Ningning recognized his face, but others didn't.
But they both recognized the mask in each other's hands.
"Who is Li Shuisheng?" The old village chief asked, staring at the mask in his hand.
"It's my dad." The man at the door replied, "My name is Li Xuan."
... Li Xuan? nonexistent. Your name is obviously Pei Xuan!
Pei Xuan looked a little older than before, his temples were slightly frosty, and his face was dusty. He closed the door with his backhand, walked over to the old village chief, and handed over the mask in his hand.
The old village chief took the mask, looked over and over for a long time, and finally nodded to everyone present, as he recognized his identity, then returned the mask to him and said with a smile, "Sit, sit."
Do not! Village chief, you can't recognize people by masks, look at his ID card!
Pei Xuan's eyes wandered around the long table, and there was only one vacant seat left, on the right hand side of the village chief.
He sat down on the seat, raised his head, and faced Ning Ning face to face.
Under the candlelight, he looked at Ning Ning with a strange look.
"The Ning family is here." The village chief looked at Ning Ning, then turned to look at Pei Xuan, and sighed, "The Li family is here too, it's rare to get together like this, let's discuss the ancestor worship this year. ."
"The Li family." One of them said, "How is your Nuo dance?"
Pei Xuan glanced at him lightly: "I won't."
"No?" The other party yelled immediately and said to the people around him, "Do you hear? He won't, no, how can he play?"
"No, you can learn." Someone didn't buy his account, and pouted, "In the past, Li Shuisheng couldn't come, so I asked you to dance. Now that his son has come, it doesn't matter to you. "
"You think I'm selfish? Wrong, I'm for everyone!" The other party said angrily, "Didn't you listen to him? He won't! If you let him go, it will screw up the ancestor worship ceremony!"
The two quarreled, and finally the crutches stamped on the ground, and they both looked at the village chief.
"Stop arguing." He slowly turned his head to look at Pei Xuan, "Li Xuan, you really can't dance at all?"
Pei Xuan shook his head.
"That's it." The village chief pondered for a moment, and turned his eyes to the former dancer. In the eyes of the other party's excited eyes, the village chief said slowly, "Ah Tie, come and teach him."
The smile on the other side's face stiffened.
"I know you're doing it for everyone's sake, but the rules cannot be changed." The village chief bit the word "rules" very hard, with a blank expression, and just guarded the stone statue in front of the grave. No change, "What happens to people who break the rules, you should know?"
At that moment, Ah Tie didn't know who he thought of, his face was snow-white, and he lowered his head and said, "Yes, I will teach him."
The village chief nodded in satisfaction and returned to his usual kind-hearted look.
A weak voice suddenly sounded beside him: "... how about me?"
Everyone followed the sound and looked at Ning Ning.
Ning Ning looked at them left and right and said, "I can't dance either."
The strange thing is that no one jumped out and said to replace her, and even the village head comforted her: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, your role just needs to sit and watch the whole process, singing and dancing is someone else's business."
Ning Ning glanced at him, sitting and watching? Why do you have to let her do such an easy job, really just because her surname is Ning? Or is it because of the rules in the village
The next thing basically has nothing to do with her. When will the stage be completed, please don't invite outsiders to watch the ceremony. There is a family whose masks were broken by the children in the family. What if they can't be repaired before the ancestor worship begins, etc. It was extremely boring, and I managed to stay up until the end of the meeting, and hot dishes and hot wine were sent outside.
The person who brought food and wine in was actually Ning Yu.
"Mom." Ning Ning got up hurriedly, "I'll help you."
"How does this work?" The village chief took her hand. "You are from the Ning family, not a servant."
"My mother is also from the Ning family." Ningning looked at him suspiciously.
As a result, the village chief actually laughed, and the others laughed along with them. The smile was meaningful, and it made people feel a little chilly behind.
The only one who didn't smile was Pei Xuan, who looked at Ning Yuren thoughtfully.
Ning Ning shook off the village chief's hand, went over to Ning Yuren, helped her distribute the dishes and drinks on the plate, poured herself a glass of wine, and raised it: "I respect all uncles, grandpas, uncles and aunts."
She drank it all in one go, but no one in the audience dared to give her face, and they all raised their glasses because of her surname or the rules of the village.
"Cough cough." Ning Ning put down the wine glass and coughed twice.
She can drink, but that is her who has entered the society. Now this girl's body, because she was pampered by Ning Yuren and never touched alcohol, so she was a little uncomfortable.
But that's fine. Ning Ning leaned on Ning Yuren and said softly, "Mom, I'm a little dizzy..."
"Tell you not to drink indiscriminately." Ning Yuren complained to her, and then said to everyone, "I'm sorry, she's drunk, I'll take her back first."
