Chapter 118: Mysterious Ritual

"What's the dinner from the village chief?" Gu Yuanxiang saw Kang Lei coming up with a lunch box.

"It wasn't sent by the village chief, I didn't open it, I don't know what it is." Kang Lei said.

"I'd better have a snack, I ate too much at noon." Gu Yuanxiang saw that after opening it, there were all kinds of plates inside, and various mushrooms would be used together to make a big urn of soup and a big bowl of rice. Gu Yuanxiang touched his stomach, and he was full in an instant.

Although they were eating dinner at this time, it was not too late, and the sun had not yet set, and they were still bright. They came back very early in the afternoon, although Gu Yuanxiang still wanted to see the scenery of the sunset, it was estimated that he would not come again next time. But if you watch the sunset, you may not be able to come back at night, there are no street lights and no roads here, the car is driving slowly, and the difficulty of the night road is too high, Gu Yuanxiang also thought about it and didn't bring it up to see the sunset. They came back quite early, and as soon as they returned, they received dinner from the villagers at the request of the village chief.

"Xiangxiang, do you know where the village chief has gone?" Kang Lei came mysteriously.

"He's sleeping at home?" Well, it's really not a good joke. In Gu Yuanxiang's view, this is a small isolated mountain village, and "I don't know if there are Hans, regardless of Wei and Jin" in the Peach Blossom Spring, can be used to describe them. However, there is no "strange traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other" here, and people are not enthusiastic. But the feeling of closure is the same, it is hard to imagine that in the case of such development of urbanization and modernization, there is still a way to maintain your own life [1 ^ ^ read ^ novels] [.[ yb][du].] The rhythm of life has nothing to do with the outside world. I just want to go out shopping and invite a few friends to play cards and brag about it, but there is no one, after all, there are only a few people living in a common circle, and what they have to say has already been said. It should be all speechless, and you can't even use this kind of greeting about what you eat today, Gu Yuanxiang wants to eat all kinds of mushrooms every day since he came here, everyone met and said, I ate oyster mushrooms today, and others said that I ate shiitake mushrooms, and some people said that I ate oyster mushrooms, this scene is too funny.

"He's not at home, he's not in the village!" Kang Lei said in a low voice.

"Not in the village?" Gu Yuanxiang was also curious, where could he go if the village chief was not in the village, even if he went to go, his relatives were also in the village.

"Well, I just heard from the kid that he seems to have gone to another village." Kang Lei revealed the news that he had just exchanged a lollipop for Gu Yuanxiang.

"There are other villages!" Gu Yuanxiang was shocked, are there other such closed small villages here? Do you still have foreign exchanges? I always thought that there was a lonely small village within a radius of 100 miles, but I didn't expect to have friends!

"It's not very far from here, they seem to be meeting to discuss something." Kang Lei's voice was lowered.

"You know all this?" Gu Yuanxiang was even more surprised, didn't he just come back, he knew it in such detail, and the energy of a lollipop was so big.

"I also know that this time they did it in secret, and the location should not be far from here." Kang Lei obviously had something to say.

"What do you mean?" Gu Yuanxiang asked.

"We can go and see!" Kang Lei stated the purpose.

"We? Me and you? Gu Yuanxiang asked with confirmation.

"Hmm." Kang Lei saw Gu Yuanxiang's big eyes staring at him, his face began to turn red again, and after getting along all the way, the problem of blushing was much better, provided that he didn't look at her and didn't have intimate contact. Seeing her look at herself like this, Kang Lei felt that his heart began to dance again, and his face burned badly.

"You know the place? If it's a secret, a lollipop can be tricked? Gu Yuanxiang was a little unsure, what kind of secret was the secret that could be known so easily, even children knew it, it was a lie.

"It's not a secret in their village, and they wouldn't have to do it in secrecy if it weren't for us. Originally, they were planning to hold something in this village, but it seemed that we outsiders had changed the location because they were there. However, it didn't seem that they could change the location at will, and although they were not going to do it in the village, they still set the location not far from the village. There are not many people in this village, almost all of them have to participate, their children don't have to go, and the adults don't hide it from them. It seems to be the ethnic culture of their village, which is similar to the meaning of eating dumplings with firecrackers during the Chinese New Year. Kang Lei lowered his head and speculated.

"You want to take a peek?" Gu Yuanxiang pretended not to see the red color that spread from his neck, and asked calmly.

"Folklore and other things, let's just take a look at them and be careful not to be discovered." Don't you like this kind of folk culture that has not been disturbed by the outside world and packaged as pure and natural, I can accompany you. Kang Lei silently went through this sentence in his heart. The reason why he cared so much about this matter was because he knew that Gu Yuanxiang was very interested in these things, and it was estimated that this village would not come again in the future, and they came here this time because it was going to be developed. The residents of this village have moved out, and the government has prepared housing and living subsidies for them. Although it seems that they are reluctant to relocate now, if they relocate, their culture and customs will not be so intact, and the cliffs and small lakes they go to will not appear in such a pure state.

