Ghost ritual?!

It's really strange, I didn't expect there to be such strange customs in Sunset Village.

Uncle, what does this river lantern mean with a ghost boy? I asked.

Yan Wugu introduced to me: Releasing river lanterns is a custom in the Yangtze River area, and it has been a tradition in our country for thousands of years. Every July 15th, when the ghost gate is opened, we fill the river lantern with roast chicken, sake, peanuts, cakes, fruits, and other food, and let the river lantern float down the water, and those ghosts from the underworld will come out of the water and enjoy these foods, and after they have eaten and drunk enough, they will not come to us for trouble!

And what about the ghost boy? I couldn't wait to ask.

Yan Wugu said: Because children have low flames, they are most likely to be entangled by unclean things, especially when the ghost door is open, it is easier to provoke ghosts. Therefore, whenever there are children, they will tie a few ghost children to stand at the door, and use them to replace their own children, so that those unclean things will go to the ghost children to play, and will not enter the house and entangle the children in the house!

There are so many strange customs in every place, and I really have a lot of knowledge today. These customs are handed down by the ancestors, and each custom has its own specific meaning.

Hey, Xiao Qi, what do you do on July 15 over there? Yan Su asked.

It doesn't seem to be doing anything, just burning paper money or something! I thought about it: Aha, I think of one, our village near the river will worship the river god on the fifteenth day of July!

Worship the river god?! Yan Su asked: What is this? Tell me about it!

I moistened my throat: worshipping the river god is actually similar to you putting river lanterns here, on the evening of the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, the villagers will decorate a wooden boat, hang red silk and the like on the boat, and finally put a chicken, a sheep, a cow, a pig, and a dog on the boat, form a feast of five beasts, and then beat gongs and drums all the way to send the wooden boat to the middle of the river, and some people will sing some strange songs to worship the river god!

Strange to say, the wooden boat had no holes or water, and after floating in the middle of the river for some distance, it began to spin on the surface of the water, and finally slowly sank into the river, leaving not a single bubble behind.

At this time, it means that the river god has accepted the feast of the five beasts, people light firecrackers on the bank, crackling for a while, many villagers will kneel on the river beach, make a wish to the river god, and then send the river god away!

Yo, that's a strange thing to hear you say! What is the river god? Yan Su was interested.

I don't know! I shook my head: no one had ever seen the real body of the river god! Maybe it's a monster in the Yangtze River, maybe it's a water ghost in the Yangtze River!

If I have the chance, I would like to see the true face of the river god! Yan Su said.

Silly girl! Yan Wugu scolded: If you really see the river god, I'm afraid that even your life will be gone! These things are best not to be seen in your life!

Right! Right! Right! I nodded again and again, and very much agreed: I don't want to see any river gods in my life!

You two pick up and take a walk around town! Nahedo said.

Going to town? I was slightly stunned.

That's right! Go to Wuxia Town! Sunset Village regards Halloween as more important than the New Year, Halloween is coming soon, and you two go to town to buy some holiday stuff and come back! Xiao Qi has been here for so long, and he hasn't been out of the village yet, so this time he also went to the town to have fun! Nahedo said.

Great! It's been a long time since I've been out, and I can finally go out and have fun! Yan Su clapped his hands happily.

Due to the remote terrain of Sunset Village, even if you want to go to the town, it is not easy to trek through mountains and rivers. At the end of the year, people in the village may go to the town two or three times at most, and some people may not even be to Wushan County in their lives, let alone a big city like Chongqing.

I was also very happy to be able to go to the town to play, after all, it is a child's heart, and when I think of the many delicious and fun things in the town, I can't wait to immediately put on my wings and fly over.

Na Heduo instructed Yan Sudao: Xiao Su, you take the cage of local chickens in the yard to the town and sell it, and then you have a good time in the town for two days, and take Xiao Qi with anything delicious and delicious. By the way, buy a few new clothes for Xiao Qi, this child has been at our house for so long, and he hasn't even worn new clothes!

Maternal aunt! No! I don't need to! I'm used to being wild, and new clothes aren't for me! I waved my hand again and again, and politely declined Hedo's kindness. In fact, my heart is very moved, that Heduo is even better to me than Yan Su, it is not easy for them to raise some chickens all year round, in order to buy me clothes, they will sell a cage at one time, my heart is sour, I can't help it.

Xiao Qi, we are all a family, you are also our son, buy a new set of clothes for your son during the New Year's holidays, this is also the responsibility of being an adult! Yan Wugu said.

I can't excuse anything, anyway, my heart is warm, like something is blocked.

Feed! Father, mother, I am your daughter! Yan Su protested loudly.

