In the steep night breeze of the mountain village, the villagers set up a stage on the relatively empty flat land. The six old men sitting in the front row, with white beards hanging down, their hair pulled up high on the top of their heads, laughing loudly when they saw funny places, and their teeth were all white and neat, which made people marvel that the years had not left any traces on their bodies. Yashan looked at their bright smiles, couldn't help but smile, raised his eyes and looked again, but suddenly found that many people under the stage were old people, and couldn't help but be surprised, just arrived in this village, I felt a little unusual, I didn't know why at the time, I just realized it, so it was. But come to think of it, it may have something to do with the customs of the village, why do the people in this village live so long?

At the end of the play, it was already night, and the red lanterns were fluttering in the wind, and the village chief Ma Youcai greeted him.

"Commander, thank you very much. The villagers have prepared some food to thank you. ”

"It's so gracious. ”

"Where, where, you guys are really hard. ”

The village chief led the Yashan people to an open field in the center of the village, where several men set up wood on the ground and poured kerosene on it. Around a few bonfires, the villagers set up several large benches. Sitting in the middle were the six eldest elders, and Yashan couldn't help but speak: "Village Chief Ma, these old men are very old, isn't it better to rest earlier." ”

"It's okay, I'm in good health, my hands and feet are strong, I can drink wine and eat meat. ”

The firelight reddened Yashan's surprised face, "Why are the old people in your village living a long life and in good health?" ”

"Haha, every out-of-tover who comes to our village asks the same question. Ma Youcai poured wine for Yashan and smiled clearly.

Yashan squinted, "The wine is really strong. Yashan said with a grin. The drunkenness on the side was stuffy with glass after glass, as if someone was robbing him.

"No one is robbing you. ”

"This wine is strong and fragrant. He said another glass.

Ma Youcai looked at Qu Drunk with a smile on the side, "This wine is a unique tea wine in our village, and we brew it ourselves." ”

"In addition to the aroma of the tea, the taste of this wine is clear, and it slides into the throat in the mouth, as if it has been aged for a long time, but it is fresh, not mellow. "It seems that I am going to get drunk today, and I have been drinking non-stop.

"It's true that even if we have a recipe for the sake we have elsewhere, we can't make it. Ma Youcai was a little proud.

"Why is that?" Although Yashan didn't know how to taste wine, he still listened to the tone of the village chief, and it was difficult for this wine to be mysterious.

"Other places don't have the water we have here. ”

"What's so special about water?"

"Legend 70 years ago in our village had treated a leper skin, Taoist after the illness for our village to point a spring, the spring water in the spring is underground gushing out, overflowing spring well but never overflow the well, the spring mouth in a natural protruding into the arch of the stone below, the spring water is sweet, perennial full of fairy energy, the winter is slightly warm, the summer is through the heart cold. Since then, there have been a lot of long-lived people in our village. ”

"Is it just because the water is special that it will live a long life?"

According to the genealogical records, the Taoist at that time said, "This river is one of the 120 small rivers divided into the Liuxiang River in the endless void on the Xianren Mountain, which is divided into four dark rivers that flow into the world, prolonging life, and the people in the village can enjoy 100 years. The springs are either dried up or filled with water. "Because it is fairy water from the sky, I say that there is no such wine as we in other places. ”

"I see, in those decades, will the life expectancy of the people in your village be the same?"

"The people in our village, the old people don't care very much about it. The longer you live, the more you know that this life is like a dream, this day, no illness and no pain, no thoughts, no worries, the mood is open, and the mind is also very peaceful, not to mention anxious to get angry. Ma Youcai said with a smile.

"Oh, oh. Yashan snorted haha.

"This well is so famous, isn't it very popular?"

"That's true, but the location of this spring can't be moved by manpower. It is also strange, this spring water in the well fairy breath, if the outsider comes to get water, there is a fate that is purple light, pick will go back to the effect as the village people drink the same as the same, no reason is not to pick out the village mouth, either spilled or bucket dumped, no reason no part. When the spring was just in our village, the people who came to fetch water were called more than one, and because the water poured out of the village, some villagers planted white tea trees there, and the tea leaves used in this tea wine were also poured out of this fairy spring. ”

Ma Youcai paused: "I don't know if you have heard of Yue Guogong?"

"Yue Guogong also has something to do with you here?" Yashan was skeptical.

"Yue Guogong is already 110 years old and has a long life. His ancestors have also been from our wrestling village for generations, and although the fief is now 7.8 days away from here, their families still use our spring water. Every 7 days, the people of the Yue Guo Mansion will come to fetch water, and the big carts will pull it back. Counting the days together, tomorrow will be the time for them to fetch water. ”

"I heard that the children of this Yue Guogong are all talented and dignified. ”

"It is true that even the people who come to fetch water are not ordinary servants. Although this Yue Guogong also lived in the village before, once this gap is opened, he will not be able to catch up. Ma Youcai sighed a little.

"Did Yue Guogong live in the village before?"

"Yes, he was relatively poor in the village at that time, and his wife Zhou still had some distant relatives with me. He was over 40 years old and had no children, and later after the immortal lit the spring, he may have given birth to a son because of the effect of this spring, but he died of dystocia. He also lives alone with children. Who would have thought that this world would have ups and downs and impermanent changes? More than 10 years ago, there were successive droughts and floods, famine in various places, and the victims of the disaster were scattered everywhere. The present saint has wandered here before, starving and sick, and dying. At that time, the Duke of Yue Guo took his children to herd cattle for other people's families and pick some wild vegetables and mushrooms, and he saw him. ”

"And then?"

"At that time, this Yue Guogong carried people home, although the family was poor, but he thought that this fairy water could cure diseases. Who knew that this spring water had nothing to do with the emperor, so it couldn't be fed to the mouth. People can't die at home, and there is no money at home to hire Langzhong. Yue Guogong was also kind-hearted, cut off his hand and drank some blood to the saint, and the disease was cured. ”

"Within two years, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the Duke of Yue Guogong moved out of our village. After Ma Youcai finished speaking, he took another sip of wine, "You say, why haven't I touched the saint?"

"Chance, who dares to carry a dying person home, if you can't save it, you will get into trouble. A stranger, you will save him with your own blood?" Qu Jie said with squinted eyes.

"yes, who knows who?" Ma Youcai was a little dumbfounded.