Chapter 52 The flag is dancing (1)

After returning home, Le Lang enshrined the turtle he had found in front of the sacred table, lit three sticks of incense and bowed before taking Shen Min back to ask for the turtle, while Sanlang was left in the house with the old Taoist.

Play together.

When he returned to the house, he saw a scene that left him speechless. Sanlang and Lao Dao were sitting in the corridor, each holding a turtle foot and eating. It looked like they were eating quite deliciously.

Who are they, Le Lang thought to himself.

As a rule, after the turtle came back, it had to be kept at home for a day before it could be eaten, but... now... thinking about it, the gods should not be as knowledgeable as a little kid and an old man. Le Lang thought helplessly in his heart, he might as well just do it himself

He also went up and pulled off a tortoise's foot, then sat on a stone under the eaves and started biting it, looking quite helpless.

I looked at Lao Dao, who was eating the turtle and drinking water at the same time, looking very happy. Then I looked at Sanlang, biting the elastic turtle feet in small bites. Sandian, Xiaoxiong, Baiqiu and the others were lying next to them, laughing.

Zhidi, looking extremely greedy, made Le Lang speechless.

It was getting late, and Lelang and the old Taoist brought Sanlang to the front of the temple. The old Taoist would not miss this kind of liveliness. When they arrived at the temple, there were already many people gathered, and everyone was holding a Baojia lantern in their hands. The name of the lantern

Baojia means keeping the family safe. I used to use torches, but after the woods caught fire one time, I stopped using them and changed them to Baojia lanterns.

After a while, people in the village will gather in front of the temple, hugging the statue of Kaiji Patriarch, and walk along the stream past Lelang's house, around several hills, around the village and back to the temple again.

This is to commemorate the difficulty of our ancestors coming to this place to open up wasteland and the great achievements of their ancestors, and to show the gratitude of future generations to their ancestors.

There is a big taboo on going up the mountain, that is, women are not allowed to go up the mountain. This is not only a blasphemy to the gods, but also indirectly shows that there are no men in Xiaoxi Village, so women have to rely on women to go up the mountain. I remember one year, some women felt

Out of curiosity, I followed the crowd up the mountain. That year, there was heavy rain, which forced the annual Sheri Festival to be stopped. Later, when the villagers found out, they were very angry and condemned the woman who followed them.

From then on, no woman dared to go up the mountain again.

It was getting dark, and everyone lit up Baojia lanterns. The clusters of lights were as bright as the stars in the sky. The twenty-four heads of the family invited the statues to the chairs and sedans, and the old people worshiped and carried them to the temple.

Walk up the mountain.

Under the dark night sky, two stout men were carrying a huge gong. The person next to them was holding a thick gong mallet and beating the gong to clear the way in front. The huge gong sound resounded throughout the fields. Xiaoxiao ducked, birds and animals

He walked away in shock, and all the demons and monsters disappeared. Behind him were the gods on chairs and sedans carried by the twenty-four heads, and behind them were a group of people holding Baojia lanterns. The endless lights were like a fire dragon walking through the village.

Wherever I passed, firecrackers were going off and fireworks were flying, making it very lively.

Lelang stood at the entrance of the temple, looking at the long line of lights going away, and sighed. He couldn't go up the mountain if he wanted to dance the big flag. Thinking about walking among them with lights, firecrackers and fireworks were blasting on both sides, and fireworks flashed from time to time in the sky.

Thinking about such a scene makes people's blood boil, let alone being in it.

Looking at the envious look on Sanlang's face, Lelang comforted him and touched his head. It's better to be older. He's so small. He might get lost in the jungle if he's not careful. He took another look at the man who was going away.

Lantern took Sanlang into the temple. Lao Qi, Lao Liu, Naruto and Shen Min were already recharging their energy inside, waiting for the performance later.

Each of them is wearing a white short-sleeved top, with the words "Cunhoutang" engraved on the left chest. This is the name of the martial arts hall in the village. The martial arts hall is next to Dayu Temple and is specially used to teach villagers to practice martial arts.

A place for lion dance.

Shenmin and the others wore white short-sleeved tops, black trousers, black cloth shoes, and a red ribbon around their waists. They looked very smart. Lelang also wore the same clothes that the village issued every year.

"Shenmin, where are your wife and the others?" Lelang asked Shenmin.

With this excitement, almost everyone in the village came. At some point, a row of thousands of electric lights had been lit around the square in front of the temple, illuminating the surrounding area as if it were daytime. Stands were erected on the left and right.

The stands were already crowded with a dark crowd, and even the stage was filled with a lot of actors and children watching the show.

"Well, isn't it over there? With Cai Shaoqing and the others." Shen Min pointed to the crowd sitting on the stage and said. Lelang took a look and saw that his wife and Lao Liu Lao Qi's wives were among them.

"Ask her to help take care of Saburo, otherwise she won't have time later."

"Sanlang, let's go over there with grandpa. Grandpa will give you delicious food." As soon as Lelang finished speaking, the old Taoist suddenly appeared behind him and said.

The old man was sitting in the stands on the left. There were some old people there, as well as some distinguished guests invited by the village. The annual Community Day is very grand for Xiaoxi Village, so every year the village invites some highly respected people or people from surrounding villages.

People from there came to participate.

"I want to be here with Uncle Alang." Sanlang shouted after hearing what the old man said.

"Sanlang, go over there with Grandpa Tao. There is delicious food there, and uncle Alang will be very busy later and won't be able to take care of Sanlang." Le Lang said, touching Sanlang's head.

"It doesn't matter, Sanlang will take care of himself." Sanlang said to Lelang confidently, holding out his belly.

"Uh..." After listening to Saburo's words, Le Lang couldn't help scratching his head, but he turned his eyes and said to him: "There will be a lot of people later, and then, if you are not careful, Uncle A Lang will

I can't find Sanlang, what should I do? Sanlang and Grandpa Lao Dao go over there, and Uncle Alang will come to find Sanlang after he finishes his work, okay?"

"Well..." Sanlang hesitated for a long time and finally agreed to follow the old man.

Lelang finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing it. At this time, A Cong and Monkey came over.

"Why are you here now?" Seeing A Cong and Monkey, Le Lang asked them.

"Something has delayed me." A Cong explained. When he saw Shen Min and others sitting in the temple, he walked over to say hello to them.

"Come on, there won't be any seats at this late hour. You can just stand here. You can see better from here. After we finish dancing the flag, we can go to my house for a drink together." Shen Min pointed to a corner of the corridor at the entrance of the temple.

Say it to him.

"There's no need to drink. I guess you have a lot of guests today, so let's go to Alona."

"Well, you might as well go to his place."

"Alang, it's time."

In addition to Le Lang and the others, there were also a bunch of old people playing gongs and drums and a lion dance team from the village. The man named Le Lang was one of the lion dancers. The time he was talking about was that the team carrying the gods up the mountain was about to finish.

When they came down the mountain, their group held up a big flag, and the lion dancers and gong and drum players went to the foot of the mountain to greet them.

Le Lang did not dare to delay after hearing this. He talked to Acong and the others again, walked to the temple, pulled out the flag from the stone pier where the flag was placed, walked out of the temple, and led the way. Behind Le Lang was a
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