There is no last smoke and fire scene under the old locust tree, the small shrine has been moved to the side, the old locust tree is only tied with a red rope, there is a string of talismans hanging on it, on the south side, there is also a small stone table, several old people around the table playing paper mahjong, with a teapot next to them, a cigarette in their mouths, and they are happy.

Xia Yuxin burst out laughing: "Worship the gods on the side and worship religiously, these people also play mahjong happily, aren't they afraid of offending the gods?" ”

"Little girl, where did the gods come from?"

An old man happened to pass by and threw a sentence without raising his head.

Fang Shi looked at it and greeted with a smile: "Third uncle, is your old body okay?" ”

"Oh? Who do I say? Little stone wow, this girl is your girlfriend, she looks good, but her brain is a little stiff. ”

Xia Yuxin didn't think it was angry, but said with a smile: "Don't the old man believe in gods and Buddhas? ”

"I'm buried in loess to my neck, what a god and Buddha, shit!"

"Third child, you don't talk nonsense, be careful of being struck by lightning, there are gods in your head!"

"Come on, hack me! Turtle son's! Who lost? Substitution, substitution! ”

Fang Shi grinned, Xia Yuxin also chuckled, thunder in winter? I'm afraid it's a little difficult!

"Third uncle, you are old and mighty, and the gods and Buddhas are easy! Second grandfather, do you think there are gods? ”

"How could it not be! People are watching the sky, don't think that you can escape for a lifetime by luck, some things have to be paid back after all. ”

The old man stretched his leg as he spoke, rubbing it slowly with one hand, the pain of which had plagued him for many years. It gets worse in the winter. Sore and painful. It's uncomfortable.

Fang Shi nodded and asked, "In that case, how can the people in the village rumor that they are going to sell this sacred tree?" ”

Before the second grandfather could speak, the hot-tempered third uncle spoke: "This group of losers, what else do they dare not sell?" When they are all sold out, their children and grandchildren will drink the wind and fart! Turtle son's! ”

The second grandfather also sighed and said, "But isn't it, the mountains are sold, the fields are sold, what can be sold in the future?" What will happen to the children and grandchildren in the future if they are all sold out? ”

Fang Shi said with a smile: "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren. Besides, today's young people want to run to the city, who wants to come back to farm after being used to staying in the city? Do you want to leave the fields wasted? ”

"Nonsense! We have planted the field all our lives, what should we do if we don't have the field, the field is the foundation, with the field we can make a living, we can support our family, we can give birth to money, what do we rely on to make money in the city? It's not like selling coolies yet. ”

Fang Shi did not continue to argue with them about this issue, which was actually difficult to say who was right and who was wrong. Young people are not necessarily wrong about what they think, although the field is an asset that can be produced sustainably. But it also needs to be operated, but the operation of the single-family family is now simply not able to compete with large-scale production, and it is ultimately the fate of being eliminated.

In the final analysis, it is probably not the land that can make money, but the people!

"But this tree can't support a family." Fang Shi smiled and avoided the deep water, leading the topic to his interests.

"Whew! This tree has been here since there was Stony Creek Village, and these bastards who have seen money and eyes are not willing to sell it. ”

However, there are also old people who don't agree with the third uncle's words, and an old man who was playing cards turned his head and said: "It's just a tree, if it is sold, it can be divided into 180,000 yuan for the family, isn't it?" It's a big deal, let's just plant another one. ”

"Turtle son, you are also a good person who eats inside and out, this is left by our ancestors, watching us grow from a milk baby to an old man, isn't your heart long? Conscience fed to the dogs? ”

"Third child, you have a clean mouth."

"Don't argue, don't argue, isn't it just a tree. Having said that, the Azure Daoist of the Songfeng Temple also said, this big tree is related to the luck of our Shixi Village, this is not a simple big tree, you all think about it, if this tree is not valuable, someone will pay tens of millions to buy an old locust tree? People do business with rats in the oil tank, and they are fine. ”

"It makes sense, I don't think this tree can be sold."

"You see there's a fart, when will the village pay attention to our opinions now? Take care of your son, for he is the most active among those who call for the sale of trees. ”

“”

The old people were aroused by Fang Shi this topic, even mahjong did not play, began to discuss warmly, Fang Shi found that in this older generation of people are still very understanding, they also advocate not to sell trees, compared to the younger generation of quick success, the old people seem to see farther, although they can no longer go that far.

"The old people are not living in vain, but unfortunately, the people in your village don't seem to listen to them."

Xia Yuxin leaned into Fang Shi's ear and whispered, the hot breath from her mouth made Fang Shi's ears tickle, and a fresh and rain-like fragrance came from the tip of her nose.

"Nowadays, people only see money in their eyes, everything is measured by whether they have money or not, this is a distorted world, maybe they will understand when they have suffered enough."

