corpse village

In the following period of time, Shima Village temporarily recovered its calm, and nothing strange happened for the time being.For this, I don't know whether it was the Zhushan veteran's talisman that played a role, or it was because Liu Renqing's family was not in Shima Village.

On the tenth day of the seventh lunar month, the old Taoist of Zhushan came to my house as agreed and took me to his Zhushan temple.

Zhushan Temple is located on Zhushan, which is a small hill named because it is covered with various bamboos.Zhushan is to the west of Shima Village, about ten miles away from Shima Village.

I have been to Zhushan, but I have never been to the Zhushan Temple on the top of Zhushan.That Zhushan temple is the site of Zhushan old Taoist, although Zhushan old Taoist will not prevent idlers from entering Zhushan temple, but unless they are looking for Zhushan old Taoist practice, no one will be bored to go to that Zhushan temple.

Zhushan Temple was built during the Daoguang period and has a history of more than 100 years, so it looks a bit old.However, old is old, but it is still very clean.

There are seven houses in this Taoist temple, all of which are made of blue bricks and black tiles.On the lobby in the middle, there are two statues carved in stone.The old Taoist of Zhushan told me that one of the two statues is the emperor and the other is Lao Tzu.The two of them are the founders of Taoism.

Except for the lobby in the middle, there are three wing rooms on both sides of the lobby.Compared to the lobby, the wing rooms are much smaller, and the area of ​​the wing rooms is at most half the size of the lobby.

In the first wing room on the left, there are seven large jars, each about one meter high and fatter than ordinary kimchi jars. It probably takes two little kids like me to hug them. Can live.

However, after seeing the jar, my first reaction was that there must be food in it.

"What's in it?" I asked the old Taoist Zhushan curiously. I'm usually more curious about delicious food.

"Wine." Zhushan said.

"Is it all wine?" I continued.

"Ah."

Such a big seven-mouth jar, if you want to drink the whole bottle, how long will it take to drink it up? "Can I have a look?" I didn't believe the old man Zhushan's answer, so I licked my face and said I wanted to.

Of course, my little brat's little thoughts can't be hidden from Zhushan's fiery eyes.

"There's nothing to eat in the jar. If you don't believe me, take a look." Saying that, the old Taoist Zhushan lifted the lid of a jar.

As soon as the lid was lifted, a strong smell of medicinal wine wafted out.

"Medical wine, what is it made of?" I asked, leaning towards it.

I put my hands on the edge of the jar and stuck my head in.Inside the jar, there is more than half of the jar of light red medicinal wine.In the wine, I didn't see any medicinal materials, but there was a beautiful golden snake swimming around in it.

Just when I was engrossed in watching, the little snake suddenly raised its head, and was about to attack me with its mouth open.

"Be careful." Zhushan old man roared, and then hugged me away.

"Flop!" The little golden snake flew out of the jar and fell to the ground.After falling to the ground, the little golden snake immediately became quiet and became motionless.

"Did it fall to death?" I pointed to the little golden snake and asked the old Taoist Zhushan.

"As soon as it leaves the medicinal wine, it will become unconscious." Zhushan said, then he took a small stick and picked the little golden snake back into the jar.

Sure enough, as soon as he returned to the jar, the little golden snake came back to life and continued to swim in the wine.

"What is this medicinal wine used for?" I am quite curious about the purpose of this medicinal wine.Just by the little golden snake in the wine, I can be sure that this medicinal wine is of great use.

"It can be used as medicine to treat snakebite," Zhushan said.

"What kind of snakebite, can the bite of a five-step snake be cured?" I asked thoroughly.

"It's not enough to rely on this medicinal wine alone." Zhushan old man patted my head and said, "Don't worry, you are still young, I will give these things to you slowly in the future. These jars are full of medicinal wine. There is a small snake in each jar. The only difference is that the color of the snake is different, and the efficacy of the medicinal wine is also different. The method of using these medicinal wines is a bit complicated. Now I tell you that you can’t remember it. I will take you there first. Look elsewhere."

