"Boss, people from the big company down the mountain are here!"
Lijiazhai was not small. After entering the village entrance, they walked for a while before arriving at the headman’s house in the middle of the village.
"Come in!"
An old voice sounded from the yard, and then the door was opened, and an old man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties with wrinkles on his head walked out.
The old man glanced at everyone, and his cloudy eyes suddenly brightened.
"It's raining so hard, come in quickly, come in quickly!"
The old man warmly invited everyone in.
In the house, several children looked at everyone curiously. An old lady was preparing oil tea. Chen Xiaobao led everyone in.
"Dear guests, have some tea, have some tea!"
The old lady enthusiastically served tea to Chen Xiaobao and the others.
After returning to the village, the young men who followed Li Sangyi left.
Even Li Sangyi just shouted outside the door. After seeing Chen Xiaobao and the others go in, Li Sangyi also left.
Chen Xiaobao was a little puzzled. Wasn't Li Sangyi the chief's son? Why didn't he live with the chief?
However, it is also possible that Li Sangyi has already established a family and got married, so the family was separated. Chen Xiaobao is not sure whether there is a custom of separating the family here.
"Master Li, we came here in a hurry and didn't prepare any gifts. These are just a token of our appreciation!"
Chen Xiaobao politely asked the driver to take out some gifts he bought in town, which were nothing more than some milk, snacks and the like.
There isn't much to buy in town.
"This young man is too polite. Your company is helping the village to get rich, and we want to thank you. How can we accept your gift?"
Mr. Li was very polite. After refusing for a while, he accepted the thing reluctantly.
"Boss, this is our Dongsheng Group's expert Chen, Chen Xiaobao. He can fully represent the company and sign a contract with you. If you have any requirements, you can directly raise them!"
Bai Xiaoli quickly introduced Chen Xiaobao's identity to Tou Ren Li.
"It turns out to be Expert Chen. Really young!" Headman Li looked at Chen Xiaobao carefully and nodded with satisfaction. "I don't know much about the contract either. It's too late now. I'll gather the young people in the village after the funeral tomorrow morning to see if anyone has any objections. If not, we'll sign the contract!"
"Let's eat first, and then we can take a rest!"
Without further ado, Tou Ren Li asked the old lady to cook. Soon, some special foods from Yunnan and Guizhou were brought over, and the old village chief even opened a jar of wine.
Everyone ate and drank, dispelling the slight chill brought by the heavy rain.
"Mr. Chen, don't get drunk and don't sleep too deeply at night!"
After eating and drinking for a while, Li Dayong suddenly moved to Chen Xiaobao's side and spoke in a low voice.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Xiaobao frowned and asked in a low voice.
"Lijiazhai is actually not very auspicious. I told Mr. Chen about this before, but he didn't quite believe it!" said Li Dayong. The Mr. Chen he referred to was Chen Ziyue.
"Unlucky? What do you mean?"
Chen Xiaobao felt that there was something else behind Li Dayong's words, so he asked.
"In fact, I have a relative who is from Lijiazhai. He warned me before not to come near Lijiazhai. In the past few years, people have disappeared in Lijiazhai every year!"
Li Dayong hesitated for a moment before whispering, "It is said that the mountain god worshipped in Lijiazhai eats people!"
Mountain gods eat people?
Hearing this, Chen Xiaobao burst into laughter. Others might not understand, but he knew it very clearly. Ever since Liu Bowen cut the dragon vein and separated humans and gods, there have been no gods in this world.
Including mountain gods, river gods, etc., they are all gone.
The laws of heaven and earth have changed, so how can these still exist?
Even if some of them are still lingering, they would have been reduced to ashes after hundreds of years.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, no spirits were allowed to become spirits. Even man-eating monsters disappeared, let alone man-eating mountain gods.
Besides, a real mountain god doesn’t eat humans.
The one who eats people is definitely not a mountain god.
Chen Xiaobao is an expert in this field. This statement may fool others but not him.
There is definitely no mountain god in Lijiazhai, but it is hard to say whether there are other things.
"Mr. Chen, don't think I'm talking nonsense. What I said is true!" Li Dayong whispered, "When you entered the village, did you notice any difference in Lijia Village?"
"What's the difference?"
Chen Xiaobao looked around and saw that no one noticed them, so he asked in a low voice.
"We didn't go to the back of the village, so we couldn't see it, but we walked all the way to the front of the village, and I saw villagers from two villages holding funerals. I saw white cloth hanging on the doors of two villagers' homes, and coffins parked in the yards!"
Li Dayong took a bite of fried cake and suddenly his expression showed a hint of nervousness.
"So what?"
Chen Xiaobao frowned. Birth, aging, sickness and death are normal. Could it be that people are not allowed to hold funerals in the village?
"It's definitely normal to hold a funeral in a normal village, but if you trust me, Mr. Chen, I dare say that the two coffins are empty and there are no bodies in them!"
Li Dayong suddenly said very affirmatively.
"What's the point of having a funeral without a body?"
Chen Xiaobao became interested and asked immediately.
"Yes, there is no body, it is said that......!"
Li Dayong was about to continue speaking when the chief's cloudy eyes suddenly looked over at him.
"Your name is Dayong, right? I remember you have been to our Lijiazhai more than once!" Headman Li suddenly looked at Li Dayong and said.
"Yes, Chief, I have been to Lijia Village several times!"
Li Dayong hesitated for a moment, then quickly said, "I am a relative of Li Yanshan's family!"
"Oh, you are a relative of the Yanshan family. Come and sit next to me. The mountain god, please bless us, your foreign friends!"
Headman Li patted his side with a smile and asked Li Dayong to sit next to him.
Li Dayong hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether it was because it was difficult to refuse or for some other reason, but he still sat down next to Tou Ren Li.
"Yes, it rained today. It was all thanks to the mountain god's blessing that the forest fire was put out!" Li Dayong said quickly.
Such heavy rain will definitely put out the wildfires.
"Yes, may the mountain god bless us. The mountain god is still very powerful, but we can't speak ill of him!" said Mr. Li with a hint of meaning.
"Yes, yes, yes, the chief is right!"
Li Dayong's face changed, knowing that it was Chief Li who was warning him. This was Lijia Village, and the chief was the king of the village. Even if the king of heaven came, the chief's words would not have any effect here.
If Tou Ren Li wanted to cause him trouble, he could easily make him disappear forever.
Li Dayong drank the wine one sip after another and soon got himself drunk.
When the meal was almost over, Tou Ren Li made some arrangements and arranged everyone to stay in different villagers' homes.
Before everyone left, Chen Xiaobao suddenly asked, "Mr. Li, I heard a rumor in the town below the mountain that the mountain god eats people. Is it true or false?"
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