Martial Arts: My Proficiency Panel

A group of people stopped and stopped, walked for about two hours, stopped in the middle to rest for a cup of tea, and finally arrived at a Miao village in the early morning.

The Miao village is built on a small hillside. Although the hillside is not very high, there are cliffs on three sides, and only a very steep path can lead to the hillside.

Easy to defend but difficult to attack, one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it.

Seeing the terrain, this sentence suddenly appeared in Ning Xiu's mind.

This Miao village looks very simple from the outside, it seems that there are only a few bamboo buildings here, but there are hidden secrets.

The gate of the stockade is tall and made of dozens of whole carnations, which is very well built.

On both sides of the gate, there are two simple towers four meters high. On the towers, there are two Miao men wearing Miao clothes and hanging machetes on their waists, guarding them.

Immediately after seeing Ning Xiu and his party, the other party yelled excitedly into the square behind, and soon a large group of Miao people in Miao clothes opened the gate and ran happily to their party outside the gate people, and greet them respectfully.

They communicated in Hmong along the way, but Ning Xiu and Qu Feiyan couldn't understand them, so they just followed along.

Inside the stockade is a small square, where there are some bamboos being processed. The bamboos grow very strong, and the diameter of each tree reaches ten centimeters, or even larger. They are used to make houses or some living things. supplies.

There are five or six bamboo houses on the side of the square. Those bamboo houses are very strong. From the color of the bamboo on them, it can be seen that these bamboo houses have not been built for a long time.

There are also mud and stone houses, as well as wooden houses. However, this Miao village is close to the bamboo sea, so it uses local materials and mostly uses bamboo to build houses.

Although it is simple, it has distinct ethnic characteristics. The empty space below the bamboo houses is usually a place for livestock, and no people live there. The second floor is where people live.

The Miao people who were processing the bamboo in the square gathered around He Hongyao and the others to ask questions. She would occasionally turn around and smile at Ning Xiu and Qu Feiyan, and her people would follow her. look at them.

He Hongyao said: "The two of you are distinguished guests who have come from a long way, and the journey has been exhausting, why don't you go drink some water and rest for a while."

Ning Xiu nodded, and the two followed the guide to a bamboo hut, where someone brought water and some fruits for them to eat.

The fruits were washed clean, and the bowl filled with water had no gaps, so it was thoughtful.

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In the evening, the Miao Village held a grand bonfire dinner for the two of them, with hemp chicken, glutinous rice bacon, smoked wild boar liver, pickled bracken, cured yellow rice, sauced fungus...

Hearty and delicious.

The only downside was that it was too spicy, both Ning Xiu and Qu Feiyan's lips became red and swollen from the heat.

A bonfire was lit at the center of the banquet, and a group of people sat together, hosted by He Hongyao.

Men and women gathered together and laughed happily. Suddenly, Ning Xiu's eyes lit up. A Miao girl sat beside him lightly, and handed him a bowl of mellow rice wine.

One side of water and soil supports one side of people.

The Miao girl's skin is supple and tender, and the frowned brows are like flowing waves, which is not like the water of Miao village.

A floral dress on the upper body, a pleated skirt, a blue floral handkerchief on the head, and embroidered shoes with double noses on the bow.

On the home-woven cloth made of blue texture, flowers, birds, fish and insects are embroidered with five-color threads, which are as bright as the morning glow.

The most eye-catching thing is the dazzling silver ornaments on her body, the exquisite and unique shape on the head crown, and the drop-shaped tassel ornaments on her forehead, which set off her ruddy and white face extremely delicately. When walking, the silver ornaments on her body knocked against each other, The tinkling sound, like twinkling stars, adds a bit of charm.

Another younger Miao girl also came over to toast Ning Xiu with a bowl, with a sweet smile on her face. Under the light of the fire, dazzling rays of light shone, making the graceful Miao girl look like a fairy.

It was only after Ningxiu that I learned about this custom of the Miao nationality. Whenever a distinguished guest comes, the most beautiful girl in the Miao village must come to accompany the drink, and they are proud that the guest can stay at their home. For guests to use, a special sachet is hung on the bedside to show respect.

And Ning Xiu helped He Hongyao and his party, so he was naturally the most honored guest.

A group of men and women sang folk songs, Ningxiu drank rice wine and looked at the beauty at the campfire, the folk songs lingered in his ears, it was very pleasant.

"My younger sister is a flower in the mountains, and my elder brother is a flower picker on the mountain. If my elder brother wants my younger sister to accompany me, my younger sister will bow her head and follow you..."

The young Miao girl was beautiful, and she sang beside Ning Xiu. Ning Xiu didn't understand what she was singing, but her eyes were mellow.

But He Hongyao looked at herself with a smile: "She is singing for you, and she has fallen in love with you. Our Miao family all use folk songs to talk about love. If we like each other, we can sing to each other. If we don't like each other, we can also sing and talk to each other. Clear, no more entanglement."

Ning Xiu put down the wine bowl, shook his head, said that he would leave soon and would not stay here for long, and asked He Hongyao to tell her what he meant.

