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The Miao Drumming Festival has come to a successful conclusion.
The grand and spectacular events during the festival were also reported through news, newspapers and other media.
The Miao people don't know what the reaction is in Tianfeng County.
But for the county as a whole, it was quite a shock.
Wherever they went, Han Chinese people who hadn't witnessed it firsthand would approach Miao people dressed in simple clothes and inquire about the Drumming Festival.
Then he met up with those guys who were always bragging, and solemnly recounted the scenes he had "seen."
But when people asked about the future Miao King and the Holy Maiden, this idiot actually said that the future Miao King was twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.
The result was a barrage of criticism.
Before Lu Rui and the others left, Mu Achen, the future Miao King, delivered a box of sacred fruits to each of them and then returned to the mountaintop.
"Ah Chen, is there anything else we need to bring?"
Amo came up.
Ah Chen looked at the offerings in the basket in the main room and said, "I don't know much about these either!"
“I’ve checked, everything is there! My father and mother are talking to Grandma over there. Let’s take the offerings out first. Here, Duoduo, you take the lighter one.”
Duoduo ran up.
Soon, all of the dozen or so items were moved to the courtyard.
Amo and Duoduo quickly tied up all the offerings. The old women came over, each carrying some, and set off.
Ah Chen didn't know where his mother was buried. He had just asked his grandmother, but she didn't tell him.
The entire route consisted of hilly paths, directly traversing the mountain ranges north of Quedongzhai and Heiwuzhai.
Amo carried offerings on her left shoulder and held Duoduo's hand with her right.
Her parents insisted on going, saying that since they were all family, it would be inappropriate not to pay their respects.
Ah Chen was also carrying the offerings and helping the old woman.
On the Mu family's side, besides Grandma, there's Uncle Dong and his wife.
The two families crossed several mountains this time.
Throughout the journey, Ah Chen didn't utter a single word, only constantly looking back, as if trying to remember this road so he could come and pay his respects during festivals in the future.
"Hey brother, isn't that the highest mountain on the left Phoenix Mountain?"
Achen looked in the direction Aduo was pointing and saw that it was indeed Phoenix Mountain, the place where they were supposed to snatch a wife, but it was so far away.
Upon reaching the mountainside, the old woman stopped to look around, and then walked towards the canyon.
Ah Chen followed, and his father-in-law, seeing the sweat on his face, wanted to help him take the load and carry it together.
"It's alright, Uncle Yue, this isn't heavy. Besides, your load isn't light either."
"Give it to me. Your back isn't fully healed yet, and the road is bad. You don't want to twist it again once it's healed."
Uncle Yue insisted on taking it from Achen, but Achen refused, saying, "I'm a grown man, I'm not that fragile. Uncle Yue, please take it easy."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ah Chen quickened his pace to help the old woman.
"A grown man? A seventeen-year-old grown man?"
The mother-in-law muttered something under her breath, which was overheard by Uncle Dong's wife who was standing nearby.
At that moment, Uncle Dong's wife whispered, "Wasn't Ah Chen with the Holy Maiden last night? Why didn't he do *that*?"
"You're asking me? Why don't you ask Ah Chen?"
Those two aunties have sharp eyes! They could tell at a glance that Amo was still a girl.
Uncle Dong's wife lowered her voice and said, "Although Achen hasn't read many books, he knows quite a lot. He wouldn't be thinking of waiting until he's twenty-two to sleep with the Holy Maiden, would he? There are regulations from the government that boys can only get a marriage certificate when they reach a certain age."
"That's the requirement of their officials. It's normal for us Miao people to have children at seventeen or eighteen! Amo and Achen were personally arranged by the nine clan elders. It's perfectly legitimate. They can have children first and then get their marriage certificate when they reach the appropriate age."
“Then I’ll remind him when I have time, because I’m afraid the kid doesn’t know this.”
"Then I'll have to trouble you, my dear in-laws."
After the two aunties discussed it, they actually decided to secure Mu Achen's happiness in his lower body.
Uncle Yue and Uncle Dong, who were standing nearby, heard what I said, but they both pretended that I hadn't heard anything.
“Sister-in-law Saintess, those two aunties seem to be talking about you!”
Actually, even without Ado saying anything, Amo, who was standing right behind her, had already heard it.
According to Miao customs, unmarried people cannot have sex. Even if they do not register their marriage, they still have to complete this ritual.
Amo and Achen got engaged in the presence of the most senior elders from the twelve branches of the clan, including the nine clan elders; in fact, this was already considered a marriage.
Therefore, she and Achen can share a room.
Ah Mo knows all of this!
Whether Achen knew or not is unclear. Anyway, the two of them were together last night, and they got carried away talking about finance and the development of the Miao people. They didn't even know when they fell asleep.
At this moment, a blush crept onto Amo's beautiful almond-shaped face, and her captivating eyes couldn't help but fall on Achen in front of her.
Soon, they arrived at one side of the valley.
The stream here is babbling, the humidity is quite high, and the surrounding area is quite dense forest.
On the broken cliff, there is a flat area that looks about seventy or eighty square meters, and snakes and insects can be seen everywhere.
At that moment, several flower snakes, each as thick as a baby's arm, were coiled up to one side.
One of the red snakes slowly approached A'duo. Instead of being afraid, A'duo quickly grabbed the snake by its vital spot and threw it far away.
As for Amo, she let the colorful snakes wrap around her feet and even climb onto her shoulders.
She only flicked her finger when the snakes were about to get close to Achen.
whoosh---
Immediately, the snakes seemed to have encountered their nemesis, and kept their distance from Ah Chen, not daring to approach.
A moment later, the old woman returned to Ah Chen and pointed to the middle of the mountain hollow. "This is it, but we have to go around to the side. I didn't expect the forest to block the way."
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