Luo Li and Su Chuo or Lu Pianpian were perfunctory for a while, then returned to the house and took out a booklet under the pillow.

When I opened the booklet, there were several records marked with marks and highlights.

"…Cai Quan'er was dissatisfied with her and moved to another relationship, which prompted her brother to marry into her family..."

"…Xue Bingyu is shameless and becomes pregnant with a monk..."

"…City God Xuanqian wants to take me as his concubine..."

“…Mom was taken away…”

“…Xue Bingyu has divorced brother…”

“…Brother will blackmail my brother three thousand taels of silver…”

“…Xuanqian sent ghosts…”

Looking at these records, her bright little face became more and more gloomy, her delicate little mouth like a red diamond was pursed tightly, and her pink and white fists were slowly clenched.

Then, she took out her small brush and wrote: "March 1998..."

Having written this, I looked up at the door, frowned, and crossed the record again.

"…This woman is not allowed to be kept on paper..."

"You can't let her find abnormalities."

"But Su Chuo is Su Chuo, Lu Pianpian is Lu Pianpian..."

The cardamom girl came to the yard again and looked at Su Chuo who was drying clothes in the sun. Feng Qingyun smiled lightly:

"Sister Su Chuo, I forgot to remind you that you shouldn't actually be running your clothes today."

"Hey." Su Chuo looked back and smiled, gently tugging at her hair, "Why is this?"

"Because..." Luo Li looked up at the cloudless sky, "It's good today, it will probably rain."

Su Chuo suddenly remembered that today was the day when the Luo family asked the Dragon God to take the stage to rain.

…………

"It's starting! The Luo family class is going to start!"

At noon, the village jockeys shouted.

The entire Gujing Village knew that the Luo Family Team, who had lived in the village for six or seven days, finally took the stage to entertain the gods on a great day.

On the stage beside the Wang Family Ancestral Hall in the village, a divine case has been set up, and seven incense burners have been lit, and the entire stage is surrounded by smoke.

A temporary divine banner made by the Luo family troupe was inserted around the stage, making the stage divine case surrounded by smoke more solemn.

The seven actors from the Luo family troupe have prepared costumes, props, masks for Nuo opera, ox horns and iron rings for the sword.

"Sacrifice of the Dragon God" is the most common Nuo opera.

So it is mysterious and ethereal to be expressed.

A cloud chariot dressed in a donkey cart parked in the ancestral hall.

The donkey blindfolded his eyes, wore a sea beast mask, had lime painted on it, and painted with strange patterns.

The cloud chariot like a paper shed is also painted with colorful cloud patterns, with copper bells hanging, and built-in incense tables.

According to the script of Nuo Opera, this "cloud chariot" from the world of the world will carry the ancient and mysterious Dragon God to the world to watch the dance, and then happily go down to the clouds and rain.

Luo Ning wore a hideous Dragon God mask and, under the service of the two children Xiguaner and Luguaner, wore a coarse cloth robe with dragon scales.

Each scale is painted with cloud patterns.

It was obviously a coarse cloth-revised costume, but because Luo Ning personally supervised it, it was very decent.

Suddenly, "Dragon God" climbed onto the "Cloud Chariot" with the support of two small supporting roles wearing shrimp crowns and sat upright.

Two small supporting characters, wearing silver masks, stood beside the "Cloud Chariot" and presented the sea patrol trident modified with a hunting fork.

“Woo woo…”

"Dingding..."

The unique sounds of the Niu opera, such as the ox horn and the sword, were heard, and the mysterious and strange atmosphere around the stage became even more intense.

It is clearly in broad daylight, but it is terrifying.

Just look at the dark ancestral hall, the "Dragon God" sitting upright on the "Cloud Chariot" appears and is faintly visible in the storm of smoke...

You know everything is ready.

The protagonist, supporting role, and eight actors of the Luo family are all in place. Although there are too few people, they can still perform one.

Luo Li, the Su brother and sister, and Li Dingguo, came to the stage early, with four pairs of eyes staring at the stage with bright eyes.

The Su brothers and sisters even brought two pots of wine. Su Chuo's alcohol addiction came as soon as he talked about it. Since he had to watch the show, he had to prepare.

The villagers also came with their families in groups of three or three.

The opera stages in the village are all set in empty places in the village, such as hamlets, beside ancestral halls, cemeteries, and land temples.

This is also to entertain ghosts and gods during social dramas, and it means that the people and ghosts and gods enjoy watching the drama together.

Often, at this time, the lonely ghosts will be happy.

After lunch, almost a thousand villagers came nearby, crowded. The inside and outside of the several ancestral halls were crowded.

There was a crowd of people, bustling, and noisy.

The villagers haven't been so lively for a long time.

The children squeezed into the crowd like loaches, and they were unable to defend themselves.

The second-rate old bachelors in the village were not ashamed, and they were laughing and jokingly squeezed into the pile of big girls and little wives, which was startled and scolded.

Even the elderly and slapped their chests laughed and scolded and spat shyly.

But many people know in their hearts that today is about suffering and happiness!

I am happy for a moment, and when will I starve to death!

I don’t know how many people will become refugees in the second half of the year.

If it doesn’t rain yet, I will have another apologetic year this year and I can’t pay taxes, so I can only go to famine and evade taxes.

The performance has not officially started at this time, and the villagers have greeted each other and complained.

"The Luo family team was invited by each of us from seven copper coins, and they also provide food. It was said that the gods were asking the Dragon Prince to rain, but could they really ask for rain? Dead horses are treated as live horses!"

"By the way! The Dragon Prince is very busy! As for me, it is just lively and lively, poor and lively! It's lively and the scene ends in tears."

"Oh, my brother is right. The town invited the Wang family troupe to perform. I went to watch it. The Wang family troupe had a lot of people and the singing scene was big, and Bao Yin also gave a lot."

"Did you sing well? OK! I sang it all day, but the Dragon Prince didn't give him any face? I didn't have to!"

"The town spent thirty taels of silver! I can't ask for a teardrop from the Dragon Prince!"

Everyone frowned and sucked the cold air like toothache, and their moods were much weaker when watching the show.

Many villagers with a dove-shaped face shook their heads and sighed, and were filled with sorrow.

They seemed to see the situation of having their families out to escape famine and becoming refugees.

Dead on the road and cannot return home.

Killed by robbers and harmed by demons and monsters.

Dragon Prince, please give me a rain.

The crops in the fields are about to die.

Is it useless to invite the opera troupe to entertain the gods? It’s just a waste of money. The Dragon King doesn’t appreciate his face, and the actor will still not rain when he sings.

Forget it, I spent all the copper coins, just think that everyone is spending a bowl of rice to buy a lively event. These actors who make money by the world are also pitiful.

"Let's watch the show first. The stage of the Luo family troupe is really a bit sensual, in the smoke and fog."

"That's right. The Luo family's class has few people and the headmaster is young, but it's really decent."

Just as everyone was turning their eyes to the stage and talking, a gong suddenly sounded.

The official starts!

"Woo--"

"Ding Ding--"

The sound of Niujiao and Si Dao sounded, and at the same time, a long and ethereal sound as if it was a soul-suming sound:

"Please-Dragon-God-I'll!"

This soul-suming voice immediately attracted everyone's attention, and more than a thousand people suddenly became quiet.

Immediately afterwards, the farmer played by Alu and Aji appeared on the smoky stage wearing a mask of frowning face and wrinkled face.

"Please-Dragon-God-I'll!"

The two of them had a long voice and were full of sadness. The masks they wore also gave people a kind of sad mystery.
To be continued...