The mentally ill Roddy slept deeply, and he still had a snort when he touched it. Wang Erdonkey was annoyed: "We treat him, this kid is good, he sleeps more comfortably than anyone else." He picked up the teacup on the table, took a glass of cold water, and splashed it on Roddy's face.

Roddy groaned and slowly opened his eyes, his eyes straight. Then he sat up and suddenly cried without warning, kicking his feet back and forth, like a child.

Zhao Tuhao sighed: "It's better to let him sleep." ”

I wiped my sweat and said, "It's really not a good idea, I'm treating him today, don't delay." The mother-in-law is not easy to talk to, and she misses this opportunity, and she doesn't know what day she will wait for. ”

Zhao Tuhao was helpless, called a few nearby subordinates, three or four old men came together, tied Luo Di with a rope, and didn't dare to go to the front door, and went out through the back door. After all, Zhaojiamiao is a town, not too big, and the main means of transportation is an electric tricycle with a canopy, which we call here riding a donkey.

We hit an upside-down donkey, managed to get Roddy in, and a few of us got into the car. The driver thought it was a kidnapping, but he didn't dare to pull it, so Zhao Tuhao shot a red bill and stuffed it into his hand. The driver spat into the palm of his hand, said "Look", and drove out.

The pedestrian street is in the center of the town, not too far away, just turn two alleys to arrive. Mother-in-law Fengyan's house is a separate courtyard, the red gate is closed, and there are a few idlers chatting at the door.

When we arrived, the idlers came over to see the excitement, and we got Roddy out of the car. An idler came over to greet him: "Are you looking for Mother-in-law Stormeye?" ”

We appease Roddy, a psychopath, who is sweating profusely, and no one has time to talk to him. I was kind enough to casually say "um", and the idler laughed: "Are you ready for the show?" ”

"What show?" I asked.

The man laughed, as if reading a joke, and did not speak, but crouched back again, ready to watch and laugh with the others.

We came to the red lacquered door and knocked on it, and after a short time, the door opened. An old man wearing black water boots and a little bald walked out, Zhao Tuhao hurriedly went over and said, "I made an appointment yesterday, and I came to see a doctor at three o'clock in the afternoon." ”

The man took out a small notepad from his pocket and flipped through it: "It's called Roddy?" ”

We hurriedly said yes. The old man waved his hand: "Come in, what time is it, do you have a sense of time?" ”

I was reprimanded by him.

Now if you have a request for others, you can only hold back in secret. After entering the gate, the yard was not big, and there were already seven or eight people squatting or standing, chatting in the courtyard.

The doors of the hall are closed, and the window panes are pasted with New Year's pictures of the elderly.

After we came in, everyone looked at us, Zhao Tuhao's face was a little unbearable, and he complained to us in a low voice, saying that Mother-in-law Fengyan didn't know if it was reliable or not, so it was better to find Wang Shenxian.

Zhao Tuhao is a local celebrity, and there are acquaintances in the yard who know him and come to say hello. Zhao Tuhao greeted him and briefly said what he meant.

Luo Di didn't stop yet, and kept kicking, trying to kick me and Wang Erdonkey. Wang Erdonkey is really not polite, as long as he is not honest, he will go up to be an electric cannon, and Luo Di will cry like a child, "wow, wow", and the yard will be full of crying, this chaos.

At this time, the door of the main hall opened, and a forty-year-old girl came out, as if she had just woken up, with a cloak and a scolding: "What's going on outside?!" It's noisy. ”

The bald man who brought us in hurried over to explain the situation, and the girl was wearing pink cotton pajamas and pulled slippers to come over to see us, focusing on Roddy, and said, "Mother-in-law is inside, are you ready for the show?" ”

It's weird, what a show, the idler outside just now also said what kind of show to prepare.

Seeing us looking at each other, the girls were unhappy: "What are you doing without any preparations, can you inquire clearly before coming?" Let's go, let's go, I won't watch it today, I'll come back when I'm ready. ”

We were all stunned, and I took out a cigarette from my pocket: "Sister, come one, we are all from other places, and we really don't understand the rules of my mother-in-law." ”

The girl in the pink cotton pajamas was as cold as ice, she didn't look at it, and when she turned around and entered the house, her temper was too great. Wang Erdonkey scolded in a low voice: "It's habitual." ”

At this time, an acquaintance in the courtyard pulled us to a secluded place and told us about the rules of Mother-in-law Fengyan. This mother-in-law is very strange, when she sees things and diagnoses a patient, she must let the accompanying family members perform a show, saying that it is okay to learn and sing, but there is one thing, you are not allowed to fool, you must let her pass this addiction.

Acquaintances told us that some family members ask other friends for help, or play erhu or sing big operas, in short, they must show a certain amount of sincerity.

