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Chapter 178 Became a Sacrifice (please subscribe for monthly ticket)
In other words, for these villagers, this village is actually the place they most want to escape, especially those with good-looking children in their families.

Suddenly thinking of the rumors she had heard before, Qingyan asked the old lady: "Ma'am, I heard from other places before that a relative of his married to your side, saying that he found a problem.

The daughters-in-law of your village head's family are all married to girls in the village, and none of them lived past the age of 40, is that true? "

The old lady was taken aback by her sudden topic, "Hearing what you said, it's true, I haven't noticed this situation all this time.

It is true that the daughters-in-law of each generation of patriarchs do not live long, and each of them is born with a child who either dies of illness or dies in an accident.

But the men of the patriarch's family are all well-known long-lived people in the village. Even the current patriarch is 76 this year, and he is still very tough, and he can still manage the affairs of the village.

His sons are all in their 84s, and when our patriarch took over, he was almost [-] when he took over. He died only two years before the last one, and passed away in [-].

In this way, none of the women in his family lived long, and I don't know if it has something to do with the ancestors? "

At the end, he lowered his voice quite a bit, and pointed his head with his finger.

Qingyan felt that there must be a relationship, there are so many coincidences in this world, most of them were intentional.

Maybe people in the village think that the children are grown up, and it is normal for the mother to have an accident or die of illness.

But it's impossible for every generation to be like this. In addition, the men in his family live long, so there must be a problem.

Qingyan also lowered her voice and guessed: "I don't know if the lifespan of the daughters-in-law has been transferred to the man of their family. Otherwise, why would women have a short life and men live a long life?"

Yin Keqin's mother and son were lost in thought when they said this, and after a while Yin Keqin said: "It's really possible, mother, do you remember that Ke Sheng's aunt originally wanted to marry Ke Jiang's uncle, but she died before she got married. There are also other girls in our village, as long as they don't marry into the patriarch's family, they either become sacrifices or disappear before they get married..."

I go!Qingyan was shocked, she just picked up a topic to ask, but she didn't expect to dig out another clue?
From this point of view, apart from the so-called ancestor, the patriarch's family also has problems.

In other words, there are only two endings for women in the village, either becoming a sacrifice or marrying into the patriarch's family. Of course, the other is death.

This is really tragic. Fortunately, there are few women in the village, otherwise it would be even worse if there were more women.

After that, the three of them fell into silence. The mother and son thought of their daughter (sister) again, and Qingyan was thinking about what kind of family this was, with such great hostility towards women.

Although there will also be a man among the sacrifices, it feels more like there are too few women. Except for the patriarch's family, the other clansmen are more like sacrifice providers who have been kept in captivity.

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Although the sky was clear outside, there was no sound of anyone walking, let alone the sound of footsteps and voices coming and going before, and there was no sound from the next door, as if it had entered the night again.

Seeing Qingyan listening to the surrounding voices, the old lady said: "Although there is no problem in activities in the village, as long as you don't go out of the village, you'll be fine. We still can't go out if we don't go out for a few days, because we are afraid of offending the old lady." The ancestors bring punishment to the family.

Today is also a little different from the past. Before, this kind of strange weather would last all day, and it would not disappear until the candidates were selected the next day.

After confirming that there will be no such weather, the sky will be completely dark, and even if you think about it, you can't leave the village. It's not like there were no people who wanted to escape before, but they couldn't find a way out of the village.

On the third day, there was no need to send people. Those who were selected automatically disappeared in the village. Some people went to the patriarch's house to make a fuss. The patriarch said that he was fine and was taken away by the ancestors.

The patriarch told us that those people did not die, but went to serve the daily life of their ancestors.

The reason why I choose the one with good looks every time is because the person who waits close to me must find someone who is close to my eyes, so that everyone should not be too conflicted. "

But none of the people who went back came back, and it was no different from death. Of course, you don't need to tell Qingyan about these things, they can't be changed anyway, you can only accept them.

She said so much before, but it was already a bit too much, it was because of her soft heart.

Looking at the sky outside, the old lady said to Qingyan: "Don't go out inside the house, I'll cook, I'll cook a little more for this meal, and make the night and tomorrow's together, tomorrow will be dark all day, can you Just try not to go out."

