Chapter 116. Wutong Mountain, Stone Village

Today's wine is very busy.

There are issues at Wutong Mountain that need to be resolved; Qin Weining has a friend who needs help; after returning, she also has to help Ling Jiajia find jade; and there is also a strange software waiting for her to check.

Jinjiu planned the itinerary, and then contacted Fu Hong to set off for Wutong Mountain immediately.

On the way to Wutong Mountain, Jinjiu learned a lot of information about Wutong Mountain from Fu Hong.

Of course, all this information was obtained by Fu Hong by hiring someone to investigate during Jinjiu's break.

"It is said that a phoenix once appeared on Wutong Mountain. The phoenix chose a tree to live in, and that tree was Wutong, so people named this mountain Wutong Mountain."

"Not bad, it's not called Phoenix Mountain directly, but Wutong Mountain sounds pretty good."

Fu Hong: “…” That makes sense.

"There are several villages at the foot of Wutong Mountain. One of them, called Laoshi Village, has existed the longest. And everyone says that the reason why Laoshi Village is called Laoshi Village is because there is an old stone in their village with a very long history. It is said that the stone is very powerful. If a sick person touches the stone, even the most serious illness can be cured."

"Will anyone believe this? Has anyone succeeded?"

"Most people will definitely not believe it, but there will definitely be people who do believe it, especially when someone is at the end of his rope and is desperate to try any possible means. Even if someone says that the stone can bring the dead back to life, there will be people who will believe it." What Fu Hong said made a lot of sense.

There has never been a shortage of superstitious people in this world. Rather than being superstitious, it is more like a kind of psychological sustenance.

Whether it is true or not, whether it can succeed or not, it doesn’t really matter. They just need comfort.

“I can’t say whether anyone has been successfully cured, but it seems that there was a plague in Stone Village several decades ago. Almost no one died at that time, but after surviving, the population flow of Stone Village has changed dramatically.”

"Most people left Stone Village at that time. Many of those who are still in Stone Village today moved in later. Only a small number of them survived the plague but chose not to leave. These people all said that they were able to survive because the disease was driven away by the stone."

There are actually records of this incident. The village was blocked during the plague, and when it was unblocked, there were only a few survivors in the village.

After investigation, those people said that they were able to survive because they were saved by the magic stone.

"In fact, I think there are many magical things in this world that cannot be explained by science."

"What they said could be interpreted as true, that the divine stone really appeared, but it could also be false. After all, although many people survived this incident, they were all gone. No one knows whether it was a plague or not. Perhaps it was just some similar infectious disease with a low mortality rate, so so many people survived."

"What about other villages? Are there any peculiarities like Stone Village?"

Fu Hong thought about the information she had found, then shook her head: "There is nothing special about the village except Stone Village."

"So there are other strange things in other places?" "I don't know if it counts. The climate and soil conditions of Wutong Mountain are very good. Various edible fruits and herbs often grow on the mountain. In the past, children would go up the mountain to pick fruits, and adults would pick herbs to sell for money. Some people said that they met fairies in white clothes when they were on the mountain, and some people said that they saw a phoenix, but there is no substantial evidence for these."

No matter what, Wutong Mountain and Shitou Village must have secrets, and the purpose of Jinjiu's trip is precisely for them.

They soon arrived at their destination. Because Wutong Mountain had been cordoned off, Fu Hong had no way to drive in and could only stay at the village at the foot of the mountain.

Jinjiu looked around and saw a stone in a corner. On the stone were three blurry and distorted words - Stone Village.

"This is actually the Stone Village?" Fu Hong parked the car and walked over. She was a little surprised. Obviously, she didn't expect that this was actually the Stone Village.

After all, she had only looked up information and had not been here in person, so she was not very familiar with the place.

"Find someone to ask where I can go up the mountain." Although Jinjiu was also quite interested in Shitou Village, she still wanted to deal with the issue of Wutong Mountain first.

The two people entered the village and found that this stone village was quite lively. Because the temperature was not very high today and the weather was good, there were old people and children basking in the sun or playing games in front of every household.

Compared with the attire of the villagers, Jinjiu and Fu Hong's attire was obviously somewhat out of place. Their arrival immediately attracted the attention of the villagers.

Fu Hong and Jin Jiu came to the house closest to the village entrance, ready to ask where they could go up Wutong Mountain.

"Hello, grandpa and aunt. We two are here to travel to Wutong Mountain, but when we got here we saw that the mountain was surrounded. Do you know what's going on?" Fu Hong first handed a few candies to the children next to the grandpa and aunt, and then asked with a smile.

Because of her action, the originally cold expressions of the old men and women softened a lot, but they still gave people a very distant feeling.

"Tourism? Didn't you investigate before coming here? Wutong Mountain has been bought by someone, and they do want to develop tourism, but it hasn't been built yet. You've come here in vain!" The old man tapped his pipe and spoke slowly.

"Ah? How could this happen?" Fu Hong pretended to be surprised. "My friend clearly told me that Wutong Mountain is very interesting and there are many good things on the mountain. I was wondering if I could see the world."

The aunt saw that the two girls were good-looking, well-dressed and had decent temperaments, and her own child had just eaten someone else's candy, so she was very nice to them.

Hearing Fu Hong's words, the aunt smiled and said, "This Wutong Mountain was indeed quite nice in the past. There were small animals to hunt, beautiful flowers and plants, edible fruits, and medicinal herbs. Not long ago, I heard that someone dug up a hundred-year-old ginseng there! But my daughter, you two are really a step late. Even if you had come a few days earlier, you could have gone in and seen the scenery on the mountain."

Seeing that the old lady was willing to talk, Fu Hong took the initiative to walk over. Seeing that the old lady was peeling peanuts, she helped to peel the peanuts while chatting with her.

As for Jinjiu, they looked young. It was very tiring in such a hot day, so the old man had already brought two small stools for them to sit on and rest.

The old man didn't like to talk much, and so did Jinjiu. But the children who had eaten candy before rarely saw a beautiful sister coming to the village, and the beautiful sister also gave them candy, so they all stood not far away and looked in Jinjiu's direction from time to time.

He looked like he wanted to get closer but didn't dare.

(End of this chapter)