Chapter 3 Chapter two

Chapter two one In addition to these trivial and ordinary practical life, Hulan River also has many grand events in spirit, such as dancing to the gods; singing Yangko; releasing river lanterns; Let me talk about God first.The Great God can heal diseases. She is wearing strange clothes, which ordinary people don't wear; the red one is a skirt, and when the skirt is wrapped around her waist, her person will change.At first, she didn't play the drums, but she trembled when she wore the red flower skirt.From head to toe, he trembled everywhere, and after trembling for a while, he began to tremble again.She closed her eyes and muttered.Every time I trembled, I pretended to fall.It startled everyone around, but she sat down again.

The great god was sitting on a stool, and opposite her was a tablet with red paper and black characters written on it. The older the tablet, the better, so that it can be seen that she dances a lot of times in a year, and the more she dances, the better, and her credit is known far and wide.Her business will boom.In front of the card, the incense was lit, and the cigarette slowly spun. Most of the great goddess came down when the incense was half lit.As soon as the god came down, she was different in majesty, as if there were thousands of horses and horses asking her to lead, she was full of strength, she stood up and jumped wildly.

Next to the great god, there is another two gods, both of whom are men.He was not confused, he was as clear as usual, he quickly handed a round drum to the hand of the great god, the great god took the drum, stood up and danced wildly, and first told the experience of the spirit attached to her going down the mountain , It is riding on the cloud, following the wind, or coming with the fog, which is very majestic.The two gods stood aside, what did the great god ask him, and what did he answer. The good two gods can answer each other fluently, and the bad two gods, if they accidentally say a word aimed at the great god, the great god will make a fuss.When the Great God started to make a fuss, she had no other choice but to beat the drums and curse for a while, saying that the patient would die if he didn't come out tonight. The village will invite disasters.At this time, the people who invited the gods were so frightened that they burned incense and lighted wine quickly. After burning incense and lighted wine, if they failed, they had to bring red cloth and hang the red cloth on the tablet. If they failed, they had to kill chickens. When the quarrel reaches the stage of killing chickens, it is likely that there will be no more quarrels.Because if you continue to make trouble, you will have nothing to think about.

The chicken and the cloth belonged to the Great God. After skipping the God, she took the chicken home and cooked it by herself.After dyeing the red cloth with indigo, I made trousers and wore them. Some great gods, once they get started, they can't get down in every possible way.Those who invite gods have to kill chickens quickly. If they are slow to kill, they will be scolded when they jump halfway. Whoever invites gods is for the purpose of curing diseases. It is very unlucky to ask a great god to scold.Therefore, I respect the Great God very much, but I am also very afraid of it. Most of the dancers dance at night, as soon as the drums start, men, women, young and old, all run to the house of the dancer. If it is summer, the house will be crowded with people.There are also some women, holding the child, holding the child, crying and jumping over the wall, jumping to watch the dancing god.

In the middle of the night, it was time to send the god back to the mountain. At that time, the drum was beating extremely loudly, and the great god sang very well; neighbors around, ten or twenty families could hear it, and it made people hear it. With such a sad mood, the two gods sang: "The Daxian family has returned to the mountain, so we must walk slowly, we must walk slowly." The Great God said: "My Erxian's home, Qinglong Mountain, Baihu Mountain... Traveling three thousand miles at night, riding the wind is not difficult..." The tone of the singing, mixed with the sound of drums, came from a distance of several tens of feet, it was really cold, the more you listened to it, the more desolate it became.There are also people who can't sleep all night after hearing this kind of drum sound.

People who ask God to heal their illnesses, but do you know if the patients in that family are cured?But it makes the neighbors sigh with emotion, and there are often those who can't do it all night. The sky is full of stars, the house is full of moon, what is life like, why is it so sad. After ten days and a half months, the drums and the ground sounded again.So people panicked again, some climbed the wall, some went to the door, to see what kind of skills the great master of this family was showing, and what kind of clothes he was wearing.Listen to what tone she sings, and see if her clothes are pretty.

Jumping to the quiet night, it is sending the gods back to the mountain again.All the drums for sending the gods back to the mountain were played beautifully. If it catches up with a rainy night, it will be particularly bleak, the widow can cry, and the widower will get up and hesitate. The sound of the drum seemed to deliberately provoke such an unfortunate person, and the drum beat was hasty and slow, like a lost person telling his confusion at night, or like an unfortunate old man recalling his happy short childhood.It is also like a loving mother sending her son on a long journey.It seems to be parting from life and death, and it is extremely difficult to let go.

What is life for such a bleak night? It seems that the next time there is a drummer, he won't even listen to it.In fact, it is not the case. As soon as the drums sound, they go up to the top of the wall again, listening with their ears sideways, and they are more enthusiastic than Westerners going to concerts. two On July 15th, during the Yulan Festival, river lanterns are put on the Hulan River. River lanterns include cabbage lanterns, watermelon lanterns, and lotus lanterns. Monks and Taoist priests played the sheng, pipe, flute, and flute, and wore gold and red satin shirts.They set up a field on the riverside to make a dojo.The sound of the instrument was heard as soon as he left Heyan Erli Road.

