There was a lot of noise at the entrance of the village. The villagers gathered around the donkey cart and went up one by one to collect water from their own wooden basins and barrels. Those waiting behind were chatting and laughing with their neighbors and relatives. Occasionally, they would look curiously at the ox cart parked at the entrance of the village.
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At this time, Chen Yuan was watching the blind old man groping for the cow's head in surprise, "Does the old man know how to look at cows?"
"Haha, farmers know something about it." The old man touched the spine of the beef and patted the ribs. "This cow has a bifurcated jaw, a broad chest, and a sound of every muscle. It is a real good cow. It is not old.
The older you get, the more careful you have to be. Old oxen are not necessarily gentle, and if you are not careful, you may harm the owner."
Is this reminding me?
Chen Yuan subconsciously looked at the old cow. The green cow barked, blinked, lowered its head and stuck out its tongue to roll away the weeds on the roadside.
"Master, what are you looking at? What are we here for?" The fat Taoist looked at the water distribution in the village for a while, then came over with his sleeves rolled up with a smile, "I am chatting with the old cow alone, they have almost finished dividing the water, we are here
Shouldn't you put up a shelf?"
Um?
Myself?
Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then looked in the direction of the old man. There was no one there. Instead, there was a small temple two feet high standing not far away. There were several clusters of incense candles on the ground that had been burned out for an unknown period of time. Inside was a statue covered with red cloth.
The stone carvings on the land look like they have been around for a while.
He is 89% similar to the old man just now.
Could it be that the person who just spoke to me was the landowner?
"Master?" The fat Taoist waved his hand in front of him. Chen Yuan came back to his senses, smiled, and then went to the cart with the Taoist to move out the puppet show items one by one, and then set up a simple stage at the entrance of the village.
I took the opportunity to pat the old cow's head.
"No wonder you were so spiritual when you were in the Liu Mansion."
Moo~
The old cow raised its head and tilted it, and continued to grind the weeds in its mouth.
"I don't eat people...forget it, you can do whatever you like."
There were a lot of people here, so Chen Yuan didn't say any more. Afterwards, he had a good time with the old cow on the road. Now, the people in the village who had originally carried the water back gathered back. Seeing the platform that had been set up, they excitedly surrounded the platform.
The fat Taoist next to me.
"Taoist Master, are you opening a forum to lecture on the Dharma?"
"No, no, it's actually because I knew that the local people were poor, so together with this blessed master, we performed several woodcarving plays for the people in various villages and towns..."
Sun Zhengde was very familiar with this kind of scene. Being surrounded in the middle, he quite enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention. He slightly raised his chin and looked at the sky.
"The play of wood carving can cultivate one's moral character and cultivate one's nature. It is blessed by the Taoist teachings and can also cure diseases and resolve misfortunes."
"Can we have more children?" someone asked next to him, causing the other villagers to burst into laughter. In this era, if there is one more person in the family, one should open more mouths.
A laborer, of course he is eager to do so.
Chen Yuan saw that the fat Taoist was able to move around the crowd with ease, and it was right for him to bring him over. Apart from anything else, his ability to mingle with others was much better than his.
Soon, the stage was set up, and Chen Yuan took the puppets under the stage. In the past, a few people were required to do something, but since the magic was formed, there was no difficulty in operating ordinary puppets. He hid under it to prevent the onlookers from seeing the door.
People are disturbed.
Of course, those gangsters yesterday are a different matter.
Not long after, Sun Zhengde rang the gong and invited the villagers to watch the show from the audience. Chen Yuan was pulling the magic power from behind to drive the puppets and the wood carvings of the third master to interpret the plot. They were all well-formed stories, with ups and downs, which made it difficult to watch.
The people in the village who had seen the world were fascinated by it.
The sounds of fighting and iron horses seemed to be ringing in my ears, and following the black-faced and bushy-bearded puppets on the stage, they turned into soldiers and fought on the battlefield.
After the bandit experience, Chen Yuan became more proficient in operating puppets. He added and modified a lot of lines and movements to make it even more fascinating.
It was almost noon, and only three plays could be finished.
"Thank you all for your support, we will take our leave."
Chen Yuan came out from behind the stage and bowed his hands to the villagers who were still unfinished. If he continued to perform, he would be like those gangsters in the village and be taken away from too much energy. For these hard-working people, it was not a good thing.
When everyone saw that the two of them didn't charge a penny and the stories were good, they were somewhat fond of them. The old man in the village decided to ask everyone to collect some food for the two of them to have as lunch.
"The village is in a bad year and every household is not well-off, but they can still get together for a meal. You two must not dislike it."
There are good and bad people in the mountains, but when Chen Yuan met this village, at least the people were simple. There were a few farmers whose families were slightly better, so they scraped together white flour and made noodles for the two of them.
Chen Yuan originally wanted to wake up the master, but after staying up all night, the crazy old man was so sleepy that he made a vague "hmm" sound, turned over and fell asleep again.
