sinking into sand

Building a house is another physical effort.

The witch wished the mother-in-law to count the days and asked the mountain god.Guan Lan took Yu Sha to run up and down Yunshui Village more than a dozen times before deciding on a place to start construction.

This time, Guan Lan, who seems to be omnipotent, finally lost in the activity of building a house.Asked Lark to find someone who knew the village to help.That's good, the two sides don't understand each other, they only know some simple words, gestures with hands and feet, sticks and mud, finally understand how to start after stumbling.But after all, I am a novice, and the development is not smooth, and there are new accidents every day.

Before the foundation was laid, Yu Sha broke down a little, and ran to ask Larry Lark why he had to build a new building, so he couldn't live in his grandmother's house.

Labring's answer is that it is not as good as Xinjian.

Lange is not only mountainous, but also watery.The houses are all stilted buildings suspended below.In the early years, because the moisture-proof and anti-corrosion technology was not so mature, the old houses could not support the earthen walls for a long time, and they would collapse.

"If you don't mind tearing down the old house before building a new one, it's not impossible."

Blue Lark said so.

Hearing this, Yu Sha could only let go of the idea of ​​taking a shortcut, and worried about the piece of land he had chosen with Guan Lan.

It’s quite a miracle to say it, a few pieces of wood are just cut into wonderful shapes, and then put together, and then the earth wall is built, and the house comes out.

Just how to build it, I don't quite understand.

Guan Lan and Yu Sha, two people who are dexterous enough to carve anything, find it more difficult than facing Song Fushun and Jinzhan Pavilion to face these woods of different thicknesses and lengths that have to be processed in layers before they can be used.

When they, with the help of the very enthusiastic but always talkative villagers, finally made a fairly stable frame for the house, autumn was almost here.

Lange's four seasons are not very distinct, especially during the period from summer to autumn.One reason is that the plants hardly shed their leaves because of the abundant rain. Even if it snows, the leaves are still green. On the other hand, it is also because the weather is warm and it only cools down in winter.

Yu Sha knew that autumn was here, and one day, he went to the mountain to collect herbs with Larry Lark, and happened to see sweet-scented osmanthus blooming in the mountains, and only then did he realize that so long had passed.

When he entered Granny Wuzhu's hut with an armful of sweet-scented osmanthus branches in his arms, Guan Lan was eating sweet potatoes in an iron bowl that Granny Wuzhu offered to worship the gods.He saw Yu Sha come in with the flower branches in his arms, and he casually took a porcelain pot from the alcove next to it and handed it over, motioning for Yu Sha to put the flower branches in.

After Yu Sha took care of the flowers and branches, watching Guan Lan calmly roasting the sweet potatoes, he felt really disrespectful, and said, "You will lose the smell after eating it later, so don't let Granny Zhu and Sister Lan find out."

"It's okay." Guan Lan said casually, "She also eats herself."

Yu Sha really didn't know who she was talking about, and always felt that it was more likely that it was Grandma Wu Zhu.

They lived here for a few months, actively and passively learned a lot of the secrets of Grandma Wu Zhu, and they always felt that any one of them could shake the whole Yunshui village.

For example, what is the will of the Pudala Mountain God? The more they listened, the more confused they became.

In Yunshui Village, Granny Wu Zhu, in addition to being a spiritual symbol and opinion leader, also undertakes many practical tasks, such as treating diseases, giving directions on when crops are planted each year, and forecasting the weather.Sometimes she has to be the master of ceremonies at weddings and funerals, and people from the village often come to ask her about things they can't figure out.

After months of hard study, Yu Sha finally understood some of Lange's local dialect and some local characters.Only then did he finally know what she was talking about in those seemingly very mysterious ramblings whenever someone came to ask Grandma Wu Zhu to answer her questions.

It's like someone getting married and never having children, she said.

"The mountain god of Pudala shines on you. Children are just a bondage in the world. You will have something more cherished."

Another example is that someone has been having children after marriage, and now there are five or six children in the family, which is annoying to death, she said.

"The mountain god of Pudala blesses you. These children are blessings bestowed on you by the gods. They will grow up with very little giving, and will give you a lot of help and love back."

Just from these two items alone, you can understand that it is difficult to confirm what the mountain god of Pudala blesses, it mainly depends on the mood of the mother-in-law Wuzhu that day.

And she really can quote Buddha.

For example, one day when someone questioned that the Potala Mountain God could not make his annoying neighbor stop picking up pigweed in his house, she said.

"The reason why there are so many conflicts in this world is an inevitable cause and effect. The conflict between you and your neighbor is just like the conflict between us and the people of the Central Plains, and it is also like the opinion between the mountain god of Pudala and Sakyamuni. Even the gods can't eliminate the conflict, why do you force it?"

