Chapter 6: The Feast of the Sowers

The holy capital of May is the best season of the year, spring is coming to an end, the warm breeze is still blowing softly in the world, the colorful petals are still attached to the branches and refuse to drift, but with the passage of time, all kinds of plants have grown small fruits under the cover of the petals, quietly exuding the smell of summer around. [Full text reading]

The people of the capital of knowledge like spring, because spring is the first season of the year, symbolizing the revival of all things, symbolizing a new beginning, every spring, there will be a large number of poems, paintings, dance and music from the palace of art in the northern city, singing in the streets and alleys of the holy capital, in this city with the fragrance of books wafting in the air, even the workers in the workshop have excellent artistic ability, and can sing their love for spring in their hearts with the works of these famous artists. Of course, the inhabitants of the City of Knowledge also love summer, well, and perhaps autumn and winter, and the optimistic residents of the City can discover their unique beauty in any season and record them in their own way, in fact, all they do only to appreciate the happiness that the world has brought them.

At the beginning of May, when the official spring season is coming to an end, it is also the day when the early wheat is about to be planted. During this time, a small, brightly colored cloth bag will be hung on the door of each house, which will contain seeds of various crops, as well as some sweets and pastries. This is a tradition that has been left over thousands of years, and this practice is used to pray for good fortune and a good harvest this year. Originally, this special habit originated from the peasants, but for thousands of years, the scope of the rural city has always changed, and slowly the habit has spread throughout the Yala world, and most of the countries and races that are mainly farming have been infected by this habit, and have become accustomed to hanging ornaments called blessing bags before planting seeds in late spring every year. As for the existence of pastries, it is because in this custom, if someone's small cloth bag disappears one day, it means that the family's belief in the divine spirit has received their sincere faith and accepted their gift. But it is obviously impossible for the gods to come and pick a bag themselves, so they will use their will to influence some small birds and beasts or innocent children to pick the sacrifice on their behalf, therefore. The sweets and pastries that were secretly put in the bag were just to make the gods more powerful in influencing animals or children, of course, at least that is the interpretation at the time.

"Chirp, tweet". A bird song rang out in a certain street, and the call was noisy and noisy, like a flock of birds fighting for something. The people in the house sounded, the birdsong was getting closer and closer, and after hovering at the door for a while, it gradually faded away, and finally disappeared, and then a little girl in a certain house ran out, and saw the door frame that had become empty at the door, and said happily: "Grandpa." Grandpa, you see I'm right, the bag contains a little more candy and snacks, and less dough for feeding the birds, and sure enough, it was quickly harvested by the gods. ”

"It's weird. The white-haired old man also followed, scratching his head and saying suspiciously, "Could it be that the tastes of these birds have changed this year? No, it was like this last year, how do you know?"

"Because lately, the birds in our neighborhood have become hungry. The little girl's eyes narrowed with laughter, and she said proudly, "I found out a long time ago, hehe." You see, our family was the first to be sacrificed by the gods, and everything will go as smoothly this year as last year, so in a few years. We'll be better. ”

"Yes, yes. The old man smiled kindly and touched the little girl's head and said, "Then you don't have to get up so early to deliver newspapers, you can sleep a little more every day, which is good for your health." ”

"Actually, it's not bad to get up every day to deliver newspapers. The little girl licked her lips and said with a reminiscence, "At least it tastes good, ah." I'm not talking about newspapers. ”

Not to mention that the father and daughter were looking forward to the future of the new year, the birdsong that had swept through the street before went all the way forward, passed several streets in a row, and soon after entering Fox Street, they were suddenly interrupted by a suppressed roar of anger, and with the roar appeared, there was also a huge iris shield, the iris shield swirled, with the whistling wind whirling, hitting the target hard, and falling to the ground with a clatter.

"Pannis!" The owner of the iris shield gritted his teeth, his fists clenched and gurgled, staring at the roof just now like a monkey, his mouth kept imitating the sounds of various bird calls, flexibly and secretly opened the bag on the door frame of other people's houses to take a picky look, and if he didn't like it, he tied it back again, and if he liked it, he took it off and held it in his arms, and couldn't help but shoot him off the roof with a flying shield, and rushed to his side almost at the speed of a fearless charge, staring at him condescendingly and roaring: "Can you be a little more boring?" Do you know that since last year you have become the laughing stock of the whole street, and this year it has actually developed into other streets, do you know that there are already people in the neighborhood who are betting on how many streets you will visit this year? ”

"Uh, I know......" Pannis rubbed his nose from the shield and took out a piece of candy from a cloth bag and handed it over, "Do you want to eat one?" ”

"I ...... You...... I ......" Catherine gritted her teeth, and began to look down for her one-handed sword everywhere, Freya leaned against the door of the mansion, and added leisurely: "Actually, there are also people who bet, the eldest sister will kill you after you sweep a few eldest sisters, it seems that many people are going to lose money." ”

"Actually, I'm doing this for their good. Pannis retracted his hand holding the candy, stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "If someone can take their sacrifice, it means that they will have good luck in the coming year, of course they are happy, I can still have food, hahahaha, I am really smart enough." ”

"That's for children, you bastard, half of the children in the Holy Capital are cursing you, what the hell are you thinking. Catherine roared furiously, "Also, you know that today is the day to welcome the envoys into the city, why are you still stealing sacrifices everywhere so leisurely?" ”

"Well, I don't need to go to the greeting ceremony. Pannis said lazily, "When they finish dressing up, I'll just go over there." ”

"This is a foreign affairs event, you must at least change into formal clothes, otherwise it will be too rude. Catherine was helpless, and pulled Pannis's collar to the mansion: "Go change my clothes now." ”

"Help, someone's kidnapped. Pannis's wails rang out over Fox Street as ever. (To be continued.) )