leisurely country

Chapter 1 There is an Earth Temple at the bottom of the river

July is like a fire, and the cicadas under the scorching sun are screaming desperately.

The sun is the hottest at noon, and the men, women and children of Dingjia Village either stay at home to escape the heat, or play in the water by the Banpo River at the head of the village to enjoy the cool.

A few tens of meters to the east of the village, Ding Yuan is holding a self-made fishing rod in one hand and a harpoon in the other, competing with the big guys in the water.

"Oh my god, I'm exhausted. This guy must be half a meter long. I don't know what kind of fish it is."

Ding Yuan skillfully pulled the big fish towards the river, and the harpoon in his right hand was already aiming.

As long as he reaches the right position, he will have a delicious meal at night with a fork.

"Meow meow!"

On the bank behind Ding Yuan, a big yellow and white tabby cat was walking back and forth anxiously, as if it wanted to go down the river to help.

It sticks out its tongue to lick from time to time, but withdraws the moment the soles of its feet get wet.

Ding Yuan, who took the time to glance back, couldn't laugh or cry, and said contemptuously, "Dahua, aren't you quite capable? Come and help!"

The big tabby cat meowed twice, then sat down on the ground, squinted its eyes, and began to bask in the sun...

It's not enough for Ben Meow to cheer you up, but you want Ben Meow to go down the river to catch fish?
Don't make trouble, this cat is so noble and beautiful, how can I do such a disgraceful thing?

"Don't eat tonight!"

Ding Yuan cursed, and started fighting with Big Yu again.

One more meter is enough!
Ding Yuan stared at the big fish intently, ready to strike at any moment.

But at this moment, panicked shouts came from the village head.

"Ah, hurry up and save someone, Erya fell into the water!"

"Come on, someone! Save people!"

Someone overboard?
Startled, Ding Yuan turned his head to look.

There are not many old men?
He didn't care about the big fish, so he dropped his fishing rod and ran to the village.

The Banpo River is 300 meters wide, and the deepest point is tens of meters. If a child falls into it, he will die if no one saves him.

A group of children and women on the shore shouted anxiously, but no one dared to go into the water.

Ding Yuan ran over, and Erya had almost sent a cup of water to the middle of the river.

"Go and call someone!"

Ding Yuan roared anxiously, and then plunged in.

Although he was born by the river, the water quality is really bad.

Coupled with the fact that I didn't pay attention to exercise for three years in college, my physical fitness has long since failed.

After drinking half of his saliva, Ding Yuan finally came to Erya's side.

The little girl was up and down, she had already drank a lot of water, and when she saw someone coming, she instinctively began to struggle.

Ding Yuan grabbed the little girl's arm and swam desperately to the river.

At this time, someone from the village had already rushed over.

"Hold on! Hold on!"

Ding Yuan exhausted a lot of energy, he gritted his teeth and persisted.

Soon, it was only ten meters away from the shallow water area on the shore.

The fastest man has already entered the water and rushed towards him quickly.

"Save her first!"

Ding Yuan gritted his teeth and pushed Er Ya over with all his might.

"Yuanzi, hold on, I'll come to rescue you right away!"

Ding Yuan smiled feebly, taking the opportunity to take a few breaths.

Seeing that Erya went ashore smoothly, Ding Yuan was completely relieved.

He started paddling and swam to the shore.

But at this time, Ding Yuan felt a thread-like thing wrapped around his ankle.

He lifted his foot vigorously, and something was indeed entangled.

Ding Yuan took a deep breath, sank his head to the bottom of the water, trying to untie the things on his feet.

But the next moment, he saw an astonishing scene.

It turned out to be a fishing line with the feet bound, and a fishing rod was tied to one end of the fishing line!
"Damn! Isn't this my fishing rod?"

Ding Yuan was dumbfounded.

Fishing rod, fishing line, the other end...

Sure enough, he saw the big fish that he had been wrestling with for a long time!

The big fish seemed to sense his gaze, and turned to look at him.

Then he twisted his body desperately and swam to the bottom of the river.

Finished!

This big fish is so powerful that it can only stand still when standing on the shore.

Now in the water...

Ding Yuan quickly surfaced and swam desperately.

But the next moment, there was a terrifying pulling force from his feet.

Ding Yuan was panicked, he only had time to take a deep breath before being pulled into the water.

He tried hard to untie the fishing line, but the strength of the big fish was so great that the fishing line was tightened tightly.

"Are you going to die?"

Ding Yuan couldn't hold back, and the river water poured in desperately.

"Mom and Dad, I'm sorry, the child can't be filial..."

Ding Yuan fainted, he thought he was dead.

In a hazy state of consciousness, he saw a dilapidated temple at the bottom of the deep river.

Even more miraculously, he saw himself in front of the temple.