Qingyan was indeed a little hungry when she heard that she had eaten. She could take out food at any time when Chou Chou was by her side. From yesterday to now, she only ate a bowl of millet porridge, which was full of water. It was already empty.

In addition, she still wanted to go to the bathroom a little bit. Seeing that the old lady was about to go out, she quickly stopped her, pulled her aside and asked in a low voice, if she couldn't go out, what should she do if she needed to go to the bathroom?
The old lady was taken aback, shook her head amusedly, led her into the bedroom, knelt down and pulled out a clay basin with a cover under the bed.

"It's inconvenient to go out at night. I always use this. Don't worry, it's all cleaned up."

Qingyan blushed and nodded, she felt that she could hold on for a while, after all, there was still a man outside, so she was embarrassed to use it now.

The old lady smiled and patted her hand, turned around and walked out, taking her son out by the way.

Anyway, Yin Keqin was 20 years old, even if he was chosen as a sacrificial sacrifice, he would not be chosen. Another reason is that because he is very ordinary, the chance of being chosen is very small.

It can be said that he is more easy-going. There are three children in the family. Only he has followed the shortcomings of his parents. His eyes are not big, his nose is a bit wide, and his lips are not thick or thin. In addition to working all year round and going up the mountain, his skin is dark and thin. Rough, it can only be regarded as having regular facial features.

Both his elder brother and elder sister followed the merits of their parents, and the reason why the two of them went out to hide together was because both of them might be selected if they were good-looking.

In the end, who knew it would make people disappear in advance. If I had known this, it would be better to stay in the village. After a year, if I am not selected, there is still half the possibility of hiding.

It's just that it's too late to regret now, everyone is gone, and it's too late to say anything.

Qingyan sat at the table and didn't go to the door, although she felt that if the other party had already set her sights on her, it would be useless to hide, and it felt safer to be inside the room.

The reason why I feel that the other party is following me is because I have already gone to the county town before, but I was still brought over by the other party, which shows that the other party's target is me.

And she heard what the old lady said, this is a normal three-year sacrificial ceremony, and it has not been advanced. It is very likely that the other party made some changes in order to get her, even the timeline was changed.

As for why she felt that the other party had this ability, of course it was because when Chou Chou used his divine sense to investigate, he didn't dare to continue the formation inside.

Although it is because Chou Chou has not returned to its heyday, it also shows that the other party is very good, at least better than the current Chou Chou.

Thinking of this, Qingyan couldn't help calling Chouchou again in her heart, and also called Xiangxiang a few times. Chouchou said that there is a contract between her and Xiangxiang, and the mutual induction should be closer.

She just shouted for a long time without getting any response, so she had no choice but to give up. It seemed that she was really fighting alone.

I looked outside, I didn’t wear a watch on my hand, I don’t know what time it is, and there is no sun outside, although the wind and rain have stopped and the sky has brightened, the sun has not come out, it feels like the sun is blocked Same.

After a while, the old lady and Yin Keqin came in with a pot and a basket.

The basket is full of coarse flour pancakes, and the pottery pot is a large pot of stewed vegetables, which are radish and cabbage stewed together. Although they are not good-looking, they smell their own unique fragrance.

The old lady put down the basket and went out again. When she came in again, she held a small charcoal stove in her hand. There was charcoal in it and it was not lit. It should be used to heat up the dishes at night.

The old lady put the stove under the table and said to Qingyan: "We won't go out at night, it's getting cold and eating cold food is not good for your health, use this stove to warm it up before eating.

Hengyue sit down quickly, let's eat while it's hot, I don't know if it will rain again on this day. "

Qingyan sat on one side of the table according to her words, took the pancakes handed over by the old lady, and glanced outside the door with some doubts in her eyes.

It was raining heavily just now, and the ground was wet, but the water did not accumulate. The cloth shoes on the old lady's feet were all dry. I don't know whether the drainage in the yard is too good, or the rain is also a problem.

Besides, it was said that it was warm after the wind and cold after the rain. After the rain, Qingyan didn't feel that the temperature dropped much compared to before. At least she didn't feel cold in these three layers of single clothes now.

It suddenly occurred to her that she didn't seem to ask what season it was.

She took a bite of the pancake and said, seemingly unintentionally: "I've forgotten all about this life, aunt, brother Yin, what kind of solar term is it now?"

