Chapter 330: Asking for Rain
There are many ways to pray for rain, some invite monks to chant scriptures, some invite the old Taoist to beat Jiao, some find fairy girls to dance the gods, and even some remote villages do not need to invite the great immortals, directly find an ownerless lonely grave to dig out and dig out the dry bone pile.
And this way of praying for rain is different from other places, and Li Yan can be regarded as the first time to see the big battle in the countryside.
The village chief discussed with several old people in the village and decided to ask for rain again, so the village chief ran back to the village headquarters, turned on the loudspeaker and shouted.
"When they are asking for rain here, they want the whole village to go out." Yang Xiaotong explained, "As long as it is in the village, everyone must participate except for the elderly who are too old to walk and children who are too young." Well, but it seems that there are a little fewer people here today than yesterday......"
It's all because times have changed, and the team is not easy to bring, not to mention that they have already been here once yesterday, and there are inevitably people who are annoyed and lazy.
But after all, it's not much worse, the village chief nodded and agreed. Then they set out in a great way, and walked along the mountain road towards a hill behind the village.
"Asking for rain is not in your own village?" Li Yan followed behind the team and asked Yang Xiaotong.
"Well, the last step of the ceremony is in the village......" Yang Xiaotong said.
Li Yan pursed his lips, it seems that this rain prayer ritual is quite complicated?
But fortunately, the distance is not too far, along the mountain road not long after walking, I saw a waterhole in front, but it is the stream that flows down from the mountain to accumulate, the waterhole is not big, it looks not deep, and there is a small temple on the edge of the waterhole, the total is only one meter high, if it is at the head of the village is the land temple, but on the edge of this waterhole, Li Yan does not need to ask to know, this eighty percent is a dragon king temple.
The village chief knelt down in front of the Dragon King Temple, lit the incense candles he brought, and shouted loudly: "Please give rain ...... Lord Longwang"
The ceremony was as simple as that, the kneeling was completed, and as soon as the village chief turned around, he greeted again, and the villagers who followed, regardless of men, women, and children, all took the utensils they brought and ran to the waterhole to fetch water.
"The village chief said that this waterhole has never been dry, and even if there is a big drought, the river is cut off, and the water here is at most shallow." Yang Xiaotong said.
Li Yan nodded, if you say so, this pool is not just stagnant water, the bottom of the pool should be like a well, it can seep water by itself.
"What does it mean that they fetch water?" Li Yan watched some villagers who were fetching water, carrying their utensils and walking back, and couldn't help but ask a little strangely.
"You'll find out later." Yang Xiaotong said.
Li Yan stopped talking nonsense, and also took a mineral water bottle and made a bottle of water - this is specially requested by the village chief, and all those who participate in the rain must act in unison, otherwise it will not work.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, the village chief and a few old men were busy arranging an incense table, burning incense watches and candles, and then, after some prayers, he picked up the small bucket he had brought back and poured the water directly on a stone at the entrance of the village department.
Then the villagers wanted to follow suit, and they also poured the water they brought back on the big stone.
In a few moments, the stone was soaking wet, and the surrounding area was muddy.
"Let's go, we're the only ones left." Yang Xiaotong said, unscrewed the mineral water bottle and poured it out, then the photographer, and Li Yan fell last.
But until this moment, Li Yan was still confused.
What kind of rain ritual is this? It doesn't make sense.
The "theory" of the monk's chanting is to eliminate sins, the theory of the old way is to hook up with the gods, and the fairy Gu jumps the great god to seek help from the goblins, and even hits the dry bone pile, which has an explanation, that is because the drought is causing trouble, digging it out and killing it, and it will naturally be able to rain......
But what kind of theory do they have?
Li Yan couldn't figure it out, he still couldn't figure it out while pouring water, but after pouring a bottle of water, Li Yan suddenly felt a wave of spiritual power fluctuate from the ground!
What is this?
Li Yan stared at the stone, and when he opened his eyes to the sky, he clearly felt that there was a strong spiritual power fluctuating underground, but that thing was being pressed by this big stone......
"Alright, the rain is over, let's go home and collect our clothes...... the village chief shouted.
"That's it?" Li Yan wondered again, he had just discovered a clue, and it was over again?
"yes, what's the matter?" The village chief asked rhetorically.
"It's going to rain?" Li Yan was even more confused.
"Of course you can!" The village chief said with a proud face, "Our village has never missed a chance to ask for rain, and we promise to ask for one accurate!" Even in a year of great drought, other places can not rain once a year, but here we only ask for rain to fall, and it will rain a little bit when the sky is over. ”
"Tsk......" Li Yan scratched his head even more.
"Hehe, expert, did you just take a closer look? When it really rains later, you have to explain it to us rural people, what kind of scientific truth is this......" The village chief said with a rather narrow smile.
Li Yan didn't have time to deal with his unkindness, look at the big rock, and then look at the sky, but the weather today is quite good, cloudless, sunny days, and even when he came, Yang Xiaotong also deliberately checked the weather forecast, and it will be sunny in the next few days, not even cloudy.
In this case, how can it rain?
Even Li Yan couldn't sense the fluctuations of the aura under the stone, and even Li Yan had to wonder if he had sensed it wrong just now.
The village chief didn't pay attention to Li Yan, an expert, but went to Yang Xiaotong's side and invited them to his house for lunch, but the way he talked was obviously to ask a more important question - when will the 1,000 yuan be paid?
A thousand yuan is really not much, not to mention the big scene of the whole village going out, just for lunch, Li Yan ate the amount of three people alone, and he almost ate it back - it was also a loss in the countryside, Li Yan's meal was a little more than the average big man.
However, Li Yan also kept the amount, and he was still scared to death if he was really full.
So after lunch, Yang Xiaotong and the others drank tea at the village chief's house and waited for the rain, while Li Yan found an excuse to go back to the village entrance and prepare to get some more food, but as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village department, Li Yan suddenly felt that the aura under the big stone actually appeared again.
And this time it's much stronger than just now, and the aura still has a bit of a posture that wants to be released.
Li Yan couldn't help but be puzzled, and he didn't care about going to the car to find food, and was about to get closer to take a look, but suddenly felt that the light was rapidly dimming, but he saw that the sunlight on the ground was being expelled by shadows, and hurriedly looked up, but just as a bean raindrop fell on his face......