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Chapter 316: Old Mother's Temple

How many years have passed, Xiaozhu is still staying on the mountain, absorbing the demonic energy emitted by Tai Sui's skin all day long, practice has made it stronger, she doesn't know how many years have passed, at the beginning, I still remember the alternation of spring and autumn, but after a few years, these things have gradually forgotten, the sun and the moon shuttle through the stars, and it can only vaguely feel that it is constantly becoming stronger. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Of course, she didn't forget why she wanted to become stronger, Feng Tianyang's soul didn't know where it had been wandering for many years, waiting for it to pursue, Feng Tianyang's body had decayed, not even bones left, the lonely grave under the tree, together with the broken shack and the barren grave of the nameless female corpse, had become flat ground, between the vicissitudes of life, everything had changed, I am afraid that the only thing that remained unchanged was this barren mountain, this moon, and the true love in my heart.

For a long time, it was like a dream, and the tenderness of yesterday's completion seemed to be still vivid, but looking back, those years that had been gone away and turned into waste.

After waiting for a long time, just for the sake of one day of meeting, one day, Ran Xi's closed eyes suddenly opened, and at the same time, an irrepressible smile appeared on his face, and it was found

It was as if it had a flash of inspiration, and it suddenly felt where the familiar person was, it seemed that the guy who claimed to be fate really didn't lie to it, as long as it practiced hard, it could really feel where Feng Tianyang's soul reincarnated.

After knowing Feng Tianyang's movements, this barren mountain lost its meaning to her, so it left there without the slightest hesitation, left its hometown, and went to find her sweetheart who had been waiting for many years.

It was full of thought that after finding Feng Tianyang this time, it would never be separated from him again, and the two went to live in seclusion in the mountains, because although the deep mountains were a little bitter, but there was no deceit in the world, jealousy turned into hatred, for it, a monster who had experienced vicissitudes, it was tantamount to a happy land.

However, it miscalculated, although it found Feng Tianyang's reincarnation, but Feng Tianyang no longer recognized it, because, in this life, Feng Tianyang had no memory of Ran Xi at all, or rather, it did not appear in Feng Tianyang's life in the first place, and Feng Tianyang was no longer called Feng Tianyang, his name in this life was Tang Aiguo.

To this day, the world has long since changed, and it was 1960, a year of disaster.

In the official answer of history, call those years as 'three years of natural disasters', due to a certain relationship, that year of China, the lives of the miserable, the people can not eat, and even according to legend, some places once again appeared in the ancient times of the 'easy son and food', some remote mountainous areas, people ** is not a strange thing, of course, this is just a folk rumor, do not take it seriously, many people can not stand the hunger, so together with a family fled everywhere, the northeast at that time, none of them, close to Russia, In addition, the real estate of the 'Great Northern Wilderness' is relatively rich, so it has really saved many people.

Xiaozhu set off from Jubao Mountain, hiding his identity all the way and not revealing himself, because at that time it had already seen the sinister hearts of people and the hot and cold world, so it was just rushing at night, and when he saw the disaster for thousands of miles, he was a little unbearable in his heart, thinking about what the hell was going on, what year was this, and why so many people died? In the wilderness, you can always see corpses, there are no graves, just dead and littered everywhere, those dead people have yellow muscles and thin abdomen like a bulge, obviously starving to death, seeing the world like this at this time, Xiaozhu can't help but be a little worried about the situation of his sweetheart at this time, think about a few lives ago, he was a hard-working person, Xiaozhu really doesn't want to go through reincarnation, he is still suffering.

Feng Tianyang is indeed still suffering, no, or Tang Aiguo, his identity in this life is a small farmer, and his hometown is in that Nianzi Mountain.

At that time, the people's commune rose up and down the country, and the people's commune put it bluntly, that is, a big pot of rice, the old and young masters of the whole village worked together, the income from labor was confiscated, and their own families did not open a partner, and they ate the big pot of rice in the commune canteen, but at that time, the grain harvest was poor, the food was rationed, and many countrymen could not eat at all.

There's no way, listening to the older generation, at that time, even if you caught a grasshopper, you could eat two meals, which was so exaggerated, but it was a side story, so I passed by.

It is said that due to the underdevelopment of information, there are still many remote mountain villages that have not joined this system, such as the Saiwai mentioned in the ancient books, that is, the generation on the edge of Heilongjiang, Nianzi Mountain, which happens to be such a place.

