Chapter 6: The Strange Patriarch
"Wait." Zhu Yongxing just listened casually at first, but suddenly reacted, the key words in this sentence made him frightened, almost out of shape, and asked in disbelief: "What did you say, Wanli, what time is Wanli?" How many years have we been now? β
Mengzhu didn't expect Zhu Yongxing to react so much, he was stunned for a moment, and continued to explain: "Wanli is the Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, as for the time, I have to calculate it." Well, fifty or sixty years, right? β
"Ha Luha, you, hehe, fifty or sixty years, you really know how to joke." Zhu Yongxing smiled weirdly, and he looked around, looking for a flaw in Mengzhu to deceive him. I can't find it, it doesn't matter, even if you pretend to be like you, I won't listen to your nonsense anymore when I get out.
Mengzhu blinked her big eyes, looking at Zhu Yongxing's strange performance, and she didn't know what to say.
"Mengzhu, then what time is it? Yes, you get another emperor out. Zhu Yongxing asked as if he wanted to listen to a joke.
"Now-" Mengzhu looked at Zhu Yongxing in surprise for a while, and said cautiously: "If you haven't changed, it should be Emperor Yongli, I heard that the Ming Dynasty is in chaos now, and the pigtail soldiers have hit Yunnan." Well, some people heard from those who fled. β
Zhu Yongxing looked at Mengzhu's serious appearance, a little unable to laugh, he couldn't change it, Yongli was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and then it was the Qing Dynasty, the money rat tail, and it was almost a fishy era.
Buddha Bodhisattva, Taishang Laojun, God Christ, Allah Allah...... Don't cheat, Zhu Yongxing silently thought to the immortal sect masters from all walks of life in his heart, let me wake up from my dream quickly!
There was a sound of leather drums outside, Zhu Yongxing couldn't understand it, but Mengzhu was overjoyed and said, "There is a ceremony to be held in the village to welcome distinguished guests, so it is naturally you." Wait a minute, I'll come when I go. β
Zhu Yongxing was disturbed by the answer, and he didn't say anything about Mengzhu's departure. The room was quiet, and Zhu Yongxing walked back and forth on the ground, trying to think about something, but he couldn't find a clue in a mess. He sat down one moment, stood up the next, fidgeting, and his heart was troubled.
I don't know how long it took for the road to go, but a noisy voice came closer and closer, and it sounded like it was outside the house, and then it was quiet again. As soon as the door opened, Mengzhu walked in. She was clearly deliberately dressed, her head splashed with a small white flower that emitted a strange fragrance, a red large collar with silver flakes and silver flowers on the chest, a cross-over right blouse on the chest, and a knee-length pleated skirt with a bright belt around her waist. Coupled with her beauty, she looks like a fairy.
The regular dress looks plain and elegant, like a cup of evocative tea; The dress is like the king of flowers, the peony, which looks gorgeous and rich. Zhu Yongxing was a little confused in his heart, but he smiled perfunctorily and nodded slightly, heavy makeup is always appropriate, and people's foundations are good!
Mengzhu smiled happily, but looked a little shy, saluted Zhu Yongxing, and said, "Distinguished guests, please go to the village with Mengzhu, the welcome ceremony is ready." After saying that, he made a gesture of please.
Zhu Yongxing scratched his head, reached out to pick up the gun, and carried it on his shoulder, although it was a little nondescript, but things became a little weird, and he had to guard against it!
There were more than 20 young men and women outside the door, dressed very formally, and as soon as Zhu Yongxing, Mengzhu and the others came out, they surrounded them in the middle, laughing, singing, and hugging towards the village.
"Now I'm going to take you to see my father, you-" Mengzhu turned to Zhu Yongxing and said, her expression a little embarrassed, and she stopped talking.
Zhu Yongxing scratched his head and said according to his understanding: "It should be, do you want to meet the elders?" His doubts were unanswered, and his answer was a little perfunctory. After a pause, he came back to his senses and asked Mengzhu, "What etiquette should I pay attention to, and what are the taboo rules of your clan?" β
Mengzhu smiled: "You don't have to worry about being afraid, my father is a very easy-going person, you are an outsider, he will not be harsh on you for etiquette." You can do what you are accustomed to, if my father asks you if you would like toβ" With that, Mengzhu opened her mouth and swallowed back her words.
A group of people entered the stockade and fell silent before they came to the largest house. The young man, that is, the young patriarch, was guarding the door, and when he saw Zhu Yongxing, he showed a smile, but a little reluctantly, and then stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please.
Zhu Yongxing smiled and walked to the door of the house, which was made of a very fine kind of straw and was very tight. Mengzhu walked a few steps quickly, as if she wanted to follow, but was blocked by the young man's hand, and spoke quickly and sternly, Mengzhu gently bit her lower lip and silently stepped aside.
Zhu Yongxing stretched out his hand to push the door, don't look at the door is only made of straw, but because it is very thick, it has an excellent sound insulation effect. So when Zhu Yongxing pushed the door and walked in, and closed the door with his hand, he couldn't hear anything.
The light in the room was very dark, Zhu Yongxing noticed it when he pushed the door open, he squinted his eyes, closed the door casually, and stood there still, waiting to fully adapt to the change from light to darkness.
Before the visual ability adapted, Zhu Yongxing first smelled a strange smell, and it was difficult to tell what kind of smell it was, because it was a mixture of several smells, some fragrant and some fishy, this smell made him feel that he was in a very mysterious environment!
Soon, Zhu Yongxing's vision adapted to the dark environment, and he saw that in the center of the house, an old man was sitting on the ground. This old man must be the patriarch, that is, Mengzhu's father. Zhu Yongxing hesitated for a moment and adopted a bowing salute, which he thought would be more decent.
"Hello, uncle. I'mβ"
The old man stretched out his hand to interrupt Zhu Yongxing's self-introduction, looked at him up and down with some surprise, and then showed a meaningful smile, pointed to the opposite side, and motioned for Zhu Yongxing to sit down.
Zhu Yongxing is not used to sitting cross-legged, but he still understands the rules of following the customs, he sat down like an old man, but his eyes suddenly widened, and a scorpion came out of the collar behind the old man's neck, red with a hook raised high.
"Don't move, there's a scorpion." Zhu Yongxing exclaimed, jumped up, and was about to take action.
"Don't worry, I raised it and it won't hurt me. Well, how many years have you not spoken Chinese? The old man spoke, and shook his head, his Chinese was a little difficult, but Zhu Yongxing could still understand, and he felt that the light in the old man's eyes became softer.
Zhu Yongxing is a little unconvinced, can scorpions also be pets? Weird, confusing, what had happened for more than a day really puzzled him.
"Han Chinese, you are not a god." The old man said with a smile.