Chapter 25: The Whole Process of Watching and Killing the "Running Sheep" (1)

I was saying that this time I brought your aunt and sister back for the New Year, and the activities were not rich, if you went to your house to eat the 'soup' once and killed the 'running sheep', it would be different, your aunt and your sister will be happy!" Uncle Yang Bairong listened to Tian Limai's words and hurriedly said.

"Uncle, my father and mother said to let you go today!" Tian Limai said.

"Outside, how can we do it today? You see we are killing the 'running sheep', how can we get away!? We can't kill half of the slaughter and let go down to your house after eating the 'soup', and then come back and continue to kill, we can do this, but he will not agree to the master Fu who killed the sheep we invited!" After the uncle finished speaking, he smiled.

"I know, uncle, I've seen it all, but I don't know what to do β€”β€”,?" Tian Limai said.

"Let's go, outside, let's go have lunch first!" Uncle Yang Bairong patted Tian Limai on the shoulder.

When eating, the table is mainly mutton-based, there are mutton stewed radish, sour chili fried mutton, etc., grandpa said while eating: "Mei Zhen's family killed the pig, let the two grandchildren come to pick us up to eat soup, so many years, the grandsons have grown to fifteen or six years old, every year to kill the pigs to pick us up to eat" soup ", but we did not go once, this year it happened that Bai Rong and their family also came back, I think, in addition to leaving a person at home to feed the pigs, we will go tomorrow!"

As soon as my grandfather's words were finished, my grandmother said, "You all go, I'll look after the house at home!"

"Mom, don't fight, you go, you're so old, go with your father, I'm at home!" The eldest aunt said.

Grandma still wanted to fight to stay in the house, and his uncle Yang Baijun said: "Mom, what are you fighting for, you must go, you and Dad will go together!"

Uncle Yang Bairong and sister Yang Tingting also persuaded their grandmother to go, so their grandmother agreed!

Grandpa said: "Grandson, tomorrow we will go except for your eldest aunt, you three brothers and sisters will rest here tonight, and we will go tomorrow morning after breakfast!"

Hearing that she was going to rest for a night, Tian Qimei said to Tian Limai: "Brother, I want to go back, my father and mother won't let me stay outside!"

"Sister Tian, that's because your dad and your mom won't let you stay elsewhere, but it's allowed in your mother-in-law's house!" Grandma said.

According to the customs of the people of Wuling Mountain, Tian Limai's grandfather and grandmother, Tian Yimei should be called "father-in-law" and "mother-in-law", if the name is called "father-in-law (mother-in-law) - father-in-law (mother-in-law)" - mother-in-law (mother-in-law) - mother-in-law (mother-in-law) - mother-in-law (mother-in-law) - mother-in-law (mother-in-law) - sister-in-law (mother-in-law) - grandfather is called "father-in-law" and "mother-in-law" according to the generational title from bottom to top, that is, the son-in-law is called "father-in-law", "mother-in-law", Mother-in-law is "Father-in-law", "Mother-in-law", if there are people who are a little old outside the mountain to Wuling Mountain and someone calls you "Father-in-law" or "Mother-in-law", don't understand it as "Mother-in-law", "Mother-in-law", that is someone else wants to take advantage of you and want to be your son-in-law!

Tian Mimei still wants to say something, Tian Limai said: "Mi Mei, my grandfather's family killed sheep today, they can't go, you have to be obedient, and besides, you will also go and suffer, rest for one night, rest and rest, and I will explain to the second uncle and the second aunt when I go home!"

At this time, my sister Yang Tingting said something in Tian Yumei's ear, Tian Yimei smiled, nodded and agreed to stay overnight!

The lunch was quickly finished, and the grandfather, uncle, and uncle Fu Yushi sat and drank tea while chatting, and the sheep killer looked out the window and said, "It seems that we have to do early work today!"

Grandpa took a sip of tea, looked out the window, and then said, "Master Fu, why didn't you bring an apprentice?

"Oh, Brother Lao, which of today's young people still come to learn from me?! I'm in my sixties and about to turn seventy, and since I learned this craft in the early sixties of the last century, I haven't killed it a few times, but it's just that in the past two years, someone thought it was fun, so they invited me to come out and kill again, and I didn't kill it a few times!" Fu Yushi, the sheep killing master, said.

"Uncle Fu, I'll learn from you, will you accept it?" said Uncle Yang Bairong with a smile.

"Nephew, don't make fun of your uncle, you work well in Shi Nanchun Liquor Industry, learn what to do, this industry doesn't even have a stable income!" The sheep slayer passed on the talisman jade and shook his head.

"Uncle Fu Yu, it seems that there is no now, but when the time comes, it may not necessarily be the time to operate, now, with the development of science and technology, many of the ancient traditional skills around us have gradually disappeared, I think, the government will have some measures, such as the past hand-weaving, hand-weaving, carpenter skills, stonemason skills, etc., including your killing of 'running sheep', are about to be lost!" Uncle Yang Bairong said.