After walking out of the first wing, Zhushan Laodao led me into the second wing.The second room is full of medicinal herbs.I have no interest in these medicinal materials.Therefore, I stayed in the second wing room for at most 30 seconds, and then I pulled Zhushan Laodao out.

After coming out, the next stop is the third wing on the left.There is nothing to see in this wing room, there are some Taoist robes, compasses, wooden swords and so on, all of which are tools used by the Zhushan old Taoist to dance to the great god.

After seeing the wing room on the left, there is nothing to see in the wing room on the right.The three wing rooms on the right are actually three bedrooms, the first one is lived by the old Taoist Zhushan, and the second one is vacant, and it belongs to me these days.

In the third wing lived an old woman.

The old woman's surname is Zhang, and everyone calls her Granny Zhang.Granny Zhang's husband died ten years ago, but fortunately, she still has a son, so it can be regarded as a caregiver.

Two years ago, Granny Zhang's son, Qian Hai, was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake when he was looking for herbs in the mountains. He fell off the cliff and died.

After the death of her husband, Granny Zhang's only relative was his son, and now his son also died unexpectedly, so she became helpless.

Her husband died, and her only son died too. This mother-in-law is really a miserable person.However, the angry God did not show mercy to Granny Zhang. A hailstorm in July last year destroyed the thatched cottage where Granny Zhang lived.In this way, Granny Zhang has no place to live.

After Zhushan old Taoist knew about this, he thought that there were still vacant houses in Zhushan Temple, so he brought Granny Zhang to his Zhushan Temple.

In the past, when she was living in a thatched house, Granny Zhang thought about people when she saw things. She missed her husband and son every day, and her health deteriorated day by day.Since moving to Zhushan Temple, Zhushan Taoist chatted with her whenever he had time, and helped her open up a small vegetable field behind the Taoist temple. Granny Zhang's mood has improved a lot, and her bones are stronger than before.

At this time, Granny Zhang was not in the wing room, but was taking care of her side dishes in the vegetable field behind the Taoist temple.Before, the old Taoist of Zhushan told Granny Zhang that I was coming, but now that I am here, I have to go and say hello to her first.

After visiting the room of Zhushan Temple, the old Taoist Zhushan took me to Granny Zhang's vegetable field.Seeing Granny Zhang weeding in the field, I ran over.

"I'll help you, Granny Zhang." I roared and ran over.

"Good boy, come, Granny Zhang, go pick a fresh cucumber for you to eat." Granny Zhang said, and went to the bamboo stand to pick the biggest cucumber for me.

At that time, the little kid didn't have much snacks to eat. Therefore, being able to eat a big cucumber was already very satisfying for a little kid like me.

I was about to stuff the cucumber into my mouth, when the cucumber was about to be stuffed into my mouth, Grandma Zhang slapped me lightly.

"Wash it, it's dirty." After saying that, Granny Zhang went to the nearby well and fetched half a bucket of clean water for me.After bringing up the water, Granny Zhang took the cucumber in my hand and washed it, and returned it to me after it was cleaned.

It can be seen that my arrival made Granny Zhang very happy.Elderly people like children very much, let alone such a cute child as me.

Seeing that Granny Zhang is so kind to me, I also want to get close to her.Little kids are like this, they are willing to get close to whoever treats them well.So, I broke the cucumber that Granny Zhang handed over into two halves, and then handed half to Grandma Zhang.

"Grandma Zhang also eats." I said.

"Grandma Zhang won't eat it, you eat it yourself." Granny Zhang is not a kid, she is not as greedy as I am, so she didn't pick up the cucumber I handed over.

Seeing that Granny Zhang didn't want it, I handed the half cucumber to the old Taoist Zhushan. "Master, I'll give you half." I said.

The old Taoist Zhushan knew that I gave him the cucumber out of courtesy, and he was not interested in the cucumber himself. "You can eat it yourself, Master doesn't want it." Zhushan said.