Is it a local minority? Moreover, they all carried baskets on their backs, probably going up the mountain to collect medicines?

The young man who helped us out of the siege was also a clean handmade white stand-up collar shirt with an antique buckle at the neckline.

Although this is like a costume in a TV series, it fits very well on his body, the whole person looks neat and energetic, and people love to laugh, like a very cheerful look, seeing that there are only two of us left in the front hall, he simply turned sideways and chatted with us: "Look at your dress and accent, aren't you from Xichuan locals?" ”

I nodded: "I'm here for a trip." ”

"Let me guess......" The man smiled slightly, and a dimple appeared on the left side of his face: "Ah, such a standardized Mandarin, is it near Yuning?" ”

I was stunned, the country is so big, the standard Mandarin is not just Yuning, this person guessed too accurately, and I couldn't help but nodded.

The man smiled a little mischievously and said, "Were you taken aback by me?" Sorry! Actually, I just came back from Yuning, so I heard it. ”

"I see!" In this way, it makes people feel a little close.

"My name is Luo Weilan, and I live next door to you." The young man smiled at me, his teeth white: "When you came over yesterday, I happened to be asleep, and when I glanced at it, I felt that it was really a good match for a talented woman, so I was particularly impressed, I don't know what you call it?" ”

I introduced myself and Cheng Ke and said, "I don't know where you lived in Yuning before?" It's really fate. ”

"I live in the Ziyuchai Community," Luo Weilan said cheerfully: "For a while, Yuning and Xichuan often ran at both ends, so I bought a house in the Ziyuchai Community. ”

My heart moved, the community where I live is the purple jade hairpin community, which is not only coincidental, but also a little surprising.

But Cheng Ke lowered his head slightly, and he didn't pay attention to Luo Weilan, he looked at the table, as if he was thoughtful.

I followed Cheng Ke's gaze and saw a small iris flower carved on the corner of the table.

The nick was childish and clumsy, like a child's handwriting, but it was obviously very old, and had gone through a hundred years of wind and frost.

My heart tugged at it, calamus, the all-pervasive calamus.

"Are you here for that too?" Probably cold, Luo Weilan seemed to be trying to find a topic: "It's also a rare day." ”

Only then did I react and asked, "Things?" Is there anything around here, please? ”

"You're not here for that?" Luo Weilan was a little surprised, this is a picture of a leaked mouth, and said a little embarrassed: "Also, this is a local festival, how do you know, I misunderstood, I thought you came here!" ”

"It's coming anyway," I asked, intrigued, "I don't know, what kind of celebration is it?" ”

"It's a local, a festival on the top of Lover's Mountain," Luo Weilan said a little embarrassed: "It's not particularly interesting, you guys...... You'd better not go. Just because I didn't say it. With that, he cleaned up and got up and left.

He also carried a basket.

Strange, the more secretive it is, the more curious it is.

I looked at Cheng Ke: "Do you still remember, what kind of celebration it was?" ”

Cheng Ke shook his head, his eyes swept over that Luo Weilan, and said, "This person is a ghost cultivator. ”

I was silent, and after thinking about it, such a delicate and upright person really didn't look like the Du family, so I asked Cheng Ke: "Then yesterday's movement, does it have anything to do with him?" ”

Cheng Ke shook his head and squinted his peach blossom eyes: "Yesterday's yin qi dodged very quickly, I can't see it, if it is really him who can move his hands and feet, then his ability is indeed not small." ”

If you can avoid Cheng Ke's eyes, it will definitely not be small.

At this moment, the fat steamed bun came, and put the things that Cheng Ke wanted, still with that expressionless appearance, like a clay sculpture.

I learned to be obedient, and took the opportunity to pretend that I already knew it, and asked opportunistically: "Boss, I don't know when today's festival will start?" How to get around? ”

"You say bone-grooming?" The fat steamed bun glanced at me, and said nonchalantly, "You want to go too?" ”

Bone pick-up? The name...... I nodded and said, "Come here." ”

"It starts at noon," said the shopkeeper, "and it's on the stairs in the back hill, and you can go up and you will get there." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Cheng Ke frowned: "Hmm...... It turned out to be a bone grooming joint. ”

"What, do you remember?" I quickly asked, "What is that about?" ”

"It's July and a half." Cheng Ke replied: "In other places, it should be to burn incense and send paper to the dead to renovate the tomb, but in some places in Xichuan, the ghost keeper is to take out the bones of the ancestors buried in the ground, and in the highest place in this vicinity, after the noon sun on the 15th day of the seventh month, the cool bones of the ancestors are warmed, and the next generation will be blessed with the success of ghost raising skills, going out, and going out to be safe and smooth." ”

No wonder it's called "Bone Picking"! It turned out to be turning out the bones of the ancestors! No wonder...... They're all going to carry that kind of basket with them......

"Let's go check it out." Cheng Ke casually rubbed my spoon in his porridge and inserted it into my bowl: "Eat." Hope and your appetite. ”

He obviously knew what this porridge tasted like.

I ate it with calamus when I was alive.

I smiled and nodded, and drank the porridge spoonful by spoonful, pretending to like it very much.

Actually, I didn't eat it, what it was like.

After eating, the sun is not low, Cheng Ke took me, according to the place said by the shopkeeper, I searched all the way, and sure enough, I found the long stone staircase, climbed the stairs, the sun was dazzling, Cheng Ke's tall figure blocked the light in front of me for me, and asked, "Are you tired?" ”

I shook my head, and he took my hand and walked all the way up, because his legs were too long, and I had a little trouble following him, and he saw that I was sweating slightly on my forehead, and I was short, and he didn't ask me if I wanted to, so he carried me on my back, which was not wide, but very stable.

The weather is very hot, but on him, he only feels refreshing and cool, watching the stairs behind him getting longer and longer, but his heart is inexplicably stunned, this place, have I also been here?

The wildflowers blooming all over the mountain are complex, all of which are varieties that I have never seen before, but I only feel that they are strangely familiar.

When I got to the top, Cheng Ke put me down, I looked at the top of the mountain, and saw a few people standing on the top of the mountain, spreading the things in their baskets on the ground, and turning them with branches.

It's all ...... Ghost breeder?

Cheng Ke's hand let go of mine, and he squinted his eyes in the dazzling sunlight, looking at the white and shiny bones, as if he remembered something.

I was afraid that I would disturb him, so I did not dare to speak, but I walked around the side, and suddenly I saw a small spring in the western place.

The clear spring slowly flowed out from under a strange stone, which looked very clear, and the appearance of the strange stone, if you looked closely, was actually vivid, like a frog, but this frog had five legs under it.

People say that "three-legged toads can't be found, two-legged people are everywhere", and I have heard of the three-legged frog, which is called the golden toad in the legend, and I heard that it can bring wealth to people, and this five-legged one is really the first time I have seen it.

I couldn't help but be curious, so I went over, and when I got closer, I realized that the stone frog was not too big, because it was old, and it was covered with a layer of bells and whistles, and it looked more like a real frog.

The water that flowed out from under the frog formed a natural pool, and the green reflected the clouds in the sky, which looked particularly pleasing, and I was already a little hot, so I couldn't help but put my hand down, but at this time, there was an exclamation from behind me: "Don't touch the water there!" ”