Chapter 49: Radiance
In late February, the weather seemed to warm up all of a sudden.
The clothes worn by the girls in the school were a little thinner, but they were sweating profusely after a class.
"We're going to stay up until this time next year, aren't we?" Xie Roushu said as she lay on the ground.
No one answered her, Xie Roushu turned her head to look around, and the girls were either sitting or lying down, laughing in twos and threes.
And at some point, there was a vacant place around her.
This is not the first time, Xie Roushu's throat suddenly hurt, she looked over with blurred eyes, and it was easy to find Xie Rouhui who was surrounded by people.
"Jiajia jumped very well this time, and the gentleman nodded." Xie Yao said with a smile, looking at Xie Roujia who was sitting next to Xie Rouhui.
"It's not good." Xie Roujia said, "Mr. just didn't discipline me again. ”
"That's growth." Xie Rouhui looked at her with a smile and stroked her shoulder, "Don't worry, take your time." ”
Xie Roujia nodded.
"Let's go, let's wash." Xie Rouhui smiled and pulled her up.
Next door to the school is a row of rooms for girls to wash, different from the school where they read and write, each girl can follow up and serve, and there are girls who specialize in boiling water.
Girls kept coming out, and the girls standing in the corridor greeted their own young lady.
Xie Rouhui and Xie Roujia got up and walked, and a group of girls immediately followed behind them.
"You don't have to go to school tomorrow, do you have time to come to my house to play?" Xie Yao took Xie Rouhui's hand and asked.
The sacrifice of the third of March is coming. Although it was not the first big sacrifice of the Dannu, the sacrifice at the beginning of the year was also very important, and the Xie family was busy.
The gentleman, who taught dancing and drumming, was busier, so the girls' classes stopped.
"I can't go, I have to prepare with my mother." Xie Rouhui said.
As the next Dannu, it is inevitable that her mother will teach her by word and deed.
Xie Yao nodded and turned her head to look at Xie Roujia who was walking on the other side.
"Is Jiajia going to play?" She smiled and said, "Megumi and Aunt are busy, you can come and play with us." ”
Xie Roushu, who was following them, clenched her hands.
Xie Yao actually took the initiative to invite Xie Roujia.
Isn't it because the eldest lady dotes on Xie Roujia that they are all afraid. I'm scared.
In this family, is it about to be covered by Xie Roujia?
"Nope." Xie Roujia smiled at Xie Yao. "I can't get out either."
Spring is a good time to quit drinking, she has to take a good look at her grandmother, as well as Shao Mingqing, and the Xie family is going to hold a sacrifice on March 3. As a relative, the Shao family will definitely come and go more frequently, Shao Mingqing may still live in their house, and she will have to watch him closely.
Xie Yao smiled and didn't ask again.
"Huihui, you..." She continued to talk to Xie Rouhui, but Xie Rouhui took a few steps to break free of her hand and grabbed Xie Roujia.
Xie Yao was squeezed behind and almost tripped over.
Xie Roushu laughed, Xie Yao quickly stood firm, looked casual, and took a step away, watching Xie Rouhui and Xie Roujia walking side by side.
"It's good that you're at home, there's a lot of people out there. Nothing interesting. Xie Rouhui took Xie Roujia's hand and whispered.
Xie Roujia nodded.
By this time, they had passed through the round door and entered the corridor on this side.
"Miss is out." Jiang Ling, who was waiting by the door, said happily.
Huai Ye, who was beside her, also stood up hurriedly and looked at the group of girls wearing the same clothes who came towards her.
JMC stopped. Waiting for Xie Roujia to greet herself.
“…… Yes, it's fun to play at home. Xie Roujia was answering Xie Rouhui's words.
Xie Rouhui nodded, and stretched out her hand to Jiangling and Huaiye with a bit of randomness.
Although it was warm in the corridor, it was not as warm as the dance room, and there were still a few steps from the corridor to the washing room, and the sweaty girls were wrapped in cloaks. so that you do not get caught by the wind.
Seeing Xie Rouhui stretching out her hand, Huai Ye hurriedly handed over the cloak in his hand.
Xie Rouhui reached out and tied it.
"Let's talk about it later." She said to Xie Roujia.
Xie Roujia nodded.
"JMC." That's when she shouted.
And Jiang Ling, who was standing on the side, was also busy putting the cloak on Xie Roujia. The girls went into their washing rooms.
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"I'm so tired."
Xie Roujia, who returned to the house after dinner, threw herself directly on Luohan's bed.
