Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

Li Zhenfeng continued to narrate as he rode his horse: "As soon as they entered Changbai Mountain in winter, they got lost. They wandered around for three days but still couldn't find their way out. The dry food they brought with them was all gone. If they couldn't find their way out, the three of them would starve to death or freeze to death.

Seeing that the heavy snow was about to bury the three of them, two hunters rescued them and took my grandfather to where they lived. These were two brothers. In order to avoid the beards, the elder brother took his wife and younger brother to the mountains, built two wooden houses, and hunted and collected herbs in the mountains.

My grandpa and his friends were very grateful to them at that time, saying they saved their lives. Originally, they would repay their gratitude in the future. But they should never have done that. The two hunting brothers invited my grandpa and his friends to drink and eat meat. They drank a little too much.

The two brothers knew that they were ginseng collectors, so they showed off to them, saying that they had dug up two big ginseng trees. My grandfather and his friends didn't believe them and thought they were bragging.

The two brothers took out a red cloth bag from the box and opened it, and saw that there were really two big sticks.

People say that seven liang is a good ginseng and eight liang is a treasure. These two big sticks weigh eight or nine liang, and they are obviously hundreds of years old.

My grandfather was envious and jealous. Halfway through his drink, Li Youcai pulled him out to urinate and secretly told him that if they stole the two big mallets and sold them in Fengtian, they would become rich.

My grandfather was also tempted. At this time, all the morality and ethics were bullshit. They went back to the house and continued drinking. They originally thought that they would get the two brothers drunk, steal the ginseng and run away. However, they did not expect that Li Youcai and Chen Fu would take advantage of the two brothers falling asleep while drunk and stab them to death with a knife.

My grandfather was so angry that he said, "If we don't kill them, what if they wake up and catch up with us?"

My grandfather had no choice but to dig a hole to bury the body. When he wasn't paying attention, Li Youcai went to another room and raped the woman. Not only that, he also strangled her to death.

My grandpa couldn't stand this. He was already not a human being if he was ungrateful, but to do this? Isn't that a beast?

He and Li Youcai started arguing, and then they started fighting. My grandfather had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he couldn't stop himself and kicked Li Youcai in the crotch. He was kicked so hard that he couldn't get up from the bed for two days. Chen Fu tried his best to pull them apart. At this point, there was no other way, so he had to dig a hole and bury all three of them.

Two days later, they took the club out of Changbai Mountain and sold it in Fengtian for a high price. They divided the money. My grandfather originally wanted to part ways with Li Youcai,

Li Youcai kicked him, ruining his offspring and making him his enemy. It would be awkward for them to be together again, but he followed my grandfather and Chen Fu to Shaoguozi.

More than ten years passed, my grandfather and Chen Fu had their own families, but Li Youcai remained childless. He started gambling and lost everything. His wife also ran away. My grandfather and Chen Fu paid him back a lot.

Until one day, he came to my grandfather to borrow money again. My grandfather was really impatient and didn't lend him the money. Unexpectedly, this beast kidnapped my grandmother to threaten him. My grandfather quarreled with him and started fighting. My grandfather killed him with a knife in anger and buried him. He told others that he died of a sudden illness.

Unexpectedly, twenty years later, Li Youcai would turn into a ghost to seek revenge.

My grandfather said he didn't regret killing Li Youcai. What he regretted was that he had violated his conscience and killed two of his saviors. What happened today was karma! It was truly karma...

There is an old saying that is so true: everything has cause and effect, everything has reincarnation, good and bad fortune have no doors, only people bring them upon themselves, good and evil will eventually be rewarded, cause and effect always cycle.

Li Zhenfeng was so thirsty when he was talking that Dabao couldn't help but give him a thumbs up. This Northeastern person is really good at speaking in plain language. This story definitely exists, but it is definitely not so tortuous. Li Zhenfeng also made some artistic processing.

As they were talking, they saw the light of fire in the distance and the faint sound of drums.

Dabao and Li Zhenfeng looked at each other, and at the same time, they squeezed their horses' bellies and sped up.

Taiping Village at the foot of Wohu Ridge is less than ten miles away from Shitoulazi. These two villages rely on the mountains for their livelihood and the water for their livelihood. They farm during the busy farming season and hunt and collect herbs during the slack season. As long as they are not lazy and gluttonous, they live a good life.

