3-Preaching Appointment
Before they could find out who was the culprit among the piglets, they heard a voice that sounded directly in their hearts, inexplicably majestic:
"You are committing crimes, you have no humanity, and you are not worthy of being human. Do more good deeds in the future, and there may be a turnaround."
That's the truth, but how can pigs do good deeds?
They wanted to beg for mercy again, but they vaguely realized that the river god had left.
Si Qingyan sent Yang Erya and Liu Wuniang home. When they arrived, the place where they lived was already a mess.
There is a custom in the village to eat up the dead. If a family dies and there are no grown male children, the whole village will go to that family to take some things back.
In the past, when the old mountain god was still there, the villagers did not dare to do such extraordinary things, but now they don't have so many scruples. As early as when Liu Wuniang was arrested, the villagers went to her house and took away everything they could take away. Thinking of Liu Wuniang's orphans and widows, things that could not be taken away were also smashed, such as the stove.
"Mother."
Er Ya was aggrieved, and tears fell again.
"It's okay, mother is still here, Er Ya is also here, let's move to another place to continue living, and then clean up a home again."
"Mother, I'm glad you're okay." Er Ya was quickly persuaded and rubbed against Liu Wu Niang's arms.
There are more than a dozen villages at the foot of Mang Mountain. The place where Liu Wu Niang and her friends live is called Yangshuwan. Si Qingyan explored it and chose the most kind village to send them there.
Although the broken silver that Liu Wu Niang buried in the corner of the wall was not dug up, that little silver was not enough to settle down.
There is a silver mine in the mountain, and Si Qingyan broke off a piece of it, about one or two pounds, and gave it all to them.
Liu Wu Niang was very careful, and she bowed again and again, and put the silver away. The mother and daughter provided Si Qingyan with a lot of incense and wishes.
"Lord Mountain God, where is the former Lord Mountain God? Is he still there?"
When Si Qingyan was about to leave, Er Ya asked.
"Gone."
"Then... where is he buried? We will go to burn incense for him later."
"There is no grave."
Yang Erya originally thought that gods were the most comfortable and peaceful in the world, but she didn't expect that gods would also fall. She was sad and disappointed.
Liu Wuniang claimed that she came to seek refuge with her relatives, but her relatives had passed away and wanted to settle down in the village. She was quite observant and quickly bought a deserted house in the village and settled down with Erya.
The little fox looked at them reluctantly for several times.
After all, she was just a child. Seeing that Liu Wuniang and Yang Erya depended on each other, she was a little envious.
Although she felt that the current mountain god was very good, she felt differently from the old mountain god.
When she was weak at first, she would try to rely on others, and thus formed a deep bond with that person. When she became strong enough to be fearless, it would be difficult to establish such a close relationship with new people.
She didn't dare to approach the new mountain god. He must be a very powerful god.
"Want to play with them? You can come down and play for half an hour every day."
"Okay." The little fox nodded.
In the past, the old mountain god always let her see how humans live, saying that it can train her mind.
At that time, she still thought the mountain god was too nagging, and humans were very bad. They wanted to skin foxes when they saw them, which was not fun at all.
Now she felt some emotion in her heart, and she felt that she seemed to be different from before.
Maybe this is the state of mind that the mountain god said.
Si Qingyan took this opportunity to find out the situation in other villages.
Almost every village has a mountain god temple. Some of them have good incense, and some villages believe in Huang Daxian and Bai Daxian in the mountains. The old mountain god has always kept his distance from them.
Huang Daxian is a group of weasel spirits in Mangshan, and Bai Daxian is a group of hedgehog spirits. Both tribes are relatively well-behaved. Huang Daxian eats chickens and ducks to satisfy their cravings during the New Year, and Bai Daxian is easier to serve, just give them a few melons.
Although the immortals are very obedient, there are still some who are disobedient.
When the old mountain god was there, he made three rules with the monsters in the mountain: they must not attack humans, must not hurt people, and must not go down the mountain to do evil. The old mountain god has not come out recently, and the animals in the mountain are a little restless.
Si Qingyan thinks that they should be summoned out and have a meeting to tighten their skins so that they don't get too excited.
"Does everyone build a tomb when they die?" asked the little fox.
"Yes."
"Why do we need to build a tomb? Anyway, it will be eaten by insects and ants if buried underground."
"Qingming Festival is coming soon. You can find the answer to this question yourself, but be careful." Si Qingyan touched the little fox's head.
It's so good.
"Yes." The little fox nodded heavily.
Si Qingyan returned to the valley again and built a bamboo house again. The speed was so fast that the little fox was stunned.
In the past, he sat among the rocks and didn't need to sleep. When he practiced, the whole night was like a blink of an eye. The little fox had never felt anything wrong, but now he remembered that the mountain god didn't have a house, but now he has one. Thinking of this, he was relieved. It was better to have someone accompany him than to stay alone in the valley.
It started to rain in the evening, and Si Qingyan was sitting in meditation. The little fox hurried back from outside the valley, with his arms full of red mountain fruits. He accidentally dropped two of them while running, and was quite upset.
"These are the fruits sent by Bai Shijiu, so crisp and sweet! She asked me to ask you something."
The little fox put the fruits into a small bamboo basket and shook off the raindrops on his body under the eaves.
This fox raised by the old mountain god only eats vegetarian food.
