The Greatest Astrologist - Chapter 66

Tan Muxing was fine when he was in the car recently, so he would knit with colored ropes.

When Pan Yicheng heard about the reason why Evening Star learned the local characteristics of knitting, he couldn’t help but comment: “Then she really has the potential to be a professor. This is really good at deceiving people as a day job. It was pretty good for fooling you over at the beginning.”

Tan Mu Xing whispered while weaving the rope, “…Professor Pan, this is not like what the professor should say?”

Pan Yicheng calmly said: “This is what the professor really should say, and teach you the principles of social university.”

“…”

Soon, the local personnel responsible for the relocation arrived in the village.

After a few days, the village negotiated conditions from various parties and finally agreed to move out of this place. But Saren and others have a small request, hoping that Chu Qianli can choose a date for the relocation.

The railway project and the village relocation are two teams, but the staff are fairly familiar with each other. When Chu Qianli and others arrived in the province, the local leaders had participated in receiving the wind, so it was not completely okay.

At the workstation, Batu sent the request back for someone else, and exclaimed: “They really treat you as a shaman. If it weren’t for you to decide, maybe you still have to choose a location.”

Although Chu Qianli insisted that he was not a shaman, the people in the village had a completely opposite attitude to her, revealing an innate sense of conviction, and occasionally amazed outsiders.

Chu Qianli put down the topographic map in her hand. She pondered for a moment and said, “Professor Pan, can I trouble you with something?”

“what’s up?”

Chu Qianli told him his thoughts.

“Do you want to repay this love?” Pan Yicheng understood, and he thoughtfully said, “It’s okay, I think about how to tell Lao Zhou.”

Except Zhou Qu, everyone at the workstation chatted and discussed and finalized the details of the activities on the day of the village relocation.

The relocation of the village is not a trivial matter, and it cannot be completed in one day, but the villagers have to bid farewell to this place and hold a grand relocation ceremony.

A small village that preserves the shamanic culture is about to set off, and it will gather with other villages in the distance to build a new shamanic folk-custom village. This incident is also considered news locally. The relocation ceremony will be attended by local leaders, and even the workstation staff not far away will be invited.

The vegetation is sparse and the sky is clear.

In the village, many people gather together. The villagers will use traditional folk customs to distinguish them from the old site. They will move to the new site one after another after today, leaving this familiar and dangerous place.

As a representative of the engineering project, Zhou Qu also appeared at the ceremony. After talking with the local leaders who rushed over, he returned to Pan Yicheng, but suddenly found something strange.

Pan Yicheng’s side was empty, and the other two were nowhere to be seen.

Zhou Qu asked suspiciously: “Where are the students you brought?”

The expert team brought by Pan Yicheng was numerous, but he was always around Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing, who was called a professor and a student by Zhou Qu.

Pan Yicheng casually said: “Go busy.”

“Don’t they have a good relationship with the village? I heard Batu say that they are particularly popular.” Zhou Qu said casually. He was surprised that the two of them were absent for no reason, but suddenly caught a glimpse of the familiar faces of the people in the village.

The scene is divided into two parties, one is a villager in folk costumes, and the other is a local leader and staff in formal clothes. Tradition and modernity gather here to witness the departure of the village.

However, the villagers on the opposite side mixed in with two outsiders. Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing wore distinctive and brightly colored costumes, and they were able to mix in with ease!

Zhou Qu said in surprise: “That’s not…”

Pan Yicheng pretended not to know, he glanced around with a calm expression, and asked, “What?”

Zhou Qu: “Why are they standing there!?”

Pan Yicheng calmly said: “Oh, don’t you also say that they have a good relationship with the village and are particularly popular.”

Zhou Qu: “?”

At this time, the local leaders took the lead to speak on stage, introducing the general situation of the future Shaman folk customs village, interrupting Zhou Qu’s slightly messy thoughts.

After the leader’s speech was over, the audience burst into applause, and then it was the ceremony.

Everyone participated in the ceremony outdoors, and the villagers moved out the charcoal fire and began the custom passed down through the ages.

Chu Qianli is wearing a shaman robe and wearing folk-custom colored ropes. She is not sure whether the method she learned is different from the traditional culture of the shaman village.

