On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the villagers go to each family in the morning to pay New Year's greetings, and in the afternoon, they open the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, light the lanterns, and then dance the dragon and lion.

Ye Yuan's father died a few years ago, so the Fang family also specially lit an everlasting lamp for him, and took Liu Man'er and others to pay respects, she looked at the shrine and muttered to herself, she didn't know what she was saying to Ye's father, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, Liu Man'er felt a little sad when she looked at it.

Life is impermanent, but fortunately, I still have the opportunity to do it all over again, so that I can enjoy life and cherish the people in front of me.

Although she knew that it was a little impossible, Liu Man'er still hoped that Father Ye would be reborn in another place.

After the sentimentality, it is lively, Dawan Village is a large village nearby, and they are indispensable for the dragon and lion dance every year.

Even if it is a disaster year, the chief will send the young adults in the village to the nearby villages to dance the dragon, this year is a good year, this dragon dance event is naturally more grand.

Early in the morning, the chief let people open the ancestral hall and move out the things needed for the dragon dance, and after worshipping the ancestors, many young adults in the village have been eager to try this dragon dance.

Liu Man'er was also very happy to look at the bustling crowd, she hadn't seen the dragon dance, but she was still very excited to see this scene with her own eyes.

Some people have already begun to beat gongs and drums, and the young and middle-aged people in the village are holding their hair, putting a cloth towel embroidered with Dawan Village on their foreheads, and wrapping a big red cloth around their waists, all of them look very energetic.

The men, women and children in the village all came to see the excitement, and Liu Man'er was also crowded in the crowd, she looked at Ye Yuan and asked, "Ye Yuan, do you want to go to the dragon dance?" I think you can dance a lion with Ye Qing. ”

Yes, there are many strange things in this big bay village, in addition to dragons, there are lions, and some other things she doesn't know.

"You want to go?" Ye Yuan looked at Liu Man'er, in fact, he didn't like to join in the fun.

But Liu Man'er is very interested in such activities, and she is now like a child, and she feels very new about these traditional things.

"Can I go?" Liu Man'er said: "If I can go, I will definitely go, but the governor will definitely not let me go, he will only let men go." ”

In this village, the status of men and women is different, not only in this village, but also in this country, the status of women is quite low, if the governor lets himself go to the dragon dance, presumably this dragon dance team will be laughed to death by other villages.

"Of course, you can sit in a sedan chair." Ye Yuan pointed to the flower boats and said.

Liu Man'er looked at the place where Ye Yuan pointed out, those strange-shaped things with a hollow in the middle were sedan chairs?

"Ye Yuan, do you want to come to the dragon dance this year?" There have been quite a few villagers who have come forward spontaneously, but the chief still values Ye Yuan more, so he asked him.

"I'll do the lion dance." Ye Yuan nodded, "My brother and I danced that lion." ”

Saying that, Ye Yuan looked sideways at Ye Qing beside him, "Second brother, let's dance that lion?" ”

"Absolutely." Ye Qing nodded hurriedly, being able to represent the village to go to the dragon and lion dance is also a face-saving thing, not to mention, he has long wanted to go, last year, he went to the dragon dance, but it was the position of the dragon's tail of the dance.

There are four lions in the village, and a total of eight people are needed, so many people want to go to the lion dance.

"Okay, let your brothers dance that colored lion." The lieutenant pointed to a lion piled up outside.

I didn't invite Ye Yuan last year, but this year I didn't expect this Ye Yuan to nod and agree, well, yes, there is one more good offspring, and it also lets people in other villages know that their village is full of talents.

They are all good boys, go to other villages to dance twice, and when the time comes, they can attract a few good girls to marry into their own villages.

"Well, okay, I'll give that sedan chair to my daughter-in-law." Ye Yuan pointed to a lotus-shaped flower boat and said.

After listening to Ye Yuan's words, the chief was slightly stunned, this lotus-shaped flower boat is a flower boat that many girls and women rush to sit on every year, this Ye Yuan's daughter-in-law?

Looking at Liu Man'er, the chief realized that Liu Man'er was dressed very beautifully today, and he didn't expect that the person who was a little stupid and stupid on weekdays was dressed up like this Peugeot today, and he was like a young lady in the city.

"Yes, you can." The lieutenant immediately agreed, thinking that Liu Man'er had no problem being the image spokesperson in their village.

It's just that Liu Man'er didn't want to agree, she pinched Ye Yuan, I think she should belong to the kind of person who dances the dragon in a heroic manner, this so-called sedan chair is really ugly, and it's a little funny.

Ye Yuan and Ye Qing went to try the lion, and Liu Man'er was also brought to this lotus-shaped flower boat by the eldest lady.

The eldest lady said to Liu Man'er very kindly: "You haven't sat in this sedan chair yet, have you?" ”

"Nope." Liu Man'er shook her head.

