As the sun gradually set to the west, Cheng Yu and Sheng Yuke returned to Chen Yanyu's yard with the things they bought, while Qi Yuqiu was pulling their sheets on the balcony and didn't know what to do.
"We're back." Shouted Sheng Yuke, ran up to the second floor, and put the things in his arms in front of Qi Yuqiu.
A wooden box was filled with odds and ends. In addition, Cheng Yu, who was walking behind, carried a small jar of dog blood in his hand.
Grinning, he put the things in front of Qi Yuqiu, and rushed towards the faucet.
Qi Yuqiu lifted the can of dog blood to have a look, and said with a satisfied smile, "Yes, authentic black dog blood."
"That's not right. Director Cheng and I ran for a long time before we found it." Sheng Yuke took a big sip of water from his water glass and said happily, "I gave the little dog 3000 yuan for nutrition in order to bleed it." Woolen cloth."
Yue Yuze looked at Cheng Yu and the two of them messing around, and was a little confused. What's wrong with this?Is the next step is to make nostalgic zombie films?
"Director Cheng, do we have any special arrangements for the evening?" Yue Yuze asked in a low voice.
Cheng Yu smiled mysteriously and said, "There are arrangements, just wait and see."
"Okay, okay." Yue Yuze was a little flustered, always feeling that something would break his three views.
The sun was setting to the west, and the balcony on the second floor was gradually submerged by elongated shadows. Qi Yuqiu threw the empty cinnabar box into the trash can and put away the sheets.
"Okay, you're done." He stretched himself.
Cheng Yu and Sheng Yuke leaned on the railing with their chins leaning on them, looked at the setting sun in the west, and sighed: "It's beautiful, the scenery of Qingxi Town is really good."
Qi Yuqiu walked to them and said with a smile, "Yes."
It's a pity that there are ugly old things hidden under the beautiful scenery, and today's injustice will probably be settled.
Lights began to light up in the town, and Chen Yanyu stepped into the yard tiredly, asking Qi Yuqiu and others to go out for dinner with him.
"People are busy earning extra money, so they don't deliver food." Chen Yanyu smiled wryly, "Mr. Jin is really generous. He insisted on spending money to invite those who don't participate in the paper-making festival to go up the mountain."
It was the same restaurant where they ate last time. The boss personally acted as a waiter to serve them. After serving, he said: "Today is a neglect. The two back kitchen staff have all gone up the mountain. There is only one chef left. It is really a toss." Moved, the old rules, this meal I invite."
Qi Yuqiu smiled and said, "Boss, don't you guys go? It is said that the Mountain God Festival is the busiest day in Qingxi Town except for the Spring Festival."
The boss curled his lips: "What are you doing to join in the excitement? I'm still busy earning money. If I delay my time for a while, the loss caused cannot be compensated by a little money from Mr. Jin."
"It's fine if you don't go, the money is not easy to earn, boss, you are a sensible person." Qi Yuqiu said while holding a piece of tofu.
"Hurry up and eat, we're going to watch after we're done, my camera is ready." Cheng Yu said, "Hey, Yanyu, are you going?"
Chen Yanyu smiled and said: "If you want to go up, I must follow."
After he finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and continued to eat, and quietly clenched a moon-shaped object in his trouser pocket with his left hand.
He had been wearing half a piece of jade around his neck since he was a child. It was a token of love from his parents, but it was supposed to be a pair of jade pendants, but he didn't know where the remaining half was.
An hour ago, a child came to him with the other half of the jade pendant, saying that the person who gave him the jade pendant asked him to tell Chen Yanyu that he wanted the whereabouts of his grandparents and parents' corpses, so he went to the mountain god sacrifice and waited, otherwise he would never No chance to see them.
Chen Yanyu's eyes were slightly cold. Back then, Chen Tong took him away from Qingxi Town overnight, and he didn't have time to collect the corpses of his four relatives. Now the four stone tombs on the cliff are just the paper he made out of paper to replace their corpses according to the ancient method. people.
He knew that the Mountain God Sacrifice must be related to his deceased family members, but he just had a little guess as to what was going on, and he hadn't had time to explore it carefully.
He almost didn't dare to think about whether those people were really as crazy as he thought, if it was true...then don't blame him for getting innocent!
After eating, the five of them went straight to Xiaoqing Peak, and there was an endless stream of paper lanterns lit on the road, all of them flooded up the mountainside.
At the foot of the mountain, many street vendors pushed their carts to occupy a good position early on, shouting one after another, and it was even more lively than the town.
"Elder Jin is really rich, how much will it cost to invite so many people!" Someone said with emotion.
"Yeah, I don't know what he's trying to figure out. Look at those young people, they don't sincerely come to worship the mountain god, and they hug each other without any rules. It's really immoral. Isn't Mr. Jin afraid that the mountain god will get angry when he sees it?"
