When Ruxue and I arrived at the village, after a ten-hour trek through the mountains and forests, it was almost 5 p.m., close to dinner time. (You can find this site)

Unlike the previous village, at this time, I saw that no one in this village had any intention of lighting a fire to cook, and some children shouted that they were hungry, and they were directly slapped back by adults.

I'm trying to find a place to spend the night, this kind of thing is always not good for girls to come forward, just wanted to come forward to talk, but found that a villager came from the entrance of the village, shouting as he walked: "Someone from the village has come to distribute food, go to get food, hurry up, it's too late to get it." ”

What do you mean? People from the stockade to distribute food? Ling Ruxue and I glanced at each other, and both of them had the same meaning, that is, to take a look.

With the shouting of the villagers, the village that was still lifeless just now suddenly became boiling, and the people who were originally lazy suddenly came alive, and the nearest one to me was a villager who was playing cards and gambling, he heard this shout, and the cards were not played, and he threw it directly, and stood up and roared: "I said that it was time to distribute grain, and Lao Tzu was going to cook a pound of meat and bones to gnaw today, and have a good time." ”

As he spoke, I noticed that he was swallowing desperately, and then he was running towards the entrance of a village, and people were also going in that direction, probably to distribute food there.

Ling Ruxue and I almost tacitly followed that person, this village is weird, the villagers don't pay much attention to people, we follow, presumably he won't care.

The more I walked to the entrance of the village, the more people there were, and I couldn't imagine that there were as many as 12,000 people in such a poor village, and it was estimated that there were more than that, and they were all gathered around the entrance of the village, waiting to receive the so-called food.

Ling Ruxue and I were mixed in the crowd, and no one paid attention to us, but because there were too many crowds around, I couldn't see the situation inside, I took Hui Gen'er, and just wanted to say to Ling Ruxue, let's find a higher place and see what's going on inside?

But I didn't want the villager who just said that he wanted to gnaw a pound of meat and bones to stop me, he asked me: "Brother, from outside?" ”

I looked at him in surprise, and his accent was not a Xiangxi accent at all, but a pure Northern Jiangsu dialect, because Uncle Wang and I had wandered over there and heard the accent over there.

However, the water in these villages is very deep, and I can feel it myself without Ling Ruxue's reminder, so I don't want to cause trouble and inquire more about anything before everything is clear. So he just nodded and said, "Well, I just came from outside." ”

"Then give Gen'er a cigarette?" The man looked at me and grinned and began to beg for a cigarette, the same black and yellow teeth, which reminded me of the Shun.

I didn't say much, I handed him a cigarette, he greedily put it on his nose and sniffed it again, then looked at me and said, "Anyway, you still have a pack, give me a few more." ”

People here are like that? I was a little speechless, took out the cigarette, and poured half a pack to him, not that I was reluctant to give more, but I found that some villagers around me had noticed this, to be exact, I noticed the smoke, I didn't want to be too eye-catching.

The man took the cigarette, lit one beautifully, took a big puff, and then said, "Don't think I'm thick-skinned, in a few years, you will be like this." You are a man, and after you die, you will be a good man again twenty years later. Pity this flower-like, delicate girl. ”

What he said was naturally Ling Ruxue, I said lightly, he was very calm on the surface, but there were turbulent waves in his heart, because I listened to the meaning of his words, as if he was not a local at all, and he didn't live here at all before.

I heard him speak with a northern Jiangsu accent before, and I wondered if there were people from northern Jiangsu among his parents, but now it seems that he is a northern Jiangsu himself.

Seeing that I looked noncommittal, this person was still more energetic, and said: "Lao Tzu has seen the world, when he is outside, he is no worse than you eat and wear" But speaking of this, he looked quite scared, glanced at me, and saw that I was still calm, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Forget it, anyway, after a while, you will be like this, you should be Lao Tzu bragging." ”

I laughed and didn't answer, but I firmly believed in this matter, this villager is not an aborigine, and even many villagers are not aborigines, I thought they were lazy and indifferent, and they were indifferent when they saw us, and it seems that there is something else hidden in this matter.

That is, there may not be a shortage of visitors to this village! Judging from the scruples of this man from northern Jiangsu, who talked too much, they must have received some warnings.

But what can I do? All I can do now is try to be as calm as possible, because I can't fix anything right now.

People who have the same thoughts as me naturally have Ling Ruxue, and she also looks calm, but she is standing next to me, and I can clearly feel that when she heard that person say that it is a few years, and you are the same, her body trembled.

Maybe she's less calm than me in this matter!

I pulled Ling Ruxue out of the crowd, and then whispered to her: "Otherwise, let's follow these people to the village today, let's see what they are doing first, and distribute food, very compassionate." ”

Ling Ruxue calmly asked me, "Is this considered compassion?" ”

I was silent, but she didn't object to us going to see what the people in the village were doing, let me walk in front, and took her to find a higher place, and after standing still, Ling Ruxue said to me: "Let's live in this village tonight, for Heiyan Miao Village, rashly follow their people into the village, but it is a big taboo, we don't need to provoke them." ”

I really didn't know that there was such a rule, it seems that it is good to have a 'knowledgeable' person by your side, originally it was only an eight-point danger, but if it becomes a nine-point danger because of your rashness, it really can't be drawn.

But what are the people in this village taboo? I glanced at Ling Ruxue, and she said casually, "Don't ask me, I don't know." Most of our Miao people's villages have taboos, each has its own differences, I can't know the reason for each one, let alone the village of Heiyan Miao Village. ”

Fortunately, I believe that if we travel all the way like this, passing through two villages that belong to them, the people of Heiyan Miao Village may not know that we are coming.

Let's see what tricks they want to play, as far as I know, Ling Ruxue said that she would come to this village every five years, and they shouldn't tear their faces, right? As long as I don't tear my face, I'm happy to pretend to be confused, what kind of imprints, bloodline moths, I pretend not to know.

Only in this way can there be room for maneuver.

At that moment, we no longer speak, but just stand on this vantage point and look at the crowd below, because we stand tall, our eyes can easily penetrate the crowd and see the situation in the crowd.

The most conspicuous in the crowd were ten ox carts, full of things, seven of which contained one burlap bag after another, which, judging from the open pockets, contained a large number of potatoes, and a small number of pockets of different colors containing rice.

As for the other three ox carts, there were some animal carcasses piled on them, deer, pigs, sheep, and some beef.

These ten ox carts were driven here by more than a dozen men in black Miao clothes, and these men could feel that they were very strong from a distance, and in the face of the villagers surrounding them, their high-minded and disdainful looks were very obvious.

Or rather, they don't want to hide it at all.

"What are you doing around? You pigs, hurry up and line up, uncle, I finished my errands, and hurried back to the village, close to the place where you pigs live, I can feel a smell, I don't want to stay for more than a minute. A man who seemed to be the leader of those Miao people shouted loudly at these villagers. The words were full of insults, but the villagers stood numbly as if they hadn't heard.

At this time, there were even people who came out to take the initiative to maintain order and let people line up, and I noticed that the person who maintained order was the villager who entered the village and shouted for food.

Although the place where Ling Ruyue and I stood was high, because there were too many villagers, there were still some villagers nearby, and I clearly heard someone whispering: "This Ma Wei is patting his ass again, do you want to share an extra pound of meat?" ”

"Yes, every time he wants to distribute food, he waits at the entrance of the village, informs him, and helps those uncles maintain order, isn't it just meat? I think I'm spineless, but his daughter," said the villager, and the villager was silent.

I suddenly felt that they were not completely spineless, but they were very scared, and they were afraid to suppress something.