The next morning, Long Yang got up early and carefully cleaned the dust in the house, especially his mother's room, which Long Yang cleaned three times. Then, Long Yang came to Jin Ren's house again and cleaned the door of Jin Ren's house.

"Ah, Long Yang, why did you get up so early, and help me clean up and help me work, stop quickly."

After Jin Ren got up, he saw Long Yang's sweaty face, piling up the wood in front of his house.

"It's okay, patriarch grandpa, I'll take care of the work at home in the future, but I can only come back once a month, and I can only help for a day or two, so you can rest." Long Yang said with a smile and continued to work.

"Ouch, my little ancestor, don't tire yourself out, you have to study hard is the main thing."

"It's fine." Long Yang's little face had been painted into a flower face, and he smiled stupidly.

"Come on, come and rest in the house, I'll let the old woman cook right away."

"I know how to cook, let me do it."

"You don't have to do it, you come, I'll talk to you."

"Oh."

Long Yang took a few sips of water and washed his face.

"Come, child, your mother has already given me all the expenses for your study and living before leaving, you don't have to be so tired, I don't want you to pay off your debts. You work like this, so that people don't laugh at me when they see it. ”

"Patriarch Grandpa, you think too much, I'm like this at home. In the future, I will live in your house, if there is anything I can do, you can just let me do it, otherwise I will not be used to it. ”

"What are the words! Grandpa, will I let you work and cook, you can eat with confidence, live with confidence, and study with confidence, but I am not used to you doing this. ”

"Hey, hey." Long Yang was embarrassed and scratched his head habitually.

"Patriarch Grandpa, don't treat me as an outsider. Long Yang is a lonely child, and you still take care of me like this. Although I have my mother's instructions, I am not too young to cause you trouble. You sent me to school, and you picked me up when I got out of school, you are already old, Longyang can go to school by himself and go home by himself, and you don't have to send me to pick me up when you are old in the future. ”

"No, it's that far from the mountains."

"It's okay, do you think I'm still young?"

Jin Ren looked at Long Yang in front of him, this child had grown up, full of vitality and vitality. This child has grown up and knows how to take on the burden and responsibility of adults.

"Okay, it's up to you."

"Patriarch Grandpa, there is something important I want to tell you."

"You say."

Long Yang had already discovered that Dashan had lost its vitality and aura earlier, and he had already told Jin Shan at that time. When he went home this time, this feeling was even stronger, and faintly, he sensed that something big was happening.

Long Yang couldn't tell what it was, and it was definitely not a good thing. The ability of Longyang's ghost eye has never been fully exerted, but it has a hunch that there has never been a mistake.

In the past, Thumb Mountain lost its vitality, but now all five peaks are on the verge of decay. In the past, the five peaks were to surround and protect the mountain villages, but now the mountains are a threat, and although there is no specific threat, the danger is always there.

"There is danger in our mountain village, I don't know what the danger is, I don't know when it happens, but I know there is danger."

"Son, will the danger you speak of be quick?"

"My induction should be recent."

"It turned out to be true!"

Jin Ren was stunned for a moment, thinking back to what Jin Shan said.

"Patriarch Grandpa, do you already know?"

"Yes, child, your master, oh Jin Shan has already mentioned it to me. I didn't expect you to say the same, it seems that I have to prepare in advance. Okay, kid, this can only be known to the two of us, so don't tell anyone else yet, okay? ”

"Okay. Patriarch Grandpa, since my mother and stepfather have handed me over to you, I trust you and I listen to you. ”

"Good boy."

In the following day, Jin Ren tried to test the attitude of the villagers, but the result was that none of the villagers in the mountain village were willing to leave the mountain village. As Jin Shan said, explanation and persuasion have no effect. What should I do? Is it only possible to use the time to worship ancestors? At the moment, it seems that there is only one way.

Jin Ren arranged for Longyang to go to school in the mountains, and instructed Longyang to study with peace of mind and not to have any burden. He also wanted to explain, but the words came to his lips and he took them back.