"No need, many ancient traditions are not needed, such as chasing corpses, now it is a legend, but there is indeed in the past, we have heard the older generation say since childhood, okay, nephew, we still go to complete our task, there is still a sheep to kill!" Fu Yushi, the sheep killing master, finished the last sip of tea, stood up and said.

Seeing that the sheep killing master stood up, his grandfather said, "Master Fu, it's still early, still sit down!"

"Brother Lao, do your work and sit again!" The sheep slaughterer walked out of the fire pit house.

Uncle Yang Baijun and uncle Yang Bairong followed out of the fire pit house. Tian Limai stood up and wanted to go out with him, at this time, the eldest aunt and aunt were cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks and the dinner table, and the younger sister Tian Liyu asked her grandmother who was still sitting and drinking tea: "Grandma, the grandfather who killed the 'running sheep' said that we can't watch it, can we really not watch it?"

The younger sister Tian Liyu asked what she meant, just to go and see it, and her grandmother knew Tian Liyu's heart, so she said: "Granddaughter, didn't your grandfather tell you?

"Grandma, grandpa said it, but we want to go and see it!" Sister Tian Liyu finally said what was in her heart!

"Obedient, granddaughter! If you can't look at it, you won't look at it!" Grandma said.

Tian Limai saw that his sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yumei wanted to go and see it, so he seemed to say to himself: "I'll go to the convenience!" As he spoke, he walked out of the fire pit house.

Tian Limai walked to the eaves of the hall and stood on the eaves of the steps, and when he saw it, there were no adults in the courtyard dam, but there were still some little boys standing on the edge of the courtyard dam to watch!

At this time, a sheep of about 100 catties was led into the yard, and the sheep barked "bleating, bleating", ignorant of the impending danger!

Uncle Yang Bairong sprinkled a handful of bud grains on the ground and let the sheep eat them, maybe this handful of bud seeds was the only thing the Hu sheep ate when he left this world, just like letting people drink a bowl of wine and eat a good meal when they killed people in the past!

Fu Yushi, the sheep killer, walked over and patted the sheep, untied the rope with the sheep, and removed the sheep bell on the neck of the sheep, this sheep bell is put on the sheep by the sheep keeper in order to put the sheep in the mountains to make it easy to find, if the sheep can not be seen in the mountains and forests, the sheep keeper will find the sheep with the sound of the sheep bell!

The sheep raised its head and looked at the jade rune of the sheep killer, and had no idea that this person was going to send it to the palace of Hades, and it thought that this person was showing favor to it!

After Fu Yushifu, the sheep killer, untied the rope and bell of the sheep, he walked to the back basket where he put the sheep killing tools, took out a piece of fiery yellow paper from the basket and lit it, muttered a few words silently, and then threw the burning fiery yellow paper into the air!

Fu Yushi, the sheep killer, took out a small glass bottle from the back basket, the glass bottle contained a transparent liquid, he opened the bottle cap and sniffed it under his nose, and then went straight to the side of the sheep, at this time the sheep was still on the ground to pick up buds and eat one by one, he patted the sheep again, and the sheep barked twice, and then he shook the glass bottle under the nose of the sheep, never thought that the sheep was looking for the taste of "baa, baa" The ground screamed and wanted to drink the contents of the glass bottle, this is the effect that the sheep killer wanted, and the sheep killer slowly tilted out the liquid in the glass bottle and let the sheep lick it, until the liquid in the bottle was licked!

After licking and eating, the sheep seemed to be very satisfied, the sheep killer passed Fu Yushi patted the sheep again, and the sheep called twice "baa, blea", and continued to go to the ground to pick up the bud grains one by one to eat, the sheep killing master Fu Yushi walked to the back basket and put the glass bottle and bottle, and took out a sharp knife from the back basket, which is a typical sharp knife used to kill sheep in the Wuling Mountain area, the knife is shining with cold light, and you know that it is extremely sharp at a glance!

Fu Yushi, the sheep killer, took the knife to his mouth and sighed, and then handed it to his left hand to hold, and the thumb, second finger, index finger, and little finger of his right hand were tightly held, leaving only the middle finger straightened, and then I saw something in his mouth, and the middle finger of his right hand stretched out on the sharp knife again!

At this time, a strange thing happened, the sheep suddenly "bleaβ€”β€”, baa-" and let out two long screams, and suddenly stopped eating the buds on the ground, and ran in circles around the center of the yard dam!

Tian Limai was attracted by this strange scene, and was suddenly stunned!

Then how did the sheep run from the ground? The sheep didn't say anything, and they didn't run around, or did they run in circles around the yard dam?

Tian Limai looked at this qiΔ“ puzzled, at this time, his grandfather also came out of the house, his grandfather stood next to Tian Limai, saw Tian Limai's appearance, and said: "This is the strangeness of killing the 'running sheep', the sheep that is about to be killed is running in circles like this, it is said that the sheep has no rope to hold, it should be running around!"

Tian Limai stared at the center of the courtyard dam tightly!