Flowers are expensive

Chapter 62 Who Carries the Golden Bell 1
When Tian Yisheng was reciting the sacrificial oration, many little girls below were bumping into each other, raising their eyelids to sneak a glance at him from time to time.Jin Xiu who was standing in front was staring at him with a blushing face.If Jin Hui hadn't glared at her twice, I'm afraid she would have clapped her hands excitedly.

Lihua glanced at the little aunt beside her. The other little girls were busy flirting with Tian Yisheng, but she just lowered her head and fiddled with the horsetail grass in her hand, as if she didn't take Tian Yisheng seriously, she was quite calm.

"What are you making up?" Lihua leaned over and asked softly.

"Rabbit." Mo Xiang said with a smile.

"What a clever hand! I can see the rabbit's ears, and make one for me later?"

"Fourth aunt, what do you want?"

"Can you make up the twelve zodiac signs?"

"Yeah." Li Hua stuck out her tongue and said, "Amazing! I can't see that you are still a handicraft expert!"

"What is this? Yutao and Qiaozhen can do it!"

"Teach me another day? I'll make it up for my son in the future!" Suddenly, Tian Yisheng, who was reciting the sacrificial oration, stopped and looked up at Moxiang and Xiangcao, frowning slightly, showing a slight dissatisfaction.Man Ting hastily stretched out his hand to straighten Li Hua's head, and whispered: "Be honest, don't ask your mother to scold you again."

Lihua and Moxiang looked at each other and smiled, then leaned softly on Manting's arm.Man Ting squinted at her, and two words came out of his throat: "Tired?"

"Yeah." Lihua leaned against him as if she had no bones.

"Didn't you run very vigorously up the mountain just now?"

"Tired from running, carry me down the mountain, Xie Manting..." Li Hua said coquettishly.

"Don't count on it, who told you to run so fast." Man Ting pursed his lips and smiled, he had expected this.Lihua's physical strength is not good enough, who can know better than him?

"I'm so tired, my legs are sore..." Li Hua continued to chat with Man Ting.

"no……"

"I love you, Xie Manting, carry me..." Lihua continued to act coquettishly in a low voice.

Man Ting almost laughed out loud, but fortunately he has strong self-control, and his heart is used to being hit by the numbing and sensational words like pear blossom.Although I am used to it, every time I listen to it, I feel very sweet in my heart.

Suddenly, Mo Xiang next to him burst out laughing.Who made Ren Moxiang not used to it?This voice interrupted Tian Yisheng's serious reading very discordantly, causing Tian Yisheng to stop his mouth again, and raised his eyes to look at Mo Xiang with his brows furrowed. His eyes were as cold as ever, but with a hint of questioning: I Is it hard to read?
Everyone turned to look at Moxiang curiously and dissatisfied.Jin Hui was dissatisfied with Xie's family because of the cooking just now, so he just looked for an opportunity to make trouble, so he asked loudly: "Xie Moxiang, what's the matter with you? Now everyone is sincerely worshiping the mountain god, my son. What are you laughing at? Are you bewitched? Yi Sheng painstakingly wrote the sacrificial oration, and read it out himself, what are you doing? Why don't you come and read it?" Mo Xiang blushed slightly, and slowly weaved the straw in her hand. Rabbit hides behind.Who knew, standing behind her was Juan'er who had fought with her last time.

Juan'er glanced down at the thing, snatched it from Mo Xiang's hand, held it up very proudly and said, "Where is she listening to the sacrificial oration? She is playing with straw weaving!" She stared at Tian Yisheng with a smile, It seemed that he was not answering Jin Hui's words, but complaining to Tian Yisheng.Tian Yisheng's cold eyes darkened a lot in an instant.

"It's disgusting!" Mo Xiang quickly turned around and snatched the straw rabbit back, stuffing it into her sleeve.

"Don't you hate it?" Juan'er yelled at Mo Xiang confidently, "Everyone is listening to Brother Yi Sheng reading the sacrificial oration, but you are playing straw weaving here, laughing like a madman and making trouble, you hate it !"

