It didn't take long for them to reach the village, and it was already completely dark, but the snow around them didn't look like that. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The yellow light was actually a bonfire, which was relatively small from a distance, and a group of people gathered around it, not singing and dancing, not eating meat and drinking, but facing the bonfire with their hands folded.

Among them was a somewhat strong middle-aged man taking the lead, followed by several old men, followed by a large group of people, both men and women, old and young.

Xiao An and the three of them went to the village, and lingered at the campfire for a while, where an old man entertained them.

The old man is over sixty years old, and although his fingers and skin are already wrinkled, his body bones are still quite tough, and he can't say that he has a childish face.

According to the understanding that this village is a minority tribe, they are relatively poor, and most of their livelihood is dependent on the mountains, so most of the food comes from wild meat in the mountains and forests.

Not like primitive people, although this tribe lives in groups, it is still somewhat close to modern people, some people go out of the village and never come back, while some people never leave the village and are under house arrest all their lives.

Since it is a tribe, there is naturally a patriarch, and the old man who entertained Xiao An is just one of the elders of the clan, this person is very kind in the village, and he is even more polite to people outside.

Now the old man was walking towards Xiao An with a plate of barbecue, his eyes narrowed together with a smile, and he said in a thick dialect,

"A few people have been waiting for a long time, my family has nothing to entertain you, only this is the only one to let a few of you fill your hunger, please forgive me for being inconsiderate."

Xiao An smiled,

"Where, where, old man, you are really kind, I want to ask what the name of this village is."

The old man put down the barbecue on the plate, Zhou Maoyin had been staring at the barbecue on the plate for a long time, and as soon as he put it down, he grabbed a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, but because it was too hot, he jumped up.

The old man smiled and said,

"Slow down, slow down, just the three of you eat, if you don't have enough to eat!"

Zhou Maoyin hurriedly swallowed, and then said with a smile,

"Then I'm going to let go of my belly and eat it today."

Huang Bo was very disgusted with Zhou Maoyin's rude appearance, so he pulled a small piece casually, and secretly thought to himself while eating.

Xiao An also pulled a piece and put it in his mouth, but he still didn't forget to look at the old man, chewed the meat and said,

"Old man, you haven't answered me yet!"

The old man reacted suddenly, then touched his head, opened his mouth and smiled, you can see a few of his fragmented teeth, as well as gums,

"I forgot to answer the little brother, it's like this, our village is called Zhuyue Village, a big village is a tribe, some of the upper ones have patriarchs, and some of the lower ones are ordinary people."

Xiao An tore another piece of meat, and then said,

"Dare to ask what the old man is called, and what the patriarch is called, since we have come to this tribe, we still have to meet the patriarch."

The old man nodded, still with a gentle smile on his face,

"The contemptible person's surname is Bai, you can call me Elder Bai, because I can be regarded as an elder in this village, as for the patriarch, his surname is Bai, his name is Bai Zaha, you can call him Patriarch Bai, he is now taking people to sacrifice, wait a minute, I will take three of them to find the patriarch, so little brother doesn't have to worry."

Xiao An said to himself,

"White Zaha?" Presumably it was the middle-aged man who came in to take the lead in praying, followed by the elders of the Bai family, and then the Bai family.

Xiao An said politely,

"Then there's Elder Laobai."

The old man squinted and smiled, and waved his hand,

"Where, where, you are guests from afar, this is what I should do."

Zhou Maoyin on the side was not interested in this, but he was very interested in the statement of Zhuyue Village, because he wanted to confirm his thoughts, and then wiped his mouth and asked,

"Patriarch Bai has ever known the origin of the name of your village? Xiaosheng is interested. ”

Huang Bo pouted, and then continued to gnaw on the bones, and the old man said unhurriedly,

"Speaking of the origin of the name of our village, it is really wonderful to hear some old people talk about it in the past."

"Because when the moon comes out here, we look at the moon from the village, like two huge palms holding the bright moon, so we are named the moon holding the village."

Zhou Maoyin looked at Xiao An and Huang Bo proudly, and then said proudly,

"I said so, and now you believe it! Hmph......"

Huang Bo immediately said,

"Mr. Zhou, we didn't say we don't believe it! It's just that you're saying a little too wicked. ”

Xiao An looked at the two, shook his head and smiled, but the old man listened to their conversation with a blank face, and then asked,

"Listening to this little brother, then this gentleman must know some feng shui treasure techniques."

Zhou Maoyin paused,

"Oh, I know some fur to make you laugh."

The old man shook his head,

"Don't be polite, sir, we only know about it when we hear about it and live here for a long time, and my sir has never been to this place before, and I know the mystery just by observation, and I can't admire it in my heart!"

Zhou Maoyin smiled awkwardly, although he liked this kind of recognition very much, but he didn't want to say it deeply, but changed the topic,

"I just heard the elder say that you have a sacrifice, and now it's just winter, what kind of sacrifice is this?"

The old man's expression turned soft again,

"Oh, that's right, our ancestors handed down, every time the first snow of winter, we have to sacrifice, because we rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, so we can only pray for more food in winter, otherwise we are afraid that it will not exist, and the sacrifice is to thank God for giving us the source of food, this ritual has been passed down for a long time."

Zhou Maoyin nodded, and said in his mouth,

"I see!"

At this time, Xiao An suddenly added,

"Elder Bai, can we go and take a look? Because it wasn't for the sacrificial bonfire, maybe we would all freeze to death on that mountain tonight, so to speak, your sacrifice saved us, and we also want to thank some of the heavens. ”

Huang Bo and Zhou Maoyin nodded at the same time, and the old man's expression was a little surprised,

"I see, you just came here, it seems that you have a relationship with our tribe, and when you eat and drink well, I will take you to see and see the patriarch."

Xiao An said with satisfaction,

"Thank you, Elder Bai, then what do you have to be busy with, let's call you later."

The old man nodded, and then left slowly, Zhou Maoyin looked at Xiao An and said,

"Do you really want to see this kind of ritual? It's not good to have some kind of mess then. ”

Huang Bo retorted,

"What kind of mess can happen, don't be suspicious, you see that Elder Bai is such a good person, the whole village should be good."

Xiao An narrowed his eyes,

"I have my own thoughts on this matter, Mr. Zhou, if you don't want to go, I won't force it."

Zhou Maoyin paused and then said,

"Who said I didn't want to go, their sacrificial activities are also one of the academic activities I study, and I can't ask for them."