After practicing for an hour, going down the mountain became much easier. Seeing that Xu Zhenzhen was not struggling at all, Uncle Cat simply jumped on her shoulder and lay down lazily. He felt a little tired after casting the spell just now, Xu Zhenzhen curled his lips, Forget it, for the sake of catching so many fish, let him stay, it's not hard anyway.
After walking on the normal mountain road, Xu Zhenzhen found that many villagers were rushing towards the direction of Shuiniangniangguan. She couldn't help but grabbed an old lady and asked, "Auntie, where are you going, in such a hurry?"
"Oh, aren't you the girl who just moved in? You don't know, something big is going to happen!" The aunt gasped and said, just too tired from running all the way, so she rested her feet and chatted for a while.
Uncle Cat was also startled by the aunt's words and sat up straight, looking at the chubby middle-aged woman in front of him.
"I heard that the Temple of the Water Empress is about to be demolished!"
"What? Why was it demolished?" Xu Zhenzhen was surprised. This is the spiritual sustenance of the villagers. Although fewer people go there now, it is also because young people have gone out, and the older people who stay in the village are still From time to time, I will go to watch and burn incense.
"It seems to be saying that some group company wants to invest in tourism near our village. Mingyue Mountain, Biyuntan, Shuiniangniang Temple, and the land at the foot of the mountain are all allocated to them. The investment company said that Shuiniangniang The temple is not very popular, so we need to convert the Water Goddess Temple into a temple!" The aunt said vividly, as if she heard it with her own ears.
The Shuiniangniang Temple only has some influence in the nearby villages. If people from outside want to travel and burn incense, it may be that the temple is more attractive. After all, Buddhism is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and there are many believers, which will bring more incense.
"Then are all of us going to Shui Niang Niang Temple to worship for the last time today?" Xu Zhenzhen asked.
"No, we intend to prevent them from rebuilding. The Water Goddess is to protect us, so we can't let them tear it down!" The aunt said indignantly.
"Ah? Can this be stopped?" Xu Zhenzhen asked worriedly.
"It's all about human effort, I don't believe they can run over us!" The aunt's face showed a firm look, it has always been Shui Niangniang who has been protecting the village, this time it is their turn to protect Shui Niangniang!
Xu Zhenzhen understood the feelings of the villagers very well. After all, Niangshui is a spiritual sustenance to them. Uncle Cat said on her shoulder: "Let's go and have a look."
From my aunt's point of view, Uncle Cat just meowed.
"Auntie, can I go together?" Xu Zhenzhen asked.
"Of course, you are also a member of our village, let's stop those people together." The aunt was very happy to have an extra helper, and came up to hold Xu Zhenzhen's hand.
"Hey, where did you get so many fish?" The aunt asked, looking at the bucket in Xu Zhenzhen's other hand.
"Well, there are a lot of fish by that pool, and they all jumped to the shore. I picked them up." Xu Zhenzhen couldn't tell the truth. He had seen fish jumping to the shore by himself before, so he could only say this now.
"Ah! Mistress Shui must be angry, so I said I can't move, I can't move, these guys have offended the gods! Let's go up and have a look." The aunt's complexion changed, she pulled Xu Zhenzhen and walked up the mountain.
Xu Zhenzhen saw that it was too eye-catching for him to go up with a bucket of fish, so he quickly broke away from the aunt's hand and said, "Auntie, you go up first, I will put the fish home, and I will go right away."
The aunt was anxious to go up the mountain, so she didn't force her, let go of her hand and said: "Then you go and go back quickly, if you don't stop those people, something may happen."
Xu Zhenzhen said to himself while going down the mountain: "I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. This investment company has a good vision. Such a good place for tourism will definitely attract many people, but the water lady will be demolished." The idea of rebuilding a temple is a terrible idea!"
"Yeah, it's really ignorant to make random changes without appeasing the local villagers!" Uncle Cat yawned.
"You don't want the Temple of the Water Empress to be demolished, do you?" Xu Zhenzhen asked.
"Of course, it's my old den after all. Although there is a new den now, we can't forget the old, right!" Uncle Cat said lazily.
Xu Zhenzhen didn't speak anymore, and ran home briskly, and as soon as he put the fish bucket down, he rushed to the side of the Water Goddess Temple on the mountain.
The villagers in twos and threes on the road, not only the villagers of Liuhu Village, but also those from other nearby villages, were all rushing towards Shuiniangniangguan. It seemed that everyone must have heard the news and came here together.
Xu Zhenzhen slowed down her pace, she was walking too fast as a weak woman, she was afraid she would be too noticeable, she maintained a speed similar to that of the villagers, and arrived at Shui Niang Niang Guan.
Before arriving at the entrance of the Shui Niang Niang Guan, Xu Zhenzhen heard a noisy voice inside, and he could only know that there was a quarrel inside, but he couldn't hear the specific quarrel.
Xu Zhenzhen walked into the temple and saw that the yard was surrounded by water. She looked in on tiptoe and saw the villagers surrounding a few people, and Lao Yang, the head of Liuhu Village, was arguing with them.