Coming out of the house, Yan Su said: Look, how good my father and mother are to you, even my own daughter doesn't have such treatment as you! Last time, I wanted to buy a new set of clothes, and I soaked my mother for half a year, woo woo, crying to death! Is this the difference between boys and girls?

The next day, we got up early, changed into clean clothes, and after breakfast, we said goodbye to the Yan couple, put on a cage of local chicken, and began to cross the mountains.

From here to Wuxia Town, you may have to walk from dawn to evening, and you have to cross the river by boat during this time. If you don't leave early, you may not even have a boat to cross the river.

Approaching dusk, we finally arrived at Wuxia Town.

The blue-gray tiled eaves and antique stilted buildings wind along the mountain road, forming a unique scenery.

There are a variety of shops on both sides, and many hawkers are shouting and selling.

The ancient town at dusk is still lively, the town is bustling with people, and the sound of chickens and dogs barking one after another, which is very lively.

After spending so much time in Sunset Village, the only thing I felt was tranquility.

When I was accustomed to the quiet mountain village, I suddenly came to a lively market town, and I was still a little flustered in my heart.

What's wrong? Yan Su sensed something strange about me.

I shook my head: I haven't seen so many people in a long time, and I'm a little nervous!

Yan Su smiled slightly: Hey! What's so nervous! I love to come to the market, there are all kinds of delicious and fun things, and I wish I could stay here every day and not go back! Hungry, right? Walk! Sister will take you to eat something delicious first, and then sell this cage of chicken, and it will be strange to hold it in your hand!

Yan Su took me to taste one of the most authentic jade jellys in town, which is a special delicacy in Wushan.

The jade jelly is very peculiar, it is actually made of leaves, from a shrub with small yellow flowers, called stinky yellow wattle. Cut the jelly into strips, then add chopped pickled peppers and other condiments, sour and spicy appetizing, smooth in the mouth, cool and refreshing.

We rushed all day, and our hearts and livers were hot, and we came to a bowl of jade jelly, and our whole hearts immediately cooled down.

After eating the jelly, I followed Yan Su to sell local chicken.

Yan Su didn't sit on the side of the road to sell, but went door to door with local chickens to ask those restaurants: Wife, do you want local chickens? Authentic natural chicken! I haven't been fed before! The meat smells amazing!

Pure natural local chickens are very popular with people in the city, and the local chickens that have not been fed have a meaty aroma, and this kind of local chicken can be sold at double the price after entering the restaurant. In addition, Yan Su is sweet and beautiful, and he is very good at speaking, so our local chickens sold very quickly, and after walking half a street, a cage of local chickens was sold out, and a lot of money was exchanged, and both of them were happy and smiled.

Yan Su said: It's getting dark, let's go to the front to find an inn to settle in, and wait for tomorrow morning Sister will take you shopping and buy a few new clothes!

I nodded and followed Yan Su forward.

As soon as we walked out, a man in his thirties caught up, stretched out his hand to block our way, and scolded with a face: Two little rabbit cubs, stop for grandpa!

Yan Su and I stopped and looked at this strange man, who was wearing a cardigan coat, exposing his chest, with an eagle tattoo on his chest, a shaved head, thief eyebrows, and a face full of anger, exuding a strong rogue atmosphere.

Who are you? We don't know you! Yan Su said.

The bald head pointed at Yan Su's nose and snorted coldly: You don't know me? I know you! You just smashed something in my shop, and now I want you to pay compensation, and if you don't, you want to get out of here!

The bald head spat on the ground, and his hands were crossed on his waist, revealing a ruffian.

I chuckled in my heart, this bald head clearly wanted to blackmail us, when have we ever been to his shop? When did you smash his things? He saw that the two of us were children, and we still had money in our hands, so he acted in this play, which is clearly a fucking roadblock robbery!

When have we ever been to your shop? We don't know what you're selling! Yan Su said coldly.

Oops! You two bunnies are going to turn the sky upside down, aren't they? Here! Look! Look! Isn't this jade cigarette stick the one you just broken? The bald man's acting skills are very exaggerated, his eyebrows and nose are moving, and he took out a jade cigarette stick from his pocket, and the cigarette stick has indeed been broken.

You're bullying our two kids and trying to extort money, right? Yan Su broke his bald head with a word.

Less fucking bullshit! The bald head glared at him, and stretched out his palm: If you break something, you have to compensate! Get the money out!

I also blame Yan Su and I for not being deeply involved in the world and not understanding the sinister nature of the outside world. Just now, the two of us were counting the money on the road excitedly after selling the local chicken, and we must have revealed our wealth, so we were entangled by this stinky and shameless ruffian.