Another World Baixin

On New Year's Eve, almost all the shops on the street are closed.

The weather is good, the sun is rare, the children play around for a while, their bodies start to move, and they gradually feel hot and sweaty, so they take off their cumbersome and heavy coats. Coats had to be put on them to protect them from the cold wind.

After going out to post the couplets, Bai Xin also took off the new robe she was wearing outside, and rolled up her sleeves to help in the kitchen.Fortunately, he sat behind the stove adding firewood for the fire, so he didn't have to worry about freezing.

On the stove, Mrs. Qin was frying rice balls.This is a soft and crispy Suizhou snack. Take the leftover white rice, add a little water, mix sweet potato powder, chopped chives or leeks, three-layer meat, and tofu, mix well and knead into a ball; oil The pot is heated to seven minutes, scoop out a small ball with a porcelain spoon, gently pinch a circle with one hand, put it in the pot, fry until the outside is orange, and take it out with a colander.Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, it is very delicious. This food needs to be eaten while it is hot. It will harden and taste bad when it is cooled. It is only willing to make food during the New Year. How can the poor be willing to eat white rice, let alone more Make some rice and save the fried rice balls, and the people who are willing to add three layers of meat are basically those whose families are full.

Mr. Ju Lang specially came here to learn this from the Qin family, and the leeks were provided by his family for free.

There is no food collection this autumn, they live in this big city, and they have to spend money to buy everything they eat—unless they go to the mountains to collect food, Qin only makes two or three snacks.

After finishing the work in the kitchen, Mrs. Qin packed several plates of food and brought them to a compartment in the hall, calling Bai Xin and Ah Shui to come in.There is an altar inside, with many tablets on it, most of which are from the elders' family; on the left, there is the spirit tablet of Bai Xin's Am Baiqijun.

At first, Bai Xin wanted to engrave a spirit tablet of Mr. Bai and put it here, but Qin told him that he could not do this. The old man would follow the descendants of the Bai family and inherit the family. Now it seems that Bai Baoshu should enshrine him.Bai Xin just gave up.

According to the previous habit in Huanyang Town, you can eat something casually in the morning and noon to satisfy your hunger, and eat good food at night.In the morning of thirty, instead of porridge and side dishes, Qin cooked rice noodles with lean meat and green garlic in it.The rice noodles were a little overcooked, enough for them to eat until noon.Bai Xin is also a person who has gone through hard times. He doesn't think eating leftovers is bad at all. As long as they are fully heated and not half-heated, eating them will basically not damage the body.And food is more resistant to storage in winter than in summer.

For dinner, there are fried meat with pickled white radish, stewed wild duck soup, stir-fried cauliflower, roasted carrots, and salted duck eggs. The family sits around a table and eats lively.The table was not the original one that was put together randomly, Bai Xin made a new one.

The salted duck eggs bought at the market are placed on top of the rice when it is about to be steamed and heated, and one egg is cut into four pieces and placed on a plate.The egg white on the outside is salty, not as delicious as the egg yolk inside.After Ah Shui tasted it, he obviously liked egg yolks, but Bai Xin liked both inside and outside, so he picked out the egg yolks and put them in Ah Shui's bowl, while he took care of the egg whites.Ah Shui showed a bright smile.

There is also a small cup of rice wine on the table.Ju Langjun learned how to make rice wine after making good wine, and the people of Xijiang City are used to brewing medicinal wine, that is, adding medicinal herbs to the wine tank to soak, drinking it can nourish the body, and it is especially respected by men.

Both Bai Xin and Lin Da are not fond of wine. Because of the Chinese New Year, Qin asked Mr. Ju to buy some rice wine for them to taste.In the end, Qin Shi and Ah Shui also drank a small cup each.

The alcohol was not strong but had a soft aftertaste. After clearing away the dishes, Mrs. Qin was the first to lean on the chair in the hall and fell asleep.Ah Shui was still awake, went into the room and took out the quilt to help Qin Shi cover it.There was a brazier in the center of the hall, on which Bai Xin set up a wooden shelf, and hung a copper pot to boil water and make tea.The custom of mountain villagers is that they will not drink tea after eating good ingredients at night, which will wash away the nutrition in their stomachs, which is the same reason as not drinking tea immediately after taking medicine.There is a night vigil tonight, and Bai Xin prepares tea for drinking when he is about to fall asleep. In fact, it is for the other three people as a spare, he does not need it himself.

Surrounded by the brazier, the smoke made people drowsy.As midnight approached, someone outside couldn't bear to wait and lit the firecrackers first.Bai Xin woke up Ah Shui and Qin Shi, and the family of four put on their outer robes and went out to set off firecrackers.