At dusk, before the sky is completely dark, there is an endless stream of people rushing to see the river lanterns. In the small streets and alleys, even those who don't go out all year round will follow the crowd to the riverside.Those who reached the riverside first squatted there.There are people squatting along the river bank, but there are still many people going out from the streets and alleys. Both the blind and the lame come to see the river lanterns (there is a mistake here, only the blind don’t look at the river lanterns). It ran like smoke. Girls and daughters-in-law, three groups, two groups, once out of the gate, no need to ask where they are going.

Just look at the river lights. At dusk in July, when the fire cloud had just set, the streets shone with a faint white light, chattering, and the silence of the past was broken, and all the streets came alive, as if a fire had broken out in the city, and people rushed to the city. The look of going to fight a fire.Very busy, kicking and running forward. Those who ran to the riverside first squatted there, and those who ran later squeezed up and squatted there. Everyone is waiting together, waiting for the moon to rise and the river lanterns to come down from the water. July 15th is a ghost festival. Dead souls and ghosts cannot escape their lives. It is very painful to be entangled in hell. I was born, and I couldn't find my way.On this day, if each ghost holds a river lantern, they can escape from life.Probably the road from the underworld to the underworld is very dark, and it is impossible to see the road without lights.So it is a good deed to release the river lanterns.It can be seen that the living gentlemen have not forgotten the dead souls and ghosts.

But there is also a contradiction in this, that is, children born on the night of July 15th are probably not very good, and most of them are reincarnated by wild ghosts holding a lotus lantern.This child will not be liked by his parents when he grows up. When he grows up to the age of marriage, the male and female families must meet their birthdays before they can get married.If the woman's family was born on July 15th, it would be difficult for the woman to get married, and she had to change her birthday to deceive the man's family.If it's the man's birthday on July 15th, it's not very good, but if it's rich, it doesn't matter much, you can marry it, even though it's an evil spirit, it's probably not so evil if you have money.But in terms of women, it is absolutely not allowed, absolutely not; if it is the only adopted daughter of a rich widow, it is a different matter, because after marrying this girl, you can have a piece of property dangling around there, that is, marrying and bringing money. But when it comes to wealth, let’s talk about the dowry first.It is assumed that the woman is the incarnation of an evil spirit, but that doesn't matter. Ordinary people say: "Money can make ghosts turn the mill." It seems that people believe that ghosts are fake, which is not quite true. But when the river lights were lowered, the monks beat drums and dinged the ground to celebrate the rebirth of the ghosts, and chanted scriptures, like an emergency spell, indicating that this time is worth a thousand dollars, and don't be in a hurry. By the way, you male ghosts and female ghosts, quickly hold the lamp and go to reincarnation. After reading the scriptures, he played the sheng, pipe, flute, and flute. The sound was so pleasant that he could hear it from far and near. At the same time, the river lantern floated down from the upper reaches.Floating very slowly, calmly and steadily, it is absolutely impossible to see that there will be ghosts in the water to catch them. When the light came on, it was glowing golden and bright, and with tens of millions of spectators, this move was really not small.There are so many river lanterns, the number is uncountable, probably several thousand.The children on both sides of the strait applauded and jumped to welcome.The grown-ups, on the other hand, were overwhelmed, and remained silent, intoxicated by the lights and the colors of the river.The lights made the river glow faintly.The moon in the sky jumps over the water.It's really a life where there will be such a good situation. It was not until the moon came to the mid-heaven, and the Great Pleiades, Two Pleiades, and Three Pleiades were all out, that we gradually moved from the bustling scene to the calm road. It took a long time for the river lantern to flow up from the upper reaches of several miles.It took a long, long time to flow.During this process, some of them perish halfway through the flow.Some washed up on the shore, where the The place where weeds grow is hung.Also, whenever the river lanterns go downstream, some children grab them with poles, and some fishing boats grab one or two.Later, the river lights became more and more sparse. When it goes downstream, it appears desolate and lonely.Because there is less and less flow. It seems that the river there has