Chapter 3: Bleeding from the Tree
Grandpa definitely didn't believe these things a month ago.
But there are some things that you don't believe in, and once you start to believe, it's easy to have a sense of identity. My grandfather too, came back and thought about it over and over again.
Grandpa is a stubborn person but by no means an unreasonable person, since Uncle Zeng also said so to him, he thought that tomorrow no matter who comes, he will not cut down the tree himself.
I fell asleep thinking about it, and woke up the next day when it was already dawn. As soon as Grandpa finished washing, there was a knock on the courtyard door of the village chief's house, and someone really came to look for him, and it was none other than Fu Lijuan, a female intellectual, from the neighboring village.
Fu Lijuan is about the same age as her grandfather, and her length is also a sign of water spirit. When they came, they came with another educated youth, if it weren't for Uncle Zeng's presence in Taiqing Village, Grandpa would have gone to the neighboring village Educated Youth.
They also knew each other, and after saying hello, Fu Lijuan said that their village held a mobilization meeting, and the three educated youths who came at the same time went to two, so she came to find her grandfather and also went to tell the villagers some knowledge together.
When Grandpa heard this, he didn't say anything about cutting down trees. In addition, it was a big girl who came, and it was impossible to say that grandpa didn't have a little heart, so he went to ask the village chief for a leave of absence, and followed Fu Lijuan to the neighboring village in a donkey cart.
The two villages are also quite close, only forty or fifty minutes walk, and the donkey cart is even closer, and the village can be seen in ten minutes. Captain Zhao from the neighboring village held a mobilization meeting in the compound of the production team, and when his grandfather arrived, he saw a very thick banyan tree in the yard.
The pine tree may only take three or four people to hug it, but you can imagine how thick it is.
When Grandpa arrived, he saw the axes and saws placed next to the pine trees, and his relaxed mood suddenly tensed.
Later, when I heard it below, my grandfather figured out what was going on. It turns out that there are various legends in this village, and nine out of ten of them are related to the big banyan tree in front of you.
Sometimes villagers walk by in the middle of the night, they will feel that they are being stared at, and when they look up, they can see two big lanterns hanging on the trees, which can scare people to death!
Various legends have cast a veil of mystery over this leafy banyan tree, some say that there are immortals living on it, and some say that there are monsters waiting for it above.
Captain Zhao is also a new official who has taken office three times, and as soon as he comes, he wants to establish his prestige and set his goal on the big banyan tree of this 'superstitious thought'. Today, I mobilized the villagers, and invited three educated youths from the city to do ideological work for everyone.
When Grandpa heard this, his heart was turbulent.
Thinking of last night's advice from the yellow coat and Uncle Zeng's warning, the eyes when he looked at the big banyan tree became strange, and he always felt that there were really a pair of eyes staring at him.
"What's wrong with you, you don't believe that there are immortals in this tree, do you?" Fu Lijuan, who was beside him, noticed his strange expression and squinted her eyes to tease him.
"Where can I believe this?" Grandpa couldn't save face.
But after all, if you really want to go up and cut down trees, you have no courage when you have scruples in your heart.
Captain Zhao saw that the mobilization was over, and the villagers still pushed me and I pushed him, and no one dared to step forward, and they were also angry.
"A bunch of soft eggs! It's not just a tree, what's there to be afraid of!" Captain Zhao pointed at the villagers and yelled, and at this time, another educated youth stood up and said that he was willing to give everyone a good start.
Captain Zhao saw that someone was willing to come forward, so he hurriedly helped the villagers to learn more from the young people.
The educated youth was also a little embarrassed to be praised, walked over and picked up the axe, grandpa had the heart to warn him, but after thinking about his identity as a knowledgeable youth, it was not appropriate to say those words!
And, what if it's okay?
The young man was a sturdier young man than his grandfather, and he was bold, and he beckoned to the trunk of the tree where the line had been drawn with an axe.
With a click, the blade of the axe broke through the bark, but what followed surprised everyone.
Grandpa seemed to hear the big banyan tree screaming, and heard a strange sound in his ears, the branches and leaves were swaying, and the bark was actually bleeding where it was broken!
