With the slightest coolness of the morning, the Mid-Autumn Festival is quietly approaching.

There is a special project in the Moon Shadow Village during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is to worship the Moon God.

The reason for this project is mainly due to that legend.

Legend has it that the Moon God once descended on Moon Shadow Mountain, and with the blessing of the Moon God, the villagers of Moon Shadow Village living at the foot of the mountain can live and work in peace and contentment for generations.

In order to reward the moon god, people will hold a grand sacrifice every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival to thank the gods for their favor.

This custom has been passed down for many years, and for Moon Shadow Village, the Mid-Autumn Festival is even more important than the Chinese New Year.

In fact, in people's hearts, it doesn't matter whether there is really a moon god or not, the key is a kind of belief and a kind of sustenance.

In the past few years of drought, they have not starved to death by relying on Moon Shadow Village, especially this year, they have also found a water source on Moon Shadow Mountain, which has made the villagers gradually richer, although the water source is artificially discovered, but it is a gift from God to have a water source, otherwise why can only their village have such a large-scale water source?

They had heard that even if water was found in other villages, it would be enough for people to drink, and that irrigation of the fields was absolutely impossible.

Therefore, this year, the villagers attach great importance to this sacrifice.

It is particularly worth mentioning that in previous years, an outstanding girl would be selected from among the young girls, dressed in a white dress, to perform a sacrificial dance for the moon god on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This is a very brilliant day for the girl, and if she can be chosen, it will prove that she is the best girl in the village, and she will not be bad in the future.

The girl who was elected last year is called Yingzi, and she has been elected for two consecutive years.

Of course, the reason why she was elected was not only because of her outstanding appearance, but also because her uncle was a county official.

Last year and the year before last, when the selection was made, her uncle had personally come to the village and watched from the spot.

When the people were elected, the villagers collectively raised their hands to vote, and her uncle was like a god, who dared not to elect Yingzi, wouldn't it be obvious to offend people.

One day, the officials were not happy to make trouble with them again, but they couldn't eat and walked away.

Anyway, who to choose is not to choose, and Yingzi is quite good-looking.

Speaking of which, although this Yingzi girl's family is from Moon Shadow Village, she lives in her uncle's house in the county for most of the year, and she should be very loved by her uncle's family.

I was not in the village all summer this year, and because of the sacrifice to the moon god, I only returned to the village two days ago, and I danced the sacrificial dance in preparation.

Although the selection is a one-year election, she feels that this year must be her, and the selection is just a formality.

Her uncle thought the same way, and it happened that the county government was busy with affairs, so he sent her home and left, and he didn't believe that these villagers dared to go against his will.

Of course, before leaving, he also went to the village chief's house to visit the door, as if he inadvertently mentioned the sacrificial dance, and said that his niece returned to the village for this matter, although he did not directly say that the candidate must be his niece, but the meaning could not be clearer.

Since the other party didn't say it directly, the village chief would not find out, but only sent Uncle Yingzi out with a smile.

In fact, the village chief was a little embarrassed.

This year, he wanted to let the pearl girl of the Dashan family dance the sacrificial dance.

The pearl girl is not only good-looking, but also the water source was discovered by her, and this year's sacrificial dance is danced by her, which is perfect for the occasion.

But because of Yingzi's uncle, and Yingzi is also an innocent girl, they came back from the county to dance this dance.

In fact, he is not afraid of Uncle Yingzi.

Uncle Yingzi's surname is Gao, he is an ordinary official in the county government, and he is usually enough to talk to the county order, just in this capacity, it's okay to fool ordinary villagers, but it is absolutely impossible to bluff him.

It's not that he hasn't been to the county government, and he happened to see a few times of high officials, and the guy nodded at the slightly official person, extremely flattering, busy like a grandson, and completely different from the arrogant appearance in the village.

It's not as good as him, at least he has eaten with the county order, and he is not like his grandson in front of the county order.

The biggest problem now is that he is afraid that he will deal with it well, and he will say hello to the villagers and choose Mingzhu, but Mingzhu is not happy.

He could see that Mingzhu was different from ordinary girls, although she had the ability, she didn't want to be in the limelight, especially this kind of limelight that was useless to her.

But this sacrificial dance is most suitable for her to dance, otherwise it would be a pity, I believe most of the villagers think the same way.

Moreover, the workshop of the elder brother of Dashan has been built recently, and I heard that many villagers will be recruited to work in the village, which is a great thing for the benefit of the village.

Gao Ya said that he was a government official who had no right to meddle in the village affairs of their village, as long as he, the village chief, was on top, the villagers would not be afraid of him, and they would definitely be willing to choose Mingzhu.

Let's discuss it with the two of them first.

So he took the time to go to Yue Mingzhu's house, locked up and had a small meeting with Yue Dashan, and no one was allowed to listen.

When the door was opened, the village chief smiled like a chrysanthemum, and Mrs. Wang was also full of smiles, although Yue Dashan didn't smile much, but the pleasure around him couldn't be hidden.

Well, it's settled!

Yue Dashan and his family were enthusiastic about staying for dinner, but the village chief couldn't shirk it, so he could only stay.

Oh, the food at Brother Dashan's house is really fragrant, he is not greedy, he is gracious, but disrespectful.

Yue Dashan took out the best wine to entertain the village chief, the village chief had never drunk such a good wine in his life, and hummed a little song in his beautiful mouth, and he couldn't walk well, so Yue Dashan sent his son back.

After the village chief went home, when the old woman waited for him to wash, he was still happy there, and said that Brother Dashan was a real person, and he and Brother Dashan would have a good life.

"Okay, okay, you and your mountain brother will live for the rest of your life." The old woman laughed and scolded.

The village chief was not annoyed, and went to bed and fell asleep after washing.

On the day of the selection, all the villagers who were at home came to the threshing floor in the village.

Moon Shadow Village is a large village, with a population of as many as 500 people, most of whom are at home, and when they go to the threshing floor, they are black and pressed, and they look quite spectacular.

This is also a grand event in the village, because the life is good, and the faces of the villagers are beaming.

It is worth mentioning that Moon Mingzhu also came, and was pulled hard by Qiu Shi, saying that he was here to join in the fun.

Mrs. Wang also asked her to come, saying that this is a major event in the village, as long as everyone at home has to come, otherwise it will not be good.

Okay, okay, I can't beat these two people, so Moon Pearl came.

Human beings are like this, since they are social animals, they can't be unsociable, otherwise they don't conform to the laws of this society, even if they are reluctant, they must obey, otherwise they may attract social condemnation.

Of course she understands that.

In fact, she likes this kind of customs and activities, it seems to be nothing, but in fact, it contains the wisdom of people for thousands of years, representing the customs and customs of this place, and this kind of customs and activities can best unite people's hearts and make people have a sense of participation and belonging.

It is not only a grand event of Moon Shadow Village, but now as a villager of Moon Shadow Village, I should participate in it.