"Hey, the old man likes to be lively, let him go, what age is it, do you still believe that there is a mountain god?"
"You bastard, dare to disrespect the mountain god here, seek a beating!"
The road up the mountain was already closed, but now it is unimpeded. Many exquisite paper bundles were carried up the mountain, and everyone was beaming with joy at today's windfall.
Qi Yuqiu supported the burden on his back and followed the crowd up the mountain.
In front of the cold cave in the past, it is now decorated with new decorations. A few wooden pillars support the drawn lines. The lights illuminate the place like daytime. There are all kinds of paper bundles in front of the entrance of the cave, waiting for people down the mountain After going up the mountain one after another, Jin Hai and other talents came out of the sheds they had set up.
In addition to Jin Hai, his son and grandson also came.
Jin Hai's son, Jin Yanshun, is in his 30s this year. He wears a pair of flat glasses, and he doesn't have the arrogance of a nouveau riche.His grandson, Jin Qijun, is also a well-behaved little boy, but he is still young, looking at the flattering residents of Qingxi Town, impatience and contempt flashed in his eyes from time to time.
Jin Hai still spoke a few words to everyone as in previous years. The residents who had money were much more enthusiastic than in previous years, and they applauded and accepted the words with great dignity.
After finishing the opening remarks, it was the next process of the Mountain God Festival. Jin Hai lifted the curtain of the tent and led Taoist Shanshui out.
"Everyone, our Qingxi Town today is inseparable from the blessing of the mountain god. Young people may not understand it, but the older guys must remember how miserable our Qingxi Town was more than 20 years ago. , since we started worshiping the mountain god, our life has become easier."
The elderly people in the crowd could not help but nod.
"At that time, Qingxi Town only picked when the crops were about to ripen and it rained. It lasted for half a month, and the grain rotted in the ground."
"Yeah, after crossing a mountain, there was only a few days of light rain in the village, but it rained all day here, and the mud and rocks on the mountain flowed down and blocked the road."
"Not only is it raining, but there are always strange diseases in the town. The children in the town were always crying at night in those years. Several children have accidents every year, either falling into the well or getting lost in the mountains. , if it weren't for the adults who care about it, I don't know how many people will die a year."
"Well, I remember that I climbed the mountain early in the morning and went out to beg for food. Later, I started to worship the mountain god and the town gradually got better. It didn't rain at any time, and the child didn't have any accidents."
What the old people said made the young people present feel terrified. Now this scene is already gloomy, and it is impossible for the old people to collude to lie together. They usually don’t believe in these ghosts and gods, so they have to be suspicious at this time .
Jin Hai watched with satisfaction that the faces of the people present gradually became serious, and then gave up the main seat, and slightly bent down to introduce Taoist Shanshui: "You may not know that it was the Taoist Shanshui who passed by here back then who discovered our township. Only then did I find me and asked me to hold a mountain god sacrifice. Taoist Master Shanshui set up a large formation here, so that our sincerity can reach the mountain god directly, so that we can get his blessing."
"Over the years, Taoist Shanshui has been paying attention to our Qingxi Town. Although 20 years have passed, he has come to see if the formation is still in good condition every year. In the past 20 years, the mountain god festival has been going well. But just this year, Something happened to the Mountain God Festival, everyone must know that a child in our town died outside the Mountain God Cave."
As he spoke, everyone remembered that a person died here just yesterday, and they couldn't help but feel a chill down their backs.
"We are all very sad about the child's death, but more importantly, what does this indicate? It indicates that our mountain god is dissatisfied with Qingxi Town! He wants to punish us!"
"Ah? The mountain god is angry?"
"Then what should we do, we can't be abandoned by the mountain god, Taoist priest, you have to help us, as long as the mountain god is willing to forgive us, we can do anything!"
"Yes, the mountain god has blessed us for so many years, why is he suddenly angry?"
"Someone must have done something wrong and offended Lord Mountain God!"
The old people were very worried and angry, and there was a buzz of discussion at the scene.
Director Shanshui looked at this scene, smiled with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and pressed down, motioning for everyone to silence.
After everyone quieted down, Taoist Master Shanshui said, "There was an incident in your town more than 20 years ago. I think all the paper-making craftsmen present should still remember it. It was that incident. Let one protect you The mountain god abandoned you for nearly five years."
As soon as his words came out, the older generation frowned. That incident was a scandal that they could not tell in Qingxi Town. After the incident, they just pretended that the family had never appeared and kept silent.
Jin Hai smiled and said: "Everyone has buried this incident in their hearts for so many years, just because they feel that it has shamed my Qingxi Town. But since it has already happened, and so many years have passed, there is no need for us to keep it a secret from our younger generations. , We have done a good job these years, the paper has become an intangible cultural heritage, and the scars from that year should have scabbed off!"
"Yes, Mr. Jin is right. What those people did has nothing to do with us."
