Chapter 6: The Taboo of Yaojia Village

I flipped through the ancient book in my hand, and found that it was densely packed with words written in small seals, and every few pages were interspersed with a few very concise lines and pictures.

After just a few casual glances, I carefully put away the ancient book in my hand, and now is not the time to look through it carefully.

Although this book is written in small seal script, I am an archaeology major, so it is not much difficulty to understand these small seals, after all, studying ancient characters is also one of my compulsory courses.

Seeing that I put the book away, the old man nodded with satisfaction and said, "Don't think about being lazy, just take a good look at this book when you have time, and make sure that it is only good for you and no harm." ”

Naturally, I am full of promises, this kind of opportunity that ordinary people can meet but cannot seek, how can there be a reason not to grasp seriously.

The matter came to an end, and after a while, I returned to Li Huiyan and the others, preparing to rush to Yaojia Village before it got dark.

"Hey, Zhang Sansan, don't take out any good things to share with you, I just saw that the old man gave you something, it looks like a book." The group walked for about five minutes, and Xiao Yue, who had completely recovered his personality, finally couldn't hold back his curiosity, and turned his head to me as he walked.

Xiao Yue's words made me a little embarrassed, the old man didn't tell me not to show the book to others before leaving, but if I did it rashly, it seemed a little inappropriate. The others didn't say anything, but I could feel that they were curious about what the old man had given me before.

"Zhang Sansan, you can satisfy everyone's curiosity, we just want to take a few casual looks, do you still think that we can steal the things in the book after a few glances?" At this time, Xu Hao also spoke, and Qin Dong Lu Cheng also nodded again and again after hearing this.

I turned my head to look at Li Huiyan again, and found that her eyes had already fallen on me.

It seems that if you don't satisfy everyone's curiosity today, you can't say anything. What's more, what Xu Hao said is not without a little truth, if they can learn the feng shui techniques recorded in the book by casually letting them look at it a few times, then this ancient book will be too cheap.

In the end, I took out the book that the old man had left for me and handed it to Xiao Yue.

"Zhang Sansan, you were deceived by that old man, and you didn't write a word in this book at all!" Xiao Yue took the book with a happy face, flipped through it in his hand, and quickly said in disappointment.

Hearing Xiao Yue's words, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. I thought it couldn't be, I just read it myself, and the book was obviously full of words.

Xiao Yue pouted, and handed the book to Li Huiyan angrily, Li Huiyan also looked at it a few times, and finally shook her head and said, "It's true that nothing has been written." ”

After that, Xu Hao, Qin Dong and Lu Cheng also took the book in turn and flipped through it in their hands, and the final answer was the same. From full of expectations to full of disappointment, not only Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue and others, but even I was a little confused.

I took the ancient book from everyone's hands again, and the five big characters of "Nine Characters Dragon Shaking Technique" still existed, and after turning a few pages, it was still densely filled with Feng Shui secret techniques recorded in small seal fonts.

"This ...... What's going on? I was a little dazed, looking at the old books, and couldn't help but muttered to myself.

"I've been deceived, what else can it be, I'll just say, how can the old man casually pass on the family secret technique that has been passed down from generation to generation to an outsider." As soon as I finished speaking, Xiao Yue immediately replied, but she obviously misunderstood the meaning of my words.

Why? Why can I see the words on an ancient book but others can't?

No wonder the old man would say that I had a relationship with Feng Shui, and before leaving, he didn't tell me not to show the contents of the ancient books to outsiders, because he had long known that even if other people got the books, they couldn't see the words written in the ancient books at all.

I didn't explain anything to the crowd, and since no one could see it, I just thought I was like them.

When I put the books away, everyone set out on their way again.

Seeing my careful action of putting away the book, Xiao Yue naturally couldn't help but mutter, saying that what are you doing with the broken book that hasn't written a word, it's better to throw it away directly.

An hour later, exhausted, we finally saw a small village not far away, and finally arrived!

At this time, it was already dusk, and the smoke rose from every household in Yaojia Village.

As soon as our group reached the entrance of the village, our whereabouts were revealed by a few barking dogs.

The arrival of so many strangers quickly attracted the attention of the whole village, and after asking us who we were, the village chief took us to his house for dinner, and then took us to the Yaojia Village Primary School, where the village had already prepared a dormitory for us.

The so-called dormitory, in fact, is two spare classrooms, which are used to pile up some sundries on weekdays, and when the village receives a notice from the town that college students will come to the village to teach, then the villagers are mobilized to clean it up and arrange it.

