Chapter 69: Waiting
Although he started mining, Brother An still went to ride with Xie Roujia every other day as before, so Shao Mingqing quickly found the two of them.
Driving horses to drink water by the river in the back mountain, Xie Roujia listened to Shao Mingqing's words.
"Do you want Brother An to go home?" She was surprised and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”
"Explain the mine and the mine to the eldest lady." Shao Mingqing said, "Don't you know? After officially becoming a Dannu, she began to come into contact with cinnabar and placer mines. ”
She really didn't know, she thought that these were all taught by her mother, and there was no one from the mine to teach her in her previous life.
But then she laughed again, her mother didn't want her to be a Dannu, just to let her look good and give birth to a child, how could they arrange this teaching.
"That's because grandmother thinks Brother An is very powerful?" Xie Roujia asked, with a little joy.
To be selected to teach Miss Xi must be the best and most experienced person who has been selected by thousands of people, which is a good thing, representing everyone's recognition.
"It was Miss Megumi who picked it." Shao Mingqing looked at her and said.
She!
The smile on Xie Roujia's face suddenly froze.
She's ......
Why did she fall in love with Brother An?
Xie Roujia's eyes appeared in front of Xie Roujia's eyes, when she came out of the mine, under the lights, Xie Rouhui stood at the bottom of the mountain and watched her.
Was it because she saw Brother An standing beside her at that time, or because she saw Brother An and Mrs. Xie personally escorting the Bloodstone into the city?
"Is it because you want to disgust me, or do you want to please the old lady?" She asked.
Shao Mingqing glanced at An Geyu, who was squatting by the river and looking at the horse.
"It's not a win-win-win." He said.
Also, Xie Roujia smiled.
"However, if it is just disgusting to me, it may not be good for Brother An, if it is still to please the old lady. Ankobi's life will be better. She said.
"Not necessarily." Shao Mingqing said, "Whether it's good or not, it depends on whether you are willing or not." ”
He beckoned.
"Brother An."
Ange Yu, who was squatting by the river, got up and walked over when he heard the sound.
"Old Madam Xie wants you to go to the city." Shao Mingqing said.
Before he finished his words, An Ge Yu shook his head.
"I'm not going." He said.
"You're not going?" Shao Mingqing rolled his eyes, "When will it be your turn to say no?" ”
If you die, you won't be able to escape.
"The old lady promised me to let me stay in the mine." An Ge Yu said.
"She didn't say to let you leave the mine, she just asked you to do a favor." Shao Mingqing said, looking at him with a smile, "You don't have to say this, do you?" ”
Brother An looked at him and lowered his head for a moment.
Watch as Ange rode away. Xie Roujia looked sad.
"Why don't you tell him about the benefits of going. For example, you can become a teacher of the eldest lady, for example, you can learn things from people who have experience in other mines. "Actually, being a teacher is something that many miners dream of." It's not a bad thing. ”
"If it's not bad, it's necessarily good?" Shao Mingqing glanced at her and said.
Yes, being selected as the eldest lady's teaching is something that everyone envies, and being selected as the eldest lady's husband is a great joy, the result. It looks so good, but in fact, the inside story is so unbearable. As a result, he also died.
This time my sister did not die, and she did not urgently need to choose a husband to continue the offspring, I thought that Brother An's fate had changed, and she could be safe and secure in the mine. I won't have too much contact with the Xie family anymore, but I didn't expect to enter the Xie family now, and I am still by the eldest lady's side. Although this eldest lady at this time is not herself.
But what will be the result?
Xie Roujia frowned.
"Hey." Shao Mingqing bumped into her, "I just care about talking about Brother An." Forget about me, in fact, I'm just like him. ”
Like him?
Xie Roujia looked at him in surprise.
"You're going to teach too?" She asked.
"It's better to teach, I'm going to be pulled to be a son-in-law." Shao Mingqing said.
Xie Roujia's eyes widened, and then she burst out laughing again.
