Chapter 35: Stepping on Life

Let someone who is not the eldest lady spot sand? How is that possible?

Xie Rouqing reached out and grabbed the seat and was about to get down.

"You can do whatever you want, why bother with me." She said unhappily, "What's the point of this kind of joke?" ”

"Do you think I'm making fun of you?" Xie Roujia said with a smile.

Xie Rouqing looked at her.

"I don't think and I don't care if you make fun of me." She said, pointing to the mountainside, "I mean do whatever you want, don't make fun of those people, you have grievances and disdain, revenge and provocation, they are innocent." ”

Xie Roujia looked over there and smiled.

"yes, they're innocent." "So do you want to help them?" she said. ”

"How can I help?" Xie Rouqing said indifferently, "I can neither nor will. ”

"You will." Xie Roujia said, "Didn't you be selected to enter the Witch Dance in the first place? It's the most basic dance moves, and you can still play the drums yourself, as for if you can."

She smiled.

"Do you dare to try?"

Seeing her raised eyebrows, Xie Rouqing was very familiar, thinking that she had asked her dancing self to play the drums.

Xie Rouqing was silent for a moment.

"Did you pity me when you saw me secretly playing the drums?" She asked suddenly.

Then suddenly calling her out of the candidate witch dancer to play the drums seemed to be dissatisfied with the witch dance, but it gave her a chance she had always dreamed of.

What if there are more witches dancing and one less, there are not so many people who play the drums. There has never been anyone in this world who can't live without her, and things don't have to be her.

Xie Roujia was stunned by what she said before she understood what she meant.

"Which of us pity anyone." She laughed and reached out to pat the bull's head, "I just think everyone should do what they like." ”

Do you do what you love?

Xie Rouqing was silent again for a moment.

"What should I do?" "I don't know where the sand is." ”

"Didn't I tell you to identify the living stone and the dead stone? You've also seen the mines, where the sand is, what it's like. Xie Roujia said, raising her eyebrows again, "Are you lazy these days?" ”

Xie Rouqing's face was blank.

"That's it?" She asked.

"As for what else is needed. You go for it. If you can't, ask the mountain god. Xie Roujia said with a smile, reaching out and patting the small drum hanging on the cow's back, making a crisp sound, "I think the mountain god will tell you." ”

Xie Rouqing's expression was blank, and he didn't speak or move.

"Don't worry." Xie Roujia smiled again. A pat on the back of the cow. "And me. I can get you out the last time you jumped, and I can save you if you fall again this time. ”

The cow was slapped forward by this beat, and Xie Rouqing subconsciously grabbed the seat. But it didn't stop the ox from moving forward.

"Miss is the best! Miss is a success! Shui Ying shouted.

Xie Rouqing's figure stiffened obviously, but he didn't look back, and sat on the back of the cow and swayed towards the mountainside.

An Ge Yu immediately noticed.

Although he hadn't been looking at this side, the corner of his eye hadn't left at all.

"Third Miss." Looking at Xie Rouqing, who was getting closer and closer, Brother An couldn't help but shout.

The sound made the kneeling miners look back and see the girl coming on a scalper.

This girl is not a stranger to them, firstly because she is lame, and secondly, because this lame man is always walking around the mountains and can often bump into her.

This is also the young lady of the Xie family, it is said that it was because she took the initiative to sacrifice to the mountain god but was abandoned by the mountain god, so the Xie family did not dare to take her in, and drove her to Yushan to forgive her sins in front of the mountain god.

What is she doing here?

Xie Rouqing took a deep breath and told the scalper to stop.

"I'll order sand." She said.

Ange and the miners were stunned, thinking that they had misheard.

There is nothing rare in saying this, but after saying it, it is very easy, Xie Rouqing grabbed the seat and slid off the back of the cow, took off the crutches with one hand, straddled the small drum on his shoulders with the other, and limped towards them.

"Third Miss, do you want sand?" An Ge Yu asked.

Xie Rouqing nodded.

"I'll order sand." She said again.

What a bit of sand!

The miners were in an uproar.

"You, how can you spot sand!"

The voices of questioning came one after another, and chaos sounded.

Xie Rouqing ignored these questions, and instead stopped to look at them.

