Chapter 217: Shame
"Can you see for yourselves?"
Upon hearing this, the villagers all stretched their heads to look.
There was indeed a chopstick standing upright in the bowl of water, exactly the same as the way the chopstick stood when Na Qihe said there was a water ghost in the lake.
"There's more."
Zhuang Qingning took out two more chopsticks and placed them in the bowl of water: "Because with the water, the chopsticks will stick together, and the three chopsticks will stand more steadily."
"You see, this is just like two pieces of stone that have been polished very smoothly. If you add a little water, the two pieces of stone will stick together."
The villagers looked at the three chopsticks standing steadily, and their expressions suddenly became enlightened.
Some people have already found a smooth and flat branch or stick on the ground and walked to the river to try it out.
When someone placed a stick as thin as a chopstick on a rock by the river, he shouted excitedly, "Come and see, it's true. What the girl said is true. Anyone can do it. Qi He is a liar!"
"It is indeed just a very simple trick. It is just that you are afraid of this water ghost, so you think it is real."
"Finally, let's talk about this matter of fetching water with a bamboo basket."
Zhuang Qingning took the bamboo basket handed over by Shi Bao and showed it to the villagers: "Look, this is an ordinary bamboo basket."
As Zhuang Qingning spoke, he handed over a bucket of water from Shi Bao beside him and poured it into the bamboo basket.
The bamboo basket had many holes and could not hold the water, so it spilled all over the floor.
"Obviously, this bamboo basket cannot hold water, but if this is the case..." Zhuang Qingning fiddled with the bamboo basket with his hands for a while, then picked up another bucket of water and slowly poured it into the bamboo basket.
But this time, the water in the bamboo basket remained completely inside the basket and did not spill everywhere like before.
"The water didn't spill out like before. This doesn't mean I have magical powers or magic, but because I have this..."
Zhuang Qingning showed everyone what he had in his hand.
The villagers all leaned over to take a look, but they could only see something sticky and transparent and had no idea what it was.
"This thing is very common. It is frog eggs. Take the frog eggs and remove the black spots. The only thing left is this transparent mucus. Apply it on the inside of a bamboo basket. Then the bamboo basket can be used to draw water."
Zhuang Qingning explained: "Frog eggs are very easy to find at this time, and the method is also very simple. Frog eggs have no color, so it is easy to do harm under people's noses."
"Whether it's scooping coins out of an oil pan, placing chopsticks in a bowl, or drawing water with a bamboo basket, they are all tricks. Because they are different from what we usually see, people think they are magical powers or sorcery, but they are not."
"There are even those who say that calling fish to come, rats gathering together, ghosts knocking on the door, etc. These are all nonsense. They all use things that fish or rats like as bait to lure them to come. And the horrifying ghost knocking on the door is nothing more than smearing eel blood on the door. Bats smell the blood and come, and they bump into the door, making noises. But when you go to open the door, you can't see any bats, so you think it's a ghost knocking on the door."
"In fact, there are reasons for all this. People just don't understand it, and because they are afraid, they think it's the work of ghosts. As the story spreads from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, the ghost story becomes even more widespread. In fact, it's all just people's imagination."
After watching Zhuang Qingning's demonstration and listening to Zhuang Qingning's explanation, the villagers were all amazed.
At first, I was amazed at these seemingly magical things, but when I looked into them in detail, they were actually very simple.
Secondly, I was amazed that Zhuang Qingning knew these things so clearly and knew the reasons for each one.
Although Zhuang Qingning covered her face with a veil, judging from her figure and voice, she looked like a young girl.
For a young girl to know so many things, she must be very impressive! However, these exclamations were amazing, but they were not important. The important thing was that this water ghost was fake, Qi Shen and Qi He were big liars, and they didn't have to be afraid of anything from now on.
You can farm, set up stalls, go fishing in the lake, and do other things to make a living.
When everyone thought of this, they were suddenly filled with joy, and they couldn't help but discuss what work they would do first when they got home.
But there are also people who have not forgotten who solved this problem.
"Thank you, sir. It is thanks to you that you dealt with those two villains and asked us to explain these things patiently that we finally understood all this..."
Some people knelt on the ground and thanked Ding Gaochang repeatedly: "From now on, we can finally live a peaceful life. We have to thank Lord Ding and the great judge for all this."
"Don't just stand there, hurry up and thank our great Lord. If it weren't for Lord Ding, we would still be giving money to those two movies right now!"
"Thank you, Master Ding..."
The villagers knelt on the ground, and words of thanks were heard continuously.
Seeing this, Ding Gaochang hurriedly asked the yamen runners and constables to help the man up: "You don't need to thank me. It is my job to punish evil and promote good, arrest evildoers, and benefit the people. I really don't deserve your thanks."
"If you just live your life peacefully in the future, then the county magistrate and I will be at peace. If you really want to say something, I think you might as well go to Daya's house and talk to her..."
When the villagers heard this, they were filled with shame.
Daya was nearly thrown into the lake and drowned by the villain Qi Shen just because she didn't agree to his dirty plan. They were from the same village and were related to each other. They should have protected and helped the little girl and prevented her from being bullied. But now, what are they doing...
They didn't say anything fair. Instead, they felt relieved that someone was able to appease the water ghost and prevent it from causing trouble again. When Daya cried and refused to comply because of this matter, they thought that she was a little ignorant and didn't know how to consider the overall situation.
What kind of people are they? It's really shameful.
Someone's face turned purple as he stood up suddenly and headed toward the village.
"Dunzi, where are you doing?" someone shouted.
"What else can I do? Of course I have to go and apologize to Daya. Yesterday at Daya's doorstep, the one who spoke the harshest was Dunzi."
"If that's the case, I have to go and apologize to Daya. I also said that to her yesterday... Look at me, I'm so careless with my mouth."
"It's not just a matter of words, it's a matter of heart, heart! We only value our own lives, and Daya's life is not a life? If this is not selfish, what is it? It's really shameless."
(End of this chapter)
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