32 And to my mother-in-law and grandmother
Xianbei let out a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, maybe the ancients called us "Hu". But how did we become "Hu people"? How did you become a Hu person who is hated by mainlanders?
Xianbei thought to himself: I want to change history. If we honestly graze cattle and sheep in the grassland, and don't go to the interior to plunder, won't we have a bad reputation? What are you doing in the mainland, if you have cattle and sheep, you are willing to eat beef and mutton, so what are you going to do in the mainland? What's so good about scones? I really like to eat food, get some seeds back, open a few fields, and plant some with my head down and my brain, otherwise it's over, why bother to take the infamy of robbers?
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When it was dark and sunset, they arrived at the village of the little carpenter Xie Lan's family, and sure enough, there were only three households, and their house was in the north end.
Xie Lan got off the horse, went to the back car and called down the three little women he was looking at, and entered the house with him, where he saw his mother and grandmother. He asked his three daughters-in-law to visit his grandmother first. The three little women knelt down for his grandmother in unison and called "Grandmother" in unison.
When the old lady saw it, she hid her head and said, "Fox! Fox! ”
What she meant was that these three little women were vixens!
Xie Lan hurriedly knelt down for his grandmother and said, "Grandmother, these are the three granddaughters-in-law that your grandson found for you, they are from the Yue Clan, they are beautiful, they are people, not foxes." ”
Xie Lan's mother walked in from outside and said to Xie Lan's grandmother, "Mother-in-law, Lan'er is right, there are a lot of people outside, and the women inside look like fairies, they are all human beings, not foxes and wolves." ”
When the daughter-in-law said this, the old lady was not so suspicious, but she still didn't dare to be faithful, put down the arm covering her head, turned around, twitched her face, wanted to laugh, but she didn't smile yet, she raised her hand and said to the three little women, "Daughter-in-law, please get up." ”
The three women stood up, Xie Lan introduced his mother again, and the three knelt down for his mother again, Xie Lan's mother hurriedly bowed down, hugged the three women and said, "Girl, what are you doing here, so white-skinned?" ”
The three women were stunned, not knowing how to answer.
Xie Lan said to his mother, "Mother, they didn't say anything, their Yue clan people were so fair-skinned. ”
"Yue's countrymen?" Xie Lan's mother asked him, "Those people outside are all from the Yue Clan?" ”
He said, "If it were the Yueshi people, the men should also be very white, but no, their men have the same skin color as ours." ”
Xie Lan's mother asked her three daughters-in-law to get up and asked them, "Are those men not with you?" ”
The three women shook their heads and said, "No, they are our saviors, and we have survived by touching them, or we will starve to death." ”
Xie Lan's mother said to her son Xie Lan with doubts, "Son, why are you with them, why aren't you with your master?" ”
I was embarrassed to say it in front of my three mothers-in-law, so Xie Lan said, "There is no development in the master's place, and when I met their king, I followed them." ”
The mother knew that her son had something to say, so she asked, "Where are they going?" ”
Xie Lan said, "The prairie in the north. ”
Mom asked, "What are you doing on the prairie?" It's so desolate that it is said that there are no people. ”
"It's because there's no human population that they're going there," Xie Lan said, "and they're probably going to go there and build their own country." ”
Xie Lan listened to what Xianbei said between them along the way, and had such an impression.
Xie Lanma said, "Is the country established if it wants to?" Son, it looks like you're going to follow them too? ”
Xie Lan said, "Yes." ”
Xie Lan's mother said, "You go to the prairie, it is the end of the world, and it will not be easy to come back, what should you do for your mother and your grandmother?" What do you live on? ”
Xie Lan sighed. Although he agreed with Xianbei that when he came to his house, Xianbei would give two pieces of silver, leaving them for his mother and his grandmother, but when he arrived here, Xie Lan did not open his mouth: all of a sudden, the king rewarded himself with three women, and then he wanted to open his mouth to ask for silver, it was not like that, so he did not mention it to Xianbei. Now, when his mother mentioned it, he didn't know how to answer it.
At this moment, I heard someone outside the door talking, "Is it convenient for me to go in?" ”
As soon as Xie Lan heard that it was Xianbei, he walked out in a panic and welcomed Xianbei in. Introducing Xianbei to his mom and grandma.
Xianbei saluted Xie Lan's mother and grandmother, and then said, "We are in a hurry to find a place to settle down, and I will call them on their way." ”
Xie Lan's mother hurriedly said, "Then let's go." ”
Xianbei took out three pieces of loose silver from his arms, and presented them to Xie Lan's mother, saying, "Xie Lan is gone, and he may not come back for a year or two, so leave this little money and keep it for life." ”
The people in the room were stunned, and Xie Ran didn't know what to say.
How did Xianbei know that Xie Lan was in trouble?
It turned out that Xianbei really forgot about the silver promised to leave to Xie Lan's grandmother and mother. He originally thought that when they entered the house, Xie Lan led his daughter-in-law to recognize his relatives and came out, but he didn't expect that for such a long time, the lights and shadows in the house reflected the postures of the people in the house on the windows, and a few people stood there vertically, not moving for a long time, I don't know what was going on?
Tukia reminded Xianbei on the side and said, "King, Xie Lan has encountered something difficult. ”
"What is he embarrassed about......" Speaking of this, Xianbei suddenly remembered the promise to leave silver for Xie Lan's mother and grandmother, and said loudly, "I forgot about it!" ”
After speaking, he turned over and got off the barge he was riding, and strode into the door of Xie Lan's house......
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That night, they found another forest to camp. Tonight is the wedding night of the little carpenter Xie Lan, and the three brides are extremely likable and popular women. The women spontaneously came to their tents and frolicked with them.
It is estimated that the "haunted cave house" began from this time, because there was no similar record in any ancient book before this, and after that, "The Book of Rites and Suburban Special Sacrifices" was recorded.
As for the cause of the "haunted cave house", there are many theories, which are inevitably covered with the color of exorcism and disaster avoidance.
According to legend, a long time ago, Zi Weixing went down to earth one day, and met a woman wearing linen and filial piety on the road, following behind a group of welcoming relatives, he saw that this sneaky was waiting for an opportunity to do evil, so he followed to the groom's house.
I saw that the woman had arrived first, and hid in the cave.
When the bridegroom and bride were about to enter the cave after worshipping heaven and earth, Zi Weixing guarded the door and did not let them in, saying that there was a sneak hidden inside.
When the people asked him for guidance on how to get rid of the ghosts, he suggested, "The sneaky people are most afraid of the crowd, and the many people are overwhelming, and the sneaky ones will not dare to do evil." ”
So the bridegroom invited the guests to play and laugh in the cave room, and used the laughter to drive away evil spirits; Sure enough, at the fifth watch, the sneaky finally escaped.