Chapter 188 Becoming a Hero
My fifth aunt and I both heard the noisy gongs and drums, "Why shouldn't it be that whose family is getting married?" My fifth aunt said to herself.
"Yes, if anyone gets married, can you hide it from you?" I continued.
As soon as my fifth aunt and I were out of the yard, a few men rushed forward and lifted me up.
"Wait a minute, what are you doing?" I was shocked by the situation in front of me.
They had no intention of stopping, and they carried me away, regardless of whether I struggled or not!
A few minutes later, I was carried to the small ground in the village. I glanced at it with my own eyes. There was an altar in the middle of the square, with freshly killed pig heads, tributes and a jar of old wine on it.
These are several meanings. Suddenly, an idea that made me very devastated emerged. Could it be that the Shangshui Village wants me to offer sacrifices? We have the custom of offering sacrifices here. Anyone who wants to offer sacrifices will be brought out by eight strong men in the morning.
But I am neither a livestock nor a new slaughter.
"What the hell are you going to do?" I stared at my legs, and this time I was so anxious.
"The village chief didn't say it!" said the strong man.
When the village chief saw that the group of people carried me over, he came over and said, "I asked you to invite people, why did you carry people here!"
The strong man scratched his head, "Village Chief, who did you ask us to invite before? Didn't they all carry it?"
The village chief knocked the strong man's head, "I used to ask for it, but that invitation was drawn in quotes. Now I ask you to ask for it. It's true, why don't you put it down!"
I understand what the village chief means. When the village chief wanted to punish someone in the past, he would ask these people to carry him, because he was afraid that the punished person would run away.
I rubbed my sore shoulders. The group of people were so deep or shallow that it hurt me to pinch it.
A little girl of five or six years old came over and looked very cute. She put a big red flower on my neck.
Those tributes were tied with big red flowers. Do you really want to offer me to the altar?
Dozens of men, women, young and old were automatically arranged in rows in the empty field. The village chief stood in the lead position and "Kneel!" the village chief shouted, and the people behind him also knelt down.
The village chief was holding a bowl of wine, and everyone behind him was holding a bowl of wine in his hand.
"God is blessed, the earth is thick and the sky is high, and the spring is prosperous. Men, women, young and old in Shangshui Village offer sacrifices to the sky, thanks to God's blessing, shelter the common people, and knock——"
Men, women, young and old kowtowed in unison.
"Knock again" "Knock three times"
Everyone was kowtowing there, and I was standing there stupidly.
After the villagers kowtowed, they all took a sip of the wine, then poured the wine on the place and broke the bowl.
Although I am not very smart, I understand it. It seems that the spring is good, and I can't send me to the altar even if I am good. I'm carrying it over and carrying red flowers. What does it mean?
After the ceremony, the village chief came over and patted me on the shoulder. His strength was so strong that I almost staggered.
Then he bowed deeply at me, and other villagers in Shangshui Village also bowed deeply behind.
This gift is a bit big!
I quickly helped the old village chief up, "Village Chief, you are so polite!"
The village chief looked up at me, and a turbid tears were left at the corner of his eyes, "It's been five years, five years, there's not so much water!"
"Village Chief, you bring me this big red flower. Didn't you want to sacrifice to heaven?" I expressed my concerns.
"Haha!" the old village chief smiled, "No, I am just grateful to you. You are the benefactor of the men, women, young and old in Shangshui Village, and you are not worthy of bringing the big red flowers."
It turns out that I was not going to offer me to the altar. This time I feel relieved, and I have changed from a tribute to a hero.
Since the water has been done, I can't stay in the Shui Village anymore. Grandpa Sun left me the note that he stayed in the coffin for another three days, and today it will be the three-day period. We have to go to the grave to pick him up tomorrow morning.
"Well, village chief, since the spring is fine and nothing is going to happen, I will go back!" I said to the old village chief.
"Don't, after all, we have come here, we have to thank you! Besides, you don't want to see the spring!" the old village chief said to me.
