In recent days, the village has been collecting money to rebuild the statue of the mountain temple.

Originally, after the incident of Zhao Qi being smashed by the statue spread, everyone said that it was the mountain god appearing. After Yang Dayuan reported to the village chief, the village chief was also planning to take this opportunity to hype it up and mobilize some wealthy families in the town to donate some money to repair the mountain god temple. This kind of god appears is rare in a thousand years, and it can be considered a huge achievement after finishing it. If it is reported to the ears of the chief of the county prefecture, it will definitely be commended.

However, Zhao Qi was worried that the spread of things would cause him to fall into a mess, so he brought out the words of Doctor Lu. Yang Dayuan told the village chief that in the face of the possibility that Zhao Qi would become stupid again, the village chief gave up his previous plan after weighing and deciding, and turned down the actions of several wealthy households in the town to donate money. After Doctor Lu's words spread, naturally, the discussions about the appearance of the mountain gods in Yanggong Town and several nearby villages in the past few days have become much smaller, and it has basically almost calmed down. Except for the first two days when some good people came to the mountain temple to join in the fun and watch, there have been more people in the past two days.

The lively atmosphere of raising money to rebuild the mountain temple in the village is also much smaller. Apart from some old people, young people are basically unwilling to donate money, which makes this grand event look like a sign of failure. Zhao Qi saw it once the day before yesterday. The clay mountain god's legs were still standing on the collapsed ruins, revealing a bit of desolation in the festive atmosphere.

Because there is a Buddha Rock Temple on Jiufeng Mountain on the back of Yanggong Mountain. I heard that the incense there is so good. The women in Maowan Village like to run in groups to burn incense and worship Buddha, and completely ignore the earthly gods at the door of their house.

In fact, with the prosperity of Buddhism, local gods were suppressed more. Many mountain temples and land temples that were popular in the past were abandoned, and most of them became places for beggars and passers-by to rest.

During the Song and Ming dynasties, many folk stories were related to these abandoned mountain temples.

In Water Margin, there is a description of Teacher Lin sleeping in the mountain temple at night in the wind and snow.

There are also stories of handsome scholars from the folk who went to Beijing to take the exam and stayed in the mountain temple overnight, and were seduced by various beautiful vixen and female ghosts.

Although the mountain temple in Maowan Village has not been completely abandoned, few people come here on weekdays.

This is also the reason why no one discovered that the fool ran to the temple alone and was smashed to death.

If Zhao Qi had no soul to possess himself, he would have been smelly in the mountain temple these days.

The rain had been falling for almost half an hour, but there was no sign of weakening. The sky was lightning and thundering and raining, and the water in the ditches on the side of the road had begun to flow out. Zhao Qi walked to the intersection of the mountain with a broken hat and walked to the intersection of the mountain with a deep and shallow foot. Nothing could be heard in his ears except for the sound of heavy rain.

The path up the mountain almost turned into a stream that was extremely slippery. Zhao Qi was observing around and shouting that Grandma Zhang would climb up. Although it was less than two hundred meters, it took Zhao Qi more than ten minutes. However, when he arrived at the mountain temple, he found that there was no sign of Grandma Zhang.

"Thank you, Mrs. Zhang~"

In a vague sense, Yang Dayuan's wife's shout came from the foot of the mountain.

After a brief search inside and outside the mountain temple, Zhao Qi turned around and went down the mountain. But halfway through, he seemed to see something black in the woods moving in the white rainstorm.

Zhao Qi stopped tremblingly. After slowly approaching, he realized that it was a cow with two big horns and a pair of cow's eyes seemed to stare at him helplessly.

The cow was found, but what about the man!

Zhao Qi quickly searched around and soon saw a shadow curled up inside a bunch of thorns.

"Aunt Lin, come quickly, I'm looking for Grandma Zhang!" Zhao Qi shouted at the top of his throat, and did not care about the wounds of the thorns. He penetrated into the thorns and carried an old woman with white hair all over her body soaked and white-haired from the inside.