"I can't understand what he is reading, and it's useless to listen to him!"

The audience fell silent for a moment, dozens of pairs of eyes stared at Mo Xiang bulgingly, and her little face was flushed like an overripe apple.After all, she is a girl. Although she has the inheritance of Mrs. Xie's boldness and courage, she is still old and cannot stand the doubts and blames of such eyes.The words just now came out because she was in a moment of anxiety. Although it was from her heart, she herself realized that it was a bit abrupt when she said it.

"Mo Xiang!" Zhen Shi who was standing in front turned her head and stared at her, "What nonsense are you talking about? You are not allowed to speak anymore, do you hear me?" A reluctant syllable: "Oh."

"What's the matter, you Xie family?" Jin Hui took the opportunity to scold again, "Is this the first time for Moxiang to participate in the worship ceremony? The older the girl's family is, the more unruly she is? Yi Sheng took time out of his busy schedule to prepare this You have spent a lot of time reading the sacrificial oration here, do you think it is easy? Are you not afraid of offending Yi Sheng, or Zique Mountain God?"

"I'm sorry, Yi Sheng," Man Cheng hurriedly apologized, "Mo Xiang didn't do it on purpose, she won't bother you to read anymore, you can continue!"

"If you want to say I'm sorry, should Mo Xiang say it?" Jin Hui still wanted to make things difficult for Mo Xiang, "She's not a child anymore, how polite is a 15-year-old girl? Anyway, Yi Sheng is also a scholar , isn't there something wrong with her accompanying me?"

"That's right, that's right," Zhen nodded hurriedly and said, "I should let Mo Xiang accompany me." After she finished speaking, she turned her head and tugged on Mo Xiang's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Hurry up, everyone is staring at you! You are always yelling at me!" You have to work hard, your son is scared out of his wits now?" Mo Xiang was also very cute when she pouted, like a red apple that was pissed off.She rolled her eyelids,
Looking towards Tian Yisheng, he happened to collide with Tian Yisheng's cold gaze.The two stared at each other, neither of them intending to look away first.

One is cold and the other is angry, as if they have pushed other people out of sight and are planning to fight to the death with their eyes.Zhen Shi suddenly called out to Mo Xiang softly, and then she looked away, wondering if she should apologize to this dead guy?If I really apologize, if I meet again in the future, this damn guy will definitely look down on me even more!If I don't apologize, my mother will definitely strangle me to death first!

"Hey, Mo Xiang, what's going on? The whole village is waiting for you!" Jin Hui suppressed the complacency and amusedness in his heart, and urged impatiently, "Who do you think you are? The good time of worship has been delayed, and the mountain god blamed it, do you bear it?"

Everyone began to complain quietly.Mo Xiang had no choice but to clear her throat, looked at Tian Yisheng and said, "I'm sorry, Master Xiucai." This tone didn't sound like an apology, but more like a sarcasm.

"Hey, if you apologize, just say it well. How do you sound like someone forced you?" Even Jin Hui could hear it. Tian Yisheng is so smart, how could he not hear it?
"I've already apologized, what else can I do?" Mo Xiang couldn't hold back her temper, and couldn't help complaining.

"Oh, you girl really delay people..."

"Xie Moxiang," Tian Yisheng, who hadn't spoken for a long time, interrupted Jin Hui, and asked in a cold tone, "I read it, but you don't understand, do you?"

Mo Xiang rolled her eyes, and said a word: "Yes—" She also deliberately prolonged her tone, showing her dissatisfaction.

"Should I read it all over again?"

The atmosphere was a bit wrong again, it sounded like Tian Yisheng was provoking.Jin Hui hurriedly smiled flatteringly and said, "Don't bother with her, just keep reading, as long as the mountain god can understand."

Tian Yisheng ignored Jin Hui, looked at Mo Xiang and asked again: "Don't dare to answer?"

Even ghosts could tell that this was a provocation.Mo Xiang's uncontrollable anger suddenly flared up again, and she said, "I can't understand you if you read it ten times! It's not like everyone has read as many books as you, and is still a scholar." .What you read must be understood by others, right? That's right, that's right, I just don't understand, and I haven't studied, and I can't write, okay, Tian Yisheng?"

