Chapter 104 The House of Good Deeds (4/10, please order)
"Old man, you misunderstood. Junior brother and I are monks passing by. We just want to make a good relationship with you."
After some explanation, Li Chen asked Old Man Li to stop.
"What? Monk?"
The old man was doubtful and looked out from the crack in the door. Sure enough, there were two bald heads, which reflected the moon in the sky.
Squeak~
The door opens.
The farmer was short-skinned, his head had been bruised with blood, and his face was filled with tears.
He saw two young monks at the door: one was handsome and handsome, the other had a scowl and looked like an unusual person.
He quickly wiped his tears, stepped forward and bowed: "Master, come in quickly, come in quickly, it's because we recognized the wrong person."
"Don't be offended, don't be offended."
After saying that, he shouted into the hall: "Mother, stop crying. Go and prepare some food and tea."
Sure enough, the crying in the back room suddenly stopped and turned into a burst of rustling.
"Amitabha, I want to disturb your family's rest so late."
"Master, what are you talking about? Let's do this conveniently and accumulate good karma."
Entering the main room, the room was dark.
Li Chen took out the light stone from his arms. The light of the light stone was relatively soft. Although it could only illuminate three feet around the body, it was not as conspicuous as an oil lamp.
Finally, a touch of holy light appeared in the irreversible darkness.
When the old man saw that the Hanguang Stone could illuminate itself without oil, he couldn't help but marveled: "How much money will this save on lamp oil?"
"Holy monk, holy monk."
Li Chen quickly waved his hand: "Some small items are not worth mentioning at all."
Putting the light-bearing stone on the table, Li Chen turned to ask:
"Old man, when I knocked on the door just now, I heard you calling the name of the 'Earth God'?"
"What does this mean? Is it possible that the land god still goes from house to house?"
Upon hearing this, the old man showed bitterness: "The Master doesn't know something..."
"This place is called Baiguo Mountain. There is not even half an acre of idle land on the mountain, but it is covered with melons and fruits."
Li Chen thought about what he had seen along the way. The mountains here were indeed full of fruit trees, and it was the time of harvest, with abundant fruits.
"Our fruits are sweet and delicious, and are famous throughout the surrounding areas."
“No wonder the scent of fruits and vegetables fills the air as soon as you enter the village.
This year is a good harvest year, I am so lucky.
But just now, the young monk saw that the fruits were all very delicate and delicate, I’m afraid they are already ripe, so why haven’t you picked them yet, so you are not afraid of the birds in the daytime?”
"Oh, it's not that I don't want to pick it, it's that I can't pick it."
Li Chen was stunned: "I won't pick the fruit when it's ripe. Judging from the old man's appearance, he seems to have some hidden agenda."
At this point, Old Man Li let out a long sigh, with a gloomy expression on his face: "As the Master said, the weather has been good these past few years, with good harvests every year, and the days should be getting better day by day.
But who would have thought that something unexpected could happen, and just last year, an earth god suddenly came to the village..."
"Earth god?"
Li Chen and Li Sao looked at each other, knowing in their hearts that there must be something strange.
"Earth God? Isn't that the one who is supposed to protect the land and water? Why is the old man so sad?"
But I saw Old Man Li shaking his head, his eyes rolling in his sockets: "This land god... Well, it seems that everyone brought this disaster on themselves."
"The year before last, there was a good harvest, so the villagers joined together to worship the God of the Earth."
"But who knew that the God of Earth would really be summoned..."
"The God of the Earth has said that these fruit harvests are all due to him. The first crop of fruit must be given to him first. Without his permission, no one can pick the fruit."
"Whenever a family's fruit tree is found to have empty branches, the mountain beasts will capture the whole family and take them to the mountain."
Li Sao smiled and said, "Old man, I'm afraid this earth god is not someone who is pretending to be one."
Old Man Li shook his head: "Originally, the villagers didn't take it seriously, but they never thought that overnight, there would really be no fruit left in the mountains and plains..."
Li Sao was stunned: "Is there really an earth god?"
Hearing this, Li Chen said: "I think he looks like a robber."
"Overnight, not a single fruit is left?"
Old Man Li nodded: "That night, the villagers didn't hear a sound."
Hearing this, Li Chen secretly wondered: The fruits all over the mountains and plains are not a small number. They can be picked overnight without disturbing the villagers. Could it be that the 'land god' really has some integrity?
"Strange to say, that night, all the strong men responsible for guarding the orchard fell asleep."
Li Chen narrowed his eyes: They all fell asleep together, it seems that the other party must have been drugged or something.
"Since then, everyone has never doubted this earth god again."
"Unexpectedly, he started to get worse."
Li Chen asked: "Do you have other requirements?"
Old Man Li looked frustrated: "What's more, first there are mountains full of fruits, then there are grains, and after searching for property...this is not enough."
"Later on, my heart was moved..."
At this point, Old Man Li couldn't bear it any longer, and two lines of pure tears rolled down like water from a bursting embankment.
"At first he would rob a young girl and go up the mountain every other month."
"In the end, I was too lazy to go down the mountain. I would send out a wedding team every now and then to go door to door to welcome the bride."
"Twenty or thirty young women in the whole village have been picked up to the mountain. Now it is the turn of the old man's family to take pity on my two daughters. They have been crying all day long."
Speaking of his sadness, Old Man Li burst into tears.
Li Chen secretly thought that this earth god was probably just pretending to be a ghost.
My daughter has not yet left the government, so she sheds tears every day.
Li Chen remained calm and asked: "Since there is a wedding reception team with great fanfare, have I ever seen it?"
Old Man Li recalled: "They all had their faces covered, were thin, scratching their heads and ears, as if...as if..."
He couldn't tell, he was just dancing and imitating, but Li Sao's eyes lit up: "Monkey?"
"Yes, yes, he looks a bit like a wild monkey. He's not very tall either. He has his waist hunched over, like a giant monkey."
At this time, Li Chen had some concerns and asked instead:
"If this 'land god' is so rampant, why don't the villagers leave?"
Speaking of this, Old Man Li's face was full of fear: "Why is no one leaving? When several families left the village, mandrills and wild ghosts immediately came to report the news."
"Everyone who goes out will, without exception, have their bodies found under the big locust tree at the head of the village the next day."
"This is not the end of it, the 'land god' will also bring disasters, and someone in the village will surely suffer."
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This ‘land god’ is awesome.
"Senior brother, if you say that, then we... won't be able to get out?"
There was a worried look on Li Sao's face.
"This monster is always silent. I think it is at least a master of the inner scene. We can't stand it."
Before he finished speaking, an old woman led two handsome women and pushed the door in.
They each held side dishes and dry food in their hands, with tears still on their faces.
The woman lowered her head and said respectfully: "Master, there is nothing to entertain in our mountains and forests. Please don't be offended."
Even in such circumstances, we still treat each other sincerely, which shows that we are a family that has accumulated goodwill.