Xia Yuxin smiled: "It's too late, don't you try to stop it, as long as you move a little, the matter will be solved easily." ”

Fang Shi nodded noncommittally, he was still thinking about it, indeed, if he made a move, he would definitely be able to easily reverse the minds of the villagers, but was it necessary for him to do that? I can still protect them for a lifetime, people are always responsible for their actions, even if they desperately shirk their responsibilities, cruel cause and effect will not be swayed by their mouths.

"Let's talk about it."

Fang Shi exhaled heavily, turned his head to look at the old locust tree, only to see that under the sunlight steaming, the trace of yin and yang qi was gathering towards the old locust tree from all directions, and then emitted from under the canopy, like silky rain, the original disorderly and restless breath was filtered by the canopy, becoming peaceful and orderly, bathed in this peaceful breath, people will feel very comfortable, these old people like to gather here, but not just because there is shade here.

A baby lying in a stroller stretched out her little hand, babbling something in the air, Fang Shi guessed that the child might be fishing for the yin and yang qi like the mist on the patient's forehead.

"It's very comfortable under this tree, probably the result of the convergence of luck, right?"

Fang Shi nodded: "Yes, the surrounding luck gathers here, and after being filtered by the old locust tree that has been sealed as a god, it becomes diluted and peaceful, which is quite good." ”

Xia Yuxin looked up at the canopy, and the little sunlight projected through the gaps in the leaves, like bright gems.

"That's what this tree god does?"

"Isn't that enough? Over time, the villagers can get the benefits of physical health and have an energetic harvest, but is this not enough? ”

Xia Yuxin grinned: "How can there be too many benefits?" Moreover, there is no magical and amazing performance, and people want to sell it, hehe"

Fang Shi smiled bitterly and shook his head, the people in the village are still shallow-eyed! This money was shaken, and the Qing Dao Chang was probably a little tempted that day, otherwise he would not have pushed himself out, Fang Shi didn't blame the Tian Qing Dao Chang, this time when he came back, he originally had the intention of confessing to his mother, and he just took advantage of this incident to make his own affairs clear, and it was definitely not a matter to always hide from his mother.

Fang Shi walked under the big tree, reached out and picked up the talisman tied to the red rope and looked at it, and the old man on the side shouted: "Baby, don't fool around, that's a town talisman, and it will suffer if it moves." ”

Fang Shi turned his head and smiled, this broken talisman is completely useless, besides, the old locust tree wants a fart talisman, it is a tree god, not a tree demon.

The two of them walked around the big tree and came to the small shrine, in the middle of which there was only one tablet with the inscription 'Inherit the incense, protect the side, Stony Creek Tree God.' In the incense burner in front of it, there are still incense sticks that have not been burned, and there is a faint blue smoke, and the smell of imitation sandalwood from inferior incense sticks is very bad.

The red cloth around the shrine has been smoked black by the smoke, and it seems that the incense here is still very strong, but for tens of millions, he has to sell his faith, this person is really realistic.

Fang Shi carefully felt the surrounding wishing power, it turned out that the wishing power was still gathered on the body of the big tree, not on this god brand, this may be the difference between a living god and a lifeless mud tire, in the temple, the bearer of the wish is not necessarily a Buddha statue, many Buddha statues have magic weapons on them, and those are used to carry the wish power.

Theoretically, the tablet of the tree god is a magic weapon, but it is very strange that the wishes of the villagers are not gathered on this magic weapon, but linger around the old locust tree, and it turns out that the living god has this characteristic. But what changes will these wishes bring to this tree? Fangshi can't be sure, but from the state of the old locust tree, it seems that the power of the will is helpful to the vitality of the old locust tree, in such a cold weather, the old locust tree does not have many fallen leaves, and the leaves are also green and vibrant, in contrast, the surrounding trees appear to be much darker, and they look sparse and a little sad.

"Fang Shi, don't you think it's strange? This shrine doesn't feel the power of the wish at all, huh? ”

"Willpower? It's all there. ”

Fang Shi raised his chin, Xia Yuxin suddenly looked at the big tree, and said with emotion: "It's really to bear the incense and protect the party!" ”

"The best function of the wish power is to pray for blessings, and it would be nice if someone did a prayer and exorcism ceremony here every year and used these wishes."

"Hee-hee, do you want to ask you to come to the dojo?"

"Me? Forget it, this is the territory of Songfeng Temple, unless people don't want it, let's go, let's go to Xishan Songfeng Temple to meet Tianqing Daoist, and ask 10 million to buy his Taoist Temple for sale? If it is sold, we will buy it, as a branch of Qingcheng Mountain, how good he doesn't want it, stupid! ”

"Hehe, I'm sure he won't sell it, if you really want to buy it, you'll have to go somebody else."

"Cut!"

Xia Yuxin looked at Fang Shi with a smile, she knew that Fang Shi just hated iron and steel, Xia Yuxin felt for the first time that Fang Shi was actually very kind. (To be continued......)