Chapter 58: The Land Repays Gratitude, Don’t Eat Fish in March
In the village.
Lin Ye looked at the old man who was kneeling in front of him and kowtowed continuously, with a helpless expression on his face.
His memory has always been good, and he recognized the old man's identity the moment he knelt down.
Yang Feng's grandfather.
There is a crescent-shaped red patch on the temple to the left of the old man's eye.
When he was a child, he was playing with Yang Feng in the village. One time, they played too late and Yang Feng's grandfather came to find Yang Feng. He was frightened by the red spot on the old man's face at that time and the memory is particularly clear.
"Nuannuan, I'll go over there for a moment."
Lin Ye glanced at his cousin beside him. Upon hearing this, Zhang Nuannuan waved her hand in disgust. Her cousin was really something, he was already so old... But it seemed that all men were like this, regardless of age.
At another corner, Lin Ye looked at Grandpa Zhang Feng who had followed him and sighed, saying, "I know why you are looking for me. Misfortunes sent by heaven can be forgiven, but misfortunes brought upon oneself cannot be forgiven."
The ghost of Yang Feng's grandfather came to find him, obviously he knew that something was going to happen to his grandson, so he wanted him to rescue him. However, since it involved the law of cause and effect, how could he possibly interfere?
"Grandpa Yang, how long have you been dead? Why didn't you send a dream to Yang Feng to persuade him to stop?"
After death, people can send dreams to their direct descendants, especially those who are still in the world of the living.
"It's only been a year since I passed away. Xiaofeng has too much karma, so I can't send him a dream."
Lin Ye understood what the old man said. People who are plagued by bad karma cannot be visited by ghosts in their dreams. Zhang Feng has been raising homing pigeons and gambling for several years, so he has been plagued by bad karma for a long time.
"There are so many people who raise racing pigeons. If they were all plagued by bad karma, they would have run into problems long ago. Did he do something particularly outrageous?"
Lin Ye looked at the old man, who was evasive, but under Lin Ye's gaze, he finally confessed the truth.
"In order to make the pigeons fly well, Xiaofeng specially selected female pigeons and let them give birth to pigeons. Then he paid attention to which female pigeons cared the most about the pigeons and specially trained such female pigeons. Sometimes he would take the female pigeons out to fly, and if the female pigeons came back late, he would kill a pigeon in front of the female pigeons..."
The old man's voice became lower and lower as he saw that Lin Ye's expression was becoming increasingly gloomy.
Lin Ye had a mocking look on his face, and he said sarcastically: "When your grandson did this, your whole family knew about it, but no one stopped him. Instead, they enjoyed the life that the bonus brought them."
The old man looked embarrassed because what Lin Ye said was the truth. His family was somewhat opposed at first, but after Xiaofeng won a prize of 100,000 yuan from the competition, they no longer objected.
"I'm sorry I can't do anything about this, but I'm curious, why are you staying in the village?"
Lin Ye sensed that the old man was somewhat different from the other ghosts stranded in the world of the living. There was an extra aura about the old man, and even in broad daylight, he did not have the fear of the sun that other ghosts had.
"I... this has something to do with our ancestors..."
The old man did not hide anything, and Lin Ye was surprised after hearing it. He did not expect such a situation.
The Yang family had been engaged in fishing, snake catching, hunting and other such jobs for many generations. The reason why the ancestor of the Yang family chose to engage in this line of work was because they had once met a deity.
To be precise, it is the God of Land, the local God of Land more than a hundred years ago.
At that time, there was chaos and war, and the God of Land had a hard time. No one went to worship the local God of Land, and there was even a time when he wanted to be toppled. It was the ancestor of the Yang family who persuaded him to stop.
Later, when the ancestor of the Yang family was sleeping, he saw an old man who appeared in his dream. The old man said that he was the God of Land. If it were not for the protection of the ancestor of the Yang family, his temple would have been demolished and his years of practice would have been ruined.
This was originally a calamity on his path of cultivation, but now the ancestors of the Yang family have helped him to resolve it. He is about to leave after completing his merits. Before leaving, in order to repay this cause and effect, he gave the ancestors of the Yang family a fortune, and in fishing, catching snakes, hunting... he has a talent and acumen far beyond that of ordinary people.
Of course, it is limited to the local area and is within the authority of the land god.
Relying on this ability, the ancestors of the Yang family did very well in the local area, and generations have been engaged in this business. After the death of the Yang family members, their souls can remain in the village, which is also one of the blessings bestowed by the land god.
The souls stayed in this village because the God of Land left a backup plan for the Yang family. The God of Land had told the ancestors of the Yang family that everything should be done in moderation and that they should not drain the pond to fish or burn the forest to hunt.
Don’t catch animals in March, and don’t catch pregnant animals…
The ancestors of the Yang family naturally abided by the rules, but after they passed away, their descendants gradually began to disobey them and only thought about maximum benefits.
The God of Land also took this situation into consideration and allowed the souls of the Yang family members to stay in the village for a few years after their death. This was to allow the ghosts of the deceased elders of the Yang family to keep an eye on their descendants and send them dreams if anything was wrong.
It can be said that the God of Land has considered everything very carefully, but surprisingly, Yang Feng's great-grandfather, the father of the old man in front of him, died relatively early, when the old man was in his teens, and he didn't have time to explain anything. The God of Land only allowed the souls of the Yang family to stay in the local area for three years.
As a result, this old man no longer knew about this. It was only after his death when his soul contained this information that he realized that there was such a cause and effect relationship between their Yang family and the original God of Land.
But at this time, Yang Feng's karma was so deep that he couldn't even send a dream.
"The Land Lord?"
When he first learned about spiritual practice from the Taoist master, he began to wonder whether the gods in the Taoist system really existed. If there were city gods in other worlds, what about the real world?
"There is no land god in the village now?"
"No, the land god who had a karmic connection with our Yang family passed away not long after I sent you a dream."
Not far away, the voice of his cousin came. Lin Ye did not dare to continue talking to the old man of the Yang family. He turned around and left, saying: "You have to bear the consequences of your own sins. I can't help with Yang Feng's affairs. Please go back."
The old man stood there at a loss, watching Lin Ye leave in a daze.
However, just as Lin Ye walked to the corner, the old man's expression changed instantly. He looked in a certain direction in panic, and his soul dissipated on the spot.
Lin Ye walked to the corner and paused. He turned his head to the south and whispered, "Are you here so fast?"
"Brother, what are you talking to yourself about?"
Zhang Nuannuan came over and saw Lin Ye's lips moving. Lin Ye smiled and replied, "Nothing. Let's go back. We've almost finished shopping."
Lin Ye has made up his mind not to interfere in Yang Feng's affairs.
