Chapter 1623 Festival 1
"Golden-headed man, why does Third Sister hang out with children instead of girls of the same age?" Xiao Fei asked Jin Jiapan strangely.
"That's because the third sister is not yet sixteen years old this year. She is only fifteen, and she will be sixteen in a few months." Jin Jiapan said: "A girl who reaches sixteen can marry. All sixteen-year-old girls wear Yingluo hats, but Third Sister does not. She can only play with children when she is under sixteen, and cannot play with girls over sixteen."
"I see." Xiao Fei said.
"The wishing festival is also a day for them to find a lover. After the important ceremony, young men and women from several villages will go to the mountains to sing to each other. If they meet a satisfactory one, the parents of both parties can formally get married after the engagement." The Jin family Pan said.
"So, Sanmei won't be able to participate in the duet this time?" Xiao Fei asked.
"Of course." Jin Jiapan said, "The reason I asked Sanmei to talk to you the day before yesterday was because she was underage. If she was an adult, it would inevitably cause others to gossip. Although you are all friends in our village, but We Yao girls cannot intermarry with Han Chinese."
"Aren't all Yao girls allowed to intermarry with Han people?" Xiao Fei asked.
"No." Jin Jiapan said, "Yao people in other places still intermarry with Han people. They all live with Han people, and they are almost indistinguishable from Han people. I heard that Yao people in other places have become Senior officials, the year before last there was a champion in the college entrance examination, they are the pride of our Yao people."
"Then why are you not allowed to intermarry with Han people in your village?"
"Because we have no precedent here." Jin Jiapan said.
"I see." Xiao Fei said.
All the men and women in Jinjiazhai, old and young, set off out of the village together. A few young and strong men, with waist drums on their backs, were beating while leading the way. The children and girls in the village followed behind.
The drum is very big, and the drum head is like a water tank. The whole body is inlaid with copper edges, which looks very heavy. It is estimated that each one weighs several tens of kilograms. If it is not a strong man, it will definitely not last long. When beating, the sound is also very loud, sonorous and powerful, resounding through the mountains and forests, and the rhythm of the drums is also very cheerful.
The villagers in the back were bustling with activity, some carrying bows and arrows, some carrying birdcages, and some leading horses. With a bow and arrow on his back, he is going to compete in archery later. Carrying the birdcage is to fight thrushes. Many Yao people like to catch birds and fight each other. In short, there will be many recreational activities waiting for you.
"We are going to Zhaojiazhai ahead." Jin Jiapan explained: "There are four Yao people's villages near Jinyuling. Dozens of households, if they are held separately, there will be fewer people and deserted, and the old loving mother will be unhappy. The four villages celebrate together, which will be lively. The old loving mother will be happy to see us getting along well and bless us with a good harvest."
"En." Xiao Fei nodded, "By the way, you are all surnamed Zhao and Jin. These surnames seem to be similar to those of Han people."
"Our ancestors lived with the Han people before, around the time of the Sui Dynasty. Later, because they were dissatisfied with the oppression of the government, they returned to the mountains again." Jin Jiapan said.
In other words, a long time ago, they also had a national integration with the Han people. In the continent of Huaxia, the history books have mixed ethnic groups many times. It is almost impossible to find the pure blood of a certain ethnic group.
"We need to walk half a day to Zhaojiazhai. It must be noon when we go there." Jin Jiapan said: "And just yesterday, we sent over the slaughtered pigs, cattle and sheep. After all, four Even a village in Zhaojiazhai doesn’t have so many cattle and sheep to entertain them.”
It turned out that it was not Zhaojiazhai's family that produced cattle and sheep, but four families together.
It didn't take long for the crowd to leave the village and enter the narrow and rugged mountain road.
Walking on the long mountain road, everyone is happy because they want to celebrate the festival, talking and laughing all the way, but they don't feel very tired. Until noon, when the sun was in the sky, I saw another Yao village standing in front of me. This village should be what they call Zhaojiazhai.
"Welcome everyone from Jinjiazhai!" At the village entrance of Zhaojiazhai, several men from Zhaojiazhai had already stood in line to welcome them. The leader of Zhaojiazhai stood up, bowed to them, and said.
"Zhao Touren, please be polite, please be polite." Jin Touren said with a smile.
At their feet, several large pots were already set up, steaming inside, filled with boiled camellia oleifera. The young girls in Zhaojia Village, who were all unmarried girls and not women, stood up and offered tea to the men carrying big drums one by one. The men finished their tea and drank it all in one gulp.
After walking on the mountain road for half a day, and carrying a drum weighing several tens of kilograms, it is no wonder that I am not thirsty. Drinking tea is like a cow drinking water, and the gurgling is all gone.
As for the villagers who did not carry a big drum and followed behind, they could take their own bowls to drink tea if they wanted to, but there was no girl to offer tea to them. According to their rules, the girls will only respect those who are strong and powerful warriors. Not everyone can walk the mountain road for half a day with a drum carrying dozens of kilograms on their backs.
As for the children, the girls from Zhaojiazhai grabbed a handful of candies for each of them from the baskets on the ground. Let the children be elated and rush into the village happily.
"Golden-headed people, these people are..." Seeing that Xiao Fei and the others were not wearing national costumes, they didn't look like their clansmen, and there was also a foreign woman Aishwarya among them, Zhao-headed person frowned and said, "We Yao people don't like to mix with Han people. How many Han people did you bring to our mother's festival?"
"They are all guests of my Jinjiazhai, and they are very friendly. I invited them to participate in the festival and celebrate with us, so it doesn't matter?" Jin Jiapan said.
"Huh! I think you are fancying the money they give, right? Our old mother's festival cannot be used to make money from tourism. If you really want to use the old mother's festival to make money, you are weak." Zhao Touren said.
"Head Zhao, you have misunderstood, I, Jin Jiapan, am an upright man, how can I be weak?" Jin Jiapan said: "They are all travelers going to the provincial capital, not tourists who come to watch our festival. To tell you the truth, I kept them in Jinjiazhai for three days, and I didn't charge a penny."
It seems that he was right to confiscate Xiao Fei's money the day before yesterday.