80s Taoism

"It's fine for you to go for a walk in the village, but there are a few households you must not go to." Gu Baishui said.

"Why?" Zhang Jiaohua asked puzzled.

"These households are very repulsive to strangers. It's better that you don't know about some situations, so as not to be in a dilemma." Gu Baishui said.

Zhang Jiaohua frowned. From Gu Baishui's tone, he could tell that there was obviously something wrong. But what exactly is going on?

"In fact, the people in our village are very kind, but there are just a few households that are not easy to deal with. You just don't want to provoke them, and they won't deliberately make things difficult for you." Gu Baishui seemed to avoid this topic intentionally or unintentionally.

"Secretary Gu, I heard that many young people of marriageable age in Yingpan Village are unable to marry their wives. Is there such a thing?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"There is such a thing. In a poor place like Yingpan Village, where are the girls willing to marry? Those who are capable will not come back after marrying a wife, and those who are not, can only be single." Gu Baishui shook his head.

Zhang Jiaohua was not in a hurry to do something, she didn't intend to do anything earth-shattering when she came here, the real purpose was to find a quiet place to stay. By the way, let's settle the matter in Yingpan Village.

Cultivation is not about sitting in a place with rich aura to breathe out the aura, but more importantly, it is to understand the Dao. You can enlighten to the Tao in the deep mountains, and you can also enlighten to the Tao in the busy city. In this impoverished small mountain village, one can also attain enlightenment. Zhang Jiaohua didn't deliberately try to realize the Tao, but waited for the right time. With the opportunity to comprehend the Dao, one can naturally comprehend the Dao.

Gu Chuangui still remembered that he wanted to earn money to buy painkillers from Zhang Jiaohua, so he ran over after eating. Seeing Zhang Jiaohua cleaning up the dishes, he immediately ran over to help.

"Uncle, let me wash the dishes for you." Gu Chuangui said.

"Okay. Then I will trouble you." Zhang Jiaohua stepped aside.

Although Gu Chuanping is small, he is quick to do housework. But after all, it is a child, and it is impossible to do the work as carefully as an adult.

"Snacks? I'll get them for you." Zhang Jiaohua was going to rummage through the boxes.

"No, uncle, I didn't come here to eat candy. Didn't you say that I would take you for a walk around the village? I want to make money to buy painkillers for my grandfather." Gu Chuangui said.

"Is this good? You take me to familiarize yourself with the situation in your village, and I will heal your grandfather's leg when the time comes." Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"Can you cure your feet? My grandfather has rheumatism, and everyone in the village says it can't be cured." Gu Chuangui said.

"Is there any disease that can't be cured? It's just that I don't know how to treat it. I'm sure your grandfather's rheumatism can be cured." Zhang Jiaohua said.

"That's a deal. If you can't cure it, give me money to buy painkillers." Gu Chuangui said. He still didn't quite believe Zhang Jiaohua's words.

"Gu Zhishu told me just now that there are a few households in your village that I should never go to. Do you know what's going on?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"The adults also told us children not to go to those houses. Who knows what happened to those houses? There may be something inauspicious. When I passed by there many times, I heard crying, which scared me to death. I'm afraid it's haunted." When Gu Chuangui talked about those houses, his face changed.

"How could it be haunted in broad daylight?" Zhang Jiaohua also felt strange.

"I clearly heard someone crying inside. After crying once or twice, I didn't hear it. I went back and told my grandpa, and my grandpa scolded me. You must not approach their house, it's very bad luck." Gu Chuangui quickly reminded Zhang Jiaohua.

"Come on, take me to that poisonous pond." Zhang Jiaohua said.

Not long after, Gu Chuangui brought Zhang Jiaohua to the pond. The area of ​​this pond is not small, it can be called a small reservoir. Zhang Jiaohua saw the problem of the pond at a glance. The water in the pond is very clear and looks very clean, unlike the water in ordinary ponds that is a little green, the water in this pond is as clean as pure water. You can even see the bottom of the pond. The bottom of the pond was bare and lifeless. Apart from a few fallen leaves floating on the water, nothing could be seen at all. Even the edge of the pond is bare.

"Have you taken a bath in this pond?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

Gu Chuangui shook his head: "This pond is poisonous, adults don't allow us to take a bath in it."

