The lock hanging on the door was suddenly released.
The door was pushed open from the outside, and the village chief led a group of people to stand at the door and said, "Ren Ning Yu, hurry up and come with us."
Ning Yuren, who had been sitting for almost one night, suddenly stood up, her face was pale and haggard, and her heart was beating wildly.
"What happened to Ningning?" she asked tremblingly.
The village chief looked at her very strangely: "Did you... have you taught her Nuo dance?"
Ning Yuren: "No."
The village chief turned to look at Cui Hongmei on the bed again: "How about you?"
The only answer to him was snoring.
The village chief winked at the two behind him, and they rushed over to shake Cui Hongmei awake.
"Who, who are you, what are you arguing about in the early morning... Ah, the village chief." Although Cui Hongmei is usually flat, but when she sees the village chief, it's like a mouse seeing a cat. After repeating the question just now, he smiled and said, "I... I just want to teach, but I have to know that first."
She has always been delicious and lazy, and she has forgotten how to dance her own Nuo dance, how can she still remember how other people's Nuo dance is danced.
After getting the answer, the village chief's eyes became even more strange.
"Village Chief, what happened?" Ning Yu was very disturbed, "Did something go wrong when Ning Ning was dancing?"
"Cuckoo..." The village chief hesitated, "She threw a bowl of wine on the dancer's face."
Ning Yuren was shocked, half worried and half angry: "...I usually dote on her too much, lawless, really lawless, village chief, you take me to see her, this time I must scold her, and then let her Apologize to all uncles and aunts."
The village chief stared at her for a long time, then sighed: "As expected, you forgot."
Ning Yuren was stunned.
"Actually, it's not just you, I also forgot... Who said time has passed so long." The village chief said slowly, "Yu Ren, there are three scenes in "The Theatre of Life", do you remember what the first act was? ?"
"Remember." Ning Yuren recalled, "The first scene is "Meeting the Gods". The villagers begged for life and mercy from the sky, but the sky didn't answer the question. After they finished eating and drinking, when they were at the end of the road, they saw a theater, and a young man was sitting on the theater, looking down at them, and then…”
"Then, the young man turned the wine glass in his hand and spilled the wine on the hungry refugees downstairs." The village chief took her words and said solemnly, "So Ning Ning did nothing wrong, the first scene. There is this link: drinking wine to quench thirst."
"But... how did she know?" Ning Yuren murmured.
"Yeah, how did she know?" The village chief stared at her, "Since your father died, no one has skipped the role of the landlord for decades. Over time, many things and many details have been forgotten, but everyone How could she know what you and I have forgotten about?"
Ning Yuren was speechless.
She vaguely had an answer in her heart, but she didn't plan to say it.
There is no need to say it, because the village chief guessed that he already has the answer, otherwise his face would not be so pale, and his hands would not be shaking so badly.
"...Let's go." The village chief paused and said to Ning Yuren, "Come back to the ancestral hall with me, and you will dance instead of her."
A group of people hurriedly walked towards the ancestral hall. Along the way, the sound of gongs and drums increased from far to near, from small to loud. Every time they knocked, the village chief's face became ugly.
"And then?" Ning Yuren walked beside him and asked, "What did Ning Ning do in the second act?"
His face was really ugly again.
"... She ran to the stage." The flesh on the village chief's cheek twitched, "Shoot everyone off."
"Not a single one left?"
"Not one left."
"Even the sacrifices have been driven down?"
"Even the sacrifices have been rushed down."
Ning Yuren laughed: "No wonder you all came to me in a hurry, and even the sacrifices for the landlord have been driven down. How can this "Human sacrifice" continue?"
The second act, "Human sacrifice".
The villagers took out everything on their bodies and wanted to present them to the god in front of them. However, the gods didn’t care about the grass roots and bark, rotten vegetables and rotten leaves they offered up, or maybe he was just too troublesome and didn’t want to get involved. Cumbersome, so all these tributes are rudely lost.
The villagers were frustrated, and finally made up their minds and offered sacrifices again the next day.
This time, what they presented was the most robust and beautiful boy in the village.
It is for human sacrifice.
The god was moved by this man, and then agreed to take the villagers to escape and find a new habitat for them. During the process of escaping, he showed the villagers a magical method-he had a small box in his hand. , In the box is a model of a theater, which can be big or small, and can make people go back to the past and change their lives.
