In the afternoon of Changxia, when there was nothing to do, Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi followed Yu Xuan, a Taoist priest of the Qing Palace on Longhu Mountain, to Bailu Village to see the folk customs in the countryside-

All the way to the south are hilly hills, some of the hills have been reclaimed into terraces, the road is winding between the hills and terraced fields, on the ridges, between the mountain roads, all kinds of unknown wildflowers swaying in the wind, revealing the fragrance, if you look up, you will often see a leisurely eagle hanging in the sky for a long time.

The season has passed the middle of the ambush, the rice is golden, the farmer on the hillside is harvesting the rice, the "bang bang bang" threshing grain shaking sound in the valley one after another, but also with a leisurely echo, Zheng Shi pointed out with a folding fan: "Foolish to think that the sound of the threshing grain and the ancient temple sparse bell have a comparison, the farmer is hard, sometimes the moonrise is still cutting the rice and removing the grain, the threshing sound under the moon, echoing the air, it sounds different. ”

The mountain road bends, clumps of wild grass are squeezed out from the cracks in the stones, from time to time there are frightened cow frogs jumping out of the grass, Yu Xuandao people are in a happy mood, chasing to step on the cow frogs, and also picked a few lilac wildflowers between their fingers while walking and looking, at this time I heard Zheng Shi say that the threshing sound is not in a good situation, so he said hesitantly: "In the eyes of the three idiot brothers, nothing is indecent, do you know that the farmer is now the scorching sun on his head, sweating like rain, and the withered yellow grass leaves can't cut the skin, but after a long time of friction, it will be very uncomfortable, and there are all kinds of insect bites, it is really bitter, Shiyun: ' The red sun is scorching like a fire, and the fields and rice are half scorched; The farmer's heart is like soup boiling, and the prince and grandson shake the fan', and the ridicule is idlers like the three idiot brothers. ”

"The thief Taoist begged to fight."

Zheng Shi scolded with a smile, and poked the back of Taoist Yu Xuan with a fan bone, Daoist Yu Xuan Da Lu smiled and dodged sideways, Zeng Yu saw that this Taoist priest was agile, and he obviously knew how to do martial arts.

Zheng Shi straightened the shade and said with a smile: "You Taoist priest thinks you can see through, in fact, you are stupid and unknown, don't I know that the farmer is hard, do I have to go to the grain with the farmer to cut the grain and cultivate, farming is hard, reading is not hard, I have been studying hard for more than 20 years, I was lucky to go to school, I have to take a breath, I can be leisurely and leisurely, the thief Taoist priest can't see that I live a leisurely and comfortable life, according to what you say, a drop of water and 84,000 insects, do you still drink it?" ”

Taoist priest Yu Xuan said with a smile: "Saying that a drop of water has 84,000 insects is a Buddhist saying, but my Taoist doesn't say that." ”

Zheng Shi pouted and said: "The Taoist priest is cynical, only looking at the ugly places, doesn't Luo Xishi in Shangqing Town fart and shit, but you are salivating, and you go to the door of the Luo family to wander around without anything——"

Taoist Yu Xuan hurriedly said: "The three idiot brothers are in a hurry, let's not talk about this, don't talk about this, lest Zeng Xiucai listen to the joke." ”

Zheng Shi smiled: "I'm not in a hurry, I'm saying that people can't see through it, and I'm afraid of making a fool of myself?" I don't think it's ugly, I think it's a flirtatious affair. ”

Zeng Yu smiled and asked, "What kind of affair?" Tell me about it, let me envy and envy. ”

Taoist priest Yu Xuanzuo said: "Three idiot brothers, don't say it, don't say it, the monks still have to pay attention to their reputation, otherwise no one will ask Xiaodao to do things in the future, and it will be miserable." ”

Zheng Shi smiled and said: "They are all friends, don't worry about it, Jiu Carp will live in Yingtan for a long time in the future, where will I not know about you." Seeing that Yuxuan Taoist no longer objected, he said to Zeng Yu: "Yuxuan Taoist was originally a Taoist monk who had been a monk since childhood, and unlike Huoju Taoist, he couldn't marry a wife and start a family.

