In the country of Yue, is regarded as the foundation of the Yu King ceremony, mainly in the spring and autumn seasons, more precisely, in the Qingming and Bailu two solar terms, the former is the birthday of Yu, the latter is the date of Yu's death, all have great significance.

It is worth mentioning that the day when Dayu was successful in controlling the water and the sky was clear and the earth was clear, it also happened to be this season, and people used Qingming to celebrate that the flood had been eliminated and the world was peaceful. At this time, the spring flowers are blooming and everything is recovering, which is a good time for spring outing.

Thinking of the custom of returning to his hometown to sweep the tomb during the Qingming Festival in his previous life, Zhao Qing's heart moved, and he planned to return to his hometown in this world this afternoon, and live again for one night in the place where he left many unforgettable memories, and then look at the situation, and decide whether to follow Shi Irose to the area of King Yu's Mausoleum.

Speaking of which, although Shi Iris claimed to take her with her, she seemed to be full of good intentions and had been certified by Zhu Ji Ying, but after that void meeting, Zhao Qing suddenly noticed that the other party seemed to have a lot of similarities with the "Heavenly Temple Star Official".

The realm of cultivation is all the next six qi masters, and he is not famous in Yue Country on weekdays, and he has never dealt with others in the past ten years, but he suddenly took the risk of the Dao epidemic and rushed to the place where the ram Wuxuan appeared as soon as possible, revealing the intention of making friends and investing in himself......

Although these circumstances can be explained by coincidence, Shi Iris doesn't look like a bad person, and there is a high probability that she will continue to be monitored after Shi Mai is executed, so it should be unlikely that she will contact and join the Void Dao, but just in case, it is better to be careful.

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sent a letter to Shifu that was delayed until tomorrow morning, and told Zheng Dan the focus of her next training, with the help of the power of the initial recovery, Zhao Qing flew back to his hometown after a long absence.

The sun is like gold, through the clouds, sprinkled in the forest sea in the depths of Huiji Mountain, adding a touch of divine brilliance to this deep fairyland.

Finding that familiar area, she landed lightly on the top of the mountain, turned through the mountain cols with the accompanying ape, felt the sound of the mountain stream and the faint fragrance of bamboo leaves, and walked down the stream.

"Whoa-" Several calling ape howls sounded, and Zhao Qing was surprised to see that a group of goats came out of the col and gathered around her and the ape, bleating, it was the white sheep that Zhao Qing had grazed at the beginning.

During this time, they moved freely in the territory carved out by the ape with their own breath during the day, and at night they lived in a hidden cave specially dug by the ape before leaving, with enough forage, so it lasted for more than a month without the slightest loss.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Qing's heart was full of relief, and she couldn't help but smile slightly, although the style of Huiji City is diverse, but the feeling of her hometown is that it is difficult to find elsewhere, and there is an irreplaceable sense of warmth.

I thought that I lived in the exquisite attic in the Yuwangzong Temple with Rui Xi and Ape Gong, together with the beautiful scenery around me, as well as the bustling city outside and the qualified subordinates recruited, I had made myself feel the atmosphere of home.

However, when she returned to her hometown, walked into the verdant bamboo forest, found the goats that had let them go, picked up the clear stream as clear as before nearby, and walked into the ordinary deserted village and humble dwelling, it was a new feeling.

At this moment, the hometown is full of spring. A few jujube trees planted in the small courtyard of the family have bloomed, and the small yellow-green flowers are swaying in the breeze. The grounds are overgrown with weeds, and wild flowers bloom in clumps on the edges. The butterfly fluttered among the flowers, and suddenly flew into the distance.

At the same time, Zhao Qing also noticed that more than a dozen cooking smoke rose in the village, and there were more than a dozen more neighbors. It was very remote and desolate, and the transportation was very inconvenient, so there was no reason to move here, and she wondered in her heart, guessing that most of them had other purposes.

You must know that in a deserted village like this deep in the mountains, under normal circumstances, there are often fierce beasts, and it is difficult for a single family to deal with it, and a large number of companions must be taken care of, that is, at least seven or eight households must be relocated at one time to form a stable settlement.

She came to the hut, looked through the window, and saw that some of the contents had been taken. This is because the nearby villagers saw that Zhao Qing must have a great future after leaving his hometown, so they took it as a souvenir and left a blessing for exchange.

When the Wu army entered the mountains to clear the area, the villagers in this area were unprecedentedly united, and they trusted each other with life and death, and in the face of disasters, they increasingly stimulated the simple and kind nature, and there were few bad habits such as theft that harmed the interests of the local people. This can be seen from these little things.

According to the traces of dust accumulated in the house, it is inferred that the slightly old part of these coins was also taken away by the people behind them as another form of souvenir and replaced with a new one with a higher value.

