Chapter Twenty-Six: Joy Alone and Joy for All

Qixi Festival, always looking forward to it, but when he actually arrived, Luo Yun felt really bored. Of course, this is just his personal feeling.

July 7 is actually a very good time. For farmers, this is the time when the wheat harvest is over, the early rice is harvested and the winter wheat does not need to be planted. The fields are harvested, the warehouses have surplus grain, the people are idle, and the season is just right. Coupled with the love background of the Qixi Festival, this is truly a festival that needs to be enjoyed with good joy.

Early in the morning, Cheng Mu was called away by Li Chenglin and Li Kun, and in Luo Yun's infinite yearning and resentful eyes, the peers in the village hooked their shoulders and went down the mountain laughing and joyful all the way. I hid back in bed and wanted to get some sleep, but I couldn't sleep. got up and found the "Yunshan Zhi" written by his mother from the closet and looked at it to relieve boredom, and when the solstice was approaching, Aunt Mei came into the house to find someone, only to find that Luo Yun had not dressed and got up. couldn't help but step forward and gently pinch Luo Yun's ears, Aunt Mei saw that Luo Yun's interest was not high, and after a little thought, she knew that she couldn't get out of the mountain and was bored. With a funny face, he urged Luo Yun to get up, ready to let him join in the fun with him.

The excitement that Aunt Mei said is, of course, the girl's business. After all, the Qixi Festival is a festival dominated by women, and women's programs are much richer than men's. However, Luo Yun felt that he was not suitable for a man to play with women, so as soon as he went out, he broke away from Aunt Mei's hand, and took Xiao You and Zhenyue to the mountain. Aunt Mei shouted twice behind her, and when she saw Luo Yun waving her hand and not looking back, she went with him.

Luo Yun came to the back mountain with his head stuffy all the way, washed his face in the stream, hesitated whether to go into the mountain to play or go upstream along the stream, and went back to relax. After thinking about it for a while, I felt that there was no pleasure in traveling, and I remembered that there were many fruit trees growing by the upstream stream, and I thought that it would be better to stay there all day, at least not hungry. As soon as he thought of it, Luo Yun raised his finger to his mouth and gave a short whistle, summoning the two tigers who were running farther and farther away. This hand was still learned from the fourth uncle, and when I saw that the fourth uncle could command his family hound with a whistle, he was very envious, and he pestered the fourth uncle for a long time to learn. However, Luo Yun was weak and short of breath, so he could only breathe in one breath, so the blow was relatively short, and it was not clear enough. But it can be regarded as having its own characteristics, and it took a long time to practice with Xiao You and Zhenyue to make them understand that whistling is to call them back.

Walking all the way up the stream, I soon came to a steep stone wall, the stream from top to bottom, like a high house, although only a bunch, but unstoppable. The cyan stone at the lower end of the stream had already cracked through it, and the crack continued to spread downward. Luo Yun stopped in front of this small 'waterfall' to watch for a while, until the moisture gradually stained his thin shirt, then turned and passed a flower bush, and detoured up the waterfall from one side of the hill. There is a small pool less than 100 meters in the center, the spring is quite warm, but it is not close to the level of the hot spring, but it is very comfortable to play here in the summer. And because of the water temperature, the grass and trees near the pond are luxuriant, and the fruit trees stand up, like a natural orchard. The flowers under the trees are full of flowers, and the scenery is leisurely and beautiful, which makes people forget to return.

Since the last time he and Mu'er found this place, Luo Yun liked it very much, and wanted people to build a wooden house by the pool, build a grass hut, and come here to play when they have nothing to do. Luo Yun felt that such a beautiful environment was what a reclusive 'master' longed for. However, there are many things in the village this year, and it is obviously impossible to build a wooden house for your own enjoyment. But Luo Yun is not in a hurry, it will be good next year, anyway, this place can't run, he can be regarded as occupied. As for Mu'er saying that there are many apes and beasts here, this kind of thing can't affect him.

