When Fang Yu and others returned to the village, it was already dark.
But in an open space in the village near the entrance of the village, the lights were still bright at this time.
In the open space, there were torches hanging and bonfires lit, and a group of people were digging for something in the dark.
Fang Yu and the two were just passing by. Considering the things in the carriage, they both kept a low profile and did not talk to each other, but went home first.
After pulling the carriage back home in the dark, Huang Mei had already prepared a meal waiting for them.
Pulling the carriage into the yard, Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo put all the rice, oil and salt they bought into the house.
A car-load of things filled up a corner of the room.
There were torches on the wall, and with this light, Fang Sanduo looked at the pile of supplies in the corner, and felt his whole heart was at ease.
It wasn't just Fang Sanduo who was down-to-earth, Huang Mei was also constantly touching these supplies, her face full of joy.
There is not only rice, oil and salt here, but also some pickles and some flour.
With these substances, let alone one month, two months will be enough if you save some food.
However, Fang Yu and the others did not buy firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Because Fang Yu has decided to resume his old business and continue chopping firewood starting tomorrow.
I borrow a hatchet from Sanzhu next door. When I go up the mountain to chop wood, I can check to see if there is anything else to eat and get it back together.
Although the mission goal is to survive for one month.
But Fang Yu remembers that this main mission can survive for five years!
If there really is a locust plague here this time, it's really unclear how long the famine will last.
After putting everything away, Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo went to the dining table.
Simple porridge, some wild vegetables, and some pickles exchanged with the villagers next door. Such a simple meal made Fang Yu and the three of them eat as if they were delicacies from the mountains and the sea.
It was just an ordinary meal, but I was in the house I bought, surrounded by my family, and the house was full of supplies. With such a sense of security, I drank a warm bowl of porridge with it.
A few mouthfuls of delicious pickles will be an extremely happy thing for the three of them!
The meal was eaten very quickly. After everything was finished, Huang Mei simply poured water into the bowl in a wooden basin in the room, and then turned it upside down on the stove in the kitchen next door.
Although this is just a house, there is still a kitchen separated inside.
There is an earthen wall between the two rooms, and a doorway in the middle is hung with a curtain to separate them.
Huang Mei buttoned up the bowl and returned to the room. Fang Sanduo and Fang Yu were already sitting by the bed.
Well, before Fang Yu's house was built, the three of them slept together.
This bed is made up of two beds put together front to back, Fang Yu sleeps on one bed, and Huang Mei and the others sleep on the other bed.
Seeing Huang Mei come in, Fang Sanduo thought of the heated place with torches at the entrance of the village that he had seen before, and couldn't help but ask Huang Mei.
"Ah? What do you mean?"
Huangmei first lit the dried mugwort leaves in a small basin in the corner.
The unique smell that mugwort emits when it burns slowly spreads throughout the room.
Then she climbed into bed without changing her clothes. She just wore her clothes, leaned against the wall, crossed her legs, and said to Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo.
"The village chief said before that the matter of the Locust Temple has been decided. That location is where the Locust Temple will be built. Once things are settled, the village chief will arrange for people to start work. Just now, someone came over and asked me if we wanted to go there.
Well, I told them that you were ill, so you didn’t agree to them.”
"No, they were digging the foundation overnight. I heard that the village chief wanted to complete the construction in three days, and then started to invite the locust god into the temple."
Fang Yu's uncle and nephew suddenly realized.
I see.
"Then tomorrow Goudan... forget it, Goudan, you'd better go chop wood, I'll help you out tomorrow."
Fang Sanduo thought for a while and said.
Fang Sanduo is not interested in building the Locust Temple.
Of course, the confidence here comes from the supplies in the corner.
He has no land here and has enough food to eat. As Fang Yu said before, if there is a locust plague, it will not have any impact on him.
Since it doesn't affect him, his interest in praying to God and worshiping Buddha has faded away.
People are like this, what they believe in most is always themselves and the real things next to them.
Only when you are completely helpless will you choose to pray to God and worship Buddha.
And the more desperate they are, the more sincere they are.
Because they have no choice but to rely on believing in these miracles.
Most people in the village are like this.
We are all farmers, and most of their property consists of crops in the fields. If a locust plague really comes, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to bankruptcy for them!
That's why they were so concerned about the Locust Temple and worked on it in the middle of the night.
If they don’t build the temple early and burn incense sticks, they won’t be able to sleep peacefully!
But Fang Sanduo and the others obviously have no such scruples.
After buying things, the uncle, nephew, and aunt felt very at ease when they went to bed at night.
In the air, in addition to the smell of mugwort, the grains, rice and pickles are also constantly exuding their own unique flavor.
The smell created by the mixture of these various smells in the room is not pleasant.
