Finest Servant

Unexpectedly, the yamen officials who were entrenched on Jinzhai Mountain Road suddenly and quietly extinguished their torches, and they didn't know what the hell was going on. Lin Wanrong let out a hey, a cold light flashed in his eyes, but he didn't answer.

"Yilian, Yilian!" A young Mido with a hatchet came down from the village, calling around.

It was the Miao boy named Kunshan, Yilian stood up and said hello: "Brother Kunshan, we are here!"

Kun Shan quickly walked over, looked at Lin Wanrong standing next to Yilian with a smile, and couldn't help snorting angrily: "Yilian, the people in the government office have retreated, Uncle Buyi asked me to call you!"

"Going back?!" Yi Lian frowned and said in puzzlement, "Brother A Ling beat Wu to death, how could the government leave just like that?!"

Kun Shan shook his head: "The man surnamed Wu didn't die, but his face was smashed to pieces, and he passed out. Uncle woke him up and sent him back to the officer!"

"He's not dead?!" Yilian's face turned red. She and Dad are both Miao doctors, so you should be able to tell if you're dead or alive. It's a pity that things happened suddenly at that time, and she was so flustered that she was only concerned with running away with brother A Ling, but forgot about it. Seeing Lin Wanrong's grinning face, the girl glared suddenly: "Do you also know that the one surnamed Wu is not dead?"

"No, absolutely not!" Lin Wanrong waved his hands anxiously, got along with this Miao girl for a while, and got to know her temperament a little bit, this girl is a strong master: "When I start, just hit Happy, who cares about his life!"

Yi Lian hummed, and said with a charming smile: "That's good. Father is calling us, Brother A Lin, let's go home soon!"

She pulled Lin Wanrong and was about to leave, but Kun Shan hurriedly stopped in front of her: "Eilian, Uncle only told me to call you, but never mentioned the Hua family!"

The young man had a deep estrangement from Lin Wanrong, and stared at him extremely unkindly. The girl couldn't help but frowned: "Brother Kunshan, what are you talking about? Is this how our Miao village treats guests? Is it necessary to let you Uncle Da Dewang knows about it. He will beat you up and run away all over the mountain again!"

Kun Shan was too afraid to speak, as if he was extremely frightened. The girl smiled and comforted: "Brother Kunshan, don't worry, I won't tell Uncle Dewang. But don't make things difficult for Brother A Lin, he is a good man and has never harmed our Miao Village! Do you think so?"

Obviously, the young people of the Miao family are not Yilian's opponent at all. Being comforted by her few words, she was obedient and did not dare to say any more. Lin Wanrong looked at it and smiled. This Miao girl looks weak, but she is also a pungent character in Yingyuewu.

The stilted building of Buyi’s father’s house is in the middle of the cottage. Large wooden piles are erected according to the slope of the hillside, and a two-story wooden building is built on the piles.

The roof is double sloped. The uppermost floor stores grain and sundries, while the downstairs on the stilts piles up sundries and raises livestock.

Over the years, the government has levied a lot of miscellaneous taxes, and the Miao family's captive livestock have long been sold out. The sundry room where grain is stored on the roof is also empty. Buyi and several other Miao old men had been waiting at the door for a long time. Seeing Lin Wanrong approaching, he rushed forward to greet him and said, "Yingyuewu welcomes distinguished guests from afar!"

This is the custom of the Miao Village. Whenever distinguished guests from afar come, all the people in the village, old and young, will welcome them together. Chickens and sheep will be slaughtered, and the elders will toast and sing songs to show respect. It's just that the situation is special tonight, the government came to harass her, and her life is in danger, so Yilian took A Lingge and rushed into the cottage directly, and all the forms were naturally kept simple.

Lin Wanrong hurriedly clasped his fists together: "Where, where, Papa Buyi and all the uncles are too polite!"

"Third Brother!" Side stood behind the elders in Miao Village, waving to him. Yi Lian looked at him apologetically: "Brother Ah Lin, I only found this one of your two friends, and the other one is gone!"

Lin Wanrong hurriedly said haha: "It's okay, that brother Gao went to the mountain to watch, and he will come to us in a few days, don't worry!"

Following Buyi's father into the stilted building, although the house is simple and shabby, it is tidy, clean and tidy. A handsome Miao woman brought clean water in a bamboo basin with a branch inserted in the middle, and bowed down in front of Lin Wanrong. .

"Mother!" Yi Lian hurriedly stood beside her, pointed at Lin Wanrong and said a few words. The mother looked at the distinguished guest, and then whispered something in her daughter's ear, not knowing what she said. Yilian's expression became anxious, she hurriedly pointed at him, and chirped a few words, and her grandmother's expression improved.

