Chapter 21: Stopping the Worship Tree

"Sister, let's go, let's take a look, we all take hoes. As if thinking of something, Hu Mingchen's eyes lit up and he greeted excitedly.

"That's nothing to look at, I've seen it countless times. Hu Yandie frowned, unable to arouse interest.

"It's not about going to see their boring rituals, I'm trying to get some money. Hu Mingchen said with a sly smile.

"How do you get some money?" asked Hu Yandie suspiciously.

"I tell you, you have to cooperate with me well in a while, and if you get it right, I will have the capital to do business......" So Hu Mingchen lowered his voice and told Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao his idea so much.

"Is this possible? No one has ever done it before, I'm afraid I'm going to get into trouble." After listening to Hu Mingchen's story, Hu Yandie expressed worry and doubt.

"It's okay, what are you afraid of, this is at our doorstep, and that is our family's land, what trouble can I cause, don't worry, just do what I say, I'm responsible for accidents." Hu Mingchen patted his chest and said.

"I still think it'......"

"Don't think about it, our family is poor like this, what else is there to think, let's go, let's go, people are coming." Hu Mingchen interrupted Hu Yandie's words, didn't give her room to hesitate, and pushed her and her sister Hu Yujiao to go down.

Today, a family surnamed Luo on the side of Longjin Village invited people to come to the sacred tree to pray for blessings, and the elders of their family passed away yesterday.

Several immediate family members in the family invited a gentleman and a few blowers to carry incense wax paper candles from Longjin Village.

When they were about to approach the sacred tree, they found three children digging around the sacred tree and sorting out the remnants of the burned by their predecessors.

"Hey, what are you doing? Don't come in, we haven't dug yet, and you'll be trampled on by then." The leader of the Luo family was about to go down from the path to the field to approach the sacred tree, but a teenage boy stopped him loudly.

There is no doubt that this little boy who prevents others from coming to the ground is Hu Mingchen.

"Little doll, what are you digging?" the boss of the Luo family stopped and asked.

"Don't you see? Of course it's digging the ground, my land has been trampled like this, it's really hard to dig, my family plans to dig it up and plant some peas. Hu Mingchen held the hoe in his right hand and replied angrily.

Hu Mingchen was talking to each other, but Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao were not idle, and kept digging beside them.

With the strength of Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao, it is impossible to completely turn over the solid soil, and when they hoe down, it is at most one or two centimeters deep, which is really a bit like a grasshopper shaking a tree. But every time a hoe goes down, it always brings some fresh soil.

"Little doll, can you not dig it yet, wait for us to come down and burn some incense paper, and then you can dig after worshipping. ”

"What are you thinking, we have dug up so hard, and when you come down to worship, won't it be stepped on again? Aren't we doing it in vain, and besides, when you finish it, we will waste a morning, forget it, forget it. Hu Mingchen shook his head, waved his hoe and dug up again.

"You little doll is really, don't you want us to worship the sacred tree? This sacred tree belongs to your family?" said a woman wearing a filial piety handkerchief next to the boss of the Luo family.

"This sacred tree can be said to be mine, or it can be said that it is not mine, but this land, there is no doubt that it is mine. We have no objection to worship, as long as you do not come to my house. The other party's tone was unhappy, and Hu Mingchen's tone became unhappy.

"If we don't get into the ground, how can we worship?"

"That's your business, you can also worship on the road, that road is not mine, everyone can walk, it doesn't matter. Hu Mingchen shrugged his shoulders, looking helpless.

"Young man, you can't do this, this worship the sacred tree, where is there a reason to worship on the road from such a distance, you have to go to the sacred tree to burn incense, burn paper and kowtow, so far away, where will the divine tree appear?"

"That's right, where is that kind of truth, in the past, we used to come to worship the sacred tree, and we all went to the foot of the tree. Moreover, it seems that no one has ever planted this land, why do you want to dig up and plant peas for no reason?"

Whether it is a gentleman or a blower, they are all hired by the Luo family at their expense, and as long as the ceremony is completed in front of the sacred tree, their work is completed. If it is so consumed, it is equivalent to dragging them, and if they can't complete the ceremony, they won't be paid, so of course they have to help the Luo family who hired them.