Everyone in the village knows how powerful this pond is. The water in it is not only inedible to livestock, but even watering crops can kill them. It has become a well-known poisonous pool. If the water in this pond can be used for irrigation, Yingpan Village will not be short of water at all.

Zhang Jiaohua saw that there seemed to be a layer of white fine sand on the edge of the pond, so he walked over, grabbed some, pinched it, then licked it with his tongue, and tasted a not very pure salty taste.

"Saline-alkali pool." Zhang Jiaohua suddenly understood that with such a high salinity, any animal or plant would die if soaked in it. But Zhang Jiaohua heard from Zhishu Gu that this pond was not like this before. Where did the salt in the pond come from?

Gu Chuangui also imitated Zhang Jiaohua, squeezed the salt and alkali with his fingers, put it in his mouth, tasted it, and immediately spit it out: "It's so salty!"

"Chuangui, is there a hole in this pond? When it rains, where does the water flow into the pond?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"From the mountain. This is a poisonous pond. Usually no one comes here. But the water flows down from the mountain." Gu Chuangui said.

Zhang Jiaohua nodded and didn't continue to ask, because Gu Chuangui didn't know either. Zhang Jiaohua walked around the side of the pond near the mountain, and found that the saline-alkali pavement was thicker in some exposed places, and thinner in some places. Perhaps this has a lot to do with the source of salt and alkali.

The pond is very large, and Zhang Jiaohua can still see the slogan "Learn from Dazhai in Agriculture" on the dam. It shows that this pond is also the result of water conservancy construction in that booming era, but no one expected that the small reservoir that was built so hard turned out to be a poisonous pond.

Near a rock, Zhang Jiaohua saw a thick white saline, like a white sandy beach. The saline-alkali land spread all the way to the entrance of a stone cave, and it could be seen that the cave was also covered with a thick layer of salt-alkali.

"It should be here." Zhang Jiaohua thought to himself. This cave should be the source of salinity. The cave is huge, fully two meters high, and Zhang Jiaohua can walk into the cave without bowing his waist. This cave should have been formed for a long time. Since there was no saline in the pond, this cave should also have no saline before. It could only be due to some unexpected situation that caused the saline in the mountain to merge into the groundwater. Zhang Jiaohua was about to walk into the cave, but was stopped by Gu Chuangui.

"Uncle, don't go inside, it's dangerous." Gu Chuangui said.

"How dangerous?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"In the past, someone in the village went to play in the cave, but was bitten by a monster inside." Gu Chuangui said.

"Monster?" Zhang Jiaohua asked curiously.

"That's right. Uncle Cripple went inside, but was accidentally bitten by a monster on his leg. After he came out, he became a lame man." Gu Chuangui looked into the cave with some fear, fearing that the monster would jump out of it at any time.

Zhang Jiaohua withdrew, he didn't want Gu Chuangui, a kid, to worry. Sooner or later he would come to explore this cave. The secret of the saline-alkali pond must be found out, and only after the troubles have been eradicated can we find a way to control the saline-alkali pond. To solve the problem in Yingpan Village, this pond is still very important.

"Chuangui, where are your parents? Have they all gone out to work?" Zhang Jiaohua patted Gu Chuangui on the head.

"My mother ran away, and my father went out to find my mother, and never came back." Gu Chuangui suddenly became gloomy.

Zhang Jiaohua stroked Gu Chuangui's head, the matter of his parents may not be so simple. But Zhang Jiaohua didn't press on. With a long time to come, and a long time to stay here, there is always a chance to figure it all out.

The area of ​​the poisonous pond is not small. Zhang Jiaohua and Gu Chuangui walked around the poisonous pond for an hour or two. In addition to the difficult mountain road, there is one more thing, that is, the pond really looks like a reservoir. It is a pity that such a large pond has become a saline-alkali pond. If the source can be controlled, after the water in the pond is drained, all the salinity and alkali at the bottom of the pond are removed, and then the water is stored, there should be no problem. It may be possible to solve the water shortage problem in Yingpan Village at once.

Zhang Jiaohua took Gu Chuangui back to the village school, took out the snacks and shared them with Gu Chuangui.

"How do you usually make money to buy food?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"The country distributes relief food. They also sell medicinal materials to make money to buy rice." Gu Chuangui ate carefully, even cleaning up some crumbs stuck on the packing box.

