Chapter 31 Insert
"There are definitely rules. Just follow the rules for inviting gods. The main thing is..."
"Okay, I get it. What about this statue?"
“Nature is the image of the mountain.”
"size?"
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After settling down, Carpenter Zhao settled down in Yilan Village for the time being. He had to finish carving the statue before he could leave, so the things he had discussed with Xu Zhong had to be postponed temporarily until he finished the statue.
Xu Zhong was not in a hurry. After all, the Mountain God had just distributed the grain to plant, and he still had to help his brother-in-law's family cultivate the land.
There are so many people in their family staying at my brother-in-law's house, they can't eat for free.
In addition to the original land, they plan to open up some more wasteland.
Since sweet potato vines can be grown, you can plant as much as possible on as much land as possible.
They also need to prepare potatoes, corn, and some of their own grain seeds.
"Lord Mountain God, can we bring water from Huangshan Mountain to the village? The river in the village has dried up, and even drinking water has become a problem. I'm afraid it won't be enough for farming."
Yang Xiangwei: [Yes! But I suggest you wait until the statue is finished before going. 】
Thinking of the size of the statue, the village chief Wu Mu made some guesses and agreed obediently.
It doesn’t matter if we can’t go up the mountain to draw water for the time being, the land in the village can be turned over first.
The mountain god said that corn stalks can be eaten and sweet potato vines can be eaten and planted, so they have to try it too.
“Can this be eaten?”
The village head's wife looked at the corn stalks in disbelief.
This thing looks a lot like bamboo and is so hard to pinch, but it can actually be eaten?
"The mountain god said so. Can he lie to me?"
"That's impossible."
It was just a matter of using a few axes, so the village head's wife didn't think it was a hassle. She just watched her husband chop off a section, remove the leaves, and put one end into his mouth.
Very hard!
The first reaction of the Ebony Village Chief was that this thing was too hard and not easy to chew.
No wonder the mountain god said that this thing is suitable for feeding pigs and cows, and humans can eat it, but it is very difficult to chew. It is really difficult to chew.
But after chewing it a few more times, you will taste the flavor. The sweet juice, as if sugar was added, slowly flows out from the stems of the fruit.
The one with the shell was too hard. Village Chief Ebony tried several times but couldn't swallow it.
He spat out the skin and replaced it with the core in the middle.
The core is better. When it loses its taste after chewing it, it's like chewing hay. If there is too much of it, it will be difficult to swallow.
"How's it going?"
The village head's wife kept staring at him, watching him chewing for a long time and still chewing. She was a little confused. Could this thing be eaten?
The village chief Wumu spat it out and said, "It's too hard, like chewing wood chips, I can't swallow it."
The village chief's wife: "...Then why are you chewing for so long?"
"But the juice is delicious, sweet, like sugar water."
As he said this, the village chief of Ebony cut down everything and gave it to the village chief's wife.
The village chief's wife took a bite and chewed it, imitating his example.
It's true. At first, it does feel like chewing sugar water, but after chewing it for a while, the sweet taste is gone, and it's like chewing tasteless dirt. It's not easy to swallow.
It is not easy to swallow if you chew it in small bites.
But compared with the "edible" and "sweet juice", this flaw is not important at all. The village chief’s wife said that she had never tasted such sweet water in her life, and it was sweeter than water with sugar.
This thing works!
Just for this, you can cut some and take them home for your sons and grandchildren to taste.
There were only ten ears of corn, and they were quickly chopped down and the couple carried them home.
I met some villagers on the way home.
"Village Chief, why are you carrying this?"
"There's sweet juice in this stalk, just like sugar. Cut some and bring them home for your children to chew."
"Sweet juice?"
"Yes, it's sweet. But after chewing it for too long, the sweetness disappears and it becomes like wood chips. Don't you have ten sticks at home? If you find it troublesome, you can chop them down."
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Word spread quickly, and by then, all the corn stalks in every household had been cut down.
Someone stole someone else's cigarette and was rushed to the door of his house and cursed for the whole afternoon, saying "damn it, you gave birth to a son without an anus" and so on. The curses were as harsh as they could be.
The village chief's wife had to go and mediate.
"Well, stop scolding him. He's already eaten it all. When the corn is harvested this year, I'll ask him to compensate you with ten stalks of corn."
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Even Yang Xiangwei received the sweetest corn stalks the villagers had ever tasted.
Yang Xiangwei: “…”
Forget it, I’d rather chew sugarcane!
Although not available for the time being, Yang Xiangwei believes that when the village resumes planting and the number of believers increases, he will definitely be able to eat it.
Carpenter Zhao was given one because he was carving a statue of a god. It was as long as a child's arm, so he chewed it very carefully.
He thought the corn was simply amazing. The corn could fill his stomach and the stalks were sweet. I feel like this can be used to entertain guests during the Chinese New Year or other festivals.
The mountain god also said that this was used to feed pigs and cows. How "luxurious"!
"Aqiu..."
Yang Xiangwei sneezed, not knowing which villager was talking about her again.
They either pray to him for a good harvest today or pray to him for rain tomorrow, for the hens at home to lay more eggs, or for my daughter-in-law to give birth to a son...
Yang Xiangwei: “…”
Although I am omnipotent, you are already thinking about having a son when you can't even fill your stomach. Aren't you too hasty?
Oh, by the way, the hen laid eggs. Can you boil one for me?
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"Can this thing be inserted?"
The village chief's wife went to the fields with Village Chief Wu Mu again, but this time, not only did she follow them, but other people in the village who saw them running to the fields also followed them.
Watch silently what the couple is doing.
As Wumu, the village chief, used scissors to cut the sweet potato vines into sections, he said, "The mountain god said this, can he lie to me?"
"That's impossible."
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Because it was an experiment, the head of the Wumu Village did not cut too many trees. Instead, he picked out a dozen or so sections and asked his son to dig some semi-wet riverbed mud from the river. He then inserted the mud into the holes in the dug ground.
Oh, and he didn't forget to sprinkle some wood ash.
Villager: "Village chief, what are you doing?"
Village Chief Wumu: "Didn't the mountain god say that sweet potato vines can be planted? I'll try it first. If we can wait, and the village can get water, we can move directly."
The eyes of the villagers who had gathered around them lit up instantly.
In the next few days, they ran to the fields whenever they had nothing to do, just to see if the sweet potato vines planted by the village chief were alive.
When they discovered that the sweet potato vines were not completely dead, but seemed to be slowly recovering some vitality, they came more frequently.
On the other side, Carpenter Zhao's statue was finally carved.
A small hill of ten statues less than a foot high was placed on a long plate covered with red cloth and was sent to the mountain temple with great ceremony by the village chief Wumu.
Yang Xiangwei received the news first and came to consecrate the ceremony.
With a wave of his arm, the ashes in the incense burner flew into the air and were directly refined into golden powder, which evenly covered the statue.
I don’t know if it’s because there is too little gold powder or what, but the statue didn’t turn golden. There were just some faint golden dots flashing on the stone mountain, just like stars.
At the same time, the statue radiated dazzling golden light.
If you look at them again later, you will find that these statues seem to have become different, as if they have some divinity.
The village chief Wumu reflexively looked at the huge statue in the temple, which they had personally brought back from Mount Huangshan, and found that they were really "similar in spirit".
[I have consecrated it. You can take one with you when you go out, and you will be safer. 】
[Even if I cannot scare away all the monsters, I can still ensure that those below the Heavenly Rank escape unscathed. 】
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