"When I mention it now, I'm still very angry. I really didn't expect that there would be such a beast in Qingxi Town!"
"It's no wonder that the mountain god is so angry, I feel disgusted!"
The young people were at a loss. They never knew what kind of heinous people appeared in the small town where they grew up.
"What the hell happened?"
The crowd whispered, and the old people were filled with righteous indignation and told the younger generation about the tragedy that happened that year.
And Chen Yanyu, who was standing at the back, had already clenched his fists, his nails sank into his palm, and a few drops of blood dripped down the palm lines on the ground.
In the narration of the elders, Qingxi Town more than 20 years ago slowly emerged in front of the young people.
Back then, Qingxi Town was not so big, and the neighbors were very friendly. At that time, the town’s paper bindings had already become famous in the neighborhood, and funerals within a hundred miles would be made of Qingxi’s paper bindings. The most famous in the town The three paper-making shops are Chen Suiyun's Chen family, Li Changhe's Li family and Jin Yunjin's family.
The three of them have always only taken on big jobs. On weekdays, the jobs of small households are leaked to other paper making shops, which can be regarded as taking care of their livelihood, and will give them advice when they have time. The craftsmen in the town are very fond of them. respect.
In the past, the three families did not compete with each other, and each had its own unique skills in the paper-making industry. Each family only focused on its own strengths, and they could be considered to get along with each other in peace.But I don't know when it started, Chen Suiyun was no longer satisfied with his own craftsmanship, he wanted to occupy all the special skills of the three families.
After he came to the door to ask for it but failed, Chen Suiyun started to use his brains. He failed to hook up with the Li family's daughter-in-law, and became angry. one is right.
At that time, the Li family wanted to calm things down, but Chen Suiyun bit back, openly slandering the Li family for stealing their family's music scores and family heirlooms, and saying that it was the Li family's daughter-in-law who seduced his son and ruined his son's relationship with his daughter-in-law.
How could the Li family have imagined that he would be so shameless that he was beaten so quickly that he couldn't guard against it. Fortunately, Chen Suiyun climbed the wall in the middle of the night and was spotted by two drunks, and the family heirloom was engraved with the name of the Li family.
The daughter-in-law of the Li family was finally humiliated by her reputation and died wearing a red dress in front of the Shanshen Cave, bleeding from her whole body.
In order to seek justice, the Li family made the matter public, and Chen Suiyun's family became rats that everyone shouted and beat in Qingxi Town, so one night, a fire ignited in the Li family's paper shop, and all four of their family died in the flames. .
"If Chen Suiyun just wanted to learn other people's crafts secretly, he could be forgiven, but if he failed to learn others' skills, he beat him up, and finally drove the poor master to death. If Li's daughter-in-law doesn't die, he might be stabbed in the back for the rest of his life."
After hearing this story, the young people are disgusted with the Chen family who died 20 years ago.
"It deserves it, in which era, such a vicious way was used to destroy a woman."
"It's really shameless. I was found out stealing other people's things. What can I do if I apologize, but I even beat him up. How can I be so shameless!"
Chen Yanyu clenched her teeth and glared at the people around her.
It was these people who turned black and white, forced his grandparents and parents to death, and poured sewage on them forever.
One of these people counts as one, and they all deserve to die!
He took out his mobile phone and sent Chen Tong a message with a sneer on his lips.
When the crowd was excited, Jin Hai sighed and said: "When this happened, our Qingxi Township offended the mountain god. Originally, the grand array laid down by Taoist Shanshui could keep our Qingxi Town prosperous for a hundred years, but this year, the town came If one person is lost, it is his arrival that will make the mountain god angry again."
"Who is it? Isn't it related to the Chen family?"
"Tell him to get out, far away from our Qingxi Town, bereavement star, family bereavement star."
The people who were aroused were full of malice towards the "culprit" who hadn't shown up, especially the younger generations of the Li family. Lost his life, he hated the Chen family to the core.
"That's why I have to come up with everyone today. I won't say who this person is. If we want to settle this matter, we still have to rely on the strength of everyone in Qingxi Town. Master Shanshui wrote a confession letter, Each of us needs to sign our name on it and express our apology to the mountain god."
Shanshui asked someone to lift a yellow cloth from the tent and spread it out in the field. On the five-meter-square cloth was written strange words in cinnabar. Everyone took a look and frowned at Shanshui.
Shanshui smiled and said: "The characters used by the mountain god are naturally different from those of us ordinary people, so everyone just needs to sign."
"Okay, we believe in Taoist Master Shanshui!" An old man yelled, walked forward tremblingly, and pressed his fingerprints on a corner of the yellow cloth.
Then Jin Hai signaled his assistant to hand him a red envelope.
Seeing that there was still a red envelope for the signature, everyone's eyes lit up, and they rushed forward to sign on it.