Although it is autumn, there is no grass or trees here. The wild fruits in the forest are more ripe, and if you look closely, an ape will rise from time to time among the dense branches and leaves, shuttling through the forest to feed. Luo Yun sat down on a smooth white stone by the water, took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trouser legs, put his feet into the pool, closed his eyes and lay down on the stone. Feel the spring water gushing up from the ground, a warm trickle of water brushing through the soles of your feet, through your fingers, and ironing your calves. Yang Tian groaned comfortably, lazy to come up, Luo Yun didn't even want to open his eyes anymore, listening to the sound of water, wind, grass and trees, apes and birds, but he felt that the mountains were quiet, the sky was in his ears, and his heart had fallen asleep.

I don't know how time passed, and suddenly there were hot and moist water dripping on my face. Luo Yun was awakened, but his body was reluctant to move his little finger, but the sound around his body began to continue to come into his ears. The still immature roars of Xiao You and Zhen Yue continued to be heard in the forest, mixed with the sharp and piercing screams of the apes. I thought it was Xiao You and Zhenyue who were hunting and alarmed the monkeys, but as soon as they heard it for a while, Luo Yun couldn't help frowning, as if it wasn't hunting, it seemed that the tiger and the monkey were fighting.

He opened his eyes very reluctantly, propped himself up lazily, and turned his head to look at the fruit forest. Sure enough, the apes that had been seen by chance had gathered in groups of five or six trees, and there were nearly twenty of them at a cursory glance, with gray or yellow fur and different sizes. Some are like the skinny monkeys with thin arms and legs that were common in later zoos, while others have strong limbs and are twice as large as ordinary monkeys. Luo Yun has not studied the human relatives of this primate, and he can't distinguish their breed. But it could be seen that they were very united in groups, and three or five of them squatted together on a branch and threw fruit cores and stones at Zhenyue below. This scene reminded Luo Yun of how this should be the case when humans hunt tigers.

I remember a story that the cat was the teacher's teacher, but the tiger was not taught to climb a tree. Luo Yun really hadn't seen a tiger go up a tree, so he didn't know if this was right, and he never thought of asking Xiao You and Zhenyue to verify it. However, the two little guys at home on weekdays still climbed his bed very smoothly, but at this time, Zhenyue kept running and jumping among the trees, dodging the ape's attack, if such a reaction could be said to be expected by Luo Yun, then Xiao You's performance was amazing. When Luo Yun caught Xiao You's figure, he was stunned for a long time.

Who says tigers don't go up trees? One tiger may not, and two tigers may not go up; But if there is a very intelligent tiger among these two tigers, then ...... It's really not a problem to go up the tree. I saw that between the big trees, a black shadow kept stepping and jumping between the branches, agile like a cheetah, and the monkeys on those branches were forced to change positions or hide on the top of the trees. And the reason why Zhenyue keeps running and jumping is to catch up with Xiao You's movements, the tiger is like a cat, and it seems that he is not afraid of jumping down from a high place at all. Whenever the monkey runs out of a tree, Xiao Yu jumps down and runs to the next tree, and when he wants to climb the tree, he doesn't need to climb. Xiao You and Zhen Yue jumped up at the same time, Xiao You borrowed the strength of Zhen Yue on Zhen Yue's upper limbs, pounced on the trunk, and continued to pedal and jump without pause and landed directly on the branches. The two little tigers ran around the woods with more than a dozen monkeys, and when they got close, the monkeys stopped in the trees near Luoyun. The water droplets that woke up Luo Yun just now were splashed by the stones thrown by the monkeys.

I exclaimed that Xiao Yu is worthy of being born with a different species, this black tiger does have its extraordinary. After sighing, Luo Yun also felt funny, and said that there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to call the king, and these two future kings of the mountains and forests are really competing with a group of monkeys. After looking at it for a while, I found that the two little guys didn't feel tired at all, and Xiao Yu was not chasing alone, and occasionally there were monkeys who couldn't react and were really pounced on by him. But it didn't bite to death, there was no kung fu at all, Zhenyue stepped heavily on the monkey so that it couldn't get up for the time being. Luo Yun could see that the two tigers were really playing, looked up at the sky, and found that he had really slept for a long time, and the sun was already next to the top of the mountain. After drying his feet and putting on his shoes and socks, Luo Yun whistled into the forest, and the two little tigers stopped at the same time when they heard the whistle, and Xiao You jumped down from the tree and led Zhenyue back. A group of monkeys suddenly lost their pursuers, and they were stupidly stunned in the trees for a long time.

