There was no trace of the villagers in Li Village, and Jin Shan and Long Yang had no way to do anything unthinkable about it.

"Master, why are there so many strips of red cloth on this old locust tree?"

Long Yang saw Jin Shan silently staring at the old locust tree in the village, and didn't know what he was thinking at this time.

"It's a way to express one's wishes, and the village of Li is supposed to hold this kind of ritual-like event every year. When the festival is held, all the people of the village, regardless of gender, age and children, participate. If someone has a wish, they will tie a red cloth strip on the old locust tree, so that their wishes can reach the god in their hearts, hoping to realize their wishes. ”

Hearing Jin Shan's explanation, Long Yang looked at the old locust tree curiously. The tree is five or six meters tall and two meters thick, with cracked bark and a few branches, and is estimated to be nearly two hundred years old.

"Why worship the locust tree? Is it because of its age? ”

"If you think about the locust character of the locust tree, the way it is written, a wood and a ghost. The locust tree is a ghost tree, and the older the locust tree, the more psychic it is, so people will choose it as the object of sacrifice. ”

"Do the people of Li Village have anything to do with this old locust tree?"

Long Yang really couldn't understand, why weren't the entire dozen or so families in the village?

"There should be some kind of connection, although the locust tree is a spirit of worship, but it is rarely used. For example, all the people in Li Village are not in the village, which should be related to some kind of sacrificial activity, but it is not held in the village, which is really strange. Looks like we're not here at the right time, let's go back. ”

After Jin Shan finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside the village.

It's really a strange village, it seems that the mountain villages in the mountains have their origins, and they are mysterious. Long Yang thought to himself, and followed Jin Shan and left Li Village.

The cause of Zhou Lan's death was not found, and Long Yang was disappointed.

"Master, are we still coming?"

"Come on, but next time I come by myself, don't follow."

"Why?"

"There are some doorways in this village, so you should not get involved."

"Is that dangerous?"

"I mean, it's a little weird, it's dangerous if you don't say it, you kid."

Jin Shan knew that Long Yang would definitely follow, grinding hard bubbles, rolling coquettishly, and the child's means. He hurriedly walked a few steps quickly and widened the distance between the two of them.

"Master, you're here again, why are you walking so fast!"

Long Yang's little face was red from the cold, and he followed behind with a snort, trotting, and the snow he stepped on creaked.

"Tell me what the door is in this Li Village!"

"The doorway! It is the layman who looks at the liveliness, and the insider who looks at the doorway. ”

After Jin Shan finished speaking, he stopped talking.

"What is this talking about, you always say that I can't do it, and you still bend me."

"Haha."

Jin Shan laughed a few times, put his hands behind his back proudly, and hummed an indistinct tune in his mouth. There is a me in the mountains, there is a her outside the mountains, I think of her in my heart, she thinks of me in my heart.

Long Yang got goosebumps all over his body when he heard this, ran to the front of Jin Shan and vomited a few times, and also got rid of Jin Shan.

"You stinky boy, you're quite vindictive."

Jin Shan kicked Long Yang's ass, watching Long Yang cover his ass and run away.

This old and young man, noisy all the way, unconsciously returned to Jin Village.

When Long Yang returned home, Jin Qin was wrapping dumplings.

"Mom, I'm back."

"Where have you been running all day?"

"I'm going out with Master to do something."

"Oh. Long Yang, I have something to tell you. Your teacher Zhou Lan is no longer here, and I heard the patriarch say that they are going to the county seat to find the leaders to report the situation. ”

"What do you reflect?" Long Yang asked puzzled.

It was the result of discussions between the responsible persons of several surrounding villages, and the villages jointly signed and put their fingerprints on them, and sent representatives to the county seat. One is to report Zhou Lan's selfless teaching, and the other is to try to find a teacher to teach you. Jin Qin explained while making dumplings.

"It should be done!"

Zhou Lan's deeds should be publicized, no matter how Zhou Lan died, she died on the way to enrollment, it was a pity to die, and it was a great death.

"After we finish eating, we will go to the patriarch's house to sign."

"Okay."

That night, Jin Qin took Long Yang to the house of the patriarch Jin Ren. At this time, there were already quite a few people sitting in the patriarch's house, and everyone had not left after signing, the men were smoking cigarettes, and the women were wearing sweaters.

"We will do this well, on the one hand, it is a reward for Teacher Zhou's work, and on the other hand, we must solve the problem of the children's schooling immediately. We have to let our children learn and get out of this small mountain village. ”

Jin Ren looked at the villagers in the village and found that when he said that he let his children go out of the mountain village, everyone's faces were not good-looking.

"We have lived here for generations, closed off ourselves, ignorant lives, and we can't let our children go down our old path. This time, I went to the county seat and saw the superior living environment of the people in the city, and I couldn't suffer the children anymore. ”

When Jin Ren said these words, he just persuaded everyone to let their children study and go out of the mountain village. In fact, he also has a selfish intention, that is, he promised the old patriarch to lead the villagers out of the mountain village.

Although Jin Ren didn't understand why the old patriarch asked him to lead everyone out of the mountain village, and he didn't know what disaster was happening, he thought that he should listen to the old patriarch's last words. But these words should not be told truthfully to the villagers, for fear of causing panic among the villagers. He hopes that by broadening the horizons of the villagers, the villagers will take the initiative to go out of the mountain village.

"Okay, let's go back after signing the name! Tomorrow morning, a few of you whom I have chosen will come with me into the city. ”

Jin Ren selected a few more open-minded young people from the village and asked them to go out and see the world first.

Ten days later, things came to fruition.

Zhou Lan's deeds were affirmed by her superiors, and she was promoted as a typical example, and Zhou Lan's parents were given some financial help. In addition, at the site of the original school, the higher authorities allocated funds to re-establish the mountain village school with two teachers.

The decision was made, but it didn't happen so quickly. Longyang has not been able to go to school because of the construction of the school. He wanted to continue to investigate the cause of Zhou Lan's death, so he went to Jin Shan again, and he needed Jin Shan's help.

"Master, let's go to Li Village again."

"No need to go."

"You don't have to go, why don't you go, we haven't found the cause of Teacher Zhou's death yet."

"I've already been to Li Village."

"Why did you hide it from me, did you find anything?"

"Li Village has its own secrets, they did have a sacrifice that day, and the whole village went to participate. But they didn't tell me the place of the sacrifice, which was supposedly carried out for Zhou Lan's death. In addition, I also met Li Orion and learned what happened, and he was not suspicious. ”

"So what's next?"

"Cold salad."

"Cold salad?"

"You ask me, I ask who to go!"

Things have come to this point, and Jin Shan is helpless.