The rickety old fisherman, wearing a patterned coir raincoat, drank two buckets of water in a row, and only wanted raw water, not boiled water, plus the discarded fish basket and mango shoes, and the old turtle swam away in the water.
The answer is actually self-evident.
Jiang Yue is a person who is very good at observing details. He found the old fisherman's strange coir raincoat with faint lines strange at first.
After seeing the lines on the old Fu Shui turtle's back clearly, Jiang Yue immediately understood what was going on.
Those dozens of words were probably left by the old turtle by borrowing the two buckets of water, right?
Others borrow flowers to offer to Buddha.
Is the old turtle borrowing water to offer words?
But--
The old turtle transformed into human form and spoke human language. Is this still the world of normal people? Even if today is Qingming Festival, that would be too sensational.
Returning to the old house, there was nothing missing in the house. The water character on the corridor, which had a strong imprint on it, mysteriously disappeared.
It was as if someone had used a dryer to dry it instantly, leaving no trace at all.
Knowing where these words came from, Jiang Yue naturally stopped worrying about where these words came from.
After going back and forth like this, the food got completely cold. Fortunately, the two brothers were also quite full.
In order to please Jiang Yue, Sangou put away the dishes and chopsticks very diligently.
After a while, the three dogs took care of everything inside and outside. It can be seen that if you are living in someone else's house, even if it is your sister-in-law's family, Sangou will definitely take care of a lot of work. With such a keen eye, he can't suffer any loss.
Jiang Yue was happy to enjoy the success, sitting back on the wicker chair and thinking about what happened today.
Since returning to Panshiling yesterday, Jiang Yue has always felt that something is wrong everywhere.
He couldn't tell exactly what was wrong at the moment.
If you really study all the things today, you could make up a supernatural story.
The birth mother falls into a dream, the photo frame falls to the ground, the female figure in a floral dress, the paper money is flammable, the head is found in the soup, the dragon and the tiger fight, the vermilion bird breaks its spine...
Now another old turtle has added his words.
The white tiger fights the blue dragon, and the heaven and the earth poke holes. Suzaku's spine is broken, and there are many troubles in the world...
These two prophecies are easy to understand literally, but when it comes to details, Jiang Yue feels that his ignorance limits his imagination.
He really couldn't understand, in a bright and peaceful world, why did he just poke a big hole? How big of a trouble could it cause?
A war?
An earthquake?
Or is it a plague, disease, or other natural disaster?
This is beyond the limit of Jiang Yue's imagination. After all, he has never written a novel online, and his imagination is not big enough to make any logical deductions.
but--
The land of right and wrong is full of right and wrong, so don’t stay too long.
This sentence is clear and vernacular, and the meaning is very clear. Is this a reminder for the two brothers to leave this place? Leaving Panshiling?
But what is the reason?
This is what Jiang Yue feels is wrong!
There must be something wrong that hasn't been noticed yet, and maybe this wrong thing is the reason why Lao Turtle reminded me to leave?
Jiang Yue felt that his mentality was about to explode.
Several times he pinched himself hard while Sangou wasn't paying attention. The burning pain reminded him that this was really not a dream.
"Second brother, have you noticed that there is something strange in our village." Jiang Yue was getting upset when Sangou moved his chair and came closer to him with a dazed voice.
The body was facing the back of the chair and he was doing it. His hands were just resting on the back of the chair, supporting his chin.
"What should I say?" Jiang Yue's heart moved.
Although Sangou is very nervous, this kid's brain circuit is unusual, and his observation ability is much better than that of ordinary people of his age. Maybe we can get some clues from his perspective?
"There are very few people in the village this year. Do you think it's strange? I came back in the morning and walked into the village all the way, but I didn't see a single soul. In previous years during the Qingming Festival, even if it rained, I would go to Dajin Mountain to sweep the tombs, but I wouldn't encounter a few groups of people? Throughout the whole day today, apart from my second brother, I met that old fisherman, who is from another place."
Panshiling was originally a small mountain village with a remote location. For decades, it only had 20 or 30 households. In the past two decades, the number of indigenous people has indeed become smaller and smaller, and almost all those who can relocate have moved elsewhere.
Strictly speaking, even Jiang Yue is not a landowner, but a city dweller returning to his hometown.
But even so, there are still some left-behind elderly people.
