After a while, Yuxin and the others walked to the uncle's house. It was a three-story bungalow made of red bricks, about 100 square meters. The front door is facing the river, and the backyard is full of sunflowers, which are golden and beautiful.

Yuxin took a look at it and couldn't help but like it here.

Duoduo saw her expression, patted her shoulder and teased, "What is this!" My house is surrounded by sunflowers! ”

The aunt looked back and smiled, "Yes! The sunflowers in my yard are all made by this girl, hehe......"

Yu Xin and Xiao Ya suddenly looked at Duoduo with adoration. Duoduo was very satisfied with their performance, and raised her chin like a proud peacock.

"That's it! All right! The children! Let's talk later, if you don't come in, the food will be cold! Uncle walked into the room and shouted.

Duoduo was very dissatisfied with the uncle's interruption of her superiority, and gave him a fierce look, before beckoning everyone to go to the house together.

Stepping into the threshold, there is a large living room, with red marble floor tiles at the feet and white tiles printed on the walls. The furniture in the house is relatively plain, but it is solid and durable. The light spills in through several large glass windows, reflecting the whole living room window and making people feel very comfortable.

The aunt beckoned them to wash their hands, and then they all sat down around the living room table. The table is filled with more than a dozen home-cooked dishes, colorful and beautiful.

Duoduo beckons everyone to eat! You're welcome! It was as if she was the master of the place.

Everyone was just about to move the chopsticks, but the uncle suddenly stretched out his hand to stop them and said, "Wait! I forgot that there are still good things to come out, so wait a minute. With that, a man walked to the refrigerator and took out a bottle of Coke that he didn't know what it contained.

Duoduo looked at it, and her eyes suddenly lit up, she hurriedly set up disposable cups for everyone, and muttered: "Uncle! Hurry up! Hurry up! Full! Full! ......" everyone was confused.

As soon as the uncle saw her virtue, he smiled and said, "I know that you are greedy, so the uncle specially prepared it for you." Come on...... The glutinous rice wine that has just been brewed for a few days is sweet and delicious, and everyone has a share. As he spoke, it was really full for them.

Xiaoya looked at the cup in front of her and said worriedly: "Duoduo!" We were still students, and the teacher said we were not allowed to drink. ”

Duoduo suddenly laughed, she patted Xiaoya's shoulder, and said, "Xiaoya! I didn't expect you to be so well-behaved! Rest assured! Glutinous rice wine has to be brewed for half a month before it can be considered wine, and half a month ago, it can only be regarded as a drink, understand? As he spoke, he picked up the cup to himself, took a sip, and then closed his eyes, revealing a look of intoxication.

When everyone saw Duoduo like this, they were immediately relieved, and they all picked up their cups and tasted the 'drink' in Duoduo's mouth.

Yuxin took a sip, and suddenly a drink as sweet as honey, with a cold breath and a slightly drunken smell of wine, slid down the esophagus into the stomach.

"Hmmm! It's so sweet! ……”

The eldest uncle watched them taste the glutinous rice wine, kept persuading them to drink more, and then poured himself and ate it alone. The aunt kept serving them vegetables, and for a while, the atmosphere became cheerful and indescribably warm.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone suddenly asked about the stone monument in the village.

As soon as the uncle heard them mention this, he was very energetic. He took a sip of the old wine, sighed contentedly, and then shook his head, and said as if he had been a teacher in the past: "Speaking of the things recorded on the stone tablets in the village, there are no less than 200 large and small pieces, and if I tell you one by one, I am afraid that I will not be able to finish talking about it until dark." So be it! I'll pick a few well-known things and tell you about them......" he said, taking a sip of the water and wine in his glass, and then pouring himself another glass.

When the aunt saw his virtue, she buried him and said, "Dead ghost! It's time to start playing with the ink in your stomach again! I don't know how many times I've heard you talk nonsense about that little thing in your village, don't fool the children! ”

The uncle was not happy when he heard this, and argued with a red face and a thick neck: "When did I talk nonsense!" It has been passed down from generation to generation, and I still remember it clearly on the stone tablet......"

Duoduo saw that they were about to fight again, and hurriedly stopped: "Aunt! Let Uncle talk about it! We're all curious, right? ”

As soon as the aunt saw that Duoduo had spoken, she stopped arguing with him, turned around, and kept serving them vegetables, persuading them to eat more.

The uncle suddenly showed a smug smile, drank the water and wine in his cup, and then told them the story of the village.

