But he doesn't often appear in Jixiang Village, only every once in a while, he will rest in the old temple in the village at night, and he will go to the village to beg for food during the day.

At this moment, the homeless man limped up to us, looked at us and smiled stupidly at us, and then walked into the temple step by step with his injured leg on his back.

At that moment, I suddenly saw that the eyes of the people sitting in front of the temple at this moment showed a fierce light.

At the same time, there was a dark cloud, which suddenly obscured the moon, which was not much light, and a cold wind blew from afar, and I couldn't help but clench my arms.

"Sanqi, close your eyes!" Grandpa Wu suddenly turned back to me and said.

"Why?" I looked back at Grandpa Wu suspiciously and asked.

"Because, it's going to change, and children can't watch it!" Grandpa Wu touched my head and said.

Although I didn't understand what Grandpa Wu meant, I instinctively closed my eyes.

"Ahh A scream came as I closed my eyes, and I could hear it clearly, it was the homeless man's voice.

"Quick, what are you grinding, eldest nephew, Ergou, you two carry people to the bridge, start work overnight, and build the bridge tonight!" It was the voice of the village chief.

At 11:45 a.m., the sky was cloudy and windless, and the villagers of Jixiang Village stood on the head of the bridge with expressionless faces, looking at the construction workers in front of them, and they were anxiously looking forward to the smooth construction of the bridge.

No one took pity on the homeless man who had been poured in cement by the workers, and he was mixed in the mass of sand as if it were a large piece of mud, and no one paid attention to him.

Or rather, everyone noticed, but they just chose to ignore it.

The cement began to stir, slowly pouring into his mouth, his screams gradually became more and more indistinct, weaker and weaker, and finally with more and more mud and sand, his voice and his body were gradually drowned out.

That night, the pier of the bridge was really erected, and everyone shouted excitedly, dancing and laughing at the bridge, and no one would care, a homeless man had just died here.

Everyone is starting to plan for their own bright future.

That night, the villagers of Jixiang Village slept very sweetly, and everyone lived the good life they wanted in their dreams.

But dreams are dreams after all, and reality will still slap you mercilessly when you wake up.

At 8:35 a.m. the next morning, the village chief called everyone up at the gate of the temple and held an emergency meeting, and the pier collapsed again, and this time it collapsed twice.

That morning, the investor and Jia Xuzi also came, after Jia Xuzi arrived, he was still dressed as before, with his eyes closed, and he pinched his fingers for a long time, and then looked back at us all, and said in shock: "It's over, it's over, it's over!" ”

Seeing Najia Xuzi's expression, everyone began to shake, and the village chief looked at Najia Xuzi in shock and asked, "Master, what's wrong?" ”

"What's wrong? Your village is finished, all of you are finished! Najia Xuzi looked at the village chief and said to all of us.

"Master, why do you say this!" The village chief asked as he said and gave Najia Xuzi a red envelope.

After receiving the red envelope, Na Jia Xuzi cleared his throat, then looked at all of us and said: "You have caused a big disaster, do you know, the person you sacrificed to the bridge is not from your village, the river god thinks that you have deceived him, and he wants to blame all of you!" ”

Hearing Na Jia Xuzi say this, everyone was scared, and the village chief looked at Na Jia Xuzi tremblingly and asked, "Master help!" We didn't mean to, please be gracious to the river god! Master, do we have any other remedy? ”

"It's not nothing, it's just that you have to think about it yourself!" Najia Xuzi looked at the village chief and said to all of us.

"Master, it's okay, we're all prepared!" The village chief looked at Najia Xuzi and said.

"In that case, then I will tell you that the only way is to find a child born in the lunar month in your village and hide it under the bridge pier alive, so as to pay tribute to the river god, which can not only protect your whole village, but also make the bridge build smoothly!" Najia Xuzi looked at the village chief and said to all of us.

Hearing Najia Xuzi say this, the village chief immediately made a difficulty, and looked back at us people, he didn't know what to do for a while.

