Time flies, two years have passed.
The land owned by Liu Ergou in Yaoqiao Village had been sold as early as his father's generation.
His family was an honest banker. Father Liu was in his middle age. For some reason, he got addicted to gambling and was seduced into the trap. Later, it was a classic selling house and land, and he was planning to sell it. Wife and son.
Fortunately, fortunately, when he reached the third step, he fell drunkenly on the field ridge, twisted his neck, and left like that.
When someone's father dies, they will naturally cry and be very sad, but Ergou's family is very happy.
Twelve-year-old Liu Ergou and his mother Tian rented acres of land from a wealthy family to farm, and they also worked part-time as part-time workers, doing some dirty work, and finally survived.
In recent years, Liu Ergou has become older and older. Although he still has no money or shame to find someone to marry and marry a wife, he still has some progress.
Not only did he learn good farming skills during these years of hard work, but he could also go up the mountain to catch rabbits, pheasants, deer deer, etc. from time to time to supplement the family income.
"It's been a tiring day. Let's take a rest after dinner today and don't go to the mountains to set traps again."
Mrs. Tian watched her son enter the door with distress. Seeing that the young man in his twenties already looked like he was getting old before his time, he wiped his tears.
After a fall last winter, her legs and feet were not very flexible, and the pain was excruciating, especially on rainy days.
Therefore, there is no way to wash and starch shirts for wealthy families, so the livelihood depends entirely on my old son.
Now the family is poor, and the son in his twenties looks as tired as he is forty. In a few years, even if the family becomes rich, it will be difficult for him to find a wife.
"It's all my fault for my mother's incompetence, and it's all my fault for that damn daddy."
While Tian was talking, he cooked some brown rice porridge and served a bowl of wild vegetables without any oily smell. The mother and son drank with satisfaction as the skylight outside the house did not dim completely.
Being able to have rice porridge to eat every day is actually a very happy thing.
“Mom, I listen to you and won’t go there tonight.
I'm very lucky today. I picked up a few good medicinal plants, and I happen to recognize them. I'll go find Shopkeeper Wang early tomorrow morning, and I should be able to sell them at a good price.
Otherwise, we can also follow the example of the neighboring village and go to the Dongtou River to pay homage to Erlang Zhenjun, and maybe it will work on time. "
Ergou was very excited. He couldn't think too long-term. Just live today well.
"Did you secretly go to worship Lord Erlang? No one discovered you, right?"
Tian immediately became nervous and looked up at the back of the house, which was Jinshan Temple.
It's not that I can't worship Erlang Zhenjun. In fact, I occasionally hear people talk about it, and it's quite effective.
However, in Zhenjiang, most people here believe in Buddhism, and the monks of Jinshan Temple have great prestige. In some cases, they can speak better than the Zhenjiang government.
If people knew that his son worshiped Lord Erlang and offered incense, no one would dare to do anything on the surface, but secretly, someone would target him, and he might be in bad luck.
"If you find something, you will find it. As long as it can benefit us and let our family live a good life, the children will not be afraid of anything."
Liu Ergou said with a naive smile.
Although Erlang Zhenjun Temple will not respond to every request, it will occasionally provide some benefits to poor people who cannot survive.
For example, this afternoon, Liu Ergou had the shadow of Zhenjun Erlang flashing through his mind, and he vaguely knew that there were medicinal herbs ahead. As a result, he found a good Ganoderma lucidum.
Although he couldn't tell the specific year, he could probably estimate that this medicinal material was worth at least five taels of silver. He should save some money. In the past year and a half, he would have been starved to death if he didn't work. This life has made progress. .
Even when he was drinking porridge, Liu Ergou felt like drinking wine, and he became a bit tougher when he spoke.
"Is there anything good going on with my son?"
As the saying goes, a wise child is like a mother, and Liu Ergou was not a person who could hide his emotions. Tian knew something was wrong at a glance.
Perhaps, the few good medicinal plants mentioned by his son are not ordinary. Seeing how seriously he found the clean clothes in the house and wrapped them carefully, even the soil on the medicinal herbs, I am afraid that this thing is really unusual. .