Chu Qianli glanced at the current celestial phenomenon, she calculated the time from the bottom of her heart, and then looked at Saren next to her.

Saren understood her heart. She threw the animal bones into the charcoal fire and waited for the bones to roast fine lines in the fire. It was an auspicious pattern.

Seeing this, the elderly lady showed a touch of emotion, saluted frequently and religiously, and beat the drum at her hand.

The dull drums awakened the crowd, and with enthusiastic cheers, the relocation ceremony officially began!

The dark-skinned aborigines put on their formal attire today, and they set off from the entrance of the village mightily, and will arrive in a long line to the nearby altar to parte with the homeland where countless ancestors are buried.

This is a special and solemn day, and the altar is open to everyone.

The other staff did not join the team, they walked scattered around, following the villagers to the altar.

Zhou Qu slowly followed. He looked at Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing at the beginning, and questioned: “Don’t you feel that something is wrong?”

Pan Yicheng: “It’s all right everywhere.”

“They wear them like this, and they are walking ahead.” Zhou Qu reached out his hand and gestured at the colored rope on his wrist, suspiciously, “Are you sure this didn’t touch the red line?”

Zhou Qu didn’t want to ask for trouble, so he could only imply implicitly, without saying that he looked like a priest.

Pan Yicheng smiled leisurely and said: “Students love to join in the fun, wear some local characteristic clothing, they wear some of their own clothes, I didn’t watch the evening star make up every day in the car, what are you thinking about!”

Zhou Qu’s eyes were subtle: “…I didn’t see him making up on the car, but you were making up on the spot.”

When the group arrived at the altar, Chu Qianli led the way. She accompanied Saren and asked the villagers to come forward and worship the ancestors one by one.

Zhou Qu was calm at this time. He looked at Professor Pan and said lightly: “Okay, let’s go, why can she preside over the ceremony? You can continue editing, I will listen.”

Pan Yicheng said in a loud voice: “What to preside over the ceremony? This is a deep understanding of the nature of religious work as mass work, and use the ideas and methods of mass work to carry out work!”①

Zhou Qu: “Old Pan, I should say it or not. Although you are unhappy after hearing it, you are really suitable to work in a unit like ours. Don’t think about running outside.”

“Because I am good at guiding religious believers with the concepts of unity, progress, peace and tolerance?”

“No, I just think outsiders can’t stand your vernacular.”

“…”

Chu Qianli has neither a public office nor a party member. At best, he counts as project volunteers, and it is really nothing to get involved.

Zhou Qu opened his eyes and closed his eyes. Anyway, the local leader felt normal, and he would not take the initiative to say it.

The local leader was even quite proud. He also ran to Zhou Qu and excitedly introduced: “Look more, see more, now the original shaman culture is rare outside, and the Shaman Folk Village will focus on this in the future. This is our local folklore feature!”

“This kind of worship of ancestors and worship of nature are all integrated in clothing and rituals, especially the outer robe at the beginning is the most special!”

Zhou Qu nodded numbly: “Well, it does have local characteristics. Our people actually stand in the front.”

“what?”

“Nothing.” Zhou Qu praised, “It’s really special.”

Zhou Qu was afraid of hurting the feelings of both parties. He was embarrassed to say that the “outer robe was the most special” was a foreigner, so he could only quietly listen to his colleagues introduce the local folk culture, and occasionally accompanied him with a couple of sentences.

Many years ago, shamans were born among the nomads who feared nature and persevered. They came here under the guidance of the stars and began to live a smooth and long village life. Now they set off again, embarking on a new and challenging future.

Although Chu Qianli has no shamanism, she still presides over ceremonies for the village.

After the grand ceremony, Chu Qianli took off the shaman’s robe sent to her from the village, went to find Grandma Saren with Tan Muxing, and asked others to help spread the message.

Chu Qianli whispered: “Because I am not a shaman, I don’t know how the shaman chooses the location, but I have seen new places, and there will be better development in the future.”

After Saren heard the report, she smiled kindly and bowed to Chu Qianli to thank her.

Chu Qianli hurriedly bowed in return.

Saren had a kind face, she smiled and said something, but she still didn’t understand.

The person next to him explained: “She said that she mentioned that day. She thinks it is the shaman who guides and helps the people around you, so you are indeed a shaman.”

