Chapter 60: Summer Sacrifice

The early morning gaze was cut off by Mu Xiaohua, she adjusted her mood and waved hello to Yu with her usual smile. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Yu didn't expect Mu Xiaohua to get up so early, he was stunned when he saw her, and his eyes jumped "suddenly" at her, and he was a little obsessed with looking at Mu Xiaohua all the time, until Mu Xiaohua smiled and waved at him, then he came back to his senses, and a touch of loss flashed inexplicably in his heart, and then he smiled and gave Mu Xiaohua a response.

Originally, he wanted to go down the mountain to wash in the river, but when he saw Mu Xiaohua's footsteps, he unconsciously walked up. Mu Xiaohua watched him coming, stretching her waist and moving her muscles and bones, and didn't stop until he got closer, and asked with a smile: "Do you get up so early every day?" ”

Yu shook his head: "No, I woke up a little earlier today." ”

"Oh~" Mu Xiaohua nodded, she couldn't find a topic for a while, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, Yu kept looking at her like that, and Mu Xiaohua was a little uncomfortable, "Are you going to wash?" ”

"Hmm." Yu nodded.

Mu Xiaohua smiled, pretending to be calm and trying to say naturally: "I'm going too, let's go together!" ”

"Okay." Yu replied without thinking.

Mu Xiaohua went to get toiletries, Yu stood in place and waited for her, and then, the two walked down the mountain together.

No one spoke, so they were silent, and finally Yu broke the silence: "Xiaohua, I'm sorry for last night's incident." ”

"I don't need to mention last night." Mu Xiaohua smiled lightly, "I understand your anxiety for Lie, but you really don't need to do this, Lie is very good!" Maybe I'll like him? Then marry him, and the two of us will live happily together. At that time, you will also marry another girl, and then ......" Mu Xiaohua paused, pursed her lips, raised a smile and continued: "Then you are welcome to come to our house often!" ”

Yu was stunned, listening to Mu Xiaohua say that maybe she would like Lie and marry Lie, and the two of them lived happily, and their hearts were inexplicably a little uncomfortable, but they were a little happy, and they were very contradictory. But when she heard that she was marrying other girls and asked them to visit their house, she was only depressed in her heart.

"Which girl would marry me on such a condition?" Yu laughed to himself.

"What's wrong with you?" Mu Xiaohua smiled and said cheerfully, "With me, let's make money together and change the living conditions, there are many girls who want to marry you, and maybe they will fight to marry you!" ”

Yu smiled, didn't say anything, was silent and said in a low voice: "Why are you visiting the door, can't we live together without separate families?" ”

"That's definitely not going to work." Mu Xiaohua shook her head resolutely.

The two of them chatted about the envisioned future, and the tone seemed to be quite pleasant, but in fact, neither of them felt very comfortable.

When you come to the river, brush your teeth and wash your face, the people of this world can already use wild boar bristles to make toothbrushes, brush their teeth with salt mud, and the towel is a small animal skin.

It is said that the original people in this world do not brush their teeth, food and clothing are a problem, who still has the heart to care whether to brush teeth or not, until one day a certain tribe has a toothache, and more and more people have toothache, some people find that this salt mud can relieve pain, rubbing teeth with salt mud can also make teeth white, gradually brushing teeth became popular and became a kind of daily life, brushing tools have also changed several times to have today's wild boar bristle toothbrush.

As soon as she washed her face, Mu Xiaohua remembered the facial cleanser she had lost, and couldn't help complaining, Yu listened thoughtfully, if he guessed correctly, he probably knew who picked it up, but he couldn't be sure, since he wasn't very sure, he wouldn't tell Mu Xiaohua.

It's definitely because it's not good to guess and doubt others, and not to think about anything else.

After washing, the two of them went back together, and they got up one after another, and after a simple breakfast, there was a drum beat from the side of the altar, and it was time to go to the altar.

The summer festival is a very important day for a tribe, and if there are no special circumstances, everyone has to participate, so Mu Xiaohua has nothing to say when she sees Ah Qiao appear at the sacrifice ceremony, anyway, she has already said what she should say, and as for what others do, it's someone else's business.

Everyone gathered in the altar square and lined up under the command of Cheng, and Mu Xiaohua was arranged in the position closest to the altar because of her special status.

Now she has changed from an unknown person who doesn't know what to bring to the tribe to a guest of hope, and the people of the tribe are more respectful when they see her.

Line up, when the auspicious time comes, Lao Mu dressed up and slowly ascended to the altar, leading several young people of the tribe to help set up the prey that was handled yesterday, and the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky began.

Burning incense, praying, everyone followed Lao Mu's right hand to cover the left heart, bent down slightly, and worship sincerely, Lao Mu has been chanting words, I can't hear what is being recited, but it feels extremely solemn.

This prayer period is very long, until the sun rises, after the prayer is completed, the first round of the worship ceremony is completed, after the three rounds of incense are burned, the second round of the worship ceremony begins, the fire in the center of the altar square is burned, and several young men and women dance around the fire, and then there is another round of collective prayer, and the whole summer sacrifice ceremony ends.

After that, the sacrificial meat can be taken down and ready to be roasted, some people cut the meat on a long table with wooden planks in the altar square, and some people go to the mountains to chop wood and prepare for a fire.

At the end of the three rounds of ceremonies, a morning has passed, and it is a while to wait for people to cut the meat on the boards, and it is worth mentioning that the lunch of the summer festival is not eaten, and the dinner party must be enjoyed together until nightfall.

Lao Mu said that the barbecue for this dinner was prepared by Mu Xiaohua, so after everyone cut the meat, Mu Xiaohua began to marinate the meat, teaching everyone how to marinate, how to adjust the barbecue juice, and then how to use palm bark as a brush.

"That's all for the preparations, now it's about marinating, letting the meat taste in, and the marinating time is determined according to the size of the meat piece, and it's about the same for about an hour and a half after marinating."

"Just leave it there now?"

"Yes." Mu Xiaohua nodded and went to wash her hands, and half an afternoon passed after marinating the meat.

Because they had seen Mu Xiaohua sell grilled fish, everyone was very interested in learning curing and barbecue with her, and surrounded her to ask this and that, and Mu Xiaohua patiently answered them one by one until no one asked again.

The procession that had gone into the mountains to chop wood had not yet returned, because the barbecue had to be done with brushes, and some people were looking for palm bark, and others who had nothing to do for the time being gathered under the shade of the trees by the altar square to chat.

Because they got up too early and stood under the scorching sun for so long, Mu Xiaohua was a little tired and sleepy, and they went into the mountains to chop wood, and the friends of the world and the tribe didn't know where to play, anyway, there was nothing to do, Mu Xiaohua said to Lao Mu and went home first.

When I got home, I took out the cotton, pumpkin seeds, and gourd seeds to dry, and then peeled off the shells of the old beans, green beans, and mung beans to dry, and also dug up eggplant seeds, pepper seeds, and tomatoes to dry.

After doing all this, Mu Xiaohua fell on the bed to rest, not knowing that the altar was boiling!