Fortunately, there is a chimney in the room.
But when Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei smelled this smell, they felt so at ease that they fell into a deep sleep after a while.
Although the smell is very strange, the sense of security it brings to people is huge.
Even Fang Yu felt that the smell in the air was so "fragrant" at this time. As he smelled it, he felt relaxed and his stomach rolled...
Forget it, forget it, go to sleep quickly, if you continue to smell it, your iron stomach will rebel!
Fang Yu turned over and heard the familiar "buzzing" sound in the air...
"Pa!"*2
Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo almost moved forward and back, slapping the top of the bed!
The buzzing sound disappeared, and the two of them felt instantly at ease.
Huang Mei, who was sleeping next to her, mumbled drowsily.
"Everything is good here...it's just these bugs that are so annoying..."
Fang Yu sighed in her heart when she heard this.
He had not experienced this kind of care from mosquitoes since he entered junior high school in modern society.
Now that I experience it again, I really feel nostalgic...
Damn it! Damn me!!
"Crack!"
During the month they came to Taguchi Village, the three of them fell asleep to the sound of snapping every night.
It's pretty good now.
In the first few days after moving in, Fang Yu and the others basically couldn't sleep at night!
The mosquitoes here are so fierce!
Although there are mosquitoes in Jiaoling County, compared with here, they are like heaven and earth!
At night, the bug kept buzzing in my ears like crazy.
In those days, Fang Yu felt that he had never been so powerless when facing Mana!
Even though he had superior martial arts, facing the nearly endless mosquitoes, he still felt bursts of irritation, incompetence and rage.
Next, I asked the people in the village for advice, burned mugwort leaves, and sprayed mosquito repellent water on me. This lasted for a week, and finally let the mosquitoes know whose territory this was.
After that, by dousing moxa leaves every night and manually repelling mosquitoes, they were finally able to have a good sleep.
But when you wake up the next day, it's normal to have a few red envelopes on your body. Just apply some wood ash water and that's it.
Wood ash water, also known as alkaline water, can be used to disinfect and sterilize mosquito bites by applying alkali-containing substances.
Things like soapy water are fine.
Under the pressure of the locust plague, the villagers of Taguchi Village burst out with unprecedented motivation.
It really only took three days. Dozens of villagers, including Fang Sanduo, worked together to build the Locust Temple in one go.
Even the village chief believes that this is the first time he has felt the enthusiasm and efficiency of the villagers in the decades he has been the village chief.
The temple was built in the morning, and at noon it was laid with colorful ribbons, tables and tributes were set up. In the evening, a group of worshipers wearing red and green ribbons slowly entered from the entrance of the village.
There were two other people at the front of the team holding torches, and leading the Locust God who was sitting on a wooden frame behind them, they walked around the village, shouting numbers as they walked.
"Grandpa Locust God patrols at night, and the spirit remains in Taguchi Village~"
"Grandpa Locust God..."*n
"The powerful mana drives away the divine insects, and protects the rice fields and fragrant rice~"
"The magic power is mighty..."*n
When the Locust God statue passes by their yard, every household will light a fire and burn incense in the yard, and then start praying, praying that the Locust God will remember him and protect his family's property from being harmed.
And this begging and begging was originally just to protect the land, but inexplicably these people began to ask for other things in a tacit understanding.
Some pray for good health for their mothers, some pray for their own financial fortunes, and some even seek for the Locust God to let him cast spells to repel insects and eat up all the property of others that he hates.
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In short, since you are worshiping God, there is no such thing as praying for the same reason.
At this moment, these villagers selectively forgot that the God of Locust was only responsible for exorcising locust plagues. Anyway, in their understanding.
God is omnipotent, so it is reasonable to ask for something else.
Therefore, Fang Yu was speechless as she watched her aunt burn incense respectfully to the Locust God and then began to ask Him to bless Fang Yu with good health, find a good family as soon as possible, and give birth to a fat boy.
In just two minutes, the Locust God was crowned with other divine functions such as blessing, marriage, and seeking children.
However, Huang Mei didn’t mention a word about its job of driving away locusts!
Oh, I forgot, we don’t have a field, that’s okay...
However, despite this, Fang Yu's mouth twitched as she watched.
If he were the Locust God, if he really had the ability to drive away locusts, he would probably have the village being eaten by locusts tomorrow.
If your mind is not pure, what is the use of praying to God?
Of course, Fang Yu's complaints have nothing to do with Huang Mei. It's just because he has better hearing. In addition, he is also a member of the portable shrine, so he can hear the unreliable prayers of these villagers.
Yes, because Fang Yu has relatively good physical strength and great strength, and because of the perfect timing, he was inexplicably appointed by the village chief to be one of the mikoshi bearers.
