When I walked to the east of the town, I saw a lonely temple standing in the field, about the size of a house, and there were many people around the temple gate, pointing there.

Jiang Feng walked over curiously and said, "What kind of temple is that?" ”

Said gently: "Niangniang Temple." ”

Jiang Feng said: "Which lady is enshrined?" ”

Said gently: "White Snake Niangniang." ”

"White Snake Lady?" Jiang Feng said, "What the hell? Who is White Snake? ”

Gentle explained: "That's right. It is said that a long time ago, a tiger demon came to the town, and every full moon night, he would run to the village and bite people when he saw them. The townspeople were so frightened that they didn't dare to go out at night. Later, a person who claimed to be called White Snake Niangniang passed by here, fought with the tiger demon for three days and three nights, severely injured the tiger demon, drove it to the tiger head cliff, and no longer dared to come out to bite people casually. However, the White Snake Lady herself was bitten by the tiger demon and recuperated in the town for a while, and finally died. In order to commemorate her, the townspeople built a temple here. ”

As they spoke, the two approached.

I saw that this temple was already very dilapidated, the door was covered with cobwebs, and the inside was also covered with dust, as if no one had been here for many years.

It turned out that in the seventies of the last century, the Niangniang Temple was smashed once, when the village chief swore to defend the Niangniang Temple, but he didn't expect to be killed, and later, no one here was incense.

However, at this moment, there are many people around the gate of the temple, whispering from time to time, talking to each other.

The two squeezed in to take a look and found a strange thing!

The dilapidated temple is overgrown with clusters of bewitching flowers, the branches and stems are like snakes circling, and the flowers are like snakes spitting snake letters.

"Dragon Snake Flower?"

Seeing this kind of flower, Gentle couldn't help but cry out.

Jiang Feng had never seen this kind of flower before, so he said casually: "What is the origin of this flower?" ”

Gentle said: "There is an ancient saying in our town, called 'dragon and snake flowers bloom, cut down all the acacia', it is said that the white snake Niangniang instructed before she died, which means that if one day, the temple of Niangniang is full of dragon and snake flowers, you will cut down all the acacia trees in the town!" ”

Jiang Feng was puzzled: "What is the reason for this?" ”

Gently shook his head blankly, and said, "This is handed down by the ancestors, and I don't know what the specific reason is." ”

At this time, an uncle on the side interjected: "Young man, you only know the first half of the sentence, but you don't know that there is the second half of the sentence!" ”

Jiang Feng hurriedly said: "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

The old man took a puff of dry smoke and said: "Before the white snake lady died, she left two sentences, the first sentence is 'the dragon snake flowers bloom, cut down the acacia'; and the second sentence is called 'the acacia is not cut, coffins are everywhere'; now the dragon and snake flowers have bloomed, if the acacia trees in the whole town are not cut down, our tiger head town will be finished, and the death will be over, and the coffins will be everywhere!" ”

As soon as the words fell, someone sneered: "So many acacia trees, all cut down, sell them to you?" Not to mention that there are many small saplings, should they all be cut down together? ”

The uncle said: "Anyway, this is the will of the White Snake Niangniang, if you don't cut it, you will wait for the dead people in the family!" ”

"Hey old thing, how do you talk?"

"That's how I talk! What, not convinced? When your grandfather saw me, I had to call the third uncle, you little cub, you went out to work for two years, and you forgot who your ancestors were! ”

"Old thing, relying on the old and selling the old, squirting feces all over your mouth, I'll kill you!"

"Little Cub, you can try it with me!"

……

The two became more and more arguing, and finally almost fought.

It turned out that the gang was arguing over whether to cut down the acacia tree or not!

The townsfolk were roughly divided into two camps.

One camp is dominated by young people, who advocate not cutting acacia trees, because acacia trees are the economic lifeblood of Hutou Town, and now is not a good season to sell timber, and if you cut down the trees now, you will lose a lot of money!

The other camp is mostly elderly, who are more superstitious about the words handed down by their ancestors, and feel that this is a matter of life and death in Hutou Town; Therefore, the acacia tree must be cut down, and not a single one can be left!

In the end, it was so big that even the mayor of the town was alarmed and came over in a Santana car.

Of course, the mayor of the town didn't believe in the white snake Niangniang, and immediately ordered to eradicate the dragon and snake flowers in the Niangniang Temple.

After giving the order, the mayor of the town personally took the lead and led a group of young people with shovels to do it, and in less than half an hour, all the dragon and snake flowers in the temple were eradicated.

After finishing it, the mayor of the town was proud for a while, threw the shovel, and said, "It's okay now, without the dragon snake flower, there is no need to cut down the acacia tree!" You're both satisfied, right? ”

The young camp was of course satisfied, and praised the mayor of the town to the sky; As for the elderly camp, they cried and shouted one by one, as if the sky was about to fall.

……

As soon as the mayor left, the townspeople dispersed.

Only some elderly people remained here, crying and shouting at the Niangniang Temple, praying for the White Snake Niangniang to show up and come out to bless them.

Jiang Feng and Wen Rou were about to continue to go around other places, when they suddenly heard an old man shouting, "The flowers are blooming!" The dragon snake flower is blooming again! ”

The two of them moved in their hearts, stopped at the same time, and returned to the gate of the temple to see, sure enough, the dragon and snake flower that had just been eradicated by the mayor of the town, in the blink of an eye, actually grew branches and leaves and flowers, and it was more lush and more charming than before!

The old people cried heartbreakingly, and said: "This is the White Snake Niangniang reminding us, if we don't cut down the acacia tree, our Hutou Town will really be finished!" ”

Jiang Feng pulled and said gently: "Let's go, go in and have a look!" ”

When I entered the temple, I saw a portrait hanging on the wall in the north, which should be the portrait of the white snake lady.

Because no one worshiped for too long, the portrait was covered with thick dust.

Jiang Feng was a little curious about this white snake lady, so he took off his coat, stepped on the altar, and wiped the portrait clean.

In the portrait, it is a young and beautiful woman, with a graceful posture, with a kind and kind smile, and her whole body faintly exudes a holy temperament, which is impressive.

Jiang Feng felt that the woman in the portrait was very familiar, and when he looked back at Gentleness, he was stupid at that time, and said, "Senior sister, isn't the person in this portrait just you!" ”

How to pay attention to gentleness at the beginning, after Jiang Feng's reminder, I looked up and saw that it was really!

I saw that the white snake lady in the portrait looked exactly like herself!

The two looked at each other, both stupid.

Soon, those old people also found out that something was wrong, and they knelt down in front of Gentleness, crying bitterly: "The White Snake Niangniang has been reincarnated and reborn!" White Snake Niangniang, please save our Tiger Head Town! ”

These old people, although they don't know all the gentleness, are mostly their own elders.

She hurriedly helped the old people up and said, "Everyone, get up, I'm gentle, Xiaorou who lives in the southwest!" I'm not a white snake girl, don't get me wrong! ”

Where are the old people willing to believe, no matter how gentle they persuade, they just refuse to get up and knock their heads "bang".

(End of chapter)