Guo Jiubao's eyes widened in horror and stood up suddenly, "No! ”

He is the most afraid of water among the ten brothers, even though Guo Babao taught him to swim for a long time, he just can't learn.

Guo Babao comfortingly hooked the ninth brother's shoulder, "Don't panic, listen to the eldest brother." ”

Guo Jiubao nodded obediently and became docile.

Guo Dabao sighed, "It's uncertain whether the flood will come, but the government is already preparing to sacrifice to the river god." ”

Hearing the words of the river god, everyone's faces were not very good.

Guo Dabao said in a deep voice: "This time the object of the sacrifice to the river god is a virgin who has reached the age of five, and the government seems to be looking for one in each village, a total of seven hundred and forty-nine virgins will be gathered to worship the river god on the sixteenth day of the next month." ”

"This ......" Guo Jiubao lowered his voice and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to drown those children alive?" Forty-nine little girls who turned five? ”

Guo Babao nodded heavily.

Guo Sibao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's okay......"

The crowd looked at him in bewilderment.

Guo Sibao patted his heart, "My little sister is only four years old this year, if she is one year older, she will probably be selected, but fortunately, my little sister is less than five years old." ”

Hearing this, the others were also relieved, but Guo Babao's expression became strange.

Brother Qin's words suddenly sounded in his mind.

- "Just run away, just catch another one." ”

- "There are so many fish in the river, there are always other fish that will take the bait." ”

- "Look, another fish has been hooked." ”

Guo Babao didn't know why he associated this matter with Brother Qin's fishing, and turned the fish into a virgin in his mind.

Ran away with a virgin, and just find another one.

With so many virgins in the village, there is always one who can be sent to the river god to worship.

Lo and behold, this one will do.

The cute appearance of the little sister appeared in my mind.

He trembled, sweat soaking his back with sweat, all covered in cold sweat.

Guo Jiubao found that something was not quite right with the starling, and asked worriedly, "Starling, what's wrong with you?" ”

As soon as Guo Jiubao's voice came out, the brothers all looked at Guo Babao in unison, their eyes full of concern and worry.

At this moment, Guo Babao's face was bloodless, his eyes were wide, and he didn't sleep well last night, his two dark circles were heavy, the whites of his eyes were red bloodshot, and his lips were dry and peeling.

Guo Babao's eyes were full of focus, and he looked at his eldest brother, his voice trembling with deep fear, "Big brother, how many five-year-old girls are there in our village?" ”

Guo Dabao lowered his eyes, in fact, after he got the news of the sacrifice to the river god, he had already inquired in the village before going home, "The granddaughter of the village chief's family has just turned five years old, and Grandma Guo's little granddaughter has also turned five years old, and the Guo carpenter's family in the east of the village also has a five-year-old female baby, and the Lu family in the west of the village has two five-year-old female babies...... There are a total of eighteen five-year-old girls, twelve of whom are with foreign surnames, and if we want to choose people in our village, most of them will choose children from people with foreign surnames. ”

It's not to bully people with foreign surnames, but at this juncture, people will be selfish and protect their children, and if they want to live in the village, they must compromise, otherwise they can only leave the village.

After listening to the words of the eldest brother, the other brothers were relieved, don't blame them for being selfish, this is also no way, the people can't fight the officials, the government proposes to sacrifice to the river god, whether you believe it or not, you must recruit it.

But Guo Babao didn't breathe a sigh of relief, but his expression became more solemn, "The granddaughter of the village chief must be safe, and the person selected must be the village chief." Let's not talk about those people from other villages, the six people surnamed Guo who have a girl are all related to the village chief, and they are not more than five generations. ”