He wanted to say: Child, if something happens in the mountain village, you have to live independently, even if it is a big thing, don't be distracted. The patriarch's grandfather will find a way to face dangers and solve difficulties with the people in the village.

Long Yang resolutely refused Jin Ren's send-off, and went to school with his schoolbag on his back. The last time I went out to school in the mountains, the person who sent me behind my back was my mother, but this time I went out of the mountain, there was no one behind me, but the whole mountain village.

After Long Yang left, Jin Ren planned the annual ancestor worship activity in the mountain village. Like every year, he deploys everything step by step, but his heart is not calm and steady.

The ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the Double Ninth Festival.

Chung Yeung Festival, also known as the Old Man's Day, is a traditional festival on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year. Because the Book of Changes sets six as a yin number and nine as a yang number, on the ninth day of September, the sun and the moon are yang, and the two nines are heavy, so it is called Chongyang, also called Chongjiu. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period, and in the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival, which has been followed to this day.

Alone in a foreign land as a stranger,

Every festive season, I think of my family;

Knowing the Brothers from afar,

There is one less person in the dogwood.

During the Chung Yeung Festival, it is the time to ascend.

The time of the Double Ninth Festival is also the time to worship ancestors, and it is also the time when Jin Village worships ancestors every year, and it is also the time when Jin Ren is most worried.

Livestock offerings, chrysanthemum blooms, everything is ready.

With piety and apprehension, Jin Ren led the whole village to the cemetery outside the village, a flat high ground between the mountains, and the widest place between the Big Thumb Mountain and the Little Thumb Mountain.

This is the largest gap between the mountains, and the only place far from them.

The real cemetery of Jin Village is behind the mountain, where the previous patriarchs rested, and where the rest of the people died were here.

"Kneel!"

With Jin Ren's words, the whole village knelt down in unison. Jin Ren knelt at the front, but at this time, he violated the convention of his ancestors, secretly stood up, and looked at the crowd who bowed their heads and bowed.

One, two, three、、、、、

By the way, everyone is here, everyone is here, Jin Ren's heart is down, and he kneels in front of the grave again.

"Up!"

"Kneel again!"

The direction of this kneeling is the position behind the mountain, which is the resting place of the old patriarchs.

"Boom! Boom! Boom Boom! ”

At first, the sound was not loud, and then the rumbling sound became louder and louder, and everyone raised their heads and looked at the mountains not far away. The five peaks of the mountain, like decayed logs, began to break from the mountainside and collapsed towards the mountain village in the middle.

Huge boulders rolled down, crushing the fields and trees at the foot of the mountain, destroying the houses that had lived in them for generations, and covering the hundreds of years of hard work and labor of the mountain villagers. In an instant, the mountain village has been buried by the rocks, leaving a huge boulder.

Huge dust and smoke filled the valley, and the villagers could no longer see their homes and any life in the valley.

The villagers were frightened and hugged each other, watching in horror what was happening in the valley.

I don't know when, a shout and cry broke the atmosphere that should not exist, causing a storm of crying, and the old man and child, man and woman cried and screamed.

Jin Ren's loud shouting didn't have any effect, and the crowd was chaotic. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still frightened by the disaster in front of him, but now, he had to play the role of the patriarch.

Jin Ren ran to the front of the crowd and stood still.

Gradually, the crowd calmed down, and the cries of women and children did not stop, but the men began to calm down.

"Listen to me, the mountain village is gone, but we are still there, have you forgotten! Who we are, we are the people of Jin Village! He is an unbeatable man! Jin Ren shouted loudly.

"Patriarch, is there an earthquake?"

"Probably, everyone's calm, whatever is in the past."

Many people walked towards Jin Ren, neat, not completely intimidated by the sudden disaster, they were the old people and young men in the village, and then the women who led or held the children.

Jin Village has undergone a great change, destroying the entire mountain village, and the only safe place is this cemetery.