Chapter 47: The Sacrifice
After the autumnal equinox,
The village began to be lively, this year's harvest is very good, more than in previous years there are about fifty percent, this is an extremely exaggerated concept, the villagers think that it is God's blessing, Xiaoyang Village head Ding De is also ready to sacrifice to the ancestors, thank the ancestors for their blessing to make the village harvest this year, and pray for the coming year's wind and rain.
The villagers of Changshu Village, who fled in the spring, officially settled here, and the villagers were in full swing to take off the blank and change the kang, all of them were preparing to finish the matter quickly and participate in the upcoming festival, the old people also sat under the tree and talked, spitting between the words, and the spirit was flying, this kind of harvest festival has not been carried out for a long time, and it has rarely been a harvest festival since their generation.
Over the years, the village has had a bumper harvest year after year, and this year there are so many more harvests than in previous years, and the smiling faces of the villagers are full of faces.
At the village chief's house, Ding De discussed the process of the festival with the old people in the village, and only these old people still remember this harvest festival, Xue Song also sat aside, and he didn't know why he was here, but Grandpa Ah Ping insisted on letting him sit on the top and wait, and he couldn't refuse.
With his chin in his hand, he listened to the discussion of the old people, while his mind went far away.
He seems to have participated in the sacrifice when he was a child in his previous life, and he can't remember it clearly, but he only remembers that every household will make some cakes, noodles, and balls, buy some fish and meat, and make meatballs and fish balls.
Then a small table is placed in the courtyard, on which these offerings are placed, and candles and incense are lit.
After that, the village chief will let people gather in the open space in the village, set up seven or eight large round tables, arrange a place to sit down and eat, the adults drink wine and chat, the women also talk about the shortcomings of the parents, and the children sit for a while and can't sit still, holding some food in their hands, and several people gather together and run around on the ground, so it is not lively.
During the Great Wilderness World, Xue Song also participated in the harvest festival, but it was more like a hunting activity, every family in the village went out with a bow and arrows to hunt fierce beasts in the mountains and forests, and Xue Song also followed the large army to sneak a look.
I don't know what the sacrifice of this world is like? Xue Song thought secretly.
"Mr. Xue, what do you think?"
Xue Song came back to his senses in a daze and saw Ding De looking at him expectantly,
"Ah, oh, good..." Xue Song scratched his head, he didn't pay attention to it, he didn't know what he was asking.
"I just want to ask you to pretend to be the god of the society..."Ding De looked at Xue Song's blank expression and smiled, and told him the specific things.
"Yes, no problem!"
After finalizing the time and process, there was nothing to do with Xue Song, he walked out of the house, the women were gathering at the well to wash their clothes, and the men were shirtless and shouting trumpets to rehearse behind several old people, preparing for the upcoming sacrifice.
Stretching his waist and looking at the gentle sun, Xue loosened his long hair, re-fastened it with a hairpin, and walked up the mountain.
And in the deep mountains of Yinyang Mountain,
Ah Ping and a little girl as old as him were taking care of the vegetable garden in front of the thatched cottage.
The girl's name is Chunya, the little girl who Xue Song noticed the insect qi in her a few months ago, they are also in the deep mountains with the village chief's request, Ah Ping's grandfather wants Ah Ping and Xue Song to learn something, when Xue Song is not in the mountains, there is also someone in the village who can come up with ideas.
Ah Ping was a little naughty, although he couldn't see the worm, but Xue Song didn't refuse, when he first came to this world, thanks to the care of the village chief, it was natural to help some people.
He doesn't need to leave everything to Ah Ping, as long as he can understand the common ground insects near the north and how to solve them. It's really a bit unmanageable, Xue Song will come back every year before the autumn harvest, and he is not afraid that he can't solve it.
The little girl Chunya stayed in the mountains because she had a special talent, Xue Song felt that he wanted to teach Ah Ping, the leather monkey, some insect knowledge, so he took the little girl to the mountains by the way, taught her some things, and the two of them could be companions in normal times.
When Xue Song put forward this idea, the middle-aged man who fled to Xiaoyang Village with Chunya was a little excited, and hurriedly asked the little girl to agree, he was a carpenter, working in a workshop, it was not such a simple thing for him to learn art, he helped the master to do chores and housework for three years before he became a real apprentice and officially worshiped under the ancestor master.
And Chunya can now be favored by an insect master, which is the blessing she has cultivated.
The two were digging the soil and planting some vegetable seeds in the field, which was the task that Xue Song taught them to grow their own vegetables.
Not far from the vegetable garden there is also a large open space where fruit trees are grown.
"Ah Ya, look! Dabao is here again! The little boy pointed to a small golden monkey walking slowly in the distance.
The little hairy monkey looks quite lively and interesting.
He has a sky-blue face, large eyes, thin eyelids, and his eyes move back and forth very smartly.
It does not have a nose bridge, only two large nostrils facing upwards.
A pair of big mouths are very prominent, the lips are very thin, and it is very interesting to eat and sip one by one.
Its body is small and small, and there is nothing special about it, but the fur on its body is very eye-catching.
It is golden, smooth and soft, as if it is draped in a golden "windbreaker", which looks golden and gorgeous.
This monkey has been near the cottage from time to time since Chunya went up the mountain, and he is not afraid of people, especially very close to Chunya, as if he had known each other before.
Ah Ping only remembered that Brother Songzi said that this little monkey was transformed by the sacred tree of Changshu Village, and he came to the mountain with Chunya, but his little head couldn't figure out how a tree became a little monkey, but looking at Dabao's cute appearance, Ah Ping left these behind.
He returned to the cottage and took out a bag, which contained peanuts, which he brought from home, and not long after digging it out, he wanted to bring some up the mountain for Brother Songzi to taste, but now that Dabao is here, he will give Dabao to eat first.
Dabao came to the edge of Chunya, sat on the ground, watched the two of them bring food from the house, and whined, it reached out and took a few peanuts from Ah Ping's hand, put them in his mouth and chewed them, and kept smacking. The little ears kept shaking and shook their heads a few times from time to time.
It stood up, shook it a few times, walked to the edge of the vegetable garden, stretched out its little hand to pluck a vegetable, and sat on the ground to eat it.
"Ah Ya, will Dabao eat all the vegetables in the vegetable garden?" Ah Ping looked at the golden monkey who walked to the edge of the vegetable garden and asked.
"Not really! Dabao will not be so greedy! Chunya walked to the side of Dabao, stretched out his hands and hugged it in his arms, buried his head in the soft hair of the monkey, there was no smell, on the contrary, there was a trace of plant fragrance on the monkey's body.
The golden monkey did not resist, writhed a few times in the little girl's arms, found a comfortable position and continued to nibble on the vegetables, smash it, smash it, and turn the leaves a few times from time to time, as if looking for a place to eat more deliciously.