"Really? People here like eating chicken so much?" When chicken was mentioned, Lu Xiaoyao remembered that Mingmei had brought a roasted chicken up the mountain as a tribute.
"Is it because the Mountain God likes to eat chicken that everyone eats chicken?" Thinking this, Lu Xiaoyao voiced her thoughts, only to be met with a puzzled look from the woman.
"Mountain God... I've heard from the older generation that you like fresh fruits and incense, but I've never heard that you like to eat meat."
"From what you're saying, Auntie, it seems you... don't really believe in the mountain god?"
At this moment, Mu Chen interjected.
"How could that be? Of course we should worship the Mountain God. This has been passed down from generation to generation in the village. Although there have been some unfilial people in the past... Ah, let's not talk about those. Let's talk about us. We believers can't bother the Mountain God every time we have a problem, can we?"
"The mountain god has blessed us with favorable weather and abundant harvests. We've never gone hungry during years of famine or disaster; that's truly remarkable. There's no need to keep troubling you, sir. You...get tired too, and there must be times when you don't want to do anything, right?"
The woman said softly, "Even gods have their limitations."
"But I've heard many people in the village say that if they have any problems, they should go to the Mountain God, because the Mountain God is always there to grant their requests."
At this point, Julian also realized that what this family was saying seemed to be quite different from what the other villagers were saying.
"How do you mean you'll always be there for someone in need? It depends on the situation. Take the Zhang couple at the village entrance, for example. Their child was so young when the family lost sight of him and he ran into the road and was hit and killed by a passing vehicle."
The car fled the scene because no one saw it, and it wasn't until much later that they discovered the child's body was already cold. His wife keeps saying she'll go and beg the mountain god to return the child. Tell me, how do you think the mountain god will grant that request?
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