As soon as he left the mansion, Guo Tian noticed the difference.

There are a lot of people on the street today.

Guo Tian and Ma Yuanhang couldn't even walk, as if they were squeezing canned food, and they were squeezed into the crowd.

"Yuanhang, is there anything special today?"

Guo Tian asked strangely.

"Uncle Guo, today is Halloween! People are crowding to see the big show. Ma Yuanhang pointed to the stage in the distance and said, "Look, it's a temporary stage, and it's performing a play related to ghosts, like "Two Ghosts in Kyoto", which I watched every year when I was a child. ”

"Halloween?"

Guo Tian was stunned for a moment.

Legend has it that every year on the 15th day of the seventh month of the Xinghai calendar, it is the annual [Ghost Festival] Zhongyuan in the Xinghai world, which is called the "Yulan Festival" in Buddhism. Legend has it that on this day, the Hades King will open the gate of the underworld [Ghost Gate], allowing the imprisoned ghosts to come out and roam freely, and will not return to the underworld until the end of the day. Therefore, the folk are popular on this day to worship the deceased relatives to summon spirits, burn the money ingots, paper clothes and candles, put river lanterns, and do things to pray for the blessing of the ancestors, eliminate disasters and increase blessings, or exceed the soul of the dead, and resolve grievances.

Among the most popular are the conjuring of spirits and worshipping ancestors, the practice of the dojo and the river lantern.

The spiritualism here is different from the spiritualism of a person who has just died, which is a ritual performed after death in order to return the soul to the corpse and the grave so that it will not wander away and become a lonely ghost. The former's conjuring is more secular and intimate, an affectionate call to a deceased loved one. Ancestor worship generally begins after the conjuring of spirits, and most of them have rituals such as sacrificing wine and food, lighting incense and candles, and burning paper money.

In the practice of the dojo, the Buddhist family is the [Bon Festival], and this victory meeting is often held very grandly and the scene is huge. During the period, he often invited the troupe to stage big dramas about the stories of gods and ghosts in the underworld, such as "Two Ghosts in Kyoto" and "The Legend of Kuroki", which were quite popular among the rural people.

As for the last river lantern, it is the night of the Midyear Festival, people use paper to tie lotus lanterns, goldfish lanterns, ghost lanterns, Hades lanterns, ingots lanterns and other colorful lanterns, down the river. The stars are dotted and sparkling, and the whole river is beautifully decorated like a poem.

......

The two of them squeezed all the way and finally walked out of the street.

Entered the alley.

More than a dozen alleys in a row. Finally, I came to a drugstore.

All living beings hall pharmacy!

"Guo Gongzi, are you here to find Miss?" A maid greeted her, and said to Guo Tian with a smile, "Miss is in the backyard, and the little master and the little lady are clamoring to go out to watch a big show, and the young lady is coaxing now! ”

"Don't buy it. I'll take Doudou and Ding Ding out to play in a while. Guo Tian beckoned.

"That's really good, the little master and the little young lady must be happy. The maid did not hesitate, and immediately stopped preparing to leave the door of the pharmacy, and walked towards the back hall of the pharmacy with Guo Tian and Ma Yuanhang. This pharmacy is not small, in addition to the front façade, there is a small courtyard in the back, divided into two entrances, the outer house is for the guys to live, but also as a warehouse, medicinal materials processing field; the inner house is the master's residence, and this pharmacy was originally the property of Bian Jingxiang's family. Oh. By the way, Bian Jingxiang is the mother of Doudou and Ding Ding, and the reason why she fell to the point of a store is because the traitor colluded with the nobles and murdered Bian Jingxiang's husband. After Ma Yuanhang understood the whole story, he only used a small means to help Bian Jingxiang recapture the Zhongshengtang Pharmacy, and even helped Bian Jingxiang avenge the blood revenge, Guo Tian was naturally very satisfied with Ma Yuanhang's ability to do things.

"How's business going?"

Guo Tian asked as he walked.

"Guo Gongzi, since the pharmacy came out with a miracle pill that cures all diseases, the business in the pharmacy is very good. There is a long queue of people queuing up to see a doctor every day, that is, today is Halloween, so there are just a little fewer people to see a doctor. The maid said excitedly. Guo Tian smiled, this Bian Jingxiang is really a strange woman with a blue heart. Guo Tian just gave her a bottle of black iron-grade elixir for healing, and Bian Jingxiang came up with a way to make money and attract patients. Bian Jingxiang dissolved the pill in water, and then sprinkled it on the pills made by the pharmacy, selling one of these pills every month, it is impossible for the Zhongshengtang Pharmacy not to want to be on fire!

After passing through the outer courtyard, several people entered the inner courtyard.

"Godfather. Hugs!"

"Godfather, I want to hug it too!" Guo Tian's figure had just appeared in the inner courtyard, and two small figures pounced over, but they were not Doudou and Ding Ding! At this time, the two children were no longer wearing linen clothes, but were replaced with comfortable and soft silk satin, and their little faces were also red, like tempting little apples. As soon as Guo Tian picked up the two children, there was a burst of complaining voices next to him, "Doudou, Ding Ding, you are becoming more and more disobedient, and you don't let your godfather drink a sip of water, so you pestered your godfather to hug you!"

It was Bian Jingxiang who spoke.

The whole body is extravagant, and the smile is rippling.

Compared with the previous period, it can be said that it is like two people.

"It's okay, I was just trying to take them out to play. Guo Tian waved his hand and said.

"Great! I can go to the big show!"

"Godfather is the best! Mother is bad!" the two children were obviously excited, clapping their hands and cheering in Guo Tian's arms.

"Two little guys with no conscience!" Bian Jingxiang glared at the two children angrily before turning his head to Guo Tiandao, "Brother Guo, won't this be very troublesome for you?" These two little guys have been spoiled by you, and now they don't listen to me, you can't be used to it like this anymore." ”

"It's okay, the child is still young. ”

Guo Tian said disappreliantly.

With Guo Tian's support, the two children grimaced at Bian Jingxiang.

Naturally, Bian Jingxiang's apricot eyes glared slightly.

"Godfather, when are we going to see the big show?"

"Godfather, we can't wait. The two children asked impatiently.

"Wait a while, your Uncle Ma will pick up a young lady, and when the young lady arrives, we will set off immediately. Guo Tian nodded the noses of the two children respectively and said. As soon as he saw Doudou and Ding Ding, Guo Tiancai remembered the apprentice Wang Meiyu who had just been received, and on such a lively festival as Halloween, she should naturally take Wang Meiyu out to relax, so as to relieve the depression in her heart, so as to let Ma Yuanhang pick up Wang Meiyu immediately.

"Oh, is the young lady drifting?"

"Okay then!" Although the two children were a little disappointed, they still nodded sensibly.

"Beautiful, as beautiful as you!" After Guo Tian finished speaking, Ma Yuanhang's voice sounded at the door of the inner courtyard, "Doudou, Ding Ding, look at what good things Uncle Ma has brought you." Then the two figures entered the inner courtyard, but it was Ma Yuanhang and Wang Meiyu! Ma Yuanhang was still holding two strings of sugar gourds in his hands.

PS: Thank you, thank you Gao Chengguang for the tip!(To be continued.) )