Patriarch enjoys meal

The day of Anayi's coming-of-age ceremony happened to be the date when Jiang could go out to collect herbs.

Early in the morning, he hid the nine-tailed fox in the back basket. The nine-tailed fox had grown up a bit. Looking into the back basket from the outside, he could vaguely see a touch of white. Nine-tailed fox was covered by the bunch of red sparrow flowers that had withered.

Even if the sparrow flower withers, it will not lose its good color. It is as red as a red carpet on the white snow.

The coming-of-age ceremony of the patriarch's daughter was watched by the whole tribe, and the arrangement began two days ago.Jiang opened the courtyard door and saw flowers everywhere. On both sides of the high platform in the middle stood two rows of big drums more than one meter wide. The drums were bright red like blood.

It is rare to see colored cloth strips being pulled up beside the table, and some women are hanging bunches of fresh berries with dewdrops on them.

The whole Lingqiang people are immersed in the sweet fragrance of flowers and berries.

Naturally, the coming-of-age ceremonies of Lingqiang girls are not held just for one person, they are all counted together by girls with similar dates.However, it is thanks to Anayi that she can be so grand this time. She is deeply loved by her father and brother, and she is the little princess of the entire Lingqiang tribe. Only she can proudly say that this is her coming-of-age ceremony.

Today the other girls are her foils.

Seeing Jiang push out the door, the others greeted him with smiles.Everyone knows that today is the day when he went to the mountains to collect herbs, or perhaps it is precisely because of this that the patriarch chose today for this year's coming-of-age ceremony.

The whole clan knew that Anayi liked ginger, and they also knew that the patriarch would never agree.

No one invited Jiang to take a day off to visit the most grand annual ceremony of the Lingqiang tribe. Obviously he is the wizard of this tribe, and he should be responsible for all the sacrificial ceremonies of the tribe.

There was no disappointment on Jiang's face. He carefully chose a road with few people on his back to go up the mountain with the Nine-Tailed Fox on his back. Soon, the lively tribe was left behind by him.

"He may be a fake wizard, and this Lingqiang tribe is completely marginalizing him!" Zhou already looked at the same face as his own, inexplicably upset.

Tao Jiang said: "Indeed, their attitude does not respect the wizard, but they are willing to send food on weekdays, as if they are afraid that he will be hungry, and..."

Tao Jiang's feelings towards the Lingqiang people are not good, and he can even be said to be disgusted. This emotion is inexplicable, and he can't figure out why.

After entering the mountain, Jiang held the nine-tailed fox in his arms, and let the eight fluffy tail petals wrap around his neck and arms like a flower core.

He didn't come out today to collect herbs, he could hold Fuzzy and have fun in the mountains for a day, and just pick some herbs to make up for it before going back.

There is a gentle slope on the mountainside. The soil is not deep and there are no trees growing, but it is full of vanilla and wildflowers. The location is also good, facing the Lingqiang people. From here, you can overlook the entire tribe.

Jiang sat on the grass and let go of the sticky fox in his arms. It didn't leave, but curled up beside him, wrapping its tail softly around him.

Zhou Jiran was very interested in the coming-of-age ceremony of the Lingqiang people, so he dragged Tao Jiang to lie on the edge of the hillside and look down.

If the distance is too far, it can only be seen roughly, but there is nothing to lose.

After waiting for a long time, it was almost noon before hearing the dull "dong dong" sound. Several big drums were beating at the same time, and the sound could spread throughout the Lingqiang people, and the momentum was very loud.

The ceremony finally began.

The scene below is very wild and arrogant. A few girls in red dresses kneel respectfully on the high platform, and the whole clan gathers around below, dancing with all their might. The movements are very wild and unrestrained. The drum beats are also messy, without any rhythm.

Zhou already was shocked by this scene like a cult gathering: "Demons dancing..."

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like what a normal ceremony should look like. First, there is no sacrifice to the sky, second, to the earth, and third, there is no sacrifice to ghosts and gods. They jumped up for no reason, and they don't understand their process.