"What's the matter?" Si Qingyan asked with a smile.
"She wanted to ask you if you have a wife." The little fox smiled innocently.
"What else did she say?"
"Oh, she also said that I can't tell you that she asked me to ask." The little fox said seriously.
"The fruit is so sweet." The little fox ate another mountain fruit.
"Then I ask you, why did you say that?"
"Because the mountain god is a good person, I never lie to good people."
"Yeah, not bad." Si Qingyan picked up a fruit and ate it. It was indeed crisp and sweet.
"These are for the adults. I'm going to practice."
The little fox laughed, his eyes narrowed into crescents, which was very cute. Suddenly, he remembered something important:
"There seems to be a hole in Erya's roof. It will leak in such a heavy rain. I want to go see her."
"Okay."
Si Qingyan suddenly understood why the old mountain god would die for the little fox.
Such a cute little granddaughter is indeed worth risking his life to protect.
Si Qingyan stretched out his hand, and the little fox followed his sleeve and squatted on his shoulder.
In an instant, he appeared in Erya's new yard.
Liu Wuniang used a pottery jar to collect water under the hole in the roof, and there were a few lively fish in it.
The little fox was quite curious and felt that this was different from what she thought.
"Go play." Si Qingyan smiled and flicked the little fox's forehead.
A white shadow suddenly flashed into Erya's arms.
"Wow--"
Erya was startled, and when she saw clearly that it was the little fox, she laughed again.
"The little fox of the mountain god."
"I have a name." The little fox rubbed the tip of Erya's nose with the tip of its tail.
"My name is Erya, what's your name?" Erya asked.
"My name is Rongrong." The little fox was a little shy.
Other monsters said that this name didn't sound like a fox's name. The fox spirits in the story were all called Mei'er and Li Niang, but she was called Rongrong, like a rabbit spirit.
"So cute." Erya hugged the fox and rubbed its soft and fluffy tail lovingly.
"Why put the jar here?" the little fox asked.
"The house won't get wet if we collect water, and the fish won't die. This is the fish I caught in the village. I can drink fish soup every day in the future."
"Wow, you're so smart."
"Of course, my mother said so too."
"Then do you want to learn to read?" Si Qingyan suddenly asked.
Erya then realized that the mountain god was also here. She hadn't noticed that there was another person in the house before.
"Yes." Erya nodded heavily.
"Learning to read can make you an official. I also want to be an official, but it is said that women can't read and can't be officials. Why is that?"
"I don't think this is right." The little fox also agreed.
On the contrary, it is children who will wonder about such questions. Most people take it for granted when they grow up, because it has always been like this.
"As long as you want, you can always become one."
Erya smiled again, showing her little tiger teeth.
"Sir..." Liu Wuniang heard the conversation, came out and saw Si Qingyan, and hurriedly saluted.
"You're welcome. I see that Erya is smart and I want to teach her something. Just treat me as her teacher in the future."
"If you need me in the future, just use me." Liu Wuniang wiped her tears, feeling both happy and sad.
"If you want to learn, ask Erya to teach you when you are free. I will ask Lu to pick her up every day, teach her for two hours, and then send her back."
Liu Wuniang wanted to say something to express her gratitude, but she was speechless for a moment and began to cry. She felt that she had suffered all the hardships in this life, and the future would be smooth.
Things were settled like this. Erya played with the little fox for a while, and left with Si Qingyan.
Originally, there were many places where the roof was leaking, dripping on pots and pans, ticking, with different rhythms, and a strange sense of rhythm.
Suddenly, the room they lived in became a big tiled house with blue bricks, which was neat and clean, and the yard was flat and beautiful. The tiles were placed under the eaves, and then the raindrops fell from under the tiles, and a few small fish swam around in it.
For a while, the wish power they provided could almost burn fireworks.
After returning, Si Qingyan calculated the weather and found that the rain would stop tomorrow morning, just in time to summon the monsters in the mountains to see what they were like.
It was raining and dark, and it was spring, which was a perfect time made by heaven and earth. Many monsters were experiencing the great harmony of life, and suddenly a voice sounded in their hearts:
"Come to Qingming Valley when the rain stops tomorrow, and this god will preach here."
For a while, all the monsters who heard it felt that the world was peaceful, and their mentality was extremely peaceful, and everything became boring.
Only the little hedgehog of the Bai family rolled over and over in the nest.
"Ahhh, I'll see him again tomorrow!"
"What should I bring?"
"Nineteen, bring more wild fruits on your back, the mountain god will definitely like it."
"Should I stick a wild fruit on each thorn? Wouldn't that be too much?" Bai Nineteen was a little tangled.
"No, it's like wearing a red skirt, the mountain god will definitely like it."
"Okay, I'm afraid it's too late, let's start tonight! I'll roll in the wild fruits first, stick a few more, and the rest will help me, sister!"
"Okay, if you become the wife of the mountain god, we will plant fruit trees in the mountains, and there will be endless wild fruits in the future..." Sister Hedgehog laughed.
"Sister, you're exaggerating, I don't like the mountain god for the wild fruits..."
"Then what do you like?"
"He touched Rongrong's head, and I want to be touched too." Bai Nineteen couldn't help but feel shy.
"We are hedgehogs, and they are prickly to touch." Hedgehog sister couldn't help but sigh.
"Wow——" Bai Shijiu cried out.
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