Epigenetic

The heavy rain stopped in the middle of the night, clear rivers and green trees, fragrant grass and green hills, today is a good weather.

The rooms in the guest room are not well soundproofed, Lou Mingyue was woken up early in the morning by the footsteps of guests, seeing that it was already dawn outside, she simply followed.

There are deserted paddy fields and shaded summer trees in the countryside, and you can see a good scene even standing in the courtyard.The guest house, which was simple yesterday, has changed its appearance now. Lanterns are hung high, and red banners are spread out, just to welcome the big day in the village.

Lou Mingyue saw the puppy in the corner after washing up, and couldn't help leaning down to look at its leg injury.

Some folks from the guest house passed by and said with a smile that this dog is more blessed than people. Last night, a young boy was sitting in the yard watching it.

Junior?

Lou Mingyue was surprised: "He didn't go back to sleep?"

The folks said: "I don't come back until dawn."

Obviously she had that disgusting attitude yesterday, but unexpectedly... Lou Mingyue couldn't help laughing.

At this time, someone shouted something, everyone in the guest room was startled, and with the noise gradually approaching, a large group of people rushed out.

Ding Ping also came to call Lou Mingyue: "The auspicious time has come, the god team is here, hurry up and see!"

Next to the guest room is the Prince's Temple. Lou Mingyue's room is strategically located, so she doesn't have to crowd in front of the door with other people, and can see it from the window when she goes back to the room.Amidst the loud fluttering and singing, I saw a majestic guard of honor marching from afar, dressed in red or yellow silk clothes, at least a hundred people came here.

The colorful flags were fluttering, and the golden lion was clearing the way. The leader was full of energy and radiant. It was Fanbo who had changed into a red Taoist robe.He walked first and led dozens of wooden sedan chairs into the Prince's Temple one by one.

"After the worship, the gods in the temple will be invited to these wooden sedan chairs one by one, and then they will start to carry the wooden sedan chairs around the village, which is called wandering gods. After the ceremony is completed in the evening, the statues will be sent back to the original road. " Ding Ping explained to Lou Mingyue.

Although he had heard about the excitement of the year, he didn't know how big the scene was until he saw Lou Mingyue in person. No one in the city, no matter how noble, had never experienced this jubilant atmosphere.

After the long ceremony of inviting the gods, the guard of honor continues to move forward. In addition to the parade of the gods, there are also folk performance troupes such as gongs and drums, floats, flower boats, theater troupes, floating colors, etc., all the way.

Along the way, almost all the old and young in the village came to watch and greet each other along the way.There are also many old people and children holding homemade lanterns, colorful flags and big umbrellas walking together with the wandering god team, so the team is getting longer and longer and mighty, there are hundreds of thousands of people, winding to the point where it is almost impossible to see the end.

Ding Ping slipped two small windmills out of nowhere, stuffed them into Lou Mingyue's hands, and urged him to join the team: "Let's go together, this will be blessed by the gods, and everything will go well in the coming year to ward off evil spirits."

In the past, Lou Mingyue didn't like this noisy environment, but now she is infected by this festive atmosphere. Apart from being excited, she was also inexplicably moved. The slightly pungent sulfur smell in the firecrackers seemed to carry the satisfaction and happiness of ordinary people.

Following the team's walking for a while, Lou Mingyue couldn't walk well, and gradually fell behind the team.He was not in a hurry, and was attracted by a puppet class again. Together with many children, he walked and watched, engrossed.

The end result of only focusing on her eyes is that she forgot her feet, and while pushing and shoving, Lou Mingyue didn't notice who tripped her.When he was about to fall, someone gave him a hand on his waist, and kept the person who was tilted to one side in place.

As soon as Lou Mingyue stood firm, she hurriedly turned her head to find someone to help him, but there was a sea of ​​people all around, it was hard to tell who was the kind person.Instead, she caught sight of Xiaoyan again, standing aside with a cigarette fork in her mouth, her hands pursed, and Bai Lu beside her. The two uncles and nephews were much taller than everyone else, which was particularly eye-catching.

Just wondering if he helped her, and felt that the distance between the two was several meters, Lou Mingyue rejected the idea.

However, Lou Mingyue didn't dare to mix into the crowd anymore, so he got out of the team and went to the side of the road, and then he was unlucky to find that he and Ding Ping got separated at some point.

