Chapter 20: The Lion Dance Team
Zhao Qiwu didn't sleep well that night.
He was tired all day, and it was already the second half of the night when he went to bed, so he should be able to sleep, but as soon as he fell asleep today, he began to dream.
I dreamed that I didn't know how to be in heaven with a lot of people, and then I stood there to collect the toll, and whoever wanted to go down had to pay for myself.
10,000 yuan per person, and tens of thousands of dollars were collected in a short time.
Seeing that there was nowhere to pile up a lot of money, he was trying his best to make his clouds bigger, when suddenly a big slap came over: "Xiao Wu, get up!"
The voice is very familiar, it is the voice of my mother.
Wake up, what do you get? Don't you see that I'm busy collecting money?
Another slap came over and completely woke him up!
Then Zhao Qiwu opened his eyes and saw his mother standing on the side of the bed, her slap still raised, looking at himself and laughing: "What kind of dream does the silly boy have, he is so happy to be happy when he dreams......
Zhao Qiwu blushed and rubbed his eyes: "Mom, what time is it, you call me? ”
Huang Dani was very reasonable: "I knocked, I didn't come in until you got up." Besides, you look at the time yourself, it's almost eight o'clock!"
Zhao Qiwu's face was bitter at that time: "You call me before eight o'clock?"
"Didn't you ask someone from Xiaoshi Shop to come? What if someone came early? You hurry up, eat early and wait. Huang Dani urged.
Zhao Qiwu was helpless, knowing that it was useless to say anything, so he got up and began to get dressed.
There's no way, he can see his parents, no matter how big or small, as long as there is something, he can't settle down.
They all said it was okay last night, just because Boss Shi was coming, and because Boss Shi didn't come, in short, they couldn't settle down, and they didn't sleep after three shifts in the middle of the night.
Finally, I just slept for a while, and I had to get up again.
It seems that if this is not over, I will not want to sleep peacefully.
......
After getting dressed, I came out and looked at the washbasin on the washbasin shelf at the entrance of the hall, and the water in it was quite clean. I touched my face twice with water, and I washed my face.
It's really just two times, I'm in a bad mood, and I don't want to wash more.
The mood is bad because of the people in the hall, a few mothers-in-law are babbling inside, talking about yesterday's events.
Zhao Qiwu also knew that the one who started was the daughter-in-law of the Song Er family, as well as the daughter-in-law of Sun Liuzi and the daughter-in-law of Hong Yu, all of whom were the kind of people in the village who were good at inquiring about things.
It is customary to call them 'long-tongued women'.
In fact, the relationship is really ordinary, and there are even some dislikes. Because Huang Dani is from outside, a foreign accent has never been able to blend into the crowd of locals, and Zhao Jingshan's family has something to do on weekdays, and these women have not passed on any good words.
They came over, that is, to inquire about some news, and then turned around so that they could go out and spread the word.
But Zhao Jingshan and his family are honest people, and they can't do the kind of thing that drives people out directly - when they open the door early in the morning, these people greet them uninvited, and people know that these two people will not tear their faces and drive them out.
There is not a word that Zhao Qiwu likes to hear, and when he says it, Xiao Wu is too reckless and should not offend people. And then make suggestions, who are the relatives, who do you know, who are the relatives, who are the relatives, who the relatives know, and who can talk to Shi Laoda......
If Zhao Qiwu didn't have the ability and offended Boss Shi, he would really have to ask everywhere to find someone, but now!
Anyway, Zhao Qiwu didn't want to listen to what these women said, if he wasn't afraid that his parents would be mad, he would want to go into the house now, and let this group of long-tongued women hurry away.
When I was admitted to high school, some people in the village said how they were lucky with shit, and it was definitely the words of these women.
It's only these people, and they can't see others well-when they see others in distress, they will still be like now, pretending to come over and say a few words. But if you're better than them, just wait, they can make up myths and legends behind their backs.
......
After standing for a while, Zhao Qiwu didn't go in, and went directly to the kitchen to serve the meal, and walked into the door of the hall.
Then, without making a sound, he kicked over a chair and sat down at the table, and began to eat with a dark face.
At that time, Zhao Jingshan and his wife couldn't hold back their faces, Huang Dani reluctantly smiled at those people, turned her head and stared at Zhao Qiwu viciously: "You don't know how to let people eat, you went to high school in vain, and you read all the books to dogs......"
Zhao Qiwu's impolite attitude almost stunned her.
When there are outsiders at meal time, whether you want to see you or not, you have to say hello, right? This kid eats by himself, and he doesn't even greet people when he sees them, and when he doesn't see this room of people, it's just a portrayal of no one alive in his eyes.
