Ma Zhongguo sent Lin Ping to the intersection of a cross mountain road, then he no longer walked forward, bent down and held on to the rocks on the side of the road and said breathlessly: "Go straight along this road, you can see the temple on the top of the mountain, the road in front of the temple and the mountain is the place of the temple fair, there is no fork in the road straight, there should be a lot of people, just follow the crowd." ”

Lin Ping nodded and asked, "Teacher Ma, aren't you going forward?"

Ma Zhongguo smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, I'm tired, I'll take a break and go back." ”

Lin Ping nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll continue to move forward, be more careful on your way back." ”

Ma Zhongguo smiled and nodded, and then gestured for Lin Ping to walk forward: "Let's go, let's go, I'm fine, I'll go back after a while." ”

Lin Ping walked for a short time, the mountain road became wider, on both sides were all kinds of stalls, Lin Ping looked at each stall curiously, all of them were traditional handicraft items, there were carvings, hand-weaving, Buddha statues and paintings, and there were also some stalls selling snacks, all of which showed the atmosphere of being born and raised.

"Teacher!"

Liu Xiangqian's voice came from behind him, Lin Ping looked back, Liu Xiangqian, Liu Weiguo, Liu Qingmei and several others followed their parents to visit the temple fair.

The parents of several people, except for Liu Weiguo's father, greeted Lin Ping with more respect: "Teacher Lin is good." ”

And Liu Weiguo's father just nodded at Lin Ping, and it seemed that he still had a little prejudice against Lin Ping.

"College student, are you also here to burn incense and worship God?" Liu Qingmei's mother, Feng Chunxiu, asked with a smile, "Where is your incense?"

Lin Ping found that everyone was holding a small bamboo basket in their hands, which contained some incense and tribute, and only he was empty-handed.

Lin Ping smiled awkwardly: "I don't know the rules very well for the first time, and I'm just shopping." ”

"It's okay, I'll bring more," Feng Chunxiu said with a smile, "Use mine." ”

"No, I just came to see it, and I didn't want to enter the temple. Lin Ping refused with a smile.

"Hey, it's all here, go to the temple to worship, the land here can be realized!" Feng Chunxiu said.

Really? If it works, the people of this bitter mountain still need to be so poor? If it works, your marriage will still be shattered?

Lin Ping thought so in his heart, and then didn't say anything, just smiled and didn't speak.

"That is, this land is very effective, but you must be sincere, and sincerity is spiritual!" Liu Xiangqian's mother followed.

"Forget it, you go first, I'll take a look. Lin Ping said with a smile.

"Teacher, teacher, let's do it together!"

"That's it, teacher!

Several students began to launch an emotional offensive against Lin Ping, and Lin Ping couldn't stand it and had to follow the group of people to the mountain.

After walking for a long time, I saw a person lying in the middle of the road, this person was wearing a dirty big cotton jacket, his legs were still bare, but he was wearing big cotton shoes on his feet, his body was dirty and messy, and his hair was messy.

The mountain people who passed by, all walked around this man, and automatically vacated a clearing, and no one seemed to want to approach him, and no one dared to approach him.

Lin Ping's group also walked away from him and close to the side of the road.

"This is a madman...... Liu Xiangqian's mother turned her head and whispered to Lin Ping, "There is a famous madman in ten miles and eight towns, no one dares to provoke him." ”

Suddenly, the madman sat up from the ground, startled the people around him, and hurriedly dodged to the side.

The madman shook his head and shouted:

"The mountain will fall,

Parents will eventually grow old!

There are few confidants in the world,

A stab in the back!

Birth, old age, sickness and death,

Immortals can't cure it!

Hell is empty,

It's good to be alive. ”

The madman howled loudly, his voice was terrible and loud, but when he listened closely, the song he shouted was smooth and clear, not like a man of insanity.

Lin Ping looked at this madman, and at this time, this madman suddenly looked at Lin Ping with sharp and terrifying eyes, and the eyes of the two collided.

Lin Ping looked at this madman, his face was already wrinkled, he looked like an old man of fifty or sixty years old, although he was dirty, his face was very clean, and his eyes were sharp.

