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Text Chapter 590 The Uesugi family outside the village

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    Driven by Uesugi Ginji, the van quickly drove through the mountains and into the mountains along the road with reasonably good traffic conditions.  ¡ð Uesugi Ginji didn¡¯t pay much attention to the conversation between Uesugi Maki and Aoba in the car behind him. Even when he heard that Aoba had two girlfriends at once, he just smiled and treated it as a minor incident.  It's just a child's nonsense.  Who hasn¡¯t been ridiculous when they were young?  When you grow up, you will naturally mature.  "What Uesugi Ginji doesn't know is that if he is more mature, he may not be able to compare with Aoba.  In this way, the conversation between Aoba and Uesugi Maki echoed in the car. Under the driving of Uesugi Ginji, the car quickly entered the mountains and could already see the village built on the mountainside from a distance.  The village is not big, with only twenty or thirty households at most. However, Uesugi Ginji's car did not drive towards the place where those twenty or thirty households live. Instead, it went in the opposite direction, along the road to the opposite side of the village.  The mountains move away.  "Where are we going?" Qingye asked in confusion.  "Of course I'm going home. Brother Aoba, don't you think the Uesugi family lives in the village?" Uesugi Maki looked at Aoba and said with a smile.  "Isn't it?" Qingye asked puzzledly.  "Although the Uesugi family is also a member of the village, they do not live in the village, but live on the mountain opposite." Uesugi Maki helped Aoba explain.  "Why do you want to live in the mountains? Instead of living in the village? Isn't it very inconvenient to live in the mountains?" Qingye frowned and asked.  "Because the Uesugi family is a big landowner, in order to show the difference between ordinary villagers, of course the Uesugi family cannot live in the village." Uesugi Maki said with obvious disdain in her tone.  "Maki, don't talk nonsense." Uesugi Ginci said helplessly in the face of the sarcasm in his daughter's tone.  "Hey, hey, I won't say anything anymore." After her father said that, Uesugi Maki turned her head and looked away in anger.  "Uncle Ginci, can you tell me why?" So Aoba had no choice but to ask Uesugi Ginci.  "Actually, it's nothing. It's just that the ancestors of the Uesugi family are famous onmyojis. Because of their ability to slay demons, they often suffer revenge from ghosts. In order not to affect the villagers, they set up their home in the mountains! But that  They are just legends and cannot be taken seriously. However, the Uesugi family is indeed the family with the most land in the area. Many mountains nearby belong to the Uesugi family, so the reason why the Uesugi family lives in the mountains is for better protection.  My own land! After all, the population of the Uesugi family is getting smaller and smaller." Uesugi Ginji said with a somewhat bleak tone.  "So that's it!" Qingye nodded.  "By the way, I heard that there is a temple nearby where the Uesugi family worships shikigami. I even sneaked in there when I was a kid. Should we go there and have a look later?" Uesugi Maki suddenly remembered something and became energetic again.  Aoba said.  "Maki, how many times have I told you, don't go to the temple casually." Uesugi Ginji suddenly became stern in his tone, no longer as gentle as before, and scolded his daughter.  "Oh, I know." Uesugi Maki agreed casually, but she kept winking at Aoba.  You know she didn't take her father's warning to heart at all.  Aoba could only nod helplessly and agreed to Uesugi Maki's invitation. After all, he was also very curious about the Uesugi family's shikigami.  And based on Aoba¡¯s understanding of Uesugi Maki in a short period of time, it is certain that even if she refuses, she will go by herself.  It would be bad if something happens then!  Perhaps in Uesugi Maki's eyes, the so-called Onmyoji shikigami are just some legends, but Aoba knows very well that the world is far from simple as ordinary people see it.  In this way, the van drove through the mountains, and soon followed the road and entered a mountain opposite the village.  After walking for some distance, the van stopped as a group of shadowy buildings appeared.  "Okay. We're here, let's get out of the car!" Uesugi Ginji said as he parked the van in a parking lot full of weeds.  "Is this the Uesugi family? It looks like a big family!" Aoba got out of the car and looked at the buildings in front of him thoughtfully.  "What a big family. It used to be a big family, but it is no longer so. Brother Aoba, despite the huge yard here, there are usually only three people! But now there are two more of us." Uesugi Maki said to Aoba  Ye said.  "Does there usually only be three people living here?" Qingye looked at the vast building complex in front of him and felt a little incredible.   "That's not true. Normally, my father and I and Miss Sato, who is responsible for cleaning and cooking, are here! But Miss Sato has to go back to live in the village at night, so my father and I are the only two people who really live here." Uesugi  Ginji said with emotion on his face.  As long as you see this complex of buildings, you can probably imagine how prosperous the Uesugi family was when it was at its peak, but now there are only three or two big cats and kittens left, so how can it not be a pity!  "Brother Qingye, don't look like this. Grandpa is an old stubborn man who still thinks about the glory of the family and wants to carry forward the family. I really don't know what he thinks. What age is this? How many people are still willing to nest?  In the mountains, just to worship the shikigami whose existence I don¡¯t know exists!" Uesugi Maki said with an unhappy expression.  "Okay Maki, remember not to say this in front of grandpa." Uesugi Ginci sighed, but he also knew that what his daughter said was the truth. If it weren't for the fact that his beloved wife died in an accident, he would not be discouraged.  Feeling cold, a man returned to his hometown to accompany his father. He said that his eldest brother and his family had also gone abroad. Even when his father called them back this time, saying that there was something important, they didn't come back!  So, times have changed, and many things have changed, not only the changes in world affairs, but more importantly, the changes in people's hearts.  "I know dad, I won't talk nonsense in front of grandpa. Brother Qingye, let's go in! Where do you like to live? Just choose a room by yourself. There is nothing else here, but there are many rooms, but choose  If you want to move in after that, you have to clean it up first. Most of the rooms here have not been occupied for more than ten years." Uesugi Maki pushed Aoba towards the building complex in front of her.  And in Qingye¡¯s hand, he was holding two people¡¯s greetings.  "Okay. Now Aoba, follow Maki to choose a room. After choosing a room, Maki will take you to the yard where your father lives. My father and I will wait for you there." Uesugi Ginji pointed at the backs of the two of them.  shouted.  "Okay, Uncle Ginci." Aoba agreed immediately.  "I understand, Dad, let's choose a room first." Uesugi Maki replied in the same way.  In this way, under the leadership of Uesugi Maki, Aoba followed her into the building belonging to the Uesugi family.  It¡¯s a pity that the once huge Uesugi family now only has three or two big cats and kittens left. These buildings that witnessed the Uesugi family¡¯s former prosperity can only slowly deteriorate after losing their maintenance.  Aoba followed Uesugi Maki through one room after another.  But everything you see is a dilapidated scene. Even if these houses are cleaned up, they are probably uninhabitable, because some of them have either half of the roof collapsed or big holes in the walls.  If you want to live in such a house, you can only do so after it has been renovated.  So Uesugi Maki did not stop in front of these houses at all, but continued to walk inside with Aoba.  "Let's go, Brother Aoba, the houses here are all on the periphery, and they are also the most severely damaged. Although there are still many houses that can be lived in, most of them are inside. We still have to walk a while." Uesugi  Maki explained to Aoba.  So Aoba, the person responsible for holding the two people to salute, had no choice but to continue walking deeper into the Uesugi family.  It wasn¡¯t until a moment later that the houses he saw were no longer so dilapidated.  Instead, it gradually started to look like someone was cleaning it up occasionally.  "Okay, this is it. This is the core area of ??the Uesugi family. Grandpa lives over there. And over there is where dad lives. My room here is over there. Brother Aoba wants to  Where do you want to live? Do you have any ideas?" Uesugi Maki took Aoba to the square in front of a very important hall.  He pointed around and said to Aoba.  It seems that the core area of ??the Uesugi family should be centered on this main hall.  "I can live anywhere. Sister Maki, do you have any recommendations?" Aoba asked while looking around curiously.  "Do you recommend it? In fact, living here is the same as anywhere. Since you don't particularly like a place, why not live next door to me, so that we can secretly go to the temple together at night." Uesugi Maki has not yet  Forget about the adventure to the temple, I don¡¯t know how someone of her age could be so curious.  "Sister Maki, didn't you say you had been to the temple before when you were a child? Is there anything special there? That makes you still want to go now?" So Aoba, who had doubts, asked his question directly.  "It's not special at all. It's just that, brother Aoba, do you know why grandpa called us back this time?" Uesugi Maki is quite mysterious.Said with a Xixi feeling.  "I really don't know about this. Does Sister Maki know anything?" Aoba shook his head and asked.  "Since Dad is not here now, I will tell you. Dad won't let me tell anyone these things casually. Although you are not an outsider, I still don't want Dad to know that I told others!" Uesugi  Maki hesitated for a moment before making up her mind.  "Don't worry, Sister Maki, I won't tell anyone." Aoba immediately nodded and promised.  "Actually, it is said that the Uesugi family enshrines a shikigami in the temple. This shikigami is different from the shikigami of most onmyoji families. It is a very gentle shikigami, so even if the Uesugi family loses control of it,  After that, he did not kill all the blood of the entire Onmyoji family and rebel like other shikigami of the Onmyoji family. Instead, he felt grateful for the kindness of his previous masters and chose to stay in the family and stay in the temple.  It accepts the offering, and as long as the descendants of the Uesugi family have someone who can control it, it is willing to continue to serve the Uesugi family." Uesugi Maki told a story about the Uesugi family.  "So there is such a thing." Qingye nodded lightly.  "They are just legends. No one has seen those things like Onmyoji and Shikigami. Who knows whether they are true or false!" Uesugi Maki said with disdain.  "Okay, so what does this have to do with us coming back?" Qingye nodded and continued to ask.  "Of course it does matter. From then on, the Uesugi family will hold a ritual ceremony every ten years to let the shikigami check the bloodline of the family's children to see if anyone can control it!" Uesugi Maki said with a shrug.  "In other words, the Dharma Assembly will be held once every ten years soon?" Qingye nodded clearly.  "That's right, during the last Dharma conference, I was still a junior high school student. I sat there very excitedly and watched the adults busy for a long time, but I didn't see any shikigami, or there are no shikigami anywhere in the world.  , It¡¯s a shame that I was such a middle school student back then, I really believed in shikigami or something,¡± Uesugi Maki said with a look that she couldn¡¯t bear to look back on.  "So you don't believe in shikigami now?" Aoba looked at Uesugi Maki and said.  "Of course I don't believe it. Who would believe it as an adult?" Uesugi Maki said firmly.  "Then why did you come back to attend this ceremony? Instead of being like my uncle, the whole family didn't show up. I think that would be a sign of true disbelief!" Qingye said with a smile.  "I just want to take the opportunity to come back and see my dad!" Uesugi Maki said after hesitation.  "Really? Then why are you secretly going to some temple at night? Doesn't this mean that you are actually very unwilling? Are you unwilling to not be chosen by the shikigami?" Aoba looked at Uesugi Maki and said seriously.  "How could it be possible? How could I believe such nonsense like Shikigami! This is just an adventure, an adventure, an activity for adults. Could it be that Brother Aoba is afraid of ghosts and dare not go?" Uesugi Maki said skillfully.  When he opened the topic, he really looked like an adult, but the dodge in his eyes could not escape Aoba's eyes no matter what.  "Tonight? Well, then I will go with you!" Aoba smiled and did not answer the new question Uesugi Maki asked to change the topic. He just nodded and answered.  "Okay, then we'll make it a deal." Uesugi Maki also didn't delve into the issue of whether Aoba was afraid of ghosts, but immediately settled the matter.  Immediately, she took Qingye and walked towards her own room, and planned to find a room for Qingye to live next to her room.  (To be continued.)
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