The young bug catcher of the elves is as steady as an old dog

"The Japanese group is really getting more and more arrogant in China. It seems like they are going to take some action. Forget it. As long as it doesn't affect Baishi Village, don't worry about it for now."

After taking one last look at the direction in which the Japanese group left, Wang Qing returned to the compound of the old Wang family.

The old man of the Xia family was already drunk and sleeping soundly, and it seemed that he had already fallen asleep.

The Dionysian Old Man Wang and the Big Sting Bee Little Bee were drinking and singing. It seemed that Little Bee was no match at all, while Wang Xiaobing and Xia Lingjun were playing games in the room.

Wang Qing shook his head slightly, disappeared into the night again, and began to practice himself.

…

Two days passed quickly. On May 10th, Wang Qing's engagement ceremony began.

Wang Qing originally thought that this ceremony was just a show, for the parents of the two parties to meet and discuss it, but found that both Wang Yaozu and Xia Jianguo were very serious about it.

In short, the engagement ceremony is very complicated.

The first thing was to worship the ancestors. In the early morning of that day, Old Man Wang took brother and sister Wang Qing and Xia Lingjun to the Wang family cemetery in the back hill of Baishi Village.

In fact, it is better to call it a grave than a cemetery.

There are hundreds of large and small tombs in the old Wang family. Some of the tombs in the distance have been flattened by the passage of time, and there are some broken bluestones. They seem to be the tombstones of the ancestors of the Wang family. Unfortunately, they have been damaged. Even Old Man Wang is not there.

Know which ancestor these graves correspond to.

The closest ones are the tombstones of the great ancestor Wang Guangzong, great-grandfather and Wang Qing's father.

Although the great ancestor Wang Guangzong did not always maintain his identity as a trainer, he was a capable ancestor after all. It was also from Wang Guangzong that the family situation of the old Wang family began to improve, and all descendants have a tombstone.

There is an empty space in front of Wang Qing's father's grave, which is the space that old man Wang left for himself.

Old Man Wang first paid homage to each tomb, then took out an ancient book and read out some strange songs, which sounded related to Baishi Village or the Kunshan ruins.

After the song is recited, there is a regular sacrifice.

Worship the ancestors, pray for blessings, and ask the ancestors to bless their marriage happily.

After paying homage to the Wang family's grave, Wang Qing and others, led by Xia Jianguo, also came to the Xia family's grave.

Compared to the Wang family's cemetery where countless generations have been here, the Xia family's cemetery only has a few isolated tombs and tombstones. The Xia family is just an outsider in Baishi Village, and there are only a few generations of cemetery here.

Xia Jianguo looked at the cemetery of his ancestors and sighed deeply: "I originally thought that I could be buried here when I die, but unfortunately the second child in the family has already chosen a place for me. In fact, it is better here."

Xia Jiaguo kowtowed several times, followed by Wang Qing and Xia Lingjun.

Wang Xiaobing secretly stuck out her tongue behind Old Man Wang, and then was knocked on the head by Old Man Wang.

When Wang Qing and others returned to Wang's house, Aunt Zhang, who had been waiting for a long time next door, had already appeared and set off a bunch of firecrackers.

After that, many people from the village showed up.

The village elder Zhang Tou served as a witness and declared the engagement ceremony effective.

Wang Qing didn't know why the engagement ceremony in a small village was so complicated.

Wang Qing and Xia Lingjun also danced the Pipi dance, which was a somewhat embarrassing and shameful dance. Wang Qing had seen similar murals deep in the ruins of the Kunshan Underground Palace.

Wang Qing didn't know what the meaning of this dance was, but it was said that after dancing, he would gain happiness, so Wang Qing just danced for the time being.

After that, Wang Qing exchanged engagement rings with Xia Lingjun.

Xia Lingjun blushed and took out the silver ring she had prepared at some point, which fit perfectly with Wang Qing's finger. Old Wang handed him the silver ring his mother had worn, and then Wang Qing put the ring on Xia Lingjun's hand.

hands.

Afterwards, under the blessings of everyone and the angry eyes of Wang Xiaobing, Xia Lingjun walked towards him, her lips touched lightly, and then they parted quickly.

Xia Lingyun's cheeks turned red with embarrassment, and then she hugged one of his arms.

The village chief, Old Man Zhang, brought an old-fashioned camera, and Old Man Wang said he wanted to keep it as a souvenir.

Under Old Man Wang's urging, Wang Qing released his giant mantis and big wolf dog, and Xia Lingjun also released several of his elves.

Wang Qing, Xia Lingjun, the two old men plus Wang Xiaobing took a group photo with a few elves.

The engagement ceremony is full of various rituals.

Wang Qing felt that there was an invisible chain entwining him and Xia Lingyun.

Especially after Wang Qing got the photo, this feeling became extremely strong in Wang Qing's heart.

Because in the photo, Wang Qing not only saw the elves on his face, but also the two elves in the dark appeared vaguely in the corners of the photo.

Gengar Black disguises himself as a shadow, and Butterfly Green disguises himself as sunlight shining into the house.

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In short, the engagement ceremony of Old Wang's family lasted for most of a day and finally ended. The folks in and outside the village gave enough respect, half to Old Wang and half to Xia Jianguo, who has the status of a trainer.

Xia Jianguo left by car that afternoon, while Xia Lingjun stayed directly at Wang Qing's home.

It was during the engagement process that Wang Qing learned that there was a similar custom of child brides in Baishi Village. After the engagement, the woman could live in the man's home to adapt to how to take care of her husband after marriage.

It's just that you can't kill anyone before you get officially married, otherwise the offspring will definitely have a bad life.

The guest room where Xia Lingjun lived was changed and became the room diagonally opposite to Wang Qing's, which would also be their future wedding room.

Late at night, after getting engaged, Wang Qing stayed in his room thinking about the future for the first time in a long time, instead of training immediately.

While Wang Qing was thinking, slight footsteps appeared, and Xia Lingjun opened his door and walked in.

"Wang Qing, does this ring have any meaning?" Xia Lingjun stretched out her left hand and showed the ring on her ring finger in front of Wang Qing.

The silver ring had a simple pattern, and Wang Qing vaguely remembered that his mother once wore this ring.

Wang Qing remembered that he had played with this ring when he was a child. At that time, he thought it was a silver ring, but Old Man Wang told him that it was a platinum ring. It was very expensive and he must not pass it on to his daughter-in-law in the future.

lost.

Later, Xiao Wang Qing was worried that he would lose the treasure at home, so he gave the ring back to Mr. Wang for safekeeping.

Wang Qing held Xia Lingjun's bare hand and carefully looked at the ring on her ring finger. The latter's cheeks turned red again. Wang Qing touched the pattern on the ring and said, "It should be platinum. Don't sell it or get it."

lost……"

Following Wang Qing's words, Xia Lingjun once again looked at her fiancé with a resentful look on her face. As long as she was thinking in her right mind, she would definitely take care of such an important engagement ring...