The madman suddenly laughed when he saw Lin Ping, and then got up from the ground and walked over to Lin Ping, and the rest of the people hurriedly scattered when they saw this, and Liu Weiguo's father also pulled Lin Ping to pull Lin Ping away.

But Lin Ping didn't move, he stood there and watched the madman come over.

"Teacher Lin, are you stupid? Get out of the way, this is a madman, he will bite!" Liu Xiangqian's mother shouted anxiously.

Hearing Liu Xiangqian's mother say this, the madman opened his mouth and showed a mouthful of bright teeth to scare her by pretending to eat people, and Liu Xiangqian's mother was so frightened that she took two steps back.

Most people in the mountains don't like to brush their teeth, and the old people's teeth are yellow or dirty, and it's really rare to have teeth as white as this madman.

"You're not from here. The madman looked at Lin Ping and said.

"Yes, from the city. Lin Ping replied calmly.

"From the city? from the city! ha...... Woowoo woo ......"

When the madman heard Lin Ping say that he was from the city, he suddenly laughed wildly, and then suddenly squatted on the ground and hugged his head and cried, and his madness was fully revealed.

"Let's go, let's go!"

The parents of Liu Xiangqian and the others pulled Lin Ping to leave this place of right and wrong, and Liu Xiangqian and Liu Qingmei were also protected by their parents and left here.

Lin Ping was pushed forward by the others, but he looked back at the madman step by step, and the madman was still squatting on the ground and crying bitterly, crying heartbreakingly.

Lin Ping was led to the temple by a group of people, there was a long queue at the entrance of the temple, and every mountain man walked into the temple with burning incense, and then knelt down reverently and kowtowed to the land god three times.

"Here, college student, take it. Liu Qingmei's mother, Feng Chunxiu, lit the incense with a match, and then divided three sticks for Lin Ping.

"Thank you Auntie, I don't need to. Lin Ping said with a smile.

"That's not good, you came here, how can you not be incense?" Liu Xiangqian's mother said on the side.

Unable to resist the kindness of these people, Lin Ping had no choice but to take the incense in his hand.

The parents gave the incense to the children and advised: "After the meeting, you must worship the father-in-law of the land sincerely, and then make a wish in your heart, and the wish will come true!"

Lin Ping looked at them and smiled and didn't speak, it's good that this group of people has a sustenance in their hearts.

The crowd slowly moved forward, and finally it was Lin Ping's turn to be a group, and the parents of Liu Xiangqian's children took them to kneel and kowtow in front of their father-in-law, and they were still chattering and couldn't hear clearly, they should be praying.

"Hey, young man, it's your turn, go quickly. ”

The people behind Lin Ping pushed Lin Ping, and Lin Ping, who was in a daze, reacted.

Lin Ping stepped forward to look at the statue of the father-in-law of the land, bent down and bowed with three sticks of incense in his hand, and then inserted the incense and was about to leave, but it caused an uproar among the people in the temple.

"Who is this man? Why are you so ignorant of the rules?"

"That is, how can anyone worship the father-in-law of the land like this? ”

An old man sitting in the temple looked at Lin Ping and asked, "Young man, why don't you kneel!"

Lin Ping smiled: "I'm sorry, I only worship and don't kneel, worship is to represent respect and respect for traditional customs, but I don't believe in any gods, there is no reason to kneel, please understand." ”

When Lin Ping said this, the surrounding mountain people exploded.

"Why don't you kneel here?"

"That is, you have to kneel when you enter the temple!"

For a moment, all the pressure was directed at Lin Ping.

Lin Ping looked stunned, he didn't expect that a simple matter of worshipping God could cause such a big storm.

"College student, kneel down and show it!"

Liu Xiangqian's mother anxiously persuaded her.

Lin Ping smiled: "I have a reason to worship, but there is no reason to kneel." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and walked outside the temple, but was stopped by the people around him.

The scene became extremely tense for a while, and Lin Ping looked at this group of excited people with a serious expression, and he didn't know what to do for a while, but he would never compromise to kneel.