also turned black.And there is only one missing. When the river lantern flowed from above, although there were many outdated and drowned ones on the road, I never felt that the river lantern was carried away by ghosts. But when the river lantern flows from far away upstream, people are full of joy. When the river lantern flows past them, there is nothing wrong with it. People looking at the river lanterns feel empty in their hearts for no reason. "Where is the river lantern going?" Most of the people, seeing such a scene, got up and left the riverside to go home. So not only the river was left in the cold, but also on the shore. At this time, I looked further down the distance, looked, looked, and one of the lights went out.Looking at it again, another one went out, and two more went out together.So it was really like being carried away by ghosts one by one. After the third watch, there was no one on the riverside, nor was there a single lamp in the river. The river is still as usual, and the small wind wrinkles the river into very fine waves.The moonlight on the river is not like golden patches shining on the sea, but the moon has sunk into the bottom of the river.It seems that the people on the fishing boat can bring the moon to the boat with their hands. The south bank of the river is full of willow bushes, and the north bank of the river is Hulan River City. The people who looked at the river lanterns and went back may have fallen asleep.But the moon still shone on the river. three Wild Taizi Opera is also sung by the river.It's also autumn. For example, this year's autumn harvest is good, so we have to sing a play to thank heaven and earth.If there is a severe drought in summer, people wear wicker rings to pray for rain. Dozens of people run for several days on the street, singing and beating drums.Those who begged for rain were not allowed to wear shoes. Lord Dragon felt sorry for them burning their feet in the sun, so it rained.When it rains, you have to sing in autumn, because you made a wish when you prayed for rain.If you make a wish, you have to fulfill it, and if you want to fulfill your wish, you have to sing it. It takes three days to sing. A platform was set up on the sandy beach by the river bank.The platform was tied up with poles, and a mat shed was built on it. It didn't matter if it rained a little, but the sun could be completely covered. After the stage is set up, stands are built on both sides.There are also balconies in the stands.It is very good to sit on the balcony, it is cool and you can overlook the distance.However, it is not easy to get a balcony seat, unless you are a local official or gentry, it is not easy for others to get a seat.If you don't sell tickets, even if you have money, there is nothing you can do. Just set up a stage for three to five days. As soon as the stage frame was erected, the people in the city said: "The stage frame is erected." Once on the shed, people said: "The shed is on the stage." After the stage is set up, stands are built. The stands are built in a row along the left side of the stage, and another row is built in the right side of the stage, so the two rows are parallel and opposite.It takes a distance of more than ten feet to ride. Seeing that the table is about to be set up, at this time, those who pick up relatives pick up relatives, and those who call friends call friends. For example, a married daughter comes back to live in her mother’s house. Before leaving (returning to her in-law’s house), the mother sends her to the gate, waving her hands and saying, “I’ll pick you up to watch the opera again in autumn.” The car with the daughter was far away, and the mother said with tears in her eyes, "I will pick you up when I watch the show." So when it's time to sing opera, it's not simply watching the opera, but picking up the girl and calling the son-in-law, which is very lively. The daughter of the owner's family has grown up, and it's time for the boy from the west's family to get married. At this time of matchmaking, they came to the door.It is agreed that the parents of the two families will look at each other on the first day or the second day under the stage.There are also those who only inform the man's family but not the woman's family. This is called "peeking". It doesn't matter if this kind of view is successful or not. So the girls who went to the theater were all well-dressed.They all wore new clothes, put on rouge and powder, and their bangs were cut side by side.The braids are neatly combed, with red roots and green tips.Some are pierced with water red, and some are pierced with egg green.She walks like a guest, eats melon seeds, keeps her head straight and her eyes are straight, gentle and elegant, and has become a lady of every family.Some wore egg-blue cloth gowns, some wore lotus-colored ones, and some wore silver-gray ones.Some even had the edges of their clothes pressed with stripes, some had egg blue clothes with black stripes, and some water red foreign gauze clothes had blue