"Come on, there are more here." Zhang Jiaohua grabbed another handful and gave it to Gu Chuangui.

Gu Chuangui shook his head: "I've already eaten. Uncle, I'll go back first and come back tomorrow." Then he got up and went home.

Zhang Jiaohua quickly said: "Why don't you go back after dinner with me?"

Gu Chuangui shook his head again: "Grandpa is still waiting for me to have dinner."

After Zhang Jiaohua waited for Gu Chuangui to leave, he went to the poisonous pond by himself. He wanted to go to that cave to have a look. Walking into the cave, I took out a flashlight and took a picture inside. The cave is very deep, and I can't see the end at all under this light. I just feel that this cave is very deep.

"Ding dong!"

From time to time, there was a crisp ding-dong sound of water droplets in the cave.

Although the water flow has become very small, the direction of the water flow can still be seen in the cave.

Zhang Jiaohua released the leopard and asked him to look for something hidden in the cave.

The Mountain Leopard sniffed around on the ground, then walked quickly towards the depths of the cave.

Zhang Jiaohua followed behind the Zhanshan Leopard. The cave was winding, and he didn't know how far he had traveled. Zhang Jiaohua looked at the mobile phone that had lost signal for a long time, and calculated the time. He had already walked for more than 30 minutes. The cave is narrow in some places and wide in others. The stalactites hanging on the top of the cave are like gems, shining under the light.

Suddenly Zhang Jiaohua yelled towards a side hole, the side hole was not very big and only allowed one person to crawl forward. Zhang Jiaohua took a flashlight inside and saw nothing, but on the ground, Zhang Jiaohua saw white crystals again. It should be crystallized saline.

Zhang Jiaohua knew that the salt and alkali should have come from this side hole. Zhang Jiaohua frowned, this hole is too narrow, you have to crawl on the ground to get in, if the cave inside becomes narrower and narrower, it will be difficult to get out even if you retreat.

But Zhang Jiaohua still crawled on the ground and crawled in, he was not afraid of danger. If there is any danger, he can hide in the space of the Taoist map at any time, or use Taoism to clear the cave.

Fortunately, after climbing tens of meters, the cave inside became wide open. I looked around with a flashlight and entered a crystal world. The walls of the cave are all sparkling crystals. It looks like a beautiful palace.

Zhang Jiaohua naturally understood that this is the source of salinity, but it should be minerals stored in the ground, why was it washed out by water? Zhang Jiaohua found the source, a cave extending from the top to the distance, it should be this cave that attracted water from a distance. There are some ghosts in this cave, it doesn't seem to be formed naturally, but something was dug out.

The Diamond Mountain Leopard barked a few times towards the ground. Zhang Jiaohua walked over to have a look and found some messy footprints on the ground.

"Paw prints!" Zhang Jiaohua couldn't remember what kind of animal the paw prints were on the ground. But Zhang Jiaohua knew that this was the culprit that caused the small reservoir in Yingpan Village to become a saline-alkali lake.

Zhang Jiaohua still couldn't believe it, the culprit could even break open rocks.

"What is so powerful?" In Zhang Jiaohua's memory, he had never seen such a powerful wild animal.

"Could it be something that has become a fine thing?"

But the cave over there is relatively narrow, even if Zhang Jiaohua crawled forward, he couldn't get in, and even the mountain leopard had some difficulty getting in. It was hard for Zhang Jiaohua to get the fat cat out of the cultivation space. Although the fat cat is very fat, it is much smaller than the diamond mountain leopard, and it is better at doing this.

The fat cat was a little reluctant, and it was very embarrassing to drill into this hole that was worse than a dog hole. After twitching for a while, Zhang Jiaohua kicked his ass, then he got into the hole aggrieved.

After a while, the fat cat came back again. It didn't find the culprit inside, it was no longer inside. But the fat cat didn't find anything, it took Zhang Jiaohua out of the cave, then ran to the middle of the mountain, found another cave, and then took Zhang Jiaohua to find another exit of the cave it just went through. That's where the water flows in. As long as this opening is blocked, the source of salinity may be cleaned up.

Zhang Jiaohua took out a hoe, dug up a lot of soil to block the hole, and tamped the soil down. In this way, the next time the rain comes, it will no longer drill into that hole from here, and it will not dissolve the crystals inside and bring saline-alkali into the pond.