In the deep secluded part of the alley, there is suddenly a purple leaf densely pressed all over the wall, so that the two bluestone walls begin to dazzle from afar, the eaves of Wuwa, the gray wood door, the black iron ring on the door is polished by the palm of the hand, and the big stone Tsubaki next to the door also gives birth to a natural brightness, the big yellow dog lies outside the threshold, and immediately raises his head when he hears the footsteps, and seems to stare at the visitor suspiciously.

Mo Bei touched the dog's head and greeted with a smile: "Wangcai still recognizes me, good, say hello to this sister too." ”

The dog stood up and pounced on Qing Sheng, who stood still and was greeted warmly.

"Is it really called Wangcai?" Qingsheng was skeptical.

"Aren't all dogs called Wangcai?"

Really...... Qingsheng couldn't cry or laugh.

The "magical old man" was in the courtyard, standing with an enamel cup and drinking tea, his white beard was long to his chest, and he couldn't see a single black thread in his hair, but his face was full of red light, his spirit was shining, and his voice was very bright: "Mo Xiaoyou, I came early this year." ”

Qingsheng listened to the conversation between the two with a smile, respectfully called the old man "Grandpa Wu", she sat on the bench, looking at the spring in this courtyard, it was a cluster of bright azaleas, but I don't know where the smell of wine wafted from, or the fragrance of rice, she also saw the tea in the enamel cup, which was as black as medicine.

Grandpa Wu is very hospitable, but he is not busy entertaining guests, his enthusiasm is the enthusiasm that makes people feel comfortable, and it is like the spring color inside and outside the wall, unadorned, but it can really make people stay, forget to see the sunset, at this time has fallen to the unknown back of the mountain.

"You're going to a moon singing party?" Grandpa Wu suddenly smiled and said: "This is a good opportunity, you are really here today, and you have asked the right person, and the best gift to the Moon Goddess is only here with me." ”

"Won't it be another bar you brewed yourself?" Don't scratch your head.

"Do you know how the Moon Envoy was chosen?"

"Good drink?" Don't laugh or cry.

"The Moon Goddess must have the sweetest singing voice, in order to convey people's wishes to the Moon God, in order to convey the blessings of the Moon God to the people, the sweetest singing voice must of course be moisturized by the sweetest wine, and the sweetest wine in Wuling can only be brewed by me."

Mo Bu finally picked up a jar of wine and said goodbye and left.

"How did you, a person who doesn't drink, become friends with Grandpa Wu." Qingsheng was curious.

Mo Bu shook the wine in one hand, and smiled before speaking: "I like to wander around in the alley, one year I walked into this alley, and I was taken by Wangcai's house, Grandpa Wu said that Wangcai never messed with people, and was almost detained by him as his grandson-in-law......"

Qingsheng laughed out loud, it seemed to be an interesting story.

"Don't laugh, Grandpa Wu's granddaughter is Wangcai!!"

Now he laughed even louder.

Mo Bu stopped again in front of an old house in the alley, he stretched out his head into the house to look around, and shouted, "Is Granny Wu here?" ”

Qingsheng first heard a promise, and a short old woman came out, she wore a cloth headscarf, wearing wide pants, her face was full of wrinkles but she smiled kindly, and she didn't know how to recognize Mo Bei, but she was busy inviting the guests to the house, Qingsheng followed Mo Bei into the house, this time they sat in the patio at the back of the hall, the patio was not big, the light on the beam had been turned on, the dim and yellow one, in fact, could not fall the bright light, small benches, low square tables, but carved hollow lattices on the table railing, not long after, the old woman put the square table full of small plates, Each dish contains pickled side dishes, radish strips, baby cowpeas, fresh cucumbers, and mountain vegetables......

"Taste it, quickly, Granny Wu's sauerkraut is the most delicious in Wuling, especially this radish strip." Don't hand Qingsheng a pair of chopsticks.

Qingsheng looked at the side dishes with chopped peppers and hesitated a little.

She had never eaten such spicy food.

But I still tasted it, although the radish strips were pickled but did not lose their crisp taste, first a sweetness, and then a fresh sour, Qingsheng just felt "not too spicy", and was a spicy taste straight to the taste buds, then she felt that even the nostrils were flushed, she wanted to stick out her tongue to fan the wind with a slap, but she didn't have time to see what liquid Mo Bu handed over, and then poured it into her mouth, which was very cool, slightly sweet and slightly sour, and suddenly relieved the spicy taste in her mouth, and then felt that the aftertaste was endless.

With these small dishes, Qingsheng ate a full bowl of community rice, and then she felt that she was in love with chili peppers.

Of course, it has to be accompanied by a bowl of peach juice from Granny Wu's house, so as not to spit out the three flavors of real fire.

Coming out of Granny Wu's house, Mo Bu had a few more boxes of side dishes in his hand, and now he couldn't even free up a finger, he didn't let Qing Sheng help carry things, but asked Qing Sheng to help him buy coffee, and from time to time let Qing Sheng hold a coffee cup to feed the straw to his mouth, in the evening, there were more people on the commercial street, and some people would still pay attention to the intimate behavior of a certain two people in the crowd, Mo Bu was once a "passerby", at that time he was thinking: Alas, it's time to find a girlfriend.

He helped his girlfriend carry the shopping bag, and her girlfriend was responsible for feeding him.