After hearing that He Hongyao conveyed Ning Xiu's intentions to Xiao Miaonu, she was not disappointed, and still smiled and toasted Ning Xiu.

Can afford it and let it go, these Miaojiang girls are all true temperaments, if you like it, you like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it.

While thinking wildly, a new round of toasting began immediately. Amidst the singing of the girls and boys, Ning Xiu didn't know how many bowls of wine he was downed.

Qu Feiyan drank a little wine at the side, she was a person who would blush when she got a little wine, and she listened to folk songs after eating some food.

In the middle of the banquet, several people brought a bronze drum. The bronze drum with a diameter of about one meter was placed in the middle of the sun terrace under the steps in front of the patriarch's house. Appreciate it on the steps, the patriarch in the village is wearing a brand-new Miao costume, beating the bronze drum majestically.

More than 200 Miao women form two circles around the tall bronze drums, blowing bamboo lutes, singing and dancing. Although their appearance and posture are not as impressive as the two Miao women accompanying the wine, they are all healthy, lively and beautiful. There are two scorching flames hidden in the beautiful eyes, and the layered and colorful rings worn on the wrists and ankles give people a hot feeling.

At this time, they stood there holding their breath and were divided into nine groups. The middle group had the largest number of people and was in a circle shape. The other eight groups centered on the middle group and stretched out like petals, forming a pattern of a flower. Ning Xiu's eyes widened.

"Brother, don't you like to watch?"

The rosiness on Qu Feiyan's face hadn't faded yet, seeing Ning Xiu sitting upright, without changing his expression, he squinted his eyes slightly and asked him.

"I like it. These dances have a unique style, and it is a grand scene with hundreds of people. It is really amazing."

Ning Xiu drank some more rice wine, hiccupped, and continued:

"When the moon is in the sky, with good wine in hand, isn't it a joy? When you get drunk, you get drunk too."

This wine is very soft in the mouth, rich in flavor, but has a strong aftertaste. After drinking so much just now, Ning Xiu is already a little tipsy.

But his consciousness is still clear, he only hopes that he will not do anything strange when he is drunk.

Qu Feiyan looked at Ning Xiu, took another sip of rice wine, and was slightly tipsy.

"Boom boom boom..."

Amidst the cheers, the Miao men beat the big drum with a slow but vigorous rhythm.

The Miao girl moved with the rhythm, raised her legs lightly, waved her arms softly, and made various neat but graceful postures with her slender fingers. The rings on her wrists and ankles kept colliding with her movements, emitting another crisp metal sound. The sound of the impact, and the drums, danced lightly.

The sound of jumping changes from slow to urgent, from slow to sudden.

Nine groups of Hmong girls skillfully interspersed and shifted, their fit bodies vibrating and dancing passionately, and hundreds of people opened and closed like a delicate flower.

That kind of dancing posture full of warmth makes people even reluctant to blink their eyes.

The sound of jumping stopped suddenly, and the applause rang out. All the Miao girls bowed their knees and saluted in all directions, and the applause grew louder.

The moon moves in the sky and the stars twinkle, and the people who drink together are bleary-eyed and extremely happy.

Since Ningxiu and Qu Feiyan entered the land of Shu, they have to travel hard every day, and they have to guard against poisonous insects and beasts, and the place they live in is also very simple.

Singing and dancing today, delicious food and wine, I just feel that the exhaustion of several months has dissipated, and I am very happy.

After the banquet, Ning Xiu was taken to a bamboo hut to sleep.

Just when Ning Xiu was about to wash up and go to sleep, someone knocked on the door suddenly.

He opened the door and saw that the person knocking on the door turned out to be the girl from the Miao family who accompanied the wine at the banquet.

"Brother Han, sister didn't disturb your rest, did she?"

The girl from the Miao family said timidly, her beautiful eyes twinkled a little, so it turned out that she could speak foreign languages, but it was Sichuan dialect, but luckily Ning Xiu could barely understand it.

"No."

Ning Xiu smiled and shook his head, looking at the girl.

"I'll serve you..." Alan, a girl from the Miao family, said like a gnat.

Because the Miao girl has changed her clothes, she is not wearing the Miao girl's attire at the moment, but is dressed in a Han Chinese dress, wearing a light purple skirt, a bright red silk around her waist, and red flowers on her temples. , radiant and bright, like a bride.

Just when Ning Xiu felt weird, she saw her bring a basin of hot water from outside the door.

The girl from the Miao family didn't say much, she put the wooden basin at Ning Xiu's feet, bent down, and said softly, "Brother Lover, ask my younger sister to help you wash."

"good."

Ning Xiu nodded, Master He let such a beautiful, fresh and charming beauty wash his feet, even though he was used to being served by others, he still felt flattered.

It is already very comfortable to immerse your feet in the water, when the Miao girl gently stretched her jade wrists, she carefully helped Ningxiu wash her feet.

Ning Xiu just felt that bare hands and feet were smooth and gentle, although it was not as refreshing as a massage, it was still wonderful.

One more chapter before it goes on the shelves, don't say I'm not mean enough.