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Chapter 16 Going into the mountains to worship gods [Please recommend and collect]
The mountains, forests, rivers, valleys and hills that can produce clouds, cause wind and rain, and see monsters are all said to be gods. There are two temples in the mountains not far from Lijiagang, which have been worshiped by people for many years.
The gods of the mountains are called mountain gods, and the gods of the land are called earth gods. Lijiagang is located at the intersection of mountains and soil, and has always worshiped the two gods. Li Feng remembers that when he was a child, during major solar terms, such as Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Autumn Moon, Winter Solstice, and Spring Equinox,
The elders of the village led the men in the village to carry the pig's head, burn incense on the table, and play music and songs, which was very lively.
It's a pity that in the past six or seven years, no one has mentioned the matter of offering sacrifices. There are not many people left in the older generation, and even fewer are in good health. The younger generation has no idea what to do. Only the villagers can do this.
When there are weddings or weddings, send someone up to burn incense and pay homage. It’s a pity that large-scale worship has disappeared.
Li Feng's family is starting to build a house today, and they must pay homage to the father-in-law of the land, the mountain god, because they have touched other people's rocks. Li Feng also prepared a gift. In fact, worshiping gods is much easier now than in the past.
Li Feng was carrying a big red bag, full of it, and a hatchet in the other hand. There were mountain gods and earth temples in the mountains. The last time he went up the mountain was still vivid in his mind. There were many weeds, canes, and branches on the mountain.
No one knows what that trail looks like now.
Li Feng bypassed the bamboo forest and set foot on the mountain road. It was better than the mountain road to the dam. The grass was not high and there were traces of people trampling on it. There were only two or three branches of vines, most of which had been cleared by others. The withered and yellow branches on the roadside were messy. Li Feng took the
Fatty and Furball didn’t encounter any obstacles along the way. As they walked up the mountainside, they encountered more and more animals. Now that spring has begun, the atmosphere is getting warmer, and many animals come out to bask in their bones at noon, especially the hibernating grass snakes.
, four-legged snakes, the sound coming from the grass from time to time. It makes Li Feng startled from time to time. There are not many deadly poisons such as scorpions, centipedes, venomous snakes and spiders, but if these guys give you a bite casually, they will still hurt you for several days.
"Fat boy, come back." When Li Feng was frightened, the two little guys were very energetic and playful. From time to time they ran into the grass and teased four-legged snakes, crickets, and dragonflies. Fat boy in particular was so bold that he even dared to tease vegetable pythons.
, it is true that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.
"Maoqiu, come back too." Li Feng had a headache. He was really causing trouble for himself with the two guys. Seeing Fatty and Maoqiu running around like wild horses, Li Feng had to shout in a stern tone.
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After cleaning up Fatty, Maoqiu let the two little guys go back to the right path. Li Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. There were many wild beasts in the mountains and he was not afraid of them. However, Fatty was fatal to Maoqiu. Cauliflower snake, also known as vegetable
A python weighs more than ten kilograms. It eats mice, squirrels, pheasants, and birds. It is not poisonous. It just relies on its body strength to wrap up the prey, strangle it alive, and devour it. The one in front of Li Feng is about two meters long.
It weighs thirty to forty pounds and is considered a big snake.
Usually vegetable pythons are quite docile, lazy, and basking in the sun when they are full. Snakes are cold-blooded animals. They wake up from hibernation at the turn of spring and summer, and they like the sunshine the most at noon. Li Feng grabbed the fur ball, Fatty, put it in the space, and took it by himself.
Holding a hatchet, he approached carefully. There was a dish in front of the vegetable python. The meaning is self-evident. This kind of snake tastes good and is big. People in the mountains use it to beat the teeth as a sacrifice. This is what Li Feng was thinking at this time. Such a big vegetable python is rare.
In recent years, people from the city have often come here to buy things, and most of them have been captured.
It's a pity that Li Feng forgot that no matter how docile an animal is, even if it sleeps well, it won't be in a better mood if someone wakes it up. By accident, Li Feng became sad and depressed, holding the snake's head, damn, he was entangled. There was nothing he could do.
, turned around and ran into space, his own territory.
Such a big vegetable python has quite a lot of energy. Li Feng was so depressed that he almost cried. He was so entangled that he couldn't walk or move away. Look at the fat guy here, the furball kept barking, but it was of no use at all.
"Hiss." I don't know when, the little green snake that has always been hiding on the treetops was staring at the python closely. Listening to the sound, the even stranger cauliflower python wrapped tightly around Li Feng's body and slowly relaxed.
After opening the snake, he seemed to have encountered an enemy that was difficult to deal with. He bent his body, slightly raised the snake's head, and stared closely behind Li Feng.
He breathed a deep sigh of relief. Li Feng was a little depressed. Although the vegetable snake was safe, he almost couldn't breathe. He looked at the vegetable python. He glanced at it with lingering fear and followed the barking fat boy next to him, chirping, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,
The furball gestures with its paws to leave the space.
After experiencing the grass snake incident, Li Feng became more careful and walked peacefully until he reached the Earth Temple.
It is said to be a temple, but it is actually just a small brick house with gray bricks and tiles. It looks a bit old and the grass in front of the door is messy. It seems that it has not been cleaned for several years. Li Feng put down the bag in his hand and took out the yellow bricks.
Paper, fragrance, firecrackers, go into the temple, and put the rest into the space. These are not allowed to be brought in, otherwise it will be considered disrespectful. The immortals are also divided into families, left and right, close and close, and the father-in-law of the land looks very cute.
It is held on the altar with a small figure called Tu Tu Granny beside it. It is said that when the Jade Emperor appointed Tu Tu Gong to descend to earth, he asked him what his ambition was. Tu Tu Gong hoped that everyone in the world would become rich and everyone would live happily.
