Chapter 8: Ancient Tombs
When I walked into the house, I saw a plate of steamed buns and two dishes on the table, as well as two bowls of steaming glutinous rice porridge, and the pot on the stove next to it was still steaming.
The dish is scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried bacon with chili, and the amount of eggs and bacon is not stingy, and the smell makes people appetizing.
"The steamed porridge is in the pot, not enough to take it yourself." The little girl said, opened the curtain and walked out.
I picked up the chopsticks and put an egg in the old horse's bowl, and then took a bite and stuffed it into my mouth, in the end, the countryside is good, the eggs are raised by my own family, the vegetables are grown by my own family, and the bacon is also smoked by my own family, and the taste is different from the outside.
It may also be that we have been hungry for a long time, and this meal tastes extraordinarily delicious, and when I serve the third bowl of porridge, the little girl comes back and happily moves a stool and sits on the edge of the table: "I heard that you have met a ghost hitting the wall?" ”
I didn't expect this little girl to be big, but the gossip heart is not small, I took a bite of the steamed bun and said vaguely: "Yes." ”
"Is it the cemetery to the east?"
I suddenly couldn't eat, and put down the chopsticks in my hand: "What's wrong with that cemetery, do you still often hit the wall?" ”
"Really," the little girl looked excited, "that graveyard is ghostly, as long as there is fog, it will definitely hit the wall, even if there is no fog sometimes, you will be fascinated." ”
"What's the reason for that?"
"I don't know, we thought the feng shui was not good, but please come and say that the feng shui here is very good, in front of the mudflat, there is a natural harbor, he said that it is the dragon's mouth, our village is in the middle of the dragon's head, it is a good place."
The old horse also put down the chopsticks, and the little girl was furious by the two of us, thinking that we were frightened, and hurriedly waved her hand: "As long as you two don't go out at night, it's fine." ”
"Can you tell me about the cemetery, I see that those tablets are old, and in the morning I saw that there was a wordless tablet inside, which was tattered."
"I don't know much about this, I heard from the older generation, saying that the cemetery has been hundreds of years old, and the wordless monument is used in Zhenshan, there have been earthquakes here before, and there is nothing wrong anywhere, only the cemetery has sunken, you see that it is now about as high as the road, in fact, it used to be a mountain bag."
My heart tightened, does falling into it mean that there is actually an ancient tomb below, but it has been buried?
"And when did it fall?" I asked.
The little girl thought for a while: "That's too early, at least hundreds of years ago." ”
My heart slowly relaxed again, my great-grandfather and old man Chen also entered the ancient tomb in five and four, if it collapsed, it would definitely not be able to enter, it seems that it is not there, think about it, how can it be so coincidental, I will find a random place on the map is the destination.
"You've been called Chaoyang Village here from the beginning?"
Lao Ma asked, I think this question is a little familiar, thinking that he seems to have asked the driver as well.
The little girl shook her head: "I don't know this, anyway, my grandfather's generation is Chaoyang Village." ”
The two of us quieted down, and I wanted to ask Lao Ma why he was always entangled in what village was called here, but this little girl couldn't say anything here.
The little girl looked at us and didn't speak, and looked curious: "What are you doing here?" I don't see a few people here all year round. ”
I took out the prevarication driver's set again: "We are exploring water conservancy. ”
"Oh......" the little girl was not interested, "then you two eat, and call me again if you want to eat in the evening." ”
The two of us hurriedly finished pulling the chops in the bowl, I pulled the old horse back to the side room and closed the door, looking at his expressionless face: "Old Ma, do you have something to hide from me, why do you always ask if this is called Chaoyang Village." ”
"What can I hide from you?" The old horse's face was not good-looking, "On that day, when I was waiting for the donkey's hooves, I chatted with the boss for a few words, he helped me check, and saw that there was a collective ghost press bed in Wu Village on the side when the flow was broken, and the driver happened to say that Chaoyang Village often had ghost presses, so I asked." ”
"Do you suspect that this place used to be called Wu Village?"
"That's not it, I see that there are Wu and what villages everywhere here, and what are the Wei, just this Chaoyang Village is inexplicable."
I was also suspicious of what Lao Ma said, this Chaoyang Village is full of weirdness, plus the dragon head and dragon mouth that the little girl said, it's really here.
"What about that cemetery, do you think Feng Shui is good or bad?"
"The cemeteries of the older generation are all seen by masters, it must be good, this kind of old graves have feng shui bureaus, which are good for the dead, but not necessarily for the living, or we can't meet ghosts and hit the wall."
Lao Ma said that the head was the Tao, but I always felt that something was wrong, and after thinking about it for a long time, I finally realized it.
"Old Ma, no, since someone has seen it, then this cemetery must be able to bless future generations, there is no reason to let future generations press the bed."