stripes, and they wore blue satin shoes or black satin embroidered shoes on their feet. Some of the shoes are embroidered with butterflies, some with dragonflies, some with lotus flowers, some with peonies, and so on. In his hand was a flowered handkerchief.Wearing long pliers on the ears, the local name is "tassel pliers".There are two kinds of pliers with tassels, one is gold and emerald; the other is copper and glazed.The rich ones wear gold, and the lesser ones wear colored glaze.Pretty good anyway, dangling on the ear.Yellow huhu, green.Coupled with the reserved smile on the face, I really don't know whose family this lady is. Those married women also dressed up in the same way. Under the stage, the sisters from the east and west houses met to judge each other. Who looks handsome, who has black sideburns.Whose bracelet is a new style of Futai Yinlou, whose hairpin is small and exquisite.Whose pair of purple satin shoes are really beautifully embroidered. Although the old lady didn't wear any colorful clothes, she was neat and neat, with a long cigarette pouch in her hand and a big square on her hair.Kind, gentle. Before the play started, Hulan River City was very lively. There was a very good nursery rhyme for those who picked up girls and those who called for their son-in-law: "Pull the big saw, pull the big saw, and the master (grandpa) will sing a big show at the door. Pick up the girl , call the son-in-law, and the little grandson is going too..." So not only the little nephew, but also the third aunt and the second aunt got together. This is the case in every family, killing chickens to buy wine, welcoming the door with a smile, talking about homework and interesting things with each other, going to the third watch every night, and how much lamp oil is wasted. In a certain village, a mother-in-law abused her daughter-in-law.The father-in-law of any family would go crazy with alcohol after drinking.And whose girl gave birth to twins just a year after she got married.And whose son married an eighteen-year-old girl at the age of thirteen. Under the candlelight, we talked all night, it was very warm and kind. If there are several daughters in a family, these daughters are all married, and there are some sisters who cannot meet each other for two or three years.Usually one lives in the east and the other lives in the west.Either across the water or away from the mountains, and each of them has a large group of children and each has their own housework, it is impossible to visit each other. If the mother brought all the daughters here at the same time, it would be as if thirty years had passed since they met.When we met each other, I really didn’t know where to start. I was ashamed and hesitated to speak. I felt embarrassed when I first opened my mouth. After a while, my ears and face were burning, so I was relatively speechless. .After a bag of cigarettes, when the rushing blood had flowed down and both of them had escaped from the dazed state, it was only then that I came to start with a few irrelevant words; or: " How much do you want us to come?" Or: "Bring all the kids?" Regarding the matter of parting for several years, I dare not even mention a word. On the surface, they don't look like sisters, and they don't show affection at all.Face to face, I don't know the relationship between the two of them, it seems that they don't even know each other, it seems that the two of them have never met before, but today is the first time they meet, so they are unusually cold. But this is just the appearance, they have already communicated in their hearts.Even ten days or half a month ago, their hearts had already begun to be far away, that is, when they both received letters from their mothers. The letter said to welcome their sisters back to the theater. Since then, they have stipulated the gift to be given to the older sister or younger sister. A pair of big black velvet rolls, made by myself.Or in their own city and township, there is a famous dyeing vat room, which can dye very good twisted cloth.So he sent two bolts of white cloth and asked him to dye them carefully and finely.One is white with blue flowers, and the other is blue with white flowers.The blue ground is dyed with bangs and toads, and the white ground is dyed with butterflies and lotus flowers. One was given to the elder sister, and the other was given to the third younger sister. Now these things are all in the box.After waiting for a day or two, in the dead of night, I gently took out these things from the bottom of my box, put them in front of my sister, and said, "Take this twisted quilt back!" Just said this one sentence, it doesn't look like giving a gift, it doesn't look like today's people, I am afraid that the neighbors will not see me when I give a little gift, and I will make a lot of noise, saying what mountain it came from, or What is it from the sea, even if it is the product of Xiaohegouzi, the status of Xiaohegouzi must also be raised, saying how extraordinary and different Hegouzi is, but