Taoist priest Yu Xuan laughed "hehe" on the side.

Zheng Shi continued: "The year before last, Huang Laohan, who specialized in selling Shangqing tofu in Shangqing Town, died his son, and asked Yu Xuan and other Taoist priests to do things to transcend the souls of the dead, and Yu Xuan Daoist met Luo Xishi, the newly widowed daughter-in-law of the Huang family——"

"She's not called Rosishi." Daoist Yu Xuan corrected.

Zheng Shi said: "She is the tofu Xi Shi of Shangqing Street, Shangqing people call it so - that Luo Xi Shi is a vegetarian, Chu Chu is moving, Yu Xuan Taoist people saw it, suddenly like a snow lion to the fire, half of the body was numb, the scriptures were read randomly, the suona was also blown indiscriminately, and the group turned upside down when worshipping and confessed, and the appearance of giving the soul and the soul - "

Taoist priest Yu Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "Three idiot brothers, don't use the penmanship of those obscene novels to describe it, okay?" ”

Zheng Shi and Zeng Yu both laughed.

Zheng Shi said: "In short, Yu Xuan has thrown away his past ethics to the clouds, and he is determined to marry Na Luo Xishi, and wander around in front of the tofu shop from time to time, so that Huang Laohan has to let the dog bite him, but the hard work pays off, under the soft grinding and hard entanglement of Yu Xuandao, Huang Laohan finally agreed to Yu Xuan——"

Zeng Yu wondered: "Didn't Luo Xishi agree to Brother Yuxuandao?" ”

Zheng Shi said with a smile: "Don't be anxious, listen to me - that Yu Xuandao person has good facial features, vigorous skills, and often plays the flute and sings music on the stilted building of the Huang family on the bank of the Luxi River, Luo Xishi must have secretly agreed, but Luo Xishi is very filial to his in-laws, and refused to elope with Yu Xuandao, Yu Xuandao promised Huang Laohan to return the vulgar to the Huang family, Huang Laohan only had one son, and died after not staying, so Huang Laohan agreed to Yu Xuan-Yu Xuan, when is your marriage with Luo Xishi scheduled? ”

The man was a little stunned and said, "It's still early, the mourning period hasn't passed yet." ”

Zheng Shi said: "Let's talk about the approximate date, I will definitely drink your favorite wine, and my brother Jiuli will also ask you for a glass of wine if he has time." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Yes, this is a great joy for Brother Yuxuandao, if the younger brother is in Yingtan, he will inevitably be disturbed." ”

Taoist Yuxuan said: "I won't be out until August, and the wedding date will always wait until October, so I can't be too anxious." ”

Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi glanced at each other, and smiled secretly in their hearts: If you go out in August, you will get married in October, and you don't have to say that you are in a hurry.

Zheng Shi said: "Yu Xuan, if you need any help, just say, you and I have a friendship. ”

Daoist Yu Xuan nodded and said: "Xiaodao and the three idiot brothers will not be polite, and the wedding banquet has you, a talented man, in charge, and no idle man dares to harass him." ”

Zheng Shi said with a smile: "What am I as a living member, who dares to harass your Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain, where is the face of Zhang Tianshi!" ”

Taoist Yu Xuan said: "If the Taoist wants to be vulgar, then it is not a Taoist, how can Zhang Zhenren still be willing to take care of me, and that Zhang Zhenren is also ridiculous-", he stopped talking.

