Chapter 280 An instant success (two chapters in one)

Under the makeshift thatched pavilion, on a square table, there is a statue of Guan Gong, a loyal and courageous statue in the middle.

Next to Guan Gong are colorful flags floating on tall bamboo poles.

Liu Laozhu dressed up specially today. He was wearing a landlord's cotton hat, his ears were red from the cold, and he was guarding here with a serious look on his face.

When the crowds of people came out, Liu Laozhu looked at the faces of the merchants who came here from south to north, and he was inexplicably excited.

Let alone scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants, there are unsung heroes among all types of people.

Liu Laozhu's heart surged with pride and ambition, and he solemnly handed over the incense candle.

Shopkeepers Lu and Guo took a step forward side by side.

This is called taking one step forward and holding incense in both hands.

He took three more steps forward. The three steps were like three spears. Taoyuan was sworn in with Liu Guanzhang.

The brothers in the two caravans behind them also moved forward in step with the two big shopkeepers.

With public relations in mind, business will succeed.

Then Liu Laozhu shouted with the loudest voice: "Bye!"

The caravan men immediately stretched out their left hands and stretched out their thumbs. The right thumb and four fingers were put together to form a circle, and the left thumb was inserted into the circle.

One bow of righteousness establishes heaven and earth.

Second, be loyal.

After praying three times, you can ask for money and speak.

When Shopkeepers Lu and Shopkeepers Guo paid their third respect, they said loudly: "Blessed Lord Guan, Yi Bo Yuntian, keep my brothers safe and prosperous in the future. I will definitely come here again to pay my respects and thank you!"

After the two of them finished speaking, they followed the brothers and shouted in unison: "Be sincere and seek wealth from justice. I will definitely come here again. I pay my respects and thank you!"

The voices of hundreds of people were heard far away, causing the live fish to flutter twice before being frozen.

The villagers watching in Erdaohe also looked straight at him.

First of all, I want to complain about how Liu Laozhu can pretend to be anything.

Not to mention, he even pretends to be Guan Gong's younger brother lighting incense for others. Catching a chick in your crotch, you can catch it with ease, you can do everything.

Then they sighed, it turns out that worshiping Guan Gong is not like praying to Ma Xian with their hands together.

The south is the Tao, the north is the immortal, and the fox and yellow can't reach Shanhaiguan. The locals only worship the five great immortals.

However, this time we can take the opportunity to learn. If you don't have a deal yet, let's pay homage to Guan Gong when we have time. If there are more than a thousand people who can't shout and make Wangjiagou Village look confused, we will be sorry for our number.

Even Xu Tianxin and Mrs. Xu came out to watch. They were comparing things... for the live broadcast.

However, it would be nice to learn some salutes along the way.

Don't say that you are concerned about public relations, so there is no need to engage in formalism. It doesn't matter whether the action is right or wrong. If the posture is wrong, this thing will be like giving chrysanthemums to someone on Valentine's Day. Is that okay?

Well, even the live broadcast room watched a rare serious worship ceremony.

Some family members were posting comments one after another asking: "Is the power-on ceremony being held?"

"What's the name of the TV series? Which satellite TV broadcasts such a big show?"

Xu Tianxin stepped on the snow and walked to the side, hiding in a place with few people before coughing and saying: "It's called "My Live Broadcast Room Through Ancient and Modern Times". Please look forward to it." After saying this, he laughed.

……

From one o'clock in the afternoon to three thirty, the chimneys of all the houses in the shops were smoking.

Push open the door of any house, and you will be filled with white mist and the fragrance of vegetables.

Firewood has been harvested for three years.

Chicken and fish are being stewed in pots.

Da da da da da, this is the sound of chopping vegetables coming from every house.

Thump, thump, thump, thump, this is the sound of cutting frozen meat.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, this is the sound of chopping dumpling fillings.