"Hey, that's too favoritism." Shao Mingqing glared and said, "After listening to Brother An's matter, your brows are as big as walnuts, and you will laugh when it is my turn." ”
"Then do you want to be a son-in-law?" Xie Roujia asked with a smile.
"It's not something you want me to be a son-in-law at all." Shao Mingqing pursed his lips and said, "Anyway, Brother An, or the old lady really wants him to help, and I don't have any kindness at all when I go to be a son-in-law, either to entrap me or to paralyze me." ”
Xie Roujia nodded.
"Then you just don't want to go." She said.
"Of course." Shao Mingqing said, "Being a son-in-law with someone is a lifelong thing, and I can't make myself uncomfortable in order to make others feel at ease." ”
Xie Roujia sighed.
"So that's the case, so you didn't be my son-in-law at that time." She muttered.
"What did you say?" Shao Mingqing asked.
Xie Roujia came back to her senses and shook her head.
Shao Mingqing didn't be the son-in-law of the Xie family in his previous life, although I don't know if he was willing or unwilling at that time, but now that he doesn't want to be, there must be a way to be improper.
"So what to do?" She said.
"I don't think you're worried at all." Shao Mingqing snorted and said, stretching out his hand to point at her brow, "I'm not wrinkled." ”
Xie Roujia chuckled again and reached out to pat his hand.
"Okay, I know, you don't have to comfort me, I know you have a way." She smiled, "You, if you really encounter difficulties, you won't come to me and say that I'm worried, you will only come to me if you're fine." ”
Shao Mingqing smiled, reached out and touched her head.
"Children are smart." He said.
Xie Roujia snorted and opened his hand.
"But seriously, what can you do?" She asked.
"Drag." Shao Mingqing said.
Drag...
"I don't say that I shouldn't be a son-in-law, how can I take a fancy to each other when I am a son-in-law, marriage is not enmity, everyone has to be happy, right, right, so I am not inappropriate, but I have to find what I like." Shao Mingqing said, "Are you right? ”
Xie Roujia nodded.
"Yes." She said.
"As for Brother An, anyway, the eldest lady is not yet the time to study. I'll talk about it after March 3. Shao Mingqing said, "It can be delayed for a day." ”
Xie Roujia was silent for a moment.
"How long can that be delayed?" She said.
One family and two can't see it, three or four can't see it, five or six can't see it, no one will be stupid, and Brother An's time here is very clear, and he has to go after March 3.
Drag. What if you drag it to the end.
The most important thing is that people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat. There is no possibility of refusal.
"Maybe, drag it out for a while, maybe we'll have a chance to say no." Shao Mingqing said.
Is there such an opportunity?
Xie Roujia looked at him.
"Why not? Can you think that I can have the opportunity to negotiate with Master Xie on the conditions to go to the capital? Can you imagine that I would have the opportunity to make friends with so many people in the capital? Shao Mingqing said with a smile. His eyes lit up, "Look, none of us expected it, but this opportunity still came." ”
Xie Roujia smiled. Nodding.
"No matter how hard life is, you can always get by." Shao Mingqing smiled and reached out to touch Xie Roujia's head again. "Maybe it won't be long before you can find a piece of Bloodstone again, and then you'll be qualified to talk to them about the conditions."
Xie Roujia smiled and dodged.
"Don't touch my head, you kid." She laughed.
"yes, yes. I'm a child, Miss Roujia, and we're all up to you. Shao Mingqing made a panicked look. Hands tugged at her sleeves and pleaded, "You must protect us." ”
Xie Roujia raised her head and chest.
"Okay." She said in a gruff voice. "I'm here."
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to make a whistle, and the little red horse, which was playing in the river, immediately turned upside down.
Shao Mingqing also turned over and got on the horse, and the two galloped away one after the other.
When night falls, the miners' quarters come alive.
Nowadays, I don't have to go to work at night, but I eat with my wife and children at home after work, or sit and talk and laugh.
Lao Haimu threw the spoon in his hand, pulled An Ge Yu into the house, and the straw curtain blocked the laughter outside.