"Everyone, don't be in a hurry. Everyone has a chance." Jin Hai and Shan Shui said with smiles on their faces.
Everyone crowded forward, and Sheng Yuke and his party seemed a little abrupt.
Chen Yanyu looked at the person who signed the yellow cloth with a blank expression, and sneered in his heart, money is really a good thing, but he was afraid of losing his life.
Qi Yuqiu glanced at him, then walked out of the crowd with his own burden on his back.
Sheng Yuke grabbed him and said in a low voice, "Where are you going? Are you going to start practicing?"
Qi Yuqiu smiled and said: "You guys wait here, there will be a big show to watch later, as for me, I can walk around as I like."
Leaving the mountainside where the Shanshen Cave is located, Qi Yuqiu continued to walk up a small path, and after walking for about ten minutes, he came to another stone platform. In the direction of Shanshen Cave.
He opened the bag, and inside was the quilt that he was drying on the balcony today. The quilt was already covered with red and dark brown runes, and four small bells were tied at the four corners.
Qi Yuqiu spread the quilt on the stone platform, and pointed the bell with patterns and dyed cinnabar to the scene of the mountain god sacrifice.
Putting the quilt away, Qi Yuqiu took out a bunch of copper coins and a wedge made of dead jade, got down from the stone platform, and walked back along the way he came.Every nine steps, he dropped a copper coin and nailed a jade wedge into the hole of the copper coin.
Walking back to the mountain god sacrifice, he just threw away the 81 copper coins in his hand, and put the last one on the stone platform in front of the cave. He held a jade wedge in his hand, and pressed it lightly into the stone platform inside.
Sheng Yuke watched helplessly as he nailed the nails with his hands effortlessly as if by magic, and opened his mouth slightly. When Qi Yuqiu moved his hand away, he bent down quickly and picked the copper coins nailed on the stone with his fingers, and found that the buckle could not be buckled. Only then did he give Qi Yuqiu a thumbs up in admiration.
"Good work!" Sheng Yuke exaggerated.
Seeing this scene, Yue Yuze trembled, and couldn't help touching his face, hiss, it hurts!
Qi Yuqiu waved his hands modestly: "It's easy to say, easy to say."
In front of the cave, Jin Hai and Shanshui looked at each other with complacent smiles. With these people carrying them, they would definitely be able to get out of the big formation before it was scrapped. When there is no big formation in five years, what will Qingxi Town become? They don't have a dime relationship anymore.
"Everyone must be sincere when signing, so that the mountain gods can feel our sincerity, and our Qingxi Town can have a better future!"
The dozen or so old people who discussed matters in the auditorium in the morning signed the first batch. They stood aside and watched the young people scrambling to sign on the yellow cloth, showing a relieved smile.
"These children are the future of our Qingxi Town. In the future, the inheritance of Qingxi paper sticks depends on them."
"Yes!"
Someone looked around, sighed, and said, "Why didn't Mr. Cheng and Mr. Hu come?"
"Old man Cheng said that he was in poor health and couldn't come up, but Mr. Hu, his paper bundles are indispensable for the mountain god sacrifice every year. Why didn't any of them come up this year?"
"I don't know. If you don't tell me, I really don't think about it. In the past, Mr. Hu was very active, but this year he didn't say anything."
Just as he was talking, the last person signed his name, took the red envelope from Jin Hai's assistant, and happily returned to the crowd.
Taoist Shanshui pulled Huang up, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Everyone's sincerity must have been received by the Lord Mountain God, but those who have done something wrong will still be punished."
As he said that, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the direction where Qi Yuqiu and the others were standing: "The sinner will be here later, everyone, do you think he should be made to repent to the mountain god for the mistakes made by his family?"
Everyone subconsciously avoided the direction Shanshui pointed, and cleared a way to reveal Chen Yanyu standing behind.
"It's him, why does he still have a face?"
"Oh my God, I thought that the Chen family members were all dead. This person escaped and grew up outside, and came back to take revenge, right?"
"How could he have the face to come back for revenge? What does his daughter-in-law who was forced to death say?"
"Isn't that the same in their family? Like a father, like a son. He probably doesn't think his grandparents and parents are wrong."
"If he doesn't apologize, we will kneel down on him and kowtow to that poor woman to admit his mistake! This is what the Chen family owes her!"
"Yes, we must make him kowtow to admit his mistake!"
The buzzing sound of discussion reached Chen Yanyu's ears, but instead of showing an angry expression as Shanshui and Jin Hai imagined, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "It's time."
"What time is it?"
The people who were very close to him were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and immediately understood what Chen Yanyu was talking about.
On the stone steps leading down the mountain, a dragon's head popped out, followed by a huge and lifelike dragon's neck and body.The dragon with a length of more than ten meters was lifted up by four or five people, and slowly floated up. At first glance, it looked like a real dragon.
Hu Jiuhe followed the dragon's tail, walked up to the stone platform, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "I want to see today, who dares to touch my nephew!"