The cold wind made the exposed skin tremble, Ah Shui woke up with a jolt, and went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of potato and rice sweet soup for everyone—peel the raw potatoes and take out the rice grains inside, pour them into the pot and boil until The color of the soup becomes thicker. If you don’t like to eat the film on the outer layer of potatoes and rice, you can first pass it in boiling water, take it out and rub it with your index finger and thumb, and pour it into the soup after removing the film.

It's a pity that there is no milk. Bai Xin sighed while drinking the soup. Milk and potato soup is the best match.

After the new year, Bai Xin is also 15 years old.On the first day of the new year, the shops on the street are still closed.This day is the time for the whole family to go out on a spring field trip, climb mountains and worship temples.The Bai family is no exception.

The Qin family had made an appointment with the family a long time ago, and today the two went to Mopan Mountain outside the northern city together. There is a temple on the top of the mountain, and the incense is not bad. The masters in the temple live in secluded places. There are still some homeless orphans living in the temple.

Mopan Mountain does not look very high, but it took people to climb for half a day before reaching the mountain, because the mountain road is inconvenient, all the way is a steep slope, only the stone slabs that can be seen everywhere on the mountain are embedded in the soil for people to step on. The rain washed away crookedly, and it was not easy for people to step on it.

Along the way, people often stop to rest and replenish water on the way.It doesn't matter to Bai Xin himself, but he has to take care of his family, especially the Qin family.There are also four people in the Ju family, Ju Cheng and his husband, Ju Fengmao and his younger brother Kang, who has not yet had a child, and she has always insisted on climbing up with the mentality of seeking a child.

Walking to the mountainside, under the sun for a while, everyone felt hot. Many people took off a layer of outer clothing. Anyway, they wore many layers underneath, as long as the inner clothing was not exposed.

Following Bai Xin's suggestion, they found a boulder on the mountainside to rest for a while.This kind of exposed stones that turn yellow and brown with the wind, rain and sun can be seen everywhere on the mountain, and there are usually pine trees growing beside them.

I just had a strenuous activity, and my body is warm and even sultry. Sitting here to enjoy the breeze, take a look at the distant scenery, eat, drink and laugh, it is not interesting.After a few people rested, they continued to go up, and it was not far to go up.

The mountain was full of people, the peaceful temples in the past no longer existed, and people's voices were everywhere. Although it was not noisy, it was not too annoying to hear.Bai Xin escorted Qin Shi and Ah Shui into the temple. Ju Cheng, Ju Fengmao and his son followed suit and surrounded Ju Langjun and Kang Shi.There are not enough futons for people to kneel and worship in the main hall, and they often have to wait in line for the predecessors to get up; some people don't pay attention to this, and just kneel on the ground.

Qin shi finished prostrating by herself, and pushed down Bai Xin, "Ah Xin also comes to worship!" When Bai Xin got up, he dragged Lin Da over and pushed down.Lin Da's movements are more natural than Bai Xin's.

The members of the Bai family came out of the main hall and waited outside for the family members.Hearing that there are cooked rice noodles in the apse for the people who come here, Qin Shi and Ju Langjun talked about it, and they decided to eat rice noodles.

The apse is quite close, and there is an open space in front of the hall. At the moment, there are two large pots, a wood-burning stove underneath, and a few baskets next to them for bowls and chopsticks. Many people are already squatting in the corner with their bowls. Began to eat.Everyone said that the free food provided in the temple is to spread blessings, and you can get it after eating.For this reason, no matter whether they are hungry or not, and whether they are used to this bland rice noodle soup, many people consider it a blessing to be able to eat a bowl.

Bai Xin looked at it for a while, and persuaded: "It doesn't look like spreading blessings, but it looks like giving alms to the poor. Some people who can't eat enough to eat during the New Year come here, and they can eat hot rice noodle soup. Isn’t it a blessing for them? Our family is not short of food and clothing, if we follow these people, it’s like stealing other people’s living rations, which is a crime.”

Hearing this, Qin Shi was really taken aback, and immediately put down the idea of ​​eating a bowl.She just wanted to ask for blessings, but she didn't want to provoke grievances.

Ju Langjun patted his chest in fear, "It's because you scholars understand the truth!"

"Hehe," Bai Xin didn't say anything, protecting his family and returning the same way.As for why he didn't remind others?How does he know that other people don't need this bowl of food? What's more, other people are not his family members, so they probably won't believe what he said, so why bother talking to others.

