MTL - Twilight Boundary

Chapter 42 The Red Lantern Lady Club

  After some exchanges with this Erguotou man, Hu Ma has a slightly deeper understanding of the world, and is silently thinking about these issues. However, no matter what else, it is more important to become a true year-keeper.

 After receiving the promise from this Erguotou man, he waited patiently.

But the village was gradually getting busy. Without him, the blood food in the mansion was helping the stewards of the Red Lantern Society. It was time to leave the village.

Worship Tai Sui, to put it bluntly, it means cutting the flesh. It is a major event in the village and also a major event for the Blood Food Gang.

Before spring every year, they would send stewards down in advance to survey the meat mountain, estimate the weight, decide where to recruit how many workers, where to camp, and determine the return route. Roads and bridges that needed to be repaired were repaired in advance. Bridge.

 Every step of the way is closely related to the surrounding villages. After all, although not everyone can cut meat, helping to transport things, sell grain, and collect mountain grass are all ways to make money.

 So every year, when the stewards of the Blood Food Gang come down, the surrounding villages are vying to entertain them.

In recent years, those who harvest meat mountains around Dayang Village are all members of a blood food gang called the Red Lantern Empress Club. People in the village are used to calling them the Niang Niang Association.

The stewards all have time when they come down. In the past few days, the clan leader has been busy urging people to clean up the empty house, put up a tent, and let the sheep eat more grass.

　　When the day came for the steward to come to the village, all the prominent people in the village were looking forward to it.

When it was dark, torches were lit in the village. When the steward and his two followers arrived at the village, the old clan leader hurriedly brought the top men of the clan to meet him.

When we got under the tent, we had already slaughtered the sheep and prepared jars of wine that were easily unopened in the stockade.

 “The steward only cares about eating and drinking well.”

The wrinkles on the old patriarch’s smiling face were like oranges. He accompanied her attentively and even ordered: “Let Widow Sun come.”

“In the evening, boil hot soup and wait for the old man in charge to wash his feet.”

　　　…”

 “Don’t mention…”

But the steward smiled politely: "I have never liked this tune. This time the errand to go to the village was given to me, so I will trust you. I just hope that this errand can be done well so that I can go back and have a good life." Once I’ve done my job, I’m satisfied.”

 “That is, that is.”

The old patriarch smiled and said: "There is no one in these ten miles and eight villages that I am not familiar with. If you need anything, just ask me."

With that said, when the wine was flowing, he also asked tentatively: "How many people do we plan to recruit this time?"

The rest is just the last part. After worshiping Tai Sui, the big head will be determined by how many young men in the village can be selected to cut the meat.

In Dayangzhai, there are more than ten or twenty people who have learned this skill from the second master. However, the final number of these people who can work in the mines is decided by the steward.

Of course, the person in charge doesn’t dare to say nonsense. It’s not a big deal to recruit people with poor foundation and delay the harvest. Once they are invaded by evil spirits, they will turn around and do evil things, affecting other people who are working, but they will also It's a big problem.

 “Alas, this is a small year.”

The person in charge sighed: "I estimate that we can only recruit a hundred or so people, so Tai Sui will bow down."

When the old patriarch heard this, his face suddenly collapsed: "Huh?"

There are small years and big years when cutting Tai Sui. This is probably because white Tai Sui, Qing Tai Sui and Blood Tai Sui have different growth and recovery cycles. If the white, green, blood and black Tai Sui are all in the period of vigorous growth, then they need to be cut. If there is a lot of food, there will naturally be more meat cutters recruited.

If it catches up with Xiaonian and is small in scale, naturally it won’t need so many people.

The steward also smiled bitterly and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Qing Tai Sui just had one cut last year, and not many this year. The most annoying thing is the Xue Tai Sui. I've been looking around for a few days, but I haven't seen any at all."

“I estimate that only Bai Taisui is still there, but there is no need to be so careful.”

　　　…”

 The old patriarch felt a little regretful when he heard this, but there was nothing he could do.

 If there are a hundred or ten people in total, one share of the ten li and eight villages will probably fall into the quota of each village. I am afraid that there are not only ten or eight people, but there are more than 20 people waiting in Dayang Village. Wouldn’t half of them be missed?

The old patriarch has already made up his mind to kill another sheep later, and change the wife of the Li family to bathe the steward in the evening.

 Can this quota be increased by a few more?

While thinking about it, he suddenly heard the manager lower his voice and said with a smile: "Brother, don't be too busy thinking about recruiting. There are fewer miners to recruit this year, but we have other things to do."

“This year, our Red Lantern Festival is ready to open.”

　　　…”

"ah…"

When the old patriarch heard this, he couldn't believe it at first. Then he was overjoyed and the hand holding the wine trembled.

 The other people accompanying him were even more surprised and their eyes widened.

"Slaughter the sheep, kill the sheep, kill the old goat, and bring the ten-year-old goat to the steward..."

"Bring the wine, take the wine, and take out the jar reserved for Datong's wedding banquet..."