After the young man was almost fainted, she would slowly speak with a compassionate smile, "How about, let me tell you a story between the God of Mount Potala and Sakyamuni."

Then after the story was told, there was a generous and good person in the world who was willing to use the extra pigweed in his family to repay the injustice that he didn't know existed in his previous life.

Yu Sha comprehended a certain belief that belonged to Yunshui Village, or to Granny Wu Zhu, in the words of God who seemed to be deceiving again and again.

There is nothing too big in this world.

Yu Sha took a futon and sat next to Guan Lan, waiting for the sweet potato to be roasted.He went out with Blue Lark for a day, and now he happened to be a little hungry.

He sat down just to block Guan Lan's hand holding the stick to poke the charcoal fire. Guan Lan knocked him with his elbow and said, "I can't poke the fire anymore."

Yu Sha didn't move, looked at the firelight and replied leisurely: "You can dial it with another hand, you're so good at it."

Hearing this, Guan Lan knew that this person was being lazy again. He didn't know if it was autumn or he was really tired from working all these days. Recently, whenever Yu Sha got the chance to sit down, he often didn't want to move anymore.

Logically speaking, he should give way.

Guan Lan didn't speak, raised his eyebrows a little, and tapped a piece of charcoal in the brazier with the fire poking stick.

A piece of sawdust was splashed under the knock, and it came towards Yu Sha with sparks.

Yu Sha dodged quickly, but the sawdust missed the target, rolled lonely on the ground, and went out.

Yu Shamao exploded again, scolding: "Are you sick?" He was about to fight Guan Lan immediately.

Guan Lan also threw away the stick and the sweet potato, and started a fight with Yu Sha in Grandma Wu Zhu's house.

When the sweet potatoes were almost done roasting, the two of them finished cooking too.

Guan Lan rubbed the dust on Yu Sha's face and painted three cat whiskers on the left and right, and rushed out angrily to find a place to wash.In the room, Guan Lan walked to his brazier on the ground, and pulled out the roasted sweet potatoes.

Smelling the smell of roasted sweet potatoes, Grandma Wu Zhu finally came out of the back room.She looked at the door, then at Guan Lan who looked like a normal person, and said, "Why do you always make him angry?"

Turning a deaf ear, Guan Lan peeled off the roasted sweet potato, turned to Granny Wu Zhu, and asked, "Do you want to eat it?"

Grandmother Wu Zhu: ...

Well, the cannibals, of course, have to be soft-spoken.

The days passed slowly, and it seemed that winter was coming again.

Before the new snow fell, Guan Lan and Yu Sha's houses were not considered complete.The wood is all hard and durable pine wood, and the earth wall made of hay mixed with soil is insulated, which is warm in winter and cool in summer.The roof is covered with thatched curtains and covered with stone tiles provided by the people in the village.The house is not big, with a hall and two side rooms, one on the left and one on the right.One is used as a kitchen and the other as a bedroom.

It was only when Yu Sha finally thought about making furniture that he realized that there seemed to be a missing bedroom in this house.

Guan Lan didn't seem to be aware of this at all. When preparing to build furniture, she only prepared the wood for a bed according to the size they live in now.

When the two of them temporarily lived in the house of Grandma Wu Zhu, there was not enough room and they had no other choice, so they both lived in the side room.You don't need to build your own house.

Yu Sha wondered for a few days, thought about it, and finally figured it out.

That's right, Guan Lan doesn't live here either. His family is in the north, so he has to leave after all.

When it was time to make and finish even the furniture, Lambert pulled a donkey cart and brought a cart full of things, including quilts and pillows, daily utensils such as pots and pans, and a lot of food, rice noodles, Each family cooks their own vegetables, a whole stick of ham and several jars of wine.

While arranging these things for Yu Sha Guanlan, she ordered the meeting to be done in the next few days.

The newly built house in Yunshui Village is for banquets. A few long tables are set up in the small square in front of Grandma Wu Zhu. The host is responsible for cooking. Everyone has to gather together for a feast, and sing and drink together at night.

Yu Sha and Guan Lan also passed through the banquet of several families, so they probably knew what to do, but they were a little nervous as the host for the first time.When it really came to the day of the banquet, I was too busy in the kitchen.

"Did you kill the chicken?"

"Ah."

"Where are the bamboo shoots? Have you cut them?"

"Ah."

"I don't seem to have seen the bottle of shochu that Sister Lan brought—"

"It's in the closet, I'll get it."

Yu Sha and Guan Lan had a quick chat in the smoky restaurant, and Lambert entertained the guests outside for them.Yu Sha is not very good at cooking, but Guan Lan is not as good at picking up rabbits in the wild.After staying in Lange for several months, he has worked out.The meals made have gone through the dietary preferences of the Quehuo people, the selection of ingredients by the Lange people, and the adjustment of the tastes of the Lijiang people. They have successfully developed a set of recipes that I don't know how to describe.