"Did Zhenjun Erlang help you?" Tian Shi began to ask again worriedly.
In other words, after all the times she went to Jinshan Temple, she never heard a single response from the gods and Buddhas, and now she felt a little envious.
Maybe, my son did the right thing.
Liu Ergou just grinned. He didn't know how to explain to his mother. The feeling coming from his mind seemed like someone was talking, but also like a delusion.
Telling the truth, I can't help but think that I am possessed by evil spirits.
"Anyway, you just have to believe me." Liu Ergou said, his expression suddenly changed.
"No, Zhenjiang is going to be flooded. Go up the mountain, go up to Jinshan... Hurry up, mother, look at what valuable things we have at home, pick them all up, and I will carry you up the mountain."
"this late."
Mr. Tian looked at his child as if he was crazy, feeling a little embarrassed.
"It's fine and it hasn't rained, so how could it be flooded? Besides, our house is far away from the river, and the terrain is quite high. If Mr. Huang's fields were flooded, they wouldn't be able to get here."
"It's true, Grandpa Erlang has made it very clear that he will get angry.
Anyway, it is right to believe in him. He is not a god after death, but a living god. His reputation in Hangzhou is also very good, and he will never lie to others. "
Liu Ergou was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He walked around the room and did not forget to find some copper coins.
Then he stuffed the Ganoderma lucidum and medicinal herbs collected today into his arms and hid them carefully. Regardless of my mother's objection, he urged her to pack her things, packed a package, and ran towards the back mountain with my mother on her back.
At this time, it was already dark. Fortunately, there were people holding torches along the road, and a long queue was walking up the mountain.
I met a few people on the road and said hello to him: "Isn't this Ergou? You also got the news, take me up the mountain?
It seems that I am not the only one who has received the news and does not know whether it is true or false. "
The man next to him had quick legs and said with a sad face: "It's a pity that my old man is very stubborn. He doesn't believe it. He can't drag it away and can't carry it. No, I have to take the family up the mountain by myself."
"It is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist. Even if there is no flood, it is just a trip in vain and there is not much loss. If it is true, if you don't believe it, there will really be a big problem. "
An old man said in a deep voice, holding a cane and slowly climbing up the slope with the support of his granddaughter.
Everyone recognized that this was the teacher from the east end of Yaoqiao Village.
Even he ran up the mountain overnight, I'm afraid I really have to believe this.
However, Yaoqiao is a big village, with hundreds of households and thousands of people. Just a few dozen people rushed up the mountain, and no one else moved. If this is true, then...
Everyone hoped that the flood would be real, but they were also afraid that it would be real.
More importantly, they still feel sorry for their own houses and fields. They are so worried that some people cry loudly while climbing the mountain. It seems that they are very heartbroken.
Everyone naturally has their own judgment on whether they believe in God or not. The master also said that if he didn't say anything, his strange power would confuse the gods. Didn't Li Xiucai follow him up the mountain?
So, you really can’t persuade others about this kind of thing. If you try to persuade others, they might treat you as a fool.
Everyone has their own thoughts and it is difficult to change them.
Whether he will go up the mountain overnight depends on the status of Erlang Zhenjun in other people's hearts and whether they are afraid of death.
Of course, for those people who had never gone to the temple of Erlang Zhenjun in the east of the village to offer incense, they could not hear the message at all, and they could not believe it.
The disaster information obtained from other people's mouths is another layer apart.
It is also inevitable to be skeptical and to take chances.
Climbing until midnight, we saw that we were almost at the top of the mountain. Liu Ergou was sitting on the ground to rest for the fifth time.
Looking back, I saw torches all over the mountains and plains, stretching for ten miles from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain.
It can't be seen clearly any further away.
Come to think of it, Erlang Zhenjun played a big game this time. He not only notified these people in Yaoqiao Village, but even notified all the villages and towns around Zhenjiang.
Overnight, countless people from all over the country poured into the mountains and forests and climbed to high altitudes.
For such a huge mountain range, these people are naturally insignificant and inconspicuous.
However, at night, it was still shocking to see the vague and endless flow of people.
At this time, Liu Ergou was extremely lucky that he did not hesitate.
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