The second marriage of the stars

It was a rare reunion, and Xingzhao wanted to go home early so that he could stay for a few more days, so he closed the clinic, and the group went to his birthplace, an ancient Miao village hidden deep in the mountains.

It is only [-] kilometers from Zangzhang to my hometown, and it takes half an hour at most, but it took two hours.This section of the road is rotten. The gravel path with nine twists and eighteen turns is full of deep pits and accumulated water. From a distance, it looks like an ordinary puddle, but because I am not familiar with the road conditions, I am not careful will sink in.Fortunately, Brother Xing has rich driving experience and is used to running on mountain roads. The SUV leads the way, followed by the mute, but there is no problem.It's just that the bumps are so bad that it's unbearable.

Xiao Nineteen started to vomit shortly after getting in the car, and when he arrived at the destination, his face turned pale, his limbs limp on Xiao Lin's back, and two streams of tears were streaming down his face.The mute's expression was not good, but he still held on. He held his churning stomach and asked—why are you fine? I'm really worried that I might shake the child off.

"Because the ancient town is a tourist destination, the surrounding roads have been repaired, so it will give you the illusion that the traffic nearby is good. In fact, the roads in the mountainous areas are very bad, and because the province produces coal, the mountain roads that are not up to standard are crushed by coal trucks. It's rotten. But compared to the mining area, it's better for us to take this road today." Xing Zai got used to it, got out of the car and stretched, and helped pat Xiao Jiujiu on the back: "Is it better? Later, I will ask my elder brother to bring out his pickled sour plums and make soup for you."

"Is it bayberry?" Zed smacked his lips when he heard the fruit that quenches thirst.

"It is a kind of fruit similar to apricot. It is usually used to make plums. You may not have eaten raw ones. The taste is sour and bitter, and it can relieve the symptoms of motion sickness." No, after getting off the car, he took out his mobile phone to take pictures here and there, and satirized someone with an underdeveloped cerebellum to get motion sickness.

"What's that?" After a while, he found something rarely seen in the city.Looking in the direction of the finger, on the ridge of the mountain, a row of tall bamboo poles is hung with a red cloth about ten meters long.Tassel-like tassels hang on both sides of those long cloth strips, swaying in the wind, and lined up from the intersection to the door of a certain family, which is very spectacular.

"The soul-leading banner is used to guide the direction of ghosts, so as not to let them get lost at the junction of Yin and Yang." Xing Zou briefly explained a few words, and asked his parents for instructions: "It seems to be the third wife's house, why don't we go and see first?"

In the local area, only those who have heirs can set up the spirit banners, and there are many colors and styles.The white banner proves that the person has children, while the flower banner shows that the deceased has at least grandchildren, who are blessed and long-lived, and those who can set up the red banner must have great-grandsons, who have lived in the same family for four generations.This kind of funeral can't be mourning, and it is completely organized according to the great joy. People who come and go, whether they know each other or not, can get shelter after going in and offering a stick of incense.

So Xingzhao and the others went to offer incense before going home.

It was the husband of the third wife who died. Xingzhao and the others had to respectfully call him the third grandfather. He was 90 years old, and even his great-grandson was at the age of marriage.

After the worship, it was noon, and the host family left them for dinner, and the dumb brothers only saw the scale of the flowing water mat.There is definitely not enough room in the house, so it is placed in the open space at the foot of the mountain, with about a hundred tables, and there are even more than a dozen chefs who cook.Because it was a funeral, there were a lot of people here. Doudou searched for her old friends in the crowd, and soon saw acquaintances, shook off her father's hand, and had a quarrel with friends.The folk customs in this place are simple and honest, and the people in this village are almost all relatives, so Xingzhao is not worried, and let his son let go to play.

"I'm so poor, I don't know how to use money to improve my life, but I spend it in this kind of place." Zed expressed his incomprehension: "Let's say it costs tens of thousands of dollars to do this once, and it's tens of thousands to buy a house here Well, if I don’t need to eat it.”

"The pursuit is different. People here attach great importance to family prestige." This was said by Xiao Lin. Originally, he was not a relative, but Zed wanted him to accompany him, so he put down the business at hand and followed.

"Come, eat some edamame first, and the dishes will be served soon." The host brought hot edamame, and distributed a large bowl to each table.The method of this thing is very simple. The freshly picked edamame is rinsed with clean water and cooked with pepper and salt. It is a favorite snack of the local people.The mute frowned a little when he saw the beans without their shells removed, but he couldn’t resist the strong aroma of peppercorns. It's a pity that I didn't make a name for myself.

"Wild ones, the output is not much, they are all picked by local people to eat, no one takes them out to sell, how can they open up the market." Xingzhao pointed to a stone mountain in the northeast and said: "The pepper tree here grows on the stone mountain. , although the soil is thin, there is plenty of sunlight. The sun shines on the white stone and can reflect to various parts, so the prickly ash and star anise on the mountain are particularly good.”

