Chapter 1: Ancient Village
As the saying goes, a little green in this ten thousand flowers, the fragrance of flowers is the most ecstatic.
My name is Huang Weilan, and it sounds like a girl's name, quite ladylike, but in fact I am a man.
The reason why my mother named me so is because the people in our village are all women, and it is a veritable "women's village", hidden in the depths of the mountains, and there is an old well in the village, and every time the women in the village reach the age of 20 or so, as long as they drink the water of this old well, they will get pregnant with a big belly.
This old well is called "Tianniang Well", and it is said that it is a goddess in the sky, Jiutian Niangniang, who shed a tear and turned into a tear, but anyone who drinks the water of this Tianniang well will conceive a girl. In the past few hundred years, women like our Huangjia Village have been reproducing in this way, the only difference is my mother, she drank the water of Tianniang Well to get pregnant, I thought it would be a girl, but I gave birth to a rare male baby.
My mother was going to call me "only man" directly, but she felt that the word "man" was not too easy to write, so she changed it to "Lan", which metaphorically meant that I was the only man born in the village in the past 500 years, just like the sun in the sky, only a rare treasure.
Because of my uniqueness, since I was born, the whole village will treat me as a living ancestor, what is delicious in this family, that fun in that family, all will be given to me, more important than their own daughters, as long as I say a word, I will be satisfied, never let me down.
But there is only one thing that cannot be allowed, and that is the mountain forest after entering the village.
When I was 10 years old, I played hide and seek with some of the little girls in the village for fun, so I hid in a forest at the back of the village so that they wouldn't find me.
At first, I only hid in a little bit, but the little girl who was looking for someone was very clever, and actually followed in, in order to hide myself, for fear of being caught, I didn't think about anything, and ran to the depths of the mountains and forests.
But I didn't expect that I was running and running, and somehow I got lost.
In the depths of the forest, there were tall trees, intertwined with each other, like the hands of many monsters, and the sky was gradually getting dark, and it was very terrifying, but at this moment, from behind the bushes, came a black figure, a jackal with green eyes, showing a mouth full of sharp fangs, and sneering at me.
The jackals in this mountain forest are very vicious, and often run into the village very boldly, stealing chickens and other poultry to eat, and have bitten many children to death before.
"Don't be afraid, it's okay."
Inadvertently, a gentle voice stopped me from crying.
I looked up and looked in front of me with tears in my eyes, and at some point, a girl wearing a white dress and combing her long black hair appeared.
Her appearance is really charming, with a pair of big dark eyes, staring straight at me, almost making me stunned.
The girl in white giggled and smiled, revealing two charming dimple holes, and stretched out a small white jade-like hand, which gently touched my face and wiped away the tears from my eyes.
She also deliberately pinched my nose and said, "Weilan, you are a man, you are not allowed to cry." ”
It's strange, this sister in white actually knows my name?
But I seem to be in the village, and I have never seen her, but I just don't know why, I was scared at the time, but when I saw her beside me, I felt that I was not so panicked.
Those jackals also quietly disappeared into the darkness after the appearance of the white-clothed sister.
The white-clothed sister smiled slightly, and asked me very gently: "I can send you back to the village, but you have to promise me one condition, when you are eighteen years old in the future, you will marry me and be your wife Huang Weilan, are you willing?" ”
I was still young, and I didn't understand the concept of marrying a daughter-in-law at all, so in order to be able to leave this mountain forest as soon as possible, I immediately nodded and agreed to the white-clothed sister.
She smiled and nodded, bit her right thumb, and a drop of blood came out to press it to the center of my eyebrows, and then took my hand, and I followed behind her, and took me out of the forest, and returned to the village safely.
When the people in the village saw me coming from the mountains and forests, they all told me that the mountains and forests were dangerous and that I should never go in again! I regard the mountains and forests behind the village as a forbidden place for me.
The people in the village were still not at ease, thinking that I would be naughty and disobedient, so for the sake of safety, they actually used a bamboo fence to enclose a large circle around the back mountain forest, and completely locked the approach.
Since then, I haven't gone into the back mountains and forests, and the white-clothed sister who brought me out has slowly faded into my memory as I grew up.
When I was eighteen years old, the village celebrated me with gongs and drums, and had a very big birthday.
On the second day after her birthday, Huang Sanniang in the village brought her daughter, and just after dawn, she brought eggs or something, and came to my house as a guest, mainly telling my mother that she wanted to propose to my family and let me marry her daughter, Huang Surong.