　　　…”

　　　…”

 The village was buzzing with gongs and drums, but Hu Ma was already lying on the bed, silently doing his exercises and getting ready to sleep.

 Most of the excitement in this village has nothing to do with the Hu family.

My mother-in-law has passed away. To the people in this village, I am just a solitary Miaomiao who has no connection or connection with the village. I am considered a marginal person among the marginalized, or in other words...

　　… Even when my mother-in-law was alive, the Hu family was actually on the edge in this village?

He had intended to leave, so he never deliberately made friends with the people in the village and only did his own thing. “Boom! Boom! Boom!”

 Unexpectedly, before falling asleep, the small wooden door was smashed with a loud bang.

Hu Ma had no choice but to get up, put on her clothes, brightened the oil smoke on her bedside, and went to the main room to open the door.

As soon as I opened it, I saw Zhou Datong standing at the door with an anxious and excited face: "What time is it, and you are still sleeping?"

Hu Ma stood aside in surprise and let him enter the room: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Datong was about to enter the house excitedly, but he stopped again and said cautiously: "Is your little kid not here?"

Hu Ma raised her head and glanced at Xiao Hongtang, who was rubbing her eyes in a daze on the beam, and said, "Not here."

 “It’s okay, it’s okay, let’s go in and talk.”

Zhou Datong hurriedly entered the house, turned around and closed the door, and then said to Hu Ma excitedly: "That's a good thing..."

“Brother Hu Ma, the manager of the Blood Food Gang has come down and said that he will be recruiting helpers in our village this year!”

　　　…”

These words made Hu Ma slightly startled: "Aren't they recruited every year?"

"Different."

Zhou Datong rubbed his hands and stamped his feet excitedly and said: "In the past, we only recruited people to worship Tai Sui and work as part-time workers for three or two months. This year, we are recruiting people to officially join the association..."

 “We are lucky, we have a chance to enter the city!”

“Second Master specially asked me to come here and tell you that you must go to the village early tomorrow and wait there.”

“If you miss this opportunity, you may never have a chance in this life!”

　　　…”

"Um?"

Hu Ma was slightly startled when he heard this, and then he vaguely understood: "Is this an opportunity for Brother Erguotou to tell me?"

 Well...

Because the reincarnated people are more careful, and they are afraid of arousing suspicion in real life contact, so he does not dare to come over to help him for no reason, so he simply creates such an opportunity and directly recruits a large number of people of the same age from the village. People go up?

how to say…

 …What a good idea, and it also has a willful spirit!

After repeatedly promising Zhou Datong that he would not be late and asking him to tell the second master to rest assured, Zhou Datong carefully left the bowl of sheep hooves he had hidden in his arms to Hu Ma, and he happily ran back to eat with her. Drink.

Hu Ma looked at the bowl of meat and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The little fat man was very loyal. He was the grandson of the clan leader and could eat the meat by entertaining the steward.

 Even after it was over, I could still think about myself.

He was not greedy. He gave Xiao Hongtang some sheep's hooves to grind his teeth, and then he closed the door and slept again.

 I got up early the next morning, put on my coarse cloth coat and straw sandals, pulled up my hair, and walked out of the village.

Unexpectedly, when I left the village, I found that all the men and women in the village were here, rushing to Erye's village in twos and threes. Some were carrying poles and others were carrying benches. It was as lively as visiting a temple fair.

 “Brother Hu Ma, here, come quickly!”

As soon as Hu Ma left the village, he saw Zhou Datong standing by the forest not far away, waving to him.

Hu Ma walked over and asked in surprise: "Why are there so many people?"

 “Let’s just watch the fun…”

 Zhou Datong said: "The opening of the Red Lantern Festival is a big event."

"In our village, how much money can we make in a year by worshiping Tai Sui with the Blood Food Gang? But this time, once we are picked by the steward and join the Queen's Association as a clerk, we can get money every month. Besides, I can still learn skills, and I have blood food to support me.”

“If you save a few years, build a house in the city and marry a wife, won’t you be able to get ahead?”

　　　…”

 “This red light will...”

Hu Ma was slightly surprised: "Does the government recognize it?"

He himself had already decided to enter, but he was a little surprised that the people in the village were so excited.

I don’t know if it was affected by the memory of my previous life, but I always feel that the Blood Food Gang, the Red Lantern Club, etc., are more like an illegal organization. Although this village is poorer, it will not be a problem if I have the opportunity to send my son into the underworld. Are you happy to be like this?

 “Which government recognizes it or not?”

Zhou Datong was dumbfounded and praised what he heard last night: "This person is serious about making a living."

“Which of the guys from the Blood Food Gang in this city can return to the village without a good time?”

　　　…”

With this said, Hu Ma gradually understood the position of the Blood Food Gang in this world and said no more.

 It turns out that I went to the city to work, not to join the underworld...

 He took a deep breath, and together with Zhou Datong, walked toward his hope as a New Year's Watcher.

 (End of this chapter)