Chapter 7: Mountain Goddess
Wang stroked Xu Nian's head again and again, muttering to herself:
"The ancestor has passed down a command, the diamonds are lined up on both sides, the thousand-mile soul-binding disease, quickly return to your true nature, Nian'er Nian'er is back."
Originally Xu Nian was just pretending, and he woke up following Wang's actions.
Tian said happily: "Mom, wake up, wake up, your trick is really effective."
Wang said proudly: "How many children in the village have had nightmares cured by this method."
"Mom is awesome."
Xu Nian looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were becoming more and more excited as they talked, and she was speechless in her heart, as her part was not over yet.
Xu Nian pinched his thigh hard, and his eyes instantly turned red in pain.
"Grandma, mother, I dreamed of the mountain goddess."
"What?" Wang asked in shock.
"The mountain goddess said that my blood protected the creatures in the mountain from disaster. In return, she restored my memory and prepared several gifts for me."
Xu Nian swallowed guiltily and continued to talk nonsense: "One of the gifts is on the top of this slope. As for the others, the mountain goddess was about to say it when I woke up."
Tian was shocked when she heard this, wondering if her son Nian'er's illness had gotten even worse.
On the contrary, Wang believed it without a doubt and at the same time felt regretful. Why was she so rude? She didn't say it earlier or later, but she had to say it when the mountain goddess was talking to the eldest maid.
The reason why Wang believed Xu Nian's words so much was because Dahe Village had the custom of worshiping the mountain god.
It is said that one year there was a severe drought in Qingyun City, and there were starving people everywhere, to the point where people had to eat anything they could find.
A fifteen-year-old child picked up a chick that had just hatched from its shell. The child couldn't bear to eat it, so he secretly released the chick.
Who knew that the chick was actually the incarnation of the mountain god. In order to repay the child, the mountain god sent down a rain and saved all the people in Qingyun City.
Almost everyone in Qingyun City knew about this rumor. Of course, Xu Nian had also heard of it, so this happened.
When Wang mentioned this rumor, Tian covered her mouth and murmured, "That child finally became the top scholar. Doesn't that mean our Nian'er will also have great luck..."
Xu Nian twitched her lips. Her mother was really bold!
Wang didn't care about so many things. She was just thinking about what the treasure given by the Mountain Goddess was.
While everyone in the village was fast asleep, Wang took Xu Nian and walked up the mountain. Although Tian also wanted to go with them, she listened to Wang and stayed.
The grandfather and grandson pretended to get up at night and swaggered into the mountain.
Xu Nian took Wang to the destination along the route they had taken during the day. Because Xu Nian was a road idiot, she did not hide the things very far away, and the two of them stopped after walking less than 300 meters.
Xu Nian pointed at the crooked tree and said to Wang: "Grandma, I remember the mountain goddess in my dream was talking about this place. I wonder what's in it."
Wang took Xu Nian and walked over. Under the moonlight, they saw dense vines from the bottom of the tree to the top of the tree. They didn't know what kind of plants they were.
It is precisely because we don’t know each other that it seems more mysterious.
"Big girl, don't you think this is a gift from the Mountain Goddess?"
Xu Nian looked at the vine that Wang was pointing at, his face full of black lines. She decided to give him some hints.
Xu Nian took two steps forward, pointed to a place and exclaimed in a low voice: "Grandma, there really is something here."
Wang ran over quickly, pulled aside the vines, and indeed saw two objects.
Wang picked it up and was about to touch it with her fingers when Xu Nian grabbed her hand.
"Grandma, the mountain goddess said these are two kinds of farm tools, one is called an iron shovel, and the other is called a sickle. Both have sharp blades and are very sharp."
Wang nodded with a lingering fear, "Grandma, don't touch it anymore, let's take it back quickly.
You know what, the mountain goddess is quite generous. How much is such good iron worth? "
Of course Xu Nian would not explain that it was made of stainless steel.
"Big girl, what else did the Mountain Goddess say to you?"
"Nothing. By the way, grandma, the mountain goddess said that only my family can know about the gift. If outsiders know about it, she will punish the descendants of the Xu family."
"Ouch!" Wang's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Xu Nian was holding her.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Big girl, if you dream about the Mountain Goddess again tonight, you must tell her this. No one except our family will know about it."
Xu Nian agreed.
When the two of them returned, Tian was still awake. Wang hid the things under the bag on the cart and did not let Tian see them.
"Let's go to bed and talk about this tomorrow."
Xu Nian solved his big problem and slept soundly without any worries. But Wang and Tian, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, had a hard time as they tossed and turned all night without sleep.
On the second day, before daybreak, Wang called up her sons and daughters-in-law.
"Old lady, we are all tired from walking on the mountain today. Why don't you let everyone sleep a little longer?"
Wang ignored Old Man Xu and asked everyone to sit together and cover their mouths with their hands.
No one else understood what she meant, only Tian did as she was told. Only after Wang asked again did everyone cover their mouths with their hands.
Only then did Wang tell the story in a mysterious and soft voice about what happened last night.
As if to prove that what her mother-in-law said was true, Tian nodded repeatedly.
Wang then quietly took out the hidden iron shovel and sickle.
"These are the sacred objects given by the mountain goddess. They are said to be two kinds of farming tools. I can't remember what they are called. You can ask the eldest girl."
Everyone in the Xu family was amazed to hear this. Xu Yaozu, who was originally skeptical, had to believe it after looking at the two objects in front of him.
Because the Sheng Dynasty could not produce such sophisticated ironware, even the Yanyang Kingdom, which was good at manufacturing, could not produce it.
Old Man Xu was shaking with joy. May God bless his Xu family!
Then Wang repeated what Xu Nian had said.
"This matter only needs to be known to our family members. It must not be spread to others, otherwise the mountain goddess will bring down heavenly punishment on the descendants of the Xu family."
Before anyone else could express their opinions, Zheng nodded repeatedly out of fear. Her two sons were her lifeblood, so she would definitely keep her mouth shut.
Even though everyone had expressed their opinions, in the end Old Man Xu still made everyone in the Xu family swear an oath. It was not because the old man was cruel, but this matter concerned the future generations of the Xu family and he could not take it lightly.
After discussion, the Xu family decided that in order to make the appearance of the two objects appear reasonable, they should take them out of the carriage when it was thrown today.
If anyone asked where it came from, he would say that Xu Yaozu bought it from the provincial capital.
After everything was discussed, it was already dawn and most of the troops began to get up and prepare to set off.
After breakfast, the Xu family members acted according to their plan.
When Old Man Xu took out the items from the donkey cart one by one and sorted them out, the shovel and sickle instantly caught Xu Ji's attention.
He couldn't help but wonder when these two things appeared in his house. Although he was puzzled, he did not say anything. Instead, the villagers nearby asked the question in his mind.
Old Man Xu responded to all the questions as he had said before, and the villagers had no doubts because the Xu family was well-off enough to buy two pieces of ironware.
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