When the two little guys came to their side, Zhenyue stuck out his tongue and plunged directly into the waterhole, Xiao You ran around Luo Yun, Luo Yun saw that he was also covered in sweat, and couldn't help but smile and watch it drink a few sips of water, and finally couldn't help jumping into the waterhole to take a bath.

"You two have nothing to do with a bunch of monkeys. Okay, stop playing in the water, come out when you're full, and hurry home. ”

Luo Yun took the two tigers down the stream again, and the group of monkeys almost sent each other off, causing Xiao You and Zhenyue to scream at them from time to time. Luo Yun looked funny, but he didn't know that this group of monkeys had bad intentions in their hearts to let them stay for a moment longer. Because, their 'rescue' is coming.

Luo Yun didn't know how long the two little guys had been arguing with the monkey, and of course he couldn't tell that the monkey had run away. And his concession with Xiao You and Zhenyue at this time also made him meet the real King of Qinling more than half a year late, which made Luo Yun regret it when he realized this later.

When I got home, it was already ten years old, and the moon was dim in the sky, and I seemed to know that the brightest light of the night did not belong to it. Unlike in the past, the quietness of the mountain village at this time. Today, the women of every household have set up an offering table and incense burner in each courtyard, and on the table are tea, wine, fruits, and the 'smart food' made by each woman. Worship the stars in the sky, that is, the twin gods of morning glory and weaver girl. The women who meet together wear their most beautiful clothes, decorated with their own hand-sewn ornaments or juanpa, and after praying to the moon, they begin to 'thread needles and beg'. The five-color thread has to pass back and forth through the seven-hole needle in the hazy moonlight, and the end is to see who is more ingenious. I practiced for a long time some time ago, so I just watched tonight's fight. After a serious competition, the winner was overjoyed, and the rest encouraged each other, and after a while, they frolicked again. Then there is a ritual of sacrifice and prayer, such as the cardamom girl's simple and beautiful mind begging for skill, or begging for a wishful wife with a spring mood; Those who are married are beggars, and those who have both children are happy beggars.

Walking quietly on the edge of the lights, Luo Yun looked and listened to the continuous laughter of women, and felt that today was really more lively than the New Year. When I walked to the door of the house, I found that it was dark at home, and I wondered for a long time before I remembered that Aunt Mei had said in the morning that the whole family would go to the fourth uncle's house for dinner tonight. He patted his forehead in annoyance, turned around and walked back and forth with the two hungry little ones. Zhenyue, who didn't know why, stood at the door of the house and shouted several times, but he didn't want to follow anymore.

Looking down at Xiao You, who was also pressed against his feet with two paws, he looked up at him with a pair of eyes that glowed faint green in the night. sighed helplessly, Luo Yun was also hungry, but if he didn't go to the fourth uncle's house today, he would be taught a lesson by the fourth uncle in the future, and he wouldn't be able to eat even if he entered the house. Looking at the two coquettish little tigers who just didn't want to leave, Luo Yun had to bend down and pick up Xiao You and put it directly on his thin shoulder, and then walked back and put Zhenyue on the other shoulder.

"Hissβ€”β€”, so heavy! Start losing weight for both of you tomorrow. Gritting his teeth, Luo Yun hadn't hugged the two tigers since they started eating meat, and now the weight was almost overwhelming him. Coming to the fourth uncle's house step by step, Uncle Wu greeted him when he saw the figure from afar, and was startled when he saw Luo Yun's embarrassed appearance. Without waiting to ask, the two little guys who smelled the fragrance struggled and jumped directly off Luo Yun's body and ran into the courtyard gate to find food.