"You're really weird, my family's land, of course, you can plant when you want, if you don't plant before, it doesn't mean that you won't plant in the future, is it possible that we have to ask you before planting, waiting for your approval? It's funny, it's because people often step on it, so that we can't plant, for this reason, my family loses a lot of food every year, loses a lot of fruits and vegetables, do you know? The sacred tree blesses you, so which of your family's losses do you see and which one makes up for a little bit of my family's losses?" Hu Mingchen chuckled and said reasonably.

In fact, this small piece of land, whether it is growing food or fruits and vegetables, really does not produce much, and the sacred tree itself blocks a lot of sunlight. However, Hu Mingchen just wants to use this as an excuse to raise money, and it is naturally another matter.

"What can you produce and what can you lose in this small piece of land? Big brother, leave him alone, let's hurry up and leave after worshipping." The woman with filial piety said impatiently.

"No, why? You don't make sense when you say this, oh, how much loss is a loss, even if it is a dollar of output, it is not a dollar of loss. It's like your home, we don't care how it used to be, anyway, in the future, my family's land just can't be stepped on casually. You are not allowed to come to my house, you are not allowed to come. After speaking, Hu Mingchen raised his hoe to block in front of those people.

And Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao also approached Hu Mingchen's side, each holding a hoe and blocking each other decently.

Seeing this situation, the boss of the Luo family had a headache.

If the other party is an adult, you can also reason with it, or pull the relationship feelings. This Duge Township is so big, every family in other villages will always have some relatives or know some people, in the face of adults, as long as the relationship is pulled up, the matter will pass.

Rural people usually don't offend people for some small things, and their reputation is not good. It is also for this reason that the land of Hu Mingchen's house cannot be planted all year round, and over time, it is like a wasteland.

There's no way, people come, as long as Hu Jianjun and Jiang Yucai are at home, they will politely invite others to drink a glass of water. Ten families came to Shenshu's side, at least six or seven of them could have a relationship with Hu Mingchen's family, either distant relatives, relatives of relatives, or workers who had worked together, or people were simply relatives of the neighbors next door to Hu Mingchen's house, all of which could not be refused.

Now that Hu Jianjun and Jiang Yucai are not at home, Hu Mingchen doesn't care about that, he doesn't know anyone, and no one knows him.

In a word, if you can't get any benefits, he won't let anyone in.

It's just that I am facing three children, I can't beat, I can't scold, I can't get one wrong, and I will make people say a lot of things. No matter what, if you have a conflict with a few children, no matter how reasonable it is, it will become unreasonable, and you will be said to be bullying and bullying people.

What's more, this is still at the door of someone's house, or in someone's field, and there is no reason to invade the door.

"Brother Luo, I know his family, and the little doll can't explain it clearly, you just go and tell the adults of his family, everyone is in this group, and the adults of his family should not be so unsympathetic. "When the owner had a headache and didn't know what to do, a young man who struck the gong gave an idea at this time.

"Don't bother, my adults aren't at home. But don't think that if my family is not at home, you can mess around, if you dare to bully, we can still call a lot of people. Hu Mingchen is giving the other party a preventive injection in advance.

"Huzi, do you know where his house is? If you know, go and have a look, and we'll talk to the adults. The owner surnamed Luo said to the young man who struck the gong that he was afraid that Hu Mingchen was lying.

The tiger put down the gong, ran to Hu Mingchen's house in one breath, and ran back in one breath: "There is really no one in his house, I shouted, I knocked on the door, and no one answered me." ”

"Little doll, you just let us go to the ground, we won't delay for a long time, burn some incense wax paper candles, and then say goodbye and leave, it won't affect your digging of the ground, if you think we stepped on it, then we can help you dig more when you go." The owner surnamed Luo had no choice but to pray to Hu Mingchen and talk to him well.

Hu Mingchen's purpose is money, not really digging the ground, how can he agree, if he agrees, then all this will be in vain?

"No, we dig my family's land by ourselves, we don't need your outsiders' help, you just said that you want to burn incense wax paper candles, do you know, every year the grass and grain around here will be ignited by the people who burn incense wax paper candles, so that my family has to often come to extinguish the fire and help those people wipe their butts. With this sacred tree, my family has to lose food, fruits and vegetables, and have to work hard, but there is no benefit at all, which is really unreasonable. Hu Mingchen casually pointed around.

Hu Mingchen is not good at talking about money directly, but he has hinted more than once, what losses, what benefits, why can't the other party understand, this is too white-eyed.