For this little thing, Zhao Qing just smiled slightly, and didn't care. She came back to benefit the township, and it doesn't hurt if some villagers are greedy for a little cheap. To tell the truth, she has not searched the abandoned houses in the deserted village before, and she has indeed made some gains.

On this afternoon of the Qingming season, Zhao Qing walked on the path of his hometown, and his heart was full of emotion. She looked up at the sky, and saw a hint of blue sky between the clouds. It's like a memory of her hometown, sometimes blurry and sometimes clear, but it will never disappear.

As for why the ape didn't follow her, it was because it was similar to Zhao Qing, after returning to his hometown during the Qingming Festival, he also returned to his own home, temporarily staying in the deep mountains and old forests, rather than this deserted village where humans lived.

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The surrounding scenery was picturesque, and Zhao Qing couldn't help but slow down and enjoy it all carefully. The finches flew merrily through the air, circling her in circles from time to time, making crisp calls of intercourse, apparently expressing their welcoming emotions.

At this moment, several villagers who had returned from their work came over, and when they saw her, they showed a look of surprise on their faces. They looked Zhao Qing up and down, with a puzzled look in their eyes, and they didn't seem to recognize her.

"Little girl, looking at Miansheng, it's the first time you've come, right? We are a good place here, with beautiful mountains and rivers and beautiful scenery, do you want me to show you around? A middle-aged villager enthusiastically approached with a smile on his face.

Zhao Qing smiled slightly and nodded: "Yes, it's my first time here." She would also like to see how this once-familiar hometown has changed.

"Our village, although the place is a little remote, but it also has a unique place. Look at the mountains over there, it's a treasure of our village! The villager said, pointing to a mountain ridge with lush vegetation.

"Between the ridges on the other side of Shenyang Ridge, wild kudzu vines are overgrown. Look at the green leaves, how beautiful they are! This is the main industry of our village. The kudzu cloth woven from kudzu vine is popular! The villager lit up the large bundle of rattan he was carrying and proudly introduced it.

Zhao Qing was a little curious and asked, "Shenyang Ridge?" Is it because the sheep on the mountain are very spiritual? ”

"Yes, the goats over there in the Divine Sheep Ridge are very spiritual, and no beast has ever dared to violate them wherever they pass, so there is obviously something special." The villager explained: "We people here revere these white sheep and think they bring good luck and happiness. ”

Zhao Qing felt a little curious after hearing this, she didn't expect that these white sheep she had grazed would be so worshipped. The villagers are in awe of them and often collect fresh kudzu leaves to offer as food.

Carrying the sickle in his hand, the villager pretended to be mysterious, and explained in a low voice: "The courtyard you passed by just now is the 'Divine Sheep Temple' in our village. It is said that this house was once inhabited by a family of legendary cultivators, and these white sheep were originally raised by their family......"

In the chat with the villagers, Zhao Qing also learned the reason for these people to move here, it turned out that a group of visitors from other places had appeared in the nearby townships during this time, claiming that they wanted to let the deceased lord return to his roots, and at the cost of heavy money, let people help find the graves of his ancestors.

In order to obtain a "heavy sum" that can change the living standards of the common people, hundreds of villagers in this area alone have searched for several days in the mountains, but they have found no results, but they have discovered the anomaly of the goats here.

"Lü's Spring and Autumn Treasure" contains: "Jing people are afraid of ghosts, and the more people believe." "The ghosts of the Chu people are tense and hideous, and most of them are fierce and vicious, so people are afraid of them; The ghosts that the Yue people believe in are mostly auspicious gods, and many people believe in them and ask for blessings.

Because of the worship of the white sheep in the mountains as an auspicious god, and the thought of the Zhao Qing family who once lived here and had the ability, the nearby villagers soon appeared a special atmosphere of seeking the blessing of the god sheep, and many families moved here and settled here, so that this deserted village was revitalized.

The reason why the middle-aged villagers were so enthusiastic when they saw Zhao Qing was naturally not that he was really so hospitable, but that the village had formed a "tourism industry" on a first scale, and the local villagers wanted to be a tour guide to fool her into visiting here, spending money on food and accommodation.

However, according to this villager, the fame of Shenyangling has not spread widely, but has a tendency to be gradually diluted and disappeared by time, although it is the Qingming season, there are fewer and fewer tourists recently, and the village has become much more deserted, and there is a little helplessness and sigh between the words.

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Next, Zhao Qing continued to follow the villagers to visit the village, and saw the pickled carp hanging in front of each house.

Not far away, in the open space, a group of teenagers and girls were swinging on a simple swing, laughter and laughter one after another, and a few people gathered together to fight cocks, and the one who had the upper hand was smiling. These activities are common customs of the folk Qingming Festival.

Under the eaves on the other side, more than a dozen women boil wild kudzu vines harvested by their husbands in pots and pans, wisps of light smoke drift into the air, and then use tools to draw silk, through a series of tedious processes, gradually weaving it into a fine kudzu cloth as white as snow.