Because after all, this is a decision to die, and this is still the child of other people's families, you know, in this place of Jixiang Village, the boy is a treasure, and the meat on the tip of the family's heart.

Therefore, at this moment, the village chief looked up at Najia Xuzi and asked, "Master, does this have to be childish?" ”

"Yes!" Najia Xuzi nodded and said.

"Well, you can't do without it!" The village chief looked at Najia Xuzi and said.

"Yes, then don't build the bridge!" Najia Xuzi looked at the village chief and said.

"This ...... This ......," the village chief was speechless for a moment.

At this time, the investor came over, looked at the village and said: "Village Chief Wang, I built this bridge for you, I have built so much time and money back and forth, and now it is about to be completed, this bridge must not be stopped!" ”

"But, but, this ......" the village chief looked at the investor and didn't know what to do.

Seeing this, the investor directly interrupted the village chief's hesitant words and said directly: "It's nothing, I'll give you one night's time, and bring someone to worship the bridge tomorrow morning!" ”

After saying that, the investor and Najia Xuzi walked away, leaving the village chief and us standing in place, not knowing what to do.

"Village Chief, what should I do?" Everyone looked at the village chief and asked.

Hearing everyone's words, the village chief raised his head and looked at the villagers in front of him, then looked back at the half-built bridge, shook his head, then raised his head to look at everyone, and said with a firm look: "This bridge must be repaired!" ”

"But, village chief, who will be used to sacrifice the bridge?" Everyone looked at the village chief and asked again.

Hearing everyone's words, the village chief looked around at the hundred and dozens of people in this auspicious village, and said with a flash of inspiration in his mind: "Draw lots, gather at the gate of the temple with the family tree tonight, all the people in the village who have children will participate together, in front of the big Buddha, we are fair and open, and those who are caught consider themselves unlucky, make sacrifices, and make a fortune with the whole village!" ”

Hearing the village chief say this, the villagers who were originally looking at each other seemed to get a hint of luck at that moment. Nuancai Literature Network

Everyone felt that it would not be their turn, because Jixiang Village said that there were few people, and there were 150 households, and even if you subtracted the families who did not have children at home, there were at least 90 households.

So in the face of this kind of small probability, everyone will involuntarily have a fluke mentality, feeling that it will not be themselves.

Of course, among the more than 100 households, there are naturally those who are unwilling to do this, but after all, the truth is in the hands of the majority, and only a few people do not agree, which is useless.

Those who don't agree have to agree, so that night, the whole village once again gathered in front of the old temple, under the organization of the village chief, everyone lined up to start drawing lots, and began this game of life and death.

The drawing of lots lasted for more than an hour, and at 10:54 p.m. that night, the final answer was finally reached.

The child who is about to be sacrificed to the bridge is named Li Sanqi.

And Li Sanqi is none other than me.

And why me, that's because Grandpa Wu was very unlucky in the lottery game and caught that unfortunate lot.

After knowing that he had caught the unfortunate lot, Grandpa Wu immediately panicked, and said that he couldn't agree to me to go to Jiqiao.

He was ready to run away with me that night, but the village chief had already prepared for all this, and at the moment when Grandpa Wu caught the lot, he had already arranged for someone to guard our door.

So the moment Grandpa Wu rushed out with me, three or four sturdy men immediately came over and blocked our way.

Seeing this, Grandpa Wu immediately looked at the three or four men with a lot of anger and said, "Get out of the way!" ”

Hearing Grandpa Wu's words, a trace of fear flashed on the faces of the four men in the costumes, and they looked at each other with a look at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.

But at this time, suddenly the peak of life in front of our house, the fire was everywhere, and as the voice and the light of the fire got closer and closer, I saw that the village chief led the whole village, holding torches, and walked into our yard.

"Old Man Wu, where are you going?" The village chief stepped forward and looked at Grandpa Wu and asked.

"Out of the village, can't you?" Grandpa Wu looked at the village chief and said.

"Of course you can, you can go there, but Sanqi wants to stay, he can't go!" The village chief looked at Grandpa Wu and said.

