Three more days of calm passed, and the fifteenth day of July finally arrived.

Early in the morning, the village is bustling with activity. Dressed in rattan robes and beating homemade wooden drums, the villagers sang and danced happily along the village's paths. Today's sacrificial ceremony, just looking at the prelude, is obviously more lively than the last time Shi Cheng and the three of them saw it.

It seems that the heavens are echoing the enthusiasm of the villagers, the rain of the past few days has been swept away today, and the children who have been stuffy at home for several days have also been given a rare opportunity to run out of the house to have a good time.

After Wu Neng finished practicing today's martial arts class, Shi Cheng tidied up his clothes, beckoned Tie Mian and Wu Neng to come out together, and take a stroll around the village.

"Lao Shi, aren't we going to take a look at the sick people's homes?" Wu Neng asked Shi Cheng while wiping his sweaty body with a strip of cloth soaked in water.

"Today is a special day, so we won't disturb people for the holiday." Shi Cheng said in a relaxed tone, "Don't worry, I already piggybacked on today's share when I entrusted the Aguer couple to deliver the medicine yesterday, and the three of us will also give ourselves a holiday today." ”

The three of them packed up and went out together, and as Shi Cheng expected, the front of the hut where the three of them lived today was blocked by gifts from the villagers.

"The villagers are very enthusiastic......" Shi Cheng, who has experienced this kind of thing many times, did not shirk it, and together with Wu Neng and Tie Mian, he accepted the gifts sent by the villagers.

Compared with the gifts received by the three of them last time, the content of this gift is unexpectedly much richer, and there are even a lot of pickled game, which makes Wu Neng, who has always been greedy, have a good mouth.

The three of them came to the village to wander around, and found that the singing and dancing procession in the village had ended at this time, and the sharp-eyed iron face found that many villagers who were still carrying small wooden drums were walking outside the village together with laughter and laughter.

The three of them walked around the village until they finally came to the outside of the temple on the west side of the village.

As soon as he walked outside the temple gate, Shi Cheng could already smell the smell of incense coming from the side of the gate.

The temple is not large, and after stepping through the gate, Shi Cheng can see the villagers who are worshipping the gods, and Jika's wife, Kisa, is standing next to the statue of Qingyun in a ceremonial dress like the last sacrifice, but today she is expressionless, like a stiff puppet.

In front of the statue are two incense candles imported from the Wei Kingdom, and the incense in the temple comes from this, and Qisha will only put the incense candles out when the worship ceremony is held in the village, and she is never willing to take them out on weekdays.

Shi Cheng stared at the incense candles in the distance boredly for a short while, and soon saw that these two incense candles were left over from the last worship ceremony.

"Old Shi, are we going to go in and say goodbye?" Wu Neng asked half-jokingly, "It can be regarded as God's favor that we can pick up a life from the sea this time." ”

Although Wu Neng usually doesn't believe in gods, after following Shi Cheng through so many turmoil, standing in front of the temple at this time, he can't help but want to go in and ask for peace of mind, praying for a smooth journey in the future.

"We Chita people usually pay attention to worshipping when we see the temple." Shi Cheng waved his hand, "Let's go in, it's idle anyway." ”

The three of them entered the main hall of the temple together.

Qisha saw Shi Cheng and the others, her pupils suddenly dilated, and her upper and lower lips couldn't help but shrink inward at the same time.

However, compared to Jika, Kisha still maintained the etiquette, she pulled an ugly smile out, bowed gently, and said, "It turns out that three immortals are here." ”

"Hello Lady Kisa." Shi Cheng replied.

Wu Neng and Tie Mian also came to say hello to Qi Sha, and then the three of them avoided the respectful eyes and greetings of the villagers who were worshipping and praying in the main hall, Shi Cheng smiled at everyone, said hello, and then took Wu Neng and Tie Mian to stand on the far left side of the main hall.

Wu Neng looked at the Qingyun Saint Venerable Statue, Cangsong Sage Statue, and Jing Miao Sage Statue not far from the right front, he clasped his palms together and closed his eyes, as if he was praying to the gods to bless the three of them for the next trip.

Shi Cheng and Tie Mian are naturally far less pious, but Shi Cheng will bow lightly to the statue and recite a few words in his heart. Iron Mask still stood beside Shi Cheng like a stake, and like him in the past, he seemed to be indifferent to everything around him.

After a brief bow, the three of them said goodbye to Chisha and walked out of the main hall.

"The village is so lively, but the villagers praying on this side of the temple are so quiet." Wu Neng said with emotion as he walked out of the gate, "Even when I was in Wu Kingdom before, I never saw the main hall of the temple so quiet...... Gee...... The people here are even more religious than we seem to be in the cold moon. ”

Tie Mian seemed to listen to Wu Neng's emotion seriously, but he himself didn't say anything, Shi Cheng, who was walking in the front, responded to Wu Neng without saying a word at first, but soon, his attention was attracted by the conversation of some woodcutters outside the wall who were resting against the base of the wall.