Jiajing Dynasty is the world of Taoist priests, Shao Yuanjie, Tao Zhongwen, and Lan Daoxing have been favored by Emperor Jiajing, the Qing Palace on Longhu Mountain is also a great momentum, Zhang Daoling has been inherited for dozens of generations, and Qufu Kong is called South Zhang and North Kong——

Zeng Yu asked: "Brother Yuxuan, what generation is the current Zhang Tianshi?" ”

Taoist Yu Xuan said: "It's the forty-ninth generation, and now it's not called the Heavenly Master, but only the real person, because Emperor Taizu Gao said, 'Heavenly Supreme, how can there be a teacher', so the imperial court is only called a real person, and the folk people are still called the Heavenly Master." ”

Zheng Shi said: "This generation of Zhang Zhenren is only twenty years old this year, the same age as Jiu Li, but he is a second-class rank, extremely noble, and people are not angry with others." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Everyone has their own way of living, and life is expensive and suitable." This is Zeng Yu's cliché.

Zheng Shi said: "This Zhang Zhenren has a bad reputation, and there are many local rumors in Guixi. ”

Yu Xuandao said: "Three idiot brothers, let's not talk about Zhang Zhenren's affairs, and the disaster comes from the mouth." ”

Zheng Shi didn't care, and said to Zeng Yu: "Jiu Li, how about we go to Shangqing Town tomorrow?" ”

Yu Xuandao said: "Go the day after tomorrow, the merits and Dharma here will end tomorrow afternoon, and the day after tomorrow Xiaodao will wait for the two of you at the wharf on the bank of the Luxi River, how about it?" ”

Zheng Shi and Zeng Yu agreed, and made an appointment to meet at the pier in Shangqing Town before noon the day after tomorrow.

Turn a small hill bag, Bailu Village arrived, there is a stream at the head of the village, the stream water is shallow, Zeng Yu and the three people took off their shoes and socks to pull their robes and trousers and flowed over, the stream water was cool, and they stepped barefoot on the smooth and cold goose incubation stone on the stream bed, and their spirits were clear.

There are only a dozen households in Bailu Village, which is simply not a village, and the family that does merit and Dharma is not rich, but now whether it is a wedding or a funeral, they all pay attention to comparison, how many tables have been set up for so-and-so marriage, and so-and-so is dead and his father can still make a Jiao, if I can't, wouldn't it be a joke, so they all hit a swollen face and became fat, and this luxury atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River has only started in the past ten years.

Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi each prepared a piece of incense paper and followed Yu Xuandao to the house to watch the Jiao ceremony, only to see that the hall was empty, moving tables and chairs to set up an altar, offering the statues and tablets of the three Qing gods, lighting incense, the big red candle has the thickness of a child's arm, inserted in the rice bucket red flame flame, the four walls of the hall are hung with the ten halls of Yama and the suffering of the hells, and there are various colored paper cut out of the talisman spirit flag and pasted under the eaves and on the door beam, a small table is placed in the southwest corner of the hall for the tablet of the deceased, and a couplet is hung:

Butterfly dreams of thousands of miles,

The rhododendron branch was on the third watch of the month.

With such a couplet, the hall is a little mysterious.

Zheng Shi whispered to Zeng Yu: "This couplet is written by Yuxuan Daoist, this word is not bad." ”

Zeng Yu nodded and said, "Ouyang Xun's book style is very skillful. ”

This family saw that the two Xiucai Xianggong came to the door, and also sent incense paper, they were surprised and delighted, they were at a loss, and they didn't know how to receive it.

Zheng Shi said: "The two of us are friends of Master Yuxuan, and we will leave soon, you just greet the Taoist priest, don't care about the two of us." ”

The two people sat on the side and drank tea, listened to the Taoist priest playing the flute, playing the suona, worshipping and chanting, the flute of the Yuxuan Taoist played well, clear and translucent, but the good show of going to hell to save the souls of the dead with a sword had to be performed at night, Zeng Yu and the two couldn't wait, and they got up and went back to see the sunset.

The owner's family caught two chickens and was bound to be accepted by the two showmen, saying that the two showmen came to the door to make their family very face-saving.

Zheng Shi refused to accept it, so the old man carried two chickens all the way to follow, seeing that the stool was going to be sent to Yingtanfang, Zheng Shi had to accept it, so as not to make the old man hard, he and Zeng Yu carried one by one, and when they returned to the house, the twilight had sunk down.

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