The "Old Goryeo" house has a large courtyard, and the front of the courtyard is a beautiful new three-room red brick house. This was already a very wealthy family at the time. You must know that in the rural areas of Northeast China at that time, most people still lived in mud and straw houses. On the left side of the courtyard, a longevity hall was set up to hold a birthday worship ceremony, and the longevity hall was lit up with lanterns, and the golden word "longevity" was hung in the middle.

What made Zhan Zhizhan stunned was that there was a huge white stubble wooden coffin in the middle of Shoutang. Later, Zhan Zhizhan couldn't help but secretly ask Brother Hai to know that this is the custom of the hometown of "Old Goryeo": when the elderly over sixty years old do their birthdays, they must prepare a "longevity room" for themselves, which means that they want to do a funeral for themselves, which is also called "living mourning day".

Hearing the sound of Beijing 212 jeeps parking, "Lao Gaoli" and "Huang Pizi" each came out of the house on crutches. Behind them, a big man supported a middle-aged man who was also on crutches. It seems that the latter two are the fifth brother Hao Shouxin, who is known as "Hao Maniac", and Wang Qingzhong, the sixth brother of "curly hair".

"Brother Hai! Oh my mother...... I'm crazy about you! "Hao Maniac" grabbed Brother Hai's side, threw his crutches, grabbed Brother Hai's arms, and shook them vigorously.

Brother Hai had tears in his eyes, and hurriedly supported "Hao Maniac", and couldn't help revealing his true feelings: "Old Five, I'...... I miss you too! You've arrived early? ”

"Yes! I heard that the fourth child was discharged from the hospital, so I discussed with the third child, and we two real lame people came to accompany the fourth fake cripple. Hehe...... No, the sixth child has to follow. "Hao Maniac" said, wiping the tears from his eyes.

"Brother Hai! The sixth wants to kill you! Old Sixth...... The sixth child kowtows to you! It seems that Zhan Zhizhan and these brothers are extremely particular about the respect and humility of the elders and the young, and it was not until "Hao Maniac" finished saying that "Curly Hair" walked up to Brother Hai and was about to kneel.

Brother Hai hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop the "curly hair", and said with a smile: "Sixth brother, who is with whom of our brothers?" Why should it always be like this. Come! Come! Come! Sixth brother, let me introduce you to you, this young man is my newly recognized eighth brother 'Beixia'......"

There are also three Zhan Zhizhan in the "Seven Brothers of Butou", who don't know where they are reincarnated sacredly. Zhan Zhizhan opened his "True Demon Eyes" and stared at the sixth brother's "curly hair". The original god of "curly hair" turned out to be the god Shan Baizhao who was in charge of the seventy-six divisions of the seventy-six divisions in charge of the Dongyue Emperor.

Zhan Zhizhan liked it very much. He arched his hand and said, "Hello Sixth Brother, my name is Zhan Zhizhan!" ”

As the saying goes: "Small eyes are charming, big eyes are electric, not big is not too small to fascinate people!" "The four adzes" are small eyes, and the "curly hair" belongs to the eyes that are not big or small. He grabbed Zhan Zhizhan's hands, blinked his eyes and said, "Eighth child, I've heard of you for a long time, and I always want to meet you." But...... Wow! Let's not talk about this nonsense, come and get to know our fifth brother! ”

Zhan Zhizhan clasped his hands into fists and gave a deep salute to "Hao Maniac": "Hello Fifth Brother." I have admired your name for a long time, like thunder......"