"Come with me to light sand." She said.

Naturally, there was no response to this, for the miners, this was an act of blasphemy against the mountain god, even if she was the young lady of the Xie family, many of the miners stood up to prevent Xie Rouqing from approaching.

The scene was momentarily deadlocked.

The third lady wants sand? Why not Miss Roujia?

An Ge Yu looked over there and saw Xie Roujia standing next to the rocks almost hidden by the grass and trees.

Although it was a little far away, when An Geli looked over, her eyes also fell on him and smiled at him.

If she wants to do this, she must have a reason to do it.

Angoli turned and walked towards the miners.

"Get out of the way." He said.

The miners were stunned.

"Brother An, what are you going to do?" One of the older asked.

"Third Miss wants sand, get out of the way." An Ge Yu said.

"Brother An!" The older miner let out a cry, "She's the third miss, she's not the eldest miss!" This is blasphemy against the god of the mountain! ”

"It's not up to us to decide whether it's blasphemy against the mountain god." "If she blasphemes the mountain god, the mountain god will punish her." ”

That's just as well.

The miners were stunned, and Brother An took the opportunity to reach out and push them away and salute Xie Rouqing.

Xie Rouqing walked forward on crutches with a blank expression, and at the same time raised his hand to beat the drum hanging on his side.

Because of the hard drumming, she walked more lame, limping with the drums, limping and her shoulders high and low, which looked particularly funny.

The miners looked strange and embarrassed.

"This. This, how to point sand on one foot. An older miner muttered, "It's still a question of whether we can make it steady." ”

Brother An didn't speak again, raised his heels, followed Xie Rouqing's movements, and even her limping figure honestly followed.

The most basic dance steps, Xie Rouqing thought seriously, she was most familiar with this kind of dance steps, because of the limitations of her body size, she couldn't learn the fancy light and graceful, and the dance steps were not a problem.

Spot sand. Spot sand. But where is the sand?

And she doesn't know how to sing a little sand words.

She limped like this, beating the drum in a dull way, and walked aimlessly.

"One step on gold, two steps on silver, and three steps on peony."

She thought of the song Xie Rouhui sang.

Stepping on gold and silver?

The benefits of cinnabar are enormous. Indeed, gold is silver. But it's not easy to step on.

Drill into deep mines. In the midst of it, what should have been done was to ensure the stability of the rocks, but for the sake of sand, the mountain had to be dug loosely. It's not so much about digging gold and silver, it's about digging your own grave.

Human life is like this earth and this stone, there is life and death.

"One step on the other." Xie Rouqing said slowly.

Her voice is not as beautiful as that of girls of the same age, and it can't be as melodious as Xie Rouhui's practice, and she became more and more hoarse and rough as she shouted out with the sound of drums.

"Hey!" Ankobi's echo echo sounded in the back.

Xie Rouqing's intact foot stepped on it heavily, and with the force of his body, his hand also hit the drum heavily.

"Stampede to death."

"Hey!"

"Stepping on the rocky mountain."

"Hey!"

"Step on cinnabar to get rations."

"Hey!"

"Life and death have passed."

"Stomp!"

"Stomp!"

The drums grew louder and louder, and the hoarse tones became more and more rapid, and the miners couldn't help but stand up, their expressions becoming agitated, and the limping figures in front of them no longer seemed to be funny.

Step on! Step on! Step on!

They couldn't help but shout in their hearts, and their bodies gradually shook.

"One step on the other!" Xie Rouqing's feet stomped heavily on the ground.

Behind him, the footsteps followed and stomped down, accompanied by the shouts of hey, splashing dust.

"Stread to death!" Xie Rouqing stepped forward and stomped his feet again, with a bang, the ground was trampled into the air, and one foot fell into it.

Xie Rouqing's figure staggered, but the drum in her hand did not stop.

What is born and what is dead, what is life, life and death, and what is terrible, it is nothing more than sparrows flying and leaves falling.

"Sparrow fly! Leaves fall! ”

"Hey!"

The footsteps lifted up a piece of earth and stone, and the crutches in his hand pushed forward hard, and then landed heavily.

There was another pop, and the ground collapsed again.

But the miners who followed her did not stop, but followed her footsteps and stomped down hard.