The mother and daughter talked in Miao language, and Lin Wanrong couldn't understand a word, but their eyes kept looking at him, which made him feel uncomfortable for a while.

He didn't understand any of the rules of the Miao Village. Aunt Yilian brought clean water and put it in front of her. She didn't know what it meant. Could it be that she told me to wash my face? What is this branch used for, as a towel? He hesitated for a long time, and finally took a handful of water, and was about to splash it on his face, Yilian stopped him with a giggle: "Brother Aling, this is the custom of our Miao family to 'go to dust', which is specially welcome to come from afar It’s a place for guests, not a place to wash your face.”

She picked up the branch, dipped it in a few drops of water, and brushed it on his body, meaning "remove the dust". Only then did Lin Wanrong come to his senses, his face blushed, and he hurriedly imitated her, splashing a few drops of water on his body.

Seeing the clumsy appearance of the Hua family, the people in the Miao village couldn't help laughing. Standing beside him, Yi Lian couldn't stop laughing. The embarrassment in Lin Wanrong's heart was incomparable. After finally "removing the dust", he sat down on the seat. Father Buyi thanked him: "Guest, today you took the initiative to fight the injustice for our Miao Village. The whole Yingyuewu is grateful!"

"Where is that, Mr. Lin is reckless, and almost caused a disaster to the cottage, I am really ashamed!" Lin Wanrong clasped his fists and sighed.

He shot so hard that he almost chopped the man surnamed Wu alive. It is true that he caused disaster. Yilian looked at his self-blaming expression and hurriedly said: "Father, those officials have no reason, how could they retreat?" gone?"

Buyi looks so thin and thin, he doesn't look like a mountain or dew, but it goes without saying that he can become the owner of the Hongmiao village in Yingyuewu, he is shrewd, capable and sophisticated. Father Buyi glanced at Lin Wanrong, and nodded meaningfully: "There should be a nobleman to help you! Guest, don't you think so?!"? ! I'm not sure! ".Rong had the cheek to play haha.

Buyi smiled and said: "Yilian, mother, what are you still doing in a daze? The distinguished guest is coming. Where is our sake, serve it quickly!"

The mother groaned, glanced at her daughter, then at her husband, but she dared not move. Bou Yi glared at her: "What's wrong?!"

Yi Lian said "Ah", clutching the bamboo tube in her hand, blushing, and hurriedly lowered her head: "Daddy. I. I—"

Lin Wanrong was taken aback. When she saw the embroidered tube, she suddenly realized that the sake that Yilian sent up the mountain was stolen from her father, and now he has already gulped it down, so where is there any more?

This little sister! He was so moved that he couldn't be more moved, he hurriedly stood up and put Yi Lian behind him: "You're welcome, Dad. I'm not thirsty at all!"

Seeing the bamboo tube in her daughter's hand and her blushing cheeks hidden behind the Hua family, Buyi was stunned for a long time, then suddenly shook his head and sighed: Why are you not thirsty, you have already drunk it! !

The old man was silent for a long time, didn't say anything, just looked at him, as if he wanted to see through him.

Lin Wanrong couldn't stand his vicious gaze. Hastily said: "That's right. Father Buyi, how long will it take to walk from our place to Biluowu of Wulian Peak?!"

"Take the nearest mountain road. Although it's a bit steep, it's only four or five days away." Father Buyi glanced at him: "Guest, you are going to Wulian Peak to participate in the Huashan Festival, right?"

Lin Wanrong had the nerve to say that she was going on a blind date with the holy aunt, and hurriedly laughed: "Where, where, I just went to see it!"

The elder of the Miao nationality nodded and said: "It's just right, Miduo and Michai in our village are going to go, there are dozens of people, why don't you go on the road together! On the third day of September, there are only a few days left, and tomorrow morning Time to go."

Lin Wanrong was a headless fly in the Xuzhou Mansion, and was worried that he could not find his way. Hearing that so many people went together, he hit his heart and nodded with joy.

"Guest, you beat the county magistrate's son today." Buyi frowned, "Wearing this fancy dress to walk with us is really eye-catching. If you don't mind, why don't you change into a Miao costume and go on the road."

Put on a seedling outfit? What a great idea! Lin Wanrong slapped his hands and said with a smile, "Well, I'll be Mido of the Miao family too! Daddy, Kun Shan, you should take care of me more!"

In this era, the Miao people have been oppressed for a long time and their social status is extremely low. How can ordinary Chinese people wear Miao clothes and pretend to be Miao people? But Lin Wanrong didn't have this kind of thought in his heart. Hundreds of ethnic groups in Dahua live in harmony, and we are all brothers and sisters. How can we divide people into different classes because of the differences between Yi and Chinese?