Seeing that Ning Ning was about to lie on the ground drunk, the village head hurriedly got up and said, "Don't be busy, don't be busy, I will ask someone to pack some hot dishes, you can take them back to eat, and then ask someone to drive you back."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Xuan picked up the car keys on the table, got up and said, "I'll give it to you."
Ning Ning and Ning Yuren both stiffened.
"This is the best, this is the best." The village chief was delighted, and kept patting him on the back, "This is the truth, the Li family and the Ning family should be the closest to each other."
… is this also the rule in the village
Outside the village head's house, Pei Xuan opened the car door without saying a word, Cui Hongmei got into the car first, because she failed to show off her wealth, so she was furious: "God knows how this group of people makes money, everyone is rich. , not normal, not normal at all, this money must be coming from the wrong way…”
Ning Ning and Ning Yuren supported each other and got into the car without saying a word.
No one spoke on the road except Cui Hongmei, and the car took them all the way home.
On the way home, Ning Ning couldn't help but look back.
The sky was cloudy and the moon was bright, and by the pale moonlight, Ning Ning saw that Pei Xuan had not left, and was sitting in the car watching her.
… is that strange gaze that hesitates to speak.
It was night, and the three women slept poorly.
Cui Hongmei was chanting in her dreams: "Returning home in fine clothes, returning home in fine clothes... You are not allowed to look down on me."
Ning Ning got out of bed lightly, walked to the door, and listened to the movement outside.
Ning Yuren was standing outside wearing only a single shirt. The night dew was cold, and her voice was trembling. She took the phone and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Li Hexuan! You are obviously Pei Xuan!"
"...Are you here for Ningning?"
Ning Yuren seemed to be certain that there must be a conspiracy in Pei Xuan's appearance here, but Pei Xuan denied it flatly.
After Ning Ning hurriedly left the door, she quickly got back into the blanket, closed her eyes and started pretending to be asleep.
After a while, Ning Yuren lay down beside her.
"...Ning Ning." Ning Yuren's voice sounded softly in her ear, "I'll have someone take you back."
Ning Ning opened her eyes and turned to look at her.
"What about you?" Ningning asked, "Aren't you going back?"
Ning Yuren supported her head with one hand, lying beside her and smiled: "Mom has something to do, so I won't go back for the time being."
"Do you want your mother to replace you?" - The village chief's words suddenly flashed in Ning Ning's ears. She looked at Ning Yuren and asked, "Do you want to replace me?"
Ning Yuren was stunned for a moment, then gently stroked her cheek: "The two Ning family members can't go together, one has to stay."
"Then I won't leave either." Ning Ning said, thinking in her heart: I regret leaving last time.
You smile in front of me, but sad where I can't see.
In the summer of 2012, you suddenly became uncharacteristically strict with me, and taught me how to cook, saying that if you learn to cook, you can survive anywhere.
In the summer of 2012, you suddenly uncharacteristically persuaded me not to be an actor. The scenery on the stage may not be better than normal. I couldn't listen to it. At that time, I was young and vigorous.
In the summer of 2012, you paid off a gambling debt for your grandmother. I quarreled with you, saying that the grandmother would have today, but she was spoiled by you.
In the summer of 2012, you suddenly fell ill, you were admitted to the hospital, you started to lose a lot of hair, and became thinner and thinner every day. I learned the simplest egg fried rice. I gave up all the performances that year. Quarrel with grandma again, but your condition still doesn't improve...
What exactly did you experience in this village in the summer of 2012
"I don't want you to replace me." Ning Ning hugged Ning Yuren tightly, as if fate would not take her mother away from her as long as she held her tightly enough, thinking to herself: even if you are sitting in the cinema of life now Even if I am the protagonist in this movie, I don't want you to replace me.
After a night.
The next day, the village chief brought people to Ning's house. As soon as the door opened, he stared at Ning Ning's face and said, "You, what's wrong with your face?"
"This child is so disobedient." Ning Yuren said firmly, "I beat her up."
Half of Ning Ning's face was swollen, and he said inarticulately, "Even if you swell the other half of my face, I won't leave!"
Seeing Ning Yuren raise his hand, the village chief rushed over to stop the two of them: "Can't fight! Can't fight! Ning Yuren, do you still understand the rules!"
"The rules?" Ning Yuren sneered, walked past them, walked on, suddenly put his hands behind his back, looked back at them and said, "The rules are—if there are two Ning family members, choose more from them. The good one will be the owner."
"Lord?" Ning Ning was stunned.
"The village chief hasn't told you yet? The name of this dance booth in the village is called 'Life Theater'." Ning Yuren stared at Ning Ning with a burning gaze and said, "Between you and me, only one person can wear a mask. Become the 'god' in this booth dance - the landlord."