MTL - Okay, I Can’t Eat This-Chapter 28

"I only know that this place is very remote, but I didn't expect it to be so remote." Meng Shu wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but slumped on a tree stump.

After the two of them got out of the car, they took the bus for more than two hours to reach the largest town in Qishan, and then took a small tricycle from this town for more than an hour before they really entered Qishan.

But no one was willing to give it away any further. They could only walk forward. Meng Shu's feet were almost rubbed out. Xie Chi was fine. Her family was already on the mountain, and she went up and down the mountain all day. Yes, I am very used to climbing up and down, so it will not be so tiring to walk on the mountain.

"I should be able to get there before it gets dark, work harder." Xie Chi saw that he really couldn't walk, so he also sat down and rested for a while, and started playing the recording with his mobile phone. The recording was given by the police and survived. Confessions recorded by two people.

Xie Chi has already broadcasted it for the second time, and she took this gap very seriously to listen to what the two people said.

"I really don't know what happened. We were just here to play. I was friends with them. We made an appointment to come here. At first, I didn't think about going to Yuejia Village. There are sacrifices on the other side of the sky, and the scene is very big, so..."

"No, I don't know. The soles of my feet are full of blisters. I didn't go when they went out to play."

"I'll be all right? I didn't do anything...I don't know anything..."

She always felt that there was a problem, but she couldn't figure it out for a while, so she could only put it on hold for a while, and the two of them took a break and continued to move forward.

When I arrived at Yuejia Village, it was already dark, and Xie Chi saw two rows of bright lanterns in the distance. The two rows of lanterns were on both sides of the street. Like two rows of street lights.

But the strange thing is that they are all hanging white lanterns. Xie Chi vaguely remembers that red lanterns are usually hung for happy events, and white lanterns are hung only for white events.

Is it a local custom?

After Xie Chi arrived at the entrance of the village, he called the village chief. Within a few minutes, the village chief came out. The village chief was an old man in his fifties or sixties with sparse hair. He seemed to have a lame leg, so he leaned on a cane and slowly Come slowly.

"It is not safe to walk on the mountain road at night. If you call me earlier, I will directly ask my son to pick you up." The village chief said enthusiastically.

Meng Shu hurriedly answered the call and chatted with the village chief, because it was very late at this time, and they didn't talk much. The village chief arranged a place to live, which should be the best house in the village, at least clean .

After walking for a day, the two of them were tired. After staying, they immediately tidied up the bed and went to sleep. The main room where Xie Chi slept was the master bedroom, and Meng Shu lived in the slightly smaller room on the side.

Not to mention Meng Shu, Xie Chi also slept very deeply, but she would put the dumplings out to watch the wind, especially in such remote places, there was absolutely nothing wrong with being careful.

The next morning, both of them got up early. It should be almost ten o'clock depending on the position of the sun. Xie Chi's legs were a little sore, but he was in good condition. Meng Shu next door started to snort early in the morning.

Not only did he have several blisters under his feet, but his legs were also sore and soft, and even slightly swollen. When Xie Chi knocked on the door of his room, he was sitting on the edge of the bed and pierced the bottom of his feet with a needle. of bubbles.

Picking a hiss, it seems pitiful, Xie Chi couldn't bear it: "Why don't I come."

"Don't, don't, jio stinks! Boss, just sit down and I'll fix it right away." Meng Shu took an ok posture, quickly punctured the blisters on his feet, and wiped them with iodine, which was considered a Simply reduce inflammation.

He fixed his two feet, and then stretched his two legs flat, with an air of inescapable love all over his body: "Ah, I never thought that walking would be so painful. …”

The main reason is that they still have to climb mountains and mountains. They feel very tired when they climb up. When they go down the hillside, they don't even want to lift their legs.

No wonder the old man always said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down.

"Because I'm thinking about going into the mountain, I brought ointment, you can rub it yourself." Xie Chi threw a box of ointment for him, which was made by the senior brother who studied medicine on the mountain, and the effect was quite good.

"Thank you boss!" Meng Shu took the ointment and rubbed his calf. The cool and cool feeling was really much more comfortable. After applying the medicine, he washed his hands and put on his shoes. The two of them went out to eat.

The breakfast was a bun sent by the village chief. It was stuffed with celery and meat. The taste was very good. Meng Shu ate four big buns in one breath: "The pigs raised by myself and the vegetables grown by myself have different tastes!"

Xie Chi also ate two. After eating, he simply packed his luggage. After all, he was so tired last night that he made the bed and fell asleep.