"What did you say?" He asked, "Da Dan wants you to teach the eldest lady?" ”
An Ge Yu nodded.
"That's what Young Master Shao said, I don't ......," he said, and before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lao Haimutong kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.
"Thank you Lord Dadan, thank you ancestors for blessing." He kowtowed and choked.
"But Dad, I don't want to go." An Ge Yu said.
Old Haimu stood up and glared.
"You don't want to go? Where is your turn? "Besides, didn't you leave the mines?" It's for you to teach the eldest lady to be familiar with the mine, what else do you want? ”
"I won't teach." An Ge Yu said.
"Whether it will be judged by others, you just need to be obedient, if you don't teach well, you will naturally let you come back." Old Haimu said, "But now that you haven't gone yet, you say that you can't do it, do you want to say that Lord Da Dan doesn't know people clearly?" ”
Angobi hung his head.
"Then you ...... father," he said.
"Don't let me mine, can't I live without you? Do you have to die for you to do your own thing? Lao Haimu shouted angrily, stretched out his hand and pointed out, "Don't talk nonsense, go cook!" ”
Brother An bowed his head and walked out.
"I don't know what to do!" Lao Haimu said indignantly, a smile appeared on his face again, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "Although I can't be a wizard anymore, I can be a big steward in the mine in the future, and I will live up to my ancestors." ”
The night was dark, Jiang Ling walked indoors and opened the door, seeing that Shui Ying was already sleeping slightly over there, and then seeing that Xie Roujia was still on the light.
"Miss, why aren't you sleeping?" She walked over and asked in a low voice.
Xie Roujia sat on the bed and hugged her knees as if she was distracted, and raised her head when she heard the sound.
"I'll read a little longer." She said.
Reading?
Jiang Ling stared, and Xie Roujia didn't have a single piece of paper around him.
"Keep it in your head." Xie Roujia smiled, stretching out her hand and pointing at her head.
"Why don't you ask Young Master Cousin to help buy some books?" Jiang Ling said.
Miss is alone all day long, in addition to the mountains are mountains, it is better to buy some books to read, than to recall the books you used to read to relieve boredom.
"No, no, that's not what I'm reading." Xie Roujia said. "I'm not here to relieve boredom."
"What's that for?" Jiang Ling asked.
Xie Roujia let go of her knees and propped her hands on the bed to look at the night outside.
"Let's get more opportunities." "It's an opportunity to negotiate terms with others, not to be at the mercy of others." ”
Although Jiang Ling didn't understand, he still nodded.
"Yes, you have to be brave." She said. "Miss, I'll light the light for you."
What lamp do you want to read with your brain. Xie Roujia smiled.
"To refresh yourself, what should you do if you are sleepy without a light?" Jiang Ling said with a smile.
That's right, Xie Roujia smiled and nodded.
Doors and windows are tightened. The small light that came out of the window, in the night of the deep mountains, was like a star in the sky, a small bright flicker.
When it's getting dark. The front of the most spacious hall of the Xie family's mansion was full of people.
A high platform was erected in the courtyard, and large drums were placed on all sides. The people standing on either side also held horns and trombones.
The first drill of the March 3rd festival is about to begin.
Almost everyone in the Xie family, old and young, came up and down, and worked hard to create a real crowd on March 3.
Unlike the previous few times when they danced in front of people, this time the girls all changed into formal dresses and stood in a hugging building not far away.
"I'm so nervous."
A girl couldn't help but say.
"Nervous what." Someone said. "These are all family members, and there are many outsiders who will watch the ceremony on March 3."
The girl who said this was even more nervous.
"Don't be nervous." Xie Rouhui looked back and smiled, "It's the same as we usually dance." Just as those people don't exist. ”
The girls all nodded.
Outside the door, a bull's horn sounded, and a dull drum beat followed. Everyone's breathing suddenly stopped.
With a bang, the red curtain hanging in front of the hugging house was lifted, and two young men dressed in red and black belts knelt down on one knee to salute.
"Please move." They shouted aloud.
