A cold wind blew, and Xie Rouhui, who had entered the room, rubbed her hands.

"How can you wear such a thin dress?" Mrs. Xie frowned and said.

"I just finished a lap and it wasn't cold at all." Xie Rouhui smiled, looking at the fine sweat on Mrs. Xie's forehead, "Mother just danced too?" ”

"It's time for the winter festival." Mrs. Xie said.

The winter festival is a big sacrifice, Mrs. Xie has to go to all the mines in her family, and the sacrificial dance has to be danced several times.

"Mother has worked so hard." Xie Rouhui said.

Mrs. Xie reached out and stroked her sideburns and shoulders.

"You don't have to work hard for long, after March 3, you will work hard in the future." She laughed.

Xie Rouhui hugged her arm and grinned.

Xie Wenxing lifted the curtain and came in, and saw his wife and daughter snuggling together and laughing.

“…… You can take a good look at this winter festival, and the rituals such as entering the mountain and bowing are the same as those on March 3. Mrs. Xie said.

Xie Rouhui listened carefully and nodded.

Xie Wenxing came in, Mrs. Xie stopped talking, and Xie Rouhui called out to her father.

"Let's go eat." Xie Wenxing said.

Xie Rouhui responded and walked to the other side, while Xie Wenxing sat down to talk to Mrs. Xie.

"Mother's mine has started." He said.

Mrs. Xie hummed. ～

"This year's Winter Festival." Xie Wenxing hesitated, "Mother said that Yushan is in charge." ”

There was a snap.

Xie Rouhui's hand holding the chopsticks couldn't help but pause, and then she continued to eat with vegetables with an indifferent expression, and the angry voice of Mrs. Xie next door came from her ears.

"Okay. She's not afraid of being embarrassed, I'm afraid of anything. ”

"The old lady really wants to dance the sacrificial dance herself?" Jiang Ling asked in surprise.

Shao Mingqing nodded.

"The old lady hasn't skipped it in years." Jiang Ling said with a worried face, "It's cold now, okay?" ”

"That's going to have to be a jump." Shao Mingqing said, walked over and looked at Xie Roujia who was sitting on the rocks with her feet dangling from the cliff, "You can't afford to raise Shui Ying?" ”

Xie Roujia, who was looking at the valley and was distracted, smiled when she heard this.

"Shui Ying doesn't need to be raised now, with her with you, you can continue to be your young master with peace of mind." She smiled, "If you want to thank me, thank me." Don't say anything sour. It's not like I don't know what's going on in your heart. ”

Shao Mingqing snorted.

"You know what, why should I thank you?" He said, and sat down beside her. Heels rub against the cliff. A piece of rubble gurgled and rolled down.

Jiang Ling was a little frightened when he heard this.

"You guys go back." She admonished.

"Thank you, of course. If it weren't for me, your little Shui Ying wouldn't know anything. Xie Roujia smiled, wrenching her fingers, "Since coming to this mountain with me." She catches fish, catches rabbits, chops wood, cooks, washes, sewing, and can do everything, and you can enjoy happiness. ”

Shao Mingqing smiled.

"Then thank me." He said, "If I hadn't given her to you, I wouldn't be where I am today." ”

"Oh, so you already knew I was going to be kicked out?" Xie Roujia grinned and said, "And did you know that you would also be kicked out of the house?" You're a visionary. ”

Shao Mingqing laughed.

"Well, I've always been a visionary." He said.

Jiang Ling also laughed, laughed for a moment and felt that it was wrong, is it a happy thing to be kicked out of the house? What's so funny.

The sun finally jumped out of the mountain, the sunlight dispelled the fog, and the valley appeared clearly in front of me.

Xie Roujia looked at the valley and stood up.

"Brother An is here." She said, gesturing to a long line down the mountain.

"Isn't it the day he goes to work?" Shao Mingqing frowned and asked, "He is still a miner, he is talking about teaching you to ride a horse in his spare time, but he doesn't teach you to ride a horse every day, you treat him like this and it is not good for you, you must know that the people left in the mine now are all family members." ”

Those people were ordered by the family to play with the old lady, and they would definitely talk to the family often.

Xie Roujia pulled him up.

"You're really a mother-in-law." She laughed, "I know I know, I know, I'm not looking for him to go horseback riding." ”

"What's that for?" Shao Mingqing frowned and said.

Xie Roujia had already taken the first step to find the slope and slide down the cliff.

"Go play in the mines." She said.

It's better to ride a horse!

Anyway, the family doesn't like her anymore, it doesn't matter if she is a little more disgusted, she used to run over from the mine, but now she has to go into the mine and play in the mine, the stone is not malicious to her, but if you say that you will be stoned to death!

"Stop me." Shao Mingqing shouted.

Xie Roujia had already slid down, and when she was halfway through, she grabbed a mountain rock in her hand, jumped to the protruding mountain rock next to her with a shake of her strength, and then slid and jumped in turn, and in the blink of an eye when Shao Mingqing looked at her frightened heartbeat, the person had already fallen halfway up the mountain.

