Chapter 28: Mid-Autumn Festival
The hunting party went out of the mountain during the first autumn rain, and on the day they came down the mountain, they carried a black blind man, which attracted the whole village to watch.
Everyone who entered the mountain this time was full of praise for Gu Xiquan, and they all said that this person was not only big, but also extremely good at his hands and feet. Although this kid can't track the traces of beasts, as long as none of the prey he targets can escape.
Gu Xicheng came back drenched, and when he pushed the door open, Cheng Wei happened to come out of the kitchen, and when he saw him come in, he said, "I boiled the water, I put the clothes inside, you hurry in and take a shower." ”
I nested in the mountains for half a month, and my whole body stinked.
"Okay, you can take this first." After Gu Xicheng took out a small cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Cheng Wei, he lifted the curtain next to the kitchen and went in to take a bath.
Unexpectedly, there was a large wooden bucket in the compartment, which was steaming with half a bucket of water, and there was a water scoop next to it, and a beige thing was placed under the wooden shelf where the clothes were placed.
Gu Xixuan touched it, and his hands were slippery, and when he rubbed his fingers, there was a slight foam. I think this is specially prepared by Cheng Wei for him to bathe.
Thinking that it was the first time that he had been in this other world for so long and had taken a bath in the house, and that he had been treated so high-class, General Gu Shao suddenly felt a burst of joy.
Xiao Biesheng is newlywed or something, it really makes sense.
Cheng Wei, who was outside the curtain, naturally didn't know Gu Xixuan's state of mind at this time, he shook the small cloth bag, and when he heard the jingling sound, he knew that it was silver. He opened it and saw that there were three ingots of silver, and a piece of broken silver of five taels, and the rest were four strings of literary coins and a small string of copper coins.
Before Cheng Wei could speak, he heard Gu Xixuan's voice coming from the sound of rushing water, and he said, "The hunting team converted everything I hunted alone into silver and counted it to me." ”
The bear was hunted by Gu Xicheng alone, and he hunted two wild goats, a stag and a boar and the black bear alone. The rest of the hunt with others, he doesn't count.
In fact, if you calculate it carefully, Gu Xicheng has lost a lot of money, just the black bear, it will be more than 30 taels of silver to be split and sold, not to mention that there are several other big prey.
Gu Xicheng said to the leader of the hunting team: "I only need so much, I want a fang for that bear, I want a leg and twenty catties of meat for the wild boar I killed, and if there is any leftover, I will fold the silver money and divide it equally among the others." ”
The leader of the hunting team in the town is surnamed He, called He Guan, he stroked his chin and nodded his head with a short beard: "The first time I saw you in the town that day, I thought you were a good kid, but I didn't know that you were so righteous, the old man didn't see it wrong, it's a pity!" ”
It's a pity that he has not signed a contract with Cheng, and he thinks that there is a brother under the name of his cousin of the same clan, which is really fateless.
Cheng Wei listened to Gu Xixuan's words and looked at the silver in his hand a little silently.
He knew what Gu Xixuan meant, the people in the village treated him well, knew that he would bring danger to Tonghua Village, but he was still willing to keep him in the village, and it was also this friendship that made him unable to resent the people of Tonghua Village after learning about his little father.
In the end, the people of Yunjing Country were attracted by his little father, although he didn't know the reason, but he really inherited the love of Tonghua Village.
Gu Xixuan took a comfortable bath, Cheng Wei was not in the house when he came out, and there was a small half of meat and a wild boar leg on the kitchen board.
Cheng Wei took a basket and went to his uncle's house in the drizzle, a total of twenty catties of meat, he cut a piece for Wei Xiaoda's house, and put a piece in the back basket to take to his uncle.
This time, neither of them went up the mountain, so he divided some. Because the weather is still hot in autumn, there is a lot of rain at this time and it can't be made into bacon, so it's a pity to keep it and spoil it.
After the matter was spoken, his uncle no longer spoke coldly to him as before, although he was not warm, but at least he could say a few words.
That night, the smell of fried meat wafted from Tonghua Village.
At the beginning of October, Tonghua Village entered a season of autumn rain and cold, the temperature difference between morning and evening became larger, the days were short and the nights were long, and the rice in the fields also hung their heads.
Gu Xicheng and Cheng Wei's field was infested with insect disease, and the two of them were busy for several days, and they lit lamps in the field at night to catch insects, and Wei Dongliang also helped to watch for several days before the situation was controlled.
Due to the problem of seedlings, the heading of his two acres of paddy field was uneven, half early and half late, and he was stung by insects at this time, and he looked even more unenergetic.
Fortunately, Cheng Wei didn't force it, and after a few days, it was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Cheng Wei's birthday was on that day.
"We haven't been in town for a long time, and it's the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, so let's go see it tomorrow and buy something for the festival and come back." Cheng Wei sat in the hall and bit off the thread as he spoke. Gu Xicheng's clothes were torn in the set on the mountain, and he took out a needle and thread to mend it to him while it was raining.