Shui Ying couldn't help but reach out and cover her eyes.

"It's all down there! Why do you have to stomp! Why are you still going that way? She shouted.

There were no screams, only continued singing, hey, and stomping.

"One step on life! Stamped to death! ”

"Be careful with your feet!"

"One!"

"Yo-he!"

"Two!"

"Yo-he!"

There are raw stones over there, and dead stones on this side.

Xie Rouqing beat the drum and looked at the eyes, not noticing the collapse under his feet at all.

Ruggedness was not a problem, just as she climbed up and down the hill on crutches, her lame leg did not weaken her strength, and the high and low did not stop her steps.

It was no different from usual, just like she walked casually on the mountain, like she climbed into a cave and discerned the rocks and sand in the dark.

Pieces of earth and rocks were trampled down, and various sounds reached her ears through the noise of drums, and her vision became clear, as if someone in front of her was leading the way, leading her forward and turning.

This way, this way.

"Step on it again!"

Xie Rouqing didn't know what she was singing, in short, she sang whatever came to mind in her heart.

"Follow me!"

Step on! Step on this dead stone, step on this raw stone! Step on the dead end, step on the life road!

The sound of singing was trembling, and I trampled over the mountain.

The whole mountain seemed to be shaken, and the dust was flying and the rocks were rolling, attracting birds and beasts from all sides of the mountains and forests to rush to the mountain.

The horses on the road were the first to neigh, and stopped to pound their hooves in a panic, causing confusion in the whole procession.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? ”

The crowd asked.

Mrs. Xie, who was sitting in the carriage, was interrupted from speaking.

"What's going on?" She asked with a frown.

Xie Rouhui lifted the curtain of the car and looked outside, and the steward next to the car was busy saluting.

"One of the horses was scared." He said.

Xie Rouhui lowered the curtain.

"Mother is fine. Don't worry. She said.

Mrs. Xie nodded.

"Did you feel wrong during the sand spotting?" She then asked, "Did you take a wrong step?" ”

Scold...

Xie Rouhui sneered in her heart, and clenched her hand on her knee.

"Did I jump wrong?" She asked, with an uneasy look on her face.

Mrs. Xie hesitated and shook her head.

"No, no, I just want to ask, do you feel that something is wrong with your steps, is there sand underneath?" She said euphemistically.

Xie Rouhui shook her head with a smile.

"Mother doesn't believe that I can't step on it, but I always believe that I can see the dirt and rocks with my own eyes." "Mother, there's no sand in this place. ”

That's just as well. What are you asking? If you take a wrong step, you will be wrong, and it has nothing to do with whether there is sand or not.

Mrs. Xie picked up the tea, and was about to take a sip in disguise, when the carriage stopped abruptly. The teacup in her hand was poured over Xie Rouhui. The bright dress was suddenly stained.

Xie Rouhui pulled open the curtain.

"What's going on?" She raised an eyebrow and shouted. A wave of anger poured out.

The coachman outside was so frightened that his face turned white, and the steward who stopped the car turned pale with a pale face.

Is this a shout for the coachman or for yourself?

Mrs. Xie's face fell, she was not a child. The trick of referring to Sang and scolding Huai can still be seen.

"Madam, Miss, there's someone over there dotting sand!" The steward didn't care about the turbulent dark tide between their mother and daughter, and hurriedly said, stretching out his hand to point.

It was halfway up the hill where they had left, where the sand had failed.

Someone spotting sand?

Are you kidding!

The entire Xie family can light sand here!

Xie Rouhui was about to scold, and then thought of something, a cold light flashed in her eyes.

No, there is one more person......

"Isn't it Miss Rouhui?" She coldly spat out her name.

Mrs. Xie also thought of it, and her heavy expression and anger appeared.

This is finally back! Dare to play such a trick!

"No, no, no, it's Miss Rouqing." The steward said hurriedly.

Soft and clear?

This name, Mrs. Xie and Xie Rouhui were unfamiliar for a moment, and they were stunned before they remembered who it was.

"Nonsense!" Mrs. Xie shouted.

Xie Rouhui smiled, with a little disdain.

"It's the third sister, she can play if she likes to play, just don't hurt herself." She said with a smile.