What did Huang Sanniang say with one mouth, I have also grown up, it's time to start a family and marry a daughter-in-law like a man outside, and her daughter Huang Surong is just the same age as me, but a few months younger than me, her appearance and appearance are also very beautiful, and she will do all kinds of housework, marrying me will definitely serve me well......
All in all, in order to promote this marriage, Huang Sanniang is easy to talk about, and it is best for my mother to be moved by Huang Sanniang, and asked me in the tone she wanted to promise: "Weilan, do you think it will be done?" ”
I didn't think much about it, just said that this Huang Surong, she was also a little playmate of mine since she was a child, and I know her well, I know that this girl is very good, and marrying her may be good in the future.
At this time, other people walked in outside, it was Huang Qiniang from the village, and she also brought her daughter, Huang Jinling.
"Yo, her Sanniang is also there, and there is a Su Rong girl."
Huang Qiniang saw that Huang Sanniang's mother and daughter were also at my house together, although they spoke very enthusiastically, there seemed to be some disdain in this tone.
Similarly, Huang Sanniang also heard it, and responded in the same hostile tone: "What a good day today?" Her seventh mother also came to Weilan's house, which is really lively. ”
Huang Qiniang snorted, didn't talk to Huang Sanniang anymore, and smiled directly at my mother and said: "Weilan mother, I came to your house today, mainly because I want to do a family affair for your Weilan baby and marry my daughter Jin Ling." ”
Like Huang Sanniang who praised her daughter Huang Surong before, Huang Qiniang also praised her daughter, saying that after marrying me, there will be many benefits......
When Huang Sanniang heard this, she immediately stood up from the chair, and her face, which was still smiling, immediately turned black, as if she had robbed her of some treasure, and said to Huang Qiniang: "Jin Ling, your mother, you have to figure it out, what does it mean to come first and then come?" This Weilan baby's marriage, but my family came to propose it first, like you, you deliberately sabotaged Weilan's marriage with my family Su Rong, I can't see that others are jealous, what does it mean? ”
When Huang Sanniang said this, Huang Qiniang also took it upon her and sneered: "What do I mean?" You don't look at your daughter, Su Rong and her mother, think about it, with your daughter's appearance and ability to do things, how far is it from my daughter, is she worthy of Weilan? I'm just going to do this, but I'm just going to choose a better girl for Weilan who is more suitable for him. ”
Also, when it comes to Huang Surong and Huang Jinling, these two girls are better than Huang Surong in terms of appearance and labor, which is recognized by many people in the village.
"If you have to be a little self-aware, just take your daughter with you, where is this going back and forth, don't come out and be embarrassed."
Huang Qiniang knew that her daughter was better than Huang Sanniang's daughter, and she had a tough attitude and spoke harshly.
This made Huang Sanniang angry! actually said that she was embarrassed when she came out, and her temper was already hot, how could she stand such a statement? Stretching out his hand, he pushed Huang Qiniang quite forcefully, "Hey, who said came out to be embarrassed?" You mouth, you really deserve to be beaten! ”
Huang Qiniang was pushed by Huang Sanniang, and she was almost pushed to the ground unprepared, which also angered her, two women in their forties, just like this, scuffled together, fought in my house, screaming and scolding, punching, kicking and pulling hair, scolding everything was used, and the daughters of the two were scared to stand aside, and they were all stunned.
"Hey, don't fight, don't fight, two children, mother, you have something to say......"
My mother hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, for fear that they would make trouble again, so she finally separated Huang Qiniang and Huang Sanniang.
The two of them had their hair in a mess, stared at each other with red eyes, bared their teeth like a feud, each pulled their own daughter, and left our house one after the other.
I suddenly felt that I really felt like I had become a sweetheart, and I could make Huang Sanniang and Huang Qiniang take a fancy to the two eldest mothers at the same time, and they both wanted me to be their son-in-law, and they used such a resolute attitude to marry their respective daughters to me, and they did not hesitate to fight for it, which was really a bit too radical.
On the next day, there was a big event in the village, that is, Huang Qiniang's daughter Huang Jinling was found to have hanged herself in front of Huang Sanniang's house with a strip of flower cloth tied to the bed quilt, wearing pajamas and stepping on slippers, on a branch pole of a boss with a crooked neck, and her head was about to be broken!