it is different from other Hegouzi. This kind of countryman is confused, unable to express what he wants to express, and unable to say anything. He can only pass things over and let it go. As for the one who received something, he didn't say anything, he just accepted it without even saying thank you.There were also some who declined a little bit, and then accepted. "Keep it for yourself!" Of course the one who gave the gift refused it.If you refuse, you accept it. Every girl who went back to her natal home to watch a play brought a lot of bits and pieces.For parents, for siblings, for nieces, for relatives.The person who brought the most things, whoever met the elders or juniors could bring something out, was the one who was the most considerate. This kind of thing, after the Yetaizi finished singing and the platform was dismantled, every family slowly recited it. Every girl who returns from her mother's home to her in-law's home also brings a lot of things, which are gifts from others.There are a lot of things, not only useful, but also edible, the bacon packed by the mother, the dried fish dried by the sister, the goose that the brother hunted in the mountains to pickle, and there is still a goose thigh, which is also for the show. The little girl took it back, and brought it back for her father-in-law to drink. So, the night before we left, we were so busy that the sisters who were about to be separated didn't even have time to talk.There are a lot of big and small bags. Besides, during the time of going to the theater here, besides seeing relatives and meeting friends, many good things have been accomplished, that is, someone's daughter is engaged to someone's son, and it is said that they will get married in February or March next year.The engagement wine has already been eaten, and the "little ceremony" is about to be celebrated. The so-called "little ceremony" is a legal form of engagement. Once these procedures are completed, the daughter of the host family will eventually become the daughter of the west family. daughter-in-law. There are also two families of men and women who came to watch the play from other places, and the son of the man's family was not there, nor was the young lady of the woman's family.It's just that the parents of the two families had a matchmaker colluding with them, so they agreed to get married.There are also some who drink and have fun and casually betroth their daughters to others.There are also some sons and daughters of male and female families who are married before they are born.This is called "finger pulp for relatives".Most of the people who are close relatives are from families with a little wealth. Both of them are very rich, one is a local shopkeeper of cooking pots, the other is Dawopu in Baiqitun, the other is a sorghum grower, and the other is a cooking pot maker.Those who cook pots need sorghum, and those who grow sorghum need to buy sorghum.It just so happened that the women of these two families were about to give birth, so they became "friends". Regardless of which family gave birth to a boy or whose family gave birth to a girl, as long as there is a man and a woman, they are stipulated as a couple.If both families have boys, they can't force the rules.It cannot be stipulated that both families have girls. But there are not too many advantages of being close to each other, but there are many disadvantages.On the way, one of the families became poor, no longer boiled the pot, or no longer had a nest.The rest of the family are unwilling to marry a girl from another family, or marry their daughter to a poor family.If the girl's family is poor, it's easy to deal with, but if she really doesn't want to marry, he has nothing to do.If the man's family is poor, the man's family must marry. If he must not let her marry, then the girl's reputation will be very bad. She will say that she "wonderful" whoever is poor, and will not marry again. The word "maybe" is superstitiously said because her fate is hard, because her family is poor.In the future, it will not be easy for her to find her husband's family, and she will be named "Wangmenzhao".She had no choice but to marry. After the marriage, the sisters-in-law would say that she dislikes the poor and loves the rich, and insulted her in every possible way.Because of this, her husband didn't like her anymore, and her parents-in-law also abused her. As a young woman who had never left the house, she couldn't bear the many attacks and went back to her natal family. His mother said: "This is your fate (destiny), so be patient!" The young woman, inexplicably, does not know why she has such a life, so she often performs tragedies, jumping into a well, and hanging herself. As the old saying goes, "Women cannot go to the battlefield." Actually it is not right, the well is so deep, if you ask a man for no reason if he dares to jump into the well, I am afraid that he will not dare.And if a young woman dared to go to war, she might not necessarily die, but she might come back and