I took out my mobile phone and called, but no one answered, maybe I didn't hear it because of the noise around me.So Lou Mingyue looked around, her eyes fell on the only person who could be regarded as an acquaintance at the other end, and she hesitated to speak.

"Hello, may I ask... How can I get to the guest room?" He thought that if Ding Ping couldn't find him, he would look for him everywhere, and he should be able to meet him when he went back.

What the friendly inquiry got was someone's unwelcome white eyes, full of foolish expressions.

Fortunately, Bai Lu still looks like an elder, unlike his nephew who bites anyone he sees. He probably thinks that Lou Mingyue looks harmless. While surprised to see such an outstanding urbanite here, he said politely: "You and My friend got separated? It's okay, you don't need to go to the guest room to look for it, the large army will go to Chundingpo soon, your friend must be there, if you don't know the way, just follow us."

After finishing speaking, he saw a man in red hurriedly approaching in front of him, and kept looking around in the puppet troupe.

Bai Lu greeted him: "Uncle Fan, what's the matter?"

The leader, Fan Bo, was not at the front, but turned back together with several men, obviously something happened.

Fan Bo said: "Xi Luzai from Mrs. He's family just sprained his ankle when he was walking. He is a child in the Nuo dance class. He has to be present at night to burn the bamboo boat. Now there is one less person, so we have to find a suitable one to sit on top of."

The villagers said: "There are many young children in the puppet troupe, but the Nuo dance requires kung fu. I wonder if they can do it."

Fan Bo looked around at the teenagers and children gathered around the puppet troupe, but they were all dissatisfied.His eyes slowly slipped back in front of him, and finally settled on one of them.

The villagers who participate in the annual regulations are considered to be the happiest people in the coming year. It stands to reason that outsiders can read the annual regulations and eat the annual regulations, but usually they are not able to participate, but the uncle and nephew of the Bai family have made too much contribution to the village. Uncle looked at him and guessed what he meant, so he naturally agreed.Nuo dance wears a ghost mask, but his honor is not affected at all.

But the person involved disagreed, and instead felt disgusted, and even pretended not to see Fan Bo's eyes.

Fan Bo didn't give up, still looking at him with a smile.

The man could see his temper, and said in a deep voice, "I won't!"

Fan Bo flicked a thousand catties: "It's very simple, just a few movements, just swing it. With your skill, I can rest assured."

Xiaoyan stared at the old man with half an eye: "Isn't that ghost dance only for children? I'm an adult."

Fan Bo stared at him quietly for a moment, then said, "You didn't."

Xiaoyan was startled.

Bai Lu interjected: "Uncle Fan, you are wrong this time, my nephew is eighteen, counting today, exactly two weeks."

Uncle Fan persisted in shaking his head, and said to Xiaoyan, "This time it doesn't count, we have to wait for you to recover, and start counting again next year."

Everyone couldn't understand these words, but Xiaoyan seemed to understand, her pupils shrank suddenly, and the corners of her mouth curled downward.

Bai Lu wanted to refute, but he faintly noticed something was wrong, and shut his mouth sharply.

After a while, Xiaoyan asked: "Aren't you afraid that I will go up and dance this ghost dance to exorcise evil spirits, and drive myself away?"

What does he mean?Think you are evil?The villagers looked at each other in confusion.

Uncle Fan didn't take it seriously: "You are the most fateful person I have ever seen, and you are different from others. The embarrassment you are in now is because you saved someone at the construction site. That is not evil. Save a life Your merits and virtues were used in ancient times to set up a longevity tablet for you. Xiaoliang, longevity means to live for a long time, even if there is an accident, you can turn bad luck into good fortune and come back to life."

Xiaoyan remained silent, the corners of her lips were pursed stubbornly, like disdain, but also struggling.

Uncle Fan was not in a hurry anymore, let him think, motioned the villagers to go back to their respective positions, and he also nodded to the dignified Bai Lu, reassuring him, and rushed to the front of the guard of honor.

Lou Mingyue seemed to have listened to a heavenly book again. He was praised for being smart and quick-witted since he was a child, but when he came to this village, he always felt at a loss and completely ignorant.

In his trance, the brigade had arrived in front of Chunding Slope.It is said to be a slope, but it is a flat land similar to a square, facing the sea, wide and far away.