The scene depicted in the "Ge Tan" in the "Book of Songs" seems to be right in front of you: "Ge Zhi Tan Xi, applied to the middle valley, Wei Ye Meng. The yellow bird flies, gathers in the bushes, and its chirping. Ge Zhi Tan Xi, Shi in the middle valley, Viye Momo. It is a mowing is a slush, a silk is a silk, and the service is uninterrupted. ”

Due to the lack of farmland in the mountainous areas, most people rely on fishing and hunting to make a living, and the fish and meat obtained are difficult to preserve for a long time and cannot be sold to the more prosperous areas outside the mountains.

According to Zhao Qing's knowledge, under normal circumstances, the vast majority of Yue women, who work hard every year, can only weave one or two horses of arrowroot cloth, which are used to make thin clothes sold in summer, each piece of cloth can be exchanged for about three or four stone chestnut rice, the work is very hard, but the income is quite meager.

Zhao Qing stopped to watch for a long time, and was full of emotion in her heart, these hard-working women used their own hands to create value for this village, and also made her feel the warmth and hope of her hometown.

If she wants to benefit the township, the means she intends to use are naturally not simply and rudely distributing a large amount of money, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and to do a good job in the local education industry, so that civilians can also have the hope of changing their lives through learning literature and martial arts, which is the right path.

Of course, since Zhao Qing definitely doesn't have so much spare time to teach the villagers in a down-to-earth manner, the project she plans to carry out in the future is actually to spend money to let people go to the mountains to teach, and use this as an example to promote it, forming a widespread atmosphere......

"It's getting late, but the nearest township is still dozens of miles away. Little girl, would you like to come to my house for dinner, fill your stomach, and stay overnight? ”

After chatting all the way, the middle-aged villager stopped in front of his house, put down the kudzu rattan he was carrying, looked at Zhao Qing, who didn't seem to be carrying anything, and said with some hesitation: "If you bring money...... Three or four small coins are enough. If you don't bring it, it depends on what my showlady means. ”

Pretty cheap, right? Zhao Qing smiled leisurely, and just wanted to directly reveal his identity as the master of the "Divine Sheep Temple", saying that there was no need to live in his house temporarily, but he caught a glimpse of a little girl at the corner of the intersection not far away, and a little girl rushed over with a jump, stared at herself with wide eyes, and said in surprise:

"Sister Aqing? You're finally back in the village! ”

Hearing his daughter shouting like this, the middle-aged villager was stunned, rubbed his eyes, and then looked at Zhao Qing, and gradually matched her figure with the news he heard in the nearby township, and was immediately taken aback.

Thinking of himself, a foreigner who had relocated over, had been chatting in front of the people of his village for so long and made up a lot of strange things, he couldn't help but blush, scratched his head subconsciously, and asked strangely:

"Ah Qi, how did you recognize Sister Qing? I remember that our family used to live in the west of Nanlin Township, and we didn't have any contact with their family. Even your mother and I only glimpsed her from afar a few times when we were selling goods in the countryside. ”

Without waiting for Xiao Ah Qi to answer the question, the middle-aged villager turned his head to Zhao Qing and smiled apologetically, and asked, "Miss Ah Qing, I heard that you and your grandmother were going to Dachengyi to treat their injuries, why did you come back halfway?" Could it be that you are in trouble? Need some money from our village to help? ”

"In the name of your goat, attract visitors who come to worship, and the surplus money we have earned during this time should also have your share......" He was about to continue, but was interrupted by Xiao Ah Qi, who had already run to him.

I saw this little girl who was only seven or eight years old take out a carefully woven reed and grass ring from behind her back, put it on her head, and then stood on tiptoe and turned in a circle, shouting at Zhao Qing with bright eyes:

"Actually, Ah Que really hasn't seen Sister Qing's face, but Daddy often tells others that Miss Zhao Qing has become an immortal, and the white sheep she left behind will be so magical, so I guess you should become a fairy when you come back."

Listening to the little girl's innocent and cute tone, but her tone was extremely firm, and she felt that she was a fairy, Zhao Qing couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and casually clicked the grass ring on Ah Que's head, making it colorful and blooming with dazzling light.

While showing a hand of "fairy art", she also noticed that the complex weaving technique of this grass ring seems to be beyond the grasp of ordinary children, and it is likely to be a gift from an adult to A Bird, it seems that the little girl is quite popular in this village.

"That's right! Sister Fairy, by the river where Ah Que caught loaches, there was a white-haired old man who was very good at fishing, saying that he was waiting for a fairy who returned to his hometown to visit during the Qingming Festival, and hoped that you would go and meet him. ”

Noticing that the grass ring above her head had changed dramatically, the little girl smiled and took it off, held it in a circle between her hands, and added as if she had suddenly thought of something.

…… (End of chapter)