Out of the ancient village of Dong Township (novella) Zhang Baotong

Everyone came to the house one after another, and the house was already full of people. There is a seven- or eight-meter-wide open space in the middle of the pen &www.biquge.info amp; fun & pavilion house, which is illuminated by a headlight. There are seven or eight benches on each side of the open space, and twenty or thirty elder brothers and sisters are seated. They will be the protagonists of tonight's singing and sitting sisters. The brothers were dressed in clean and neat black cloth clothes, and some were playing bamboo flutes and reed sheng; Some are playing the lute and the piano; Some were clapping their hands and singing.

The most dazzling are the sisters in the village, they are dressed in red and black trim, placket and cuffs, with wide knurled lace, embroidered with golden rooster flowers and Dong brocade, and their hats are full of silverware. They wore silver earrings, bracelets, necklaces, collars, and silver belts, and their whole bodies were shining with silver and gorgeous.

After a burst of singing, dancing and instrumental music, the brothers and sisters all returned to the benches in the front row and sat down. Seeing Wen Li and Yuhua coming, he gave up his seat and let them sit. And Brother Xu sat in the middle of Brother opposite. He wears a black suit with a white shirt and a dark blue tie. The brothers around him were wearing black clothes and red-edged cardigans, big pants, and long headscarves. This outfit is in stark contrast to the costumes of the sisters in the village.

At the beginning of the song, Yuhua first led the sisters to sing a pair of songs: "I only see vines wrapped around trees in the mountains, where in the world do I see trees wrapped around vines, if the green vines do not entangle the trees, it will be in vain for spring after spring." Bamboo should be accepted and you will not be accepted, Xunzi should be left without you, hydrangea should be picked up by you, and sorrow should be picked up with both hands. After singing the song, the sisters screamed, watching how the brothers answered.

The elder brother seemed to be prepared, and then sang, "The elder sister on the other side came over, came over, and saw if your elder brother was handsome, handsome or not." The sister on the other side walked over, walked over, you understand Brother's thoughts, you understand. Before the brothers finished singing, the whistles and roars rang out.

Waiting for the boos of the elder brothers to sound, the elder sisters clapped their hands and sang, "Tonight, the sky and the moon are bent, and the singing sisters have been sitting for another year, and the mandarin ducks and birds are in pairs, why haven't you seen the elder brother coming?" ”

The brothers all stood up and sang while clapping their hands, "Ninety-nine fir mountains, ninety-nine coils." It is so difficult for me to ask my sister, it is like picking the moon for nine days. ”

The sisters flirted with their brothers, singing in a teasing tone, "There is no road to open a road in the mountains, and there is no road to build a bridge in the water." Brother, you were born with good songs, why do you have to wander around on stilts. Are you afraid of being bitten by your sister's yellow dog, or do you think your sister's house doesn't have a brazier to bake? If you have a heart, you will wait for you to speak, and if you have no heart, you will turn around. ”

As if he had received some kind of hint, Ah Ge stood up from the bench together and danced excitedly, "I don't know how deep and shallow I want to cross the river, and if I want to light a cigarette, I'm afraid that Ah Mei will be suspicious." Since Ah Mei is sincere, don't blame Ah Ge for being sincere. Singing and singing, the brothers screamed and roared as they rushed towards the younger sister. The sisters hurriedly sat on the bench, holding hands and leaning tightly together, for fear of letting the brothers break up. However, a few bold elder brothers took the opportunity to sit in Ah Mei's arms.

Because the original intention of Brother Xing to sit on Sister is to sit in Sister A's arms and fall in love. Therefore, the sisters didn't care about this, but just smiled and pushed the elder brother away from his arms. There were also a few elder brothers who were flashed by the elder sisters, and the younger sisters and the onlookers clapped and laughed. The brothers were pushed away or flashed by the sisters, and refused to give up, so they sat in the middle of the sisters, so as to show their love to their favorite mistresses. But the sisters squeezed the brothers sitting next to them together. The brothers saw that the sisters were united against them. They also began to squeeze in unison among them. In this way, the sisters can't squeeze them, so they dodge together. When the brothers saw that their beloved sisters had left the bench and stood aside and laughed at them, they had no choice but to laugh at themselves and return to the bench where they were sitting, and continued to blow the reeds, play the lute, and sing to the sisters.

At this time, Yuhua signaled to Brother Xu, and Brother Xu looked at her, but she didn't seem to understand the meaning. So, Yuhua and Yuxiu ran over and pulled Brother Xu in front of Wen Li. Wen Li lowered her eyebrows and glanced at him shyly. Brother Xu was still a little overwhelmed. Yuhua was in a hurry, so he said, "Hurry up!" Brother Xu hesitated, then took advantage of Wen Li's lack of attention and sat in Wen Li's arms. And to his surprise, Wen Li didn't dodge. When the sisters next to them saw this, they screamed and applauded excitedly. The brothers also gathered around, cheering and roaring merrily. Wen Li's face was blushing, but her heart was about to jump out with excitement and nervousness. She paradoxically pushed Brother Xu, who was sitting in her arms, but did not push. Brother Xu turned around, smiled at her, and then held her face and kissed her on the lips for a long time. At this time, all the brothers grabbed their beloved sisters, and danced a cheerful and ancient song and dance hand in hand with everyone, "There is a heart to plant flowers and flowers to bloom, and there is a heart to cut willows and willows." The roots of bamboo shoots are roots, and now there is a sweetheart. ”

After the song was over, Yuhua and her sisters sent Wen Li back home. When Wen Li returned home, she saw that the house was cleaned up and the lights seemed to be much brighter. When she saw that the doors of her grandmother and grandmother's house were closed, she quietly went up to the embroidery building alone, sat under the lamp, and wondered worriedly what her grandmother and grandmother would do to her.

Under the window of the hanging corner tower, a string of firecrackers sounded, followed by the cheerful blowing of mouth flutes, bamboo flutes and reed sheng, and then, the brothers sang romantic and ancient courtship songs with their throats pulled. After a while, the singing stopped, and I heard the brothers shouting in unison under the window, "Sister Wenli, Sister Wenli-"

Wen Li was moved by this voice, so she got up from the table, walked to the window, opened the window and looked down, and saw that the window was crowded with brothers and sisters and villagers watching the excitement. When Brother Xu saw Wen Li open the window and stretched out her head, he stretched out his arms to her and shouted, "Sister Wen Li, I love you, I love you, I will always love you!" Hearing this, Wen Li couldn't help but burst into tears, she felt that this was the most beautiful word she had ever heard.

Then, there was another burst of firecrackers and gongs and drums, and I saw the door of Wen Li's house open, and Abba shouted, "Brother Xu from Guilin is invited to come in." Brother Xu entered the hall, and the faint electric light hung above a small dining table. At the table sat Wen Li's grandmother, grandfather, grandma and abba.

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