Because of the difference between men and women, Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue were naturally assigned to a separate dormitory, and Xu Hao, Qin Dong, and Lu Cheng and I were in another room.

But what we didn't expect was that in another classroom next to our room, there was another teacher who came here to teach.

Before the village chief left, I quietly asked the village chief, and learned from his words that the teacher in the next room was surnamed Feng, and the village chief did not elaborate on the specific name. I only know that this volunteer teacher surnamed Feng has been in the village for four or five years.

After dropping us off at the place, the village chief left first.

Soon after, the village chief brought a few more residents to bring a quilt and hot water. The mats and quilts are brand new, and the hot water is freshly boiled at just the right temperature. A few of us hurriedly took a shower, and then we felt a lot more comfortable, and the tiredness of riding and traveling for days was also driven away.

After we had changed our clothes, the village chief came to our room again, and Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue, who had also changed their clothes after taking a shower, came in with him.

As soon as the three of them entered the room, my eyes couldn't help but fall on Li Huiyan, at this time she had already changed into a set of pink pajamas, her wet hair hung down at will and looked a little messy, but it looked like there was a different kind of beauty, which was completely different from the dignified image she usually showed.

"Little girl, young man, you have come all the way to our small village to teach, and I thank you in advance on behalf of all the children in the village." As soon as the village chief entered the house, he bowed to us at 90 degrees. Everyone hurriedly picked up the village chief and said yes, yes.

After that, the village chief began to introduce us to some specific situations in the village and some things that need special attention.

There are three classes in the village primary school in Yaojia Village, which are grade 13 and 5. In the past, three teachers were in charge of a class, but in the past few years, because one teacher died of illness and the other teacher retired due to illness, there is now only one teacher Feng who has come to the village to teach for four or five years.

It can be heard from the tone of the village chief that he is very appreciative of this volunteer teacher surnamed Feng, after all, a foreigner is willing to teach for four or five years with a meager salary in this poor ravine, not everyone can do it.

Just a few months ago, the villagers noticed that the walls of the school had suddenly cracked several inches wide, and there were signs that they were about to collapse. Eventually, the village chief went to the town to apply for some funds, and then the villagers came up with some of them, and then they prepared to rebuild a few classrooms in a vacant lot at the east end of the village. It's just that the school is repaired and the school's homework can't be left behind, so I want to take advantage of the summer vacation to let the children in the village learn the next semester's courses, which is why we were sent to Yaojia Village to teach in the summer vacation.

"That...... You just came to the village, and I should have let you rest early, but I think there are some things that I should tell you as soon as possible, so that nothing will happen to you. The village chief stopped talking for a moment, and finally said, "In our village, there are three things that must not be done. First, you can't enter the ancestral hall dedicated to the ancestors of the Yao family at the east end of the village without permission, and it's best not to go out after the second son, and third, don't go to the back mountain. The old man didn't mean to target you when he said this, these taboos must be observed at all times even by our people in Yaojia Village. ”

After the village chief finished speaking, he told us to rest early and got up and left, and before leaving, he repeatedly told us to abide by these three taboos, otherwise it was very likely that we would break into a big disaster.

When the village chief left, all of us looked at each other, obviously a little confused by the three taboos that the village chief had just said.

It's okay to say that you can't go to the Yao family ancestral hall, after all, the ancestral hall is dedicated to the ancestors of the Yao family, which needs to be respected. I can't go to the back mountain, which reminds me of what Master Chen said before: There is an ancient tomb in the back mountain of Yaojia Village, probably because he is afraid that outsiders will have any thoughts about the things in the ancient tomb, which is also understandable. And not being able to go out after the night is a little confusing.

"I always think this village is a little weird, but before we are familiar with and understand the village, we should listen to the village chief honestly and don't violate these three taboos." Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Huiyan said with a very serious expression.

In fact, even if Li Huiyan doesn't say it, each of us knows it, since I heard the words of the village chief, I feel that Yaojia Village is weird everywhere, everything seems to be in the clouds, and it always makes people feel that they can't see clearly.

Thinking of the mountain ghost blocking incident we encountered on the Ghost Yazi Mountain, maybe everything is not a simple coincidence.

"Woooooo I'm starting to regret coming here......" Xiao Yue burst into tears, almost crying.

"Let's go back and rest first, and we'll see the situation tomorrow, if it doesn't work, we'll just leave here." And tomorrow we can also ask Mr. Feng, who has been teaching here for four or five years, and he should know more about the situation in the village. "Seeing that everyone was depressed, I had to say this.