The busy spring season is a good season for mountain songs in Shiqiao Township.

The fields were filled with the joyful singing of the villagers. The mountain songs in northeastern Sichuan are particularly good, she is not as rough as the Loess Plateau "Xintianyou", and there is no fixed opening format like Fujian-Guangdong Hakka folk songs. But she also has the agitation of "Xintianyou" in northern Shaanxi, the leisurely "cappella" of Chengdu Plain, and the tactfulness of Hakka folk songs. As our ancestors have sung for generations:

"If you don't sing mountain songs, you can't laugh, and Mo'er doesn't push or turn around.

People are not sad, wine is not drunk, flowers are not blooming in spring. ”

Shufang's heart is like the "Mo'er" in the mountain song, pushed around by the honesty of the second child of the Xie family; Like the water released by the stone river weir, Mimimi's continuous rush to a certain corner of Mao'er Mountain facing south.

Xie Jiaba is south of Yangjiawan, and Mao'er Mountain has to go lower. The Shiqiao River and the Xiaoshui River converge here to form a river beach dam. But the dam is very small after all, in the mountain village of Shiqiao Township, due to the limitation of geographical conditions, each administrative village is not too concentrated, a family in the east and a family in the west are separated by a few mountains and a few rivers, unless it is a large family will have a concentrated courtyard, the rest are scattered at the foot of the mountain. In addition, the land of each family is distributed everywhere, and the home is at the bottom of the mountain, and the field of the family may be at the top of the mountain.

Xie Guoqiang's family has a piece of land -- a willow field -- scattered on the edge of the five groups of fields near Yangjiawan.

Xie Guoqiang is a craftsman, but craftsmen in the countryside also have to guard the land to eat. Before he could go to Yangjiawan to build a stump, he had to go home and plant seedlings.

The three brothers rushed to the willow field. The boss Xie Guomin carried a load of seedlings. "Second child, look at that pair of rivers, how many young girls are pulling seedlings, should it be your father-in-law's Tian Wow?" Xie Guomin had good eyes and a loud voice, and yelled at Xie Erwa.

The third child, Xie Guozhi, carried a handful of seedlings and was about to throw them in the middle of the field, and he also coaxed: "Choke, second brother, what is it?" That should be Shufang's sister-in-law? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you two, what kind of father-in-law, what sister-in-law? People didn't come to see the households," the blushing Xie Erwa was anxious, on the one hand, she was anxious about the brothers' jokes, but she was even more anxious that she didn't see Shufang on the other side of the river clearly at all, "Which field?" Didn't I see it? ”

"Look, over there in the well paddy field!" The eldest brother put down his burden and pointed with his finger, "Come, brother, help you with a voice:

Hey! Uncle Yang's eldest sister, do you recognize Xie Guoqiang here? ”

Shufen, who was bundling seedlings, suddenly heard this loud voice on the other side of the mountain. This woman, since she was a child, likes to sing songs, and when she is free, she likes to write some rhyming ballads, and she wonders why she doesn't see the shadow of "mountain songs" when she is on the pole today, and now it's okay, my sister's sweetheart is over there, and the farm work on this day is much easier! Seeing that her sister was still burying her head and pulling seedlings, Shufen hurriedly helped her sister and the men of the Xie family to sing to each other:

"The eldest sister is busy pulling the seedlings, what is the other side of the mountain yelling?

Could it be that the second son of the Xie family remembered the eldest sister of the Yang family? ”

Shufen's voice is really not simple, it is clear and tactful, and its unique rhythm penetrates through the mountains and fields.

The people took off their cloth shoes and went down to the field, helping their younger brother to go to Yang's house to help Shufang's house plant seedlings, and sang to this side:

"My sister also wants my brother to plant the seedlings.

If you don't call me, I won't come, but if you come, you will play straw sandals (hai). ”

Every song has a topic, and if you want the song to be right for a long time, it must be interesting and realistic. Shiqiao's folk songs have a wide range of topics, see the mountains and sing the mountains, see the water and sing the water, the seedlings should sing the "Yang Song", the threshing should sing the "Google", and the people you like should of course be "love songs". Shufen is a person who does not refuse, and any kind of song will be right:

"Mountain to mountain, rock to rock (ai), if you want to come, you can come by yourself,

The children of each family love each family, and the seedlings of each family are planted. ”

Shufen did not directly express whether her sister was also missing Guoqiang, but looking at this posture, the Yang family did not seem to be short of labor. This time, Fuqiang was in a hurry, and he said in a loud voice:

"I'm across the river from my sister, and the trees are so obscured that I can't see it.