For example, money and valuables must be carried on the body, but other messy things can be put in the room first. Xie Chi also told Meng Shu not to leave valuables.

Of course, the most important thing is the Slaying Demon Sword, which she carried in a box like a piano case, with her back behind her, and she didn't seem to have any sense of disobedience.

After breakfast, the village chief sent someone to serve as tour guides for the two of them. The two of them were nominally here to travel, saying that they were interested in the sacrifices here and wanted to watch the whole process, so they paid a lot of money to the villagers. Money, or else the village chief can treat them so well?

The village chief himself was not very good, so he sent a younger man, who seemed to be the son or nephew of the village chief, named Yue Feng.

He also looks like he is in his 30s, and he looks simple and honest. It is said that he graduated from college. Although it is only a junior college, he is already highly educated in such a remote place.

Xie Chi was a little curious: "I see that many of their young people have gone to work outside, don't you have any ideas in this regard?"

Yue Feng smiled: "I also went out to work when I was young, but I really didn't earn much money. After all, college students are all over the place these days, my education is really nothing outside, and the expenses outside are also big, so how long does it take to work? I came back a few years later, thinking about researching whether there is a way to bring the village to riches."

"It's a good thing." After chatting with him for a while, Xie Chi naturally brought the topic to the so-called sacrifice.

"Our sacrifice here refers to the sacrifice of the mountain god. It is a rule handed down from a long time ago. The mountain **** will bless us from being attacked by wild animals, bless the crops in the field to grow well, and bless the weather." Yue Feng smiled honestly: "We are here. There is a small festival every year, and a big festival every three years. You came by coincidence, and in two days, it will be the time for the big festival."

"Is that so? I'm really curious, what is the process for your Mountain God Festival...?" Xie Chi asked with a smile.

"Yes, we must have all the grains and animals, and we have to give Grandpa the Mountain God a bride."

"Bride? Are you still offering sacrifices?" Xie Chi raised his eyebrows and said in surprise.

"Hey, it's just a symbolic meaning. On our side, girls who have been brides to mountain gods can also marry, and even receive more blessings, so many people are willing to marry their girls in their families. Mountain God, if you marry a Mountain God, you will not be able to marry again. How can we afford a bride in three years?" Yue Feng waved his hand and said, "The Mountain God marrying a wife is a big deal on our side. Not only the bride, but also the bride's family can get a lot of joy, if you two come a few days earlier, you can see that there are many girls of school age at home, vying to be the wife of the mountain god."

"It turned out to be like this, I was wrong." Xie Chi showed a sudden realization, and then said: "By the way, when I came to your village last night, I found that there are white lanterns hanging at the door of every house in your village. , why is this?"

"This is to guide the mountain god." Yue Feng said vaguely: "You know, after a lot of rules have been passed down, what they meant at the beginning is actually a little vague, anyway, I only know that this is to guide the mountain god. I don’t know the other way, but we have formed a habit here, in the days before and after the Mountain God Festival, every household in the village has to hang white lanterns.”

He didn't seem to want to talk about these things very much. After chatting for a while, the topic was involved elsewhere, and Xie Chi followed the trend and turned a corner.

She always feels that there is something wrong with the village, but you can't keep asking questions that people don't want to answer.

Xie Chi's intuition from childhood to adulthood was quite accurate. Her intuition told her that this mountain **** sacrifice was not so simple, and she might have to stay for a few more days.

Although Yuejia Village is very remote, it can be considered to be surrounded by mountains and waters. The village is built on mountains. In the center of the village, there is a small lake full of lotus flowers. The lake is not very big and there are several houses. It is still built around the lake, and it is quite beautiful.

It is said that crayfish are also raised in the lake. Meng Shu has always wanted to catch some and eat them, but catching crayfish is a very troublesome thing, and it is not too overbearing in the village, so he regretfully gave up .

There are still two days before the Mountain God Festival. Xie Chi used all these two days to step on the spot. He walked from the beginning of the village to the end of the village, and accompanied by the villagers, he went up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

So I ate mushroom stewed chicken for lunch that day.

Everything was calm, but there was always a smell of mountains and rain coming to the building. Xie Chi actually wanted to go to the mountain temple to see it, but before the mountain **** festival started, the mountain temple was temporarily sealed.

It will be open as usual after the Mountain God Festival.

Xie Chi ate dinner, sat in the yard blowing the air, thinking about what to do next, Meng Shu suddenly came in from outside: "Boss, do you want to see the daughter-in-law chosen by the mountain god?"