At that time, the local village rice still maintained the previous tradition, the sunrise and sunset rested, although the idea has covered here, but according to local conditions, this place is already poor, only the intellectuals of the production brigade eat public meals, and the common people naturally can't manage it.

That year, there was indeed a famine, not to mention the drought, there were few seeds, the grain harvest failed, the villagers were miserable, they really ate the last meal and did not eat the next meal, and Tang Aiguo (Feng Tianyang's reincarnation) At that time, he was just seventeen years old, and he was a young man in the prime of life, he was born as a standard farmer, glorious, but glory can't be eaten as a meal, this may really be a trick of fate, Tang Aiguo's life is also the death of both parents, only the elderly grandfather and him depend on each other, but the grandfather is old, he can't do farm work, in order to eat, He only had no black and white work, but he couldn't stand it back then, because of the drought, before the autumn harvest, more than half of the grain in the field was gone, and at this time, the family could no longer open the pot.

It was on such a night that Xiaozhu met Tang Aiguo.

He hadn't eaten for two days, and the little food he had left was all left for his grandfather, and he himself gritted his teeth and survived, but thinking about it, he was hungry faster than others, and after two days, how could he withstand it? This night, he was so hungry that he couldn't do it, so he quietly got up and went to the field, wanting to dig up some wild vegetables to satisfy his stomach, but in the drought years, the wild vegetables in the suburbs were almost dug up, where is it so easy to find?

When Xiaozhu found Tang Aiguo in the wild, it cried, the moon was very round at that time, and Xiaozhu saw Tang Aiguo chewing grass roots, its tears flowed uncontrollably.

Although the clothes at this time are not like before, but Tang Aiguo is still in tattered clothes at this time, although he has all his hands and feet, but he is even more pitiful than that life, he knelt on the ground, pulled weeds, and stuffed it into his mouth with the soil, even though he had many years of Taoism, but Xiaozhu couldn't control his tears, I can't think of it, no matter how many reincarnations have passed, he still suffers, how long has he made him suffer?

There was no one in the suburbs, Xiaozhu stood behind Tang Aiguo, showed his figure, covered his mouth, and choked up, and Tang Aiguo at that time also found something strange, he heard another voice behind him, so he shouted vigilantly: "Who"

Speaking of this, Tang Aiguo turned around and looked, only to see a woman behind him who was not the year to defeat feudal superstition, but Tang Aiguo was born bold, he saw a woman out of this wilderness, and he didn't think much about it, after all, it is a disaster year, and the village can pass by to escape the famine, they are also pitiful, this woman, presumably also from other places to flee, Tang Aiguo looked at the weeds, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then he patted the soil on his body and stood up.

They are all hard-working people, and there is nothing to look down on anyone, even if the other party is in trouble, but he is now gnawing the grassroots, so he is not outside, I saw him talking to the small bead with some concern: "Are you from other places, just yourself, what about the people at home?" ”

Under the moonlight, Xiaozhu saw that the person in front of him was no longer the appearance of Feng Tianyang a few lifetimes ago, his square face, although it was his youth, but due to long-term malnutrition, he looked yellow and thin, as if a gust of wind could blow him down, but Xiaozhu was very happy, because, no matter how many lifetimes of reincarnation, but his eyes were still so bright, like stars in the sky.

He doesn't recognize himself now, no wonder he, after all, his soul is estimated to have traveled back and forth to his body several times, Xiaozhu thought to himself, it doesn't matter, as long as he knows that he is Feng Tianyang, we can start anew, just like a few lifetimes ago, so it said to the young man: "Well, I just came here, what is your name, why are you here, why don't you go home?" ”

The young man smiled awkwardly, and then said to Xiaozhu: "My name is Tang Aiguo, and I live in the village...... I was so hungry so I came out to get something to eat. ”

He is also quite honest, ask him anything, Xiaozhu saw his lover again, the sadness in his heart was gradually replaced by joy, he was hungry, it didn't matter, as long as he was no longer harmed, Zhu opened his mouth to Tang Aiguo and said in a very loving tone: "You can't eat grass when you're hungry, hey, what do you see over there?" ”

After that, Xiaozhu raised his hand and pointed to the direction behind Tang Aiguo, Tang Aiguo turned around and looked at it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, only to see that not far behind him, there was a pheasant lying there, why didn't he see it just now?