A few minutes later, Zhao Qi finally walked to the foot of the mountain with Grandma Zhang on his back. A woman with a straw hat was also soaked and hurried out into the mountain.

"Aunt Lin, the cow is still on it. You go and take it down, so as not to be scared away by the thunder. I will carry the grandmother back first!" Zhao Qi said loudly, wiping the rain on his face.

"Okay, go back quickly!" Aunt Lin hurried up the mountain to find the cow.

A sudden heavy rain fell for more than an hour.

Although Grandma Zhang fell into the bushes of thorns, it was not a big deal. She only injured one leg and was injured by thorns. After being carried home by Zhao Qi, she quickly woke up. After learning that the old cow was also found and brought back, the old lady thanked Zhao Qi for being grateful to him.

In the farming era, cattle were the most important livestock, no doubt about it.

When you plow the fields and pull the cart, you can basically support half of the house with one cow.

Therefore, in rural areas, cattle are the most expensive things in the family. The family carefully cared for and fed them, which was more precious than others. In order to ensure the supply of food, the government also strictly protected the plowing ox. Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been strict regulations. People are not allowed to kill cattle, and even meat is not allowed. Those who violate the serious violations may even be beheaded.

However, the law belongs to the law. In fact, according to Zhao Qi, it was almost common for people in the Song Dynasty to kill cattle, and there were many people selling beef and eating beef. Stealing cattle even became a trend and became a major stubborn disease that harmed society. Therefore, farmers always took their own cattle closely.

Shortly after Zhao Qi carried Grandma Zhang home, thunder and lightning gradually went northwest, and the heavy rain slowly stopped. After Zhao Qi returned home, the rain had completely stopped.

The pond on the side of the broken kiln had already flooded with water, and several crucian carp as big as palms swam into the grass and ran apart on the grass.

Damn, I'm so happy!

Zhao Qi didn't have time to change his clothes, so he quickly picked up seven or eight. When he changed into clean clothes and came out again, the sun was coming out, the sky was as clear as washing, the sky was transparent, the fields, mountains and rivers were like inlaid in crystals, and the slight wind carried a coolness after heavy rain and the fragrance of grass and soil.

He found a kitchen knife and squatted by the pond. Zhao Qi quickly slaughtered and washed a few fish.

I just bought sauce and vinegar and other ingredients today. I cooked a pure wild crucian carp later. It must be a rare delicacy. Zhao Qi happily brought a bowl of fish into the cave.

The cave was filled with a damp smell after heavy rain, and some rainwater was still accumulated on the ground, but because the ground was covered with a thick layer of fire bricks, coupled with the kiln barbecue that had been used to be for many years, it was very absorbent, so it looked quite refreshing.

Xiaozhu was carrying Zhao Qi's wet clothes out to wash, while Old Lady Su went to visit Mrs. Zhang's house.

After marinating the fish with salt, Zhao Qi went to A Lian's house next door to borrow a hoe and returned, and dug the ash ditch in the cave so that the accumulated water inside could flow out quickly, otherwise it would be easier for mosquitoes to grow in hot weather.

After finishing it, I saw that it was still early, so I walked to the edge of the pond with a hoe and dug the drainage ditches so that the pond water can be discharged quickly.

There are fish in the pond. Zhao Qi discovered it a few days ago. Every night when he jumped in and took a shower, he could feel the sluts and loaches collide. Although the pond is not big, only half an acre, he should repair it and block the drainage ditches with bamboo fences. Fish will be eaten all year round in the future.

After getting the ditch, Zhao Qi leveled a piece of open space by the pond and prepared to plant some onions, ginger and garlic. These crops can be planted at any time. The south is warm and can grow all year round. In winter, you can also dig some pepper trees and fruit seedlings to plant them. In a few years, you will have fruits to eat.
Chapter completed!