Late autumn nights are cold.

On weekdays, the streets of this town are deserted after dark, as if they were empty.

But today is different.

Obviously, it should be the time for families to close their homes and rest, but the barn in front of the department store and supermarket is still crowded, with gongs and drums noisy, and it is even more lively than daytime.

The small stage, which was simply built, was lined with wooden benches, and the audience was already neatly seated.

Some spectators held homemade lanterns and fluorescent panels to cheer on their relatives.

"Aunt Zhao will win!"

"Second Aunt Li is beautiful! Dominate the Dance! ”

There are also some onlookers knocking melon seeds, just to watch the excitement.

"Why don't you start yet, I'm going to finish eating my melon seeds!"

"Eldest sister, I have peanuts here, can you eat them?"

"Here, whole! Do you have chicken feet? ”

"Why don't you buy some more beer?"

……

In the midst of this hustle and bustle, a bouquet of magical fireworks burst into the night sky, attracting everyone's attention.

The supermarket proprietress with a fat figure took advantage of the moment when everyone's attention was drawn away and quickly ran onto the stage and posed.

She was wearing supermarket overalls at this time, with a pink apron around her chest, and a megaphone commonly used in supermarkets hanging around her waist.

"Radisson's Maiden!"

The audience who was still watching the fireworks in the audience was directly frightened by the shocking drink of the proprietress and lost face, and a certain aunt with an exaggerated expression even sprayed the peanuts in her mouth directly from her nostrils.

"Emma, I'm scared to death, what are you going to do?" The old lady stroked her chest and sighed.

The proprietress on the stage pretended not to care, and quickly slapped off the peanuts sprayed on her apron, still with a smile on her face: "Welcome all the villagers to come and participate in the embarrassing dance competition held by this supermarket!" ”

With that, she took out a crumpled note from the pocket of her apron and glanced at it quickly, ready to continue her opening speech.

However, an old aunt in the audience wearing a cat-ear headdress and a white silk maid costume was obviously impatient, and stood up directly from her seat and said, "Hurry up and don't beep, hurry up and get on if you want to compare!" There are four things waiting for me in the house! ”

The proprietress glanced at the cat-eared aunt, suddenly took out a handkerchief, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said in a heavy tone: "You can not read the opening speech, but before the game starts, I still have sad news to announce to everyone." ”

"The old director of the orphanage injured his waist because he used too much force in the previous rehearsals, and he will not be able to participate in this 'One Emperor and Four Emperors Awkward Dance Competition'."

Hearing this, a little aunt next to the old aunt with cat ears who was wearing a fishing net (not a fishnet suit) and a swimsuit, and her long hair was dyed blue, also stood up and sighed: "So, is the orphanage not competing?" That's a pity, I thought I finally met an opponent. If the old dean can be more than ten years younger, it may not be impossible to fight with our four gods. ”

A white-bearded old man with a gong on his back sat not far from Aunt Fishnet and Aunt Cat's Ear, and at this moment he glanced sideways at the two of them, and then continued to smoke his dry tobacco silently.

The expression on his face was hidden in the cloud of smoke, making it difficult to distinguish.

He was Xuanwu, the only male and the oldest of the four gods in the town.

In his opinion, Baihu and Qinglong are still too young, and everything is not until the last moment, how can there be any reason to make a presumptuous assertion.

Don't you know that today's young people like to jump out at the last minute and pretend to be slapped in the face?

As if in response to the old man's speculation, he heard a loud cheer from the crowd.

"Who said the orphanage won't compete!"

A broad and majestic body cut through the crowd and came from a mountain and a tree.

The person who came was the fire master in the orphanage, Aunt Zhang.

"Yo, Aunt Zhang, your dance partner is gone, are you ready to take the lead alone?" A white-haired old woman wearing a feather dress and holding a big red feather folding fan in her hand stepped forward and said lightly.

"What are you talking about? Your dance partner is gone! Aunt Zhang frowned, and took a step towards the white-haired old woman, with the momentum of Mount Tai.

The white-haired old woman covered her face with a feather fan, and her eyebrows were indifferent, and she said: "It's the old woman who is clumsy, Aunt Zhang don't be angry." ”

"I just don't know what Aunt Zhang meant when she came this time, but she didn't bring a dance partner. Mo didn't really prepare a solo dance. ”

Aunt Zhang and the white-haired old woman seemed to be quite at odds, breathing out of her nostrils, she snorted coldly, pulled out two young people, a man and a woman, from behind her, and pushed them in front of her.