How did he know that this pheasant was shot down by Fang Cai Xiaozhu with demonic energy, Tang Aiguo didn't think much about it, but said that it was a beast that starved to death because of the drought, this is a difficult game, and the hunters in the village are about to kill them on weekdays, and now he has picked one up, how can he not be happy?

So he hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the pheasant, and then happily came to Ranxi's side, and said to it very happily: "Thank you, grandma, thanks to you, otherwise I wouldn't have seen it."

Grandmother? Xiaozhu was stunned, what did he call me? He called me grandma?? Why am I so old in his eyes?

This sentence, listening to Xiaozhu's eyes, it was like a bolt from the blue, and an extreme uneasiness surged in its heart, so it hurriedly looked at Tang Aiguo's eyes, the moonlight illuminated his eyes, and from his eyes, Xiaozhu actually found an old woman.

Is this me? Xiaozhu seemed to be shocked by five thunders, why, why is this happening? Why did you become so old? How did the former self with the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose become like this?

It was naturally unacceptable at the time, the law of nature.

The root of the way of heaven is a process of alternating time, birth, old age, sickness and death, this is a cycle, everyone has a time when they are young, and they also have a time when they are old, and in the end, they will all die.

All things can't resist, even if it is the Daluo Immortals, the owner can get rid of the supernatural power of reincarnation and survive forever, but there is still a day to die, often when the gods die, they are more miserable than people, and before they die, they show a scene of the five decays of heaven and man, and then disappear.

In other words, even this Heavenly Dao is not endless, and often those immortals who eat the elixir and holy fruit are often written to live with heaven and earth, and with heaven and earth, that is to say, as long as this heaven and earth can exist, you can survive for as long as you want, but it is also indirectly disclosed that this heaven and earth are not the day when the eternal and unchanging things are destroyed.

Monsters are even more so, even if they can have magical powers to change their appearance, but they can't resist the erosion of the years, Xiaozhu has been practicing penance on that mountain for many years, through the cultivation of Tai Sui skin, although it can get twice the result with half the effort, much faster than those ordinary monsters, but relatively, there is no free lunch in this world, and the aging of its face and the burning of life are twice as fast as ordinary monsters, which seems to be the price of using Tai Sui skin.

Xiaozhu was stunned for a long time, and then realized that it had really been a long, long time since the day Feng Tianyang died, and he had nothing else to do except practice on weekdays.

Suddenly, Xiaozhu wanted to cry without tears in her heart, she didn't know what to do, she was like this now, even if she found Feng Tianyang, what could she do, did she still expect to stay with him? Don't............

When Tang Aiguo saw the old woman in front of him looking at him directly, he was a little puzzled, thinking about what was wrong with it? So he asked a little worriedly: "Grandma, what's wrong with you, are you hungry, wait for me for a while, I'll light a fire and roast it now." ”

Xiaozhu didn't know what to say, so he nodded woodenly, Tang Aiguo was really happy tonight, he said just do it, Tang Aiguo dug a pit, picked up a pile of firewood, and threw the chicken into the fire, not long after, the roast chicken rou exuded a burst of aroma, the hungry Tang Aiguo didn't wait for the pheasant to be ripe, he couldn't help it anymore, he chopped out the fire, and then endured the scalding and pulled out the pheasant, swallowed his saliva, tore it apart, picked up the chicken leg and turned around and said: "Grandma, you ...... first Kindness? ”

He was so attentive just now that when he turned back, he found that there was no one behind him, the old grandmother had disappeared without a trace, under the moonlight, the wilderness was quiet and scary, Tang Aiguo was very puzzled and thought, what the hell is going on, people?

When he was hungry, he couldn't think too much, Tang Aiguo devoured the chicken leg, although there was no salt as an ingredient, but he felt that this was the best thing he had ever eaten in his life, after all, the delicious taste brought by hunger can be unforgettable for a lifetime.

He didn't know that at this time, Xiaozhu was floating aimlessly in the sky above the wasteland, looking at the moon in the sky that had not changed its appearance for many years, and couldn't say a word, just because of the ruthlessness of the years, it lost its direction again.

After Tang Aiguo ate a chicken leg, he didn't move the chicken rou again, although he didn't eat enough, but he knew in his heart that the grandfather at home was still starving, as long as he couldn't die, take the chicken rou back, and it would last for a while, as long as he survived, he would definitely be able to survive this damn year.

