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"Uncle, the things are here."
"Oh, cough cough cough... Give it to them, show it to them... cough cough cough..."
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clatter.
"This is it. These are our family's previous land deeds and house deeds, and this is the genealogy. There are no famous people, so this thing is not valuable."
"You guys, ahem... look at this... this... ahem..."
"Uncle, are you okay?"
"fine."
"Half your family's generation changed their names?"
"Yes. It's this generation. You put the names together and the words together."
"Xishu, Dongxiang, Sanbai... is this a route?"
"Yes, the big tree in the west, walk three hundred steps east... ahem..."
"The main point is the cave where the stone Buddha is hidden?"
"Yes. That's where... our ancestors kept a secret. That generation, the generation whose name was changed, was the older generation at that time. This is to remember the kindness. If one day, one day there is peace, Once it is safe, we will announce this matter, invite all the masters to come out, and offer sacrifices... They are the benefactors of Qingcha Village... They are all the benefactors of Qingcha Village... "
"Mr. An, what do you mean by this?"
"Alas... It happened at that time... At that time, Qingcha Village was not Qingcha Village. There was a big temple built here and it was very popular. The abbot of the temple got a high-ranking official. The high-ranking official at that time Value... I don’t know what happened, it’s been too long... I heard my great-grandfather say that there was a tea tree in the temple, an old tea tree, which was very precious. The monks in the temple took good care of it and kept it. Under the care of the tea farmers sent by the high official, the tea trees were moved here and grew well. It must have been two or three generations later that the tea trees in the temple had grown well and there were some more tea seedlings. At that time, the farming camp The harvest is not much. As you can see, the environment here is actually not suitable for growing crops. Our family was a big landowner at that time... Ahem... Even though our family was a big landowner at that time, it was not enough to cover expenses. Below. Not to mention the farmers. The abbot in the temple discussed with our ancestors to stop farming and plant tea trees instead. Those masters taught us how to grow tea, gave us tea seedlings, and helped us contact the outside world. Buyer. Qingcha Village...that's how it started..."
"Mr. An?"
"Oh, oh... people get distracted easily when they get old... Here, we started growing tea from that time. We didn't become rich all at once, but at least we had more options. It was at this time that the emperor at that time ordered the monks to be killed. We ordinary people didn't know what happened. Those officials suddenly broke into the temple and arrested people. Our family also ran to help, but there was nothing we could do. There was nothing we could do... It was too chaotic at that time. There were The monks escaped, but some were not caught. We wanted to let them go. But it was bad luck. Some general happened to arrive here. After hearing about this, he surrounded us. They They surrounded our county and wanted to search out all the monks. My great-grandfather said that those officers and soldiers were all covered in blood and were very arrogant. Those were not soldiers of our country, but rogues. They searched When people are alone, they will snatch away valuable things in the house. When they see beautiful women, they will also arrest them... Look, this one is crossed out... This is a daughter-in-law of our family, who is, cough cough cough... He was, was taken away, and when he was found, he was in a state of disgrace... The rules at that time were that people were removed from the family and could not enter the ancestral graves at home... Ahem... "
"Mr. An, please have a sip of tea and take a rest."
"It's okay, it's okay... Huh... It's just like this... It's so tragic... No one expected it, everyone thought those monks should have run away. But it turned out that they stood up on their own... In our family, this matter has been secretly circulated. Until now... Oh, Xiaoba and the others haven't heard it. Xiaoba and his generation don't know that our generation, the generation before us, have all heard this story since childhood. Those masters came out on their own , and asked the general not to harm the people, and they were taken away voluntarily. They were not taken away either. On the second day after they came out, the general... ahem... that man forced the whole town to look at them. The heads of the monks were cut off one by one... There was blood all over the ground... The place where the heads were cut off was the current location of the Tea Mountain in the tea garden. The corpses of the monks were thrown there and no one was allowed to touch them. Several, little by little, little by little It’s rotten…”
"Did your ancestors start carving Buddha statues at that time?"
"It was not carved by my ancestors. That mountain was where the temple was originally. It was set on fire. It was originally planned to erect a monument and a statue there. But the officers and soldiers have not yet withdrawn, and no one dared to do this. We did it. The people in the town thought of a way together, pretending that they were going to dig a mountain for mining, and chose that hill. Every day, people came down carrying stones. The officers and soldiers just looked at it and didn't take it seriously. My great-grandfather said, the town There was a skilled stonemason and other craftsmen who carved the stone Buddha. There were a total of sixty-seven monks, big and small, in the temple, and all of them were spared. They prepared to carve sixty-seven statues. The town Everyone on the street is thinking about what each monk looks like. They draw them one by one and then carve them accordingly. Ahem... It's not like that, not everyone is united and thinks of their good deeds... Some people dislike them for causing trouble. , there are also people who are afraid of trouble and don't want to cause any more trouble. In the end, there were not enough sixty-seven carved... There were only more than thirty, and more than twenty were carved. The stonemason died, and his son was unwilling to continue, so he found someone from outside. It’s inconvenient to come. That’s it... ahem... "
"After that, there was no temple in Qingcha Village. People in the town made a living by growing tea, and this period of history was also forgotten, right?"
"Ha... No, I haven't forgotten... In fact, no one can forget it. My great-grandfather said, everyone heard it that day... The day the old stonemason died, no one continued to carve Buddha statues, the day the town decided to end this matter... Everyone heard it, and heard a sound of Buddha... a sound of 'Amitabha'... That night, everyone dreamed of those masters. They thanked the people in the town for letting them not go on and live well. They would do it for the town. People keep praying for blessings... I always thought it was a story. When I heard it from my great-grandfather, I always thought it was a story... When I was a child, I thought those monks were really good people. Later I thought they were all made up stories. When I stole the Buddha's head... Cough cough cough cough … Cough cough cough!”
"Uncle, please slow down, don't be anxious. I'll pour you some water. Hiss"
"You have found the Buddha's head... Can you, can you give me a chance to atone for my sins? I want to send it back, send the Buddha's head back... "