Along the way, Aunt Huang and Xiaolian Niang talked and laughed, and Xiaolian Niang talked about her daughter's family affairs, and laughed with Aunt Huang again.

Fu Duoxi couldn't interject, and he didn't want to interject, but he was happy to enjoy the scenery along the way with both hands.

The sacrificial stage of the festival is at the foot of the Spring God Temple, and there is a wide river - Yanghe River next to the foot of the mountain.

Many people have gathered by the Yanghe River.

Among a group of girls and daughters-in-law wearing red and green, Rong Niang, who was dressed in a light pink dress, was particularly conspicuous.

Fudo chose a thick willow by the river, spread a mat cloth, took out the food from the food basket, and laid it on the mat cloth in the same way.

Xiaolian's father and mother couldn't wait to see their daughter and ran to the sacrificial stage to guard.

Fu Duoxi watched Aunt Huang walk over and talk to Rong Niang, Rong Niang glanced at her, and then said something to Aunt Huang, and Aunt Huang walked back alone.

"Rong Niang wants to have fun with her little sister, let her be. I don't want to be with them. ”

Aunt Huang clicked her mouth, obviously her daughter-in-law abandoned her, making her feel bad.

Fu Duoxi opened the dim sum wrapped in bamboo leaves and let Aunt Huang taste everything.

Before the time of sacrifice arrived, everyone would be scattered everywhere in groups of three or five, some sitting on the grass and chatting, and some splashing water and making trouble...... Everyone brought snacks to share, and a faint sweet scent wafted through the air.

The sweets made by Fu Duoxi are decorated with various colored flower petals and placed on the turquoise bamboo leaves, which looks like works of art.

Aunt Huang ate two pieces and shouted to her daughter-in-law to come and taste it, and the daughters-in-law around Rong Niang all looked at Aunt Huang, but Rong Niang didn't seem to hear it, and walked farther away with the food basket.

"Rong Niang, what's wrong with today......"

Aunt Huang shook her head.

Fu Duoxi also felt that Rong Niang was weird, as if he was deliberately avoiding her.

The deepest part of the Yanghe River can be lower than the shoulders of a five-foot man. Adults stopped their children from going into the middle of the river. Adults and children fold a green willow on the bank of the river, take off their shoes and socks, and beat their feet with willow branches dipped in water, symbolizing the removal of bad luck and praying for good health.

Fu Duoxi stretched out the tips of her toes and probed, the river water was slightly cold, the girl still couldn't wash her feet with cold water, she also symbolically bathed her feet with willow branches dipped in water, and followed Aunt Huang's example, chanting a few words of prayer for health.

Aunt Huang took out a peace charm from her pocket and said:

"I went to the Guanyin Temple to make a vow, and I specially asked for a peace charm for you. I'm just waiting for the festival to bring it to you. ”

Fu Duoxi took the peace charm and put it on his neck, feeling warm in his heart.

The festival began. The procession of floats from the county government slowly drove over, and people waved to the people on the floats, and several floats stopped at the sacrificial stage, and dozens of costumed girls walked down from the cars.

The girls in colorful dresses all wore the same hairstyle, and their heads and faces looked similar from a distance, their faces were covered with heavy makeup, and there was a grain of cinnabar between their eyebrows.

Fu Duoxi looked at it for a while before he recognized Xiaolian standing in the back row.

Xiaolian's father and mother also recognized their daughter and shouted their daughter's name loudly.

The sacrificial stage was instantly surrounded by people, three layers inside and three layers outside, impermeable.

Fukudoki was pushed to the front, and the expressions of the girls on the stage could be clearly seen.

The movements of the girls are uniform, and their expressions seem to be poured out of a mold.

It's strange how they feel like marionettes, soulless, lifeless.

The girls began to spin in circles, and Xiaolian turned to Fu Duoxi.

"Xiaolian, Xiaolian......"