Listening to the exclamations that sounded in the courtyard, Luo Yun didn't understand, stretched his waist, and moved his arms that were numb by the two tigers. grinned at Uncle Wu and smiled.

Uncle Wu shook his head speechlessly, and when he saw Luo Yun carrying the two little guys, he thought that they were injured when they encountered a fierce beast attack in the mountain, but it was nothing to see. "Why did you come back at this time, your Aunt Mei has asked several times before, don't worry about her not listening, if I hadn't been dragged by the fourth sister-in-law to the patriarch's house for a party, I would have driven this family out to find you."

Luo Yun smiled embarrassedly: "I slept in the mountains unknowingly, and when I came back, I met a group of monkeys and two little guys making trouble, and they walked slowly." Rubbing his gurgling belly, "Does Uncle Wu have anything to eat?" I'm dying of hunger. ”

"You, you, you dare to sleep in the mountains full of jackals, tigers and leopards, and if you change someone else, you won't be taken by wolves sooner. Come in, your fourth uncle will keep all the good meat for you." Uncle Wu reproached and pulled Luo Yun into the house.

Don't mention it, after the festival. On the tenth day of the seventh month, Luo Yun got up early in the morning and asked Mu'er, who came back early, to go out with him and hang out everywhere. However, several good cousins are still busy outside on a 'blind date', and even the married cousin Li Jian also took this opportunity to take his wife out to catch a temple fair and accompany his wife back to her parents' house to have a look. The young ones couldn't play together, Luo Yun and Cheng Mu thought about it after scooping up a handful of snacks and decided to go to Daddy Zhang's house to have a look. Maybe Daddy Zhang is bored at home, and they can discuss making some new things together.

When I came to the door of Zhang's father's house, I saw that Zhang Song and Zhang Lin had already returned, and a family of four was sitting in the courtyard at this time. Father Zhang squatted on a wooden stake, holding the tender branches of a tree in his mouth, and a smooth and shiny bluestone in front of him, sharpening his planing knife one by one. The two brothers were touching back and forth on the side, tidying up, fiddling and fiddling, nothing serious, and they looked absent-minded at first glance. Luo Yun pushed open the courtyard door very familiarly, opened his mouth and asked, "Yo, why did Brother Zhang and Second Brother Zhang come back so quickly, but have you already found the woman you like?" ”

Hearing Luo Yun's voice, Daddy Zhang's family saw Luo Yun and Cheng Mu, and hurriedly got up to give up their seats to the two. This family drinks cold water on weekdays, but the spring on this mountain is clean, and they have never drunk diarrhea. I know that Luo Yun likes to drink tea, but this tea is not available in every family, but it is disrespectful to serve guests directly with cold water.

After everyone was seated, Luo Yun asked the question again, and looked at the brothers curiously with Cheng Mu. The others haven't come back yet, could it be that these two guys have found their target so quickly?

I saw Zhang Song, a man of more than 1.9 meters tall, blushing at Luo Yun's gaze, scratching his hair unnaturally, and smirking on his face. It shook Luo Yunlei's whole body.

"Look at your unproductive look! This daughter-in-law has not yet skimmed the eight characters, just this virtue, if you really enter the door in the future, will you even be able to forget your father. Daddy Zhang took out the branch in his mouth and waved his hand to Zhang Song's head, Zhang Song didn't feel pain, but he still accepted his virtue and sat honestly with his head bowed. Next to him, Zhang Lin didn't dare to say a word.

