Chapter 020: Respectfully invite the mountain god to drive
The village chief's words are true.
After all, the current difficulties facing the villagers are still severe.
There is no scourge of demons and monsters, but the stomach problem still can't be solved in a short time.
Not to mention the construction of temples.
"What's so difficult about this? Although our village has suffered this catastrophe, it is much better than Shanqian Village, although it is not said that the family has enough grain to survive this most difficult period, but most of them are fine," Zhao Lao Er said with a deep sigh, "and everyone has some surplus food at home, and the villagers must always help each other." ”
When everyone heard this, their hearts moved slightly, at this time, where could they not see that this Zhao Lao Er had already been staring at the food in everyone's house?
As a result, some of you here have a strange mind.
The mountain god sheltered everyone, but if everyone was forced to take out the surplus food at home to have an egalitarianism, it would not work!
When I think about it like this, the atmosphere is slightly weird.
"Ahem...... The village suffered a disaster, and we escaped this catastrophe with the protection of the mountain god, and we should support each other to tide over the difficulties, but although there have been some harvests in the past three years, they have also consumed about the same, where is there any extra food?" a gray-haired old man coughed lightly and said softly.
“......”
The faces of the people were even more weird, and there were some things in their hearts, but they were always reluctant to really bring it up, after all, no one wanted to bear the reputation of not being saved.
"Hehe, Third Master Zhao, if there is no Mountain Divine Master, I'm afraid you won't have the opportunity to talk about your food here at this time, right?" Zhao Lao Er chuckled, with a hint of contempt.
"Second child!" Zhao Sanye's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he stood up directly from his seat, "Everyone here is not me alone after all, if you are all willing to take out food, I have no opinion, are you willing?!"
"I'm willing!" The village chief finally stood up slowly, "As the village head, the villagers should have the responsibility to protect the safety of the villagers when they are affected by disasters.
With the village chief taking the lead, even those who have other thoughts have become cautious.
At the time of the manifestation of this deity, no one wants to stand up again at this time.
"It's still the village chief who is benevolent," Zhao Lao Er exclaimed, "The villagers have not yet reached the end of the mountain, and some people have already begun to ...... I just don't know if the villagers will be chilled when they hear this?"
"Zhao Lao Er, what do you mean by this?" Zhao Sanye's face turned red, but the surroundings did not stand up to show support.
"Now is the time to discuss the establishment of the mountain temple, let's not talk about anything else......" Someone finally said softly, "Of course, if the villagers are really in trouble, I will help even if I am hungry." ”
"That is, let's discuss the matter of building a mountain temple...... "The others are not willing to continue to dwell on this, and they should be.
"Zhao Er, can you tell me how we can solve this matter?" After someone pulled Zhao Sanye to sit down, Zhao Sanye said coldly.
"There are stones in the mountains and trees around, it's nothing more than how much can it cost to build a mountain temple with manpower provided by our village?" Zhao Lao Er no longer bothered about anything else, but just glanced at Zhao Sanye and said, "But this matter is a matter of accumulating merit, some people are contributing, and they are powerful, and the food is better to be handed over to everyone here, and it can be regarded as leaving an account in front of the mountain god." ”
"I think it's okay to do this, I'll take out five buckets of grain first. The village chief said softly.
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In October, autumn is already in place.
The flat land at the head of Zhaojia Village was originally empty, but at this time, there was already a mountain temple made of stone and wood, although it looked simple, it had a bit of majesty.
On a table in front of the temple, three incense sticks were lit, and green smoke slowly rose into the air.
Directly in front of the incense case, the people of Zhaojia Village stood solemnly, and the village chief, Zhao Lao Er and others stood in front.
Today is the day when the mountain temple of Zhaojiacun is completed, and a red cloth-covered statue of the god is quietly placed in front of the incense case.
Where the temple is built, a great sacrifice must be set up to enjoy the gods with five grains and six animals.
Therefore, not far away, there were several men shirtless in the slightly cold autumn wind, carrying the supplies needed for the sacrifice.
However, due to the limited conditions, the six animals symbolically replaced them with some hair.
This is also a slight change in recent years due to environmental changes.
Fortunately, however, there was a live prey that was carried by the crowd and carried along with it as a sacrificial offering.
The village chief glanced up at the air, felt the heat emitted by the sun, and gently stepped forward to salute again, and then turned to look at everyone.
At this moment, Zhao Lao Er stepped forward gently, standing side by side with the village chief at the position closest to the statue at this time.
"The good day is coming, today is the day of my Zhaojia Village, and it is also the day to invite the mountain god, but the temple needs to be cleaned and served, so from today Zhao Lao Er will become the temple temple Zhu, this matter has been approved by the mountain god. ”
When the village chief said this, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
From then on, Zhao Lao Er will no longer fight for the position of village chief, and his eldest son will have the opportunity to become the best candidate for the village chief again.
The matter had already been resolved with the villagers before, and although some people were dissatisfied, no one dared to raise an objection with the nod of the gods.
"Today's sacrifice, I will preside over it, may the mountain god protect me and wait!" Zhao Lao Er's eyes flashed with inexplicable brilliance, and then said in a deep voice.
Everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Laoer, and no one objected.
These days, Zhao Lao Er has been extremely careful in the construction of the temple, and in addition to the fairness of things during this time, everyone has a guess when the rumors of the temple blessing are revealed.
"Sure enough, the mountain god still chose him......" When everyone heard the news at this time, they just thought so.
Zhao Lao Er has recently done a good lesson in the sacrifice, although there are some unfamiliar places, it can be regarded as confident.
"The hour has come!" With Zhao Laoer's shout, everyone's eyes suddenly fell on the red cloth-covered statue.
Zhao Lao Er and the village chief took a step forward first, and then solemnly lit three puffs of green smoke in the incense burner.
The green smoke was extremely light at first, but then a white light swept through, and the green smoke rose straight and slowly seeped into the void.
"Whew......" Zhao Lao Er exhaled softly, and the villagers below finally felt a little relieved in their hearts.
The green smoke went straight up, which meant that the mountain god knew everything that happened here, and his eyes were here.
"Temple wishes Zhao Er to invite the mountain god Fa to come!" Zhao Lao Er said solemnly, and then bowed gently.
"Respectfully, the mountain god is the one who drives it!"
"Respectfully, the mountain god is the one who drives it!"