The old lady replied: "There are three more days until the autumnal equinox, and this day seems to be getting colder every day."

Equinox not yet?No wonder wearing three layers of single clothes in the morning is not cold at all. If it is still hot in later generations, Qiu Huo is not talking nonsense, but wearing three layers of single clothes here is just right.

When she and Chouchou first came here, it was already late autumn and winter was about to begin. The proprietress of the tailor shop also said that it would snow in ten and a half months, which meant that it would be winter soon.

Now that the time has changed and the seasons have also changed, Qingyan's heart that she had let go a little before lifted up again.

The unknown is the most frightening thing. Knowing what's going on, what you're going to face, and trying to figure out a way to try it out, now you don't know what the other person is, what time it is, where it is, really What makes people blind.

After lunch, the three of them chatted about the unimportant parents for a while, and the mother and daughter went back to the next room to rest. Anyway, there was nothing else to do, so sitting here might as well go to rest.

Qingyan also returned to the room, went to the bathroom first, and then lay down on the bed.

Anyway, I couldn't change anything, so I just lay down on the bed and took a nap.

Qingyan, who was asleep, didn't notice that a faint line slowly appeared on her forehead, and the color was getting darker...

When she woke up, she didn't know how long it had been. When she went to the outhouse, the mother and son of the Yin family were not there, so they should be resting in their own room.

She pulled out a bench from under the table and sat by the table, picked up the earthen pot on the table, turned it upside down, and found that there was water in it, so she poured herself a bowl and drank.

Soon there were footsteps coming from the next door, they should have heard the sound from here, and soon the two came over.

As soon as the old lady opened the door and came in, she was shocked there, Qingyan didn't understand, so she asked: "Ma'am, what's the matter?"

The old lady came back to her senses and sighed deeply, "It seems that you can't escape, you have been chosen."

Qingyan was taken aback, walked to the door with the pottery bowl in her hand, took a picture of the water in the bowl, and saw a black vine-shaped mark on her forehead.

As far as this color is concerned, it is not a good thing at first glance, it looks like the big villain on TV, but if there are any red and black marks, it is either poisoned or possessed.

But for Qingyan's appearance, this imprint on her forehead is actually damn good-looking, making her face whiter and more coquettish.

At this time, Qingyan was no longer as scared as before, and felt as if another boot had landed on the ground.

She knew that her coming here must have been done by the other party, and the purpose should be to make her a sacrifice. At this point, she couldn't run anyway, and she didn't want to do any useless work, so she just waited for the other party to make a move.

She wants to see what kind of sacrificial method it is. If she cannot escape death, at most she will fight with the other party!

Thinking of this, she reached out her hand to touch the spiritual food in the satchel. She didn't take off the satchel when she was sleeping before, fearing that something might happen.

This thing is not only her present hope, but also what she will use when she goes back with Chou Chou, but she doesn't know if she will have a chance to go back.

Seeing that she wasn't crying or depressed, the old lady felt relieved and said to her son, "Keqin, go and soak the dried rabbit on the beam, I'll make it tonight."

Turning around, she said to Qingyan: "Hengyue, don't be too scared, what if it's really like what the patriarch said, you just go to serve the ancestors, as long as you have your life, it's better than anything else."

Qingyan smiled at her, "Don't worry, ma'am, I'm not afraid, at most I'll die, and after 18 years I'll be a hero again!"

As he spoke, he patted himself on the chest, with an attitude of disregarding life and death.

The old lady looked at her with some distress, knowing that she was also forcing a smile, but she didn't poke it, but laughed along with her.

The reason why she was so kind to Qingyan was because she reminded her of her daughter and eldest son, who were about the same age as Qingyan back then.

And good-looking people have some things in common, such as big eyes, high nose bridge, small mouth and so on, so she saw her daughter through Qingyan.

If she could escape, it would be the same as her own daughter could escape. It's just that the sky doesn't follow people's wishes, so she still ran into it.

In fact, the moment she saw Qingyan, she had some guesses, how could her ancestors let go of such a pretty little girl.

Although they didn't know what would happen as sacrifices, they never thought about it in a positive way. It's just that some self-deceiving hopes are really like what the patriarch said, just to serve people, not to be eaten or encounter more cruel situations.

(End of this chapter)