The Companions

Chapter 10: Red snake

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I was in a state of excitement all night, lying in a musty sex, I couldn't sleep for a long time. I slept in the middle of the night and had various dreams. I dreamed that Luo Dajin had discovered my intentions, and that my parents had received my message and came here to find me.

When it was dark, there was a knock on the door outside the door, and Luo Dajin was called out. I also woke up, my head was a little dizzy, and after washing my face with clean water, I was quite awake.

I waited for the bright light outside and there was the sound of firecrackers outside. I inserted a rattle into my clothes, and put a bundle of shredded tobacco on the table in the living room in my hand, walked out the door carefully, and closed the door quietly.

I was bitten by a vicious dog on the back heel of my right foot. Although I had rested for three days, it still affected my walking. I limped and walked towards the ancestral hall. It was still early, and no strangers entered the village on the road.

When we arrived at the ancestral hall, the gate was closed tightly, and the night watchman hadn't gotten up yet. I was not in a hurry, put the tobacco beside me and sat on the side, overlooking the entrance of the stockade.

After waiting for more than half an hour, I heard movement in the ancestral hall. I just walked to the gate of the ancestral hall, knocked hard, and shouted as I knocked: "Uncle dumb, uncle dumb, I'm here to give you shredded tobacco."

Soon, the door opened from the inside. The dumb man stood at the door, grinning and giggling, with a carefree and happy smile on his face, gestures with his hands, leading me into the ancestral hall and sit down.

I remembered that there were 13 old ghosts gathered here that night. Some of them had lingering fears and were unwilling to go in. They just handed the tobacco up: "Uncle Dumb, I... Abba asked me to give you the tobacco, saying that there are many outsiders today, let you take care of me."

The mute nodded, um, yeah, talking, agreed, and then dragged me into the ancestral hall. He is not tall, but he has great strength. I couldn't get rid of it, so I just followed in.

The ancestral hall in broad daylight is transparent and not as dreadful at night. The pictures on the two sides are very different and unique, with unique characteristics. The dumb hummed, pulled a chair to let me sit down first, and ran back into the room by himself.

I remembered that I had knocked my head here a few days ago, and the spiritual position had names written on it, so I got up and walked to the shrine to see clearly what names were written on the spiritual position.

The densely packed spiritual positions were packed with shrines that were not too big, and every wooden sign was painted with black lacquer and wrapped in red cloth, and there was no way to see what words were written in the spiritual position. Only by relying on the nearest spiritual position on the side, you can read part of the text clearly, and the owner should be called "Luo Doudou".

I laughed, and my heart said that the name was really interesting.

When I was looking at it, I only heard a puff, a red snake with staggered red and white stripes protruded from the edge of the shrine. The letter was very long, and tiny fangs could be seen. The head was triangular, which should be a poisonous snake.

I stepped back busy and stepped directly on the chair. The red snake slipped down from the shrine and snaked forward on the floor. It was more than one meter long. I shouted: "Uncle Dumb, there are snakes, there are snakes..."

Holding a handful of candies, the mute ran out of the back room, shouted, the red snake changed its direction, climbed back to the shrine again, and finally hung from a beam.

The dumb is not an ordinary character. Using him to guard the ancestral hall should be unique. When the mute came to me, he called twice at the red basilisk hanging on the eaves, and he could hear that he was reprimanding the red snake.

I said, "Uncle dumb, it's joking with me, don't scold him." The dumb yelled at the red snake, then turned to look at me, and held the candy in both hands and handed it to me.

I shook my head: "Uncle Dumb, I can't eat more candy, it's not good for your teeth." Dumb grunted, a little unhappy. I had to grab three of them: "I only need three, and I can't eat too much. You will eat the rest."

Seeing that I took three of them, the mute smiled again, put the remaining candy in his pocket, peeled one and put it in his mouth. He was very happy. After coming to Heihua Village, I was worried all day long, and the dumb smile really made me relax a lot.

I also tore off a hard candy, holding it in my mouth: "It's so sweet!" The mute jumped up and applauded, laughing again, and I laughed too. I said it was really sweet from the bottom of my heart. These few days have been too bitter and too difficult.