The landlady opposed it. She believed that people in the world should be rich and poor, so that they can divide labor and cooperate to perform social functions. The landlady said: Then, aren't the poor people too pitiful? The landlao retorted: If everyone becomes rich,
When our daughter gets married in the future, who will help carry the sedan chair? The earth-governor has nothing to say, so he gives up the idea that "everyone is happy". Only then does the world have the huge gap between rich and poor today. The world thinks that the earth-governess is selfish and a
The evil woman refused to worship her, but she respected the Lord of the Land.
In fact, it was just a reason for the working people to comfort themselves. What? Li Feng didn’t believe it. He took out the joss paper and divided it into three parts.
You are a landlady. Don't look at what people here say about landladies, but they still dare not neglect to burn incense and paper. It's not that they would rather offend a gentleman than offend a villain by touching them. It's better for a couple to just blow pillows than you.
The more incense you add, the more paper tubes you burn.
Li Feng lit incense, burned yellow paper, and prayed for everything to go well. Li Feng picked up the horns on the altar of the house. Li Feng couldn't remember what he was shouting about. He split the horns into two pieces, raised them above his head, bowed three times, and threw them away.
I looked down at the faces. Li Feng had good luck today. Both faces were facing up, which meant he was in good luck. Although he didn't really believe it, he felt quite happy when he saw it.
Firecrackers are set off in a cave built on the side. Otherwise, if something happens in the deep mountains and old forests, it will be terrible. There will be a disaster of sparks, so be careful. People in the mountains are most afraid of fire. If you put it aside, who's child will you see?
In the mountains, when playing with fire, a whip is indispensable. Imagine that when the whip is pulled down, the skin will be absolutely torn, which shows how much the people in the mountains attach great importance to fire prevention.
Li Feng knelt on the futon and bowed three times. He respectfully put the horns on his face and went forward to clean it. Dust and incense ashes were applied to the face. Someone must be there when setting off firecrackers. Be careful with fireworks. You don't just say it casually. You have to wait for more than ten minutes.
, watching the smoke dissipate and there were no sparks left and right, Li Feng waved to the two little ones, took the hatchet, and started on the road again.
Mountain gods are full of ghosts and monsters, and the mountain gods worshiped by Li Feng are just like this. There are many ghosts and monsters in the mountains, and people are puzzled, so they offer sacrifices for peace of mind. The mountain temple is not far from the land gods. Maybe in the past, ancestors worshiped for convenience.
Mountain gods are mostly legends. Mountains have spirituality and turn into rocks and trees in various shapes.
People in the mountains have respected the mountain gods for a long time, especially hunters. Unfortunately, in the past ten years, there have been no hunters in the true sense. Therefore, the mountain gods are much more deserted than the Tuigonggong Temple. The entire temple is only a few square meters in size and is filled with dust. Li Feng
Place incense paper, save a portion, and light it. There are no firecrackers for fear of disturbing the mountain gods.
In fact, it's just that people are more afraid of ghosts and have more respect for ghosts. So people just come to worship as usual every year. The incense is more than a little less than that of Tu Tu Gong. Looking at the incense burner, it can be said that everyone has been worshiping for more than half a year. Unlike Tu Tu Temple,
The incense was still burning. Li Feng looked at the statue in such a mess with a thick layer of dust hanging on it. He sighed and thought that he had done something good today. Covering his nose and holding the rag on the altar, Li Feng spent half an hour and finally finally
They have cleaned up the mountain temple. Really, gods are not easy to do. I have seen that they have fallen behind in a few years, and they are not far from being laid off. Li Feng's generation still knows that there is a mountain god. Next time
Not many children in this generation know this.
"Master, let's go." Li Feng held Fatty in his left hand and held the fur ball in his right hand. He threw the hatchet in his hand into the space, patted the dust on his body, and walked down the mountain leisurely. He was too eager to go up the mountain and didn't care.
It's time to see the scenery. It's not even half past three now, so there's plenty of time.
While walking, I picked some wild flowers. Baihua wine is Li Feng’s favorite, but it’s a pity that it’s not easy to brew. The most troublesome thing is that not many people have free time nowadays. Li Feng picked a lot of flowers in the past few days. Today I took a walk to see the scenery and picked some back.
, I can’t say that I have collected enough. I brewed a jar of hundreds of flowers to bloom, haha, it’s quite an achievement, isn’t it?
Unexpectedly, Li Feng unexpectedly discovered a wild ginseng. It was ten years old, let alone ten years. Wild ginseng was rare even for three to five years. In the past few years, many people went into the mountains to dig for wild ginseng. It was a bit
The year has long since disappeared. Lijiagang’s once-present treasure has mostly disappeared into the dust of history.
Stewed soft-shelled turtle with wild ginseng, a great supplement, which man ate it, and the old woman who was absolutely horny at night screamed. Li Feng carefully dug it up, transplanted it with the soil into the space, and poured spring water. Only then did he feel relieved that the space at this time
There seems to be a little more aura. The peach blossoms in the yard have begun to recover after shrinking yesterday. A few carp and some crucian carp are swimming in the pond, bringing a little more life to the spring water. There is already movement in the lotus root, which can't be said to be completed in three or five days.
I saw water coming out of lotus leaves.
As for the cauliflower python that frightened Li Feng, it is hiding far away and coiling in a circle. It seems that the little green snake is quite powerful.
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I'll try my best to write out a chapter at night. If it's too late, I'll post it tomorrow morning. I'd like to thank all the Piaotian Literature readers. Reading is a kind of enjoyment. I suggest you save it.