Obviously there are wizards but they don't use them, so they have to mess around on their own. Don't you know that every line is like a mountain?

The 'dance' over there didn't mean to end for a while. Zhou had watched it for a while without interest. When he turned around, he saw Jiang wearing a small and delicate wreath on the furry head of the nine-tailed fox.

The Nine-Tailed Fox let him do it, and only raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him. The fresh and fragrant flowers were no match for the watery color in its eyes.

Tsk, I've been single for a long time, even a fox looks pretty!

Zhou Jiran also became interested. To weave a garland, there were many flower branches scattered around Jiang. Obviously no one could see him, but he quietly walked around behind Jiang in a very artificial way, stretched out his claws and quickly picked up a flower, and then another. …

After collecting a small bunch he went off to fiddle with himself.

Tao Jiang also looked at it interestingly, the flowers on the branches fell to the ground, and when the wreath took shape, there was only a broken circle left. He has known Zhou Ji for so long, and he has never seen such a frustrated and bitter hand.

The coming-of-age ceremony of the Lingqiang people will last for a day. During the day, the elders of the clan mainly weave hair for the girls and perform various songs and dances. After the bonfire is lit in the evening, it is a bit like a blind date meeting.

This is why not only the protagonists of the ceremony, but also many single men and women in the clan are looking forward to this day.

Until the bonfire was lit at the bottom of the mountain, Zhou Weiran's wreath still didn't make a shape.

"Tao Jiang!" Zhou Jiran shouted suddenly.

Tao Jiang turned his head in response, and something warm and soft brushed his cheek and landed on his ear.

Beauty wearing flowers is indeed very pleasing to the eye.

Zhou Jiran laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth: "I've never seen this flower before, and it should have disappeared in later generations."

After he finished speaking, he suppressed his laughter, looked up and down in a serious manner, and said seriously: "It suits you too."

Tao Jiang was stunned for a few seconds, raised her hand to remove the flower beside her ear, looked down, and saw that it was a small snow-white flower with double petals, with a faint red layer at the tip of the petals, like the bright color on the shy and timid cheeks of a beauty.

Tao Jiang was a little at a loss holding the flowers, this kind of molesting behavior Zhou Jiran did frankly, he was stupefied, and unexpectedly responded to the beauty's reaction after being molested.

It's just that this reaction was like a young beauty who met Dengtuzi for the first time, and Dengtuzi Zhou felt a little pity (?) inexplicably, and quickly changed the subject: "It seems that the hairpin flower session is coming! Anayi's dream-shattering moment."

The weather is fine today, and the sunset in the evening is extremely beautiful. It would be great to get a flower from your sweetheart at such a beautiful time.

Anayi knelt on the high platform, with the corner of her mouth pursing the gentle smile she had practiced for several days, but her eyes hurriedly glanced at the crowd under the high platform, and she never saw Jiang's figure.

Could it be that the red sparrow flower was not picked?

Today's ceremony was arranged according to Anayi's preferences, bunches of red tongues can be seen everywhere.The sparrow flower that I liked very much in the past now looks inexplicably irritating!Why is it so red!

The person who arranged the ceremony must have taken all the flowers behind the tribe, Jiang had no choice but to look elsewhere!

The hairpin flowers are about to come, Anayi is anxious and angry.

What is anxious is that Jiang will not be able to catch up with him to give him hairpins.

There are many things to be angry about.It's not good where the Qi people go to pick flowers, but they go to the back of the tribe to pick flowers... I don't know how to leave some for those who need it.Annoyed that Jiang didn't know how to adapt, did he think that she would really not pick up other flowers?In the end, she even got angry with herself, so why did she tell him that she wanted red sparrow flowers that day!

Any flower, as long as he is the one who comes!

Some of the girls around her are from their lovers, and some are from their parents, brothers and sisters. Once the bright flowers are braided, it means that the most beautiful and fragrant period in her life has begun.