You can eat it.

Lan Bailing finally commented this way.

Yu Sha, who claimed to be okay, got angry.

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After dinner, it was evening.The custom of Yunshui Village is to sing, both men and women.Most of the men sang courtship songs. They were usually a little shy towards their daughter-in-law and sweetheart, but they could sing it openly at the banquet.In contrast, women sang songs about farming and weaving.In the song are all kinds of life, all kinds of stories, accompanied by a woman's clear tune, narrated by the valley and water.

Yu Sha didn't quite understand what they sang all the time, but after learning a little, he gradually understood.He is now sitting on one side of the banquet, listening to the people around him singing all kinds of songs, which he was not familiar with before, not only the words, but also the long and comfortable days described in it.But these few months of life seem to have integrated a certain part of him into this isolated land, making him seem to have finally found the comfort of drinking and talking in verses.

Lan Bailing poured him a glass of wine, and Yu Sha picked up the glass and drank it down.

Lan Bailing smiled in his ear: "How about it, there is no better place in this world than Lange."

"Yeah." Yu Sha nodded with tears in his eyes, and replied flatly, "Yes."

Guan Lan has been sitting beside him silently. He is so beautiful that there should be many people coming to him, but because everyone has a beast-like survival instinct, they are a little afraid of him.Naturally, on such an occasion, no one would bother.

In this noisy place, he guarded his own peace, quietly watching Yu Sha drink.

Guan Lan knew that Yu Sha was very happy at the moment, he was really happy.In the landscape of Lange, Yu Sha really relaxed.Occasionally put down the glass and look at the crowd toasting nearby, all with a wantonness that has never been seen before.

So he was happy too.

After drinking for three rounds, the most greedy man was also pulled home by the woman twisting his ears.A bright moon is shining in the sky, illuminating the hustle and bustle of the world.

Lan Bailing also left, and only Yu Sha and Guan Lan were left as hosts in the small square in front of Grandma Wu Zhu.Yu Shaxu probably drank too much, propping his head on one hand, and dozing down bit by bit.

Guan Lan watched him for a while, then got up and walked around the long table, carefully hugging him.

Just as he was holding Yu Sha firmly and was about to go back to their hut, behind him, the door of Grandma Wu Zhu's hut opened.

Her house is also a building on stilts. When standing at the door, it is about half a person's height higher than the small square.She stood there, looked at Guan Lan who was holding Yu Sha and wanted to leave from a distance, and spoke.

"Guan Xiaolang, do you still want to go?"

Guan Lan stopped walking, turned her back to Granny Wu Zhu, and said nothing.

Granny Wu Zhu's sense of mystery that appeared and disappeared from time to time came out again, and she said lightly: "Look, he is so tired. He has been tired for so long, and finally found a place to rest. Why don't you Are you willing to give up?"

As she spoke, Granny Wu Zhu's voice gradually became serious.

She looked at Guan Lan's back and said, "Guan Xiaolang, you have to understand that not everyone is like you. You have to stick to everything."

Guan Lan was silent for a longer time, and the hands holding Yu Sha tightened.

Lange's autumn wind blows the trees everywhere, making rustling noises.In such silence, the autumn wind brought Guan Lan's reply.

"I do not."

Granny Wu Zhu was almost amused by this almost angry answer.Before she had time to say anything else, Guan Lan had already used lightness kung fu in front of her, and she disappeared in just one breath.

"This child..." Granny Wu Zhu murmured helplessly, "As stubborn as his mother."

On that side, Guan Lan dropped two words, and quickly ran back to their hut with Yu Sha.

He didn't know why he ran, he actually knew that he hadn't been persuaded by Granny Wu Zhu—since he wasn't guilty, there was nothing to run.

He found the answer to this question when he got to the house, entered the bedroom, put Yu Sha on the newly made wooden bed, looked at Yu Sha's flushed face from drunkenness.

Guan Lan stared at Yu Sha's sleeping face for a while, then touched his cheek with his finger.

He stood outside in the wind for a while, and his fingers were cold.Touching Yu Sha's cheek, it was obviously only warm, but it felt like being scalded.

Guan Lan realized why he ran.

He just didn't want to have such a fierce conflict with Yu Sha anymore.

Even if it's just a potential conflict.

Guan Lan rubbed it for a while, and felt her fingers warm up before standing up, ready to go back to the small square to clean up the mess left by everyone.

Just as he turned around to leave, someone grabbed the hem of his clothes.

Guan Lan paused for a moment, and when he looked back, Yu Sha was lying on the bed, grabbing the hem of his clothes with one hand.A pair of eyes are opened, the eyes are clear, not even half drunk.

"Tell me." Yu Sha lay on the bed and looked at Guan Lan and said, "Let's finish what we didn't finish the day we fought at the waterfall."