Chapter 54: Very sincere
When he came to Jiushi Pass, it was still Li Yao'er who entered the lotus array first.
In front of the whole family, she once again performed a big change.
In this regard, Li and Li Zijin have some experience, Li Zigui is young and ignorant, and he just thinks it's fun.
The only one who was so shocked that his jaw almost fell off was Li Lincai.
On the way here, Li Shi mentioned it to him in advance, but Li Lincai didn't know if it was because he was too honest, and he was clearly mentally prepared, so he was still shocked and took a step back and almost sat on the ground.
When he came back to his senses and turned his head to see his daughter-in-law and son standing well, not acting too abnormal, Li Lincai quietly blushed, coughed lightly, barely maintained his composure, and secretly reflected on whether he was too embarrassed to behave.
Soon Li Yao'er walked out of the lotus array and entered the big array with her family.
Li Lincai secretly cheered himself up, "I can't be ashamed, I can't be ashamed", and he stepped into the lotus array with a nervous face.
In the next moment, the scene in the lotus array was still so startled that Li Lincai half opened his mouth and couldn't close it for a long time.
Three-and-a-half-year-old Li Zigui saw such a beautiful scenery for the first time, and his cheers echoed everywhere in the lotus array.
"Wow, it's so beautiful, it's beautiful, it's so beautiful, it's so beautiful......
Jinhua was still standing on the verandah to greet the Li family.
Li Yao'er took Li Zigui's hand, took the little person, and led his family to follow Jinhua to the stone table.
In front of the Li family, Jinhua is still the same as when facing the Li family, he has a dignified demeanor, a cold and arrogant expression, and a polite demeanor.
Because of his appearance, the Li family was also a little restrained.
Li Yao'er introduced her family to Jinhua with a smile on her face as before, but when she spoke to Jinhua, she never looked at him squarely.
"Sister Jinhua, this is my family, this is my father's ....... ”
Jinhua faintly felt that Li Yao'er was a little strange today, but she didn't cry or make trouble and laughed, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
Jinhua then nodded to the Li family with a demeanor, which was regarded as a courtesy.
After introducing her family, Li Yao'er naturally took over the big bamboo basket from Li Lincai, whose hands and feet muscles were a little stiff due to excessive tension.
She introduced it again as she took something out of the basket with her hands like thin lotus roots.
Under the sun, there were many tiny red dots on the fingertips of those hands, which were almost impossible to see if you didn't look closely.
"Sister Jinhua, I know that you like plain colors, so I searched for a long time with my father in the nearby villages and our village to find these flowers. ”
"This is a light white aster, this is a chrysanthemum, and this is a white palm...... It's all your favorite color. ”
Half of this large bouquet of flowers is exposed outside the bamboo basket, Jinhua has already seen it, he is not interested in flowers at all, only as a ritual need and does not suspect anything else, Li Xiao'er introduced it to him, and he nodded symbolically with a smile.
Li Yao'er smiled and put the flowers on the table, and continued to take things out of the bamboo basket.
Jinhua's eyes lit up and looked at Li Yao'er's movements with an expression.
I saw Li Yao'er's slender little hand take it out from the back basket again, two food boxes, a large bag of incense, candles, paper money, and some bottles and cups, and the next ones were gone.
The food box is very exquisite, Li Lincai specially went to Zhancheng to buy it, and spent a full two coins of silver, and the biggest expense to prepare the tribute is these two food boxes.
Such a big backpack contained such a little thing, and a trace of disappointment flashed imperceptibly in Jinhua's eyes.
Seeing the exquisite food box, the disappointment in his eyes only flashed before turning into a stronger expectation.
Judging from the size of the food box, the contents should not be large, at least not enough to fit the large clay bowl that Li Yao'er used to put potatoes and roast pork belly before, and at most a few small dishes.
With such a small amount and such a delicate box, it should be a very special and delicate food.
Li Yao'er didn't let Jinhua be curious for a long time, and she quickly satisfied Jinhua's curiosity.
She hung her head with her eyes and eyes, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth that could not be seen, and she opened the food box with her slender hand and took it out of it.
A plate of tender green mung bean cake, a plate of jujube pastry wrapped in sesame seeds, a plate of golden sweet potatoes, a bowl of white lily porridge, and many other fruits that have been peeled and divided into small pieces.
Every time Li Yao'er took out one, the expression on Jinhua's face stiffened, and when the table was full of sweets, Jinhua's whole face turned white.
He doesn't like sweets, Li Yao'er should know......
Jinhua glanced at Li Yao'er, who was still busy, without a trace, and finally realized it in hindsight.
Isn't the little girl still angry, is this changing her way to blame him for the tricks of the previous two days?
Seeing Li Yao'er start to get the bag of incense and candles, a bad premonition rose in Jinhua's heart.
Sure enough, a moment later, on the stone table in front of the bamboo dock.
Two red candles emitted a faint glow, two yellow and white flowers were placed at the front, followed by five glasses of water and wine, several plates of dessert fruit in the middle, and finally a coarse sandalwood with smoke in the middle.
Originally, Li Yao'er wanted to take the white candle, or did the Li family insist that such things were unlucky, so he finally compromised and took the red candle.
But even so, the situation at the table is not much better.
Moreover, there is a yellow money fire burning on the bamboo floor next to the stone table.
That's not all, Li Yao'er also made several yellow cigarettes used in the temple to ward off evil spirits, and at the same time lit them and walked around the bamboo dock twice.
For a while, the whole lotus array was smoky and foggy, the yellow smoke of exorcism mixed with the white smoke of the incense burner, and the fireworks of burning yellow coins were mixed together, and it looked like the small pearl temple in the village was passing the temple fair from a distance.
It's like some dead family in the village who is doing good deeds.
The expression on Jinhua's face was indescribably subtle.
Li Shi and Li Lincai slowly changed from nervousness to apprehension.
When they were preparing things at home, they also faintly felt that something was wrong, but Li Yao'er said very firmly, and Jinhua explained that they only had to listen to Li Yao'er's arrangement, and they had to rely on Li Yao'er.
I didn't expect that there were not many inappropriate things when viewed separately, and putting them in one place could have such a scary effect.
Li Yao'er didn't realize it, she did everything well, and looked at Jinhua with a smile that was both enthusiastic and stiff.
"Sister Jinhua, these pastries are the finished products that my mother and I have studied for two days and made dozens of attempts, you like sweets, I specially put a lot of sugar, you will definitely like it." ”
"There are also incense candles and yellow coins that I prepared by myself, and the yellow coins were cut out by me one by one, and my hands were red and swollen, you can see that they are quite sincere. ”
Jinhua's chest, wrapped in yellow and white smoke, did not rise and fall at all, and he looked like he was holding his breath.
He took a good look at Li Yao'er, the corners of one side of his mouth stiffly pulled upward, and he struggled for a while before he reluctantly nodded and spoke.
"Sincerely. ”