Gu's father brought his wife here this time with the mentality that he would not be able to see it in the future, and there will be no next time this time. Gu Yuanxiang also knew about this, and after hearing Kang Lei's proposal, his heart was itchy and a little ready to move.

"Do you really know the location? We will not offend them if we do this, and if we are discovered, the consequences will be serious. Gu Yuanxiang also asked in a low voice. There are only a few of them, and if they are annoyed, it will be miserable if they can't get out of this village.

"We just looked outside from a distance, didn't go to the front, and if we were found we were going out for a walk. Besides, it's getting dark now, so we'll be careful not to be noticed. Because there have been no outsiders before, the children don't know what will happen if outsiders break in, in short, we will be careful and leave, it's okay. Kang Lei said with a ticket, he was so confident that he was not talking nonsense in order to encourage Gu Yuanxiang. Probably because there are no outsiders here, the villagers' personalities are very simple, although the children may have been told by the adults to use two sticks of candy, and if they want to know what to do a little turn, they will know everything, and these children will scramble to explain it in detail.

"If you don't tell the adults, just the two of us?" Gu Yuanxiang was really moved, so he watched from a distance what could happen, and when it was dark, he couldn't see anything clearly.

"Well, let's just go out and take a walk, we're leaving tomorrow anyway, and we'll take a look here one last time." Kang Lei even thought of an excuse.

"Alright, let's go." Gu Yuanxiang put on a small backpack and said to her mother to leave as discussed with Kang Lei, she didn't tell Gu's father because she probably couldn't get out, or he had to follow. In view of the fact that there are still as few people as possible in this action, Gu Yuanxiang slipped away while his father was not there to greet his mother.

Kang Lei's sense of direction is obviously much stronger than Gu Yuanxiang, Gu Yuanxiang can't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, she believes that if she is alone, she will definitely get lost. Kang Lei was obviously very familiar, and after walking for a long time, he saw a group of people gathered in the open area in front of him.

"So easy to find?" Gu Yuanxiang is a little incredible, isn't he avoiding outsiders, this is not far from the village, it is possible to walk here after eating and taking a walk, they just believe that we will not take a walk?

"They probably don't want to go too far, and it's not convenient to go back and forth." Kang Lei was also quite surprised, he thought that he would have to walk for at least ten minutes, but he didn't expect to arrive so soon.

"It's too far away to see anything clearly." Gu Yuanxiang tiptoed and didn't know what they were doing, he could only see a group of people gathered around, and he was afraid of being discovered if he approached.

"Come with me." Kang Lei looked around and beckoned Gu Yuanxiang to go in the other direction.

"Kang Lei, you are so powerful, you can find it here!" Gu Yuanxiang was lying on a hill at this time, this hill was only slightly high, and there were stones. They hid behind the stones, and outsiders couldn't see them, although the distance was still not close, but they could already vaguely distinguish the appearance of people, and Gu Yuanxiang saw the village chief of the village standing aside.

"It's the children who say there are a lot of rocks here." Kang Lei's face was completely red, and the two of them hid behind the stones, very close to each other. Gu Yuanxiang was immersed in the excitement of being able to watch the "live broadcast", and he didn't notice the distance between the two at this time.

Kang Lei felt the air flow on his cheeks when she spoke, and the voice sounded in his ears, and such a close distance made his heart instantly dance on horseback.

Gu Yuanxiang was watching their mysterious ritual seriously, and a group of people sat motionless on their legs as if chanting a spell. It didn't take long for a man to come out who looked different from them, because he was facing away from them, Gu Yuanxiang couldn't see the man's appearance clearly, but he just held a cup in his hand and handed it out to the person sitting down with a group leg. They spilled water from the cup with their hands, and everyone had words in their mouths, walking and reading, Gu Yuanxiang felt that the route they took had a saying, and it looked chaotic but there were still their own rules.

Kang Lei was not very interested in this, he had been in a state of lack of oxygen to his brain, and when he noticed it, everyone knelt on the ground and bowed. Is this the rhythm that is coming to an end? So soon, I haven't said anything yet.

Gu Yuanxiang didn't know Kang Lei's entanglement, she looked at everything in front of her with great interest, for some reason she always had a strange feeling when she saw the man who handed them cups, and she didn't see the man's face when the ceremony was about to end.

But just as it was about to end, the man seemed to feel that there were eyes staring at him, looking in the direction of Gu Yuanxiang. This glance saw the man's appearance before Gu Yuanxiang dodged, she remembered him, he was a man she felt familiar with in the border town but never found him!