Chapter 60: Customs
December in Sichuan is very quiet, even during the day, and the occasional birdsong is considered the most lively sound, so it is difficult to see human traces on the streets.
And in Shuishui Town, the people here are partying. The approach of the New Year adds to the liveliness of the town, and they are doing rituals to celebrate the New Year.
Different provinces have different customs, different ethnic groups also have different customs, and different families also have different customs and habits, most of the people in Shuishui Town are Shui people, they have a simple heart, beautiful appearance, and clear skin like water.
It was already afternoon when Han Meng and Liu Yiyi came to Shuishui Town, and they didn't see a few people along the way, but suddenly seeing that the town was so lively, the mood of the two was much better.
This is getting closer and closer to the time of the Spring Festival, and everyone in other places misses their hometown very much, especially people like Han Meng and Liu Yiyi, who are not only in a foreign land, but also in different time and space.
Han Meng and Liu Yiyi came to the crowd holding hands, and only when they raised their eyes did they see the situation clearly, only to see four teenagers wearing white fox skins standing around, each with serious expressions, and behind the four teenagers stood a middle-aged woman with a scepter in her hand, a feather on her head, and a leopard skin.
Han Meng pulled Liu Yiyi and squeezed inside, the two of them hadn't seen so many people together for a few days, they were very excited, and it was very gimmicky to see the situation, so they planned to have a long experience.
After a while, things developed in response to Han Meng's speculation, and one of the teenagers said: "Master, when four o'clock comes, the sacrifice can begin."
There is a lot of talk about the sacrifice, and it is even more popular in ancient China, and the cold food festival has a rule that prohibits giving birth for three days, and the New Year naturally has the rules of the New Year.
The female mage looked up at the sunset in the west, raised the scepter in her hand, and the people around her also followed to look at the sun, Han Meng was originally very reluctant to do this, Liu Yiyi persuaded him to follow better, Liu Yiyi said a lot of threatening words to Han Meng.
As soon as Han Meng saw it, he listened to Liu Yiyi. He also raised his head to look at the sun, but he kept muttering in his heart: What is so beautiful about this sun, I really don't understand what kind of custom this is.
"O great snake god, come out while the sun is about to set," he said.
Han Meng, who was originally looking at the sun, was suddenly startled by this voice, his body trembled suddenly, Liu Yiyi looked at him, and she resisted the urge to laugh in her heart. But he laughed out loud.
This smile didn't matter, the people around looked at Han Meng and Liu Yiyi, Liu Yiyi suddenly felt the anxious gaze of those people, and Liu Yiyi quickly buried his face in Han Meng's chest.
"Hehe" Han Skinpi said with a smile: It's okay, it's okay, you continue.
Han Meng said and pulled Liu Yiyi to leave.
"Stop them, they have ruined our sacrificial rituals, and we are going to send them to our great snake god, hoping that this will make the snake god forgive us."
As soon as the female mage's voice fell, the people around him surrounded Han Meng and Liu Yiyi, Han Meng saw that this was really and wanted to reach out and hit them all, but after thinking about it carefully, they were all mortals, so he planned to preach with them patiently.
"Don't be angry, you don't know where we've broken the ritual of the sacrifice."
"There, don't you yourself have eyes".
After the female mage had spoken, she pointed to a stone tablet beside her. Han Meng walked up to the stone monument and was dumbfounded.
The content on the stele is probably these: when you invite the snake god, you must not speak, you must not laugh, if you break the rules, the snake god will not appear, and the natural water town will not be blessed, and then there will be natural disasters ** together, if you want to call the snake god to bless everyone, you need a man and a woman to sacrifice to the snake god.
Han Meng smiled and thought in his heart: Such a coincidence, it just so happened that Yiyi and I met the standards, and then looked at Liu Yiyi, he knew that this time he would stay here for a few days, and the content on the stone tablet was obviously problematic, I didn't know that the monster was doing it.
Han Meng looked at the kind people around him and thought in his heart: I don't know how long this rule has existed, and I don't know how many people have been killed, if I walk away like this, I don't know how many people will die on this rule.
"Okay, I'll agree to your request, but now I also have a request" Han Meng said as he touched his stomach with both hands, and the female mage looked at Han Meng and Liu Yiyi's hairstyle, which was obviously different from here, knowing that they were not locals.
"Hehe, pity you two for the dead, if you don't take the knife, I will take the children of the village chief's family today" The female mage said in her heart, she looked back at the village chief beside her, and it happened that the village chief raised his head to look at the female mage, so he smiled at the mage, and the village chief didn't know that it was Han Meng's appearance that saved his children.
"I know what you're asking for, and we'll feed you both for sure."
After the mage said this, he turned around, and a white smoke suddenly appeared around his body, and then the mage disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the people also said together: Congratulations to the mage.
Han Meng was also extremely depressed when she saw this situation, this was obviously witchcraft, it was a trick, but the people regarded her as a god.
According to the mage's request, Han Meng and Liu Yiyi were imprisoned in the village chief's house. At dinner, the two of them had a hot meal, and Han Meng said half-jokingly:
Yiyi, I didn't expect us to eat so many delicious foods for free this time, it's really a new year.
Liu Yiyi saw that Han Meng still had the mind to joke, and knew that he already had a countermeasure, so she put her mind at ease and eaten, she had always regarded Han Meng as a dependent in her heart, as long as Han Meng was in all difficulties, it would be solved.
This Liu Yiyi felt Han Meng's extraordinaryness when he was very young, although Han Meng was naughty, but he dared to do it, Liu Yiyi regarded Han Meng as an idol in his heart since he was a child.
"Yiyi, let's get some rest quickly" Han Meng said, Liu Yiyi leaned on Han Meng's shoulder and slowly fell asleep, and Han Meng pretended to close his eyes and quickly communicated with Yinxiang Zhu in his heart.
"Brother Han Meng, let's start", Xiang Zhu said in Han Meng's mind, and he watched Han Meng practice a thousand pound boxing one move at a time.
Now Han Meng hurried to practice spells whenever he had free time, he knew that there would be greater tribulations waiting for him on the road in the future, and if the mana was not good, he might lose his life, then there was no hope of saving his mother.
Han Meng was born smart and had a good understanding, and he could use the newly learned spell well after two times of cultivation, and Han Meng's Thousand Jin Fist soon entered the third level - Hundred Dragon Fist.
While Han Meng was practicing Qianjin Fist, the mage quietly walked towards a cave behind the mountain.
"You're here, are you ready?"
"Back to the king, it's all ready."
"Well," said a young woman in the cave.
"Then the king, you ............" the female mage said after a deliberate pause, she squinted at the young woman on the stage.
The young woman on the stage seemed to be an old man's thoughts, she smiled coldly and said: Don't worry, I promised you that it will come true.
The female mage left happily after hearing this, and the young woman in the cave stuck out her tongue and said, "When I eat the two people tonight, I will eat you again to improve my mana."