"The good daughter you taught." The flesh on the village chief's cheek twitched even more. "I told her, and she scolded me in turn, saying that the beautiful boy presented was not beautiful enough, and asked us to choose and send again..."
"Then send it again." If it wasn't for the time and the occasion, Ning Yuren would really laugh. She teased, "Isn't there a lot of people coming back from the village chief this time, there are quite a few young and beautiful boys?"
"... I gave it away! None of them were selected!" The village chief couldn't think of any way that Ning Yuren could think of. Not only did he think about it, but he also did it, but the result was unsatisfactory. He said with resentment, "In the end, we were forced... I can give that man back to her!"
When he used this word, Ning Yuren could only think of one person.
"You mean Pei Xuan?" she asked.
The village looked at her up and down and sneered: "It was called Pei Xuan, you sure know each other."
After a pause, he looked at Ning Yuren suspiciously: "Could it be that you let him pretend to be the Li family and sneak into the village? What else are you hiding from us?"
"How many things are you hiding from me?" Ning Yuren smiled, "Didn't you tell me before that he left the village early and went to the big hospital to see his injuries?"
No one is telling the truth, no one can be trusted.
"... This guy knows so many secrets in our village, how can he let him go?" the village chief said indifferently, "It's more or less useful, such as to appease your stubborn daughter."
Unbearable and self-willed, the most unbearable thing for the village chief is that the ancestor worship ceremony that should have been completely controlled by him has gradually shifted to Ning Ning's hands.
It's just a shame.
Reminds him of her equally disobedient grandfather.
Instead of letting the events of the past repeat themselves, it is better to give up Ning Ning and choose the more obedient and obedient Ning Yu.
"...Let her act until the second scene." The village chief paused, the crowd was full of voices, and the stage was in front. "The last scene, you come and dance."
Ning Yuren smiled but said nothing.
She knew very well that the village chief chose her not because of her better acting skills, not because she was more suitable for the role of the landlord than Ning Ning, but just because she was more obedient.
"...I'll act as you want," she laughed, "but I have to remind you of one thing."
"What's up?"
"If something happens to me in the end." Ning Yuren looked at the stage not far away, looked at Ning Ning standing on the stage, and smiled softly, "...then she is the last Ning family."
You have to protect her and not hurt her, because she is alive, there will be the next ancestor worship ceremony, the next "Life Theater".
"Substitution!!" The village chief shouted towards the stage.
Everyone had been waiting for his words for a long time, and they dragged Ning Ning off the stage. Several strong women took off Ning Ning's coat and jewelry. Seeing that they had already run to their mother's side, they put the things in their hands on her body, and finally put on a mask.
Fangs on all sides, ferocious and terrifying.
Ning Yuren's face was hidden behind a mask, and a pair of gentle eyes looked at her from a distance.
"Act 3, "Killing Ghosts"!"
The village chief shouted, and Ning Yuren raised his feet and stepped onto the stage.
His gaze swept across the twelve dancers one by one, and finally fell on the extra one.
The man was tall and slender, dressed in Tsing Yi, and wore a mask on his face.
Fangs on all sides, ferocious and terrifying.
His face was hidden behind a mask, and a pair of gentle eyes stared at her quietly.
"You don't really believe me." Ning Qing touched the mask on her face, "Because I'm a mask person."
The dancers began to dance and surrounded the two of them.
"I don't blame you, because most of the masked people do think the same as you. Because they are locked in the movie theater for too long, their thinking and practices are a bit distorted. What if I do the same as them? What if you all cheated into the movie theater and turned into masked people?" Ning Qing smiled, raised his hand to touch Ning Yuren's face, Ning Yuren took a step back, his hand paused, and slowly retracted.
Seeing this, Ning Yuren suddenly regretted it.
She really doesn't believe in masked people, because every masked person she has seen has been twisted by pain, not to mention that Ning Qing only deceived Ning Ning into the well a few days ago, because of this matter, they had a big fight...
"...You don't believe me, at least you have to believe in Ning Ning." Ning Qing turned to look in Ning Ning's direction, "She has finally come this far, please let her finish."
Ning Yuren looked at Ning Ning.
What she didn't do, Ning Ning did. Not only did she get her out, but Pei Xuan was also caught. What's next? Can she end this Nuo dance, take them away together, and go home together
… but can she take the risk? Can she trust a masked man? This Nuo dance is tricky, no one knows what will happen after the dance, can she let Ning Ning take this risk
Under the gazes of everyone, Ning Yuren closed his eyes. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and finally made a decision: "I..."