The atmosphere turned from something wrong to solidified in an instant. After all, no one in the village dared to speak to Tian Yisheng like that.Although he is not a prince, he is the only scholar here.He has been reciting the sacrificial oration for three or four years, but no one has ever dared to raise such a question, and Mo Xiang is really the first.

Lihua couldn't help laughing, and secretly gave Moxiang a thumbs up.Man Ting squeezed her hand, gently moved it to her side, and whispered: "Still laughing? Be quiet." This movement made Jin Ling'er next to her want to jump and curse.But apart from her, everyone's eyes were still on Moxiang and Tian Yisheng.

The little girls who admired Tian Yisheng cast contempt and disgust at Moxiang, how could they say that about their beloved brother Yisheng?Everyone wanted to beat Mo Xiang up!Zhenshi and Mrs. Xie kept giving Mo Xiang winks, telling her not to contradict her anymore.Didn't Jin Hui, the one who made trouble, take the opportunity to curry favor with Tian Yisheng?
He hurriedly said: "Yi Sheng, don't be as knowledgeable as Mo Xiang, she has that kind of temper, it's too rude to ask Xie's family to teach you later! If she can understand the sacrificial text you wrote, it would be strange! Then she can also be a scholar! Okay, let's continue and ignore her!"

There were a few cold lights in Tian Yisheng's cold eyes, which made Jin Hui feel a little worried.He looked down at the sacrificial rite in his hand, turned around suddenly and threw it into the pile of burning paper money beside him, and said indifferently: "Since you can't understand this rite, the mountain god can understand it, so why bother to read it again?" It’s better to burn it directly to the mountain god, let him take a look at it slowly!” After he finished speaking, he turned and went straight back to the team, standing beside his grandparents.

Everyone peeked at Tian Yisheng in a little panic, even Jin Hui was a little at a loss.After a few seconds of embarrassment and whispering, Jin Hui had to brace the scene and continue the ceremony.

Mo Xiang couldn't help taking a peek at Tian Yisheng who was standing in front of her on the left, wondering if the damn guy was showing me his face?If I offend you, I will offend you, hmph, it's not like I haven't offended you!Next time I meet you alone, I have to beat you up to relieve my anger!
The rest is just burning incense, adding wax, and burning paper money to make a bow. It is no different from worshiping a grave, but it is more grandiose. Who would let the whole village form a group to worship?

After the sacrifice, each family went down the mountain with their own dishes, and it was time to prepare for the noon dinner.After the crowd dispersed, Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Zhen scolded Mo Xiang, and then walked towards Tian Yisheng.All they said was sorry or something.Mo Xiang looked at Tian Yisheng's indifferent face from afar, and really wanted to kick him down the mountain, what an attitude!
After a few words, Tian Yisheng helped his grandmother to go down the mountain.Aunt Xie came back and said to Mo Xiang: "Fortunately, Yi Sheng is generous and doesn't care about you. Next time, don't contradict him like this again, do you understand?"

"Yes..." Mo Xiang answered while lowering her head and playing with the straw weaving.

"What's wrong with you? Yi Sheng didn't mess with you. Do you have the guts to talk to him like that? During the holidays, he was kind enough to write couplets for our family! You said you couldn't understand the sacrificial text, listen to it." What's the use of knowing? If you can understand Yi Sheng's knowledge, it would be really weird!"

"Yes……"

"also……"

Mrs. Xie hadn't finished her words when Jin Ling'er's scream suddenly came from ahead.She quickly raised her head and asked, "What's the matter? Did you fall again? Man Sheng, how did you carry the golden bell on your back?"

Jin Ling'er really wanted to find a hole in the ground right now!She shook off Man Sheng's hand that wanted to pull her up, blushing slightly and staring at this useless man, didn't she just carry her back up the mountain?Now his son couldn't even stand upright when he carried her on his back?Useless things!

(End of this chapter)