It was unexpected that he promised so readily. Yilian was overjoyed, Buyi smiled, but Kun Shan stared and snorted.

The father glanced at his daughter: "Girl, are you going this time?!"

"I, I don't know!" Yilian lowered her head, turned around and ran away.

Buyi snorted, looked at Lin Wanrong and said, "Then it's settled, it's getting late, please rest first."

According to the rules of the Miao village, there is a big banquet to welcome the distant guests, but firstly, Yingyuewu is too poor to open the pot, and secondly, the old man Buyi is angry, so this most important step is simply skipped and arranged directly. The guest has gone to sleep.

In the two-story attic, Buyi's family lives downstairs, and the upstairs is reserved for guests. The room was quiet and tidy, and the mattress was spread out on the warm hay, which was very comfortable.

Thinking of leaving for Wulian Peak early in the morning, Lin Wanrong was so excited and anxious that he couldn't sleep, so he simply opened the door and came out.

Diaojiaolou is built on the mountain, and you can step onto the hillside by lifting your feet on the top floor. The cold moonlight falls on the forest and the ground, making it cool.

"Brother Aling!" A soft voice came from behind him, and he turned his head. Yi Lian was holding a set of Miao family's men's clothes in her hands, and looked at him with a smile.

"It's Yilian!" Lin Wanrong smiled and said, "It's so late, why haven't you slept yet?!"

The girl shook her head: "Tomorrow I have to leave early, and my mother has to pack a lot of things for me! These are my father's clothes. If you don't mind wearing them, just wear them and see if they fit?"

The clothes were neatly folded and weighed properly, and there was still some fragrance of wormwood, Lin Wanrong was taken aback, what are the clothes of Bou Yi's father? He is so thin, can I wear it on the ground? It's just that the reality is far from what he imagined, the clothes seemed to be brand new, when he put them on, they were neither too big nor too small, neither too long nor too short, just right.

Yilian seemed to be able to see through his surprise, and couldn't help laughing: "This is my father's clothes when he was young! Let me tell you, my father was very handsome when he was young. He is as tall as you, and he is as tall as you when he smiles." He is just as good-looking, Michai in Jiuxiang and Shibawu all like him—"

No way, Lin Wanrong was dumbfounded, looking at Buyi's dry and thin appearance today, could it be that he was as suave and chic as I am today? The contrast is too great!

"So, Dad Bou Yi is still a heartthrob?" He nodded with a smile, and turned around triumphantly. Looking at himself in the Miao clothes: "Then how did your mother conquer your father?!"

He used the word conquer. Immediately asked the girl to chuckle. But he was right by mistake. It turns out that many Miao people are monogamous small families, and most of the property is inherited by men, but the housewife enjoys high power and status in the family, and there are many examples of Hedong lions.

Yi Lian looked at him in Miao clothes, and giggled softly: "My mother was also a handsome Michai who was famous in Baili back then, and the folk songs she sang could attract all birds to pay homage! When Dad heard her singing, he He stopped doing any work, stopped making firewood, stopped boating, and didn't even eat food. He hid behind her stilted building and listened to her singing. Once, he hid for three days and three nights without going down the mountain! My mother found him and looked at him pitifully. So she gave him a bowl of millet rice! Unexpectedly, after my father finished his meal, he lingered and hid on the mountain without moving. My mother had no choice but to eat every meal. Bring him food. And then—"

Lin Wanrong laughed out loud, the love affair of the Miao family is really wonderful, the simplest and most romantic.

He just put on the Miao clothes, and he was so novel.

Fumbled around, his eyes fell to his waist. Immediately wondered: "Hey, this waist!"

Yilian said softly: "It's very unique, but you have to be careful!"

"Be careful? Be careful of what?" Lin Wanrong's eyes widened.

The girl smiled shyly: "This is called a jade belt. According to the customs of our Miao family, if a man and a woman both like it, they will give each other a belt as a token of love! So, this jade belt. You have to give it to your favorite friend! Others Mi Guai gave you a jade belt, if you don’t like it, then you must not accept it!”

It turned out to be the case. There are so many rules in the Miao family, if you don't pay attention, you will make an own mistake! Lin Wanrong wiped the sweat from his forehead: "So, you have a jade belt on your clothes?"

Elaine nodded. A few touches of bright red floated on his face. Carefully arranged the clothes for him, and looked at him silently for a while. Only then smiled and said: "No wonder my mother said that my father looks the best in this dress. I only understand now! This dress was only worn once when my father got married!"