While Guan Ertu took a bite and cut off a piece of frozen pear, he frowned and asked the women working in the kitchen: "Is this knife used to cut onions again? There is a smell on the pears. Who is using my knife secretly?" That's what he used to cut off the wound.

"Go, go, go, stand while you are eating frozen pears. How about we chop the green onions? Let me tell you, don't spill the pear juice on the ground. I just finished wiping it."

Lala means dripping on the ground.

Guan Ertu muttered, "I cut garlic before" and walked out.

He didn't dare to mess with those cooks.

Mrs. Xu, with a red cloth wrapped around her head, was walking past a frying pan and checked: "It's ready, take it out of the pan."

The spatula used by Da Fei was too big and he was small. He tied a small bench to each foot and was frying wild vegetables on the small bench: "Where is the pork belly? First stir-fry the meat and get rid of the inside!"

The village woman whose nickname was Wu Belly said: "Emma, ​​I thought you were calling me."

Xu Tianxin looked at Pork Belly Aunt curiously. This aunt also had flowers in her name. She didn't know how she got such a nickname.

Auntie probably noticed it, and while slowly picking up the cold pickled cabbage, she explained: "All the names with flowers have been used, and they are all one generation older than me, such as your milk. It's Auntie's turn. It’s called pork belly.”

"Does my milk have a nickname?"

"Ah, you kid doesn't know this? That's right. No one dares to call you anymore, and you don't like it. Your name is Sister Hua, hahaha..."

She was pinched by her mother-in-law, haha, it seems so heartless to dare to say that while earning a lot of money from the family.

Unexpectedly, Xu Tianxin also chuckled slowly, he couldn't help it anymore.

On the other side of the table, Xiao Yun and Xiao Yun were frying pig intestines. Like Da Fei, they were shouting: "Soy sauce is in the inside, salt is in the inside."

Yes, it seems that they are all apprentices brought out by Mrs. Xu, and they don’t say anything about the unpleasant taste of cooking.

The doors to the two shops of Lao Bai's house had been opened by Liu Laozhu at this time.

The Bai family was celebrating the New Year and had no idea that they had sold their goods. Liu Laozhu and Guan Ertu worked together to help sell a lot of purple-skinned salvia. Although this thing looks like a small tree root, this thing is good for people whose heartbeats are too fast or too slow.

As for where Liu Laozhu found the key to Bai's shop, it was nothing more than those locations.

The countryside is no secret.

Next to the sauce vat, in the firewood pile, in the chicken coop and dog kennel, under the flower pot and the washing tub.

If there is a straw mat at the door that is used to rub the snow and mud on the soles of shoes, commonly known as a foot mat, then look under the foot mat. Then move the bricks at the door and see if there is a key underneath.

If you still don’t have all the above, don’t worry, it’s in the pocket of your neighbor, Mrs. Xu.

Just like that, people can sell goods when the door of the Bai family's house is opened. By the way, the rooms are not enough, and they can also use these empty rooms to rehearse and rehearse programs.

"The sound of the drums is uneven again, brother pole pole, you see my hand gestures are dong dong dong, dong dong dong, eh, my knees are beating, and my body has to move with the drum beat, and jump up..."

There is only one big drum in Erdaohe Village. We are so poor that even this thing has to be purchased slowly.

Fortunately, the three Xu family members went to Xujiazhuang to pay homage to their ancestors. They looked at Xujiazhuang and asked, "Uncle, do we still use those drums, gongs and suonas in our village? If not, please lend them to our village for a few days."

Xu Lizheng thought to himself: You didn't even give me a cake, so why should I lend you something?

But we don’t dare to say no yet. There is someone in Lao Xu’s family who knows Zhen Ting. He rushes to the government office tomorrow for a meeting. He also wants San Youniang to help pass a message and move him to sit in the back.

Yes, when the town pavilion meeting was held, Xujiazhuang Lizheng didn't want to sit next to Liu Laozhu at all. But I want to go to the nook and cranny.