There are many fortune tellers in front of the temple, and their business is very hot today, surrounded by people queuing up for fortune telling.Qin Shi glanced at it and immediately lost interest.So they could go home and go down the mountain the way they came, and it was a pleasure to watch the latecomers groaning and exhausted.

Suddenly it fogged up.Bai Xin felt very strange, what was he doing just now?where is this?

There was a faint voice in front of him, gradually approaching him.

Bai Xin immediately became vigilant, the fog around him seemed to be wiped away by a rag, and what he saw revealed bit by bit—it turned out to be on the street.Bai Xin did not relax his vigilance because of this, but instead focused on the movement nearby.However, the people on the street were walking in one direction, with expressions of disgust, fear, or ecstasy on their faces, to name a few.

Bai Xin moved with his heart, and hurriedly followed.

These people went all the way to the grounds outside the bazaar.The venue here is quite wide, and hundreds of people are crowded.However, this is not important, Bai Xin's attention was completely captured by a scream in the surrounding area: "I am not a monster! You can't treat me like this! I am the protagonist of this world! You idiots! Let me go! open!!"

It was a young girl, almost at Ji's age, but she was yelling incomprehensible words.

"What is she talking about?" "Who knows, you have to be careful, she knows magic tricks! She must be confusing us!" "Scary! Really knows magic tricks?! Then what are you waiting for? Burn her quickly!" !" "Don't worry, the fire will be ignited immediately!"

Some of the onlookers knew the inside story.Bai Xin's hearing is good, he heard everything, and he gasped.

A person in the circle screamed and cursed: "Why do you witch lean over my daughter?! My poor daughter! Huh..."

"Do you think I am willing?! Your daughter is dead long ago! Her body is a blessing for me! Otherwise, this body would have rotted away! Not only did you not thank me, you even called me a witch! Damn idiot! This world exists for me! If you dare to burn me, die with me! Hahaha!"

"What?!" "Demon girl! What are you going to do? Why should we bury you with you!" "That's right! You should die!" The crowd was agitated, attacking her with words, and even took out various objects from the side and threw them at her. past.

Bai Xin watched and listened numbly, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

Not long after, an elder came with a torch. The elder held up the torch and raised his arms and shouted: "There are evil spirits, harming the people. Now do justice for the heavens, eliminate the demons and save the people from danger."

"Burn her!" The voices of the elders in the crowd echoed louder and louder.

The fire shone on the girl's young and terrified face, and she fought fiercely on the execution platform again, "You can't do this! Let me go! Don't you all die? If I die, you will die too!"

But no one listened to her, the elder threw the torch directly, and several torches fell on the dry wood beside her one after another, the flames burst out, and the tongue of fire quickly licked her body.In the blazing red light, the girl's screams became more and more terrifying, until they became weaker.

Bai Xin's heart trembled suddenly, the girl was burned to death.

A pale phantom floated out of the fire, and rushed towards Bai Xin at top speed.Bai Xin quickly dodges, and the phantom pounces again.But he was grabbed by a hand that suddenly appeared!

Xu Ying yelled at Bai Xin reluctantly: "Since I am a fellow, why didn't you save me! You devil! You actually watched me burn to death!"

The owner of the hand sighed indifferently, and a peaceful voice came: "You occupy other people's bodies for nothing, but you act recklessly regardless of other people's karma. You should go where you should go."

The phantom twisted suddenly, and before it could make a sound, the owner of the hand said again: "It is illegal for the hospital to take out the deceased's organs for transplantation without the consent of the deceased, isn't it? And the family members of the deceased have the right to dispose of the dead body. Isn’t it? The deceased and the family members of the deceased are unwilling to give you the body, isn’t it possible? So, whether you used someone else’s body voluntarily or involuntarily, you need to understand the cause and effect.”

Xu Ying was speechless after being refuted, and bluffed: "I am the protagonist!"

"Hehe, as long as you are human, you will die."

The owner of the hand easily sent the phantom away.

As soon as Bai Xin thought about it, he wanted to ask a question, but someone was calling him in the distance.When he was distracted, there was nothing in front of him, it turned into darkness, and the voice became clearer and clearer——

"Ah Xin? It's time to get up. Ah Xin? Are you feeling unwell?"

Bai Xin suddenly opened his eyes, only to see Ah Shui looking at him in surprise.Turning around, the sky outside the window was bright.But it turned out to be a dream...

"Is it really uncomfortable? Why don't you rest at home today." Ah Shui said with concern, approaching him and testing his forehead, he didn't feel hot, so he was relieved.

Today is a good day for the opening of the store. As the head of the family, how could Bai Xin not go, and he just had a weird dream.