So, he happily ran in the direction of the village with most of the roast pheasant in his hand, and as he ran, he suddenly felt a chill on his face, and he touched his face, thinking thoughtfully, has it finally rained after so long of drought? But when he looked up, he saw that the bright moon was still in the sky, without the slightest cloud, Tang Aiguo sighed, and without thinking too much, he took another step.

How did he know that on that night that year, an infatuated lover who had been waiting for a few reincarnations was crying so sadly in the sky over that wasteland.

Speaking of which, it's really strange, since that night, the people in the village have never been hungry, a very miraculous thing, although it is a disaster year, but since the day of the fight, Tang Aiguo can pick up some game every night, sometimes pheasants and ducks, sometimes wild deer and roe deer, and even wild boars.

Those wild meat all died suddenly in the yard of his house, this thing is really evil, you must know that although it was poor at that time, but it did not reach the point of leaving no stone unturned, the courtyard door of the house at night was locked, but those things could still appear, at the beginning, Tang Aiguo was very puzzled, so he stayed by the window, wondering what was going on, but it was very strange, he still found nothing, every night when it was almost dawn, he would always be sleepy, and then inexplicably fell asleep, When you wake up, there will be a few wild animals in the yard as usual.

Although this matter is very evil, but it also solves the urgent need, no longer have to starve, there is rou to eat every day, it's just great

However, Tang Aiguo's grandfather also felt that this matter was very evil, after all, he was an old man, and the old man at that time had generally heard stories similar to mountain spirits and wild monsters, and he thought to himself, isn't this a fairy manifestation of any way? So he asked Tang Aiguo if he had encountered anything strange recently, Tang Aiguo thought about it, and then said, no, I was hungry that night, so I went to the field, in addition to picking up a pheasant, I also met an old grandmother.

Tang Aiguo's grandfather hurriedly asked him to be specific, Tang Aiguo said the events of that night word for word, Tang Aiguo's grandfather slapped his thigh, and then said to Tang Aiguo: "Grandson, you really have touched a fairy."

That's right, think about the guys who can suddenly appear and disappear in the wilderness, except for the gods, they are monsters, but aren't monsters all harmful things, how can there be such a kind food to them? It's a fairy, and it's not running

So, the old man knelt on the ground without saying a word, and kowtowed three times in the direction of the door, thanking the gods for their manifestations, which was really the ancestors who accumulated virtue, and thanked the gods of great mercy for saving them, so that they could not starve to death

With game, Tang Aiguo's stomach has not been deflated, he is kind-hearted, knowing that everyone is hungry now, and the game sent by the 'fairy grandmother' their grandchildren can't eat it, so Tang Aiguo took out the excess rou and gave it to the hungry people in the village who lacked food, and everyone was very grateful to this kind-hearted young man.

Although the information was blocked, this kind of news was different, ** passed down from mouth to mouth, the kid surnamed Tang met the fairy Hey, the fairy is really spiritual, and he sends them game every day.

The news spread more and more, so that in the end, the old woman was praised as a lucky star in the sky, or the incarnation of Guanyin or something, there are any versions.

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why this village was not abandoned back then was entirely because of the wild meat sent by the 'gods' that year, otherwise, it is estimated that this small village would not be able to endure the famine, and the villagers would all be displaced and flee here.

Although the people at that time were poor, they also knew that they knew how good they were, and how great the creation of this 'fairy help' was, so they spontaneously organized some people to build a small grass house at the edge of the village, which was all regarded as the temple of the gods.

Mom, is the name of the fairy, it is according to the description of the Tang patriot, the people in the village are basically called that, in their eyes, the plainly dressed and kind old grandmother, as if the mother is as kind, and after three years of famine, the incense in this small temple has not been broken, someone also made a clay statue for it, everyone said Traine, and even more, even after the blind date in ten miles and eight villages heard about it, they all came all the way to worship.

Where do they know that it is not the gods who help them? Who among them can understand that the gods in their hearts, in the most famine, did not care about them, but were monsters?

This is really very ironic.

Maybe this world is a tragicomedy, which is full of all kinds of irony, Xiaozhu knows, its heart at that time, full of confusion, after that night, it doesn't know where to go, why, God wants to play with it like this? Why, when I see my most beloved person, I can't talk to him? Why such torture?

Why is that?