Xu Zhenzhen was too tired to hold his feet, so he simply squeezed in through the gap by relying on his slenderness, and now he can see clearly.
Lao Yang was filled with righteous indignation and asked the other party a few people: "Shui Niangniangguan has existed in these villages for a while, and you can't just tear them down if you say so!"
Several people from the other party were obviously here to conduct a field inspection, and their titles were probably not very high. Judging by their attire, two of them should be from the investment company, and the other three should be responsible for the implementation of specific civil engineering projects.
Among them, the leader of the investment company was talking to Lao Yang. Seeing so many villagers coming, he probably panicked and said softly, "Mr. Yang, if you have something to say, this is also a decision made by our group company. , we're just here to execute."
"You mean you can't make the decision?" Lao Yang asked angrily, he dared to say so many words, he was not the one who made the decision at all, wasting his tongue in vain.
"That's right, I can't be the master, I can't be the master!" the leader said repeatedly.
"Then why didn't you say it earlier, and are still arguing with me here, ah!" Lao Yang shouted, and the loud voice shocked Xu Zhenzhen to move aside.
"Mr. Yang, Mr. Yang, don't be angry. We also follow instructions to work. I really don't know that our villagers have such deep affection for this temple. You see, this place is already deserted, and the incense is nothing. It’s better to let them invest money in renovation.” It seems that the person in charge of the civil engineering project smoothed things over.
"It can be repaired, but it can be changed into a temple, and there are no doors!" Village Chief Yang waved his hand and said resolutely.
"Yes, that is, it cannot be changed into a temple!"
"If you must change it, Empress Shui will be angry!"
"Yes, yes, a girl told me just now that all the fish in Biyuntan jumped onto the shore, it must be that the water lady is angry!" Aunt Xu Zhenzhen who met just now hurriedly said in harmony. I couldn't find a chance to speak, so I quickly said out loud what I was holding back in my stomach.
Xu Zhenzhen hurriedly hid behind, for fear that the aunt would pull her out to prove her words.
The leader of the investment company twitched his mouth twice. He is a staunch atheist. He also knew that the company wanted to invest in building a temple just to attract popularity. Unexpectedly, the villagers here really believed in this water goddess so much. Make up words like this.
But he closed his mouth wisely, not letting what he wanted to say out, otherwise it is estimated that the few of them would not be able to leave this place completely today.
"What! There is such a thing, it's over, it's over, Mistress Shui is really angry!" Lao Yang firmly believed that Mistress Shui was protecting the villagers, because when he was a child, he saw his drowning friend float up by himself and saved his life.
Lao Yang pushed away the few people on the opposite side, rushed to the main hall where Shui Niangniang was enshrined, and knelt down, muttering in his mouth to ask Shui Niangniang to calm down, and she would definitely not let people dismantle her.
When the surrounding villagers saw Lao Yang kneeling and worshiping Shui Niangniang, they followed into the main hall. The believers who knelt on the ground in the huge hall were all praying that Shui Niangniang would not get angry.
Uncle Cat scratched his head with his paws, looked at the kneeling believers, and at Xu Zhenzhen, and smiled awkwardly.
Xu Zhenzhen knew that the so-called Shui Niangniang appeared to protect the villagers, but it was just a spell cast by Uncle Mao, so he couldn't help whispering in the cat's ear, "Hey, why don't you go to Shui Niangniang and accept their kneeling."
Uncle Cat stopped talking, looked at Xu Zhenzhen with an idiot expression on his face, and said: "Are you crazy, I am crazy to jump to the side of the statue of Shui Niangniang in full view, and I must not be beaten out by this group of people! "
Xu Zhenzhen was just joking with Uncle Cat, and just smiled at Uncle Cat's words, it seems that this fat cat is still self-aware. After laughing, he suddenly felt strange, as if only he, five people from the investment company and the civil engineering company were left in the yard, and he shot a few glances at him.
When the villagers rushed into the hall to worship, the five people didn't react for a while, they all stood in the yard and watched the believers kneel down. When they realized, they saw that they were still standing around One person and one cat, looking like they are enjoying the show.
"You? Aren't you going to worship?" the person in charge of the civil engineering company asked hesitantly.
"Hey, what are you doing? Do you want to run away? Don't run away. You can't leave until the problem is solved! I'm worried about you running away, so I'm here to watch you." Xu Zhenzhen shouted anxiously. Yang and the others were together, otherwise they would know not to kneel down and pray, and hang around in the village in the future.
Xu Zhenzhen's voice was heard in the main hall, and Lao Yang suddenly realized that these people can't be allowed to escape, at least let them bring someone who can make the decision.
Lao Yang is in good health. Although he is in his fifties, his daily work has made him in good health. He strode out and directed the villagers who were still kneeling to stand up, and surrounded five people firmly.
The leader of the investment company gave the person in charge of the civil engineering company a hard look. Is this person an idiot? He wanted to take the opportunity to withdraw just now, but he messed it up all of a sudden. up!
The author has something to say: I’m on a business trip again today, and I won’t be back until Sunday night, wait for me~~