There are left-behind elderly people, and their children and descendants. It’s impossible not to come back and see them on a day like Qingming Festival, right?
Panshiling has always attached great importance to the tradition of Qingming Festival and Sweeping Ceremony, so there is no reason why we should not see any of it.
The more Jiang Yue thought about it, the more hairy he became.
Thinking back carefully, he returned to Panshiling yesterday evening. Until now, he had never seen a single person, not even heard a dog barking.
Panshiling has been spreading its branches and leaves from generation to generation. Even if they are scattered all over the place, there won’t be anyone who returns to their hometown to pay tribute during the Qingming Festival, right?
As for the old fish seller, there are still two opinions.
So……
Where are people?
It's really scary to think about the details like this.
Although the road at the entrance of the courtyard is not the main road in the village, it is still a commonly traveled road. For most of the day, except for the footprints of Sangou and his, there were no other fresh footprints at all!
The mountain road to Dajin Mountain from Jiuli Pavilion was covered with thorns, and there were obviously no signs of being opened. In other words, at least before they went there, no one in the village had gone to Dajin Mountain to worship!
This is obviously not normal!
You know, whenever the entire Panshiling ancestors pass away, except for those who died in a foreign country, or who were too immoral to enter their ancestors' graves, the rest are basically buried in Dajin Mountain.
It is no exaggeration to say that the ancestors of Panshiling people sleeping in Dajin Mountain are several times more than the current population of Panshiling.
On the day of Tomb Sweeping Day, no one went to Dajin Mountain to pay homage?
Is it weird?
Is it bizarre?
Jiang Yue shuddered when he thought of the deserted place.
"Sangou, let's go back to Star City."
I gave up all the leftovers, stuffed a few pieces of clothing into my backpack, and traveled light.
The family photo was also carefully put into his backpack by Jiang Yue.
The Iron General guards the gate, guarding against gentlemen but not villains.
Of course, apart from some bulky old furniture, some pots and bowls, and hundreds of briquettes, there was nothing worth stealing in the old house.
Obviously there is no direct bus from Panshiling back to the city. We have to walk six or seven miles to the west side of Dajin Mountain. There is a two-lane winding road there and a platform has been built along the way.
It is said to be a platform, but in fact there is only one bus a day. It departs from a town more than 20 kilometers away at two o'clock every afternoon and passes this so-called shuttle platform on the west side of Dajin Mountain at about 2:30. Under normal circumstances, we can't take half-passengers, of course, there will be a few scattered tourists occasionally.
Brothers like Jiang Yue are such individual travelers.
The shuttle bus arrived at the west platform of Dajin Mountain at about 2:30, so we rushed there now, there was still plenty of time.
The two brothers hurried to the platform, a quarter of an hour before two-thirty.
The platform was very simple, with a street sign erected on the edge and a long stone slab for sitting. No protection from the wind, no protection from the rain. On a rainy day like this, naturally you can't sit down.
Although it is an urban-rural shuttle bus, it is still on time.
The shuttle driver saw someone waving and stepped on the brakes to stop.
"Go to Star City, one person is twenty-five."
The driver didn't even turn his head, with a standard bus driver's face.
Jiang Yue didn't expect to have any kind of VIP luxury experience on the urban-rural shuttle bus. The driver's facial expression didn't affect his ride. And after going through this nightmare day, I finally saw a car full of friendly people.
Jiang Yue didn't think much and raised his feet to get in the car.
As soon as he stepped on one foot, the three dogs behind him were holding Jiang Yue back.
"Second brother, why don't we wait for another car."
The three dogs, who had always been wild, looked a little pale, and there was a faint look of fear in their eyes.
Even though the bus driver didn't even look at them, his ears were very good. After hearing Sangou say that he would wait for another bus, he thought it was too expensive and felt impatient.
I closed the door with a bang, stepped on the accelerator, and the bus sped away.
"Silly bird! There's only one bus a day, why wait any longer? I'll still take my bus tomorrow. Let's see how long you can wait."
Jiang Yue didn't expect the bus driver to be so arrogant and leave as soon as he disagreed.
"Sangou, didn't you know there was only one bus a day?"
Sangou murmured nothing, looking a little dazed.
"uncomfortable?"
Sangou shook his head: "Second brother, you are not allowed in that car!"