Earth Temple!
Three dilapidated characters can be vaguely seen on the plaque.

Ding Yuan was about to push the door, but saw a black shadow rushing out from the side, biting at him with its mouth open.

He tried his best to dodge, but couldn't move at all.

Then, the black shadow rushed into his chest.

At this time, he finally saw clearly.

That black shadow was the big fish that brought him down, but the head of the fish was a bit weird.

There is a bulging bag in the center of the head, and two long beards.

He touched his chest in panic, but he couldn't find the big fish with strange appearance.

hum!
Suddenly, the dilapidated Earth Temple trembled slightly, and a white light shot out from it, going straight to Ding Yuan's forehead.

The next moment, he woke up suddenly.

After drinking a few sips of water, he was shocked to find that he was standing at the bottom of the river!

But there is no earth temple.

He subconsciously went upstream.

But I found that my water quality has improved a lot, and I even have an inexplicable intimacy with water.

The most important thing is that his physical strength has recovered, and it seems that his strength is much stronger.

Whoa!

He dashed out of the water, leaping most of his body out.

On the side, a few strong men had just surfaced, apparently they went into the water to find him.

Seeing that Ding Yuan came out intact, several men with good water skills stretched out their thumbs one after another.

"Genko, yes, the water quality is so good!"

"I can hold my breath underwater for five or six minutes!"

"Go up quickly, Erya is fine, her mother is dying of panic on the shore."

……

After talking nonsense, Ding Yuan walked to the shore.

But he suddenly found that the fishing line was still wrapped around his feet.

As soon as he tried hard, he pulled the fishing line out.

By the way...

And his fishing rod, and a frighteningly big fish!

Ding Yuan hugged Big Yu and looked at it carefully.

He found that it was a little different from the strange fish he saw just now. There was no bulge on the head of this fish.

Finally landed, amidst Erya Niang's gratitude and the praises of the villagers, Ding Yuan rushed home with the dead fish in his arms.

And the big tabby cat followed Ding Yuan's feet excitedly, raising its head and meowing twice from time to time.

The saliva kept flowing.

Ding Yuan rolled his eyes and said unhappily: "Go aside, I almost died just now, and I didn't see you helping me."

The tabby cat meowed, with an aggrieved expression on its face.

I'm just a cat, it's good if I can catch mice, and let me go down to the river to catch fish?

God, my mother didn't give me this skill!

If you are capable, you can find my mother and let her remake it for me!
When he got home, Ding Yuan threw the big fish into the big basin, briefly told his mother what happened, and went back to the house.

I didn't even drink the honey water my mother sent me.

There is no way, he feels like vomiting when he sees something related to water.

In the river, it was too much to drink.

He changed his clothes and took a shower.

Ding Yuan lay limp on the bed, his physical and mental exhaustion made him fall into a deep sleep.

Accompanied by loud snoring, Ding Yuan had a strange dream.

In the dream, a short old man with two white beards leaning on a wooden walking stick smiled at him.

Then, he saw the little old man running into the kitchen, picked up two big chicken legs, and bit them vigorously.

While eating, he muttered: "It's delicious, it's delicious! It's been 500 years, and finally I can eat chicken drumsticks! Woohoo, I'm so happy!"

Ding Yuan looked confused, and asked curiously: "You, who are you?"

"Me? Hey, I'm the Lord of the Land!"

As he spoke, he ate the drumsticks until he had finished both drumsticks.

He also threw the bones in the trash can.

He burped, patted his stomach, and said, "Boy, the Land Lord's seat is yours now. I'm leaving!"

"Hey, don't! I don't want your seat!" Ding Yuan said hastily, what is this mess?

Unexpectedly, Lord Tudi waved his hand and said, "It's too late if you don't. I have to go back to the sky to report. Hurry up, I can only ask one question!"

Ding Yuan was a little puzzled, and subconsciously asked, "Why is the Earth Temple at the bottom of the river?"

"Hey, our land lords are different. We are in charge of the mountains, the land, and the big river!"

"Okay, you'll find out later. I have something urgent!"

"Goodbye by fate!"

……

That's it... leave?
Don't even go through the job handover procedures?
Ding Yuan looked at the direction where the land master disappeared with a dazed expression.

He seems to have gone straight to heaven.

After an unknown amount of time, Ding Yuan, who was full of doubts, woke up.

He stretched, and found that his lean body actually had some muscle lines.

Just as he was about to examine the changes in his body carefully, his mother's roar of the Hedong lion suddenly came from outside the door.

"Where's my chicken leg? Who ate it? Or was it taken by the cat?"

"Hey, no, the chicken bones are still in the trash can."

……

Listening to his mother's rambling, Ding Yuan was stunned.

"Isn't it a dream? Did the Landlord really hand over the position to me?"

(End of this chapter)