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"We're back." Shouted Sheng Yuke, ran up to the second floor, and put the things in his arms in front of Qi Yuqiu.
A wooden box was filled with odds and ends. In addition, Cheng Yu, who was walking behind, carried a small jar of dog blood in his hand.
Grinning, he put the things in front of Qi Yuqiu, and rushed towards the faucet.
Qi Yuqiu lifted the can of dog blood to have a look, and said with a satisfied smile, "Yes, authentic black dog blood."
"That's not right. Director Cheng and I ran for a long time before we found it." Sheng Yuke took a big sip of water from his water glass and said happily, "I gave the little dog 3000 yuan for nutrition in order to bleed it." Woolen cloth."
Yue Yuze looked at Cheng Yu and the two of them messing around, and was a little confused. What's wrong with this?Is the next step is to make nostalgic zombie films?
"Director Cheng, do we have any special arrangements for the evening?" Yue Yuze asked in a low voice.
Cheng Yu smiled mysteriously and said, "There are arrangements, just wait and see."
"Okay, okay." Yue Yuze was a little flustered, always feeling that something would break his three views.
The sun was setting to the west, and the balcony on the second floor was gradually submerged by elongated shadows. Qi Yuqiu threw the empty cinnabar box into the trash can and put away the sheets.
"Okay, you're done." He stretched himself.
Cheng Yu and Sheng Yuke leaned on the railing with their chins leaning on them, looked at the setting sun in the west, and sighed: "It's beautiful, the scenery of Qingxi Town is really good."
Qi Yuqiu walked to them and said with a smile, "Yes."
It's a pity that there are ugly old things hidden under the beautiful scenery, and today's injustice will probably be settled.
Lights began to light up in the town, and Chen Yanyu stepped into the yard tiredly, asking Qi Yuqiu and others to go out for dinner with him.
"People are busy earning extra money, so they don't deliver food." Chen Yanyu smiled wryly, "Mr. Jin is really generous. He insisted on spending money to invite those who don't participate in the paper-making festival to go up the mountain."
It was the same restaurant where they ate last time. The boss personally acted as a waiter to serve them. After serving, he said: "Today is a neglect. The two back kitchen staff have all gone up the mountain. There is only one chef left. It is really a toss." Moved, the old rules, this meal I invite."
Qi Yuqiu smiled and said, "Boss, don't you guys go? It is said that the Mountain God Festival is the busiest day in Qingxi Town except for the Spring Festival."
The boss curled his lips: "What are you doing to join in the excitement? I'm still busy earning money. If I delay my time for a while, the loss caused cannot be compensated by a little money from Mr. Jin."
"It's fine if you don't go, the money is not easy to earn, boss, you are a sensible person." Qi Yuqiu said while holding a piece of tofu.
"Hurry up and eat, we're going to watch after we're done, my camera is ready." Cheng Yu said, "Hey, Yanyu, are you going?"
Chen Yanyu smiled and said: "If you want to go up, I must follow."
After he finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and continued to eat, and quietly clenched a moon-shaped object in his trouser pocket with his left hand.
He had been wearing half a piece of jade around his neck since he was a child. It was a token of love from his parents, but it was supposed to be a pair of jade pendants, but he didn't know where the remaining half was.
An hour ago, a child came to him with the other half of the jade pendant, saying that the person who gave him the jade pendant asked him to tell Chen Yanyu that he wanted the whereabouts of his grandparents and parents' corpses, so he went to the mountain god sacrifice and waited, otherwise he would never No chance to see them.
Chen Yanyu's eyes were slightly cold. Back then, Chen Tong took him away from Qingxi Town overnight, and he didn't have time to collect the corpses of his four relatives. Now the four stone tombs on the cliff are just the paper he made out of paper to replace their corpses according to the ancient method. people.
He knew that the Mountain God Sacrifice must be related to his deceased family members, but he just had a little guess as to what was going on, and he hadn't had time to explore it carefully.
He almost didn't dare to think about whether those people were really as crazy as he thought, if it was true...then don't blame him for getting innocent!
After eating, the five of them went straight to Xiaoqing Peak, and there was an endless stream of paper lanterns lit on the road, all of them flooded up the mountainside.
At the foot of the mountain, many street vendors pushed their carts to occupy a good position early on, shouting one after another, and it was even more lively than the town.
"Elder Jin is really rich, how much will it cost to invite so many people!" Someone said with emotion.
"Yeah, I don't know what he's trying to figure out. Look at those young people, they don't sincerely come to worship the mountain god, and they hug each other without any rules. It's really immoral. Isn't Mr. Jin afraid that the mountain god will get angry when he sees it?"
"Hey, the old man likes to be lively, let him go, what age is it, do you still believe that there is a mountain god?"
"You bastard, dare to disrespect the mountain god here, seek a beating!"
