Chapter 254 The Old Turtle and the Water Monster
Afternoon.
The dam of the reservoir is full of people, from east to west, from south to north, like a big gathering, you squeeze me, I squeeze yours, they are all leaning towards the reservoir Look.
Some adults and children even climbed trees just to see clearly what was in the water.
Even Cui Laizi was leaning on a cane, trying hard to stand on tiptoes, stretching his neck and looking around.
"Here he comes, swimming back again, look."
Someone in the crowd shouted, which instantly caused the whole place to boil, and everyone shouted in high spirits.
"It's Prince Turtle. Did you see it? Prince Turtle is swimming back again."
"Oh my god, we are so lucky. We can really see a turtle once in this life." Your Majesty."
"Give me a break, Prince Turtle is here, let my baby also be blessed."
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When Chen Ling and Wang Susu came to the village entrance with their sons in their arms, what they saw was such an indescribable lively scene.
Wang Zhenzhen and a group of little kids had already climbed to the tree of the dam in threes and fives. At this time, they also started waving their little hands on the tree and shouting.
"Sister and brother-in-law, they are a group of big, big, big old turtles. The leader is bigger than our big millstone. Come and have a look."
"Go and have a look. How can we go there to see it? It’s so crowded that there’s no place to stand.”
Chen Ling glanced at it twice, then turned around and asked his wife: "Do you want to see this big old turtle?"
Of course Wang Susu wants to see it. It has been so long since she gave birth to Ruirui, and she hasn't been out much yet. Now, It's rare to see such a lively scene, and I really want to see what the old turtle looks like in everyone's mouth.
But, she is now a mother, and she can’t do whatever she wants. She glanced at her son who was staring at the crowd in her arms, and tilted her head. He stuck out his tongue at Chen Ling and said with a smile: "I want to see it, but with Ruirui and there are so many people, I can't see it."
"Hey, it's okay, this counts. What, I’ll figure it out.”
When Chen Ling heard this, he took her hand and walked onto the dam, heading east.
After wandering back and forth for a while, I finally found a place with an acquaintance and squeezed in.
"Shuiba, Qunfang, come and make room for me."
Sister Chen Ze and Chen Fang are watching in rapt attention, and they are looking at the reservoir with pious eyes, like Like praying.
When they heard the voice behind them, they all turned to look. When they saw it was Chen Ling's family of three, they immediately smiled.
"It's rich and honorable. Come on, come on. You just happen to have the baby with you. Hurry up and pray to Prince Turtle. The baby will be blessed in the future."
The adults greeted, and the children also called "Uncle Fugui" and "Uncle".
Chen Ling responded with a smile, took Wang Susu and her son to the front, and looked towards the reservoir.
Wang Susu was startled just by looking at it, "Why is there such a big old turtle here?"
On the wide water surface of the reservoir, One after another, the jet-black giant turtles were swimming slowly. The one you could see most clearly was the giant turtle at the front, because it was the largest. It was just as Wang Zhenzhen said, bigger than the big millstone at Chen Ling's house. It's getting bigger.
Seeing that his wife was so frightened that she fell into a daze, Chen Ling reached out and took his son into his arms, "They say that a thousand-year-old bastard and a ten-thousand-year-old turtle, look at this color and this head, there is no chance that he will survive." How many years have passed, don’t become a spirit.”
In addition to size, many people here also like to use color to judge age, such as scorpions and poisonous snakes. The darker the color, the more times they shed their skins, which proves that the more poisonous they are and the longer they live, which is more awe-inspiring.
"Don't talk nonsense about being rich and noble. It's about becoming a spirit but not becoming a spirit. This is our Turtle Prince, who just brought those Turtle Generals to help us fight off the monsters in the reservoir."
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Chen Fang and Chen Fang’s husband on the other side also looked solemn and nodded in approval: "Other things can be talked about for fun, but this matter cannot be fooled around. Prince Turtle has a spirit. Let him hear it, and be careful about biting your nose at night."
Hearing this, Chen Ling quickly suppressed his smile and pretended to be gregarious, but he still felt funny in his heart.
When I came here just now, I was worried that Garlic and the others would cause some unnecessary trouble if they were discovered.
