The sunset was swallowed up by darkness and the moon was buried.

There is no moon tonight, but there is wind.

Delicious dishes were served on the table, and drinks were prepared.

Just wait for the goddess to come.

Zhang's father accompanied the village chief in the hall, while Zhang's mother and the others waited for the goddess outside the courtyard.

The night breeze blew and blew over people's faces, making everyone feel a little cold.

Xu Qianrong hugged Xiang'er and said with a worried face: "Mother, did you say that tonight, my father and the village chief can make the goddess change her mind?" ”

Zhang's mother's face was also extremely solemn, she shook her head, and said: "I don't know, I hope it will be done, the village chief has promised to help say good things, and besides, your father has also prepared a generous gift to the goddess, as for ...... Whether it succeeds or not, it can only depend on the will of God. ”

Xu Qianrong hugged Xiang'er tightly, put her face on Xiang'er, and choked up: "If it doesn't work...... Oh my fragrance! ”

Zhang Dekun stood aside, and when he heard his mother-in-law's words, his face turned pale, his fists were dragged to death, and there seemed to be a anger in his heart.

Although he is not good at expressing himself and does not spend much time with Xiang'er, he is his daughter after all, and that love comes from his bones.

Indelible.

Zhang Ye stood quietly aside and did not interject.

But unlike Zhang's mother and sister-in-law's thoughts, he didn't have any expectations tonight, because he knew very well that today's dinner was probably useless.

I want the goddess to change her mind, unless I come up with something that the goddess is happy with.

But the situation in their family ...... It's hard to get out.

That is to say, what the goddess wants, their family cannot afford to give;

If you can afford it, the goddess will not be satisfied.

Such a result is naturally a one-shot split, and there is no possibility of negotiation.

He was already thinking about what would happen after dinner, perhaps...... Zhang Ye glanced at the shiny axe in the courtyard.

"Grandma, mother...... Why do we want the goddess to come to our house for dinner? I don't like the goddess, she always likes to scare me, saying that the monster will eat me, and she will let me feed the river god, I am afraid of her, can you not let her come to our house? ”

Xiang'er, who was held in Xu Qianrong's arms, twisted her body and pouted, with a look of displeasure.

Children are like this, what to say, and they don't know what scruples are.

Xu Qianrong hurriedly covered Xiang'er's mouth, glared at her, and said, "Xiang'er, don't talk nonsense." ”

"I'm not talking nonsense!" Xiang'er took her mother's hand away and said, "I just don't like her, she's just an old witch, she specializes in harming children, she's a bad person, a bad guy." ”

When Xu Qianrong heard this, her frightened face turned pale, if people heard these words, it would be troublesome.

She raised her hand and was about to hit Xiang'er's mouth, but Xiang'er was so frightened that she cried.

"Childish words are unscrupulous, sister-in-law should not be taken seriously."

Zhang Ye hugged Xiang'er to Xu Qianrong, poked her little nose, and said, "Xiang'er, do you remember what the second uncle told you yesterday?" ”

"Remember, remember!" Xiang'er burst into tears and laughed, and said, "The second uncle said that he was going to the sea to get ...... when he was empty."

Zhang Ye's index finger touched Xiang'er's lips, "shh ”

He didn't dare to let Xiang'er say the words "eat the meat of the river god", in this village that believes in ghosts and gods, if he said this, it would be disrespectful to the gods, it would be blasphemous, and he would be taken to sink into the sea.

"Good, secret!" Xiang'er smiled: "The secret between me and my second uncle!" ”

This scene made Zhang's mother, Xu Qianrong and others inexplicable, but when Xiang'er was asked, Xiang'er only replied with the word "secret", which tickled everyone's hearts, but she couldn't attack.

"Woohoo!"

Amid Ah Huang's dog barking, everyone looked up into the distance.

I saw a dim point of light in the darkness, and under the point of light, a rickety shadow stretched extraordinarily long.

The goddess came with a marquee.

Zhang's mother and several people immediately greeted him, Zhang Ye also followed, this is the first time he has crossed over, the first close contact with the goddess, in the past he stayed at home to study with the baby, and he would not go together with the goddess at all, let alone have any contact.

Now, when he really saw the goddess, Zhang Ye realized that the goddess didn't look like a person at all.

The body is as stiff as a hunchback, with a cane, and there are only a few silver hairs left in the sparse hair, which are circled by her with a hairnet, the eye sockets are deep, the eyes are dull, the wrinkles on the face can no longer see the original appearance, the face is full of spots, bloodless, gloomy, and it makes people panic......

The whole person was like dry bones, skin and bones, muscles atrophied, and not even a little flesh and blood could be seen.

A gust of west wind is estimated to blow her three or five miles away.

Zhang Ye found that he might have overestimated the goddess a little, according to the state of the goddess, even if it was the sick and weak body of the previous body, he should be able to slaughter the goddess.

Since the appearance of the goddess, Ah Huang has been barking non-stop, and even rushed up to bite the goddess at one point.

Under Zhang Dekun's stopping, Ah Huang was not allowed to pounce.

But this also made the goddess dissatisfied, and pointed at Ah Huang with a cane, and a hoarse voice came from her throat that was about to burst at any time: "Dog beast, blasphemy, tired of living?" ”

Ah Huang barked louder, baring his sharp teeth, and pounced and pounced.

The goddess's face sank, and she was very angry.

