Chapter 52 Feudal Superstition is unacceptable
This April day, just like the young girl's mind, said to change, not a while, the blood-colored sunset with the last orange-red afterglow, slowly falling under the western mountain, night is coming, a silver-gray faint twilight haze shrouded down, occasionally a few crows crow sounded, making people shudder.
Chen Yang carried the heavy beehive, took Mengmeng, Yuanyuan, and Lingling back along the way they came, and was walking to Shiligou, when he came, it was fine, the sun was shining, and after it got dark, taking advantage of the faint twilight, it looked even more eerie and terrifying.
All that burned were half of the incense sticks, broken yellow paper money, rotting offerings, wreaths turned to ashes, paper figures, the place was overgrown with grass, and there were not some small animals shuttling in it, and stones of different shapes were scattered among them, as if they were from the abyssal monsters.
Many tombs have not been worshiped for many years, let alone added soil to renovate, even the tombstones are incomplete, a small grave bag like a steamed bun, by rats, hedgehogs, pangolins and other animals, arched out of many black and secluded holes, and even some coffins have been washed out by the rain, rotting and dilapidated in the air, occasionally accompanied by a crow's miserable cry, showing a sense of desolation.
Perhaps infected by the terrifying atmosphere of this place, Mengmeng, who had always been alive and kicking like a fire monkey, also quieted down for the first time, shaking his little short legs, and honestly following Chen Yang's side.
This naughty girl actually looks like an ordinary little girl, which is amazing.
Stepping on the dead branches and leaves, the sound of Gabba Gabba remembered, like the miserable sound of bones rubbing, the sky became darker and darker, like the wings of a crow, covering the sky, the afterglow of the sun was completely gone, and the surroundings were dark.
Strange things, how did it get dark so quickly, there must be a demon when things go wrong.
Sure enough, clusters of bright pale blue flames ignited and flew in mid-air, like puppets suspended by people with silk threads, floating in all directions.
"Uncle Yang, it's a ghost fire, I've seen it on TV." Mengmeng used her tender white little hand to point at the ghost fire flying in the air, her voice was faint, and her delicate little face was full of panic.
Yuan Yuan and Lingling, obviously not so precocious, didn't understand what the ghost fire was at all, but were very curious, and almost pounced on it, catching one and coming over to play.
"What kind of ghost fire is a natural phenomenon, just like wind, rain, thunder, and snow, there is nothing unusual."
"Mengmeng, feudal superstition is unacceptable."
This so-called ghost fire naturally does not frighten Chen Yang, a young man born in the modern world and growing up under the red flag, has undergone so many years of basic science education, and still has a lot of basic physics knowledge.
What is the ghost fire, but it is the most common natural phenomenon, usually appears in the cemetery in the countryside, at dusk or at night, there will suddenly appear a thick green flame, floating in the air, and even bite people tightly, the world is superstitious, thinking that it is a fire lit by ghosts
In fact, the principle is very simple, human bones contain phosphorus, phosphorus and water or alkali mixed to produce phosphine, is a gas that can spontaneously combust, much lighter than air, the breeze will move gently, so it is called "ghost fire"
"Uncle Yang, I'm afraid...... I see a lot of people...... They gathered around......" Mengmeng's voice was trembling, as if she had seen a terrible scene, and she was so frightened that she quickly covered her eyes with her little hands.
Could it be that some rural rumors are true, some children of a few years old have not been polluted by mortal dust, and their innate aura has not dissipated, and they can often see some things that are not clean.
But Yuanyuan and Lingling didn't see anything, and they were stupid and followed Chen Yang.
Could it be that I was so unlucky that I encountered something dirty.
I knew that I brought the mallet with me, and I heard that these unclean things were most afraid of big dogs.
No, at this time, Chen Yang remembered that he was the god of the mountains and rivers of this side of the water and soil, and what mountain spirits and ghosts dared to be presumptuous in the mountain gods, and he didn't want to mix it up.
It would be nice if I opened my eyes and could see everything clearly.
"Dream, Yuanyuan, Lingling, cover your ears." Chen Yang reminded the three little girls on one side, and his stomach was full of air on the other side.
"Get out-" Chen Yang was full of breath, and shouted out, like a muffled thunder before the spring rain, alarming the ten directions, deafening, and even the surrounding wild grass and fallen leaves were shaking.
Suddenly, the sky was clear, the surrounding scenery was much brighter, and the eerie and terrifying feeling also dissipated, the sky was still dim, and it was not completely dark, Chen Yang hurriedly left this place with Mengmeng, Yuanyuan, and Lingling, and quickened his pace and walked towards the village.
Ten minutes later, there was a burst of barking dogs in my ears, looking ahead, the village was in front of me, every house, lit up, through the last faint bit of daylight, you can see, a wisp of cooking smoke floating into the air, every household is preparing dinner, ready to reward the body of the hard work of the day.
I didn't meet anyone along the way, and it saved Chen Yang a lot of trouble, the natural wild mountain honey, it is estimated that there are dozens of catties, Chen Yang doesn't want to share it.
Thinking so, as soon as I arrived at the door of the house, my mother had already prepared a sumptuous dinner, a large pot of pork ribs stewed winter melon, a small plate of shallots with tofu, and several bowls of rock sugar corn custard, which made people have a great appetite when they looked at it.
"Yangyang, where did you go crazy with your three children this afternoon, and you didn't say a word, it made me feel at home, and my heart was pounding for a long time." The mother whispered and blamed that she was not worried about how big the child grew.
"What is your big bag in, you won't steal a big girl back." Chen Yang just wanted to say something, but was interrupted by his mother and laughed.
"Mom, of course it's a good thing, look at it, what is this." Just like a child who got a perfect score in the exam and wore a big red flower, Chen Yang opened his snakeskin pocket and showed off in front of his mother.
"My God, where did you get this, I haven't eaten this wild mountain honey for many years." The mother stretched out her head, looked at it, and poked there in shock like half a piece of wood.
It's no wonder that wild mountain honey has always been a good thing, when I was a child, life was hard, the money in the hands of rural children is a coin broken in half and spent, idle and idle, it is by relying on this kind of natural candy that is not required, to beat the tooth sacrifice, moisturize the temple of the five organs.
"This has to have dozens of catties of honey, just draw some, and tomorrow I will give it to Aunt Lin's family, Zhang's grandfather's family, and Qin's sister-in-law's family...... "My mother is a simple rural woman who retains the beautiful qualities of the Chinese working people, but she doesn't have as many crooked ways as Chen Yang.
"Uncle, look!" Ling Ling suddenly grabbed Chen Yang's sleeve, and his tone was quite urgent.
Chen Yang turned to look, and a fluffy, snow-white little guy got into his snakeskin pocket and was enjoying a delicious meal.