Hearing this, the old woman turned around and looked at Fengjiu, and said, "Because our place is called Tao Village."
What kind of answer is this? It sounds right, but it's not the answer she wants to know. It feels like it's not just because of the name Tao Village. Because peach trees themselves are evil spirits, plus the strangeness of this village, if people who live here don't know, it would be even more strange.
However, it was obvious that the old woman didn't want to say more, so she could only stop asking.
"This is it." The old woman pushed the door open and said, "She and her husband live here alone. Please come in!" As she spoke, the old woman walked in first. After entering, she said, "Mrs. Li, some immortals passed by and said they can treat you. I'll bring you here to have a look."
"You guys go in! I'll go back first." The old woman said, and walked out.
Feng Jiu and the other two walked in. When they arrived at the inner room, they saw an old woman lying on the bed and an old man busying around in the room. They walked over to greet them.
"Old man, where did you get hurt?" Fengjiu asked.
The two old men looked at them and pointed at their feet: "Your feet are injured."
Fengjiu went forward to take a look and saw that the foot was wrapped in medicine, so she wiped the medicine off. Seeing that it was just the tendon that was injured and swollen, she took out the medicine and rebandaged it, saying, "It's just a tendon injury, it's nothing serious, apply the medicine and it will be healed in two days."
As she spoke, she asked, "How did the old man fall?"
"Those things pushed them." The old woman said, looking at them: "This kind of thing happens all the time here. We are used to it."
Feng Jiu chuckled: "How do you know that you were pushed by those things? If there really are those things, I guess they didn't push you down!"
"Haha, you said you were an immortal, but you don't know? Those dirty things here don't dare to get close to us, and even if they get close, they don't dare to touch us." The old woman laughed and said while lying on the bed, "Here, those who often fall or fall off the bed probably won't live long."
"Why do you say that?" Fengjiu was a little surprised.
"Because of my bad luck and those things causing trouble, I will be tortured to death even if I don't die. I don't think I will live for many days." She said in a light tone, as if she was talking about other people, without any fear.
"You people outside are all wondering why those dirty things don't dare to touch us or come near here, right? Today, I will tell you, it's because we have peach trees planted in our village. Peach trees can ward off evil spirits. Ordinary dirty things don't dare to come near, but there are some powerful ones. However, we are not afraid because we are wearing clothes woven from peach tree bark!"
Hearing this, the three of them were slightly surprised. Clothes woven from peach bark
"That was many years ago. An old immortal told us to plant peach trees, saying that they were edible, could ward off evil spirits, and looked beautiful. The old immortal also taught us to weave clothes out of the branches of the peach trees. Every household had one."
After hearing this, they suddenly realized that this was the case. Fengjiu and the others said goodbye and left, returning to the house that the old woman had arranged for them to rest.