He and Sun Zhengde had no choice but to eat loudly in front of the stage, and curiously asked the villagers what was going on with the crops outside. The person who asked was the old man who asked them to stay for dinner.
"The two of us drove over and saw the crops in the fields were mixed with green and yellow, and we also saw donkey carts pulling water, but there is no water for irrigation here?"
The old man in the village nodded, and then sighed, "This is how it is here. It is dry every year. After twenty miles, the water and soil are moist. In our village, at this time of year, there is no water for some reason."
"Have you ever investigated the source?"
"After seeing it, Li Zheng also invited people from the Yamen to come over. He couldn't find the reason, so he never came again."
The locals didn't know much about this kind of thing, so Chen Yuan didn't ask any more questions. While the other party was still talking about sex, he took the opportunity to ask about his other purpose of coming all the way.
"Oh, God, that's it. Oh, by the way, does my father know where Nan Zhang is?"
"Nanzhang?" The old man squinted and turned to look outside the village. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly laughed and said, "Nanzhang Mountain is just south of the village, but people here call it Fengtou Mountain. Other mountains have vegetation.
It's lush, but it grows nothing, it's as bare as a tomb."
Nothing grows on the mountain...maybe it's because of the dark trees?
Then they talked about other things, and asked which land was enshrined in the Earth Temple at the entrance of the village. The old man waved his hand with a smile, "That is the old man's great-grandfather's great-grandfather. It has been there for more than a hundred years. I heard that he used to do it."
After serving as an official, he later retired and returned to his hometown and stayed in the village. To have an official in a poor place like ours was a matter of honor for the ancestors. So we simply built a small temple at the entrance of the village and worshiped him. Later, he was called ""
I killed the land lord and made you two laugh."
"No wonder I didn't protect you much. The temple is so small, the incense burns intermittently, and the gods don't have any power."
The fat Taoist next to him smiled and joked, but Chen Yuan glared at him and quickly shut his mouth.
After noon, the people in the village, who had rested for a while, took their hoes and went out to work in the fields. The old man stopped chatting, packed up the dishes, and got up to go back. Regarding the harvest, he also had to go to the fields.
"Why did you ask about land just now?"
Sun Zhengde took off a piece of wood, weighed it, and put it gently on the truck bed. Chen Yuan, who was holding another piece of wood over there, smiled and looked at the small temple.
"I said I just met the land man, do you believe it?"
"Only ghosts believe it."
The two of them chatted and laughed as they disassembled and reassembled the simple platform. They got on the bullock cart without Chen Yuan waving his whip. The old bull turned around on his own and walked slowly to the road outside the village.
"Hey, this is a cow god." The fat Taoist was a little surprised.
"You are old and energetic, there is nothing to make a fuss about."
Chen Yuan spread out the paper, used a paint brush to mark a dot on the paper, added the village logo, and then drew a line extending south.
at the same time.
Separated between two mountains, a group of three people stood on the mountainside with dense forests to rest, eating dry food in their hands, and looking out of the mountains from time to time.
They lost the pursuit.
"That Zhang Fei may not have taken this path!"
Fei Xuanze took a bite of the steamed bun and wanted to continue talking, but seeing the expressionless look on his senior brother's face, he swallowed the words together with the steamed bun. By saying this at this time, wasn't he just questioning the opponent's ability?
Over there, Qin Shouyan glanced at the silent junior sister from the corner of his eye. He looked beyond the mountain to see the rolling hills and lush forests. However, there was another yellow mud mountain that stood out.
If there is no goal, it seems that he has failed. He grits his teeth and simply points to the mountain.
"Go over there and have a look. The green fields around this mountain are endless, but it's quite suspicious because of its bareness. Combined with the flight path, you'll probably pass by there."
The woman glanced outside the mountain, then silently raised her sword and left. The two of them hurriedly caught up and followed behind.
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The mountain road is winding and the cicadas chirp one after another.
The light turned into the shade of the trees, and the bullock cart drove slowly for a while. Chen Yuan suddenly let out a cry and asked the old bull to stop. When the fat Taoist on the side asked him what was going on, Chen Yuan jumped out of the car and faced him.
He raised his hands in the direction he came from.
"Mortal Chen Yuan has seen this land."
Ah? Sun Zhengde looked at him in horror, and quickly looked back. Among the swaying trees, fallen leaves were swirling on the empty dirt road, and smoke gradually appeared and filled the air.
The Taoist rubbed his eyes vigorously.
The next moment, an old man with a stooped figure and a cane appeared in the smoke with a smile, and slowly saluted Chen Yuan who raised his hands.
"It's very polite, it's very polite. It's rare for a monk to pass by here. I come out uninvited and disturb you rashly. I hope you'll forgive me and let me know."
"It's us who disturbed the land cultivation."
Although the land of the small temple was built by offering incense, Chen Yuan maintained the proper etiquette. He took out his fingers and flicked the big stone on the roadside to blow away the dust and fallen leaves, and then invited the old man to sit down.