To prevent Zhao Dashan from talking for two hours, he would have to sit in the front row and keep nodding like Liu Laozhu: "Well, that's right, Zhenting is right..." Liu Laozhu would do that. If you come out, you will be embarrassed. But he just wanted to skip the meeting, and he didn't want the town hall to always ask him questions by name. So Erdaohe Village has just collected three drums, six suonas, three gongs, and two allegro.

Isn’t that right? After Liu Laozhu rehearsed the drummer, he started to ask the suona player to play harder:

"Grasshopper, you are such a big boy, why are you so lackluster? You have to blow and move at the same time, eh? Yes, let's make waves!"

When Guan Ertuo and Xu Tianxin pushed the door open and walked in, what they saw was that the young men were like giant fluttering moths. The little space in the Bai family's house was not enough for them to flutter around.

"Come on, little suona player, come down and join your uncles."

Xu Tianxin responded immediately: "Okay!"

Guan Ertu and a group of old men sat cross-legged on the white kang, and pasted red paper edges, green paper edges, and pink paper edges on all the cattail fans collected from every house in the village.

The color faded as soon as I touched it, but I didn't dare to paste it too much, for fear that there wouldn't be enough colored paper.

……

At 3:30 in the afternoon on New Year's Eve, firecrackers were lit in the shop, and the children could finally scream excitedly around the firecrackers openly.

At the same time, the women lined up and entered the room one by one carrying plates of the same size to serve the food.

And for every dish served to each table, they will say auspicious words related to the dish:

"Big chicken stewed with mushrooms, good luck."

"When the cabbage comes out, a hundred wealth will come into the house."

Carrots are wrapped in meat stuffing and steamed in a pot. After steaming, they are poured with juice and shaped like firecrackers. Accompanied by the sound of firecrackers outside, the women bowed their dishes in unison and said: "When the firecrackers go off, there is a thousand taels of gold."

Shopkeepers Lu and Guo immediately stood up with a smile and bowed their hands to the chef, Mrs. Xu, at the door.

Mrs. Xu saw it and waved to them with a smile.

Shopkeepers Lu and Guo faced each other, Liu Laozhu, and all the aunts and girls who were cooking New Year's Eve dinner today. They said, "I have a lot to do today, folks."

"Come on, come on, I have to bring some wine to toast the folks. Everyone in the house is filled with wine. Let's toast to the folks."

The guests of the two caravans responded one after another, using cups for those who had cups, and bowls for those without cups. Everyone smiled and thought to themselves: Those who didn't come and could only eat frozen dumplings in the town, you will regret it.

I do regret it a bit, because I didn’t expect that after three rounds of drinking and the guests talking about brotherhood and homesickness, Erdaohe Village would prepare a program for them.

Mrs. Xu laughed and encouraged the old sisters to calm down and said, "Let's go."

Each big house has to be mixed with performances, because there are not enough chicks to divide the performance prizes and there cannot be more actors.

You go to that room after the performance, and the other group goes to this room after the performance.

Play Allegro:

“Three miles of red, ten miles of fragrant fragrance, there is a big river beside the Erdao River.

Wherever we go to play next year, you can see how I connect them one by one.

Take a look at the small flowers in the mountains and take a look at hundreds of mushrooms.

The scenery on the mountains, rivers and rivers is great, and the boat takes a leisurely stroll in.

Small gourds were planted beside the pavilion, and I felt dizzy after eating and drinking so much.

Sir, what do you want to eat today? Do you want to eat hotpot meat or not?

The favorite of several caravans, he always decides that you should cook faster.

Let’s take a walk through the Grand Canyon…”

The above is Liu Jingdong's hard work. Well, several of his third uncles who sell donkeys help set the pace for him to compile.

In the second big room of the Xu family, they were playing with signs and guesses, but there were some words that the guests didn't understand: "Naohui, means warm. Chronic, muscular. Itchy, scratching."

