I work as a housekeeper in Guilou

Chapter 221 Zhang Ying’s Travel Notes ()
This place is called "Xiao Mugong Village". This village is not big, with less than a hundred households.

However, the number of faiths here can reach up to forty, which truly means "every faith is different within ten meters, and the custom is different within a hundred meters".

What they believe in is not "gods" but "immortals", and the objects of their belief are often vegetation in the mountains, animals and birds in the forest, and natural phenomena.

For example, the god Bai Xian whom Xia Qimiao was familiar with was originally a cypress tree; the fox fairy who ate Si Ya was originally a fox.

In addition, there are gold and silver fairies, rice fairies, dolphin fairies, snake fairies, and even rain fairies and wind fairies.

Most people do not believe in just one kind of "immortal". What they believe in is animism, not monotheism.

A household can believe in at least three or more types of "fairies", and the mainstream ones must believe in three "fairies": the rice fairy in charge of harvest, the medicine fairy in charge of health and the Bai fairy in charge of death, which correspond to birth, old age, illness and death.

Yes, people here generally recognize Bai Xian, not the god Bai Xian.

Although there is only one word difference, Xia Qimiao feels that it is quite different. The first word should characterize it from the perspective of a high-level monster, and it is good rather than evil.

To her surprise, she heard another familiar name "Block Immortal". What's more coincidental is that to a certain extent, its scope of immortality coincides with that of Shen Baixian.

The reason why the god Baixian is in charge of death is because the coffins here are all made of cypress wood.

A person will end up in a cypress coffin in his life, which is under the jurisdiction of the god Bai Xian, so in the eyes of those who believe in it, it controls death.

As the name suggests, the Bone Immortal is a fairy related to bones. Those who believe in it believe that if life does not bring death, it will not take it with it. There is no need for a coffin after death. Just lie down in the mountains and turn into withered bones.

The villagers of Xiaomugong Village attach great importance to the inheritance of the family line and posthumous matters, so here, the majority believe in the god Bai Xian, while those who believe in the Jie Xian are in the minority.

Although I don’t know what the relationship between this Bone Immortal and a certain Bone Immortal is, it sounds like they are extremely close.

This can also explain why Shen Baixian couldn't wait to send her an invitation as soon as he saw the news from Xia Qimiao.

It's very possible that they knew each other, but she didn't expect that she actually bumped into them.

Judging from Lin Jiangdan's information, a small part of the "fairies" believed in here are fake and do not exist at all, such as the rain fairy, wind fairy, and thunder fairy, which are related to pure natural phenomena.

Most of them should be real monsters, such as Bai Xian and Fox Fairy.

By the way, the C-level monster that Lin Jiangdan killed without asking for information was the Fox Fairy.

"Although I didn't have time to visit all the houses, I feel that they are not worshiping serious gods, but are raising little ghosts."

Although Lin Jiangdan is only C-level, she is only one step away from breaking through, but she can't break through this bottleneck no matter what.

But she was not in a hurry, because she had an indescribable feeling that as long as she stayed with the original poster, the breakthrough would come sooner or later.

Xia Qimiao coughed twice: "Do they have any immortals who are in charge of marriage and fertility?"

"I haven't heard of it yet," Lin Jiangdan shook her head. This was also the point that made her more confused during the search. "You may have to ask the locals to find out."

"Then go and ask."

"Owner..." Lin Jiangdan stopped her, "How can we tell these little girls that we will help them leave?"

Xia Qimiao noticed something strange about her mood. It wasn't that she seemed to disagree, but more like she was torn between agreement and disagreement: "What's wrong?" "They may not really be willing to run away. "Lin Jiangdan was a little depressed, "You may not know it, but I also peeked at many female villagers when I was checking for artifacts. They are so... accustomed to this kind of life. "

"Others can't hear our conversation," Xia Qimiao could hear her hesitation, "You can feel free to speak your true thoughts."

"I can't find the right words to describe them." In fact, there are some, but they are so bad that she doesn't want to say them. "I hear so many voices that I feel speechless."

"for example?"

"For example, there is a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."

At that time, the mother-in-law was chatting with her neighbors about trivial matters and gossip about various families, and finally talked about her daughter-in-law.

The mother-in-law had a proud expression on her face: "If she wants to run away, why don't she just keep working obediently? She won't dare to go west when I point her east."

"I told her yesterday, Cui, if you want to leave, I won't stop you," she said with a smile on her face. "She told me she doesn't want to leave now."

The neighbor asked: "Didn't she get beaten and kicked by your son before and said she wouldn't drink pesticides?"

Her mother-in-law glanced at her quickly: "She said it herself, it was because she was too stupid and ignorant before, but now she has no idea."

"It's also because she was raised too delicately by her original family. My son slapped her twice and she said it hurt to death. How could she be so delicate? Who wouldn't be beaten like this?"

Listening to their conversation, Lin Jiangdan felt that when he died, he was not as angry as he is now.

It can also be heard from the last sentence that the mother-in-law was beaten before, but she did not understand her daughter-in-law because of this, and only said that she was delicate.

Lin Jiangdan thought about taking action and endured it again and again, but she still couldn't bear it and went to find her daughter-in-law who was "in her mid-twenties".

When she saw her, she looked away in a blink of an eye because she did not meet the age she thought she was in her twenties.

It is not an exaggeration to say that she is forty or fifty.

She used the skin of the fairy to ask her daughter-in-law if she wanted to take revenge and kill all those who oppressed her.

The daughter-in-law shook her head violently and said that she was actually living a good life now. Because her husband had committed suicide before, he also reduced the number of times he attacked her.

Although her family was poor and still asked her to repay the original debt, her child had been born and her life had improved, so she wanted to live a good life.

Lin Jiangdan asked her again if she wanted to leave here?

The daughter-in-law said: "This is all my life. This is my life. Where can I go if I run? I can't change my life no matter where I run."

"This is already my home, and it won't necessarily be better if I leave. Besides, my son is still here, and they can't let me take him with me."

After saying that, she muttered again and again: "Fortunately, it's a son. Fortunately, it's a son."

After Lin Jiangdan asked further, she found out that she had given birth to two daughters, and they were both fed to the fox fairy enshrined in the family.

The daughter-in-law insisted that the fox fairy was a good one because it did not eat the head or feet, but only the heart, leaving the mother her daughter's complete body.

Lin Jiangdan still doesn't know whether when she was reciting those two sentences, she was thinking, "Fortunately, it's a son" that relieved her life, or "Fortunately, it's not a daughter." The child didn't have to die this time.