It's such a blatant sprinkling of dog food, which is very superior.

At that time, he felt that there was only a sense of superiority, unlike now, when the straw poked in his mouth, it was like poking directly into his heart, his heart was beating fast, and he still enjoyed this slight feeling of suffocation, and he now regretted why he didn't buy a cup of hot coffee, so that he could "lose" the "medium" of the straw.

Otherwise, the straw could be eaten directly.

When there was only a pale pink cloud in the sky, they finally set off to the village, it was a car, the female clerk Yuling volunteered to be a driver, she drove as fast as her character, and she could also speed on the winding mountain road, Mo Bei deliberately asked: "Do you really have a driver's license?" ”

"Rest assured, it's safe." Yu Ling laughed: "Sister Xu, the main thing is to reassure you." ”

The wind from the half-open car window poured into the mountains and forests, the nose was a sweet breath, Qingsheng tried not to let the body fall crookedly, but did not feel the coolness that came with the night, when the car finally stopped, she even felt a thin layer of sweat in the palms of her hands, and before she got out of the car, she heard bursts of cheers again.

There are a lot of young people pouring out, they are actually wearing common clothes or skirts, they high-five with Yuling, and Mo Be, Qingsheng high-five, the village has actually installed solar street lights, but there is also a bonfire that has been lit on the dam, the girl wearing a "silver coat" came from the bonfire, her eyebrows and eyes are eight points similar to Yuling, but her skin is fairer, under the white light, her eyes are like a flood of autumn water, she bends the corners of her mouth, and her smile is like a white orchid that has just bloomed in the spring breeze, she is the moon goddess.

Yu Ling stepped forward, unlike the intimacy of hooking up with other young people, and her sister seemed to be a little estranged, to be more accurate, Yu Ling seemed to have a lot of respect for her sister, they talked very quickly, Qingsheng didn't understand a word, she looked at Mo Be, Mo Bu shrugged: "I don't understand either." ”

Sister motioned to Mo Behe and Qingsheng to go with her, bypassing the bonfire, on a long case, there was really a basket of white orchids in the bamboo basket, and my sister bent the corners of her lips: "This is the magnolia on Lingming Mountain, which has been enshrined in front of the statue of Yuanjun Bao, and the guests who come from afar please choose one each." ”

Qingsheng didn't know what such a ceremony represented, and Mo Bu didn't know how to do it, but he saw Yuling squeezing his eyebrows at him, so he picked one first, and then watched Qingsheng pick out one.

My sister took the flower again.

The young people in the village rushed up, Yuling pulled Qingsheng, and a young man pulled Mobe, they sat down around the bonfire, and after sitting down, it was quiet, Yuling said next to Qingsheng's ear: "Come and look at the moon with us." ”

The wind passed through the cottage, it seemed to become particularly soft and cool, the moon in the night sky was not a perfect outline, but it was bright and bright, Qing Sheng heard the young people chanting in a low voice in a language she did not understand, I don't know what I was praying for, Qing Sheng was quiet in his heart at the moment, and no wish quietly sprouted.

Being able to participate in a mysterious and ancient ritual is already a harvest and surprise for Qingsheng.

When my sister came around the campfire again, she was holding a bowl in her hand.

"Guests from afar, this is the wine brought by the two of you, now please drink from the two of you."

As soon as Mo Bu got up and took the bowl, he was stunned by this.

Was he deceived by Grandpa Wu? Didn't the wine he brought give to the Moon Envoy as a gift? You want to drink the gift you gave yourself?!

"The wine brewed by Grandpa Wu is not intoxicating, and you don't have to finish it, just take a sip at will." My sister seems to have seen through Mobe's mood.

And drunk alcohol that is not intoxicating? It's a bowl of rice wine!

"Drink it, little Brother Mo, and my driver, I can't make a mistake." Yuling leaned over and took the lead in clapping.

The young people clapped their hands one after another, and the rhythm was quite neat.

Mo Bu was forced to go to "Liangshan", so he had to take a small sip, and his sister took the bowl and handed it to Qingsheng.

Xu Qingsheng: ......

She's not afraid to drink, but why should she drink the same bowl of wine as Mobu?

Under the pressure of the slap that was fast and slow, Qingsheng could only give in.

When the elder sister took the bowl again and turned away, a young man began to sing, and the people around the bonfire stood up one after another, holding hands and dancing with a cheerful singing, Qingsheng's left hand was first pulled by Yu Ling, and then her right hand was also held by Mo Bu as if it was very natural.

At first, it was just the contact between the fingers and the fingers, but with the solitaire-like "transfer" of the singers, the singing became more and more cheerful, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic.

She actually knew that some things were never under her control, and she felt that her previous beliefs were in jeopardy, but she was still the timid Xu Qingsheng, who didn't dare to advance and couldn't retreat, what should she do next? Is she going to continue to play the role of ignorance?

Suddenly, there was another clear singing.

Finally, it was the turn of the Moon God Envoy to sing and pray, no longer singing, everyone's hands were released, and Xu Qingsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The last ceremony of the singing moon meeting turned out to be to let the "distant guests" climb a suspension bridge on a small hill to receive the "blessing" of the moon god after singing and praying.

Qingsheng reacted a little at this time: "Why does it seem that tonight's moon singing party, the Lord is for us?" ”

Don't laugh secretly: Lao Zhang is a good person.