"No way?!" Lin Wanrong was startled, and hurriedly took off his clothes, and Yilian hurriedly stopped him: "What are you doing?!"

Lin Wanrong hurriedly waved his hands: "Eilian, you can't do this, it's killing me!"

The girl shook her head: "These are the best clothes in our cottage. I begged my mother for a long time before she was willing to take them out! If you don't wear them, I don't know what clothes to find for you!"

"This, this—" Brother Aling was dumbfounded.

Yi Lian laughed and said, "Brother Aling, do you know what my mother said when she saw you for the first time?!"

The two of them muttered in Miao language for a long time, and only the devil knew what to say. Seeing him shaking his head, the girl giggled and said: "She said, looking at your face, you can tell that you are the most scheming Hua family man. Be deceived by you!"

Brother Ah Ling is sweating, it's dripping down! This grandmother who sings folk songs really has piercing eyes, and she is accurate in judging people.

"I told my mother, it's not like that, you are a good person, I know it in my heart! I told my mother about you, and my mother said, it would be even more serious, you Huajialang, you can eat people She doesn't spit out the bones, but it frightens her, cluck—"

The girl leaned forward and backward with a smile, Lin Wanrong scratched her ears and cheeks, why did the old mother think of me so badly, what cannibalism does not spit out bones, am I such a bad person? Elaine and I have nothing, very pure friendship!

Seeing his sad face, Yi Lian finally stopped laughing: "Brother Ah Ling, don't worry, this dress has been kept under the box for many years! Ever since my father wore it once when he got married, my mother never allowed him to wear it again." wore!"

"Why?!" He froze.

"Grandmother said that she was afraid that Daddy would hook up with other Michai after wearing this dress!"

ah? ! Lin Wanrong is dumbfounded, is Papa Buyi really so charming? ! The Miao family is really interesting. He laughed happily: "If this is the case, then I will put on whatever I say!"

Yilian said lightly: "Then you can only wear it once!"

Hanging up the hatchet, she walked back and forth a few steps, showing off her might, and she really had the aura of a Miao family, the girl nodded with a smile.

Lin Wanrong suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Yilian, Dad Buyi asked you if you would go to the Huashan Festival. How can you say you don't know? Didn't you tell me you were going?!"

Yilian's cheeks turned red: "Usually, my father forced me to marry, and drove me to the Huashan Festival. I have never been there! I didn't plan to go this time. It's just that you don't have any guides, Brother Aling, so I will go." Take a look!"

It turns out that like me, I just went to "take a look"! Lin Wanrong said oh, and said mysteriously: "I understand, you must have someone you like in the village, so you don't want to go to the Huashan Festival! Well, Kunshan is a good guy, he matches you very well!"

"Kunshan?" The girl shook her head and said, "Why did you get involved with Brother Kunshan? I grew up with him when I was young, and he is like my own brother. You are the only one who can make wild guesses! Brother Aling, If I want to like someone, he must be like my father, different!"

Papa Buyi has really become an idol! Lin Wanrong laughed out loud. The more I get along with the Miao family, the more I feel their loveliness.

The cottage is lonely, the moonlight is like water, and the breeze blows leisurely, making people feel refreshed. The peace and tranquility of the mind that can be felt here cannot be given elsewhere.

Lin Wanrong was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Yilian, you are Bailing from Miao Township, can you teach me to sing folk songs?!"

Yi Lian blinked: "You want to learn to sing? Oh, I understand. After all, you still have to go to the Huashan Festival to sing antiphonally! Brother Aling, you are really interested in our Miao Township. ?! You want to learn to sing for her?!"

"I'm serious to tell you again, my favorite Michai is the saint—look, don't you believe it again?!"

You are so serious! Yi Lian covered her lips and giggled non-stop: "This is also the person you like? Who doesn't like the holy aunt in Miduo in the whole Miao Township?! Okay, okay, if you want to learn from me, I will teach you, don't look for so many Reason! But others start learning at the age of six, and now that you have grown up so much, I can't guarantee how well you will teach!"

He grinned: "It's as long as I put my heart into it, I guess the saint didn't expect me to be able to sing like a lark!"

"It's true that you keep talking about the holy lady!" Yilian muttered in a low voice, and jumped up angrily: "I want to learn to sing, please go early tomorrow! I'm leaving!"

She left as soon as she said, with quick steps, and the sound of the floor kicking, Lin Wanrong shook her head helplessly, feeling quite funny.

Foggy, the mountains and waters have long been hidden in the night, making it difficult to see clearly. Tomorrow morning, I'm leaving for Wulian Peak, and I'm close to Sister An! What is she doing in such a beautiful night?