"Torch Festival?"

Gu Jialuo raised an eyebrow and asked with a little curiosity. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yes, the Torch Festival is one of the most important festivals we have here."

Zhu said with a smile as he gave Ah Zhuo a look at his side.

Ah Zhuo is still dressed in traditional national costume, wearing a gold-silk cockscomb and fishtail silver bubble hat on his head, and the black hat is embroidered with beautiful patterns in bright colors such as red, green and orange.

The upper body is worn with wide sleeves on the right side, and a long black skirt underneath, and the cuffs and skirt are embroidered with bright embroidery thread two finger widths.

On the feet of a pair of embroidered shoes, the upper of each embroidered a six-petal silver buckle, the silver buckle hangs three silver chains, the silver chain is hung with a small silver bell, moving, it will make a crisp sound.

Ah Zhuo is a jumpy character, and he likes to wear pants the most on weekdays, and it is extremely rare to wear a long skirt like today.

She didn't seem to be used to it, and when she sat down, she directly picked up the skirt and sat down boldly, the long skirt was pulled up, revealing a wheat-colored calf and a pair of small feet.

When Gu Jialuo and Zhu were chatting, Ah Zhuo was bored, playing with a sachet hanging from his waist in his hand, and his two little feet were dangling one by one.

If it weren't for Azhuo's first impression of Gu Jialuo being too bad, just looking at her appearance, Gu Jialuo would have thought that she was an innocent and delicate mountain girl.

Gu Jialuo glanced at Ah Zhuo without a trace, and after Duan's popular science, Gu Jialuo also had some understanding of the costumes of several ethnic minorities.

Take the long skirt that Ah Zhuo wears today, ordinary Yi girls mostly wear colorful short skirts or three-cut pleated skirts, but on formal occasions, they still wear long skirts.

And the longer the skirt, the more noble the woman's status.

In Shuixi, the Zhan family is not as noble as the An family, not a toast, but it is also a generation leader and a nobleman. Therefore, Azhuo wearing such a long dress is the most in line with her identity.

It's a pity that this girl is too 'stupid', and she is used as a gun by the Zhu family all day long.

Gu Jialuo sighed silently, but his face did not show the slightest.

Ah Zhuo received Zhu's hint, suppressed the reluctance in his heart, and said coldly: "That's right, the 24th of this month is the torch festival of our Yi family. Every time there is a torch festival, whether it is the mountain people in the village or the people in the county town, the whole family will go out and carnival all night......"

Ah Zhuo said it dryly, not at all funny.

Gu Jialuo thought it was interesting, and no matter how unwilling Ah Zhuo's expression was, he put on a listening look.

Ah Zhuo blinked, originally wanted to finish in three or two sentences, but seeing that this noble lady from the capital was so interested, she couldn't help but have a little bit of a showy mind, and her tone was not as flat as Fang Cai's, "The Torch Festival will be held for a total of three days, and the first day is to welcome the fire...... The next day, the fire was fired, and the men raced, wrestled, and cockfight, while the women sang and danced...... On the third day, the fire was delivered. ”

Ah Zhuo felt that he had spoken very vividly, but Zhu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his forehead.

What a torch festival, what a festive, joyful, and lively festival, through Ah Zhuo's words, it immediately became boring.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the 'plan', Zhu hurriedly smiled and added: "You don't know, our torch festival here is the most lively. On June 24, when night falls, every household gathers at the altar with torches, and the light of the fire illuminates half of the county, and you can hear the cheers, songs, and drums coming from the altar while sitting at home. On that day, no matter how restrained the little daughter-in-law is, no matter how serious the old grandfather is, he will show his demeanor......"

Zhu's mouth was really much more than Azoliso, and the more he talked, the more excited he became, and finally stroked his palms and said with a smile: "Ouch, don't mention how lively it is." During the Torch Festival, whether it is the Yi family or the Miao family, they will celebrate together. After all, everyone wants to drive away calamity and pray for a good harvest, right? ”

Gu Jialuo's eyes flashed slightly, as if he understood something.

Zhu said: "So every year during the Torch Festival, the people of our county, regardless of ethnicity, age, or gender, will join in with torches. ”

Saying that, Zhu looked at Gu Jialuo, with expectation in his eyes: "Ruren, although the concubine has not known you for a long time, I know that you are a person who understands the righteousness, takes into account the overall situation, and abides by etiquette and virtue. ”

Gu Jialuo raised her eyebrows, what a big hat, but she couldn't refuse yet.

Zhu's words were earnest: "And the Torch Festival is one of the most important festivals in Usa, and everyone will gladly participate in it, regardless of dignity or inferiority. As the most honorable woman in Usa, she must not want to be absent from such a grand event, yes or no? ”

Really...... Gu Jialuo hooked the corners of his lips and looked at Zhu fixedly.

Zhu didn't dodge and looked straight back.

The eyes of the two met in the air, and neither of them would back down.

Crackling and sparkling, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little weird.

Ah Zhuo, who has always been single-celled, sensed that something was wrong and moved his body unnaturally.

"What Mrs. Zhu said is, how can I miss such a grand festival?"

Gu Jialuo stared at Zhu's eyes and said softly.

"That's really good, when it's the right day, the concubine will come and invite the widow to go with you, okay?"