Here, the eldest lady asked Liu Man'er to stand in the middle of the flower boat, and then held the flower boat up, and then fixed it on Liu Man'er's body with the rope above.

In fact, this flower boat is made of bamboo, covered with a layer of red cloth, the middle is empty, and the bottom is also surrounded by pink cloth, saying that it is a sedan chair, but in fact, it is a person who walks again, but it is just holding this flower boat, as if he is sitting in a sedan chair.

Liu Man'er felt so embarrassed, really ugly, and so funny.

However, Ye Yuan had already put on the lion costume, and he was still blinking at her from the lion's eyes and mouth, Liu Man'er remembered that she was interested in this at the beginning, so she instigated Ye Yuan to go to the dragon and lion dance.

"Ye Yuan, isn't it a little ugly?" Liu Man'er whispered.

"How can it be ugly, you look great in this sedan chair." After hearing Liu Man'er's words, the eldest lady said on the side.

Belch......

But Liu Man'er still thinks it's a little funny, she is a normal person, hanging a huge bamboo lotus around her, and people are standing in the middle, this is called sitting in a sedan chair?

Why do you feel a little ashamed?

But seeing that the women and girls around her were all smiling and wearing this flower boat, Liu Man'er didn't feel embarrassed.

What are you afraid of, everyone is like this anyway, and they feel honored.

After all, this is a local custom, and you should abandon your own aesthetics and play well.

"Well, you are right, Mrs. Li, it is indeed very good-looking." Liu Man'er spread out her hand and turned around as she spoke, and the curtain hanging down under the flower boat was flying, and there was really a little bit of fairy energy.

Seeing Liu Man'er turn around in place, the eldest lady here laughed, "I can't imagine that you used to be a little stupid, but now that your man has come back to be so polite, you are so polite, and now you are a good daughter-in-law in our village." ”

Train?!

How do you hear this word, how do you feel a little ......

Is it really good to use here?

Liu Man'er sighed in her heart, but she said with a gentle and polite face: "Lady Li, you have won the award." ”

There are still many people in this village who call her stupid girl, but most of them have no malicious intent, they are just used to being called like this, and Liu Man'er is also used to being called like this.

Stupid is stupid, women are not stupid, men are not hurt.

Next, those dragon dance teams have also been prepared, everyone wears embroidered red scarves, holds the Dawan Divine Guard, and supports the Nine Abyss Divine Dragon, which looks like it really has some taste.

Next, those who beat the gong also tied the waist drum and gong around their waists, and some people also tied stilts to their legs, I don't know what they wanted to do.

Liu Man'er thinks she's good, but she really doesn't know how to use stilts, so high, just two points, can she really balance?

But these villagers seem to be really stable and very good, it seems that the master is in the people.

"Okay, let's go!" With the order of the lieutenant chief, the sound of gongs and drums began to sound, the dragon's head began to dance, the lion began to jump, and those who stepped on stilts all danced the red flag with a big "leaf" written on it.

Although there are various surnames in this Dawan Village, according to legend, the earliest one was the surname Ye, and later in order to escape the war, more and more people moved in, and later the village was gradually renamed Dawan Village.

But now, on the genealogy of Dawan Village, there are still the Ye family with the most, and the earliest record on the genealogy is also the ancestor of the Ye family.

The reason why the chief asked Ye Yuan if he would go to the dragon dance was also because Ye Yuan's surname was Ye, after all, in such a society, even if it was a village, there would be some xenophobic things.

Although this village has been living together for many years, the Ye family has always believed that the Ye family is the master of this village, and the elders of the past dynasties seem to have the surname Ye, and half of the people in this village have the surname Ye.

To get back to the point, Liu Man'er felt that such a dance of the villagers was quite imposing, especially when they stepped on stilts and raised the flag, ordinary people couldn't ignore it if they wanted to.

Said hello to Fang Shi and others, Liu Man'er smiled and went on the road with some women, everyone walked on the road with the large army, of course, just walking like this must be tasteless, beating gongs and drums all the way is indispensable, the dragon has been dancing, these women sitting in a sedan chair, still holding the side of the flower boat, learning to sit in a sedan chair swaying, Liu Man'er looked at it and almost laughed to death.

But while she was laughing, a woman from the village came to mention her, "Hey, silly girl, you can't do this sedan chair, you have to shake it." ”

The woman said while demonstrating to Liu Man'er, Liu Man'er already regretted it a little, such a move was really embarrassing, she really couldn't learn it.

Liu Man'er smirked and nodded, and slowly walked to the back of the line, and then slowly took advantage of the fact that others didn't find out, she transferred the flower boat on her body to a person in the village who watched the excitement, and then slowly moved out of the crowd and became a bystander.

After the dragon dance team danced in their own village, they went to other villages to show off the strength of their village.