After the mute asked me to eat sweets, he started to cook his own breakfast, and there was a simple kitchen next to the ancestral hall for his use. I waited for him in the ancestral hall, and the red snake hung on the eaves, motionless.

I knew that the red snake was poisonous and didn't move, and sat in a chair obediently. The mute put down the rice noodles, pours the steamed bacon on it, and brought me a bowl.

I asked curiously: "Uncle dumb, the red snake has venomous teeth, aren't you afraid that it will bite you?" The dumb shook his head and shouted at the eaves. The red snake climbed down from the eaves, and finally stopped obediently. At his feet.

I smiled and said, "Uncle Dumb, you are so powerful, you can tame the powerful snakes here. If I were half as powerful as you, it would be fine." Hearing my praise, the dumb jumped over and stretched out his hands. The red snake is human. , Wrapped in his hands.

The mute glanced at me, then shook the red snake in his hand. I was stunned for a moment: "Uncle, are you me to touch the red snake?"

The dumb nodded fiercely, and the other hand gestured, telling me not to worry, the red snake won't bite me.

I hesitated for a while before reaching out and touching the body of the red snake tentatively. Its body is cold, without a trace of temperature. When I touched it, Red Snake's head moved, and the dumb man stretched out his hand and patted its head again.

I couldn't help laughing: "Uncle, people are scared to death when they see snakes. But you treat them so subdued, I really admire you."

Hearing the praise, the dumb raised his head slightly, very happy. The Red Snake took a hit and slipped away unhappily. I had breakfast with the dumb, and heard the sound of firecrackers outside, and the sound of suona rang.

I was a little fidgeting, and said, "Uncle, there are guests coming. Or, let's go and see together. My dad asked me to follow you and stay with me. You have to take good care of me..."

I can't go out alone, I must persuade the dumb to go with me, so that Luo Dajin won't doubt me.

Mute nodded, packed up the dishes, closed the gate of the ancestral hall, and left the ancestral hall with me. The mute was very happy, making gestures along the way, telling me who the house I was passing by, and introduced me to the customs of Heihuazhai. I can only understand about one-third of the content.

Soon, he arrived at Luo Youdao's home. His house is very dilapidated. It is an old-fashioned brick house with many tiles on the roof. A gust of wind may blow the house across.

The mourning hall was built on the open space in front of the ruined house. It used bamboo, pine and cypress branches, and two kinds of home-made cloth, black and white. There were also long elegiac couplets on both sides. Several men in local costumes were playing mourning music in the mourning hall. On the side, there is a kitchen in the world, and the young woman is preparing the dishes to be eaten at the banquet.

In another place where the guests were resting, there were a lot of outsiders who I had never seen before. They dressed up like the people in Heihuazhai. Luo Dajin was among them and talked to them.

Luo Dajin is over there, and I won't go there for the time being. Seeing so many people, the dumb was very excited. In addition to these people, I also worked hard to find Fang Xiaoyuan's figure. Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, I didn't see Fang Xiaoyuan.

I wanted to ask the dumb, but I was afraid he would tell Luo Dajin, so I had to give up. The mute found a chair to sit on, and I had to follow him and sit next to him. When the dumb and I sat there, a few frolicking children in the stockade quietly followed.

A bold boy squeezed a handful of mud, threw it hard, and hit the dumb head directly. The boy also made faces and sang: "Dumb dumb, dumb fool."

After the leading boy sang, he sang along with him: dumb dumb, dumb fool. The children sang and laughed at the dumb, calling him a fool.

The dumb head took a hit, and the whole person almost fell off the chair, and some mud was even on his forehead. The dumb and I stood up at the same time. I stared at them fiercely and yelled, "Uncle dumb, they're scolding you! Let's go and beat them." The dumb touched his forehead, giggled, and didn't get angry at all.

The group of children sang again: Luo Jiu Luo Jiu, fool friends, kill dogs today and kill people tomorrow. The last sentence they sang was satirizing me for killing Luo Youdao's evil dog, and forcing him to hang himself.

I yelled at you, the eighteenth generation of the little turtles and grandson ancestors of your family.