Zhu's eyes flashed, obviously she didn't expect Gu Jialuo to be so happy, she thought that she would have to spend a little more lips and tongues.

"Okay, there's Mrs. Laozhu!" The embroidery on the cuffs of Gu Jialuo's mistress replied that it was a light breeze.

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"There are several cooking methods for golden-threaded fish, but our mountains are simple, not as good as you nobles, the little woman can talk about it casually, sister-in-law Qi, you have the right to listen to the excitement,"

The corner of the black thin woman's eyes swept to someone passing by, and hurriedly changed her words and said: "First, you can make salt-and-pepper goldenrod fish, and the method is also simple, that is—"

Ziwei carried a food box, glanced at the root of the wall, and saw that it was Qi Jingui's family and a Yi woman talking.

The conversation between the two was not small, Ziwei vaguely heard what 'fish', remembered that this woman often came to send firewood, mountain delicacies, and vegetables, and it was estimated that she had sent some fresh fish today, so she didn't think much about it, and went directly into the main courtyard.

The thin black woman breathed a sigh of relief and continued to persuade in a low voice: "Sister-in-law Qi, don't worry, I will never let you do anything to betray the master, just do a small favor." I won't tell you the truth, my man used to eat mixed rice at the yamen, and he taught me this official language, I only hate him for making trouble for a while, and he actually made trouble with Xu Si and those people, and broke the rules of Lord Qi......"

It turned out that the husband of the black thin woman was once a servant of the county government, and because of his straightforward temperament, he was often used as a gun by Xu Si, Liu Qi'er and others.

When Qi Jinzhi ordered for the first time, the woman's husband was coaxed by Xu Si and did not obey the orders of Xinzhi County, so he lost his errand and was beaten ten boards.

Their family is just ordinary people, the family has no savings, and the man has to recuperate from his injuries after losing his job, and almost spent all the family's money.

The woman was forced to have no choice but to do her old job and go back to the village to pick some mountain delicacies and wild vegetables to sell in the county.

Fortunately, she can speak some official language, and has lived in the county for some days, more knowledgeable than ordinary village women, and has a relationship with the people of the Xie business, and finally was photographed by the Xie shopkeeper of the business, and specially asked her to lead a few villagers to regularly send firewood, vegetables and other things to the rear office.

The thin black woman was talking about her situation as she quietly stuffed an object the size of a thumb into Qi Jingui's house.

Qi Jingui's family didn't stretch out his hand, and first looked at it carefully, it was a silver-gilt gem-inlaid butterfly pattern hairpin, and the silver gilt was just that, not worth anything. However, the five or six ruby sapphires embedded in it are in good condition, and they are worth about a few dozen taels of silver.

Qi Jingui's knowledge of the goods, just a glance to estimate the price of this hairpin. A flash of greed flashed in her eyes, but she quickly hid it again.

Coughing lightly, Qi Jingui's family asked cautiously, "What do you want me to help?" ”

The story told by the black thin woman was half-believed by Qi Jingui's family. But that doesn't stop her from making extra money.

As soon as the black thin woman heard what Qi Jingui's family said, she knew that there was a door, she directly stuffed the hairpin to Qi Jingui's family, and said in her mouth: "It's not a difficult thing, I just want to ask my sister-in-law to help inquire, when will Lord Qi come back." ”

Qi Jingui's expression suddenly became serious, and he hurriedly threw the things in his hand into the woman's arms, "I can't help with this." "Watching the whereabouts of the master, this is a festival that wants to find death.

A different color flashed in the eyes of the black thin woman, and she pretended to be disappointed and said: "I, I don't mean anything else, I just want to find an opportunity to help my man intercede, he is an honest man, he has the strength in his hands, and he is the most capable." If the adults could give him another chance, he would definitely do a good job. ”

Qi Jingui's family waved his hand like a fly, "Okay, okay, I'm just a cook, I don't have that much ability, don't say anything like this in the future." You said it, and I didn't dare to respond! ”

There was impatience on his face, as if he didn't want to entangle the woman for a moment. The eyes couldn't help but glance at the hairpin in the woman's arms, alas, it's a pity, dozens of taels of silver just flew like this!

The woman quietly took in the reaction of Qi Jingui's family, and paid a few good words, and after the kitchen maid finished counting the goods and keeping the account, she led a few villagers out of the back office.

In the same small shop, the woman told the story in detail.

"This is the servant raised by the Qi family, if she agrees easily, I don't dare to believe her." Zhu said with a smile.

The Qi family is not an upstart, as a family that has held the military power of one side for decades, even if it is a subordinate of the family, it is also carefully trained.

Qi Jingui's family can be selected by Qi Jin, which naturally has its merits.

If he is a little snubbed, and someone is tempted to take a few taels of silver, Qi Jingui's family can be bought, it is too underestimated Qi Jinzhi's vision and Qi family's upbringing.

If that is the case, the Zhu family will be worried that it is the Qi family's 'plan'.

"So what's next?" The woman asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry, she has already agreed to go to the Torch Festival, we are already halfway there, you just have to send things to the county government as usual, and continue to have a relationship with Qi Jingui's family, and don't worry about the rest." Zhu commanded in a deep voice.

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