become an official.But jumping into a well is very difficult to survive, and most of them will die in one jump. So why is there no praise for the brave woman who jumped the well on the Jie Fu Fang?It was deliberately deleted by the people who repaired the festival.Because most of the people who practice the Jie Fu Fang are men.There is also a woman in his family. He was afraid that he wrote it, and when he hit his woman in the future, his woman would also jump into the well.The woman also jumped down the well, so what if a large group of children were left behind?So never write.Just write, gentle and elegant, filial to in-laws... Before the big drama started, so many things happened.When the big play started, there was a sea of ​​people under the stage, and it was extremely crowded.The person who set up the stage really knows how to set it up. He chose a large flat sandy beach, which is smooth and clean, so that even if people fall on it, they will not get a little Saturn on their clothes.The beach is half a mile long. People were laughing and talking, they were watching a play, the noise was louder than gongs and drums, a man in red came out from the stage, and a man in green went in, and they just walked in and out waddlingly, they didn’t know anything else , You don’t need to talk about whether you sing well or not, you can’t even hear it.Those who are close can still see the actor without a beard opening his mouth, and those who are far away can't even see clearly whether the one in red on the stage is a female character or a male character.It's almost as good as watching a puppet show. But if a puppet show performer comes to the stage at this time, starts singing, and asks them if they want to watch it, then they will definitely not watch it, even if they can’t even see the edge of the stage, even if they are standing on Erli Road. Besides, they don't watch the puppet show either.Because under the big stage, even if you go back after a nap, you still come back from under the big stage, not from some other place. There is nothing else to watch for a year, so can this big show be easily let go?So whether you watch it or not, you have to come under the stage. So some people from the countryside also came, driving carts with several sets of horses, old ox carts, flower wheels, and small carts.A big mule was driving on top of the small cart.In short, you can drive whatever car you have at home.Some also seem to have no horses or other animals in their family, so they only use a small donkey and come here pulling a flower wheel. After arriving, these chariots and horses stopped on the beach together, the horses grazed on the straw bales, and the mules went to the river to drink water.There are mat sheds on the cars, like small stands, arranged in the distance of the stage.The car brought their whole family, from grandmother to grandson-in-law, young and old, three generations, they were twenty or thirty feet away from the stage, they couldn't hear anything, and it was hard to see anything, and they were nothing more than five red big Green, running circles on the stage, wearing a strange hat on his head and strange clothes on his body.Who knows what those people are doing, some of them have been watching the big opera stage for three days, but they can't even call out the name of a play. When he returned to the countryside, he would gossip with others. Occasionally, when someone asked him which play he was talking about, he would stare and could not tell. As for some children under the stage, they don't know anything, just remember a bearded one, a painted face, who knows what they are doing, gesticulating, and making a fuss with knives, guns and sticks. Anyway, there are some jelly sellers and some sugar balls under the stage, just eat whatever you want.There are sticky cakes, deep-fried steamed buns, and tofu nao. After eating these things, I don’t feel full. I eat this and then I eat that.Watermelon sellers and cantaloupe sellers are all under the stage, attracting a lot of flies, buzzing around. The sound of gongs and drums under the stage shook the sky and the earth. The singer also seemed to be afraid that people in the distance would not be able to hear him, so he was also shouting desperately, and he couldn't hold down the stage even if his throat was broken.Those in the audience had long forgotten that they were watching a play, and they were all gossips, men and women chatting about daily life.There are also some distant relatives who usually don't see each other for a year, but I saw them here today, how can I say hello.So the third aunt and second aunt shouted loudly in crowded places. If they were sitting in the awning of the stands, suddenly an old lady stood up and shouted: "His second aunt, you can do more with us!" here?" So that side also responded.It turned out that those who sat on the balcony of the stand were closer to the stage and could hear the singing, so the stand was relatively quiet.Girls and daughters-in-law are eating their paws and drinking