The next day, more than twenty young and strong farmers in the village, both men and women, informed Liu An and left the village together towards Qingluo Mountain.
When passing by the entrance of the village, I met Xianglian who had finished cleaning the yard. The women in the procession invited Xianglian to go up the mountain to pick plums with them.
When Xiang Lian was a servant of Qian Duofu's family, she would go up the mountain every year to follow people to pick plums.
Of course, we also know that every year, some young men and women take advantage of this plum picking time to look at each other. If both parties are interested, they will notify their parents to get engaged.
Passed down for many years, the hard work of picking plums has turned into a blind date meeting.
Even this custom has gradually spread from Qingluo Village to other villages around Qingluo Mountain.
But Xiang Lian is still young at this time, and her current status is loved by everyone in the village, so naturally no one will take any chances with her.
After all, her nature as a child has not changed. She heard that the plums were ripe early this year and she could go up to the mountain to play with them, so she immediately agreed.
After turning around and going into the hall to offer incense and kneel down to worship, he went back to the backyard and changed into rough clothes. With a basket on his back, he joined the other women and headed towards Qingluo Mountain, talking and laughing.
Cheng Yu had heard of the Three Treasures of Green Luo, and the first one on the list was green plum. Even fruit wine has its unique flavor only after adding green plum.
When the orange cat demon heard that the plums were ripe, he also thought about it, so he went up the mountain to play with Cheng Yu.
Jia Fei showed his true self again, spread his paws, and together with the little sparrow above his head, followed a large group of men and women from a distance, heading towards Qingluo Mountain.
Although it was early spring but still cold, everyone was in a good mood as they picked unknown wild flowers along the way with the sun above their heads.
There were even a few pairs of young men and women who quietly glanced at each other. The men were all strong. Looking at the equally strong woman opposite, they smiled and scratched their heads.
The woman opposite smiled and lowered her head without saying a word, so both of them felt confident.
Cheng Yu flew in the air and looked at the clearly differentiated men's and women's rows at his feet. He could already see several couples flirting with each other in private.
He didn't know the hidden rules of this plum-picking season, but looking at the reactions of the men and women at his feet, he had some guesses in his mind.
While these young men and women were chatting and laughing, their speed was not slow at all, and the road was easy to walk. Not long after, Cheng Yu was flying in the air, and when he looked back, Qingluo Village was far behind.
Even Jiangkou Town ahead is within sight.
The villagers walked to the foot of a lush mountain facing south, and saw plum trees all over the mountain, with plums hanging on the trees, hidden among the branches and leaves.
An unknown small river meanders along the mountain. Looking from a distance, it finally merges into Longxiang River.
The leading farmer looked for a high place and looked around. Only people from Qingluo Village were nearby, and no one from other villages was seen. He thought he didn't know that the plums were ripe in advance.
So after a few simple words, the men and women dispersed into the woods to pick green plums.
There are some couples who have already met each other before, and the men will boldly go directly to the scene to match, and drag the person they like to a remote place to pick them.
As for the rest, most of them are women who look a little thin and weak.
Those men and women who have successfully matched have divided the work. The men picked the plums, and the women carefully put them into baskets lined with hay.
Sometimes when a man is being pushy, he will deliberately give the woman a hand.
After the woman pretended to be coquettish for a while, she just let it go.
At this time, Cheng Yu and Jia Fei began to taste plums on a tree not far from everyone.
Although the plums are already seven-year-old at this time, they are still a little sour.
Cheng Yu trampled the plums down on the branch with his paws, and the orange cat jumped below and caught them with its mouth.
Sometimes Cheng Yu would deliberately push the plum he stepped on farther away, and the orange cat would show off its extraordinary flexibility.
A bird and a cat were jumping around in the forest, and they were having fun.
At noon, all the farmers started eating the lunch they had brought with them. Jiafei didn't want to be recognized by the farmers, so he turned back into a human form and began to absorb the energy of the sun spirits.
Cheng Yu, on the other hand, simply placed the sparrow body on a high branch, summoned the spirit, and led out three wisps of generals to be drunk by the three spirit spirits.
Watching them chasing after the spiritual wine, I also started to eat Japanese essence.
At this time, there was another burst of laughter from the other direction, and another group of people came here to pick plums.
Cheng Yu, who was gathering his energy, stopped briefly and closed his eyes to listen. Every one of them was an unfamiliar voice.