Who would have expected that the villagers would directly regard it as the "Prince Turtle"? It was really... He didn't know what to say, but he thought it was a bit too absurd.
But.
When such a big old turtle appears in front of people, let alone in the countryside, even if it is placed in an outside city, it is understandable that it will be regarded as auspiciousness or monsters.
“This is Prince Turtle? What monster did Prince Turtle help us drive away?”
Wang Susu turned around and asked Chen Fang.
“It’s the monster that made trouble in the reservoir last year. It ate the duck thing from several houses here. When we were making lunch today, the flood control people were talking by the water. That thing saw people. They sneaked out of the water, as if they wanted to hurt someone. Fortunately, Prince Turtle came over in time and drove them away with a burst of power."
Chen Fang preached vividly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes. Same.
"Them? There is not one monster, but several?" Wang Susu heard something was wrong and asked hurriedly.
"Hmm... Well, we don't know whether this monster is one or several. Even when we saw this thing escaping in the water, it arched its head and couldn't see clearly. The tail is clear, and I can only see several currents stirring up in the water, dragging it for a long distance, just like a group of people running away."
Chen Fang said this.
But an elderly woman next to me said: "That's a trick conjured by monsters to narrow people's eyes. Think about it, this monster dares to come out in the daytime, how can it be so small? Thanks to Prince Turtle to control it. ”
“Yes, yes, I didn’t expect that Prince Turtle would come to our place this year. It seems that we didn’t have a flood here this year, it’s all thanks to Prince Turtle.”
These words attracted a large group of villagers nearby to echo.
Good guy, what you said to me made Chen Ling dumbfounded, wondering if such things could even be related.
Moreover, Lord Turtle, how many years and generations have passed, it can still be mentioned again, and so many people still believe it.
"Prince Turtle" comes from a very early local legend.
This legend is not solely related to Chenwangzhuang. It is widely spread and is spread in the areas where the Jinshui River flows.
It is said that every time in late summer or early autumn, when the Jinshui River rises, people will see the "Prince Turtle" coming out to control the water.
The Turtle Prince has a majestic figure. Every time he goes on patrol, he will be followed by a large group of "shrimp soldiers and crab generals", turtle sons and turtle grandsons. The black and dense team can be as long as two miles in the Jinshui River.
That battle was quite big.
At this time, people always rush to tell each other and rush to the shore to watch.
Later it was even clearly written in the county annals and was regarded as a "wonder".
A long time ago, there was a Dragon King Temple in the area where the Jinshui River and the Nansha River intersected. It was built here by our ancestors to suppress floods in the two major rivers.
The amazing thing is that every time King Turtle's team arrives here, they will stop. Some years they stay for a long time, and some years they stay for a short time. People say this is to worship the Dragon King.
The dragon gave birth to nine sons, and Prince Turtle was one of the nine sons of the Dragon Prince.
Some scholars even bluntly said that this is a dragon turtle or a turtle. It must be called the Dragon Prince, not the Turtle Prince.
But people still like to call in their own way.
There is more than one legend about "Prince Turtle".
It is also said that before liberation, when the reservoir was still a large lake, some villagers saw a huge old turtle on a foggy day. It was trapped by something on the shore and could not go back. Later, it was wrapped The red cloth was respectfully carried back to the lake. Since then, the weather has been good here for many years, and no one has drowned again.
The spread is amazing.
There is another one that happened more recently. It was encountered during the great flood 20 or 30 years ago. A huge turtle also appeared. It is said that the back of this turtle was wider than an ordinary table. , saved many people in the flood.
After the water receded, the locals cast iron tortoises to control the water.
Because there are many rivers, there have been many floods since ancient times. Legends like this are spread everywhere.
If everything in the past was mostly hearsay and rumors, what you see now is different.
It's really happening before your eyes.
The visual impact is not ordinary.
Even the little guy in Chen Ling's arms felt the lively atmosphere, and he kept humming happily. Although he didn't know what the other people were doing, he was just happy along with it.
"I like the excitement so much. I will take you to visit more often in the future." Chen Ling poked his little face, and then he was always on the lookout for mosquitoes.