tea. Although others hate this person who yells loudly, they dare not stop them. If you ask her to speak in a quieter voice, she will scold: "This wild stage show is not from your family. Would you like to listen to it?" Opera, you invite a table to your home to sing..." The other one also said: "Hey, I haven't seen it before. After watching the play, the relatives don't recognize each other, and I won't let you say a word..." This is still relatively good, and there are even more impolite ones, who said as soon as they opened their mouths: "Little Yanghan wife... your grandma, who has been loud and mean all her life at home and abroad, came under the stage today to be disciplined by you, Your mother..." If the person being scolded doesn't speak up, it will be over after a while;So the two sides started fighting, and watermelon rinds and the like flew over. This time, people who were watching a play under the stage unexpectedly started to act, so people flocked to this live show where the real fights and scolding were really happening.There were also some hooligans and the like who deliberately shouted "Hi", which made everyone in the audience burst into laughter.If it had been a young woman fighting, those nasty rascals would have said all sorts of wisecracks to make her even more furious. Naturally, the old lady was unreasonable, and she scolded people as soon as she opened her mouth.But after the quarrel, it becomes impossible to tell who is right and who is wrong. Fortunately, the actors on the stage finally remained calm and unmoved, and continued to sing along.After a while, the lively fight finally calmed down. Besides, there are also some flirtatious people under the stage, they are all the sister-in-laws in the tofu shop on South Street, or the wives of the miller in the mill.Nianguan's wife fell in love with a coachman driving a carriage.Or the tofu maker fell in love with the little girl from the Kailiang Rice Shop.Some are flirtatious on both sides, and some are courteous on the one hand, while expressing that they want to keep away thousands of miles away.Most of the time, one side is low and the other is high, and the assets in the two aspects are wrong. Gentlemen and others, as well as flirts, sat on the stands with each other, looking around and looking around.Three relatives and six relatives, brothers-in-law and aunts, it is inevitable to look at them a few times, not to mention that they are all dressed up beautifully, very good-looking. When gentlemen usually visit other people's living rooms, they must not keep looking at the young ladies of others, how ungentlemanly and immoral that is.If the young lady told her parents, her parents would immediately break up with such a friend.It doesn't matter if the relationship is broken, what matters is how bad the reputation will be once it gets out.A gentleman is elegant, how can he be ambiguous, how can he care about a friend's daughter regardless of age, like that inferior person. When gentlemen visit each other, they will first let them go to the living room, sit there dignifiedly, and then pour tea and smoke.The rules and etiquette are respected by each other as superior people.The wives and children of friends also come out to meet and respect them as elders.At this time, I can only ask the young master how many books he has read, or how many words he has written.Even a friend's wife can't talk too much, let alone a friend's daughter?Then you can't even lift your head, so how can you dare to look closely. It doesn't matter if you look around on the stage now. If someone asks, just look around to see if there are friends in other stands.What's more, there are so many people in this place, maybe no one pays attention. After looking twice, my friend's lady didn't like it, but she fell in love with a woman who I didn't know where she had seen. The woman was holding a small goose feather fan from the tip of the fan. Rolling his eyes here, although she is a woman, she is young and beautiful. At this time, the gentleman should stand up and whistle to show that he is happy, but we Chinese gentlemen of the previous generation would not do this.He also had another trick, that is, his eyes looked out in a daze, half open, to show that he had infinite affection for her.It's a pity that I'm too far away, I'm afraid I won't be able to see clearly, maybe it's a waste of thought. There are also some under the stage, who don't listen to their parents' orders, don't listen to the matchmaker's words, and they form an indissoluble bond for life.This is probably the behavior of cousins, cousins, etc., young masters and young ladies with a little background.They made it a deal, and they will be together for life.Occasionally, I was blocked by my parents, which gave birth to many twists and turns.But the twists and turns are very beautiful, making it more interesting to talk about than to watch.When the big drama is sung next year, when the sisters tell this good story, it really adds a lot of memories... The country