Chapter 22: Legend of the Mountain God
When the Taoist priest saw my parents speaking, he asked, "I want to ask about Uncle Xiaoyang."
My parents looked a little strange when they heard this.
Especially my dad, his expression was even more abnormal.
And my father looked at me. I'm not a fool. When I felt my father's look, I roughly knew that this matter might not be convenient to say in front of me.
After all, I am still a junior.
"Dad, do you need me to step aside?" I asked proactively.
In fact, I have already guessed in my heart that there may be some unspeakable secrets involved.
As I was talking, I was about to stand up. When my uncle saw me stand up, he stood up too. How could my uncle listen to something that even I couldn't bear to hear?
But as soon as I stood up, my dad seemed to have made a big decision and said, "Xiaoyang, sit down."
I paused, my doubts growing, but I still listened to my dad and sat down.
Everyone was sitting around the table. My mother was probably afraid that others would hear what we were saying, so she walked to the door and closed it.
The room suddenly became quiet, and I became very serious.
Because my parents looked unusually serious at that moment.
Even the Taoist priest looked serious at this moment.
My dad took a deep breath and said, "Master, you should know everything, right?"
The Taoist priest also had a serious expression on his face. My eyes fell on him. In fact, looking at him like this, he had fair skin, almond-shaped eyes, long and thin eyebrows, and thin lips.
At first glance, he is a handsome young man.
The Taoist priest nodded and said, "Yes, I know roughly, but I am just guessing. You should tell me the details yourself."
"good."
My father nodded and subconsciously took out a cigarette and prepared to light it.
But just as my dad put the cigarette between his fingers, the Taoist priest coughed slightly and said, "Can you please not smoke?"
My dad immediately said apologetically, "Okay."
"Xiaoyang, actually the thing is this, your uncle is not your grandfather's biological son."
My father's words immediately caused a ripple in my heart.
As far as I can remember, my father never mentioned this matter, nor did my grandfather, and my uncle himself never mentioned it, and they never even showed it.
My uncle has always been very good to me since I was a child.
After hearing the news, I was still very shocked and surprised.
I wanted to ask something, but I didn't interrupt my dad. My dad continued, "Speaking of which, my eldest brother's life story is also quite bizarre. My dad found him in the snow. When he found him, he was covered in blood, and there was a female wolf lying on the ground next to him."
When my uncle heard this, he immediately asked in a loud voice: "Cousin, why are these stories you told not true at all? Are you making them up?"
My cousin is sometimes a little unreliable.
"Don't interrupt."
The Taoist priest quickly interrupted his cousin in annoyance.
After hearing what the Taoist priest said, my uncle didn't dare to say anything more. He just laughed and said, "I won't say anything more, Master."
After my uncle shut up, my dad continued, "Don't tell me you don't believe it. I also think it's fake. Who can survive next to a mother wolf? What surprised me even more was that Xiaoyang's grandfather said that the child's mouth was full of blood and wolf hair."
When the cousin heard this , he couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Cousin, you are talking nonsense. You are saying that the eldest cousin killed the she-wolf with one bite."
"I've already said it. I don't believe it either, but Grandpa Xiaoyang said so."
"Then why didn't you tell me before?"
My cousin was like a chatterbox, constantly interrupting.
Seeing this, the Taoist priest suddenly became angry and said directly to his uncle: "If you dare to interrupt him again, believe it or not, I will recognize you as my disciple."
My uncle immediately said with a sad face, "No, Master, I promise I will never speak again."
My cousin was completely scared and didn't dare to say anything further.
In fact, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. Such an amazing thing, no one had ever told me since I was a child. Even people in the village didn't know about it. I can only say that my grandfather did a great job of keeping it a secret.
You have to know how old the uncle was at the time, how could he bite the female wolf to death? This is absolutely unscientific.
But from this aspect, it can be shown that my uncle should not be an ordinary person.
The Taoist priest suddenly asked at this time: "What happened next? How did he become?"
"I am ten years younger than my eldest brother. He raised me since I was a child. When we were young, there were no entertainment activities. My eldest brother often liked to take us to Liushen Mountain to play. Legend has it that there are gods on the mountain, and there is also a mountain god who manages Liushen Mountain. Every time my eldest brother and I go to the mountain, we can always get some game to eat. My eldest brother is very good at catching game. Nothing can escape his hands."
I have a very deep impression of what my father said , because from my childhood to adulthood, I have basically never stopped eating game.
I've eaten all kinds of weird stuff.
The most memorable time was when my uncle dragged a python down from the mountain. The python was distributed to everyone in the village and eaten for several days.
Everyone in the village said that my uncle was a very capable man, but I had also heard people in the village gossip about him behind his back, saying that he was so good at hunting and that one must stay away from him, otherwise, he might kill them when they come back.
My uncle never got married in his life. In fact, he was a hardworking and down-to-earth man in the village.
As long as the people in the village need help, he will help in any way he can, whether it is money or labor.
But there are still some villains who talk about my uncle behind his back.
As for Liushen Mountain, I have also heard of it. Legend has it that this is the place where immortals live when they descend from heaven. However, most people in the village don’t know what the so-called immortals are, but they all know that there is a mountain god on the mountain.
The villagers would go to worship the mountain god during festivals, and many people would tell the mountain god about things, hoping to get his help.
Once, a child in the village had a high fever and could not be cured no matter what he did. He went to the county hospital, but the fever still did not go down.
Seeing that there was nothing the child's grandmother could do, she went to pray to the mountain god. However, the next day, the child's fever subsided. The news soon spread to all the villages within a radius of ten miles, and the mountain god of Liushen Mountain became famous.
All the people began to go up the mountain to worship the mountain god, and they also paid money to build a temple for the mountain god.