Xie Rouhui spit out in one breath, straightened her body and stepped out, and after she took five steps, the girls lined up behind her followed.
The red carpet stretched out on the road, stretching to the altar, and on either side stood small servants as supporters, kneeling down on one knee and chanting as the girl in the red robe and the crown of gold, silver, and jewels on her head approached step by step.
Sitting on the high platform, Mrs. Xie, who saw this scene condescendingly, couldn't hide her excitement.
Sure enough, people rely on clothes, and as soon as this dress of the Dannu gift is put on, the whole person is different.
"Walk steadily." Xie Cunli nodded with satisfaction and said.
"There are no external objects, full attention, and free and natural." The other old man said with a smile.
"The other shrine maidens are good, too."
They talked in low voices, and only Old Madam Xie looked at the scene without saying a word.
The road had come to an end, the drums and trumpets had stopped, Xie Rouhui ascended the altar, and the shrine maidens followed suit.
Although the sacrificial witch dance is not the same as before, it is also divided into two scenes, the first is danced by the maidens and the shrine maidens on the altar, the second is the shrine maidens retreat to the stage to dance, and the danmaidens dance solo on the stage, after the witch dance, it is the shrine maidens who chant and pray to toast and sacrifice to the gods.
On the high platform, Xie Rouhui stood in the center, and the rest of the girls stood in a scattered manner.
There were no drums or trumpets, and gradually the noisy crowd became quiet.
All eyes were focused on the high platform, looking at the girl standing upright on it, the big crown on her head, the long shawl on her body had been untied, the big red and black edged long-sleeved and wide-waisted skirt swayed slightly with the wind, and the gold and silver threads embroidered on the corners of the skirt were shining like water lines.
The girl stood upright, reaching out and slowly raising it above her head.
Looking at this scene, the entire exercise ground was silent, and everyone's hearts were lifted.
It seems that suddenly a trombone rose for a long time, only this one trombone echoed in the air with the sound of the wind, the girl on the high platform still raised her hands to the sky and did not move, the trombone sound became more and more urgent, and when the onlookers felt that they were going to be unable to breathe, a drum sounded, Xie Rouhui, who was originally upright and motionless, waved her long sleeves, and the person shook like the wind blowing willows.
Good!
The hearts of those who watched cried out.
This seemingly easy shaking requires a steady Yu step and a strong waist, seeing this scene, Old Madam Xie, who has been silent, also nodded slightly.
The drums and trumpets sounded loudly, and with Xie Rouhui's dance, the other witches also began to move with them, and the high platform was like a cloud of fire falling from the sky, which was very shocking at a glance.
"I still remember this step." Mrs. Xie whispered to the old man beside her, looking at the girls on the high platform, "I used to make mistakes here at the beginning, and I practiced for a long time. ”
The old man next to him laughed.
"yes, I remember how many times you cried about it." He smiled, "But then you also practiced well, look, you still taught Huihui so well......." ”
The two laughed and looked at the girl who didn't leave the stage, watching the girl leap up and slide out of a beautiful arc, but the next moment, the girl didn't fall steadily on the stage and rotate again, but just fell and turned a step and collided with a witch, the witch staggered and stood still, and Xie Rouhui fell on the stage.
Pounced......
The drums and trumpets continued, and the dancing shrine maidens swirled to the rhythm, and as the whirling turned away, the girl who fell to the ground appeared in front of everyone.
Mrs. Xie stood up abruptly, looking incredulous.
Unbelievable, she wasn't the only one, the eyes of the people in the audience widened, and gradually the girls on the stage also found out, one stopped, and two stopped......
What's wrong?
The drums and trombones also stopped.
The audience was silent and seemed to freeze.
The giggling sound suddenly sounded, it was a child's laughter, but at this moment the little child's laughter was extraordinarily loud, and it reached everyone's ears.
"Fell......" said the child with a milky voice, laughing.
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The second volume ends, and the third volume begins.
Jiagen was around eleven o'clock in the evening, (*^__^*) hee hee...... Have a great weekend (to be continued)
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