"Ah, I didn't expect Dadao-san's uncle to run this shrine, this is the first time I've heard of it!"

Bai Ze followed Da Daoya's side and walked towards the small shrine that didn't look too big not far away - even Bai Ze had heard about it, about ten years ago, because of the issuance of a special policy to protect the traditional religion of the nation, the city rebuilt the Taoist temple, the city god temple and the Buddhist temple that were smashed down when the four old ones were broken, in addition, the religious buildings of those ethnic minorities and immigrants were also built with their hands, and the shrine in front of him belonged to the product of that period. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although this shrine is small, it has all kinds of landmark building facilities, whether it is the pond in front of the shrine, the shrine worship hall (worship hall) raised on both sides of the roof, the shrine office on both sides of the temple, the ema hanging and prayer boards on both sides of the temple, the fox guardian beast on both sides of the stone road in front of the worship hall, or the torii gate and the stone staircase at the end of the stone road, all of which are made of antique and decent, although the area is only two or three hundred square meters, but it gives people a solemn and solemn sense of holiness - the worshippers generally often stop here, such as worshipping and prayingThings like asking for a visa and eliminating disasters can basically be done here.

Shirasawa had only come up from the torii gate before, and because the shrine was located close to the main road, it was convenient to come from the front side, but because the steps were as high and steep as Yanagidong Temple, he didn't come here much, and this was the first time he had gone around the trail behind him.

Da Dao Ya did not go to the front of the shrine, but turned to the side, and followed a path paved with small stones into the woods behind - Bai Ze remembered that behind this was the residence of the shrine's god family, and the main hall dedicated to the gods of this place, he had never been up, and he didn't know what it looked like, but this time he could take advantage of Da Dao Ya's relationship to find out.

The stone road is only about ten meters long, with the help of the natural dense woods here, the front and back two spaces are cleverly divided into two independent parts, and when you walk out of the S-shaped path, you will come to a two-story building, not far from it There is a staircase that goes deep into the mountainside above, and there is a torii gate erected there at the entrance, listen to the explanation of the great road, it seems that the main hall dedicated to the gods of this place is located in a stone cave at the end of the mountain road, although it is the main hall, But in fact, it is just a spiritual temple about the size of a billiard table, which is counted as the abode of the gods here.

Not far from the entrance to the mountain road, there is a giant tree that looks thicker and taller than the other trees, and the ground around it has been properly organized, not only with white cobblestone around a few meters apart, but also with a thick "Zhulian rope" on the trunk, which looks like this is the sacred tree that exists here as a god body - perhaps because there is only one shrine in the city, and there are really many wooden buildings built here.

The small building is surrounded by dense vegetation on one side and less than 20 meters away from the nearby residential area on the other, especially since it is a steep hill so that there are no trees to obstruct the view from the nearby neighborhood, and there is an asphalt road that winds up the hill from the back, making it easy to get around no matter how you go.

"Huh?! I was going to ask you for a drink or something, but it went straight to the door—"

Suddenly realizing that he seemed to have inadvertently sent the girl to the door, but he hadn't done anything he had expected to do, Bai Ze suddenly felt a little panicked.

"Huh? That's true, although I don't think what I've done before requires you to do something specifically for me...... But if you insist on doing so, why don't you come into the house and sit down for a while, drink some tea and chat? ”

Seeing that after frowning slightly and thinking for a moment, Da Daoya gently clasped his palms and spoke, Bai Ze was happy in his heart at first, and then the whole person became entangled.

"That's all well and good, but isn't that putting the cart before the horse! No, no, I've bothered you so much, how can I accept such a good thing! ”

Although he wanted to go in, the boy could not convince his moral sense to do so.

"It's just a matter of going into the house and sitting, if it's inconvenient for you, Bai Jun, it doesn't matter."

The girl, who couldn't understand the contradictory psychological entanglements of adolescent teenagers, didn't force it when she saw this, which made Bai Ze, who was already a little tempted to nod and agree, suddenly hit hard.

"Well, if you're not going back this week, when and where would we meet on Sunday?"

Because he was so happy chatting with the girl all the way before, he almost forgot the most important thing he wanted to talk about, so he took this opportunity to ask Bai Ze hurriedly asked.

