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Chapter 343 Sacrifice to the Mountain God

Since Granny Yan asked me to come here, it shows that this place is definitely not simple.

During the meal, the village head was all smiles, and when his wife who was cooking was serving the dishes, he glanced at me inadvertently, her eyes were full of disgust and hatred.

"There is nothing delicious and delicious to entertain. The conditions are difficult, so don't mind!" The village head said with a smile.

I looked away from the village head's wife and smiled politely: "The village head is out!"

The village head looked at my face, leaned closer and whispered, "Someone introduced you?"

When the village chief said this, his eyes were fixed on me.

My heart sank, but I nodded without showing any trace on my face. The village head immediately understood, nodded and said: "Don't worry, we have a lot of products here, you will definitely like them after seeing them."

I didn't say anything, just frowned.

Whether it was the pockmarked face I saw yesterday or the village chief, they all told me this.

But what are they talking about?
Seeing that I didn't speak, the village chief stared at me with an undiminished smile, as if he knew it.

This simple conversation between the two of us made his wife look at me with even more hatred and hatred.

When I went back to the house, I took a look at the village head's wife, a woman named Wang Xiulian, wearing a dusty gray dress and black wool bell-bottom pants, standing at the door looking at the distant mountains.

That look, as if something deep in the mountains attracted her.

Thinking about Wang Xiulian's dull appearance when she first met her, deep confusion arose in her heart.

In my eyes, everyone in the village is somewhat unusual.

Thinking of the weirdness in the village, I was a little drowsy, and fell asleep under the quilt wrapped in a stale smell.

I felt a little heavy in my body, and I really wanted to keep falling, and the sense of emptiness made me panic.

My heart was pounding, and fear was intertwined and came to me.

Suddenly, a strange sound came from the ear.

I suddenly dreamed that I was on the bridge entering the village again.There are no old people on the bridge, only a woman sitting on the bridge with her back to the guardrail.

The woman's back is very familiar, and as I walked in, the feeling became stronger and stronger.

Then the breathing became involuntarily rapid.

As I stepped forward, she slowly turned her head.That's... another me.

"Bai Yao... Bai Yao..."

There was a soft cry from the side, and I turned my head. At some point, there were already many women standing on the bridge. Those women stared at me blankly, with smiles on their ceramic faces.

I opened my eyes from the darkness, panting heavily in shock.

Glancing at the phone, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

Just about to lie down to sleep again, Chu Yuan's voice suddenly came from his ear.

"There's someone out there!"

I turned my head suddenly, and saw a blurry figure appearing in the window.

"Who's there!?"

I shouted, the figure noticed it instantly and ran away immediately.

I felt a little uneasy, and I didn't know how long I had been watching that figure.

Thinking of Chu Yuan's presence, I was not afraid anymore, I grabbed the package and chased him out.

The black shadow was not far away from me, and the sound of chasing along the way was not low, but it didn't attract the attention of those who were paying attention.

After chasing for a while, the figure suddenly got into the woods and disappeared from my sight.

Chu Yuan interrupted me and said, "Stop chasing me."

I stood where I was, looking at the dark woods. If that person really had evil intentions, I might get into trouble if I went in alone.

Just as he was about to leave, he wanted to talk to the village chief after dawn, when he suddenly heard a man's voice in the woods.

"You shouldn't have come here. If you want to survive, leave here after dawn."

These words made me a little puzzled. Could it be that my guess just now was wrong, and this person has no bad intentions for me?
"Who are you? Why are you standing outside my window?"

I felt that the other party was not malicious, so I asked boldly.

The forest was silent except for the rustling of the leaves by the night wind.

After a long silence, when I thought that person had disappeared, I suddenly heard him say: "Don't care who I am, the village is not a place to stay for a long time, you'd better listen to me and leave here."

The voice was very unfamiliar, I gritted my teeth and wanted to go straight in.

"Don't come here!" The man shouted: "Go back quickly, don't tell anyone what happened tonight, leave at dawn, and I will find you when I have a chance."

After saying this, there was no sound in the woods.

After returning to the house, the sky was already bright, but I didn't feel sleepy at all, and my head was in a mess.

Chu Yuan said to me: "My vitality is weak now, you have to play by ear, if there is anything you can't handle, I will help you."

I nodded and was about to speak when suddenly a noise interrupted my thoughts. I opened the door and went in. I saw the village chief was arguing with a young man, while Wang Xiulian stood aside with a numb expression and empty eyes.

"What are you doing back here!" The village head pointed at the young man sullenly, "You know how much I have spent trying to get you out!"

"Did I beg you?" The young man was not afraid of the angry village chief, and even sneered, "You think I'm willing to come back?"

The village chief grabbed the young man by the collar, gritted his teeth and said, "Before they see you, hurry up and don't ruin my business!"

The young man's face suddenly became cold, and there was a hint of grief in his voice: "Do you know what day it is today?"

Seeing the village head stunned, the young man pushed him away, straightened his clothes, grabbed the luggage on the ground, turned and left.

There was a woman in a hat standing outside the door, as if waiting for him.

The village chief turned around and saw Wang Xiulian's face was numb, so he suddenly raised his hand and slapped her across the face: "Look at your good son!"

I walked over and shouted, "If you have something to say, why beat someone!"

Even though I stayed here, I couldn't just watch this kind of thing and ignore it.

Wang Xiulian just turned sideways, as if she was used to it, the expression on her face remained unchanged, and she went out with her things.

Seeing me, the village chief was taken aback for a moment, then put on a smile, and trotted over eagerly: "I didn't hit her on purpose, it's too much of a headache to do just that. Did you rest well last night?"

Thinking of last night's experience, he didn't say much, nodded slightly: "It's good, the air in the mountains is much cleaner than in the city."

But thinking about Wang Xiulian's usual appearance, I feel a little blocked for no reason.

"That's good, that's good." The village chief rubbed his hands and said to me, "In the afternoon, our village will worship the mountain god. Do you want to go and see it?"

I frowned: "Sacrificing to the mountain god?"

"Ok!"

The village head nodded again and again: "Our village has always had rules, and there is a reason for that."

The village head slowly introduced to me the history of offering sacrifices to mountain gods. In the early days, Niujiao Village was surrounded by mountains on three sides and had rich products.

The villagers live a stable life isolated from the outside world.But I don't know when it started, the village encountered various natural disasters one after another, especially during droughts and floods.

At that time, life in the village was very difficult due to various reasons, the food harvest failed, and all the wild animals in the mountains died.

In order to solve this problem, the village sent someone to invite a Mr. Yin and Yang.

Mr. Yin Yang told everyone that they offended the mountain god and needed to hold sacrifices to the mountain god.

When everyone heard this, they remembered that the Yunfeng Mountain in the north had been abandoned, and the mountain temple inside had long since been dilapidated.

This mountain temple was built by the villagers led by the ancestors of the village. On August [-]th every year, the villagers spontaneously go to the mountain temple to offer incense and pray for blessings. The village has been safe and sound.

With the passage of time, the life of the villagers has become more and more comfortable.

Gradually, the villagers stopped offering incense in the temple, and the temples on the mountain were abandoned.

At the suggestion of Mr. Yin Yang, everyone chose a new location for the mountain temple and built a new mountain statue by themselves.

As for the sacrificial method, it is quite special and is held once a year.

Miraculously, after offering sacrifices to the mountain god, the weather in the village can really be smooth, but worship is required every year, otherwise the disaster will come back again.

In the slightest, it will hurt money, and in the worst case, it will cause death.

(End of this chapter)