The old horse was stunned for a moment and scratched his head: "Maybe the mountain has fallen and changed the feng shui." ”
Co-authoring this guy is all nonsense, no wonder, if Old Man Chen really has the ability, he won't be so miserable, this guy is estimated to learn all about lip service, it's okay to bluff the layman, and if he meets someone who really knows how to do it, he will definitely show his stuffing.
"After all, the equipment hasn't arrived yet, let's go outside, the little girl just said that the muddling beach is the dragon's mouth, didn't the previous monks pay attention to the dragon veins when they looked at the tomb, and it is still close to the Yangtze River, maybe it's there."
The old horse looked at the pile of things: "Let's go, you can't take these for others." ”
"Who's going to take all this? Walked away. ”
The two of us went all the way down to the entrance of the village to see that the Santana was no longer there, these villagers were obviously prepared, and it seemed that there were quite a few ghosts hitting the wall here.
Looking at the map, the west of Chaoyang Village is the Yangtze River, but unfortunately we can't see anything because of the mountain, and we are now two or three miles away from the mountain, with a large cotton field in between, and the white flowers are like a layer of snow.
The two of us walked along the ridge to the mountain, the soil under our feet was damp and soft, and I walked deep and shallow, and the old horse was steady.
Seeing me looking at him, Lao Ma smiled "hehe": "I see that you have never worked, I have followed the master for all these years, and I have not traveled any road." ”
I didn't expect that I would be disgusted by the old horse one day, but he was right, this is only flat land, and I must be even more foreign when I change to climbing mountains.
In just a few miles, we walked for more than ten minutes, and when we got to the bottom of the mountain, we were even more desperate, this mountain was not at all like someone had climbed the appearance, densely packed with trees and grass, there was no road at all, and now it was summer, and all kinds of insects were very harsh, and the noise made people upset.
We wandered along the side of the mountain, and finally found a place that didn't look so steep, and under the cover of various vegetation, a sheep's intestine path was faintly visible, presumably left by people who collected medicinal herbs and wild mushrooms.
Even so, the road was far more difficult than I had imagined, and the places that seemed to be relatively gentle, but the mud under my feet was wet and slippery, and it didn't take long for me to feel exhausted, so I could only let the old horse walk in front, and I pulled his clothes behind, and I was so embarrassed that I was terribly embarrassed.
I gasped for breath, feeling useless, the top of my head was completely covered by a dense canopy, and I didn't even know where I was going, except that my legs felt like lead.
The old horse pulled me over another stone, I couldn't support it anymore, sat down with my buttocks, and as soon as my legs and feet were loose, I felt a strange itch on my arm, and when I looked down, my two bare forearms had been full of mosquito bites, I reached out and scratched a few times, but I felt more and more itchy, so I had to hold back.
The old horse also sat down, he was also bitten by mosquitoes, but his condition was obviously better than mine, and sure enough, even mosquitoes bullied those with fine skin and tender meat.
I didn't feel anything when I walked, but now when I sit down, a cloud of mosquitoes surrounds us like a whirlwind, and it is so black that I feel like I can swallow several of them with one mouth.
I waved my arms desperately, but the situation did not improve, the old horse watched me happily, I thought that the situation would be very bad, but I did not think that it would be so bad, this is just a mountain, entering the tomb must be ten thousand times more dangerous than this.
For the first time, I felt intimidated.
I can't help but wonder, with my current physical strength, can I really take out that piece of jade?
Once people doubt themselves, their confidence will quickly collapse, I looked at the old horse, and remembered what the old man Chen said to me - it is better to live in peace for twenty years, do whatever you want, and not go through the world in vain.
I suddenly felt very aggrieved and angry, I was really fed up with this suffering, but I was angry that I was so angry.
I thumped my leg a few times and stood up against the tree next to me, which was a hurdle, a hurdle that had to be passed.
Lao Ma also stood up and walked in front of me silently, I still stretched out my hand to pull him, I felt that it was good to have such a friend, if he didn't want to accompany me at the beginning, how desperate should I be now?
I can't remember exactly how the road was going, but I remember that the back of the old horse was dangling in front of me, and my legs were still very sore, but the soreness was not unacceptable, or maybe it was just that my body had adapted to this intensity.
In the end, I was able to climb up on my own, and the potential was really a wonderful thing, and I couldn't help but think of that afternoon when I rushed home, and I really needed to push myself.
The vegetation on the mountain is gradually thinning, and I can already see a large area of the sky, and the top of the mountain is already very close to us, only a few tens of meters.
The second half of the road became easier thanks to the reduced vegetation, and I looked at the nearby summit and felt full of strength for a moment, and finally I reached the top before the old horse.
The summit here is not steep, there is not much elevation undulation, but there are large or small valleys in the middle of the various hills, which are covered with lush vegetation, and it is not really visible.
We were at the highest point in the vicinity, and from here we could see the rushing Yangtze River to the north, and I felt like I could embrace the whole world with open arms.