Later, Wu Yuan successfully persuaded his sister-in-law, and the two brothers, a total of twelve people, moved from the Dongting Lake to settle in Sichuan.
It is about two thousand miles to migrate from the Dongting Lake in Hunan to the Fujiang area in eastern Sichuan. To the ancients, it was really far away!
Moreover, ancient times were no better than modern society. Even in peaceful times, traveling far away in ancient times was extremely dangerous...it was easy to encounter various bandits and insurrectionists. There are also high travel costs.
Fortunately, the two brothers Wu Shi and Wu Yuan were not ordinary people. As folk practitioners "Mr. Yin and Yang" and possessing Taoist magic methods, they basically did not have to worry about safety issues.
As for travel expenses... you can earn money along the way!
The two brothers who embarked on the westward journey finally arrived in Lianghe Town under the jurisdiction of Fubei County in eastern Sichuan in the eleventh year of Yongzheng (1733).
At the ferry terminal in Lianghe Town, Wu Yuan looked at the ships and cargo passing by and nodded with satisfaction.
"This place is nice, with dragons and tigers crouching, turtles and snakes entwining themselves for life. It's a treasure of Feng Shui. No wonder a small town can prosper relying on the Fujiang River flowing outside the town."
Wu Shi asked him.
"Brother, let's settle here then?"
Wu Yuan spread his hands.
"Brother, I asked just now that we don't have enough money to settle in the town for the time being. Moreover, the land allocated by the government to such a place with a large population will not be very good. What's more..."
He suddenly lowered his voice.
"I roughly calculated that Lianghe Town is an important transportation road connecting Yucheng in eastern Sichuan and Chengdu. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Once the world changes, I am afraid we will bear the brunt. Otherwise, we will go upstream and go into the mountains. Let’s go, this will not only allow the government to share more of our fertile land, but it will also be safer.”
Wu Shi nodded.
"Okay, I'm stupid anyway, I will listen to you, brother... and my wife on these matters."
Okay!
As expected, he is a henpecked "raked ear", very suitable for Sichuan and Chongqing.
So the brothers took their families upstream and into the mountains. I walked and searched all the way, and finally stopped in front of a big banyan tree.
Wu Yuan looked at the large banyan tree with lush branches and clapped his hands with satisfaction.
"Brother, I think this place is good. Sister-in-law, what do you think?"
He knew that his sister-in-law usually took charge of this kind of "housework". Apart from practicing, my eldest brother is not interested in anything else...
Wu Shi's wife smiled.
"My uncle is proficient in Feng Shui and numerology. If you say this place is good, it must be good. Just listen to my uncle."
So, the brothers used this big banyan tree as a mark to build houses, open up wasteland, and cultivate fields in a narrow mountain valley not far from it...
As generations of descendants reproduced, it gradually became the current "Wujiacun".
After listening to my dad’s story about the ancestors of Wujiacun, I actually felt a little disappointed.
Because, it feels a bit bland!
I originally thought that in ancient times hundreds of years ago, this kind of long-distance migration road involving families and people traveling two thousand miles... would definitely be full of all kinds of legendary adventures. You will definitely encounter various dangers on the road, and there will be various exciting stories passed down.
In particular, these two ancestors of Wujiacun are also folk practitioners "Mr. Yin and Yang"!
Aren't there many stories about catching ghosts and subduing demons?
But there seems to be none.
I don’t know if it really went that smoothly, or if it was forgotten by generations of descendants and not passed down.
After all, since Wu Shi and Wu Yuan, the two ancestors of Wujia Village who "established the village", it has not been heard that the Wu family has any practitioners...even the so-called "eating people's food" as a profession. No more.
I scratched my head.
"Dad, are these the stories of our ancestors?"
My dad probably saw that I was a little disappointed and laughed and cursed.
"You brat, how powerful do you think our ancestors are? To put it a bit disrespectfully, if the two ancestors were really that powerful, our Wujia Village wouldn't have been farming in this mountain far away from human habitation for hundreds of years. ”
My second dad also thought it made sense and nodded.
"Xiao Chong, your father is right. The two ancestors of the Wu family may only know some magic techniques, but they are not too powerful. Otherwise, there must be some secret books left behind."
After a pause, he smiled again.
"But in the story that the elder brother told just now, the judgment of ancestor Wu Yuan was really right. Our Wu family village has been farming peacefully in the mountains for generations, no matter the dynasties change outside, or the war is chaotic. Even if it turns into a pot of porridge, our village is safe and stable. Yes, we haven’t suffered any military disaster in hundreds of years! This is amazing.”
really……
Being able to perfectly avoid the great melee in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, as well as some problems in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it seems that the ancestor Wu Yuan was really proficient in the art of numerology! And he also has a very accurate perspective on problems.
I just don’t know, did the ancestor Wu Yuan calculate that one of his descendants would also embark on the path of spiritual practice hundreds of years later?
It must not be calculated.
My master said that the art of divination is a very "useless" method among many spiritual practices. Not only is it of little practical use, it also consumes a lot of your own mind and soul.
Most people who are proficient in fortune telling do not live long. Just because it consumes too much.
In fact, even if you know something about the future, it is not 100% fixed - the future is a river, and although you know the general direction of the river, the details may change due to many complex factors.
The river may even "change its course" due to major changes!
In such an unpredictable situation, what's the use of having a rough idea?
It is better to ignore it and attribute all the great power to yourself.
Just push everything horizontally!
My master's personality, I guess she is not very keen on this aspect. So much so that I don't care too much.
After dinner, my second father persuaded us to stay at his house overnight, saying that my house had been unoccupied for too long and must be very dirty.
My dad "smugly" described my "feat" of cleaning up in three minutes, which surprised my second dad. I was clamoring to go take a look and open my eyes.
really!
When he stood in my house, looking at the clean and tidy yard and rooms, he was amazed.
"Xiao Zhong's method is really unbelievable. I'm afraid he is even more powerful than Qin Xiangu! It's better to be better than someone who is good at it."
After all, outsiders don’t understand. They just feel that my master has not shown too much power in front of the villagers. It's not as direct as my spell.
Just like the farmers in ancient times, they could only imagine that the emperor used golden hoes to cultivate the land.
Of course I couldn't ridicule my second father, I could only quickly shake my head and say it was still far from enough.
After I insisted on sending my second dad home, I came back and said good night to my parents and went to bed.
Listening to the two of them snoring slightly in the next room, I sat up from the bed and jumped up, startling Madoka who was sleeping like a human next to me.
"Wu boy, what are you doing at night? You want to scare me out of a heart attack."
"After all, you are very close to a [Demon King] level monster. You only know how to eat and sleep every day, which is a disgrace to monsters. Let's go! While there is no one around at night, let's go take a closer look at the big tree at the end of the village. Banyan tree. When I returned to the village this time, I always felt that the big banyan tree was a bit, a bit..."
I don’t know how to describe it, but my intuition tells me that I should study it!