It wasn't red sap, it smelled fishy and smelly.
This tree actually shed blood all over the ground, anyone can see that it is strange, the face of the educated youth was white at that time, and the axe fell to the ground.
The compound of the production team blew up at that time, and it was a mess, saying everything, and Captain Ren Zhao didn't suppress it no matter how much he yelled.
After such an incident, no one dared to cut down the tree again, and the mobilization meeting of the day was so over, and grandpa didn't even come to the stage to speak.
On the way back, Grandpa was glad that he hadn't gone to the hero, and while he was relieved, he was also curious about why the tree would bleed?
Later, when he returned to Taiqing Village, he saw Uncle Zeng sitting at the head of the village waiting for him before he entered the village.
Seeing his grandfather come back, Uncle Zeng asked directly, "Is the tree bleeding?"
Grandpa's eyes widened, and it was hard to say if he didn't admire: "Uncle, you are really a god, how did you guess it?"
"Hey, god, this is a trouble! The tree is nothing, it's the things on the tree that I'm afraid of. Uncle Zeng looked my grandfather up and down, as if to make sure he didn't bring anything back, "You didn't do it, did you?"
Grandpa hurriedly shook his head, and Uncle Zeng relieved himself, took out a handful of ashes and sprinkled it on my grandfather's back, which allowed him to enter the village.
Grandpa was curious, so he wanted to ask what was going on. Uncle Zeng didn't want to tell him, but he was really annoyed by him, so he told his grandfather how the tree bleeds.
In fact, it was not the tree that bleed, but a practicing fairy living on the tree.
Uncle Zeng told his grandfather that the tree is big and the wind gathers Qi, and when the Qi is sufficient, it will inevitably attract something. Some recruit immortals, some recruit demons, belong to the banyan, cypress, camphor these three most spiritual, this neighboring village production team in the big banyan tree has attracted a successful goblin.
The fairy dwelt on the banyan tree, and was in harmony with the tree. Cutting down the tree is tantamount to injuring its body, which is why it causes the terrible bleeding.
Grandpa felt strange when he heard this, it is said that my great-uncle is a Taoist priest, so why don't you care if you know that there are monsters?
It should be mentioned here that the Taoist priest is doing the way for heaven, not tyrannical. If the goblin kills it if it doesn't harm anyone, then the cause is wrong, and the result will not be right.
Uncle Zeng knew that there were goblins living on the trees in the neighboring village, but he didn't interfere, and the reason was also this.
After talking about the reason for the tree's bleeding, Uncle Zeng explained to his grandfather and said, "You have injured the body of the goblin, and I am afraid that it will not give up." Three days from today, don't leave the village, teach in peace. ”
In the more than a month that grandpa has been in Taiqing Village, his psychology about the mysterious things has gradually changed from doubt to belief.
Uncle Zeng said it so seriously, and grandpa also nodded in agreement, and then he remembered the educated youth who cut an axe, and was worried about whether something would happen to him.
Uncle Zeng took a puff of his cigarette stick, with a distressed expression on his face: "It's hard to say, you can't control this matter anymore, don't worry about it." ”
Uncle Zeng said this, and grandpa didn't ask again, but he was already worried about it.
Since the day of the fight, my grandfather has not left the village again, and he can read and write to the children in the village with peace of mind. Occasionally, I went to see Uncle Zeng, who was either herding cattle or farming, and when he rested at night, he would ask him for blank paper to go back, and I didn't know what it was for.
Because the first two days were fine, and the third morning was also very peaceful, grandpa also let go of his heart. I went to bed early that night, thinking that Ming'er would go to the neighboring village early to have a look, and he would be relieved if everything was fine.
Not long after he lay down, he fell asleep in a daze. When I fell asleep, I suddenly felt a little cold, and I dreamed that the door of my room opened silently, and a white mist poured in.
Even in his dreams, Grandpa felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar, shivering with cold all over his body! The fog was getting thicker and thicker, and Grandpa felt something enter the room, and a pair of big yellow lanterns lit up in the mist.