After hearing this, no one else reacted, but Jinnian's eyes hidden under the glasses flashed brightly, and he asked Brother Xing to take him to Shishan to inspect the site without eating.

"What's wrong with him?" The food came, although it was a plain meal, but it was delicious, so the pregnant woman didn't understand the mentality of going hungry to see wild peppercorns, and took his second brother away: "Can't we go after dinner?"

The earning antenna on his head is beeping, don't worry about him, if he has any ideas, he can help you fellows earn some money, that's good—Jinnian is a capable person, and the mute trusts him very much.

"Then go back and cook something else for them." By the end of the vegetarian feast, the two still hadn't returned, so Xingzhao's family had no choice but to go home first.After meeting with the grandfather, the pregnant woman took her son and mute to the creek in the back mountain to wash their feet: "When I was a child, I liked to come here to play. I soaked my feet in the water in summer. It wasn't too cold, but it was very comfortable. It rained one year , and flushed out the tortoises in the hole, I picked up a few big ones and raised them at home, and now there is another one that is feeding in the pool in the backyard, which is as big as a washbasin."

"Father, when will we be able to eat big turtles?" While chatting, Doudou suddenly said this.

"Silly son, you can't eat big turtles. The delicious ones are called turtles." The child may not be able to distinguish between these two creatures. He only remembers eating stewed chicken with turtles once, which tasted very delicious. Unfortunately, his father said that thing Too expensive to eat every day.So he bit his finger and looked at the mute eagerly: "Mother dumb, Doudou wants to eat big tuna, please find a way for Doudou."

Buy it, tell our son, I'll buy it right away—how could the expectant eyes not satisfy the little baby's request.

"It's a poor country, where are you going to buy it? It takes four hours to go back to the town. Why don't you ask my brother to teach you how to catch turtles." Although Brother Xing is uneducated, he has a wealth of life knowledge. Wild vegetables, catching mussels, and wild game are almost omnipotent.When he was young, Xingzhao was often taken care of by his elder brother, and because his elder brother went to the market to sell delicacies all the year round, he accumulated money for his college education.

This was just what he said, but the mute kept it in his heart, and when he got home, he went to ask for advice on how to catch turtles, and even borrowed tools, looking serious.

When it was dark, he took his pregnant husband to the lake to fish for tuna.

The pregnant woman was in the sixth month of her pregnancy, and she was very lethargic, but she couldn't bear to reject the mute's enthusiasm, so she yawned and followed her: "You'd better catch a big one, or I'll eat you like a turtle."

If you want to lick me, I welcome you, but if you bite, you can't do it——as she spoke, she rubbed her waist against the pregnant woman, in exchange for a good scolding.

When we arrived at the waters where the turtles were active that Big Brother Xing said, we searched around and found a bend to shelter from the wind. The mute first sprinkled the prepared bloody minced pork liver into the water, then inserted the rod, and waited patiently for any movement.It is said that it is impossible for multiple turtles to be active in the same water area, so the chance of taking the bait is very small, and even professional fishermen may not be able to guarantee a harvest.The mute didn't know what to do, he was afraid that he would disappoint Doudou if he didn't find anything after working all night.

He wanted his son to eat the turtle he caught, so he was very serious, guarding seven or eight fishing rods, and refused to be distracted.Xing Zai was lying on the grass, plucking a root of milk sorrel and chewing in his mouth: "It's been a long time since I lay down to look at the stars, it seems like I can grab them with my hand."

As he said so, the mute raised his head and noticed that there were so many and bright stars tonight.The Milky Way runs through the pitch-black sky like a ribbon, adding elegant beauty to the already mysterious sky.

Have you ever been to a planetarium? In a dark house, the roof is a beautiful starry sky.I used to study astronomy in that kind of place, but I didn't know that no matter how wonderful the artificial beauty is, it can't compare to one ten-thousandth of nature.Only now do I know that in the first half of my life, I really missed too many things. Only when I am with you can I feel like I am alive again.Because you have always been there, illuminating the truth full of thorns, my life will be full of hope-this is a sincere and hot confession, even if there are no sweet words, promises of eachother, and nasty words of love, it is still moving Dexing Zou's nose and hair are sore.

"If I can be your lighthouse, then I am willing to burn myself and drive away the darkness for you." Xing Zou's heart missed a beat, and then beat violently.

It's so gross, it's not like us - they stare into each other's eyes, into the deepest part, and the mute wants to kiss him hard, afraid to spoil the atmosphere - but I'm really... very...

He didn't say those three words, and until now, he hasn't seriously said "I love you" to Xingzhao.Because he doesn't know if he, who has not fully redeemed himself, is qualified to confess, to say the sacred three words "I love you" to Xingzhao!