I saw that she took out a copper hand-cranked bell, shook it three times in the first three circles, three circles in the back, three circles in the left, three circles in the right, and said with words on her lips, "This beast does not respect the gods, please punish the gods!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a swishing wind blew, making everyone feel cold and uncomfortable.

At the same time, Ah Huang, who had just bared his teeth and grinned at the goddess and the dog barked, his body became inexplicably paralyzed, he fell to the ground and kept twitching, his tongue fell out, as if he had been choked by the neck, he couldn't breathe, and the dog's mouth kept spitting out white foam.

"Ah Huang, Ah Huang ......"

This scene surprised everyone, Xiang'er ran over, reached out and stroked Ah Huang's back, and shouted anxiously with crying: "What's wrong with you, Ah Huang, don't scare me, get up quickly!" ”

Xiang'er's screams didn't help, and after Ah Huang kicked his limbs twice, his pupils dilated, and he lost his breath.

The goddess poked Ah Huang's corpse with her crutch, put away the bell, and shouted, "Beast, this is the punishment of the gods." ”

Zhang's mother and the others had ugly faces, and the color of fear permeated the expressions, but they all dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and they had to apologize to the goddess: "The goddess is angry, Ah Huang is just a beast, offending the gods, it's not a pity to die, don't blame the goddess." ”

Zhang Ye was also shocked, what kind of means is this?

It's okay just now, but after the goddess said a few words, how did Ah Huang ascend to the sky?

Mother Zhang and the others didn't care about the dead Ah Huang, and after throwing its body aside, a few people welcomed the goddess into the house.

Xiang'er, who was sad alone, and Zhang Ye, who didn't come back to his senses, were left outside the courtyard.

Zhang Ye and Xiang'er squatted on the ground, looking at Ah Huang's corpse gradually stiffening, Xiang'er couldn't cry anymore, she hugged Ah Huang, put her face on Ah Huang's fluffy fur, and cried: "Ah Huang, you get up, you get up and play with me!" ”

Ah Huang is about the same age as Xiang'er, he was bought by Zhang's father from the town on the day Xiang'er was born, and he was still a small milk dog when he came, and now he is half the size of an adult......

It is a toy and playmate of Xiang'er from childhood to adulthood, and she has a very deep feeling.

Xiang'er is still young and doesn't know much about the concept of "death", but when she saw Ah Huang fall to the ground, motionless, she seemed to know that Ah Huang would never stand up to play with her again.

Zhang Ye knew that this was the dismount of the goddess.

Ah Huang is just a victim of the goddess Liwei.

It was the policeman who killed the dog, it was Ah Huang who killed, and it was their family who was warned.

Zhang Ye carefully examined Ah Huang's corpse, trying to find out the cause of Ah Huang's death, and he also wanted to know what means the goddess used to make Ah Huang die quietly and silently under everyone's noses.

He didn't believe in the "divine punishment" in the mouth of the goddess, even if there were gods, but the gods were not resident in the old witch's house, nor were they the followers of the goddess, and the goddess would do whatever she wanted......

After rummaging for a while, Zhang Ye didn't find the slightest trace from Ah Huang's corpse.

There were no wounds, no blood, and the body was intact.

"How the hell did the goddess do that?"

"That's right, Bell!"

Zhang Ye suddenly thought that the goddess had shook the bell before, and then there was a gust of wind, and Ah Huang died.

"Could it be that the bell of the goddess has the effect of communicating with the gods?"

Zhang Ye thought to himself, and shook his head in denial, the gods are high, and the force is not so low, right?

"The Devil's Theory...... If it is not God, it is ......"

"it!"

Zhang Ye was afraid for a while, the gust of wind just now made Zhang Ye guess that the goddess was not controlling the gods, but the ghosts!

And Ah Huang may have died from the ghost claws!

If my guess is correct, then ...... This goddess must have some real means.

It is not easy to slaughter her.

……

When the goddess entered the house, Zhang's father and the village chief also got up to greet her, and helped the goddess to the square table.

The goddess indifferently mentioned the matter of Ah Huang outside the courtyard, and the faces of Father Zhang and the village chief became ugly, and the words and words that they had thought of before were choked into their mouths, and they didn't say a word.

Only the goddess was calm and unaffected by Ah Huang's mood.

After the goddess sat down, the village chief and Zhang's father went to the table.

As for Zhang's mother and other women, they could only wait outside the hall and were not qualified to serve at the table.

Father Zhang poured wine for the goddess and the village chief, but the goddess was not polite, just smiled slightly, didn't say much, and took chopsticks and big fish and meat to eat and drink.

When he eats it, he even moves his five claws directly, with a chicken in his left hand and a duck in his right hand, and he gnaws happily.

The movements are extremely indecent, like a beggar who has been hungry for several days without eating.

Of course, no one dares to say that she is not......

Xiang'er kept swallowing her saliva, her mouth kept squirming, but she was greedy.

She whispered to her mother, "Mother, I want to eat too!" ”

Xu Qianrong shook her head and said, "When Grandpa and the village chief finish eating, we will eat again." ”

"But I want to eat now, I'm so hungry, if I wait a while, ......" Xiang'er put her mouth to her mother's ear and said, "I'll be eaten by that old witch later, and I don't have to eat!" ”

Xu Qianrong hurriedly covered Xiang'er's mouth, just now Ah Huang just barked at the goddess and the dog a few times, and it ended up so tragically, if the goddess heard Xiang'er scolding her old witch, things would not be good.

Maybe before the day of the divine sacrifice, Xiang'er will be punished by the gods and follow in the footsteps of Ah Huang.