In the end, only Anayi was left on the high platform.

The patriarch stood in front of Anayi with a delicate red tongue, looking lovingly at his most beloved little daughter: "Anayi, you are the pearl of the Lingqiang clan!"

Whether she wants it or not, Anayi can only bow her head to accept her father's hairpin. After the flower puts on her braid, the long-silent drumbeat will be played again. The men and women under the high platform are singing and dancing around the bonfire. Tonight, the Lingqiang people will have a carnival.

God, it's finally dark.

Jiang hugged the Nine-Tailed Fox, who was nestled in his arms and refused to go into the basket, and coaxed him softly for a long time. The Nine-Tailed Fox put its head on his shoulder and neck like a child, and one person and one fox actually started talking to each other. .

Jiang: "Be good, good fox. We have to go back when it gets dark. There are monsters eating foxes in the mountains at night!"

Nine-Tailed Fox: "Hey..."

Jiang: "You are obedient, we will come out to play next time, and I will weave you a more beautiful garland next time, okay?"

Nine-Tailed Fox: "Hey..."

Jiang: "... Be obedient, I will hug you to sleep tonight?"

The nine-tailed fox jumped off the ground and got into the back basket, and whispered as if urging him to move faster: "Hey!"

ginger:......

Randomly pulled a few flowers and plants and put them in the back basket to make a show, and then Jiang went down the mountain with the back basket on his back.

Zhou, who watched the whole process from the sidelines, said: "It is no longer our big boss with red claws! It is now a scheming spirit!"

"Whispering?" Tao Jiang was a little puzzled.

"Whispering all day, I don't know if Jiang really understands." Zhou Jiran felt a little bit of hatred for iron, "I don't practice it every day... well, it hasn't practiced before. , but it actually doesn’t go hunting, and enjoys eating wild vegetable soup every day... How can it become a powerful nine-tailed fox! No, it’s not even a nine-tailed fox now, it’s an eight-tailed fox!”

Tao Jiang couldn't understand Zhou Jiran's indignation when he saw the talented academic bully degenerate into a scumbag waiting to die: "The Qingqiu nine-tailed fox is born with nine tails, and its tail will recover soon without training. Bar."

Zhou Jiran asked suspiciously, "How do you know?"

"..." Tao Jiang's heart skipped a beat when he was asked, and he didn't know that this idea just appeared in his mind suddenly, "...Intuition."

......

The Lingqiang people were all reveling, and no one noticed that the door of the nearby yard opened and closed. Jiang was relieved after closing the shed door.

The nine-tailed fox jumped out of the basket and went directly to Jiang's bed, lying on it without making a sound, but his eyes moved with Jiang's movements, quietly waiting for Jiang to fulfill his promise on the mountain, looking extremely well-behaved.

Stared at by such focused eyes, Jiang raised his hands in surrender after a while: "Okay, I won't lie to you, come after cleaning."

In the end, Jiang also took the nine-tailed fox down and washed it with four hair jiojio.

One person and one fox cuddled together, falling asleep amidst the lively voices outside.

In the middle of the night, Zhou was already lying on a long board drying medicinal herbs in the corner of the room. He heard a familiar roar of a beast in a daze. He tugged on Tao Jiang's sleeve beside him: "Tao Jiang...what's that sound... ...."

Tao Jiang didn't even open his eyes, thinking that he was disturbed by the noise outside, so he stretched out his hands to cover his ears.

Zhou Weiran's consciousness struggled for a second, and soon succumbed to the warmth of Tao Jiang's palm, and fell asleep again.

The nine-tailed fox nestled in Jiang's arms over there flinched, and froze for a moment, and then wrapped its eight fluffy tails tightly around Jiang's waist.

Jiang did not forget to comfort the frightened little beast in his sleep. After rubbing it gently a few times, the fox in his arms became comfortable and soft again.

The celebration outside is not over yet, they will continue to revel until the sun rises.