"I said Rudell, do you think today's sacrifice looks shabby?"

"Needless to say, you just look at the previous rituals, when Jika's family didn't swagger in the courtyard with the things scraped from everyone's hands, but look at what it looks like today."

"Damn, the new bosses have really done a great thing, Jika's old ghost doesn't do anything all day long, and the ability to cut everyone's flesh is really brought out of the mother's womb, and he used to rely on the support of the dogs in the peeling city, and everyone can only grit their teeth to admit it, but the new bosses are not used to the old leech, do you remember the expression of the old dog at the last villager meeting, I really want to draw him and paste it on the new one in the village...... on the billboard. A young man said in a cheerful voice.

Another older voice said, "After the new boss comes, our life is better." But...... I always feel that these new bosses are still not in awe of the gods enough, let's take this worship ceremony as an example, the things we usually hand over are to be put in front of the saint after all, but the new bosses cut off all the sacrifices with one sword, this is ...... This is too disrespectful to the Holy Ones. ”

"Edau is right, the new boss is good everywhere, but he is too disrespectful to the Holy Venerable, the last time the little military doctor came to see my son's injury, he kept telling me that the Holy Venerable has passed away, and mortals have to rely on themselves to find a way out, don't you say this is nonsense!"

"I also heard the news that came from another village this morning." Another mysterious voice sounded, "The village on the other side of the estuary, I don't know if their village chief has changed, anyway, it is the village chief's name Lasomiu, the head of their village temple, Lao Bit, is said to have been taken away by the new boss to ask for guilt." ”

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the woodcutters were shocked, and hurriedly asked, "What you said is true?" ”

"Ninety percent is true, believe it or not, I think most of it is true, it is said that many of the charges against Lao Bitt are the same as Jika, that is, in the fish and meat country. But in addition to that, he seems to be secretly supporting the people of the former government, so Jika was only fined the property Wada, but he was taken away. ”

"This kind of person is not a good bird in the first place." A few woodcutters said contemptuously, "You deserve it!" ”

"Edawu, among the few of us, you old fellow has seen a lot, have you thought of something, your face looks a little strange."

The older voice that had spoken before sighed and said, "I always feel that I can't move this person." ”

"Why do you say that?" A young man asked.

"You may not know, I'll just say so, I don't know about the other places, but in these villages in the south of the city, none of the priests in the village temple who chanted scriptures and worshiped God were not from Bittta, and Qisha was his apprentice when he was young."

At this point, Edau's added, "So, without this old fellow, we probably wouldn't know what to recite when we worship the gods." ”

The voices of the other woodcutters also became nervous, "In this case, the new bosses are indeed a little overdone." ”

After Shi Cheng and the three of them walked out of the door, Shi Cheng just glanced at the energetic woodcutters who were chatting not far away and left the temple with his companions, as for what these woodcutters were talking about behind him, he naturally didn't know.

……

As night fell, the villagers who had returned from the market in Kawa City returned to their homes, and soon everyone went out again, and a bonfire celebration organized by the new government was to be held tonight.

"Old Shi, it's lively outside again." Wu Neng leaned on the window and looked at the cheerful and dancing firelight in the distance.

Shi Cheng raised his head from the Chu Ze language practice notes in front of him, and said to Wu Neng in Chu Ze language: "Old Wu, you should also hurry up and prepare, we will leave in a while, we are important guests for the bonfire celebration tonight, we can't be late for a while." ”

Wu Neng turned his head and said to Shi Cheng with some surprise: "Okay, old Shi, your Chu Ze level has really improved by leaps and bounds these days, and more than ten days ago, I felt that you couldn't speak as fluently as you do today." ”

"Forget for a while, miss for a lifetime." Shi Cheng replied with a smile, but this time he changed back to the official dialect of Wei State, "As long as people are not slacking off and studying hard, they will naturally become stronger day by day." ”

"I really have to learn your perseverance." Wu Neng couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and then he looked at Tie Mian, "Old Tie, I said that you should also learn some daily words, change your brain, don't put all your mind on practicing, this will be good for you and our next journey in Rainforest Continent." ”

Speaking of this, Wu Neng bared his teeth and said with a smile: "If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask Mr. Wu." ”

Iron Mask lowered his eyes, and Quan should respond, and then he lowered his head and looked at the Chu Ze vocabulary list that he had in his hand.

On board...... Petting...... Rival......

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the hut.

"Please come in." Shi Cheng said.

The door was pushed open, and Aguer walked in, and he said respectfully to the three of them, "Three immortals, the party is about to begin, and the village chief has sent someone to pick you up." ”