Fu Duoxi's shout was not small, with the friendship she and Xiaolian had grown up with since childhood, Xiaolian should at least give her a look and smile in response. But no, Xiaolian didn't react at all.

The girls slowly leaned back, their hands on their ankles, their heads on the ground and their faces up, their eyes empty......

"Good waist work!"

Someone in the crowd applauded.

It was greeted with applause.

As the girls slowly got up, Fu Duoxi saw a person opposite, a man in black.

The man in black held a palm-sized red cloth bag in his hand.

Fudoxi's nerves immediately tensed. She was all too familiar with the shape of the red cloth bag......

A gust of wind blew through the corner of the red cloth bag, revealing a wooden statue.

The man in black hurriedly covered the red cloth bag and squeezed out of the crowd.

Rong Niang's wooden statue has been burned down in the Spring God Temple, is there an identical wooden statue?

Fu Duoxi squeezed out of the crowd and quickly captured the figure in black.

The man in black was stepping up the stone steps towards the Spring God Temple.

The man in black walked quickly, and soon stepped up the last stone step. Fudoxi quickened his pace.

The man in black walked straight into the Spring God Temple.

There is no one in the temple of the god of spring, only the incense burner in front of the statue of the god of spring is full of sandalwood.

A large lock hangs from the small door leading to the meditation room at the back of the view.

The Man in Black vanished into thin air......

Fu Duoxi found nothing at the Spring God Temple, so he had to go down the mountain and return to the sacrificial stage.

The sacrificial dance is over. Xiaolian's mother is pulling Aunt Huang to talk, Xiaolian can't go home today, and she has to wait for the county government to arrange someone to send them home.

"Let's take our daughters home by ourselves, and it's not okay to save the old man's car and horse fares......"

Xiaolian Niang muttered, she couldn't be with her daughter, and she was not in the mood to have fun anymore, so she gave Fu Duoxi all the meat buns she brought.

"Maybe the county government has other program arrangements, I see Xiaolian dancing very well, that waist is ...... Gee! ”

Aunt Huang saw her son, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

At the end of the festival, Fu Duoxi and Aunt Huang returned to the village in an ox cart. When she got out of the car, her legs were numb, but fortunately she didn't get motion sickness.

Aunt Huang squatted on the side of the road and spit out several mouthfuls of yellow water.

"No wonder Rong Niang is reluctant to take an ox cart ......"

The ox cart was found by Aunt Huang's son to honor the old lady, I heard that the lady was happy, Huang Lang baby was not good, worried that Rong Niang was bumpy in the ox cart, and called a small sedan chair to carry Rong Niang home.

Aunt Huang was waiting for Rong Niang's sedan chair at the entrance of the village. Fu Duoxi went home alone first.

The little fox demon and the black cat demon are not in the house,

Fu Duoxi estimated that the two demons had slipped out to play. She put the meat buns in the food basket in the pot and heated them up, and made another pot of egg drop soup.

When the little fox demon came back, it was already dark, and it blinked its eyes and took the initiative to admit its mistake to Fu Duoxi, took off its back bag, and poured out half a bag of green plums.

There are only green plums on the cliff mountain, and apparently the little fox demon went to find its spirit monster friend again.

Who doesn't have a few friends!

Of course, Fu Duoxi will not punish the little fox demon for this.

"Uh-huh, I know my sister is worried about me...... I didn't expect to come back so late, next time, not next time. Uncle Mi wasn't there, and I didn't see him for a day. ”

The little fox demon sniffed, seeing that Fu Duoxi didn't mean to blame it.

happily grabbed the meat bun and took two bites, then picked up the egg drop soup and drank it.

"I saw that wooden statue again today...... It's the one we burned in the Harukami Temple. A man in black walked into the Temple of Spring with the wooden statue, and I followed it up and found nothing......"

"Huh? No way! ”

The little fox demon put down the soup bowl and stared wide-eyed.

"I can see it clearly, it's the wooden statue."

"Then I'll take a look."

The little fox demon grabbed a few meat buns, spread his legs and ran away.