The road up the mountain was already closed, but now it is unimpeded. Many exquisite paper bundles were carried up the mountain, and everyone was beaming with joy at today's windfall.
Qi Yuqiu supported the burden on his back and followed the crowd up the mountain.
In front of the cold cave in the past, it is now decorated with new decorations. A few wooden pillars support the drawn lines. The lights illuminate the place like daytime. There are all kinds of paper bundles in front of the entrance of the cave, waiting for people down the mountain After going up the mountain one after another, Jin Hai and other talents came out of the sheds they had set up.
In addition to Jin Hai, his son and grandson also came.
Jin Hai's son, Jin Yanshun, is in his 30s this year. He wears a pair of flat glasses, and he doesn't have the arrogance of a nouveau riche.His grandson, Jin Qijun, is also a well-behaved little boy, but he is still young, looking at the flattering residents of Qingxi Town, impatience and contempt flashed in his eyes from time to time.
Jin Hai still spoke a few words to everyone as in previous years. The residents who had money were much more enthusiastic than in previous years, and they applauded and accepted the words with great dignity.
After finishing the opening remarks, it was the next process of the Mountain God Festival. Jin Hai lifted the curtain of the tent and led Taoist Shanshui out.
"Everyone, our Qingxi Town today is inseparable from the blessing of the mountain god. Young people may not understand it, but the older guys must remember how miserable our Qingxi Town was more than 20 years ago. , since we started worshiping the mountain god, our life has become easier."
The elderly people in the crowd could not help but nod.
"At that time, Qingxi Town only picked when the crops were about to ripen and it rained. It lasted for half a month, and the grain rotted in the ground."
"Yeah, after crossing a mountain, there was only a few days of light rain in the village, but it rained all day here, and the mud and rocks on the mountain flowed down and blocked the road."
"Not only is it raining, but there are always strange diseases in the town. The children in the town were always crying at night in those years. Several children have accidents every year, either falling into the well or getting lost in the mountains. , if it weren't for the adults who care about it, I don't know how many people will die a year."
"Well, I remember that I climbed the mountain early in the morning and went out to beg for food. Later, I started to worship the mountain god and the town gradually got better. It didn't rain at any time, and the child didn't have any accidents."
What the old people said made the young people present feel terrified. Now this scene is already gloomy, and it is impossible for the old people to collude to lie together. They usually don’t believe in these ghosts and gods, so they have to be suspicious at this time .
Jin Hai watched with satisfaction that the faces of the people present gradually became serious, and then gave up the main seat, and slightly bent down to introduce Taoist Shanshui: "You may not know that it was the Taoist Shanshui who passed by here back then who discovered our township. Only then did I find me and asked me to hold a mountain god sacrifice. Taoist Master Shanshui set up a large formation here, so that our sincerity can reach the mountain god directly, so that we can get his blessing."
"Over the years, Taoist Shanshui has been paying attention to our Qingxi Town. Although 20 years have passed, he has come to see if the formation is still in good condition every year. In the past 20 years, the mountain god festival has been going well. But just this year, Something happened to the Mountain God Festival, everyone must know that a child in our town died outside the Mountain God Cave."
As he spoke, everyone remembered that a person died here just yesterday, and they couldn't help but feel a chill down their backs.
"We are all very sad about the child's death, but more importantly, what does this indicate? It indicates that our mountain god is dissatisfied with Qingxi Town! He wants to punish us!"
"Ah? The mountain god is angry?"
"Then what should we do, we can't be abandoned by the mountain god, Taoist priest, you have to help us, as long as the mountain god is willing to forgive us, we can do anything!"
"Yes, the mountain god has blessed us for so many years, why is he suddenly angry?"
"Someone must have done something wrong and offended Lord Mountain God!"
The old people were very worried and angry, and there was a buzz of discussion at the scene.
Director Shanshui looked at this scene, smiled with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and pressed down, motioning for everyone to silence.
After everyone quieted down, Taoist Master Shanshui said, "There was an incident in your town more than 20 years ago. I think all the paper-making craftsmen present should still remember it. It was that incident. Let one protect you The mountain god abandoned you for nearly five years."
As soon as his words came out, the older generation frowned. That incident was a scandal that they could not tell in Qingxi Town. After the incident, they just pretended that the family had never appeared and kept silent.
Jin Hai smiled and said: "Everyone has buried this incident in their hearts for so many years, just because they feel that it has shamed my Qingxi Town. But since it has already happened, and so many years have passed, there is no need for us to keep it a secret from our younger generations. , We have done a good job these years, the paper has become an intangible cultural heritage, and the scars from that year should have scabbed off!"
"Yes, Mr. Jin is right. What those people did has nothing to do with us."
"When I mention it now, I'm still very angry. I really didn't expect that there would be such a beast in Qingxi Town!"
"It's no wonder that the mountain god is so angry, I feel disgusted!"