During the Yuan Dynasty, there were three idle teenagers in the village, who did not do their jobs every day, and specialized in stealing chickens and dogs. Although everyone suspected that they had done it, strangely enough, no one had ever been able to catch them red-handed.

Later, because of the loss of too many things, the village was full of smoke and miasma every day. In the end, the group couldn't bear it anymore and drove them out of the village. Some people also said that they thought that there was nothing to steal from the palm-sized village, so they went out to wander outside.

Overall, though, it was a day to celebrate for the villagers. Everyone is beating gongs and drums to celebrate all over the world, and they are about to catch up with the New Year.

After a lapse of three years, the three young men returned. Unlike the previous poverty, each of them was freshly dressed and angry, and was carried into the village by a sedan chair. It was followed by a long mule cart, loaded with rare goods that the villagers had never seen in their lives. It's simply unheard of!

On that day, the whole village turned upside down, and everyone ran out to see the excitement. The short village road was crowded with people, and everyone was talking about everything.

When the three young men returned, they bought a large plot of land at the end of the village and built a magnificent house in each. The courtyard with red walls and green tiles is so greedy that the villagers are greedy, and those who are waiting to marry their daughters at home have asked for a matchmaker!

Strange to say, two years later, they married a lot of girls, but none of them were pregnant. At first, everyone was still unimpressed, but after three years, the situation is still the same, and the villagers are puzzled, and there are all kinds of speculations, but no one dares to send their daughters in it anymore.

Another five years passed, and it was a day that was fine, but suddenly it started to rain. Immediately afterwards, a yellow wind suddenly blew in from the village, and in an instant it spread throughout the entire village, whining and whining, so that no one in the village dared to go out.

The yellow wind blew for a whole day, and as soon as it stopped the next day, people found that the mansions at the end of the village had collapsed. People rushed there to take a look, and found that except for the three black coffins, everything else was of value, including the aunts they married.

There were bold villagers who pushed open the lids of the coffins, and found that they were the three young people inside. But they lay in the coffin, their eyes were gone, their bodies were as thin as skin and bones, and their faces were so pale as bloodless, as if they had been dead for a long time.

The villagers were so frightened that they ran away, until someone lit a fire and burned the coffins, and everyone settled down. Later, someone dug deep into the ground to find something valuable, but they just couldn't find a copper plate.

After a month, there was a haunt there, and every late night, it seemed as if there were women crying there. That cry is terrifying!

Everyone went to the county seat and invited a Taoist chief. The Taoist chief said that those three people were reincarnated by the mountain ghosts, and they had accumulated yin virtue for several lifetimes, and they would only be accepted by the king of Hades in exchange for thirty years of life and ten years of wealth. Those weeping female ghosts are their wives and concubines, and if they don't think of a way, they won't stop.

In the end, the Taoist chief asked everyone to plant a locust tree in the courtyard of the house, saying that it would be used to house the ghosts. Then, a large number of maple trees were planted in the village, and the maple trees were red and masculine, which could suppress the yin matter.

Everyone did it according to the method of the Taoist, and it is strange to say that the locust tree, which was supposed to take several years to grow, only a few months to grow into an adult's thickness. Since then, no ghost cry has been heard, but the locust forest has become very gloomy, and many poisonous insects, snakes and scorpions like to live there, and no one dares to go there again......

Oh! It turns out that this is how the large number of maple trees in the village came from!

"Uncle! Is your story reliable? So wicked? Yuxin asked in disbelief.

"That's right! What are the ghosts in this world? ”

"Huh!" The uncle took a sip of water and wine, and said with a smile: "I don't know if there are ghosts in the world, but this is handed down by the ancestors and engraved on the stone tablet!" But that locust forest is really eerie! It's as if there really is an evil spirit. When I was younger, I stayed there for a few minutes and then ran out in fright. ”

Everyone was suddenly frightened by the uncle's words, and their backs were cold.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, children, he'll make it up." The aunt gave them vegetables and buried them.

"I'm! If you have the ability, you can go for a walk in that forest! The uncle suddenly retorted with a glaring glare.

Belch! The aunt was suddenly blocked by him and couldn't speak, so she glared at him fiercely, flicked her chopsticks, and ate by herself.

"Huh!" It seems that he can make his aunt deflated, which is a very remarkable achievement for him. The uncle smiled heartily, then took a sip of wine, and said with great interest: "I'll tell you another story!" ”

As soon as everyone heard the story and listened, they immediately became energetic.