"Miss, are you still rolling on the ground tonight?" Jiang Ling asked.
Xie Roujia lay on the bed and shook her head, saying no, no, no.
"Why don't you go and make the bed for the young lady, I'm so tired, rest early." Mu Xiang said.
Jiang Ling responded, took a few steps and stopped.
"Is the young lady still swimming?" She asked.
"I can't dance anymore, what kind of water are I swimming." Mu Xiang said angrily, "Miss is very tired." ”
Jiang Ling sighed, but Xie Roujia braced up to get up.
"You can dance without dancing." She muttered, "The water must swim." ”
Mu Xiang was stunned.
"Miss, just rest for a day." She persuaded.
Since that sunset, the young lady has really started to swim in the water, almost never stopping, no matter how tired she is from dancing and drumming, she will always swim when she comes back at night.
Does Miss like swimming so much? But when she saw the water, she didn't like it at all, just like Shui Ying, whose father and mother were drowned, and looking at the water showed that kind of murderous aura.
If you don't like it, why do you have to swim every day? Mu Xiang was puzzled, and saw that Xie Roujia really walked out of the house and headed towards the hot spring, and she had to keep up.
Xie Roujia stood by the hot spring pool, lazily spreading her arms.
"I'm so tired." She shouted.
"Tired..."Mu Xiang couldn't help but say again, and before the words fell, she heard a pop, the water splashed, and her words turned into an exclamation.
In the hot spring pool, Xie Roujia had slowly begun to swim. JMC laughed.
Waiting for the day of the March 3rd sacrifice, Xie Roujia did not leave the house as she expected, and greeted her parents every day. came to Mrs. Xie's side.
"Grandmother, aren't you going to see March 3rd?" Xie Roujia asked, taking the wine jug placed beside Old Madam Xie.
Old Madam Xie stretched out her hand and held it.
"No, no." She said with a glare.
"Why didn't Grandmother go and see it?" Xie Roujia asked, tugging the flask hard.
Old Madam Xie also grabbed hard.
"It's lively, it's disgusting to watch too much." She said.
"Doesn't grandmother like sacrifices?" Xie Roujia asked with a glare.
It is a sacred thing for Dannu to stand on the altar and enjoy the worship of the people and communicate with the gods of heaven and earth.
So in the dream, she, an impostor, didn't dare to attend March 3 at all. Her mother probably didn't dare to let her attend, so she arranged for her to fall from a horse and hurt her foot.
Impostors dare not blaspheme. The real Dannu is naturally fearless and should be very enjoyable.
Old Madam Xie snorted.
"Is it a difference between liking and disliking?" She said, obviously not wanting to continue the conversation, and pulled the flask over with all her might. "Let's go, let's go, I've been here for a long time."
Xie Roujia hugged her arm and hung on her and laughed.
"No, no, no." She laughed, "Grandmother just have a drink, just a drink." ”
Old Madam Xie was unsteady on her feet when she held her.
"No, pot by pot." She shouted too.
"Two glasses, two glasses." Xie Roujia said with a smile.
Before Old Lady Xie entered the door, he heard laughter and shouts in the house, and when he entered the house, he saw Old Lady Xie and Xie Roujia lying on the Luohan bed, both of them still holding a wine jug in their hands, laughing and bargaining.
"It's down to five." A big girl standing on the side and watching with a smile said to Old Lady Xie. "If you talk about it again, the old lady will admit defeat."
Old lady Xie laughed, looking at the old and the young laughing on the bed. Perhaps because spring had arrived, Old Madam Xie's originally pale face had become much more rosy, and her cloudy vision was also clear.
She was smiling, her face wrinkled, but not as dead as the old bark it used to be.
Just like when she was young, she looked up and laughed like a blooming peony.
Such a laugh. It seems like I haven't seen it in half my life.
Old Lady Xie couldn't help but be stunned, as if she saw the woman who was riding on a horse and wielding a whip like a flame again.
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Spring is short-lived. It's the end of March in the blink of an eye.
The Xie family doesn't seem to have recovered from the exhaustion of the sacrifice on March 3, and there is a lazy atmosphere up and down, or early summer is coming.
The girls changed out of their somewhat bloated spring clothes and changed into light summer clothes, but they still had to change into uniform clothes when they went to the dance hall.
When they changed their clothes, a news made the girls noisy, and the gentleman announced that he would test everyone's dance today, and it was no longer as casual as when he practiced before, and it would be accompanied by drumming.
"Do you really want to take a separate dance test today?"
