomorrow.
"Damu, Wapama?" asked as she walked up to a woman in an apron and smiled as she lay on her back, Li Zimu could tell, he was asking where her father was, and the woman was her aunt.
"Nomu, Ahhh
When Li Zimu passed by Aunt Chi Ling, all the women were looking at the two foreigners curiously, mostly curious but not hostile, Li Zimu glanced around, smiled at her aunt and said hello, and followed Chi Ling to the front.
"Dad!" Chi Ling saw her father's busy figure from a distance, and began to scream, Miao Yu's father read that Dad had no other pronunciation, the middle-aged man followed the voice, smiled at Chi Ling's doting, looked at Li Zimu behind her, and didn't say anything and couldn't see the expression.
"These two are my classmates, this is Li Zimu, this is Zhang Jingyang, this is my father" Chi Ling introduced each other in Mandarin, Li Zimu and they haven't seen her father for a few hours, this is the first time they have met, so naturally they want to introduce it.
"Hello uncle, I take the liberty to disturb you" Li Zimu said with a smile, the middle-aged man in front of him is not very similar to Chi Ling, it seems that Chi Ling is with her mother, the middle-aged man is burly, about the same height as Li Zimu, he looks very strong, even in this night when there are only a few degrees, he is also a white vest and shorts slippers, and his muscles have a kind of explosive beauty.
"Well, welcome to you" Father Chi nodded and said, there was no expression on his face, the appearance of not smiling gave people a serious feeling, the temperament of not being angry and arrogant was like being a leader of the village, the strength Li Zimu couldn't see it, and if the person who practiced martial arts didn't do it, he generally couldn't see the specific strength of the other party, unless he said it himself.
"Where's my brother?" said the spirit suspiciously, his eyes swept around and he didn't see anyone, so he began to ask.
"Busy in the back of there," Father Chi said, turning his head to look at the sculpture and smiling at the Spirit.
"Let's go, I'll take you to meet my brother" Chi Ling turned his head to look at Li Zimu and said with a smile, walked around the crowd and walked behind the sculpture, Li Zimu and Zhang Jingyang also followed, and circled around the base of Chi You's sculpture for half a circle, and saw a young man sitting on a bench, holding a live chicken in his hand and cutting his neck to bleed, skillfully stabbing one by one.
"Stay!" the young man heard the voice and looked up to see that it was the spirit, and the doting in his eyes involuntarily overflowed, and after seeing the two foreigners behind his sister, the smile on his face slowly retracted, and all the changes were in his eyes.
"Zimu, this is my brother, his name is Chi Yi, brother, this is the Li Zimu I told you a few days ago, this is Zhang Jingyang" Chi Ling said to her brother with a smile, not noticing the change in Chi Yi's face before.
"Hello, my name is Li Zimu" Li Zimu said lightly, I didn't expect Chi Ling to have a biological brother, the young man is about twenty-four or five years old, he looks very handsome, and he doesn't have the dark yellow complexion of the Miao family's man's skin, but is a little white.
The height of one meter eight is about the same as Li Zimu, according to contemporary aesthetic standards, he is a beautiful man type, and he looks more like the father of Chi Ling he saw before, and everyone in this family is very good-looking, Li Zimu thought to himself.
However, this person seems to be a little hostile to himself, the corners of Li Zimu's mouth are slightly upturned, judging from his previous expression, this person is very doting on Chi Ling's own sister, so Li Zimu is not surprised at all about his inexplicable hostility towards himself.
"Hello, my name is Chi Yi" Chi Yi stood up and wiped his hand with a towel and stretched out to Li Zimu and said, there was no expression on his face, but the indifference in his eyes did not hide from Li Zimu's eyes, he regarded Li Zimu as an enemy.