As soon as I saw them gritting their teeth one by one, as if they were about to eat me, it was estimated that the god of water was in their hearts, a symbol of unattainable sacrosanctity.

This water god represents their hopes and beliefs.

The activities of sacrificing to the god of water, they have been doing it for 20 years, and suddenly they said that there is no god of water, and they still swear so much, who can believe it.

It's like if you've always believed in something, and suddenly one day a person jumps out and puts forward a lot of arguments that say that there is no such thing in the world, or you express doubts about this thing, you will feel uncomfortable in your heart, and you don't want to talk about it.

What's more, I have red lips and white teeth, and I haven't come up with any arguments yet.

They pointed at me one by one and gritted their teeth: "Little girl, you don't say that you are ugly today, come to 3721, don't blame us for being unkind to you, you are a little girl, you still throw yourself into the river!" ”

"That's right! I believe in the water god more than one food, and I won't mind! ”

Lin Zhu shuddered when he heard this, and pulled my sleeve on the side: "Kunning, what should I do?" I'm so scared. ”

I followed Yuan Hua's appearance of comforting Qiu Ya and patted her hand: "Calm, calm." ”

Then I looked at the village chief and said what the white cloth under the water had told me the night before it went up to the sky: "Before those children died, there were no monsters or spirits in this river. It can be said that it is a clean lotus river, and there is nothing. ”

When the elder heard this, he frowned: "Then how did they die?" It can't be drowned, right? ”

I replied truthfully, "They were killed by something that looked like a water monkey under the water." ”

The villagers were dissatisfied: "Didn't you just say that there is nothing under the water?" Water monkeys, aren't they water ghosts? ”

"That's what I'm going to say."

I paused, a little dry and really wanted to have a bottle of Sprite: "That thing looks like a monkey, the body of a gorilla, the face of a gorilla, the fiery red fur all over the body, and the long claws with pointed nails, which can open people's intestines and stomachs at any time, and dig out their hearts and livers." But it's not a water monkey, and it doesn't live in water. He only goes into the water when he wants to harm others, so no Mr. Yin and Yang and the Heavenly Masters have ever found the cause of the evil spirit. Guess what this thing is? ”

The villagers looked at each other.

The elder's face sank: "Don't you want to say that this thing that looks like a water monkey is the water god that our village worships every year, right?" ”

I just wanted to say that the village chief is really Bingxue smart.

But considering that he might be beaten to death by the elders and villagers in this way, he nodded.

The elder snorted coldly: "Joke! ”

The villagers also denounced: "Why do you say that? ”

I was not afraid that they would point their hoes and sticks at me, but said, "Think about it, has no one ever found their bodies since you threw the bridegroom into the lotus river?" ”

When people first heard it, they didn't care.

Think about it: "Is that really going on?" ”

Even if the body sinks or rushes somewhere else, there will always be a time when it will be found, right?

In the past 20 years, except for those children who drowned inexplicably in the Lianhe River, I really haven't heard of where to pick up the corpses or anything, the Lianhe River is really cleaner than mineral water.

Looking at their puzzled expressions, I revealed the answer: "Let me tell you, because what you sacrifice to the bridegroom every year is not the water god Niangniang at all, but a kind of mandrill monster, and she also has a name that you are very familiar with, called Grandma Bear." ”

Grandma Bear?

Isn't that the shadow of everyone's childhood when they were young? Whenever a child is disobedient and makes trouble at night, the adults will say that you will cry again and throw you outside for Grandma Bear to carry away.

This bear grandmother and hairy dog can be called the two giants of the childhood shadow of the southwesterners.

The water goddess Niangniang, who has always been worshiped as a god, how can she be Grandma Xiong?

The names of the villages under the altar expressed their disbelief, and the little Hanako also kept gesturing at me in the crowd and telling me not to talk nonsense, he had never heard of Grandma Xiong.

I gave him a blank look, thinking that even this kid didn't believe me.

He turned his head to look at the elder, cleared his throat and asked, "Elder, before I can completely answer this question, I still have a presumptuous question to ask: Your village, why did you throw beautiful men into the river every year to marry the water god in your mouth since more than 20 years ago?" ”

"This...."

When the elder heard this, he had an expression of telling me how to answer, and he was still doing this and that for a long time, and he was very embarrassed.

As soon as I saw that he was so difficult to speak, I simply showed him his face: "Elder, your wealth palace is rich and rich, and it still has a faint golden color, and the name of your village is the same as yours, all of them have golden noses, which means that your village is very rich." But this golden color has a hint of the green spirit of the wood, and the wood is a demon, indicating that this wealth is related to the demon. Of course, we don't care what the money is. All I know is that your nose is golden, which means that your money comes from the same place. ”

"Another flying star flew from the location of the Migration Palace and fell into your Wealth Palace, indicating that the money was obtained from the river, am I right?"

"Oops!"

The elder was shocked when he heard this, as if he was afraid that I would say more: "Little girl, I can't see that you are a master!" Say no more! ”

As soon as I saw it, I struck while the iron was hot: "Then tell me, why do you sacrifice the water god with living people every year?" ”

"Okay,"

The elder pondered for a long time before taking out a round bead from his bosom: "Look at this." ”

The beads are round, about three centimeters in diameter, pure gold, and under the sunshine, the beads also emit a circle of beautiful golden light, which is very charming.

I was amazed at first sight: "Golden shark pearl! ”

Lin Zhu came over curiously: "Kunning, what is the golden shark pearl?" ”

I knew that Lin Zhu had been well protected by Elder Lin since he was a child, and he probably didn't know as much as a layman, so he popularized science for her: "This golden shark pearl is actually called a shark pearl." It was the merman who cried. ”

Legend has it that there is a shark in the South China Sea, half man and half fish.

Often singing in the waves, the singing is sometimes beautiful and sometimes ghostly.

It is good at weaving, the woven dragon silk, the yarn is as white as frost, not afraid of fire. The beauty of the shark cried with joy, and its tears became beads.

There are often fishermen on the seashore, who have no wives and no children.

Catching sharks and offering them indoors can be the responsibility of the wife.

That is to say, those fishermen who can't marry wives, and those who catch sharks and raise them in a big fish tank, although the mermaids can't do laundry and cook, but they can weave cloth, and the tears that flow out can be sold into beads for money.

At night, you can also do something to be ashamed of.

The whole body of the shark is a treasure, the skin of the shark can be made into splendid corpse clothes, and the meat of the shark can be boiled in lamp oil, and it will not be extinguished in the ancient tomb for 10,000 years.

But speaking of which, ordinary people's favorite is still shark beads.

It can be said that in ancient times and even in modern times, a shark pearl is worth 10,000 gold. Especially the golden shark beads.

Lin Zhu asked why.

I said, "Because ordinary mermaids weep into tears, and they are all transparent, like amber and agate." Only the tears of the shark emperor will turn into gold when they fall, called the golden shark beads. ”

Wow!

Lin Zhu exclaimed: "In other words, the golden shark bead is very rare!" Elder, can you give me this golden shark pearl? ”

I thought that such a precious thing, the elders must not be willing to do so.

Who knew that the elder generously handed it to Lin Zhu: "Take it!" ”

The look was no different from giving a glass bead for five cents, and he said something that stunned me: "This thing, we have it in our village." ”

I became more curious, and looked at the elder puzzled: "The golden shark pearl is so rare, how can you ..... it What do you mean, what do you have in your village? ”