Land god

Rural people, especially those in ancient times, basically didn’t have any entertainment at night. They just sat and chatted under a big tree when it was dark, and went home to sleep after talking and laughing for a while.Now is the busy season of farming. Under the big tree at the head of the village, there are many farmers who have just come back from the field and are tired all day sitting under the tree to enjoy the shade.

Du Qian leaned over and stood far away with some anxiety in his heart. After a while, he found that those people really couldn't see him, so he stood a little closer with confidence.

At this time, the old man who accompanied Zhang Gai's wife to burn incense in the Earth Temple yesterday came over, and other villagers stood up to say hello.

"The eighth uncle is here." "The eighth uncle, sit down!"

Du Qian suddenly realized that this old man was the eighth uncle that Zhang Gai had mentioned several times, and he seemed to be respected by the villagers.

"Well, everyone has worked hard today, that is, in the past two days, you can take a breather after you finish your work." The old man sat on a large smooth bluestone, and everyone automatically gathered around to listen to him.

"What Eighth Uncle said is that the past two days have been exhausting." A thin villager said.

But the old man glanced at him and said: "The land in your house is only a little bigger than a palm, but you haven't fixed it yet. You know how to make money by digging medicine with your daughter-in-law in a day. I passed by your backyard at noon, and the pigsty smelled so bad." It’s not looking good, it’s hard to raise a pig, and you don’t take good care of it in the hot summer, beware of the plague, not only your family will suffer, but other families may also be harmed, after this busy period, go and clean it up!”

The old man scolded his head and face, but the thin villager didn't dare to refute.

Everyone chatted for a few more words, but the old man said again: "Why didn't you see Gaizi's daughter-in-law?"

Immediately someone replied, "Go home on time and cook for the baby."

The old man sighed and said: "Hey, Gaizi is an honest child, and he will be gone if he is good. It is also pitiful to leave orphans and widows behind."

Others immediately echoed and said, "Really, it's not easy to raise a baby by yourself in the future, farming and doing housework at the same time."

The old man turned his head and said to a strong old man in his 50s beside him: "Nephew Heisei, you are Gaizi's third uncle. Gaizi often helped your family when he was alive. You can help more during this busy farming season." This point, with me watching, no one dares to say anything."

Everyone was speechless for a moment, and only heard the third uncle who changed his son nodded and said: "Why don't you help me, I just asked his third aunt to steam the steamed buns for the baby, and tomorrow I will put the cow on and give it to him My family has plowed the land, and I am an old man, so I am afraid of what people will say."

As the saying goes, "There are many gossips in front of the widow's house." Even if the men in the village look at Zhang Gai's wife pitifully and want to help dig the land, they are afraid that their own wife will turn against him when they go home, and they will go to Zhang Gai's house to make trouble. Do something bad.Now that a respectable old man speaks, and an elderly third uncle helps, naturally no one will say anything.

Du Qian sighed, with the help of the villagers, Gaizi's wife and children would not be troubled, and Gaizi should feel better when he heard the news.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the daughters-in-law of each family also called their men to go back to eat, and the villagers returned home one after another after a busy day.Du Qian walked around the village by himself and saw that the moon had begun to emerge on the mountainside to the east, so he prepared to rush back.At this time, he saw a woman in red gauze coming out of a family's firewood shed, and bumped into him.

The two looked at each other, and Du Qian was startled immediately, he was seen by someone after he finished speaking.In the end, the woman snorted coldly and said, "You are new to the land? What are you afraid of? Do I look scary?"

"Uh, may I ask who is the girl?" Du Qian was stunned for a moment and then realized that this woman is a spirit body like him, and she has a faint red light all over her body. .

This girl is good-looking, but unfortunately her face is too cold, she rolled her eyes and said, "You can't tell? I'm the Kitchen God!"

"Oh~~ So it's Zao Jun." Du Qian smiled and cupped his hands. He will be a colleague in the future, and he has to build a good relationship.

Seeing that he had a good attitude, the girl's expression softened a lot, she nodded and said, "What kind of kitchen gentleman, my surname is Lin, just call me Sister Lin."

Du Qian complained secretly, this woman is really rude, luckily her name is not Sister Lin.But he didn't dare to offend anyone, so he called Sister Lin honestly—although they are all gods, she is a veteran after all, and if she is not flattering, she might bully a rookie like him.