Zhao Qiwu was not angry, and his face darkened: "I am among the top few in the exam, and when I am admitted to university, you will know where to study!"
Over there, Hong Yu's daughter-in-law reluctantly smiled and said: "Student, he's still young, don't keep talking about him, Dani, I was admitted to high school......
Sun Liuzi's daughter-in-law also smiled: "Yes, high school students......"
Zhao Qiwu felt harsh when he heard their words, and replied in a weird way: "Yes, I was admitted to the school by walking shit." The blessings of the old Zhao family were used up all at once, and the grass on the ancestral grave was a few days earlier than that of other people's families......"
These words were all circulated in the village at the beginning, saying that Zhao Qiwu was not the material for going to school in the first place, and why he was admitted to high school was because of the blessings accumulated by his ancestors. Because it was used too much, even the grass on the ancestral grave withered earlier than that on other graves......
Zhao Qiwu almost vomited blood when he heard this, although Lao Tzu didn't have that broken plate in his mind before, it was really not much material for school, but he could get a broken plate and a formula, that was also his luck, wasn't it?
The paralyzed Lao Tzu was admitted to a high school, and the grass on the ancestral grave can be linked, these long-tongued women are really talented, so special can they think!
......
Zhao Qiwu ate with a black face, Zhao Jingshan only smoked without saying a word, and Huang Dani said a few words to a few mothers-in-law, and those mothers-in-law also felt bored when they saw this.
Anyway, they all heard what they should inquire, and the two couldn't say anything, they could already go back and make up nonsense, so they left noisily.
As soon as they left, Huang Dani was reluctant to talk about Zhao Qiwu, after all, she had heard some rumors at the beginning, and she was so angry. It's a pity that the interpersonal relationships in the village are not as good as those women, and she can't talk about others.
But he was still angry in his heart, so he simply sent it to Zhao Jingshan, who was smoking next to him: "Why are you sitting after eating? You have also become a god, and you can't starve to death by smoking two puffs of cigarettes?"
Zhao Jingshan's face was very helpless, and he took two more mouthfuls before standing up and going to serve the meal.
......
The family didn't know that when Zhao Qiwu was still getting up, several nearby villages were already boiling.
Here in the town of Three Rivers, there is also the tradition of lion and dragon dances on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
However, it is usually a lion dance in the town, and most of the owners of the shops along the street have a fun, and when they see the lion dancers coming to the door of their own stores, they set off firecrackers to attract the lion dancers to make a fuss in front of their homes, symbolizing the prosperity of the year.
Of course, the shop asks for money or gifts from the lion dancers, and no matter what the lion dancers accept, some people carry bags to receive gifts. Depending on the amount of gifts and money, the length of their lion dance is decided.
There is generally no one in the village, because there are many poor people in the village, and the lion dancers cannot earn benefits, and they are not happy to be busy in vain.
But today was different, a large group of seven or eight lions, dressed in red and hanging colors, beating gongs and drums, dancing as they went.
There is also no large-scale lion dance team in the area of Trois-Rivières, which is usually two lions. Such a team of seven or eight heads is not at all something that a single village can put together.
Therefore, where the lion dance team passed, adults and children from all over the country were shocked.
The people gathered began to speculate about whose family had a great joy and was willing to spend money to invite so many lions.
But there was something strange about the procession, the lion dancers weren't weird, the people who followed were strange.
Some of the villagers recognized those people and whispered a few words to the people next to them, and it didn't take long for almost everyone to know.
This lion dance team was invited by Shi Boss from Xiao Shi Shop, and he himself pushed a bicycle with a big red flower in front and followed behind the lion dance team. Beside him, there are also more than a dozen guys who are not careful, that is, his little brother.
What does Boss Shi want to do?
People who watched the excitement speculated, but no one dared to come forward and ask. Even if Boss Shi had a smile on his face at this moment, even if the little brothers behind him were very honest, no one dared to ask.
But the children can't care so much, anyway, there is a bustle, how happy it is to have a lion, so they keep running back and forth, without stopping for a moment.
Gradually, some idlers followed to watch the excitement, and some were curious. Anyway, there are a lot of idlers, there are always good things, and I want to follow to see what Boss Shi wants to do.
Before the lion dance team arrived in Zhaojiawan, someone had already run here in advance to spread the news: Boss Shi invited a lion dance team, beating gongs and drums to come here!
In an instant, many people remembered what happened yesterday, the stunned boy from Zhao Jingshan's family who went to high school, carried a wooden stick and beat the person who came to ask for an account!
But it's not right to think about it again, it stands to reason that Zhao Qiwu's kid beat someone, and now Boss Shi is right to come with a knife and a gun, why can't he invite a lion dance team?
Could it be that the lion can really be a cannibal?