folk who drove into the city to see the theater camped on the beach by the river.At night, the show broke up, and people went home, only those with carriages and horses, and they spent the night on the beach.Like a soldier on an expedition, camping in the open air.Some stayed for one night and went back the next night.Some stayed for three nights, and didn't drive back to their hometown until the performance was over.Needless to say, the beach is very majestic. At night, each of their houses lighted a fire, made tea, and chatted, but after all, the number of people was too small, and there were only twenty or thirty cars.The fire that ignites will not soar into the sky, so there is a somewhat desolate feeling. It's late at night, living by the river, being sucked by the river, it's very cool, people feel cold when they sleep.Especially the coachman Ma Xin and the like, they couldn't sleep, fearing that some bandits would come and rob their horses, so they sat and waited. So under the paper lanterns, three by two gambled.Gambling until the sky turns pale, it's time to lead the horse to the river to drink water.On the river, I met a crab boat catching crabs.The old man on the crab boat said: "Yesterday's "Fishing and Killing" was sung well. I heard that there is "Fenhe Bay" today." The person who leads the animals to drink water has no common sense of drama.He only heard the sound of animals drinking water, but he didn't know what to say about the others. Four On April 18th, the Niangniang Temple Conference is also for gods and ghosts, not for people. The local name of this temple fair is "Traveling the Temple", and people of all ages and genders come to visit, but most of them are women. The women woke up in the morning, had breakfast, and began to wash and dress.After dressing up, I made an appointment with my sister from the host family and my sister from the west family to visit the temple.There is someone who washes up and dresses up first when he gets up, eats after dressing up, and leaves after eating.In short, on the day of visiting the temple, there are no descendants, and before noon, there will be a lot of traffic, so crowded that you can't breathe. 挤丢了孩子的站在那儿喊，找不到妈的孩子在人群里边哭，三岁的、五岁的，还有两岁的刚刚会走，竟也被挤丢了。 所以每年庙会上必得有几个警察在收这些孩子。收了站在庙台上，等着他的家人来领。偏偏这些孩子都很胆小，张着嘴大哭，哭得实在可怜，满头满脸是汗。有的十二三岁了，也被丢了，问他家住在哪里？他竟说不出所以然来，东指指，西划划，说是他家门口有一条小河沟，那河沟里边出虾米，就叫做“虾沟子”，也许他家那地名就叫“虾沟子”，听了使人莫名其妙。 再问他这虾沟子离城多远，他便说：骑马要一顿饭的工夫可到，坐车要三顿饭的工夫可到。究竟离城多远，他没有说。问他姓什么，他说他祖父叫史二，他父亲叫史成……这样你就再也不敢问他了。要问他吃饭没有？他就说：“睡觉了”。这是没有办法的，任他去吧。于是却连大带小的一齐站在庙门口，他们哭的哭，叫的叫。好像小兽似的，警察在看守他们。 娘娘庙是在北大街上，老爷庙和娘娘庙离不了好远。那些烧香的人，虽然说是求子求孙，是先该向娘娘来烧香的，但是人们都以为阴间也是一样的重男轻女，所以不敢倒反天干。所以都是先到老爷庙去，打过钟，磕过头，好像跪到那里报个到似的，而后才上娘娘庙去。 老爷庙有大泥像十多尊，不知道哪个是老爷，都是威风凛凛，气概盖世的样子。有的泥像的手指尖都被攀了去，举着没有手指的手在那里站着，有的眼睛被挖了，像是个瞎子似的。有的泥像的脚趾是被写了一大堆的字，那字不太高雅，不怎么合乎神的身份。似乎是说泥像也该娶个老婆，不然他看了和尚去找小尼姑，他是要忌妒的。这字现在没有了，传说是这样。 为了这个，县官下了手令，不到初一十五，一律的把庙门锁起来，不准闲人进去。 当地的县官是很讲仁义道德的。传说他第五个姨太太，就是从尼姑庵接来的。所以他始终相信尼姑绝不会找和尚。自古就把尼姑列在和尚一起，其实是世人不查，人云亦云。好比县官的第五房姨太太，就是个尼姑。难道她也被和尚找过了吗？This is impossible. 所以下令一律的把庙门关了。 娘娘庙里比较的清静，泥像也有一些个，以女子为多，多半都没有横眉竖眼，近乎普通人，使人走进了大殿不必害怕。不用说是娘娘了，那自然是很好的温顺的女性。就说女鬼吧，也都不怎样恶，至多也不过披头散发的就完了，也决没有像老爷庙里那般泥像似的，眼睛冒了火，或像老虎似的张着嘴。 不但孩子进了老爷庙有的吓得大哭，就连壮年的男人进去也要肃然起敬，好像说虽然他在壮年，那泥像若走过来和他打打，他也决打不过那泥像的。 所以在老爷庙上磕头的人，心里比较虔诚，因为那泥像，身子高、力气大。 到了娘娘庙，虽然也磕头，但就总觉得那娘娘没有什么出奇之处。 塑泥像的人是男人，他把女人塑得很温顺，似乎对女人很尊敬。他把男人塑得很凶猛，似乎男性很不好。其实不对的，世界上的男人，无论多凶猛，眼睛冒火的似乎还未曾见过。就说西洋人吧，虽然与中国人的眼睛不同，但也不过是蓝瓦瓦地有点类似猫头的眼睛而已，居然间冒了火的也没有。眼睛会冒火的民族，目前的世界还未发现。那么塑泥像的人为什么把他塑成那个样子呢？那就是让你一见生畏，不但磕头，而且要心服。就是磕完了头站起再看着，也绝不会后悔，不会后悔这头是向一个平庸无奇的人白白磕了。至于塑像的人塑起女子来为什么要那么温顺，那就告诉人，温顺的就是老实的，老实的就是好欺侮的，告诉人快来欺侮她们吧。 人若老实了，不但异类要来欺侮，就是同类也不同情。 比方女子去拜过了娘娘庙，也不过向娘娘讨子讨孙。讨完了就出来了，其余的并没有什么尊敬的意思。觉得子孙娘娘也不过是个普通的女子而已，只是她的孩子多了一些。 所以男人打老婆的时候便说：“娘娘还得怕老爷打呢？何况你一个长舌妇！” 可见男人打女人是天理应该，神鬼齐一。怪不得那娘娘庙里的娘娘特别温顺，原来是常常挨打的缘故。可见温顺也不是怎么优良的天性，而是被打的结果。甚或是招打的原由。 两个庙都拜过了的人，就出来了，拥挤在街上。街上卖什么玩具的都有，多半玩具都是适于几岁的小孩子玩的。泥做的泥公鸡，鸡尾巴上插着两根红鸡毛，一点也不像，可是使人看去，就比活的更好看。家里有小孩子的不能不买。何况拿在嘴上一吹又会呜呜地响。买了泥公鸡，又看见了小泥人，小泥人的背上也有一个洞，这洞里边插着一根芦苇，一吹就响。那声音好像是诉怨似的，不太好听，但是孩子们都喜欢，做母亲的也一定要买。其余的如卖哨子的，卖小笛子的，卖线蝴蝶的，卖不倒翁的，其中尤以不倒翁最著名，也最上讲究，家家都买，有钱的买大的，没有钱的，买个小的。大的有一尺多高，二尺来高。小的有小得像个鸭蛋似的。无论大小，都非常灵活，按倒了就起来，起得很快，是随手就起来的。买不倒翁要当场试验，间或有生手的工匠所做出来的不倒翁，因屁股太大了，他不愿意倒下，也有的倒下了他就不起来。所以买不倒翁的人就把手伸出去，一律把他们按倒，看哪个先站起来就买哪个，当那一倒一起的时候真是可笑，摊子旁边围了些孩子，专在那里笑。不倒翁长得很好看，又白又胖。并不是老翁的样子，也不过他的名字叫不倒翁就是了。其实他是一个胖孩子。做得讲究一点的，头顶上还贴了一簇毛算是头发。有头发的比没有头发的要贵二百钱。有的孩子买的时候力争要戴头发的，做母亲的舍不得那二百钱，就说到家给他剪点狗毛贴。孩子非要戴毛的不可，选了一个戴毛的抱在怀里不放。没有法只得买了。这孩子抱着欢喜了一路，等到家一看，那簇毛不知什么时候已经飞了。于是孩子大哭。虽然母亲已经给剪了簇狗毛贴上了，但那孩子就总觉得这狗毛不是真的，不如原来的好看。也许那原来也贴的是狗毛，或许还不如现在的这个好看。 但那孩子就总不开心，忧愁了一个下半天。 庙会到下半天就散了。虽然庙会是散了，可是庙门还开着，烧香的人，拜佛的人继续的还有。有些没有儿子的妇女，仍旧在娘娘庙上捉弄着娘娘。 给子孙娘娘的背后钉一个钮扣，给她的脚上绑一条带子，耳朵上挂一只耳环，给她带一副眼镜，把她旁边的泥娃娃给偷着抱走了一个。据说这样做，来年就都会生儿子的。 娘娘庙的门口，卖带子的特别多，妇人们都争着去买，她们相信买了带子，就会把儿子给带来了。 若是未出嫁的女儿，也误买了这东西，那就将成为大家的笑柄了。 庙会一过，家家户户就都有一个不倒翁，离城远至十八里路的，也都买了一个回去。回到家里，摆在迎门的向口，使别人一过眼就看见了，他家的确有一个不倒翁。不差，这证明逛庙会的时节他家并没有落伍，的确是去逛过了。 歌谣上说：“小大姐，去逛庙，扭扭搭搭走的俏，回来买个搬不倒。” Fives 这些盛举，都是为鬼而做的，并非为人而做的。至于人去看戏、逛庙，也不过是揩油借光的意思。 跳大神有鬼，唱大戏是唱给龙王爷看的，七月十五放河灯，是把灯放给鬼，让他顶着个灯去脱生。四月十八也是烧香磕头的祭鬼。 只是跳秧歌，是为活人而不是为鬼预备的。跳秧歌是在正月十五，正是农闲的时候，趁着新年而化起装来，男人装女人，装得滑稽可笑。 狮子、龙灯、旱船……等等，似乎也跟祭鬼似的，花样复杂，一时说不清楚。