Gu Xixuan was lying on a bench fiddling with an enlightenment book of Tonghua Village, and when he heard Cheng Wei's words, he nodded, and paused for a long time before suddenly saying, "When the rice is harvested, I want to go to the low slope to build a new house." ”
Cheng Wei, who was threading the needle, didn't stop, he raised his head and looked at Gu Xixuan in a daze, and he was speechless for a while.
"Don't think about it, it's not good to live in the center of the village now, there are too many people, so we will move to a place near the mountain." Gu Xixuan put down the book, he sat up and reached out to rub Cheng Wei's head.
Cheng Wei has long black and straight hair, and Gu Xixuan has been a little addicted to it recently. It's strange to say that he has been in another world for so long, and his hair hasn't grown at all.
"But......" Cheng did not hesitate. He understood what Gu Xicheng meant, but if it was just the two of them, if the people who came to arrest Gu Xicheng and the people who came to arrest him got together, and the two of them lived far away, I was afraid that it would be too late to call someone.
"Don't be afraid." Gu Xixuan said and leaned over and kissed him on the face, his expression was stable, not like he was unsure, and Cheng Wei nodded.
Because it is going to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are a lot of people going to the town on this market day. Cheng Wei thought of his uncle's words a few days ago, and after several hesitations, he finally went to the store and asked people to cut the red cloth.
"I don't know what my brother wants this red cloth for?" The shopkeeper was a little daddy, and he asked him with a pair of scissors.
“…… That is, it is used on the door of the deed. "This is the time when there are many people in this store, Cheng Wei turned his head and leaned in front of the person and whispered.
"It's a happy event, there's nothing to be embarrassed about!" The shopkeeper laughed, and he opened a roll of festive red cloth and said, "The brothers who buy red cloth from me are all good and blessed!" Take it, congratulations! ”
In the end, Cheng Wei took the cut cloth and ran away almost with a red face, when he didn't have any thoughts about Gu Xixuan before, he could still tell him that he would have a child in the future with his surname or something.
Now that I know my mind, I can't stand a word of ridicule from others. Cheng Wei gritted his teeth and fanned himself in the face, and then went to the front to find Gu Xicheng, he had just asked Gu Xicheng to go to the West Market to buy chicken.
"Bought it?" Cheng didn't ask him.
"Hmm."
"Here, we still need to buy something, you can help me carry it for a while."
The two met in the West Market, Cheng Wei went to buy some flour, and then bought some spices back, and he planned to ask Daddy Wei to help him make some moon cakes.
What surprised Gu Xicheng the most was that Cheng Wei didn't pull a dark blue cotton cloth back when he went to the town this time, and made a new set of clothes for each of them. By the way, I also sewed two pairs of underwear for him out of soft fabric.
Gu Xixuan, who finally ended the embarrassment of hanging in the empty gear, grabbed Cheng Wei and kissed him several times in a row, which made Cheng Wei, who was already a little embarrassed, furious, and almost swung his fist at him.
On the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cheng Wei got up and asked Gu Xicheng to take a red cloth and hang it on the door, and then lit three incense sticks and inserted them in front of the door.
After the two of them had breakfast, they changed into new clothes, and Cheng Wei tied a red headband to his hair, because Gu Xicheng's hair was too short, and Cheng Wei tied another one to his wrist.
The two of them took the candy they bought at the market that day and began to distribute it door-to-door, and Cheng Wei deliberately carried a small basket out of the house, which also put a basket full of red dates and pumpkin seeds that he fried with spices.
The two of them walked around Tonghua Village, and when they came back, the basket was also full, filled with lotus seeds, peanuts, longan and other things given by each family. Cheng Wei was so embarrassed that he almost didn't throw the basket out, but in the end, Gu Xicheng brought it back.
In the evening, Cheng Wei moved the table to the yard and put the chicken on it. A plate of moon cakes was placed next to it, and rice wine was poured into three porcelain spoons.
Cheng Wei lit the incense and pulled Gu Xixuan to kneel down.
"Ancestors and ancestors bless, bless my father, my little father and little brother are safe and sound." In the green smoke and incense mist, Cheng Wei closed his eyes and silently read in his heart: Please also bless me and Gu Xixuan to grow old.
After the worship, Cheng Wei untied the red rope on his head, tied a knot with the one on Gu Xicheng's wrist, and burned it in the brazier.
In this way, the rite is completed.
Cheng Wei looked at the embers, he tilted his head slightly and wanted to say something, but he suddenly crashed into Gu Xixuan's gaze.
The man who knelt with him also happened to look at him, with a gentle expression and a deep gaze, as if his prayer had been heard by this man. Cheng Wei couldn't help blushing, and just as he wanted to bow his head, he was choked at the corners of his mouth by Gu Xicheng who came over.
He closed his eyes, finally closed them, and took a kiss in the twilight light.