In Shennongjia in early spring, the trees have not yet sprouted, and everything is depressed, which seems a little cold. Especially in the depths of Shennongjia, it is still snowy. Although the trees are covered in silver, they have a unique charm. But in this case, don't say it's early in the morning, even if it's noon, no one will come out.

Today, however, there are some exceptions. In the deepest part of Shennongjia, this dam depression where rabbits are usually seen and people are rarely seen, but it is a boiling and busy scene.

"Little Wuzi, why hasn't the wine in the vat been filled yet?" An old man in a gray cloth robe, although his hair and beard were gray, but he was in good spirits, looked at the three people in front of the temple gate who were so huge that several people hugged each other, and one of them was only half filled, and shouted at the crowd with an angry face, "The auspicious time is coming soon, if this time is delayed, the water god will be angry!"

"Third master, this snow does not melt and the road is narrow and slippery, Uncle Gang, they accidentally slipped into the ditch, and the cart of wine they pulled was all spilled, and now it is only filled with two cylinders. Hearing the shout, a burly man who was directing others to turn around hurriedly responded, and then walked forward while explaining: "But you don't have to worry, Third Master, I have already asked people to go back to the village to get the wine, and it will be delivered immediately, delaying the auspicious time." ”

As he spoke, he heard a noise. The burly man named Xiao Wuzi turned his head and saw that more than a dozen people were rushing here with several large and small jars in their arms, and it was the one who took the wine who came, and hurriedly greeted loudly, "Hurry up, hurry up and help, the auspicious time will arrive soon." ”

Hearing Xiao Wuzi's words, everyone flocked to him. In a short time, the three large vats in front of the water temple on the dam were all filled with wine.

"Third master, the wine vat has been filled. Xiao Wuzi looked at the big vat where the three mouthfuls were almost pouring out of wine, and then looked at the wine jar the size of a draught beer barrel in his hand, and asked the third master: "Then the rest of the jar of wine, do you bring it back or what?"

"You don't have to take it back, the water god likes wine, and I know that we will be unhappy if we bring it back. As he spoke, the third master pointed to a place next to the big wine vat and said, "Hurry up, there's no time, hurry up and bury that jar of wine here." ”

"Third master, isn't it okay to put the wine here, why do you still have to bury it?" Hearing Xiao Wuzi's question, the third master reprimanded, "What to ask, this is a rule handed down by the older generation!"

Seeing the third master's anxious eyes, everyone didn't dare to ask again, and buried the wine jar with all hands and feet. The third master walked over with his hands behind his back at this time, and saw that the wine jar was the same as the three wine jars next to it, two-thirds of them were buried in the soil, and one-third were exposed, and the distance was not far or close, so he nodded with satisfaction. He didn't care how strange it was that this small wine jar was buried in the soil, but after gently removing the sealing mud from the altar, he said to everyone: "The auspicious time has come, hurry up and worship the god of water." ”

The third master gave an order, and everyone who was in chaos just now stood neatly in front of the temple gate under the command of Xiao Wuzi in an instant, and began to prepare for the ceremony.

The ritual is quaint, but also very simple. Under the leadership of the third master, everyone kowtowed to incense, and then retreated neatly from the dam, and after a while, they walked cleanly, leaving only the thick aroma of wine in the air.

Not long after the people on the side of the water temple walked, a whirlwind suddenly blew in the center of the big lake facing the water temple, the whirlwind was violent, and the space above the lake rippled, as if it was about to be torn apart, and then I saw a water column with a diameter of about two or three hundred meters in the center of the lake suddenly rose from the lake, and it rose five or six meters high.

The whirlwind envelops the water column, shining brightly in the sunlight, like a dream, and very beautiful. Unfortunately, this beautiful sight did not last long. The whirlwind came and went quickly, disappearing without a trace in an instant, and the whirlwind disappeared, and the water column could not be maintained, and immediately dispersed.

The huge column of water scattered in all directions, hitting the huge waves in the lake, and in the middle of the huge waves, a dark green round thing with a diameter of dozens of meters and mysterious patterns on it suddenly appeared in it, like a small island floating on the huge waves.

"Roar!"

A low sound rang out, and the round thing trembled, and four huge pillar-like claws slowly stretched out from the thing. Then there was a low roar, a turtle head, a huge turtle head also slowly stretched out, it turned out that this round thing was a turtle, a huge turtle, that is, people often say Wang Ba.

The turtle raised its head high, and took a few deep breaths of the wine wafting in the air very intoxicated, and at this time, a smile appeared on its hideous turtle face. However, the smile did not last long, and the giant turtle set its eyes on the wine vat in front of the water temple.

To accommodate such a large giant turtle, this lake is incomparably huge, and the surface of the water is beyond sight. And this giant turtle is in the middle of the lake, quite far away from the water temple. But what people didn't expect was that at such a distance, seeing the giant turtle swing its claws in the water a few times, it miraculously came to the water temple.

The giant turtle stood on the dam, the body was several times larger than the water temple, and the wine jar that a few people in front of the temple could hug was like three small wine cups in front of it, and it was no wonder that the wine jar had to be buried in the ground, otherwise, the giant turtle would be able to knock down these wine jars by accident.

Of course, the main reason why people bury the vats in the ground is that the vats are so big, each two or three meters high, that if you don't bury them in the ground, you can't pour the wine into them. But now it seems that it is indeed convenient for the giant turtle, and I saw that it lowered its head, and the bloody mouth stretched out into the jar, and the wine in it was full of wine, and it was drunk by the giant turtle in a few sips.

After drinking this vat of wine, the giant turtle shook its head in satisfaction. Then, he stuck his head into the vat next to him.

After drinking the three-cylinder wine, the giant turtle was already swaying, and it seemed that it already had the intention of drinking. The giant turtle also knew that it was a little drunk and wanted to turn around and return to the lake. And just as it turned, it found the small jar buried in the ground.

The giant turtle leaned its head up, sniffed it and knew it was wine, so it wanted to stick out its head and drink it. Unfortunately, compared to its huge body, the wine jar is so small that its big head can't fit in. It tried to pick up the jar again, but most of it was buried in the earth, and it didn't show much outside, and its big head couldn't bite the jar.

The wine was in front, but it couldn't be enjoyed, and the giant turtle was a little anxious. I wanted to stretch out my claws to scratch it, but I was afraid that its big claws would damage the wine jar, and I wanted to retreat, but I was reluctant to drink.

At this dilemma, the giant turtle suddenly patted its head with its front paws very humanely, and made a low sound from its mouth. Then, a milky white halo emanated from its body. As the halo grew stronger, I saw its huge body rapidly shrink. It didn't take much effort, and its huge body, which was dozens of meters in circumference, became the size of a palm.

Smaller, the jar can no longer prevent it from drinking. Giant turtles, no, now only small turtles. It lay on the edge of the altar, stretched its long neck, and poked its head into the altar to drink.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

After a few sips, most of the wine went down in an instant. At this time, it is a little difficult for the little turtle to drink again. I saw that it stretched its neck desperately, and accidentally, its whole body fell into the wine jar.

fell into the wine jar, and the turtle was not in a hurry. But he stretched out his head and drank, and did not think about going out at all, until the jar was completely drunk.

Maybe it's because I've become smaller, and I've been drinking less. Maybe it's because it's making its body smaller, and it's consuming too much power to suppress the alcohol in its body. As soon as the wine was finished, the turtle stood upright, staggered two steps, and before he could reach the altar, he fell drunk on his back in the jar.

The turtle slept in the wine jar in the dark, and the depression under the dam suddenly returned to its former silence.