Xie Wenchang had already heard the news, and ran over with a white face.

"I'm going to get her away." He said, "Spotted sand, spotted sand, is this play?" ”

Mrs. Xie interrupted him with a sneer.

"I'll see for myself." She said.

It's over, it's angry.

Xie Wenchang shouted in his heart, this dead girl is going to bring them tired again, and Mrs. Xie is angry.

But in the face of Mrs. Xie, who was obviously angry, Xie Wenchang didn't dare to stop him at all, so he had to turn the horse's head with his head.

The group came back again.

Before I reached the foot of the mountain, I heard the sound of drums and singing and the trumpets of the miners coming from the mountainside.

Really.

Mrs. Xie raised her eyebrows and looked halfway up the mountain, and she could see a group of people dancing under the guidance of a girl.

It's ridiculous!

Can this Xie family's big witch, cat and dog be used as a joke?

"Do you have to anger the mountain god?" Mrs. Xie shouted.

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a loud bang and the ground shook.

"The mountain has collapsed!"

I don't know that the shouting makes the scene chaotic.

Sure enough, it collapsed!

Xie Rouhui shouted in her heart.

It's collapsed again, and they just let themselves step on it! If you step on it for a little longer, you'll be trapped again!

But fortunately, the shaking stopped quickly, and it only collapsed into a large crater, not that the mountain collapsed, and people breathed a sigh of relief.

"Nonsense!"

Everyone shouted, and rushed up the hill.

"Blasphemy of the mountain god, something has happened!"

Something happened!

Shui Ying was faster than everyone here, and rushed up the mountainside with her feet, looking at a big pit that had collapsed in front of her, and the people in the pit were all standing up, looking a little dazed, and seemed to have just woken up, obviously not injured.

Xie Rouqing was also sitting in it, because the sudden collapse of the crutch was crushed under the rock, and she was trying to pull it back.

Great, none hurt.

"Miss!" Shui Ying shouted loudly with a sigh of relief.

Xie Rouqing, who was sitting on the ground, raised her head and waved at her to help.

And Mrs. Xie and others also came to the front, Xie Wenchang ran the fastest, and was the first to stand on the edge of the pit, although he hadn't seen him for a long time, he still confirmed at a glance that the girl in the pit was his daughter.

Xie Wenchang's heart was cold.

"Xie Rouqing! What are you doing! He roared, his eyes full of anger, and he stretched out his hand to point at Xie Rouqing, "Come on, come on, stone these people who blaspheme the mountain gods!" ”

Stoning!

It is the punishment of stoned to death in the pit on the spot, and then filled in.

When Xie Wenchang said this, he bent down and picked up a stone, and couldn't wait to execute it with his own hands.

Shui Ying hit him headlong, and then jumped into the pit, and was about to run to Xie Rouqing's side, when someone shouted violently.

"Don't move!"

Shui Ying subconsciously stopped, and carried the golden rooster on a stone independently.

What's wrong?

The shouting miner stumbled over and lifted a piece of gravel from Shui Ying's feet, almost pressing his face against the stone in disbelief, and his body shook violently.

"Out of the sand!" He said in a trembling voice.

Out of what?

The people around didn't hear clearly, so they couldn't help but walk this way.

The miner knelt down and lifted the rock high in the air, letting out a heart-rending cry.

"Out of the sand!"

Out of the sand.

How does the sand come out? Didn't you say that there was no cinnabar?

The people inside and outside the pit were stunned, looking up at the stones lifted by the miners.

In the sunlight, the stones are speckled and appear patches of red.

Sand! Cinnabar! Purslane! Third-class sand!

Mrs. Xie stood on the edge of the pit, the words she was about to say stopped at her lips, and looked at the cinnabar stone in front of her in disbelief.

Boom.

Xie Wenchang, who had just gotten up, fell to the ground with a stunned expression.

"The mountain god gives me! The god of the mountain gives me! ”

Loud shouts of ecstasy came from all directions, and Xie Wenchang stood unsteadily and fell to the ground again.

Out of the sand! My daughter, point out the sand!

My daughter!

A cluster of flames burst out in Xie Wenchang's eyes.

My daughter!

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