Zhan Zhizhan said, and the "Demon Appreciation True Eye" also stared at the "Hao Maniac". The primordial spirit of "Hao Maniac" immediately appeared in his original form under the "True Eye of the Demon Appreciation", which turned out to be Mao Wenbo, the leader of the ghosts who took care of the Yin Mountain behind the Netherworld. In Mr. Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West", the two Monkey Kings made a big fuss in the underworld, and they came to the back of Yinshan Mountain with a beating and shouting, and their legs ran first, crashed into the Yin Si Gate, and reported to the Senluo Treasure Palace. Mao Wenbo shouted at the time: "King, woe to you!" On the back-shaded mountain, there are two Monkey King who can fight! ”

"Hao Maniac" laughed and said: "Don't be polite, what kind of name can your fifth brother have, it's almost the same as a donkey's ears." You're so handsome and dashing, and you're so handsome. Ha ha...... I don't know what's going on, the fifth brother is old and rare when he sees you. This hero is born at a young age, if you go to the fifth brother's place, you will have to fascinate my little sisters to death. ”

"Haha...... Eighth brother, take a look, your fifth brother is called three sentences without leaving the industry. Why don't you go to your fifth brother's place to see the excitement, your fifth brother's little sister has been beautiful one by one. "Old Gaoli" quipped with a smile.

"It's the sea coming, let's go to the house of Ma Yoer Lisor, our mother is in a hurry. Hehe......" A middle-aged farmer who looked very much like "Old Gaoli", extremely honest, with his hands in his sleeves, came to everyone with a smile, and everyone bent down with a smile on his face. It turned out that he was the eldest brother of "Old Goryeo", which was very different from the flying and domineering of "Old Goryeo". The two sons born to a mother, why is the gap so big.

"Hello big brother, is your old stomach ache better? You should be careful not to get cold and remember to take your medicine. Okay, let's go see our mom! Brother Hai smiled and exchanged a few words with the eldest brother of "Old Gaoli", then waved his hand to "Si Yu" and said.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the "Four Brothers" took out a red paper bag from their pockets, opened it and looked at the 30 sheets of "Great Unity" wrapped in it, wrapped it and stuffed it into the hands of the eldest brother of "Old Gaoli". said with a smile: "Big brother, this is a little bit of heart for our mother's seventieth birthday!" Big brother, take it, don't be too little! ”

There are a lot of congratulatory ceremonies that "Si Yu" took out! At that time, whoever had a follower of a red and white happy event, that is, two yuan a piece, and five yuan at the top of the sky. Thirty sheets of "Great Unity", on average, that's 100 yuan per person. For most people, a hundred dollars is definitely a lot of money.

"Fourth brother, are you so neat?" Zhan Zhizhan easily seized the opportunity, took the hand of "Old Gaoli", and asked affectionately.

"Old Gaoli"'s eyes smiled into a slit, and he looked like an eldest brother: "Uh-huh! It's almost inseparable, thanks to the eighth brother! ”

Suddenly, there was a series of hoarse pig screams. Zhan Zhizhan followed the sound and looked at the corner of the courtyard, only to see that the makeshift "Bagua Stove" stove was red, with a huge iron pot on it, and a pot full of boiling water, making the entire courtyard steaming and white mist. By the "gossip furnace", there are three people who are catching and killing pigs. One person grabbed the pig's tail and lifted it up, so that the pig's two hind feet were suspended, the other person grabbed the pig's two ears, and the third person held up the pig's body, and they worked together to drag the pig to the pig killing rack, and pressed the pig's side of the body hard, and the pig's four feet were suspended in the air, kicking the air indiscriminately, only caring about screaming, and not being able to exert strength.

It seems that the one who killed the pig was a hand, his eyes were fast, he sealed his throat with a knife, and the pig's veins gushed out, and soon, the sharp pig cry slowly lowered and gradually fell silent. The knife that kills pigs is very particular, and it must be steady, accurate, and ruthless, which makes Zhan Zhizhan deeply inspired. It is said that it is to seal the throat, so that the pig does not die and neigh, this knife is not to pierce the pig's throat, it must be pierced on the pig's carotid artery. If it is crooked, then a few more people will not be able to hold down the dying pig. Killing pigs is definitely a technical job, and it is also a manual work, and you can't kill the pigs on the board without the strength of a handful. Zhan Zhizhan later heard "Old Gaoli" say that after the pig was stabbed on the pig killing rack, sometimes because the pig was stabbed crookedly, the pig actually jumped off the pig killing frame and fled all over the ground. As a result, people all over the world chased and intercepted them, and it was very lively. In the nursery rhyme of the Northeast, it says: "Children, don't cry, children, when you enter the wax moon, you will kill pigs." Children, don't be greedy, it's the New Year after the wax moon. To a certain extent, this nursery rhyme reflects people's desire to kill pigs and eat meat during the Chinese New Year.

