"correct."

Li Ying paused, and continued: "You also know that we have never had any legends here."

"There is not even a temple in the mountains, where is the mountain god? The village is starting to say that grandma has dementia..."

Si Huai frowned: "When did it start?"

"It was like this when I went to see her two days ago. I'm not sure when it started."

Li Ying asked cautiously, "Uncle Zhang, do you have time to come and take a look?"

"I remember that you will go back to Jingu every year during this time."

Si Huai: "I see, I'll be here in two days."

"So, how much does it cost?",

Li Ying's voice was much softer, and she said with some difficulty: "I'm still studying."

She saw the news about Daotian Temple on the Internet, and knew that Daotian Temple is very famous now, and the fee should not be very low.

Si Huai leaned back and said lazily, "No, just treat it as the orange money I paid to Grandma Li."

"I'll contact you again in Jingu."

After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Dong Dashan immediately leaned over and kept looking at the phone screen: "I seem to hear a girl's voice."

"You still say you won't take money?!"

"I thought I would never have the chance to hear you say that in my life."

"..."

Si Huai glanced at him: "It's my former neighbor, he took good care of me."

Dong Dashan was puzzled: "Don't you live in a villa area? Isn't your neighbor a rich man?"

Si Huai: "My mother and I were in Jingu before, and we lived in an old Tongzilou."

Dong Dashan was stunned. Jingu is a small city in the south, and its economic conditions are very different from those of Shangyang.

Thinking of the family matters that Si Huai occasionally mentioned, he fell silent.

There is a president's father, but he lives in another place with his mother. The reason is not difficult to guess.

Si Huai wouldn't take the initiative to talk about his family affairs, but when Dong Dashan asked, he wouldn't hide it either.

"I only returned to Shangyang last year."

Dong Dashan gave a dumbfounded sigh, and asked in a low voice, "What... what is Tongzilou?"

Si Huai raised his eyelids and smiled: "It's similar to a school dormitory. There are many single rooms connected by a long corridor, and the area is slightly larger than the dormitory."

Dong Dashan opened his mouth, and there was the word "old" in front of the Tongzilou that Si Huai just mentioned.

The real situation is only worse than the school dormitory.

He didn't expect Si Huai's life to be like this when he was a child.

I thought that even if Si Huai had a bad relationship with his father, at least he would have no worries about food and clothing...

Dong Dashan stared blankly at Si Huai, his eyes filled with sympathy, pity, and distress.

Si Huai raised his eyebrows: "You don't know how miserable I was in the past. I ate pickled vegetables and rice every day. I didn't have money to eat fruits, so I could only go to Grandma Li's house to secretly pick an orange to satisfy my hunger."

Dong Dashan felt even more distressed when he heard it.

Si Huai continued: "I was sick and didn't have the money to be hospitalized, and was almost kicked out by the doctor..."

Dong Dashan comforted dryly: "You, you are rich now, and there is a very rich man."

"You, you are elated."

Si Huai's expression remained unchanged: "Do you know that your current salary for one month is about what our family spent in the previous year."

"If you feel sorry for me, you can return the money to me."

Dong Dashan: "..."

It's he who thinks too much.

When the class bell rang, Si Huai raised his feet, opened Taoist Fang's WeChat account, and explained something.

Did you cook today: [I had a call just now. 】

Taoist Fang: [I'm used to being hung up by you. 】

Did you cook today: […]

Did you cook today: [Is there any clue to investigate the red stiffness? 】

Fang Daochang: [Now we are investigating the Tianshi Zhang mentioned by the villagers of Dengjia Village. 】

Fang Daozhang: [I have been to many places, almost half of the small cities in China. 】

Fang Daochang: 【Now all the Daoist Associations are investigating locally, and the Shangyang Daoist Association will start to take action in a few days. 】

Did you cook today: [Is there any news from Jingu? 】

After a while, Taoist Fang replied: [I went to ask the Provincial Road Association, but I haven't found it yet. 】

Si Huai lowered his eyes, pondered for a long time, and searched for news about the mountain god.

[A man saw a fairy in Chengyuan Port?Said to be a mountain god? 】

[Tourists bumped into a bizarre scene while climbing Fujian, suspected to be a mountain god. 】

[Jiaochang County is shocked by the golden light, and the mountain god blesses it! 】

…………

[Many villagers in Raoshui County said they saw a mountain god on the mountain...]

Since half a year ago, there have been news about the mountain god on the Internet, but it has not attracted the attention of the public, and these news have not even had a few clicks.

Si Huai frowned. He and his senior brother had been to many cities. They had been to these places before, and there was nothing special about them.

Could the mountain god thing be a coincidence?

…………

On the first day of the National Day holiday, Si Huai and Lu Xiuzhi went to the airport early in the morning and flew directly to the nearest airport to Jingu.

Depart in the morning and arrive at night.

Jingu is a small city, only the city center is a little more prosperous, and other places look like ordinary villages and towns.

The two rested at the hotel for the night, and took a taxi to Tongzilou.

Hearing the name of Tongzilou, the taxi driver couldn't help but look at them twice, and asked, "Are you here to build a house?"

Secretary doubted: "What house?"

The taxi driver smiled: "Isn't it going to be demolished over there? One in the tube building and one in the new community. If I had bought a few, I wouldn't have to work now."

Si Huai was stunned, demolition?

"Is there no one living there now?"