"Is it time to choose someone to attend next year's sacrifice?"
"I haven't done this dance yet."
The girls were excited and nervous, they were so excited to practice and waiting to be demonstrated in front of people, and those who practiced badly were afraid of being ridiculed, but whether they wanted to or not, the drums outside still sounded.
Outside the school, thick mats were laid on the flat ground, large drums were set up around it, and several musicians waved drumsticks.
The dance used in the ritual is accompanied by only the big drum, and it is not easy to dance femininely, masculine drums and beautiful dances.
The girls all rushed over when they heard the news and happily watched one girl after another dance, cheering for their own young ladies and laughing at other people's young ladies, and the front of the school became noisy, and from time to time burst into cheers or laughter.
Seeing that a girl was a little wolf bèi took a posture, and the laughter that sounded below, Xie Roushu couldn't help but take a step back.
She can't dance as well as this girl, and it's her turn next.
Xie Roushu looked at the people surrounding under the steps, these little girls were not in their eyes except for fearing Xie Rouhui, and they were not in their eyes, pointing and laughing without concealing it.
Not everyone can jump to so many people, as long as she is last in line, she should be able to avoid it.
Xie Roushu couldn't help but take a step back and bumped into someone.
"Aren't you jumping?" The man asked, frowning slightly, "If you don't jump, I'll jump first." ”
Xie Roushu was overjoyed.
"Megumi you're so nice." She hurriedly said, "You first, you first." ”
The girl smiled and walked out without speaking.
The girls outside stopped laughing when they saw the girl standing in the middle.
"Is it the eldest lady or the second miss?"
A low voice of inquiry sounded, but no one answered, and the musician saw that someone was standing, so he directly beat the drum, and the girls in the field stretched out their arms, jumped up, and jumped in front of everyone like a deer in the mountains and forests.
As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one.
The gentleman standing on the side looked solemn, and on the other side, Mrs. Xie was slowly approaching by a few servants, and saw from a distance that the girls in the field also stood still.
"Megumi's waist strength is longer." She smiled and said, "Originally, I was worried that she wouldn't be able to survive a sacrifice. ”
The servants also looked over, and the girls in the field were slowly spinning to the beat of the drums.
This kind of rotation seems to be slow, but with flexible strength, it seems to stir the viewer's heart one by one, as if the flowing water slowly swept people into the whirlpool, and there is no escape.
The drums gradually became intense, and the swaying, fluttering, beating, beating, and spinning of the girls in the field became more and more intense and complicated, her long hair spread out, and as the dance flew in the sunlight, the onlookers' breathing became more and more rapid, and they shook with the woman's large leap and swayed with it.
With a pop, a little girl standing at the front trembled and couldn't support it, and fell to her knees.
This is the essence of the Xie Jiawu dance, which is breathtaking.
At this time, the drum was put away, and the girls in the field spun and fell to the ground, prostrate and worship.
There was silence all around, and then I didn't know which one took the lead and shouted Miss, and the voices rose one after another, and a large number of girls bowed down.
This scene is not unusual, at the sacrifice of the Dannu, there are people who bow down like this all over the mountain.
"Miss! Miss! ”
Xie Roushu also shouted loudly, and the girls around her also applauded, and Mrs. Xie in the distance had shining eyes, and she couldn't hide her excitement and walked forward.
In this noise, Huaiye also looked at the stage blankly.
"The eldest lady danced so well, the eldest lady danced so well." Jiang Ling patted her beside her and shouted excitedly.
Huaiye shook his head blankly.
"It's not." She muttered.
The noise drowned out her murmurs, and no one heard them.
And this noise also woke up the girl who was prostrate on the ground, panting violently, and she raised her head, as if she was a little dazed.
The witch dance is a fan of the spectators, but also of himself, when he goes up to the altar, he is a witch, and when he goes down the altar, he is a person.
Mr. Dancer on the side hurriedly came over to wake up.
"Miss." She reached out to help, with a bit of respect.
This title made the girl laugh.
"It's not." She said, standing up, "I'm not the eldest lady, I'm Xie Roujia." ”
The gentleman was stunned, and his outstretched hand froze.
"My sister asked me to jump first." Xie Roujia smiled and stretched out her hand to the side of the school room, "Look, my sister is there." ”
As she pointed, the husband looked over, and the others unconsciously followed, and the crowd parted at the door of the house, revealing a girl standing among them.
The girl who was exactly the same as the girl on the stage was opening her mouth with a face full of consternation at this time. (To be continued) R655