Zhao Tuhao laughed and laughed, but Sister Er Ya said seriously: "Is it okay to sing?" ”

"You can try." The acquaintance said: "But you only have one chance to perform, if your mother-in-law is not satisfied, your family is likely to be blacklisted, and it will be difficult to find her in the future." ”

Let's take a look at each other and try it now that we're here. Zhao Tuhao didn't want to look here, so he said to us: "Try it, if it doesn't work, forget it, there is still Wang Shenxian to support it, let's not be afraid." ”

We told the balding man that the show was ready. The old man looked at us and said, "Okay, you also know the rules, just know what you know." ”

He wasn't optimistic about us.

The old man knocked on the door again, and the girl came out, and when she heard us say that the show was ready, she sneered on her face and motioned for us to go inside.

We entered the main room, and the hall was very large, with old-fashioned furniture, chest of drawers and tables of eight immortals. Like Wang Shenxian's house, there is a god table on the inner wall, which is full of altars, pots, incense burners, and lanterns, and many things are enshrined. Wang Erdonkey's family is out of the court, he is particularly sensitive to this, staring at the god table, his expression is a little strange. I looked closely and found something strange as well.

Neither an idol nor an object is enshrined on the altar, but a poster. It is painted with a fat doll holding a big carp that has just come out of the water, the style of the old year's painting, with a white drawing, although exaggerated, the demeanor is also lifelike, especially the carp with its tail, throwing out a string of water droplets, in the air is still bright.

I asked Wang Erdonkey in a low voice, what is the fairy child that their family worships? Could it be fish essence?

Wang Erdonkey was also a little confused, scratched his head and said that he didn't know, and he hadn't heard of any worship of fish fairies in the northeast. He told me that he had seen a lot of halls, all of which were Zhengxian, Sanxian, and even Ghost Hall, but he had never seen such an alternative style. He guessed that the entrance of the mother-in-law was likely to be a ghost hall. The ghost hall is also called the black hall, Wang Erdonkey's house is the ghost hall, he is particularly concerned about the rules of the hall, and tells us not to make a time for a while, the ghost hall is the hall with the most rules.

We followed the girl inside, and the curtain was drawn in the back room and the door was not closed, and the gap was in there, and the light was not turned on, Hesse.

The girls stopped us and stopped at the door and couldn't go in.

The girl shouted inside the door, "Mother-in-law, Roddy's patient has been brought." ”

"Let's get started." There was a very old voice from inside, which was extremely unpleasant, like the crow crumbling.

The girls said, "Which of you performs the show?" ”

Sister Er Ya stood up and said, "I'll sing." ”

The is impatient: "Let's get started." ”

Sister Er Ya is really powerful, babbling and singing "The New Concubine is Drunk". This song is quite distinctive, it is sung by a male voice, the front has a normal timbre, and the back is a falsetto voice imitating a female voice, and the second sister is also mellow when she sings. It's the first time I've heard her sing, not to mention, it's really nice to sing a cappella.

Even Luo Di, a mental patient who has been making trouble, was attracted by the song and forgot to toss.

After the second sister finished singing, there was no movement in the inner room for a long time, and after waiting for a while, the girls tried to ask: "Mother-in-law, is it okay?" ”

"I can't get used to hearing this thing," the old man's voice came from inside: "Will you sing two people turning, come to a little hat "Little New Year's Greetings"? ”

Now Sister Er Ya is dumbfounded, we are all stupid, who will sing this.

Wang Erdonkey said: "I seem to remember a few words, it's the New Year's ...... in the first month" His broken gong voice was worse than the voice of the old lady inside, and he forgot the words after singing two sentences, and his face was red for a long time.

The old man inside was particularly disappointed: "Let's go, give you another chance, next time find someone who can sing a two-person turn, just give me two paragraphs." ”

We're like deflated balls. Zhao Tuhao asked the girl when she would arrange for the next time.

The girl took out her phone, looked at the calendar, and said, "It's full for these two days, four days later." ”

The crowd sighed. Zhao Tuhao didn't want to come here in the first place, so he pulled us away.

Just when the stalemate was at a stalemate, I coughed lightly: "Why don't I have a while?" ”

The girl didn't look at me squarely, and sneered, "What will you do?" ”

"I imitated Shan Tianfang to tell a storytelling." I say.

Wang Erdonkey's eyes lit up: "This is your strength." ”

I discovered this specialty when I was very young, my grandfather loved to listen to storytelling, and he listened to it on the radio, and after listening to it for a long time, he began to imitate it. I especially like Shan Tianfang's hoarse voice, and I learned it like a special one. When I imitate, there is a very strange feeling, as if there is an old man in my body, he uses my body to comment on books, I can be one with him, it is very strange.