At this time, Garlic and its turtle men were swimming closer and closer.
At that time, Chen Ling left them in the reservoir because he was worried about any unknown creatures in the reservoir. After all, there were two holes as big as two on the shore, and it scared the little weasels so much that they had to be careful.
It just so happens that Garlic is wise, and he will become a talent in the cave.
After Chen Ling released it and explained the matter clearly, it would be able to guard this place. If something wants to hurt people, it can also bring a group of male turtles to fight against it to prevent unknown creatures from hurting people.
Otherwise, he would not worry about Wang Zhenzhen and the children in the village coming here to play again.
After all, these monkeys keep their mouths shut, and children have fickle minds. Who knows if they will suddenly change their minds when they see something interesting.
So if you can’t find any unknown creatures in the reservoir, it’s better to take some precautions in advance.
Now it seems that the decision made was the right one.
It seems that the unknown creature came out again today. After being discovered by Garlic, it drove away with a group of big male turtles?
“Prince Turtle is here, Prince Turtle is swimming over, please say goodbye quickly, say goodbye quickly.”
"Thank God, Prince Turtle is here at Chenwangzhuang."
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The closer the garlic is to this side, the greater the visual impact it will have on people.
Especially because it led the way, with seven big male turtles guarding it in an orderly manner like guards.
This posture is unusual at first glance.
Even many young people got excited, shouting "Prince Turtle" and calling for people to catch the chickens and ducks at home, burn incense and worship them.
Pray for good weather and abundant harvests every year in the future.
Even the three young guards sent for flood control silently bowed twice with their hands clasped together.
This scene is incredible.
Chen Ling was very happy to see it, but he was afraid that staying here would affect Suan Tou, so he hugged his son and pulled Wang Susu away quickly.
"Aling, people say that is Prince Turtle, why don't we pay our respects? Pray for Ruirui too."
Being pulled out of the crowd by him, Wang Susu looked back three times, There was also a lot of pity on his face.
“Silly wife, why have you become so superstitious?”
Chen Ling smiled and squeezed her little hand, “Let’s go, it’s not like there are no such big turtles. They are very common in the sea. Didn’t I tell you about turtles?”
“There are also whales, they are so big that they are almost invisible.”
"It's not like you become a sperm when you get older."
As he continued speaking, Wang Susu still hesitated.
“But, they have all betrothed their children. If we don’t beg Rui Rui, will it happen...”
“No, this is not true, they are willing Just say goodbye."
Chen Ling reluctantly pulled his wife out, thinking that this stupid wife became confused after giving birth to a baby. She had taught her so much in vain.
I need to give her more lessons in the future.
The three of them were walking under the dam when they happened to see Liang Guizhen cut a piece of red cloth, wrapped it around a piece of bacon, and muttered something and threw it into the river to feed the turtles.
Behind this woman, there was a staggering big head running on his calves. He picked up a red cloth from nowhere and chased after her, shouting "grandma, grandma" as she trotted away. come over.
Liang Guizhen didn't even look at it. Then she saw the big head tugging on her trouser legs. She got tired of the tugging, so she scolded her with a fierce face and glaring triangular eyes: "Go away, get out of here."
Datou was stunned by the reprimand, and whispered aggrievedly: "Dada asked me to give you a red cloth."
Liang Guizhen had already turned her head, as if she hadn't heard anything, and kept mumbling with her eyes closed.
On normal days, other villagers might have scolded him when they saw it, but now everyone's eyes are on "Prince Turtle" and they can't care about others.
And it was crowded and noisy at this time. You squeezed me, I squeezed yours, and soon the big head was squeezed out of the crowd.
With tears in his eyes, he looked helplessly in the direction of Liang Guizhen holding the red cloth.
When Chen Ling and Wang Susu saw this scene, they hurried over, fearing that the villagers would not pay attention at this time, squeeze in and step on the little child.
"Datou, what are you doing here?" Wang Susu squatted down and asked with a smile as she walked up to him.
When Datou turned around and looked at Wang Susu, he didn't know what was wrong. He felt more and more aggrieved. While rubbing his eyes, tears couldn't stop falling.
"Auntie, I'm here to give a red cloth to grandma."
