The eleventh round of paper burning
Early the next morning, when I was still asleep, I was awakened by the dazzling sunlight shining in by Mu Zihan suddenly opening the curtains. "Actually, I really didn't sleep very well last night, and I have been dreaming over and over again, after all, there are too many facts encountered during the day yesterday, and they are too weird and complicated.www.biquge.info It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that I finally fell asleep completely, but I didn't expect to sleep well for long, and I was woken up by this guy again.
"It's time to get up, if you don't want the maid who will bring you breakfast later to see you half-naked." However, Mu Zihan obviously didn't care about my waking up, he just glanced at me mockingly and said.
Since it was already summer and the weather was starting to get hotter, I started to sleep half-naked at night, which was cooler. Anyway, I'm a man, and it's nothing to be bare-chested. However, if a strange maid comes in at this time, it will inevitably make people feel embarrassed.
"Oops! I'll get up right away, and if she knocks on the door, you tell her to wait. I screamed and jumped out of bed. However, then I saw the breakfast on the table in the room, and the whole person was stunned again, obviously, I was tricked by Mu Zihan again. The maid had already been here a long time ago, while I was still asleep.
"By the way, I seemed to see you in the middle of the night last night, what are you doing?" I asked in annoyance as I ate my breakfast.
"You're sleepy, I've been sleeping last night." Mu Zihan drank coffee and said: "Eat quickly, after eating, let's go to the castle, it's rare to come to this kind of European medieval castle, don't you want to go out for a walk and visit?" ”
"Oh." I replied in confusion, could it really be that I was drowsy and dreaming? But I do remember clearly that when I woke up in a daze last night, I saw that Mu Zihan was not in bed.
Forget it, don't think about it, maybe he really just went to the bathroom, so even he forgot about himself. But then again, is the sun coming out of the west today? Mu Zihan, a typical dead house, actually proposed to visit the ancient castle? But it's okay, I'm really interested in the manor on the other side anyway.
After eating breakfast in a hurry, I was dragged by Mu Zihan to wander around the ancient castle of the Manor on the other side, and of course, we also called the little pepper Wang Xinyan. Thinking of the surprised expression on her face when she opened the door, I couldn't help but want to laugh, obviously she was also surprised that Mu Zihan would take the initiative to invite her out.
But it's strange to say that such a large castle seems to have no other guests except the three of us. Even Fei Yiping, who claimed to be very interested in medieval European architecture, who he met at dinner yesterday, did not meet him. Did they really all listen to the old butler so obediently and stay in their own rooms?
Just when we wandered around the castle for most of the day, and finally came to the fountain in the middle of the garden, we finally met the old housekeeper Liu Zhen, and when he saw us, he bowed respectfully and said, "Three, how did you rest last night?" ”
"Very good, thank you Steward Liu for your hospitality. However, it's rare that the weather is so good, why do I feel like there are no people in the manor? Mu Zihan stepped forward to say hello with a smile, and Wang Xinyan and I naturally followed.
"Mr. Mu is polite. At this time, the housekeepers and maids were busy preparing for the evening celebrations, and there was no time to wander around the manor. And, the three of you should remember my reminder yesterday. The old butler laughed, but I could tell that he was not happy to see us wandering around the castle.
"Please rest assured, we are just walking around the park, after all, it is rare to live in such an ancient castle, and it may be such a chance in a lifetime, so it would be a pity not to take the opportunity to visit?" Mu Zihan also said with a smile, and then asked, "By the way, I don't know, can I ask what are the main arrangements for tonight's celebration?" ”
During yesterday's dinner, due to Zhu Quan's interruption, the old housekeeper did not finish the process of the celebration, so we only knew that we needed to wear makeup tonight, and we didn't know anything else.
"Oh, it's nothing, it's like a normal masquerade. As for other arrangements, at 21 o'clock in the evening, the paper will be burned, and that's it. The old butler replied.
"Burning paper?" I asked, "Isn't this to imitate Western 'Halloween'?" Why do you want to burn paper again? ”
"Mr. Qin misunderstood, although the form of this celebration is to imitate the Western 'Halloween', but after all, this is a traditional Chinese festival, and it cannot break the traditional customs. Therefore, you should have also noticed that the makeup and costumes prepared for everyone are also Chinese ghosts, so of course, it is indispensable to burn paper. ”
"Burning paper?" The expression of crying and laughing flashed on Mu Zihan's face, and then his words, although they sounded like they were expecting, in fact, I could see that he was more teasing: "Interesting, but if you want to come to such a big manor, you shouldn't just prepare gadgets like paper money, it seems that there will be a fire at night." ”
Indeed, the good traditional Chinese festival was made by the owner of this manor, and it felt like two pieces of tofu in a sandwich, although it may not be unpalatable, but it is completely weird.
"Of course, in addition to the necessary paper money, we also prepare mountains of gold, silver, paper boats, paper cars, and so on. Enough to burn from 21 p.m. to 0 a.m. The old butler said a little proudly.
"Enough to burn for 3 hours? It seems that there is really a lot of preparation. Saying that, Mu Zihan seemed to think of something again, and after a slight pause, he asked rhetorically: "I don't know if we can visit those paper boats and paper cars now?" ”
"I'm sorry, but those things are still stored in the underground warehouse of the manor, which is quite cluttered and inconvenient for guests to visit. Why is Mr. Mu so anxious? You won't be able to see it at night. The old butler refused. I don't know if it's because we don't want us to wander around the castle, or if it's because the underground warehouse has things that can't be seen.
"Then we can only look forward to the pomp and circumstance of the evening. I don't think it's too early, you're busy, let's go back to the room first. After Mu Zihan finished speaking, he smiled politely at the old housekeeper, then turned around and prepared to leave. Obviously, the old butler wanted us to hurry back to the room, and he didn't stop us, but just watched us.
After the three of us walked away, I whispered in Mu Zihan's ear and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”
"I'm not sure yet, but I think that 'boat arrival' may have something to do with the 'paper boat' that the old butler just said." Mu Zihan also replied in a low voice.
"What are you talking about? What came by boat? Wang Xinyan, who had been silent, seemed to hear a little bit of our conversation and asked curiously.
"It's nothing, we're discussing, whether we should hide in that paper boat at night, and then suddenly appear and scare those guests." Mu Zihan hurriedly interrupted, I really admired his quick wit more and more, and he could talk nonsense so seriously.
"Childish ghosts, don't be nervous, that's a paper boat burned to ghosts." Wang Xinyan glanced at the two of us and believed Mu Zihan's words.
"Yes, haha, I think we'd better go back to the room for dinner first, and then get ready, and put on makeup, after finishing these, I guess the celebration is almost over." Saying that, Mu Zihan haha and sped up.
"God is Shinto, and it is becoming more and more difficult to see what is going on in his head." Seeing Mu Zihan, who had already walked a lot of ways, Wang Xinyan also quickened her pace to catch up, muttering and complaining.
Seeing the backs of this pair of enemies, I shook my head helplessly and followed with a wry smile.
(To be continued)