The young people were at a loss. They never knew what kind of heinous people appeared in the small town where they grew up.
"What the hell happened?"
The crowd whispered, and the old people were filled with righteous indignation and told the younger generation about the tragedy that happened that year.
And Chen Yanyu, who was standing at the back, had already clenched his fists, his nails sank into his palm, and a few drops of blood dripped down the palm lines on the ground.
In the narration of the elders, Qingxi Town more than 20 years ago slowly emerged in front of the young people.
Back then, Qingxi Town was not so big, and the neighbors were very friendly. At that time, the town’s paper bindings had already become famous in the neighborhood, and funerals within a hundred miles would be made of Qingxi’s paper bindings. The most famous in the town The three paper-making shops are Chen Suiyun's Chen family, Li Changhe's Li family and Jin Yunjin's family.
The three of them have always only taken on big jobs. On weekdays, the jobs of small households are leaked to other paper making shops, which can be regarded as taking care of their livelihood, and will give them advice when they have time. The craftsmen in the town are very fond of them. respect.
In the past, the three families did not compete with each other, and each had its own unique skills in the paper-making industry. Each family only focused on its own strengths, and they could be considered to get along with each other in peace.But I don't know when it started, Chen Suiyun was no longer satisfied with his own craftsmanship, he wanted to occupy all the special skills of the three families.
After he came to the door to ask for it but failed, Chen Suiyun started to use his brains. He failed to hook up with the Li family's daughter-in-law, and became angry. one is right.
At that time, the Li family wanted to calm things down, but Chen Suiyun bit back, openly slandering the Li family for stealing their family's music scores and family heirlooms, and saying that it was the Li family's daughter-in-law who seduced his son and ruined his son's relationship with his daughter-in-law.
How could the Li family have imagined that he would be so shameless that he was beaten so quickly that he couldn't guard against it. Fortunately, Chen Suiyun climbed the wall in the middle of the night and was spotted by two drunks, and the family heirloom was engraved with the name of the Li family.
The daughter-in-law of the Li family was finally humiliated by her reputation and died wearing a red dress in front of the Shanshen Cave, bleeding from her whole body.
In order to seek justice, the Li family made the matter public, and Chen Suiyun's family became rats that everyone shouted and beat in Qingxi Town, so one night, a fire ignited in the Li family's paper shop, and all four of their family died in the flames. .
"If Chen Suiyun just wanted to learn other people's crafts secretly, he could be forgiven, but if he failed to learn others' skills, he beat him up, and finally drove the poor master to death. If Li's daughter-in-law doesn't die, he might be stabbed in the back for the rest of his life."
After hearing this story, the young people are disgusted with the Chen family who died 20 years ago.
"It deserves it, in which era, such a vicious way was used to destroy a woman."
"It's really shameless. I was found out stealing other people's things. What can I do if I apologize, but I even beat him up. How can I be so shameless!"
Chen Yanyu clenched her teeth and glared at the people around her.
It was these people who turned black and white, forced his grandparents and parents to death, and poured sewage on them forever.
One of these people counts as one, and they all deserve to die!
He took out his mobile phone and sent Chen Tong a message with a sneer on his lips.
When the crowd was excited, Jin Hai sighed and said: "When this happened, our Qingxi Township offended the mountain god. Originally, the grand array laid down by Taoist Shanshui could keep our Qingxi Town prosperous for a hundred years, but this year, the town came If one person is lost, it is his arrival that will make the mountain god angry again."
"Who is it? Isn't it related to the Chen family?"
"Tell him to get out, far away from our Qingxi Town, bereavement star, family bereavement star."
The people who were aroused were full of malice towards the "culprit" who hadn't shown up, especially the younger generations of the Li family. Lost his life, he hated the Chen family to the core.
"That's why I have to come up with everyone today. I won't say who this person is. If we want to settle this matter, we still have to rely on the strength of everyone in Qingxi Town. Master Shanshui wrote a confession letter, Each of us needs to sign our name on it and express our apology to the mountain god."
Shanshui asked someone to lift a yellow cloth from the tent and spread it out in the field. On the five-meter-square cloth was written strange words in cinnabar. Everyone took a look and frowned at Shanshui.
Shanshui smiled and said: "The characters used by the mountain god are naturally different from those of us ordinary people, so everyone just needs to sign."
"Okay, we believe in Taoist Master Shanshui!" An old man yelled, walked forward tremblingly, and pressed his fingerprints on a corner of the yellow cloth.
Then Jin Hai signaled his assistant to hand him a red envelope.
Seeing that there was still a red envelope for the signature, everyone's eyes lit up, and they rushed forward to sign on it.
"Everyone, don't be in a hurry. Everyone has a chance." Jin Hai and Shan Shui said with smiles on their faces.
Everyone crowded forward, and Sheng Yuke and his party seemed a little abrupt.