Luo Yun saw that Daddy Zhang's appearance was not really angry, so he smiled and congratulated him: "It's a good thing that Brother Zhang can find what he likes, with Brother Zhang's loyalty, how can he marry a daughter-in-law and forget his father." I don't know which village girl you are looking at, Daddy Zhang, didn't you hurry up and strike while the iron was hot and set this family affair? ”

"I was thinking about this just now, and the two of them just came back last night. It is also this silly man who has the blessing of being stupid, and he met the 'squeezing fairy' at the temple fair, and happened to save a girl in Jiufeng Village. ZHANG Lin...... I'm not in a hurry, I'll talk about it next year. The old man is planning to ask the patriarch to ask the acquaintances of Jiufeng Village to inquire about the situation of the girl's family, and ask a matchmaker to say that he will be able to do it before the year. After Daddy Zhang finished speaking, he lowered his head and bit the branch again, he had this problem when he was thinking about things, Luo Yun began to think that he liked the taste of tree sap.

Luo Yun looks at Daddy Zhang's appearance, I'm afraid he still has no psychological spectrum, although Zhang Song and the other woman's eyes are right, but if the woman's parents don't agree, it's useless. Alas, I have to help Zhang Song marry this daughter-in-law. "Haha, then won't I be able to drink Brother Zhang's wedding wine in a short time, Luo Yun said congratulations first." Looking at Zhang Song's happy smirk, as if he was marrying a daughter-in-law today, Luo Yun couldn't help but say in his heart with a smile, 'A straightforward man like a pine and cypress'. Turning his head to look at Daddy Zhang, who has never smiled, the marriage of children is also a thing that parents are happy and worried about......

"Daddy Zhang doesn't have to worry, the second uncle sent a message before the holiday, but if there is a happy event for the engagement and marriage, the clan will definitely help each other. After a while, you might as well ask Brother Zhang to tell the girl's name and family to tell the patriarch, so that he can tell the matter as soon as possible, and maybe he will be robbed by another family if it is late. When accepting the color and emblem, the gift may as well be heavier, and the family should not underestimate Brother Zhang. But if there is someone who needs help, Daddy Zhang just speaks, and Luo Yun only hopes to drink Brother Zhang's happy wine. Looking at Daddy Zhang's appearance, he was still a little hesitant, Luo Yun looked around at the people in the courtyard: "Our Li Jiazhai is about to get busy, and everyone is still counting on the hanging tower made by Daddy Zhang to repair the reservoir and water the ground with a water wheel in the future." This day will only get better and better, and when Brother Zhang Lin marries a wife and starts a family next year, Brother Zhang Song may let Daddy Zhang hold his grandson. This good day is coming soon, what is Daddy Zhang worried about. After speaking, Luo Yun patted Daddy Zhang's shoulder very well, and after the pat, he suddenly felt that his words were so inappropriate, he couldn't help blushing a little, and turned his head to see that everyone in the courtyard was looking at him dumbfounded, Luo Yun couldn't help but blushed and pulled Luo Yun to leave in a hurry.

Walking on the mountain road, Cheng Mu followed behind and looked at Luo Yun: "Brother Yun, you ...... just now"

"Forget what you just did, don't mention it."

"But ......"

"Brother Mu, have you thought about what kind of wife you will find in the future?" Luo Yun diverged the topic.

"I didn't think about it, I always felt that it was so far away from me."

Luo Yun couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "Brother Mu, don't worry, Aunt Mei told me about this, and I will definitely help you pick a good one in the future." It's difficult for everyone to be beautiful, at least it has to be a small jasper, and we don't want to be a poet who can't read and compose poetry. ”

"Huh?! You're a few months younger than me, so how could my mother discuss this kind of issue with you? ”

Luo Yun turned around and looked at Luo Yun with a smug expression and shook his finger: "You don't understand this, it's not a matter of age, it's a matter of dealing with people." Besides, why can't Aunt Mei tell me about this, my family will not be in your hands in the future, if you find a yellow-faced woman to come back, will I have to live in the future......"

Cheng Mu was stunned: "Everyone is a man, what kind of daughter-in-law do I have to do with you." Also, why should I give you a housekeeper, what are you doing yourself? ”

Luo Yun said as a matter of course: "It's too hurtful for you to say this, it's hard to say that you don't want a brother if you have a daughter-in-law." My housekeeper, do I understand? If my business gets bigger and bigger, and you don't take care of it, will it be possible to throw it into the water if you want to? ”

"You ............"