1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

Although there were many things to worry about, Chen Tiezhu didn't need to be there in person. He mostly just joined in the fun.

He had arranged for others to take care of other things, so he was just left to play.

"Tiezhu, you said that building a mountain temple, I helped to arrange the materials, isn't that also a contribution to the mountain god?"

Liu Dayou, who led the truck over, asked happily.

"Hahaha, that must count. Turning back to the forest farm, there are some wood there. I wanted to use four wheels to pull it, but the carriage was too short." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"That's okay, that red cloth bag is the place for the shrine? Can I take a look?" Liu Dayou asked.

"Of course I just took a look, and it's done after I've checked it." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

Liu Dayou nodded and ran over happily.

For him, the shrine is also a magical existence, isn't it?

"Brother Liu, this is really powerful. If someone wants to cause trouble, the mountain god will just make him feel trapped and his soul will be taken away." Li Tongda, who was also helping here, said with a smile.

"Is it true? Don't try to fool me." Liu Dayou said with some disbelief.

"Why would I lie to you? Everyone in our village knows it." Li Tongda said.

"What is this place? This is where the mountain god stays. If you want to cause trouble here, it's like a birthday star hanging himself. Now he's still a little crazy, saying that he has to be sent outside to see what happens."

"Haven't you recovered yet? Isn't it enough to find someone to call back your soul?" Chen Tiezhu asked in confusion.

"Brother Tiezhu, who made him offend the mountain god?" Li Tongda said.

"We did invite a master to come, light the lamp, collect the soul, and burn a substitute, but it was useless. The same thing happened. We invited the master back, and he said that it would definitely not be cured in the village."

"Speaking, no matter how powerful the master is, he is not as powerful as the mountain god. We can only go to other places for treatment. When the mountain god calms down, he can come back."

Hearing his words, Chen Tiezhu didn't know what to say.

Because he always felt that Zhang Guangliang was guilty and scared himself, and he made the ghost wall.

The current situation was somewhat beyond his expectations.

"Tiezhu, so powerful? I have to worship quickly." Liu Dayou suddenly became energetic.

"There is incense next to it, go and worship it yourself." Chen Tiezhu said helplessly.

This incense was also specially prepared. Anyway, after Zhang Guangliang's incident, the villagers attached great importance to the mountain god temple.

Although he came to help build the temple, it was also breaking ground. To seek peace of mind, they would burn a stick of incense in advance.

"Brother Lianshan, is Zhang Guangliang's matter quite serious?"

At this time, Qi Lianshan had also finished measuring the dimensions, and Chen Tiezhu hurriedly shouted.

"It's quite serious, it's not so easy to deal with." Qi Lianshan clamped the pencil on his ear.

"It's enough to make their family suffer for a while. They can't live a good life, but they have to do evil things. But their family, they don't deserve sympathy."

"They are just ungrateful, old and young are all the same. You have done your best for his family, so don't worry about this matter."

"I will definitely not get involved, I can't avoid it." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"I see that the line you drew has two walls in front? What is this for? Is it like the courtyard wall of our house?"

"There are some similar principles, but it is mainly used to build a shed for the eaves." Qi Lianshan said.

"One is to protect the mountain god from wind and rain, and the other is to provide a place for people to take shelter when it rains."

"Otherwise, if everyone squeezes into the mountain god temple, it will be noisy and easy to bump into the mountain god. I guess our mountain god temple will be popular in the future, so I discussed with Uncle Dong and decided to build it well."

"Actually, these are easy to do, whether it is carpentry or bricklaying, just do the work normally. The main thing is the mountain god, don't you offer statues or tablets? Who will do it?"

"Uh..., is there any particularity for this thing?" Chen Tiezhu asked puzzledly.

"It depends on what you think. It's okay to make one by fooling around, or it's okay to carve it in detail." Qi Lianshan said with a smile.

"Anyway, according to the previous practice, people of high moral character had to write it down first and then carve it. For example, if someone built an incense hall in the past, the characters would not be written randomly."

"Most of them are dedicated to 'Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents and Teachers'. The emphasis is that people should not stand up to the sky, the earth should not leave the soil, the emperor should not open his mouth, the parents should not close their eyes, and the teacher should not carry a knife.""I'm just thinking that we should all build this temple of the three gods seriously. Even if it's just a tablet for Mr. Hu San instead of a statue, we should put more thought into it."

Chen Tiezhu scratched his head. How could he have thought that there would be so many details?

"In fact, it would be easier to make a statue. When there is no offering, it is just a wood sculpture and clay model. You need to pay attention to it after someone invites it." Qi Lianshan continued.

"But for tablets, there are more things to pay attention to. Especially when writing, some people are afraid that they can't bear it and dare not write."

"It seems that I have to find someone who is good at calligraphy. Carving is not a big deal. I can carve it myself." Chen Tiezhu asked, pinching his chin.

"But I'm afraid that people who are not related to us will not write for us. I'll think about it. Anyway, there is still a lot of time."

He really didn't expect that there were so many troublesome things that he needed to deal with. According to his idea, everything would be done after the house was built.

"Just say that when we build a house, we have to have a layout, not to mention the mountain temple." Qi Lianshan said with a smile.

"Let's talk about Uncle Dong and Uncle Nan. They didn't eat meat for three days before work. I also chose young men from our village who were not married to dig the foundation."

"Then why do they all wear red belts?" Liu Dayou asked hurriedly.

"It's also because I'm afraid they will have conflicts." Qi Lianshan said.

"Digging the foundation for the mountain temple is also a merit. God is yang, and it controls the yin land. I'm afraid that the young men's temper is not strong enough and they will cause trouble again."

"Anyway, I don't know anything, and I will just cooperate when the time comes. You should pay more attention to Uncle Dong and Uncle Nan, I'm also busy with things here." Chen Tiezhu said.

"You don't have anything to do here, and there are no taboos." Qi Lianshan said with a smile, and by the way, he glanced at the little confused kid who was playing with Doudou not far away.

Just kidding, Chen Tiezhu has a Hu San Taiye at home, so he can do whatever he wants.

In the past, people didn't care much about the little confused boy, but now it's not the case.

Even seeing Doudou bullying the little confused boy, I feel a little distressed.