The taxi driver nodded: "Yes, they have all moved a long time ago."

Half an hour later, the taxi stopped in front of the tube building.

The iron gate in front of the Tongzilou was full of rust, and it creaked when the wind blew.

Standing outside the iron gate, Si Huai looked up at this familiar yet unfamiliar empty building, and said to Lu Xiuzhi, "I used to live on the second floor with my mother, and my brother lived on the third floor."

"Something happened after my mother passed away, so my brother and I left Jinku and went to other places."

Lu Xiuzhi pursed his lips: "Do you want to go in and have a look?"

Si Huai shook his head: "We'll talk about it after Grandma Li's matter is settled."

"Her yard is in front."

Walking along the direction of memory, Si Huai stopped under a tree, and saw a big sign written on the wall of the storefront, a few wild cats squatted on the ground, and glanced at them.

not a single person.

Si Huai was silent for a moment: "It seems that it's not just the Tongzilou that needs to be demolished."

He took out his mobile phone and dialed Li Ying's number.

Knowing that Si Huai has arrived in Jingu, Li Ying quickly said: "We have moved, I will pick you up by car now, and I will be there soon."

Si Huai responded, put away the phone, and turned to find that Lu Xiuzhi was looking at the writing on the wall: "What's wrong?"

Lu Xiuzhi: "It's a bit too much."

Si Huai was at a loss, he didn't understand these things: "Maybe the government has money."

Not long after, a car stopped on the side of the road.

The window rolled down, and there was a young girl.

"Li Ying?"

"Si Huai."

Li Ying smiled at Si Huai, saw Lu Xiuzhi beside him, and was stunned: "Is this your friend?"

Si Huai: "This is my husband."

Li Ying stayed for a while, laughed dryly, and stammered, "You, you guys get in the car."

"Grandma lives in the village."

Li Ying and Si Huai were not familiar with each other when they were young, and now they don't know what to say.

She dryly asked a few words about the marriage, and then asked: "Isn't Uncle Zhang coming?"

Si Huai: "It's been a year since he passed away."

"Yes, I'm sorry..." Li Ying twitched the corners of her mouth, and stopped trying to find topics to chat for the rest of the drive, and drove quietly.

…………

Lijia Village is built on the mountain. The houses in the village are not densely gathered in one place, but scattered. Some houses are located at the foot of the mountain, and some are located on the mountainside.

When the car was parked, the villagers at the foot of the mountain kept looking at her. After recognizing Li Ying, they quickly said, "Yingying, your grandma is right in front, chatting with A Jian's family."

"Okay." Li Ying locked the car and ran to the banyan tree in front of her.

Sitting under the banyan tree were two old grandmas, chatting happily, their voices were full of air, and they could be heard clearly even a few meters away.

"I went up the mountain to pick tea leaves that day, and when I looked up, I saw the mountain god!"

"What does the mountain god look like?"

"The face of the mountain god can't be seen by people like us. He is wearing a Taoist robe and when he raises his hand..."

"grandmother!"

Li Ying stepped forward quickly, interrupted the conversation between the two, and pulled up an old man in a floral shirt: "Grandma, guess who is here?"

"Who?"

Grandma Li turned around, saw Si Huai not far away, and was stunned for a while: "Then, is that Xiao Si Huai?"

Li Ying nodded: "Yes, Si Huai."

Si Huai stepped forward and called out, "Grandma Li."

Li Ying gestured to him, and said to Grandma Li, "I met Si Huai at the store, and I wanted to come and see you together."

Grandma Li smiled until her eyes were narrowed, and she quickly said, "Si Huai, I haven't seen you for several years. Come and sit at home."

Si Huai and Lu Xiuzhi followed her up the mountain.

Grandma Li walked like flying, and said as she walked, "Have you been here before? Lao Zhang came every day for a while, and I lent him the old house to live in."

Si Huai was startled: "I haven't been here before."

He didn't know that senior brother often came here.

Grandma Li led them to the house on the mountainside. It was a wooden house on the second floor, which looked old.

"Yingying, go pour some water."

Li Ying responded and went to make tea.

Si Huai glanced around, the room was very clean, not only was there no Yin energy, but because it was on the mountain, it was full of spiritual energy.

Very suitable for retirement.

Si Huai looked at Grandma Li, she had a rosy face and was full of energy, nothing unusual at all.

He asked casually: "Grandma Li, I just heard you talking about the mountain god."

"Is there a mountain god on this mountain?"

Grandma Li said happily: "There must be, I saw it with my own eyes."

"On the morning of a week ago, I went to the top of the mountain to pick tea leaves. I heard strange movements in the mountain, so I went to have a look."

"Then I saw the mountain god. He was wearing a Taoist robe, and with just one lift of his hand, he took Li Mazi to the fairy world."

Si Xun was puzzled: "Who are you taking with you?"

Grandma Li smiled and said, "The people in the village passed away a month ago."

Si Huai frowned.

Li Ying happened to hear this passage when she was handing tea, and couldn't help but say, "You said you didn't see the face, how did you know that person was Li Mazi?"

Grandma Li: "I picked his shroud, do you think I can recognize it?"

Si Huai asked: "Was he buried or cremated?"

Grandma Li: "There was no cremation. I left it at home for two days and then buried it on the mountain."

Si Huai's expression changed.

Sure enough, someone practiced stiffness on the mountain.

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