Chu Qianli was startled.

When Saren saw this, she was solemn and sincere, and once again bowed to Chu Qianli.

Chu Qianli hurriedly responded.

After a while, Saren hobbled into the crowd. She began to enjoy the feast after the ceremony and spent a memorable and joyous time at the old site.

After the solemn worship, there was a lively and jubilant banquet. Local leaders and Zhou Qu and others were also present, enjoying the rustic and enthusiastic singing and dancing of the villagers, just like a simple party.

The little boy in the village even sang a song. After he finished singing, he blushed and exited to the applause of the crowd, as if he was unfit to perform in front of so many people.

Seeing that the little boy was about to slip away again, Batu hurriedly stopped him and greeted the other two: “Don’t go, you all come here and give you something.”

Chu Qianli and Tan Evening Star have now changed back to their regular clothes. They were sitting beside them enjoying the performance, and walked to Batu’s side blankly.

Batu had already prepared. He took out three books and handed them to the three of them.

The little boy reached out and opened the album, and found that it was a magnificent scenery, including lush grasslands, deserted Gobi, and black and white snowfields, which included many beautiful scenery in the book.

Chu Qianli curiously asked: “This is?”

“Farewell gift.” Batu looked around at the three of them. He wrapped his hands around his chest and said with a carefree grin. “He is not going to move. You will change places later. I’ll just prepare some souvenirs.”

The little boy is about to relocate with the village. After Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing have inspected here, they also have to change the railway work section and accompany Professor Pan to leave.

Batu does not belong to the expert advisory group. He is permanently stationed in the work station for construction. He will not leave until this section is basically completed.

The little boy pointed to one of the pictures and asked, “Where is this?”

“Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.” Batu glanced at the picture and added emotionally, “I felt sick at the time.”

Tan Muxing was surprised and said: “Are these all taken by Brother Batu?”

Batu nodded: “Yes, it’s all the places where I repaired roads.”

Chu Qianli was shocked. She flipped through the album and said in admiration: “This is not in one place at all, isn’t it?”

Batu slapped the little boy’s hard hair casually, and smiled: “Although I am a little worse than him, I can’t even understand Mongolian now, but there should be some inheritance.”

“How is it?” Batu said sincerely when they watched them carefully admiring the album, “I can’t graze on the grassland anymore, but being able to build roads everywhere is the nature of the nomads in the new era.”

Tan Muxing was quite touched.

Chu Qianli: “This is so well said that it has the lavishness of a prairie man.”

Batu waved his hand generously: “It’s easy to say that all of us who rode to college are so handsome!”

“So I haven’t forgotten, I haven’t forgotten…” Batu rubbed the little boy’s head fiercely, and said more truthfully, “I can’t speak Mongolian and I haven’t forgotten it, don’t you say I forgot!”

The little boy was brutally touched by his uncle, and he held his head pitifully: “I didn’t say it.”

Batu: “The connotation of you that day was to me, you think I forgot.”

At that time, the little boy said that he would forget everything when he moved out. Batu was impressed and he always felt that he was talking about himself.

When Tan Muxing saw the little boy avoiding Batu’s claws, he kindly persuaded him: “He really didn’t have one at that time, Batu brother, you think too much…”

“Absolutely.” Batu saw the little boy run away, “Don’t want to run!”

The little boy fled behind Chu Qianli, trying to get rid of Batu’s pursuit.

Chu Qianli stood on his hips awe-inspiringly: “You can’t bully children from ethnic minorities!”

Tan Muxing realized that Chu Qianli was hiding behind his back. He turned his head slightly and said weakly, “Why are you standing behind me and presiding justice?”

She didn’t stand up directly, instead she hid behind him, like a little chicken closely following the mother chicken, still full of air and momentum.

Batu tried to go beyond talking about the evening star, trying to reach out for people, righteously saying: “I am also a big friend of ethnic minorities!”

Tan Muxing was surrounded by both sides, and always felt that this scene was inexplicably familiar. Finally, he slowly raised his arms and tentatively said: “…Is this an eagle catching a chicken?”

The sky was blue and the drums rang softly.

Everyone laughed and laughed in the game, and the laughter spread far and far, revealing countless splendor.