By the end of the sentence, he was already sobbing.
This baby is now over two years old. Wang Jusheng and his wife have taught him well and he can speak clearly.
"Come and give him a red cloth."
Chen Ling squatted down when he saw this, stretched out his hand to wipe his tears, "Why are you crying? I'm here to give it to you. Can I give it to you directly to Prince Turtle?" ?”
Da Tou rubbed his eyes and wiped away tears, and nodded vigorously: “Okay.”
Chen Ling handed his son to Wang Susu, picked up Da Tou, and looked at the confused person beside him. The old man Chen Gannian snatched a fish from his hand, wrapped it in a red cloth, pushed his way to the front of the crowd, and threw it into the river with all his strength.
Oddly enough, although the old turtle also ate the poultry and meat that the villagers threw into the river, the leader, whom they considered to be the "Prince Turtle", did nothing from the beginning to the end.
Until now, when Chen Ling threw it away, it suddenly surfaced, swam up to it, and ate it up in two or three mouthfuls, leaving everyone stunned.
So much so that there was a brief silence on the dam.
Then everyone followed suit and wanted to be the next lucky one, but unfortunately, the "Turtle King" didn't respond anymore and wouldn't eat what they fed at all.
This made the villagers envious of Chen Ling. There was only one Liang Guizhen, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and she was angry and jealous in her heart.
You felt even more angry when you saw Chen Ling holding Da Tou in his arms and throwing away the red cloth in Da Tou's hand.
Chen Ling was too lazy to pay attention to the thief. When he saw that Da Tou stopped crying, he and Wang Susu sent him home.
What happened today is not that he deliberately created family conflicts. Wang Jusheng's family was well aware of it.
The couple originally thought that they would not come forward, and asked their son to send a red cloth to Liang Guizhen, and a two-year-old grandson to ask for it. Liang Guizhen, a grandmother, could not refuse, and let Liang Guizhen represent the family. It is a good thing for people to pray well to Prince Turtle.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.
Moreover, there are so many people on the dam, and the children are so young that this grandma doesn’t even bother to look after them.
Zhang Qiaoling was so angry that she cried and said that she would never do such a thing again, so as not to offend others.
Wang Jusheng just sighed and sat on the threshold, smoking without saying a word.
There is no way to comfort such a thing, so Chen Ling and his wife hugged their son and left silently.
"What do you think Aunt Guizhen is after? She used to dislike Brother Jusheng's first child being a daughter, so she was not good to Dandan. Now that the first child is a boy, why is it still like this?"
< br>On the way home, Wang Susu still felt a little uncomfortable, and her beautiful brows were knitted together.
"I don't know, I can't figure it out. Just talk about Brother Jusheng's character. As long as you treat him a little better, when he gets older, will he be able to treat you worse?"
"Uncle Wu and Guizhen Each aunt is smarter than the other, and they are not stupid. Anyway, I don’t believe that they can’t see what the two sons have.”
“But, after all these years, it still hasn’t changed. Alas. ..."
Chen Ling smacked his lips as he said, "There are all kinds of parents in this world, but it is really rare to be so partial."
"There is another one. A little baby with a big head is just like a kitten or puppy. If you treat it well since childhood and raise it since childhood, can it not respect you when it grows up? "
"It's true that the fifth uncle didn't advise anything and just let the mother-in-law do whatever she wanted. The two of them have been smart people all their lives, but they just did something stupid like this when they faced each other in the family."
"I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out. ”
To say that Wang Jusheng is not his biological child would be nonsense. Wang Jusheng is the most like his parents, but Wang Juxiang is not like them.
But when it comes to talking to the outside world, Liang Guizhen seems to have only one son.
Wang Susu became even more distressed as she hugged her son and kept sighing, "Anyway, our family can't be like this in the future. If you treat Ruirui well, you must treat your children in the future as well. A bowl of water must be balanced. ”
"I know, we definitely can't do this."
There is no need for her to say this. Chen Ling was annoyed by this the most. She took her son over and walked to the front.
"No matter whether we have boys or girls in the future, it will be the same. All the dolls in our family are treasures, and it is too late to feel sorry for them."
(End of this chapter)
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