Not a farmer from Qingluo Village.
But here, someone in Qingluo Village recognized them. They were all from the nearby village, and they must have known each other before. So, the two groups of young men and women began to secretly glance at each other's crowd to see if there was anyone they liked.
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After a while, the two groups of people became familiar with each other and immediately became a group.
At this time, through chatting with each other, Cheng Yu found out that the new group of people also came from another village in Qian Mansion, Qingchuan, but this village was further away from Qingchuan County, but very close to Jiangkou Town.
"Why did you come so late today?"
A farmer in Qingluo Village asked the other party.
"We got up early today and went to the Jiangbo Temple in the town to see the excitement."
"Oh? What's the excitement?"
"You Zhuangzi are far away, but you don't know that the incense in Jiangbo Temple is very prosperous these days. People in the town are rushing to burn some incense every day, and the queue is very long. p>
Some even stayed up all night and stood guard at the entrance of the ancestral hall. They even got into several fights to compete for positions. If temple blessings hadn't stopped them, they would have almost killed themselves."
When Cheng Yu heard the other party talking about Jiang Bo Temple, he immediately stopped gathering Qi after a week.
Returning the soul to its place, the little sparrow spread its wings and flew towards the sound of people, landed on the branches of the people, and listened quietly.
Everyone in Qingluo Village heard that there was a lot of incense in Jiangbo Temple in the town, and some secretly curled their lips and said:
"Is the Jiang Bo Temple in this town as effective as the Que Niang Temple in our village? The Que Immortal Temple in our village is really responsive to all requests!"
A strong woman opposite heard this and sneered:
"You are so far away from Zhuangzi. I think no one has ever been to Jiang Bo Temple to say such ignorant words.
No matter how effective your temple is, it is only a small temple with a hundred or so people worshiping it. As you know, the current Jiangbo Temple is not only visited by people from the town and boaters on the river, but also from the next county. Come on, it’s just that your Zhuangzi is far away from Qingchuan County, and the information is not available, so you don’t know.”
"Huh? How come even people from the next county come to worship? So what is the efficaciousness of Jiangbo Temple?"
Everyone in Qingluo Village asked in surprise.
But I saw that the strong woman seemed to be the leader of the group of women. After hearing the inquiry, she immediately took two steps forward and said in a slightly mysterious voice in a lowered voice:
"How did you know that the Jiangbo Temple is really responsive to all requests? It is said that people who used to go boating on the river were not able to catch fish for days in the past, or they kept encountering water monkeys. But as long as you go to Jiangbo the next day After worshiping at the temple, you will be safe and sound for a while."
"Water monkey? There are monkeys in the water?"
"Hey, the people in your village are really native leopards who are used to living in the mountains. They don't even know about water monkeys. That water monkey... is the water ghost that people turn into after they drown in the water."
Cheng Yu frowned when he heard from a high place that they actually talked about water ghosts.
No...
After people in this world die, they either report directly to the Wenjun Palace of the Yin Division, or are detained by the Wujun Palace and taken back to the Yin Division. How can there be such things as water ghosts wandering around and harming people?
Isn’t it possible for the people from Wujun Palace to go into the water and capture the dead souls?
That's not right. Lord Wu had previously sent a judge to the bottom of the Longxiang River to investigate the movement of the black dragon.
Or perhaps, the water monkey is not a ghost at all, but someone is playing tricks.
While Cheng Yu was thinking, the two groups of people below continued to chat.
"Oh my dear, if there really is a water ghost, then I should go to Jiangbo Temple to worship."
"This was just on the river a few days ago. Logically speaking, it's nothing unusual. But you know, in recent days, there have been ghosts in the town."
"Ah!"
Everyone in Qingluo Village was shocked. The stout woman in the village next door became more mysterious and whispered:
"First, in the house of Liu Daguan, the largest wealthy family in the town, you could hear a woman crying and complaining every night. Later, you could even hear strange men wailing during the day. Liu Daguan was so frightened that he hid outside.
The strange noise then followed to the outer house. Later, after going to pay homage to Jiang Bo Temple, peace returned to the house.
But his family was peaceful, but other families started to make noise again, so every family rushed to Jiang Bo Temple to worship. As a result, the incense in Jiang Bo Temple suddenly became particularly strong."