Seeing Du Qian being so upbeat, the Kitchen Goddess surnamed Lin really had a smile on her face, and said to him: "You are much better than that strange old man before, and you will definitely be able to do it for a long time."

"Predecessor, what's going on, sister Lin, can you tell me? I just came here, so I'm afraid that something will be taboo." Du Qian hurriedly inquired about his work experience.

"It's nothing, we just perform our own duties, and don't care about others. It's just that your ex is too annoying, and his mind is still full of dogmas of mortals. He looks down on me as a woman and doesn't want to deal with me. That's all. It's not uncommon to talk to a bad old man like him, but he doesn't want to take care of his duties. He just drops book bags all day long. There is a villager's cemetery in Nanshan that was invaded by demons. He didn't notice it until there was a corpse in the cemetery. He almost lost his life, attracted a wandering Taoist priest to exorcise the demon, and alarmed the city god, which calmed down the incident. However, he was also demoted from the god position because of this, and he was reincarnated in despair."

"So that's the case, thank you, Sister Lin, for reminding me." This remark made a lot of sense, Du Qian quickly thanked her with a smile, bid farewell to the Kitchen God, and hurried back to the temple.

Now he has gradually adapted to his spirit body, and no longer walks step by step like ordinary people. He can often fly hundreds of meters away when his body floats, so it is not much use to rush back to the earth temple on the hillside long time.

Zhang Gai, who was waiting in the temple, was very happy when he heard that someone was helping his wife and children to live, and said many good things about the eighth uncle and the third uncle.

After a few days without incident, the land in the village was plowed and planted, and it started to rain.

Zhang Gai seemed to be very afraid of thunder. Every time there was a thunderstorm, he would shrink into a corner of the big house in shock, trembling all over.

Although Du Qian was also startled by the rumbling thunder, he felt a little apprehensive, but it didn't have any substantial impact.At this time, the smoke in the temple had almost dissipated, so he used his divine power to gather the remaining thin smoke and surround Zhang Gai, hoping that he would feel better.

After finally getting through the thunderstorm, Du Qian suddenly found that many villagers came to the hill by coincidence, holding incense paper and other things in their hands.

The villagers gathered in front of the Earth Temple, and someone brought dry firewood and lit a fire in front of the Earth Temple.

So many people suddenly came in front of the normally deserted Earth Temple, Du Qian felt a little uncomfortable for a while, and hid behind the statue with Zhang Gai and looked out.

I saw that many villagers lit their own incense sticks in the fire, and planted them in front of the temple, gradually forming a large clump.There was a big puff of smoke from these incense sticks, and after a while, the big room where Du Qian and the others lived was filled with fragrant smoke, and Du Qian only felt refreshed for a while, the empty big room was unprecedentedly comfortable , and Zhang Gai on the side was also cheerful. Although he couldn't see the situation outside clearly through the temple, he also guessed that his fellow villagers came to worship the god.

In order not to affect his sight, Du Qian stretched out his hand and used his divine power to suppress the smoke so that it was concentrated only two feet below the ground.

The eighth uncle also came, leading the crowd and kneeling in front of God, saying: "Today is the first tooth in the second grade of junior high school. Thank you, Grandpa Land, for blessing us with a safe and prosperous harvest!"

Du Qian was still a little unaccustomed to being worshiped by everyone, and only after all the worshipers had left did he change out with Zhang.

Zhang Gai seemed to have something on his mind, but he didn't mean to say anything, so Du Qian didn't ask, just continued his practice.

After several days of continuous practice, he has made rapid progress. Originally, the six mantras could only be practiced three times a day, but now he can practice five times in a row.Then he found that his spiritual body became more stable. Standing under the moonlight at night, although he could still feel some chill, it would not reach the bone-piercing level before.

With the improvement of strength, Du Qian also carried out renovations to the big house in his temple.First, I pinched some tables, chairs and furniture with mud, and put them in the house after applying divine power to make them exquisite. Then I took off an old spider web discarded in the Earth Temple, and turned it into a yellow brocade, and draped it on the mottled statue. On, it can be regarded as covering up the ugliness.He also used leaves to make a bed for Zhang, and placed it in a corner of the big house, blocking it with a screen to form a small compartment.

After some renovations by him, the whole big house finally looked suitable for living, and it was no longer as empty as before.