At that time, rural people valued their livestock more than their own lives, because not every peasant household could afford to raise livestock. A farmer's family raises a cow and a pig, which is the property of the whole family, and many people rely on a pig all year round. Every Chinese New Year, it is also the happiest moment for these simple farmers, to kill a fattened pig, keep some pig offal for themselves, two catties of fat meat to solve slander, and sell the rest for two feet of cloth and a year of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to supplement their lives.

Suddenly, Zhan Zhizhan was attracted by the voice of the immature little girl in the West House: "Cover a flower, light a flower, not enough for ten people." ”

Zhan Zhizhan turned his head to look and saw three little girls sitting on the kang, playing a game he had never seen before. Zhan Zhizhan walked to the door curiously, only to see a girl with two pigtails, throwing her pocket into the air with a chanting word, staring at the pocket, but turning the rectangular bones on the kang with her hand. Zhan Zhizhan watched it for less than a minute, and basically understood the rules of the game that the girls played. The girl who throws the pocket has to read the pocket one after another, and the action must be in tune, and she loses if she turns the wrong rectangular bone.

The strong curiosity prompted Zhan Zhizhan to ask a few little girls: "Little sister, what kind of game are you playing?" ”

A little girl who was about eleven or twelve years old, with two pigtails and a soul on her face, obviously looked down on Zhan Zhizhan and didn't even know what game she was playing, she glanced at Zhan Zhizhan and said disdainfully: "......

"Hello? This is 'Galaha'? Zhan Zhizhan was very surprised to pick up a gala that the girls were playing with, and remembered what the street gangsters often said: "Why don't you accept it?" Don't accept your galaha! ”

After returning to school, Zhan Zhizhan went to the school library again, checked the information for a long time, and then figured out that "Galaha" is the transliteration of the Manchu Gachuha, which is an independent bone at the knee part of the hind legs of the beast, and at the junction of the leg bone and tibia, called "talus", which is both odd hooves and cloven hoofs. In ancient times, Galaha became a pawn in the Xianbei, Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongol military and tactical simulation exercises. Galaha is different in size, different categories, and different colors, and represents different military names with different types, usually mountains, forests, rivers, and bubbles. Galaha is an irregular cuboid with four faces, which are called "belly", "pit", "donkey" and "anvil" according to their shape. Once upon a time, Galaha was originally regarded as a symbol of wealth and good fortune. Later, it was deified as a divination tool for "determining fortune and misfortune and resolving suspicions", and regarded "the solution as the murderer, the combination as the auspicious, the treasure back as the auspicious, the donkey pit as the murderer, and the treasure bun as the good luck." ”

At that time, not to mention the rural people, even the urban people were living in great difficulty. In the countryside, people who can afford to kill pigs every year can count them even on their fingers. Therefore, the amount of Galaha owned by which family can also reflect the economic life of this family. Children often give each other a few galahas as a sign of friendship. When I was a child, if a family member or friend sent a set of galaha, the sisters would be as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year. Seeing Zhan Zhizhan and the three little girls talking, the "Four Sons" pulled him and said, "Eighth brother, don't sell stupid, let's go into the house to pay a birthday to the fourth brother's mother!" ”

When I came to the east house where the mother of "Old Gaoli" lived, there were two sets of kang under the bright windows on the north and south sides, and at one end of the kang was placed a kang cabinet with the characteristics of the Northeast countryside. There are also drawers under the triple door, with mirrors and glass, all dark brown colored.