Chen Yanyu looked at the person who signed the yellow cloth with a blank expression, and sneered in his heart, money is really a good thing, but he was afraid of losing his life.
Qi Yuqiu glanced at him, then walked out of the crowd with his own burden on his back.
Sheng Yuke grabbed him and said in a low voice, "Where are you going? Are you going to start practicing?"
Qi Yuqiu smiled and said: "You guys wait here, there will be a big show to watch later, as for me, I can walk around as I like."
Leaving the mountainside where the Shanshen Cave is located, Qi Yuqiu continued to walk up a small path, and after walking for about ten minutes, he came to another stone platform. In the direction of Shanshen Cave.
He opened the bag, and inside was the quilt that he was drying on the balcony today. The quilt was already covered with red and dark brown runes, and four small bells were tied at the four corners.
Qi Yuqiu spread the quilt on the stone platform, and pointed the bell with patterns and dyed cinnabar to the scene of the mountain god sacrifice.
Putting the quilt away, Qi Yuqiu took out a bunch of copper coins and a wedge made of dead jade, got down from the stone platform, and walked back along the way he came.Every nine steps, he dropped a copper coin and nailed a jade wedge into the hole of the copper coin.
Walking back to the mountain god sacrifice, he just threw away the 81 copper coins in his hand, and put the last one on the stone platform in front of the cave. He held a jade wedge in his hand, and pressed it lightly into the stone platform inside.
Sheng Yuke watched helplessly as he nailed the nails with his hands effortlessly as if by magic, and opened his mouth slightly. When Qi Yuqiu moved his hand away, he bent down quickly and picked the copper coins nailed on the stone with his fingers, and found that the buckle could not be buckled. Only then did he give Qi Yuqiu a thumbs up in admiration.
"Good work!" Sheng Yuke exaggerated.
Seeing this scene, Yue Yuze trembled, and couldn't help touching his face, hiss, it hurts!
Qi Yuqiu waved his hands modestly: "It's easy to say, easy to say."
In front of the cave, Jin Hai and Shanshui looked at each other with complacent smiles. With these people carrying them, they would definitely be able to get out of the big formation before it was scrapped. When there is no big formation in five years, what will Qingxi Town become? They don't have a dime relationship anymore.
"Everyone must be sincere when signing, so that the mountain gods can feel our sincerity, and our Qingxi Town can have a better future!"
The dozen or so old people who discussed matters in the auditorium in the morning signed the first batch. They stood aside and watched the young people scrambling to sign on the yellow cloth, showing a relieved smile.
"These children are the future of our Qingxi Town. In the future, the inheritance of Qingxi paper sticks depends on them."
"Yes!"
Someone looked around, sighed, and said, "Why didn't Mr. Cheng and Mr. Hu come?"
"Old man Cheng said that he was in poor health and couldn't come up, but Mr. Hu, his paper bundles are indispensable for the mountain god sacrifice every year. Why didn't any of them come up this year?"
"I don't know. If you don't tell me, I really don't think about it. In the past, Mr. Hu was very active, but this year he didn't say anything."
Just as he was talking, the last person signed his name, took the red envelope from Jin Hai's assistant, and happily returned to the crowd.
Taoist Shanshui pulled Huang up, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Everyone's sincerity must have been received by the Lord Mountain God, but those who have done something wrong will still be punished."
As he said that, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the direction where Qi Yuqiu and the others were standing: "The sinner will be here later, everyone, do you think he should be made to repent to the mountain god for the mistakes made by his family?"
Everyone subconsciously avoided the direction Shanshui pointed, and cleared a way to reveal Chen Yanyu standing behind.
"It's him, why does he still have a face?"
"Oh my God, I thought that the Chen family members were all dead. This person escaped and grew up outside, and came back to take revenge, right?"
"How could he have the face to come back for revenge? What does his daughter-in-law who was forced to death say?"
"Isn't that the same in their family? Like a father, like a son. He probably doesn't think his grandparents and parents are wrong."
"If he doesn't apologize, we will kneel down on him and kowtow to that poor woman to admit his mistake! This is what the Chen family owes her!"
"Yes, we must make him kowtow to admit his mistake!"
The buzzing sound of discussion reached Chen Yanyu's ears, but instead of showing an angry expression as Shanshui and Jin Hai imagined, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "It's time."
"What time is it?"
The people who were very close to him were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and immediately understood what Chen Yanyu was talking about.
On the stone steps leading down the mountain, a dragon's head popped out, followed by a huge and lifelike dragon's neck and body.The dragon with a length of more than ten meters was lifted up by four or five people, and slowly floated up. At first glance, it looked like a real dragon.
Hu Jiuhe followed the dragon's tail, walked up to the stone platform, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "I want to see today, who dares to touch my nephew!"
作者有话要说:来啦~感谢在2020-07-0317:44:04~2020-07-0411:50:55期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~
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