It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, there was a poor family in the village, in order to get the family out of the predicament, they were ruthless, smashed the pot and sold iron to send the child to the school.

That kid is very smart and competitive, ten years of cold windows! I studied tirelessly every day, and finally got admitted to Xiucai at the age of 20, which is not easy!

At the age of twenty-four, the child was going to Beijing to take the exam, but the family was already poor and in debt. Seeing that the days are approaching day by day, they are really powerless!

That day, his parents knelt at the door and apologized to him, and then they kept crying, and he cried too, and the family hugged each other and cried darkly. That scene is really poignant! I saw that the villagers also cried. In the end, I don't know who shouted, and then everyone generously collected the money for him.

The family knelt on the ground, kept kowtowing and thanking everyone, and their heads were swollen, and then with the support of the villagers, they walked into the house. On the day he left, many people in the village came, and everyone sent him to the west until he reached the entrance of the village.

The days passed, until one day, they received a notice from the county government that the child had topped the list and won this year's new top prize.

Suddenly, the whole village was boiling, and everyone was decorated with lights, as if it was the New Year. That's the first champion in the village! It is also the first champion in the entire Fengming County! It's enough for the villagers to brag to other villages for a lifetime. Therefore, everyone beat gongs and drums and erected a huge stone monument in the village to show their merits.

On the day of the return of Zhuang Yuanlang, all the old and young in the village were dispatched, and the one-kilometer-long village road was densely packed with people.

It wasn't until noon that the team escorting Champion appeared in sight. The villagers immediately lit firecrackers and beat gongs and drums. The sound of firecrackers, cheers, shouts...... Together. To be honest, the village has never been so lively and proud like this one day!

When the escort team approached, everyone saw Zhuang Yuanlang on a white horse. Hey! It is true that people rely on clothes, and horses rely on saddles! As soon as the little guy came back, it was as if he had changed into a different person, indescribably handsome and dashing, and he was so graceful that the big girls in the village were all stark......

Two years later, a drought swept across the river, causing a severe famine in the village. After everyone was desperate, they went to Beijing to find the child for help, hoping that the imperial court could allocate more money.

After many walks, the rescue capital was waiting, but it was not as much as expected, and then everyone inquired, only to find that the rescue capital was intercepted by him.

At that time, one more food was one more life! The crowd was furious and went to him to settle accounts. Unexpectedly, what I was waiting for was his cold eyes.

"I have done my duty to be able to give you so much food. As for the intercepted thirty percent, do you think that I don't spend money on the relationship of dragging things around? ”

"At the beginning, if it weren't for everyone's donations, would you be where you are today?" The villagers didn't expect him to have such a thin temperament, and they reprimanded him one after another.

"Originally!" He laughed angrily and said, "If you were willing to donate more, would I be like a beggar, exiled to the capital, and laughed at by the candidates in the whole examination room!" ”

"And!" He paused and sneered: "Moreover, I have repaid the silver taels owed to you twice, and we will settle our grievances from now on!" With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Everyone was angry, and immediately scolded, but they didn't expect to be driven out by his servants with scolding.

As a result, due to the lack of food, many people died in the village that year. Everyone sprinkled all their grievances on the ungrateful champion Lang, directly picked up the hammer, and smashed the 'champion monument' to pieces.

Decades have passed, and everyone has slowly forgotten about it. Until one day, an old beggar appeared at the entrance of the village and stayed in the village for a long time before leaving. Some people said that the old beggar seemed to be the original champion, and people were shocked.

In the end, after someone went to the county town to inquire about his news, they sighed.

It turned out that this kid was too straightforward and didn't know how to meet the horse, which was disliked by his boss. That's why they put pigtails on him and demoted him to the ground. He naturally held a grudge in anger, and he didn't care about political affairs all day long, sprinkling all his grievances on the servants, and then going outside every day to spend all day drinking. The people of the whole county hated him, scolded him for being a faint official, and then sued the capital. Shangjing was furious, and after checking the facts, he confiscated his family property and demoted him to a commoner. After being demoted, he naturally separated from his wife, so he had no choice but to sell his belongings in a hurry and opened a teahouse in the countryside. It's just that because of his habit of eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling in his early years, in the end, he ended up penniless and became a beggar...... However, because he had no face to face his father and fellow villagers, he could only become a lonely ghost and die in a foreign country.

Afterwards, the old people often said that the stone tablets in the village were spiritual and could be blessed with the will of heaven. But whoever erects a monument and engraves his name, he must not be easily destroyed! Otherwise, it will be ruined his luck......