To be honest, I am really curious about the spring. Although I have never seen it before, the old village chief and the third grandmother have said that the water sprayed in the spring before has been sprayed for a day or a day. What has it become now? It can make the villagers of Shangshui Village excited like this, worshiping ancestors and kowtowing.
This spring is at the foot of the back mountain of Shangshui Village. It is shaded on all sides and the surrounding vegetation is also very good. It is lush and there are some rocks at the entrance of the spring. Naturally, the center of the spring is surrounded by a flat stone next to the spring. It seems to have been polished, with the words "Shangshui" engraved on it.
The spring water sprayed out and one person was high. The water column was very thick, and it could catch up with an adult's arms. The water splashed everywhere and had soaked the surrounding soil.
The old village chief sighed, "I haven't seen Quanyan like this for five years!" I knew he was happy. With the attitude of Quanyan, not to mention Banming Village and Shangshui Village, even villages with a radius of hundreds of miles came here to eat water, and they could probably provide it.
The old village chief lit his cigarette pipe and took a "click" sip, "Young man, it's not an exaggeration to say you are our benefactor!"
"Where are there!" I waved my hands repeatedly, and the elders brought me such a thick tall hat, and I felt a little embarrassed.
"I have dinner at my house tonight, so let's have two drinks!"
"No, I have to go back this afternoon, there is still something to do tomorrow!" After saying this, I yawned.
"Look at you, you've been so tired all night. Hurry up and go back to my house and have a good rest at the kang. I'll have someone take you back tomorrow morning. After dinner, I'll send someone to take you back tomorrow."
The village chief is so enthusiastic, so I naturally can't refuse. This is the place in the Northeast. People sincerely invite you. If you don't give face, you will be ungrateful, let alone I am still a junior.
The old village chief said that he had to have a few drinks with me at night. I thought about it in my mind that if I got up early tomorrow, Grandpa Sun's affairs would not be delayed.
Dragging my tired body, I lay on the head of the village chief's kang. Although I was a little sleepy, I had many doubts in my heart. Since I was going to make a living with Widow He, why did her sister-in-law He Xiaoman get on first? Why did Widow He and He Xiaoman not be scalded by my blood jade? Why did Widow He and Widow He make a living? This spring is really good. Could it be that my brother Yishui has always been a piece of wood in front of Widow He?
As for this Widow He, why I am so familiar with her? When I left her in the morning, I felt reluctant to leave.
I remembered that I was leaving early tomorrow morning, and I was actually very sad.
No, I have to go see her!
Thinking of this, I bounced off the kang, spread my legs and walked out the door!
"What are you doing?" The village elder's wife grabbed me.
"I, I want to go to that yard to see!" I pointed to the direction of Widow He's house, which was a little difficult to say.
"Okay, don't you not meet after this incident?" the village elder's wife asked me.
I understand what she meant. After all, I did the matter of fulfilling the family on behalf of Wang Yishui. Although Widow He was in a coma, she was a bit ridiculous after all. If she felt that the one who fulfilled the family with her yesterday was just a substitute, what would you do if you held back the spring?
I was a little depressed and retreated back to the house. The more I thought about it, the more I felt uncomfortable. When I parted tomorrow, I would never see this woman again. Last night on the kang, I had a response to her in my heart. I always felt that I had a lot of things to ask her and just went back like this. I was really unwilling to accept it.
"Auntie, I promise not to enter Widow He's house. I'll just look at the portrait. Isn't it okay to look at the portrait? Even if I say apart to others!" I thought the village elder's wife begged, but I couldn't figure out why I wanted to see her so strongly.
The aunt looked at me with a conflicted look on her eyes. It seemed that she was feeling compassionate. A woman of this age could not resist the young man's grinding her. She became soft as she grinded her.
"Then we'll agree, just look at the portrait, nothing else!"
I quickly thanked the aunt and ran into the yard of Widow He's house. As soon as I entered the main hall, the portrait fell down.
,Wonderful!
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Chapter completed!