"You're here too."

Xie Roujia's voice came from down the mountain.

I can't come!

I knew that she ran in the mountains every day, but I didn't expect it to run to such a point.

"Did your young lady learn from monkeys?" Shao Mingqing shouted.

Jiang Ling looked familiar with it.

"Young Master Cousin, you can catch up with Miss relatively quickly if you walk from here." She said with a grin.

When Shao Mingqing came down the mountain to chase after her, Xie Roujia had already arrived at the mine, and when they saw her coming, the miners let out a cheer.

"Miss Roujia! Lead singer! ”

"Miss Roujia! Lead singer! ”

Xie Roujia laughed.

"The sun is shining, lift the rock." She opened her mouth and sang loudly.

"Hey! Hey! ”

"Swing on both sides of the towel belt pole, and lift the pestle forward."

"Hey! Hey! ”

Countless echoes resounded in an instant like a wind in the mine.

On October 28, after divination, it was determined to be the day of the winter festival of the Xie family mine.

When the sky is bright, people come and go in the ancestral hall. In fact, it has been very lively here since last night, and all kinds of sacrificial tributes have been transported up the mountain overnight.

Xie Rouqing stood under the porch wrapped in a cloak, and a gust of wind blew to make her face a little red.

It's much colder here than at home, and thinking of this, she can't help but hug the little burden in her cloak.

There was footsteps behind her, and someone bumped into her shoulder.

This is not one person, it is the combined force of two or three people, Xie Rouqing couldn't help but stumble forward.

There was laughter.

Xie Rouqing turned around and didn't look at it, and went straight to the three of them.

The three girls were busy dodging, but they were still bumped in, and let out an exclamation.

"What for?" When a servant woman heard the commotion, she ran out and hurriedly shouted.

The three girls stretched out their fingers at Xie Rouqing.

"She hits people." They said in unison.

More people in the house came out. Hearing this, he looked at Xie Rouqing with a little disgust.

"Third Miss." A lady in charge frowned and said. "It's not at home."

Xie Rouqing didn't speak, and stood still with a blank expression.

"Don't participate in the Winter Festival." The lady in charge said, "If you fight with others again at the winter festival, no one can afford this responsibility." ”

This made the other girls laugh.

"I shouldn't have let her come."

"Let's go, don't waste time."

Everyone greeted each other and walked to the front yard. Looking back, Xie Rouqing was still standing under the porch. In winter, it looks even more bulky. Standing alone under the porch looks particularly funny.

"Still." A girl stopped and looked out timidly, "This winter festival." That person won't participate, right? ”

That person.

Although they didn't say who it was, everyone stopped, and a little fear appeared on their faces.

"Impossible." A girl said, "She is not from our Xie family, and besides, the eldest lady didn't say it, but whenever we come, she will avoid it." ”

Yes, yes, these words made the girls breathe a sigh of relief and walked out the door, but one girl still took a step behind and looked out with a little apprehension.

But what if she doesn't obey? It seems that she is not afraid of the big lady...."

The girl muttered in her mouth and couldn't help but look back at Xie Rouqing, but she was a little envious that she could stay in the mansion and not have to go out.

The road leading to Huaiqingtai was full of people, and with the arrival of the Great Dan Lord, the team became quiet.

Dressed in a black and red robe, Mrs. Xie slowly walked up the steps, and as she walked, everyone on the left and right knelt on the ground, and the horns and trombones on both sides also whined, and the heavy drums in the distance echoed, and the sound echoed throughout the mountains.

There were no other musical instruments, only rough trombone and drums, no one spoke, no master of ceremonies instructed everyone to do it, but the people around couldn't help but be excited in their hearts, looking at Mrs. Xie who came over and wanted to bow down.

Xie Rouhui walked behind, stretched a long distance from her mother, looked up, and saw that with Mrs. Xie walking up the hill step by step, layers of people knelt down, forming undulating waves.

It's spectacular.

Although it is not the first time to watch it, every time I see such a scene, it is exciting and suffocating.

The hands in her cloak were clenched tightly in front of her, and her heart was pounding under her calm expression.

After the New Year, this qiē will belong to her.

It's spectacular.

Looking down from the top of the high mountain, the Huaiqing platform with dense colored flags is particularly conspicuous.

"I've never seen anything like it." Xie Roujia muttered.

She has never been allowed to participate in sacrifices, whether in her previous life or in this life, whether she is Xie Roujia or Xie Rouhui.

"Miss, don't let them see you." Jiang Ling nervously hid behind the rocks and reached out to pull Xie Roujia's legs.

Xie Roujia jumped down from the stone and looked down against the cliff.

"Miss, because of the cold weather, the winter festival is just that there are few people in our Xie family, and the sacrifice on March 3rd will be attended by the entire Pengshui, which is the most lively and beautiful." Jiang Ling said.