The voice doesn't look like a big sister, can the big sister say it herself? ”

Hey, I didn't expect this Xie Erwa's memory to be very good, so I met Shufang once, and I could still hear that it wasn't my sister's voice. The eldest sister was just about to speak, but Shufen had already opened her voice:

"I said which one was just now, and the voice was like a brag horn (ge),

Which one does this Ha'er replace, and he has the ability to sing by himself. ”

Shufen also heard a different voice, she looked at Shufang, Shufang smiled: It wasn't Xie Guoqiang just now, this Ha'er is. You and him, don't mess around! After getting my sister's authorization, before the singing voice came, Shufen picked it up again:

"How many brothers are there in the Xie family, I listened to the eldest brother and the second brother,

The duck in the ditch is about to cross the river, and the brother on the opposite side pokes and pokes. ”

After Shufen finished singing, she glanced at her sister, who was pulling a wild weed in her hand and threw it towards the second sister.

The Xie family brothers at this end are in a hurry, it seems that this Yang family sister is really not ordinary. Once the love song is right, the most taboo has already bowed down, and it will be replaced by an obviously invincible one. It seems that the big brother has to go into battle:

"Pea blossom knife to knife, the girl's voice is really high.

My brother wants to be the eldest sister, so he troubles the eldest sister to come to the trick. ”

The eldest sister is not unwilling to make a move, this second sister is really sharp-toothed, not to mention that this is separated by a ravine, and my sister's voice really can't match the loudness of my sister.

"The sycamore blossoms and the magpie crows, and the sister pulls the seedlings and bends over.

As soon as my eldest sister spoke, she was afraid of scaring the second brother into running away.

The second brother's seedlings are so tall, are your cattle full? ”

Shufen means that her sister gave her the task of singing. The topic has also changed from idle to homely.

"My seedlings are half a man high, and my cattle have just been fed.

If the eldest sister doesn't dislike it, she will sit in a big sedan chair this year. ”

The people hurriedly took this opportunity to propose to the Yang family. The brothers leaned back and laughed.

"The eldest brother said that the grain must be cut in autumn.

The house doesn't have seven and a half rooms, which family's sister is out of the boudoir. ”

Shufang had already finished pulling out a piece of seedlings, and before Fushun came over to pick another paddy field, the three sisters simply stood on the ridge of the field.

"Oh, brother, it's up to you what to do, our house is only five, it seems that this sister-in-law can't get married!" The third brother hurriedly quipped. I didn't expect the eldest brother to be fearless.

"My house is only five, and there is no shortage of oil or salt.

The masonry is very skilled, and it takes half a year to build a house.

As long as the eldest sister answers, she will go home and go down the trench immediately. ”

The countryside is full of mud-walled houses, and before repairing the house, it is necessary to use stones to lay the foundation, commonly known as "Andi Trench Stone", and it is really not a problem for stonemasons with sufficient labor to repair the house.

"Second sister, don't make trouble, Fushun is here to pick seedlings, let's go, go down to the river to plant seedlings!" The eldest sister was happy in her heart and urged Shufen.

Shufen hurriedly sang loudly while the voice here could still be heard:

"Acacia blooms in spring and sprouts in summer.

Next month, we will come to your house and try the wine and tea of the Xie family.

Now we go down to the river, and the song cannot be heard under the willows,

The Xie brothers are so diligent and hard-working, and everyone praises them. ”

Shufen finished singing the last few words, and Fushun also came to pick up a load of seedlings, looking at and listening to her sister's voice, looking at her sister's appearance, she only hated that she couldn't sing mountain songs.

The melodious singing of the Xie brothers and the Yang sisters is still echoing in the valleys, and every villager is witnessing the simple love, and many of them report every step of their love to Maoershan in this way.

Xie Erwa was planting seedlings in the willow field, and her heart was already happy.

In another paddy field, Yang Guiying looked at Fushun who was carrying seedlings from a distance, and he thought a lot about it, next year, he would also have a mountain song with this young man.