The door opened, revealing a sixty-year-old woman. Under the old woman's sharp gaze, Su Niang gritted her teeth and asked for fire. To avoid taking someone's property for nothing, Su Niang handed the old woman a large, clean fish, indicating that she wasn't taking it for nothing and that they could exchange it.
The old woman waved her hands repeatedly, not trying to take the fish, which weighed more than a pound, from Suniang's hand. She took out a half-used box of matches from her pocket, stuffed it into Suniang's pocket, and closed the door.
Su Niang thought that the other party was embarrassed to take her fish, so she stopped being polite and went up the mountain happily with a basket of fish in one hand and matches in the other.
Within an hour, everyone in Xiushui Village, except Li Wangcai and his mother, knew that Li Wangcai's wife had gone crazy after recovering from her injuries.
People in Xiushui Village don't eat fish. They think that fish not only has a fishy smell, but is also protected by the mountain goddess.
I don’t know how many generations ago, but one year there was a locust plague and the crops in the fields failed. A family in Xiushui Village was so hungry that they went to the river to catch fish to eat. As a result, all five members of the family had fish bones stuck in their throats and died.
The wizard invited by the village head from outside the mountain said that the fish in the Xiushui River were raised by the Mountain Goddess for viewing. That family caught the Mountain Goddess's fish to eat without her consent, and the Mountain Goddess was angry, so all the fish died.
Since then, no one in Xiushui Village dared to eat fish from the river. Not only the villagers in Xiushui Village, but also the villagers in the surrounding area did not eat fish. This is why Suniang could see so many fish in the river.
When Su Niang went fishing, a few villagers passing by saw her. They didn't know Su Niang was catching fish to eat, so they kept silent. Li Chenshi had a bad reputation in Xiushui Village, known for being a shrew and a scoundrel.
A few days ago, after Su Niang rolled down the hillside, the villager who sent Su Niang home was in bad luck. Li Chenshi ran to the villager's house, caught an old hen, and poured a few pounds of white flour, saying that he asked his family to do a good deed and that since they saved Su Niang, they should give her something to replenish her body.
The villagers who had rescued the man were furious and ranted at home, cursing Li Wangcai and his mother. But they were afraid of Li Wangcai's butcher knife and didn't dare go to Li Wangcai's house to ask for the old hen and flour that Li Chen had taken. Li Chen was known for playing the pitiful role, and Li Wangcai was a filial son. After a few words from Li Chen, Li Wangcai dared to bring the butchered pig to their home to fight.
The result was predictable. Su Niang lay unconscious in bed for two days, without even a sip of water. Several pounds of flour and two old hens went into the stomachs of Li Wangcai and his son. Li Chenshi was no fool; taking other people's food and eating it up as quickly as possible was her usual practice.
This time, seeing Su Niang catching fish in the river, the villagers decided to turn a deaf ear and dumb. Everyone was afraid of the rogue nature of Li Wangcai and his mother. Although Su Niang was pitiful, how could she be more pitiful than the white flour and old hens in her family?
Seeing that Su Niang, who had always been a bully, not only did not wash the clothes today, but also threw the clothes by the river, he himself was busy catching some fish.
So, when Su Niang carried the fish up the mountain, the rumor that Su Niang was seeking death from the mountain goddess spread throughout Xiushui Village.
Su Niang didn't know that she had become the "madman" of Xiushui Village. She happily enjoyed a "grilled fish feast" on the mountain.
The fish from the Xiushui River was delicious and had a hint of saltiness, which delighted Su Niang, who had forgotten to bring salt. She had been prepared for a fishy and tasteless grilled fish meal, but it turned out to be unexpectedly perfect.
After eating a few delicious grilled fish, Suniang felt a warm current in her stomach. This warm current drilled in her body and finally drilled into her lower abdomen. Suniang could not help but fall to the ground and made a strange pose.
A trace of cool air flowed along Su Niang's skin and entered her body. These cool air swirled around in her body, and finally, like the heat flow, they also gathered in Su Niang's dantian. Don't ask Su Niang how she knew that was the dantian. Her mind inexplicably had more terms and a name for this cool air: spiritual energy.
The speed at which the spiritual energy entered Su Niang's body became faster and faster, and finally formed a vortex, which continuously pulled the spiritual energy around the hill into Su Niang's body. Su Niang's body was like a vast ocean, and it could accommodate any amount of spiritual energy.
The villagers outside the mountain did not know that there was a Su Niang practicing on the mountain. They saw gusts of wind blowing towards the mountain. The whistling wind blew up the thatched roofs of many houses and also blew away the dried vegetables and other things that were drying in the yard.
The Mountain Goddess is angry! This was the only thought in the minds of the villagers of Xiushui Village, and they all hid in their homes and trembled.
Su Niang, who was regarded as the instigator of the "anger of the mountain goddess", knew nothing about this.
After an unknown amount of time, the speed at which the spiritual energy entered Su Niang's body gradually slowed down. When the spiritual energy entered her body as naturally as breathing, Su Niang finally opened her eyes from her trance.
At this moment, Su Niang's temperament changed drastically. The timid and submissive look she had a few hours ago was no longer on her face. Her eyes were like the cold stars in the sky, sharp and cold.
Su Niang stood up and stretched. After a while, her bones crackled like sugar-fried beans. Su Niang felt that she was full of strength. At this time, Su Niang was confident that she could knock Li Wangcai, who hit her, away with one punch.
Seeing a few unroasted fish still in the basket beside her, Suniang glanced at the dying fire, rekindled it, and happily began to enjoy her "grilled fish feast." She decided that after she had eaten her fill, she would return to take revenge on the mother and son. She would not let the person who had assaulted her go unpunished.
The sky gradually brightened. After eating the fish, Su Niang realized that she had spent the whole night in the mountains without realizing it.
Su Niang's eyes can see no differently in the dark than in the daytime, so she ignored the issue of the sky color.
No, I wasn’t like this before! Su Niang was shocked.
What was she like in the past? Su Niang tried hard to think about it, but her mind was blank.
Forget it, let’s think about it later! After comforting herself, Su Niang cleaned up the fire on the ground, picked up the empty basket on the ground, and walked down the mountain.
After she had eaten her fill, Su Niang had time to walk and look at the surroundings. The mountain she was standing on was a small hill. In her memory, this mountain was called Lingshan, and it was connected to the other mountains behind it.
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