"Yes, because the teacher is not there on the weekend, it seems that there is no way to go to the activity room, so I just find a fast food restaurant nearby and discuss it, what do you think is better?"

"Well, speaking of which, there seems to be a KFC around here, and there are usually no people who go there, so why don't we meet there? Speaking of which, what time are you free? ”

"I don't have much to do on the weekend, how do you feel about it around ten o'clock in the morning?"

"I'm fine, so how about we see each other then?"

"Well, be careful on the road, Bai Jun."

After waving goodbye to the same Dao Ya, Bai Ze turned around and returned to the shrine located on the front side, after all, he had been there before, and he knew how to go home.

Walking out of the S-shaped path, looking at the empty and deserted open space in front of the shrine and the big black crows croaking from the torii gate are really lonely.

It's four o'clock in the afternoon, and because it's still early to get off work, and the school is almost already over, there is almost no one at the shrine at the moment. However, although no one was there, there were a lot of foxes resting in the shade of the trees or playing in the nearby grass, and even when they saw the strolling boys, they just glanced at this side and continued their previous actions.

But then again, the foxes here have always been known for their boldness, I heard that since about the end of the Qing Dynasty, there is no reason for the fox here, although the pest beasts such as voles and rabbits are almost gone, but every household will be stolen by the fox who sliding through the door and window every month to keep the seeds, cooked meals, salted fish and salted meat for the New Year, and even chickens and ducks raised at home, etc., even if the family has dogs are not very useful, and because there are too many foxes in the mountains, not only can they not be killed, These guys also often form groups to take revenge on the hunters who set traps in the mountains to hunt foxes, and even if they don't use the fox fake tiger power, everyone here still talks about the fox color.

Because there is no custom of worshiping Hu Daxian and Huang Taixian here, the fox can only be a variety of wits and courage, so the love-hate relationship between people and foxes continued until the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and I don't know if it was a foreign monk who would chant the scriptures, at that time, there happened to be a family of people who migrated here after the defeat of Japan, saying that they had a way to quell the riots brought by the fox, so they built a bungalow on this hill and enshrined a Japanese indigenous god known as the "Rice Harvest God" - not to mention, since the family came, The foxes around them suddenly became honest, so the shrine and its family took root here.

As for the four provinces of Yingzhou, because of the collapse of the bubble economy and fell into the economic depression, many people of the He tribe moved into the coastal cities of the Chinese Federation due to the government's macroeconomic control, so it can be regarded as stable in the coastal cities of the Chinese Federation, and at that time, in order to calm the contradictions between the multi-ethnic groups caused by the long-term war and division in the country, and began to vigorously advocate "democratic autonomy" and "religious freedom" and other ideas, and because a shrine can enhance the sense of belonging to the people. Therefore, after some planning, the earthen house, which was originally nothing more than a rural worship, was built into a full-fledged Daohe Shrine, and thus became an important part of the city and the people's lives.

Now more than ten years have passed, this shrine has become one of the main activities of the foxes in the vicinity, and because these foxes have changed the stubborn habits of the past, not only no longer go to the human house to steal chickens and dogs, but also from time to time to come out to sell cute to passers-by, so the surrounding citizens also often come to feed this group of smart little guys, come and go, the fox population here has become more and more huge, a few years ago it is said that there are relevant government departments in the vicinity to do a survey, As a result, it is claimed that there are more than 200 foxes living in this mountain forest within a radius of only 100 miles!

The foxes here seem to have lived with humans since they were young, and they are not afraid even if they see a living person, although they do not immediately lean over to please because of the vigilance of biological instincts, but they are not far away, as for those little foxes with fluff, they often stand on the side of the road three or four meters away with round eyes, curiously looking at the passers-by nearby, so it can be regarded as a famous scene in the local area.

Speaking of which, Bai Ze actually often ran here to play when he was a child, after all, there is a natural park in the back, and the mountains and forests near this shrine adjacent to it, because there are often people feeding and many small animals gather regularly, it is the most suitable place for children to come into contact with wild animals in addition to the zoo, Bai Ze also pestered his parents to come here to feed the fox, although after he was a little older, he stopped coming because he was hooked on video games, But here is still a lot of his childhood time and laughter.