It didn't know, it only felt that its heart was empty, and it didn't even have the strength to die, because, to a certain extent, it had indeed gotten its wish, and at the cost of its own light, it had found the reincarnation of Feng Tianyang, but things were not people, and the situation at this time might only be known to it.

It's not that it doesn't think of dying, but it really can't bear to see Feng Tianyang's reincarnation suffering and starving again, it is a hard-working person in that life, and it has suffered enough.

Xiaozhu had no idea, so she had to catch some birds and beasts every day and put them in Tang Aiguo's yard, rain or shine, seeing Tang Aiguo's face becoming more and more ruddy, and his body was getting stronger, it was more or less relieved in his heart, and it remembered that time, the days after he and Feng Tianyang became married, every time he cooked for him, he would eat very happily, how happy it was at that time, and the happiness at that time was so far away.

Forget it, that's it, look at him quietly, Xiaozhu thought in her heart, she will be old, then Tang Aiguo will also be old, maybe, he can't accept himself now, but when he also gets old, maybe he will have the courage to tell him that distant story.

It has been quietly waiting, waiting for that day to come, even if it understands that the life span of human beings is very short, and after Tang Aiguo is old, he will not live long, but now it does not dare to ask for luxury, it just hopes, hopes to be able to hold his hand again, look into his eyes, and then say words of love to himself.

Feng Tianyang once said to it, daughter-in-law, you are so beautiful, just like a fairy.

Fairy, I can't imagine it, fairies also have an old day, Xiaozhu can't help crying whenever she thinks of this, this monster is more fragile than people.

It has been waiting, however, it has not waited for that day.

Fate once again played a big joke on it, it was the summer of 1968, and the turmoil of the ten years of catastrophe finally affected Nianzi Mountain.

At that time, people were already crazy, although Xiaozhu had already experienced the madness of people, but after all, it was a minority, and now, it felt as if the atmosphere of the whole world had changed, crazy beliefs, blind worship had changed everything, and even the air seemed to smell dangerous.

After all, Xiaozhu is also a youkai, so like other youkai, he is also afraid of the will caused by this crazy faith, and like those ordinary youkai, he left his temple and chose to hide in the mountains for a while.

However, things did not end as it thought, those young people with red armbands raided every village, broke the old and built the new, knocked down all the ghosts, snakes and gods, and smashed countless cultural relics and temples.

At that time, in the village, people were panicked, and the incense of the old mother temple was completely responsible for Tang Aiguo himself, and when the group of Red Guard generals arrived, their purpose was very simple, one was to find out the landlord leader, even the relatives did not let go, and put on a big hat and tied a bench to open it. Airplane', the second is to smash the temple, feudal superstition kills people, this kind of thing is not allowed to survive in the world, but think about this village There are no landlords, there is really no, they are all composed of some people who fled in the early years, it can be said that all of them are rooted in the seedlings, they have no object of criticism, but I heard that there is a temple here, hey, this old feudal, is the object of their attack.

So, they rushed to the old mother temple at the edge of the village, the villagers did not dare to be angry or dare to speak, that year, you said a wrong word can make people criticize a cripple, who dares to speak, even if the gods of the old mother temple saved them in the early years, they also have to save themselves at this time, so they all shrugged and led the way.

In the whole village, the only one who dared to speak was Tang Aiguo, he dared to speak, not because he was bold, but because he still had a conscience, he was a countryman, he didn't understand what the big truth and the big situation were, he only understood that this old grandmother had saved his life, and he couldn't forget his roots, so when those Red Guards came to the temple, even though he was very afraid, he still rushed out without hesitation, saying nothing and not letting those people smash the temple.

He knelt on the ground, and persuaded those people bitterly, saying that the gods in this temple are good gods, if it weren't for it, the people in our village would have starved to death, I beg you, let this temple go, but where will those people listen to his nonsense, seeing him blocking, they all laughed, just can't find the object of criticism, here comes out of one, hey, tied up to the girl.

Without saying a word, Tang Aiguo was thrown to the ground, he cried and shouted for those people to stop, but he still couldn't stop their actions, a few sticks went down, the mud statue collapsed, and after a fire, the small temple was burned to ashes.

And Tang Aiguo also caused trouble, he was imprisoned in the cowshed by these people, and he was brought in every day to criticize him, and when Xiaozhu finally came, he couldn't see him for the last time, he couldn't bear the pain and hanged himself.