Fang Yu didn't know, but the village chief felt that Fang Sanduo's previous actions were just money. In the eyes of the village elder, the Fang family seemed to be a family with a story.
Therefore, out of some kind of show of goodwill, the village chief gave Fang Yu the position of carrying the sedan chair, which was a hotly contested position among the villagers.
In this era when everyone respects gods and fears ghosts, what an honor it is to carry the sedan chair for the Grandfather God?
This not only means that you can get close to the gods and gain some luck or divine power, but it also means that it is possible to gain the attention of the gods and receive divine blessings by doing things for the gods!
Therefore, everyone was fighting over the matter of carrying the sedan chair.
The reason why the village chief was able to appoint Fang Yu was actually because of a small accident on the way.
At the beginning of carrying the sedan, one of the villagers was a little unsteady. When he stood up, his shoulder slipped, and the entire locust statue almost fell from the sedan and was smashed to the ground!
If this is really broken, it's hard to say what this means.
The villager whose strength was unstable was not said to be imprisoned, but a severe beating and subsequent scolding from the village would definitely be inevitable.
If there really is a locust plague later, then this person will not be able to escape the disaster, and it is really uncertain whether he will live or die.
After all, in this case, as long as there is a reasonable excuse, what about killing?
What's more, their intention is not to kill people. This is called atonement, this is called sacrifice, and this is called appeasing the wrath of God.
Therefore, when the villagers looked shocked and frightened, Fang Yu subconsciously supported the statue to prevent Fang Sanduo from being knocked down by the statue.
This idol is made of clay, fired, and its appearance is painted with various water pigments. When put on the divine clothes, it is 1.5 meters tall and weighs about two to three hundred kilograms.
Unprepared to prevent it from falling, Fang Yu exerted his strength without excessive use of strength. He hugged the statue with his Ming Jin strength alone, and then exhaled and placed the statue firmly on the ground.
The people next to him looked at Fang Yu's thin and small figure, hugged the statue that was as thick as two of him and slowly put it down. They looked at Fang Yu with a look that was like "Lin Daiyu uprooting a weeping willow".
déjà vu.
But then, the village chief stepped forward to watch for a while, and after finding that the statue was not damaged, he severely reprimanded the villager who missed it.
The village chief was tall and tall, but he shrank even when being trained by the village chief.
People around him also came up to condemn the man, making him feel bitter but dare not speak out.
But fortunately, no unforgivable mistake happened, so the village chief didn't say anything else. He just turned to look at Fang Yu with a bright look in his eyes.
Then, perhaps because Fang Yu took over the Locust God by such a coincidence, the village chief suspected that he had some Shinto luck, and secondly, taking into account his considerations, he asked Fang Yu to replace the previous person as the sedan bearer.
Although the man looked quite unwilling before, he also knew that he almost threw the Locust God, and it was obviously impossible to continue carrying the sedan, so in the end he could only shrink back angrily.
Fang Yu originally wanted to refuse.
But after looking at the envious, surprised and somewhat complicated eyes of the people around him, he suddenly realized that at this time, it might be a bit inappropriate for him to say no, and it would make himself too conspicuous.
Considering that they would have to deal with these villagers next, Fang Yu didn't want to stand out from the crowd, so he finally took it on.
Anyway, to him, this weight is just that.
So, Fang Yu carried the Locust God around the village for a week.
By borrowing his position, he successfully witnessed the various behaviors displayed by the people of this era when they faced the gods.
This kind of experience made him feel that his trip was worthwhile.
Finally, after a successful tour, the Locust God was sent to the temple to return the God to his place.
At this time, there was a person waiting in the temple. He was quite old, but he was wearing temple clothes.
I heard from people around me that this old man used to be a fortune teller, but later he accidentally broke his leg and became disabled. His wife died and he was old and childless.
He basically committed all five shortcomings and three shortcomings.
In modern times, such a person is undoubtedly a poor old man who needs support.
But here, this old man committed such a crime, and because of what he said, everyone generally believed that this old man had received retribution for "revealing secrets."
Therefore, after becoming disabled, there was an endless stream of people seeking fortune telling from him.
And I don’t know if this guy is really smart or just for marketing.
He doesn't receive many fortune tellers, and the fees are not high, just as long as he can afford food and clothing and be a little richer.
Externally, it was said that he would not reveal too many secrets in order to save his life, and everyone agreed.
After inviting the Locust God this time, the village chief immediately thought of this old master.
So I personally invited him to "come down the mountain" to do this temple blessing.
The uncle declined again and again, but finally agreed.
Now, this old man is sitting cross-legged on a futon in the temple. From the back, he looks a bit enigmatic and a bit fairy-like.
This is the first scene Fang Yu saw when he stepped into the Locust Temple.
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