"These two dolls are also from my orphanage, and now that the old dean is injured, let the two of them play instead, and it is not a violation!"

"Oh?" The white-haired old woman looked at the young man and woman in front of her.

Gao Huan grew up in the town since she was a child, and the old woman is no stranger. But the other little girl was obviously coming to town for the first time, and her face was tight.

"It seems that we seniors are being underestimated." The white-haired old woman frowned and sighed.

"That's right, why don't I underestimate you, you make it clear." Aunt Zhang crossed her hands on her hips and said in a deep voice.

The white-haired old woman shook her feather fan, glared at Aunt Zhang, opened her mouth and scolded, "You said that your orphanage will not participate if you don't participate, since you have to be serious!" Is sending two dolls up to defy our four gods? ”

The aunt wearing white silk cat ears is a white tiger, the aunt wearing a swimsuit fishing net is a green dragon, the old man carrying a gong on his back is Xuanwu, and the old woman shaking a feather fan in front of her must be a red bird.

This hat was buttoned a little big, and Aunt Zhang didn't know how to defend it for a while.

At the critical moment, Gao Huan took a small half step forward, respectfully saluted the white-haired old woman, and then said: "The younger generation has seen the ancients' sayings, although there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, but the explanation is not divided between the old and the young. Those who hear the word and understand it will be sanctified on the ground. ”

The white-haired old woman was confused, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

"Oh, such an easy-to-understand truth, of course my aunt understands. You doll, you always speak so reasonably, Auntie doesn't know if she can refute it. ”

The old woman covered her face with a feather fan, looked at him left and right, and said: "The girl of the old Wang family at the head of the village is extremely stocky, and she looks right with Xiao Huan at a glance." After a while, my aunt will pull the two of you together, and ensure that it is a good relationship. ”

Gao Huan glanced at the old woman, thinking of the eldest girl weighing one hundred and sixteen in the old Wang family at the head of the village, a chill arose in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "How can the younger generation, how can I dare to be so loved by the old aunt, and ask the old aunt to find another good match for that Wang girl." ”

Although the white-haired old woman doesn't deal with Aunt Zhang very well, she still can't hate a handsome offspring like Gao Huan.

She nodded, shook her big red feather fan, and said, "Ouch, you kid." You said that it would be nice if you could have landed at my aunt's house, and let a bad old man pick it up, it would have been a waste. ”

After that, she took advantage of the situation and gently pinched Gao Huan's cheek, looked at Aunt Zhang, and said: "Today, I should give this future life a chance to realize myself, and I won't say anything about the old woman, but don't expect me to show mercy later." ”

The proprietress of the supermarket naturally heard the conversation between Aunt Zhang and the white-haired old woman, and then looked at the other people who participated in the competition, and saw that there was no displeasure on everyone's faces, so she silently changed the lineup of the orphanage team.

After all, they are all villagers, and they really didn't make an unpleasant fuss about such a trivial matter.

She cleared her throat, motioned for the audience to be quiet, and said, "Then, I announce that there are still five teams participating in today's competition!" ”

"They are the chicken farm team, the fish pond team, the women's clothing store team, the theater team and the orphanage team, I hope the above teams can compete in this competition style and results!"

The white-haired old woman straightened her feather collar, glanced at Aunt Zhang again demonstratively, and said, "The old woman is going to come to the stage, so I won't talk to you poorly, look, it's best to remember everything you see today with your eyes!" I will show you what it means to be a Suzaku majesty! ”

She shook her gray hair, trembled lightly in the wind, and stepped on the stairs made of wooden boxes, and walked step by step onto the red carpet of the stage.

A supermarket clerk walked out quickly, and hit the white-haired old woman with a high-magnification flashlight covered in red paper, making her bright red feathers seem to really burn.

In a trance, Gao Huan seemed to hear a clear phoenix chirping and rose from the ground and soared into the sky.

"Is this the majesty of the king of birds who can only become a natural one after raising two hundred chickens?" Aunt Zhang held Gao Huan's shoulders, thinking of the few old hens in her yard, and said in a heavier tone.

And Gao Huan didn't look at the old aunt who stepped onto the stage like a firebird, but set his eyes on Ding You beside him.

At this moment, Ding You's expression did not have the usual cringe and shyness, but stared intently at the old aunt's dancing posture that bloomed like a flame flower, and there was a faint fanaticism in his eyes.