Hearing the words of the village chief, Grandpa Wu instantly became very emotional, looked at the village chief who was blocking me, and shouted: "Listen, I am dead, and I can't let you take my grandson to the sacrifice bridge." ”

Hearing his grandfather's words, the village chief also became very emotional, looked at his grandfather and said, "Old man Wu, this is Sanqi's life, he has to admit it!" ”

"I don't care whose life he is, I only know that he is my grandson, I can't let him go to the sacrifice bridge!" Grandpa Wu looked at the village chief and said.

"Old Man Wu, if you insist on doing this, I will have to be rude!" A cold light flashed in the village chief's eyes, and he looked at Grandpa Wu and said.

"Come on! If you want to take my grandson today, step on my old bones! Grandpa Wu stood proudly and looked at the village chief and the villagers in front of him and said.

"Hey! In that case, there is no way to do it! The village chief sighed and stepped back.

In an instant, the four strong men rushed up together and pushed Grandpa Wu to the ground.

At the same time, a bald man came out of the crowd, grabbed me and was about to drag me away, I was so frightened that I cried instantly, and kept shouting Grandpa Wu, and Grandpa Wu was pressed to the ground, constantly struggling, but after all, it was to no avail.

And at this moment, a young girl came out of the back room, looked at everyone angrily and said: "Wait a minute, I'll go to the bridge, I am also a child born in the lunar year, you let Sanqi and Grandpa Wu go!" ”

Her name is Wu Dan, and she is a fatherless and motherless orphan taken in by Grandpa Wu before he came to Jixiang Village, with Grandpa Wu's surname.

That year, she was just eighteen years old, only one year older than me!

I call her my sister, and she likes to call me little brother, she is very good-looking, and everyone says that she is the best-looking girl in the neighboring villages.

In rural areas, it is common to get married early, so since I can remember, every once in a while, there will always be matchmakers who come to ask for grandpa, as close as the Wang Erjia next door, and as far as the wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City.

But no matter whether it is a wealthy official or a civilian worker, Grandpa Wu has always been a mouthful, always saying that the child is still young and not in a hurry.

And my relationship with Sister Dan has always been very good, from the first time we met, I especially liked this beautiful sister, and Sister Dan has always been like a big sister, always very concerned about me, taking care of me in every detail.

That night, after Sister Dan was taken away by the village chief, Grandpa returned to the house without saying a word, and his face was particularly ugly.

And I kept crying, crying, crying and asking Grandpa Wu if Sister Dan couldn't come back!

After spending that depressing night in silence and crying, the sun rose the next morning, and my grandfather and I went to the village chief's house to find the village chief's theory, but the village chief did not give us any chance at all.

I sent two big men from the village to push and shove us away, and it was at that moment that I clearly realized that people can become so indifferent in the face of their own interests.

These two farmers who usually look honest and honest, but I don't know them at the moment.

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night that day, the whole village gathered again at the head of the bridge, looked at Sister Dan indifferently, and prepared to sacrifice her to the bridge like that homeless man.

And that night, Grandpa Wu and I also crowded into the indifferent crowd and looked towards the bridge.

At this moment, on the broken bridge, the lights are bright, Sister Dan is firmly tied to the bridge, and beside her are six shirtless men, wearing red and green holding torches, howling and dancing in front of Sister Dan.

And Sister Dan was also changed into a big red wedding dress, at this moment I noticed that she was looking at me, she was pale at the moment, with tears on her face, and opened her mouth slightly, as if she was saying something to me, but I couldn't hear clearly.

Seeing this, I rushed towards Sister Dan like crazy, crying out, "Sister, sister! ”

But before I could run two steps, I was pinned down in an instant, and the man threw me to the ground and pressed my head to the ground, and I couldn't move at all, so I could only reluctantly lift my head slightly and look towards Sister Dan.

Immediately, I saw that the six shirtless men had stopped dancing at this moment, and the four people lifted Sister Dan high, and the other two followed and kept shouting.