The closer Dabao and Li Zhenfeng were, the stronger the drum beats they heard, and the more rhythmic they were.

Li Zhenfeng immediately pointed and said, "Comrade Xiao Qin, this is Taipingtun. Judging from the drumbeats, they should be summoning gods to heal illnesses."

They arrived at the village and rode towards the place where there was a fire. After a while, they arrived at the threshing ground. The threshing ground was full of people and there was a big bonfire next to it. There was a building that looked like a temple with several doors open. Dabao guessed that this was not a temple, but an ancestral hall, which was somewhat similar to the ancestral hall in Qinjiagou.

It was around nine o'clock in the evening. The ancestral hall was brightly lit. Except for a large area reserved for the main and second gods, the rest was packed with people. All the people from the village, young and old, had come. There were a few women crying quietly, and no one knew why they were crying.

A woman in her thirties, with a big body and a thick waist, sat in the middle of the ancestral hall. Her hair was messy and her hands were covered in mud. Her face was better, probably because she had wiped it off. However, it was hard to tell whether the expression on her face was crying or laughing.

There are three women wearing colorful clothes, also called divine clothes and divine skirts.

Two of them were wearing colorful clothes with many strips of cloth, iron bells around their waists, and masks on their faces. The masks were ferocious, especially the hats, which were very distinctive, tall, like the ones worn by the Black and White Impermanence, and were covered with rooster feathers. From a distance, they looked like giant roosters that had become spirits.

The difference between them is that one wears a mask and the other does not.

The masked one is the second god, she holds the drum of King Wen in her left hand and the whip of driving away gods in her right hand.

The other one was different. She wore a mandarin jacket on her upper body and a knee-length gown on her lower body. Her feet were bare, with bells tied around her ankles. A heart-protecting mirror hung on her chest and back. She also wore copper bells on both wrists. Her hair was tied in two small buns, and a red ribbon was tied around her forehead. In her left hand was a magic staff, and in her right was a magic sword. The staff and sword also looked old. Her outfit was neat and tidy, and anyone who knew the business knew that this great god was not an ordinary immortal who could exorcise evil spirits, tell fortunes, or cure illnesses, but a powerful martial immortal.

This Northeastern dance of the gods has a long history, nearly two thousand years. It is also called Chu Ma Xian, a branch of shamanism. There are usually two people doing this dance. The one with empty hands is the big god, and the invited old gods all possess his body, because his body is the best at communicating with the gods. There is also a second god, who holds the King Wen drum and the god-driving whip. She wears colorful clothes, bells around her waist, a strange mask on her face, and a tall hat with rooster feathers on her head. When inviting gods, she sings and dances. However, almost everyone stays away from the dance of the gods, because they are different from normal people. In the Northeastern dialect, they are weird and like mental patients.

But today the master is dressed very uniquely, it is called formal attire, but the two women, one is wearing a mask, the other has thick oil paint on her face, so it is impossible to see their appearance.

In Northeast China, 90% of those who perform shaman dances and horse-riding rituals are women, known as witches. Why? Because women are yin, and the guardian spirits who appear on horses are usually of the five gates: fox, yellow, white, willow, and gray. These five gates are all yin, so women are more likely to be possessed by spirits. Men have a stronger yang energy, which is incompatible with the aura of the great spirits. However, these witches who invite spirits to possess them are always switching back and forth between dreams and reality. Without exception, they are mentally unstable, that is, mentally ill, and cannot live a normal life like ordinary people. Therefore, almost no one dares to marry them.

Dabao stood outside the crowd and watched with great interest, while Li Zhenfeng went to find a place to tie up his horse.

An offering table was placed in the middle of the ancestral hall, with an incense burner in the middle with three incense sticks inserted. The table was filled with fruits, snacks, and roasted chicken elbows. There were also high-quality tobacco leaves, a brass pipe, and two packs of Daqianmen cigarettes on the side.

Why do most ceremonies involve so many delicious dishes? That’s because the three great deities, Fox, Yellow, and Gray, are all foodies. Without hesitation, they prepare a meal for the deities before they serve them well. Only then will they answer questions and treat illnesses. This is the custom.