Chapter 13: The River God and the Barley

"The clouds in the sky are so free, you see, they can float with the wind, the sky is at their mercy, and I can only guard this bay of rivers for life, candles, are you willing to stay with this river with some fish and this cat?" He asked me suddenly, I was so happy that I didn't think there was anything wrong with staying, but before I could answer, the cat master pounced and stopped between me and him, and put on a posture of attacking, and the hair that was hunched over his waist stood up and roared, ready to pounce on this man's face at any time.

"Hehe, the kitten is upset." He touched the head of the cat master disapprovingly to comfort the cat master.

"Isn't it good here?" Because of the interruption of the cat master, I looked around curiously, and only me and him plus the cat master were quiet, and I didn't even see the grandfather and uncle who were going to worship the river god.

"Okay," he replied in a far-fetched way, making me even more suspicious of whether it was good or bad.

"In a year or two, you will find this place picturesque, without the hustle and bustle of the world, but what if you were allowed to stay here for forty years?" He said and stretched out his hand to my neck, but I didn't dodge, but the cat took an offensive posture again.

"Forget it, go back, don't do to others what you don't want to do to others, haha, don't do to others what you don't want to do to others!" He glanced at the cat master out of the corner of his eye, and the hand that was originally stretched out to my neck crossed my neck with a biting cold and stretched out to my back to give me a hug, which was the first time I was hugged by such a cold embrace since I was a child, and I unconsciously shivered and sneezed.

"And how do I get back?" I couldn't see anyone around me, and I felt like I must have been led lost by the cat.

"See? The worshippers on the east side of the river? He pointed me in the right direction with his hand. I followed the direction of his finger and along the riverbank and saw my grandfather's party worshipping around the river god house, and I immediately ran over. But thinking of the cat again, he turned around and picked up the cat and walked away.

"I'm going to take it home with me."

"I'm going to be bored, okay with that?" His eyes met the eyes of the cat master, and the cat master immediately wilted and stopped fluttering in my arms.

"But grandpa needs it too, why don't you feel lonely and leave here?"

"Leave? How do you leave minecraft with only this river? Do you want me to beg the villagers to tear down that house? He said with some excitement.

"Huh?" I didn't understand and stared at him with wide eyes.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about my affairs, if you don't leave again, beware of me changing my mind!" He frightened me and tried to reach out to hug me; I hurriedly hugged the cat and ran away.

"Oh the candles. You're really warm! I ran a long way and he suddenly said this behind me, but when I turned my head, there was nothing behind me, and I walked a few steps backwards with the cat in my arms. I was afraid that he would come back suddenly, but he tripped over the weeds under his feet and fell to the ground.

When I opened my eyes again and found myself running to the offering box, I immediately sat up. Rubbing his eyes and looking around. It was afternoon, and now it is clearly morning, grandpa and uncle seem to have just arrived at the river, and the incense of worship has just been lit, if it is a dream just now, then why will the cat master lie on the tribute box with me in my arms and sleep? I looked at the meadow where I was lying with him and watched the clouds just a moment ago, only the breeze caressed the grass and swayed slightly, and nothing else, but there was still a faint sentence in my ear: "You are really warm." ”

"Candles. Are you awake? Come and worship the river god with your uncle, just now you suddenly fell asleep. I'll put you in the tribute box" Uncle said what happened just now, but I was not impressed at all, and when I saw Grandpa also coming over, I stretched out my hands and asked Grandpa to hug him, "Grandpa, I got the cat back!" ”

Grandpa picked up the tribute box and walked towards the river god's hut, and the cat followed his grandfather's feet back and forth, "Hehe, the candle is really powerful, grandpa thought that the cat master had gone home." ”

"Candle, kneel down for your second grandfather, if it weren't for him, the whole village would have been killed by your uncle." Grandpa put me down and told me to kneel, but I could clearly see that the person in the black-and-white photo of the hut was the one I had been playing with him for a day.

"Second grandfather, he is very lonely, he is the only one on the huge riverbank, and he wants to become a cloud." My words were completely taken as childish words, and the village chief and uncle both laughed, but only I saw it, and the second grandfather in the photo smiled at me with the corners of his mouth raised.

"Silly Candle, what left him here is the faith of the whole village, the people who have experienced that incident are old, and the village will forget him in a few years, and he will leave even if he doesn't want to leave." Grandpa looked meaningfully at the distant sky, not more than five years, grandpa's words were fulfilled, a month before my mother was going to take me back to the city, I saw the second grandfather by the river again, this time he was happy like a child, because the river was going to be diverted to build a dam, the nearby rivers were gathered, he could finally leave, in the dream he took me to eat grilled fish again, play with mud, until I watched him slowly become transparent until it disappeared, left on the river bank only grandpa burned him every year to play with the living creatures, and then even the hut was picked up by the villagers, But every time the water rises, some people always hear the sound of a group of animals on the riverbank, and they all say that it is the river god who wants sacrifices, but only I know that it is an animal left by the second grandfather, and he cannot be reincarnated, so he guards the river instead of the second grandfather.

Faith is really amazing, once you believe that there is something that can bind a qiē free thing to worship them as a god, I hope that the second grandfather will not be dragged away by the water ghost after reincarnation, otherwise I don't know that the river lacks a river god.

The uncle was about to go back to his house, and a group of people in black cars and black clothes came to welcome the uncle home, but there was a big sister in a light blue shirt and short hair in this group, who helped the uncle to get into the car, and smiled politely at the grandfather and called out, "Uncle Tai." "But the strange look at me may be because the pupil of her left eye is purple, and her right eye is blocked by bangs, which makes me feel like she is laughing at me.

When Grandpa entered the house to bring her a greeting gift according to the rules, she suddenly raised the corners of her mouth and smiled at me hypocritically, "It's a pleasure to meet you, my substitute!" If it weren't for you, maybe I would be the next owner of this house! "The cat at my feet was already hunched over and ready to attack, and the low roar in her throat startled her.

"Heh, I haven't seen it yet, so you still have a little follower? Come on, little one, look me in the eye and let me see what you have to do to yell at the eldest granddaughter of the side branch! She lifted her right bangs and glared at the cat with a pair of eyes, and I fell to the ground in fright when I saw her right eye.

It must be a water product (to be continued......)