"Then let's look again now to see which position is better, and we can see more clearly when the time comes." Xie Roujia said with a smile.

The distance is so far away, the people on the ground are like ants, and they can't see clearly if they find a location, Jiang Ling raised a smile and nodded.

"Okay." She said.

The two of them talked and laughed and walked up and down the top of the hill until the drums in the wind became intense.

"The old lady is going to dance." Jiang Ling said, lying on the rocks with Xie Roujia and looking down.

A high altar was erected in front of the Huaiqing platform. Because there are no trees to obstruct it, the view is clearer than from other places.

Xie Roujia looked at the person above her who seemed to be turning, because it was too far away to see the specific movements, but she still looked at it seriously and stupidly, and the trombone sound in her ears flickered far and near in the wind.

There were also several groups of men and women around the altar, jumping around the altar in circles, shouting loudly.

Xie Roujia suddenly felt that she had seen the sacrifice in front of her clearly, she didn't seem to be on the top of the mountain, but right next to these people. The sound of drums and chanting hit her ears.

In her previous life, she also learned the witch dance of the winter festival. It's just that after Mrs. Xie taught her all the witch dances, she was not satisfied with her dancing, and finally she was not allowed to dance, and all the sacrifices were replaced by Mrs. Xie.

At that time, she really couldn't dance well. Don't dare to jump. It always felt like there was a rope tied to her feet. She couldn't take a step, but now she looked at the dancing crowd in front of her, who seemed to be waving at her. Come on, come on, come on.

She couldn't help but slowly shake her body and raised her hands.

Come on, come on!

Jiang Ling saw Xie Roujia's movements, and couldn't help but take a step back, looking a little surprised.

It's not uncommon to see the witch dancing and be influenced by it and dance unconsciously, but it's strange that the young lady will be bewitched to dance so far away.

I didn't expect the old lady's witch dance to be so good.

At this time, there were people next to the altar at the foot of the mountain, and they laughed.

The laughing person also knew that this was disrespectful, and his voice was quickly muffled, but everyone still heard it, and they were even more absent-minded, watching the old lady on the stage beat slowly.

The old woman's movements were slow and stiff, and it seemed that she had to be distracted, and she couldn't even step on the drum.

Before the thought fell, I saw that Mrs. Xie on the altar slipped and fell on her back.

The people around were in an uproar and stood up in confusion.

The old lady seemed to be struggling but couldn't get up for a while, but the people around her who were playing drums and dancing were already immersed in the spirit, and the continuous blowing and dancing made it even more funny for the old lady struggling on the stage.

In the midst of this uproar, laughter rang out.

"It's a shame..."Mrs. Xie squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth.

"Go and help the old lady, you can do it for her." Xie Wenxing said in a low voice.

Mrs. Xie glared at him angrily.

"The sacrifice is not over, the witch dance can't be stopped, since she started to dance, even if she climbs, she has to finish climbing, otherwise it will be a great disrespect to the mountain god." She said.

That's right......

Xie Wenxing looked at the stage, the drums and chants continued, and the old woman lying on the stage was trying to stand up, but after trying a few times and it seemed to be fruitless, she really began to move on her knees.

The laughter was louder all around.

Mrs. Xie leaned back in her chair and raised her hand to cover her face.

"It's so ugly." She said angrily, "The mountain god has already sinned once, why doesn't she know how to converge, does she have to have another accident?" Do you have to destroy Yushan to be happy? ”

Before her words fell, a boom was heard, and a muffled thunder rolled through the sky, and everyone was startled, and the noise and laughter were drowned out by the thunder.

What's wrong?

Mrs. Xie let go of her hand, sat up straight in surprise, and looked at the sky in disbelief.

The thunder did not disperse, and the wind blew fiercely.

What's wrong?

Old Madam Xie, who was half-lying on the altar, also looked up at the sky in astonishment.

There was water dripping down her face.

Old Madam Xie only felt numb all over, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Mountain gods, mountain gods.

She threw up her hands vigorously and moved her body around the altar.

"Ji!" She chanted loudly.

The old lady's movements on the stage were even more funny, but no one present laughed anymore, and they looked stunned, and then panicked and surprised.

"Ji!"

"Ji!"

The shouts of one, two, and three in unison were overwhelming.

Mrs. Xie stretched out her hand to cover her heart.

How is this possible.......

Sacrifice rainfalls, and the gods communicate.

How is this possible!

On the top of the mountain, Jiang Ling looked at the beating person in front of her with a fascinate expression, and the rain hit her face without feeling it at all, she couldn't feel the wind, she couldn't feel the rain, she couldn't feel anything.

Xie Roujia raised her hands and spun them high, her long hair scattering.

Winter is coming, winter is coming, praying for blessings, praying for longevity, she sang one after another.

The wind and rain on the top of the mountain are raging, and the beasts and birds are flying in the mountains and forests. (To be continued......) R1292