In Xiyu Xuyu Village, shopkeeper Lu was a little drunk. He actually insisted on performing a show for Erdaohe. He took the bamboo board and said:

"... There is also a treasure chest in the villa, which is his little pharmacy. He has little hair day and night, but he is a kind-hearted person and is really good at his craftsmanship. Not to mention that it can cure all diseases, but it can relieve worries when he wakes up. ...It’s over, I can’t make it up anymore.”

"Okay, that's enough!" Everyone cheered in unison. The red candles and lamp oil illuminated Guan Ertuo's face, and it could be seen that his face was flushed with excitement.

It turns out that he never prescribes expensive medicines to businessmen randomly. He can do scraping, cupping and acupuncture to relieve the discomfort of wind and cold, so he doesn't prescribe medicines to make money. The customers know this.

eight pm.

The whole table insisted on staying behind to wash the dishes, but two pregnant women, Yu Qinniang and Meizhuang, pushed her out and asked her to go out and watch the fun.

What are you looking at?

At this time, on the dam by the river, the guests seemed to have returned to their childhood while they were drunk. Anyway, their faces would be slippery. Here, finally, there is no need to be afraid of someone’s son, husband, or father. There is no need to be afraid of people’s jokes. It’s not solemn, just ask yourself if you want to play.

So a man shouted twice as he was skating on the sloped ice: "Ahhhh..."

The children also took them through the homemade snow house.

The guests were puzzled: "It's really warmer than outside."

After skating, digging into the snow, and trying on the skates worn by teenagers, skating on the ice is not the end.

The shadowy torch shines on the ice.

Under the command of Liu Laozhu, two groups of caravans were engaged in a tug-of-war competition amidst the beating of drums and the cheers of everyone shouting to encourage their respective teams.

I don’t believe it, can it be cold?

Erdaohe didn't dare to get on the dog sledge and run the snow event. He was afraid that the dogs would get angry during the Chinese New Year and drag the guests to nowhere, making it a spontaneous trip.

11pm.

On the opposite side of the river in Wangjiagou Village, many torches were also lit up, and they were looking over here.

Suddenly, in Erdaohe, three big drums and three gongs were beaten at the same time, and six suonas sounded in unison.

Xu Tianxin took the lead in the rural band, playing the suona and twisting his body.

A group of old men and women were holding colorful cattail fans, and they suddenly twisted them out to the sound of music.

Their twisting movements are like transplanting rice seedlings, like they used to swoop at butterflies when they were children.

But because the men have never fluttered at butterflies, they dance like they fluttered at their wives when they were young.

There are also those who perform the Yangko dance like two people wrestling, and those who paddle the boat to pick up corns: "Come on, let's do it together!"

Before the countdown with one cup of tea left, Xu Tianxin adjusted the background music in the live broadcast room to "Sleepless Tonight".

"When joy travels through time and space, stirring up endless passion, dancing gracefully, the moon is sleepless, and love is in heaven and earth..."

After saying goodbye to Muer, there are fireworks every year, and I think of An'an every year. Everyone on the river is looking at Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Xu stood on the big rock, fearing that everyone could not see her clearly in the dark. Not only were there four torches stuck in the snowdrift beside her, but there was also a feather duster stuck on her head.

She conducts a chorus.

Everyone looked at Mr. Xu's gesture and shouted together: "New Year, good health!"

With a bang, the fireworks rose, almost burning Xu Youyin's buttocks. He had never set off fireworks before. He thought it would be slow, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

The background music in the live broadcast room is playing: "Hearts are connected, we stand side by side through wind and rain, and the future is no longer far away. Tonight, there is unlimited joy, and tonight, the sky is full of fireworks."

That's it. This time, every village in the ten miles and eight villages and even the town knew that a high-ranking official was sending Xu Tianxin fireworks.

Twenty-six families scattered in various remote villages also clasped their hands together at the same time.

"I wish you all the best, hehehe, let's eat." Every family showed a smile.

(End of this chapter)

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