Lush green fields, densely packed together, in the early morning forest, thousands of birds sing in unison. The morning mist gradually fades halfway up the mountain, but the lush green forest on the mountain still lingers with moisture...
In the lush forest, a woman in light-colored clothes walked through, with her head lowered and walking hurriedly.
Go around the gravel road, pass through the woods, and come to the path up the mountain from another place.
Hua Shi let out a light breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked around, and then continued walking.
She was afraid of running into Li on the way up the mountain, so she deliberately avoided taking the path through the paddy fields, where there were always villagers coming and going, busy with farm work.
She was also afraid that someone she knew would recognize her, and if Li heard her, she would go back into the mountains and would probably make a scene.
She walked forward on her own, her thoughts drifting away, and she hurried so fast that she didn't notice that two idiots were following her not far behind.
Hua Xiao pulled Hua Li and followed stealthily behind. After following for a long time, Hua Shi showed no sign of stopping, and they were walking further and further away.
As he looked at the flowers, he lowered his head and walked up the mountain without any hesitation.
The two of them jogged all the way, panting slightly, their faces flushed.
Hua Li looked at the densely packed mountain path and couldn't help but feel a little flustered. She tugged at Hua Xiao and said, "Hua Xiao, she seems to want to go into the mountain, but she hasn't even visited the mountain temple yet, and she wants to go straight in..."
Everyone in Shoushan Village knows that before entering Linhai Mountain, one must pay homage to the mountain god's temple in front of the mountain path. If one does not pay homage to the mountain god and goes straight into the mountain, there is a risk of a natural disaster and the whole family will be in trouble.
Even a three-year-old knows the rules of this village...
I heard there was a family surnamed Li. The husband, because the crops were bad and the harvest was poor, the family was on the verge of running out of food. He wanted to go hunting in the mountains to supplement the family income. He was so upset that he forgot to worship the mountain god before going back into the mountains... Within a month, misfortune struck the family again...
His father broke his leg, and his mother fell ill. She was only eight months pregnant when she suddenly had a miscarriage and gave birth to a stillborn baby...
This is understandable. After the series of incidents that happened to the Li family, it happened to be winter. It snowed heavily for a month, and the weather was freezing cold. There was too much snow on the hillside in the village, which crushed the thick trees above and hit the roofs of several houses, and people were almost crushed to death.
Once this incident became public, the whole village knew that it was the Li family that caused the disaster and implicated the entire village. It would have been fine if their family had suffered a misfortune, but they had also implicated the entire village.
Fortunately, the matter was discovered early, and the village chief took people to the mountain god temple to ask for punishment. It snowed heavily in winter, and they knelt for three days and three nights. Only then did the heavy snow that was caused by the mountain god's anger gradually stop, and this silent disaster slowly subsided.
Therefore, the village chief also said that if anyone dared to disrespect the mountain god in this way in the future, the village would be implicated because of him. After the person knelt down and apologized, the entire family of that person would be expelled from the village, and even the name of the person in the family tree would be erased.
These things happened just last year and caused a lot of uproar. Hua Xiao and Hua Li naturally knew about it.
Because of this, when they saw the flowers with an ignorant look on their faces, they were about to go up the mountain, and they were so scared that their faces turned pale.
"Don't just stand there, hurry up and call that person!" Hua Xiao pushed Hua Li's hand, with a hint of impatience in his tone.
Hua Li nodded blankly, covered his wrapped wrist, and ran forward, shouting as he ran,
"Hanatoki! You stand still!"
Hua Shi, who was not far ahead, heard the sound of running feet coming from behind. Before he turned around, he heard a familiar shout.
When she turned around, she saw her twin brother and sister, a boy and a girl, running towards her, one in front and one behind.
"What are you doing?" Hua Shi stopped and watched his younger brother Hua Li running towards him step by step.
Hua Li put her hands on her hips and panted. After she called the man to stop, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Hua Xiao, who followed closely behind, met her suspicious gaze, calmed himself down, and asked confidently,
"I was just wondering why you wanted to go into the mountains without visiting the temple. Do you know that this will bring disaster upon us? What if the mountain god gets angry and punishes us?"
The little girl, who was only eight years old, didn't really understand what disasters, anger, and punishment meant. She just heard these words from her neighbors in the village and from walking through the streets and alleys, so she imitated them with only a vague understanding.
She only knew that entering the mountain without worshipping at the mountain temple was wrong, as it would bring trouble to them and bring bad luck...
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