What surprised Lou Mingyue again was that the flat ground was filled with rows and rows of offering tables and offerings, such as melons, fruits, fresh vegetables, chickens, ducks and fish, which could not be seen at a glance.

Sure enough, Ding Ping came here with the send-off team, and when he saw Lou Mingyue coming up to him from a distance, his face turned pale with fright.

"Little Master!"

Before he could open his mouth to educate himself, Lou Mingyue asked in vain, "Is this where you worship the gods?"

Ding Ping sighed and nodded helplessly: "Yes, this is called 'Putting Zongtai'. Every household in the village will take out some of their best harvest and put it here, and the Daogong will come to worship and pray for blessings."

As soon as the words were finished, Aunt Li appeared with two big fish in her hands, and gestured to Lou Mingyue and the others, which meant that she had prepared offerings for them as well, and asked them to put them on the table by themselves, and together they begged for the protection of a Bodhisattva. Keep the coming year safe.

Lou Mingyue took the fish, feeling warm in her heart, it was hard to take away Aunt Li's kindness, and the atheist could only obediently take the fish and put it on the stage obediently.

Turning around, I found that the two people on the stage next to me were also familiar, one was Foreman Wu, and the other was Bai Lu.

"Hurry up, Bai Gong, I got up early and specially burned this with my mother-in-law. There have been many accidents on the construction site this year. Brothers all hope that you can speak good words in front of the Bodhisattva. There is no one in business who does not believe this. Here, These are for everyone, these are for you, and finally Xiaoyan’s, all of them.”

Bai Lu really didn't believe in this stuff, but he was so annoyed by Foreman Wu. Due to the wrong occasion, his temper was stuck in his mouth, so he could only reluctantly pile chickens and ducks on the table, and finally He also brought up a roast suckling pig.

Finally, the busy work was over, and the noise gradually faded away. In the silence, Fan Bo went up to the high platform to set up ritual rituals, making offerings to the gods.With the sound of firecrackers in the sky, I pray that everyone and their families will be safe and healthy, and that the village will have a good harvest in the coming year.

Then, Daogong scattered dozens of yellow paper packages, which were looted by the villagers.

Foreman Wu shouted from the side: "Oh, oh, don't squeeze, I almost caught it!"

Bai Lu despised him: "Why do you, an outsider, go to steal other people's things?"

Foreman Wu said: "That's a fire dragon lottery. It will be auspicious for a year. I want to grab one for Xiaoliang. I hope his head will get better soon. Look at him now, it's so pitiful."

Bai Lu was stunned and had nothing to say.

After finishing dipping, most of the people around had left, Lou Mingyue lowered her head and found a piece of yellow paper bag left by her feet.

Looking around, no one noticed, Lou Mingyue picked it up, opened it, and sure enough, there was a piece of yellow paper in the bag, on which a dragon was drawn with cinnabar.

Lou Mingyue closed it again, thought for a while, and put the yellow paper bag under the roast suckling pig at the altar table next door while no one was paying attention.

Turning around to leave, he was startled!He poked a big tall man behind him.The scariest thing was that he was dressed in black, with an indigo ghost mask on his head, and he had stood there at some point.

He first looked at the altar, then stared at Lou Mingyue without speaking, his dark eyes were inexplicably gloomy.

Lou Mingyue didn't understand why this villager deliberately frightened her, and wandered around several times before finally staggering him.

Then he walked a few steps and raised his head to meet another person.

Uncle Fan still looked over with a smile on his face, and asked curiously, "You don't believe in ghosts and gods? Why did you transport the good people like this?"

Unexpectedly, the old man watched her actions just now, worried that the other party would think that she did not respect other people's customs, Lou Mingyue explained: "Because I have already had a lot of good luck, I don't think I should be too greedy, maybe someone Need it more."

Fan Bo was silent.

For some reason, Lou Mingyue vaguely saw a trace of pity in the old man's eyes.

The next moment, another yellow paper package was handed in front of him.

Fan Bo said: "Let's take it with you, no one will think you're lucky, so it's good to keep it by your side as a blessing."

Lou Mingyue hesitated for a while, but took it anyway.After thinking about it, he said, "Then I don't want to ask myself, I just hope that the gods can bless my house with peace, and my family will be well."