In other words, for these villagers, this village is actually the place they want to escape from the most, especially if they have good-looking children at home.

Suddenly thinking of the rumors she had heard before, she asked the old lady, "Auntie, I heard someone in other places before that he had a relative who married you here, and said that he had found a problem.

Is it true that the daughters-in-law of your village chief's family are all married to girls from the village, and none of them have lived past the age of forty? ”

The old lady was stunned by her sudden topic, "Hearing you say that, it's true, I haven't noticed this situation all along."

It is true that the daughter-in-law of each generation of patriarchs does not live long, and each of them has a child in the family, and the person either dies of illness or has an accident.

But the men of the patriarch's family are all well-known longevity people in the village, that is, the current patriarch is seventy-six years old this year, and he is still very tough, and he can still manage the affairs of the village.

His sons are all in their sixties, and when our patriarch took over, he was almost sixty years old, and he died two years before the previous term, and he didn't have until eighty-four years later.

In this way, none of the women in his family have a long life, and I don't know if it has anything to do with the ancestors? ”

In the end, he lowered his voice a lot, and pointed his finger upward.

Qian Yan felt that there must be something to do with it, how could there be so many coincidences in this world, most of them were deliberate.

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

But it can't be like this in every generation, plus the men in his family live a long life, so there must be a problem.

Qian Yan also lowered her voice and guessed: "I don't know if the life expectancy of the daughters-in-law is transferred to the men of their family, otherwise how can women have short lives and men live long." ”

Yin Keqin's mother and son were both lost in thought by what they said, and after a while, Yin Keqin said: "It's really possible, mother, do you remember, Kesheng's aunt originally wanted to marry Ke Qin's uncle, but she died before she got married, and other women in our village, as long as they didn't marry into the patriarch's family, either became a sacrifice or disappeared before they got married......"

I'll go! Qian Yan was shocked, she just found a random topic to ask, but she didn't expect to dig up another clue?

From this point of view, in addition to the so-called old ancestor, this patriarch's family also has problems.

In other words, there are only two endings for the women in the village, either to become sacrifices or to marry into the patriarch's family, and of course, one is to die.

This is really miserable, fortunately there are fewer women in the village, otherwise it would be even worse if there are more women.

After that, there was silence between the three of them, the mother and son thought of their daughter (sister) again, and Qian Yan was thinking about what kind of family this was, and the hostility towards women was so great.

Although there will be a man in the sacrifice, it feels more like there are too few women, and except for the patriarch's family, the other clansmen are more like captive sacrifice providers.

……

Although it was sunny outside, there was no sound of anyone moving, let alone the footsteps and talking sounds that came and went before, and there was no sound even next door, as if it was late at night again.

Seeing that Qian Yan listened to the surrounding voices, the old lady said: "Although there is no problem in moving in the village, as long as you don't leave the village, you will be fine, we can still not go out in the past few days, for fear of provoking the ancestors and bringing punishment to the family."

Today is also a little different from the past, in the past, it would take a whole day to have strange weather like this, and it would not disappear until the next day, when the candidate was chosen.

After it was confirmed, there would be no such weather, and it would be dark all over, and even if you wanted to, you wouldn't be able to get out of the village, and it wasn't that there were no people who wanted to escape before, but they couldn't find their way out of the village.

On the third day, there was no need to send people there, and the selected people automatically disappeared in the village, and some people went to the patriarch's house to make trouble, and the patriarch said that the people were fine, and they were taken away by the ancestors.

The patriarch's statement to us is that those people are not dead, but have gone to serve the life of their ancestors.

The reason why I choose a good face every time is because the person who serves you personally must find someone who fits your eyes, so that everyone should not be too resistant. ”

But none of the people who went came back, this is no different from dying, of course, these don't need to be said to Qian Yan, anyway, they can't be changed, they can only be accepted.

She said so much before, in fact, it has been a little too much, and this is because of her soft-heartedness.

Looking at the sky outside, the old lady said to Qian Yan: "Don't go out in the house, I'll cook, make a little more dry for this meal, make the evening and tomorrow together, tomorrow will be dark, if you can't go out, try not to go out." ”

Qian Yan was indeed a little hungry when she heard that she was eating, she could take out food at any time when she was by her side, and she had only eaten a bowl of millet porridge since yesterday, and that was more water, and her stomach could be said to be empty.

In addition, she still wanted to go to the toilet, and when she saw that the old lady was about to go out, she hurriedly stopped her, pulled her aside and asked quietly, if she can't go out, what should she do if she wants to go to the toilet?

The old lady was stunned, shook her head a little funny, led her into the bedroom, squatted down and pulled out a clay pot with a lid under the bed.

"It's inconvenient to go out at night, I use this, rest assured, it's all washed."

Qian Yan nodded with a little blush, she felt that she could hold on for a while, after all, there was a man outside, she was embarrassed to use it now.

The old lady smiled and clapped her hands, turned and walked out, taking her son out by the way.

Anyway, Yin Keqin is twenty years old, even if he chooses a sacrifice, he will not be chosen, and the other is because he looks very average, and the chance of being chosen is very small.

It can be said that he is more likely to follow, there are three children in the family, only he follows the shortcomings of his parents, his eyes are not big, his nose is a little wide, his lips are not thick or thin, plus he works all year round and goes up the mountain, his skin is dark and rough, and he can only be regarded as having good facial features.

His eldest brother and eldest sister are all following the advantages of their parents, and the reason why the two of them go out to hide together is because they are good looking, and both of them may be chosen.

As a result, who knows that it will make people disappear in advance, and it is better to stay in the village if you know that this is the case, and wait for a year later, in case you are not selected, there is still half of the possibility of hiding.

It's just that it's too late to regret it now, the people are gone, and it's too late to say anything.

Qian Yan sat at the table and didn't go to the door, although she felt that if the other party had already targeted her, it would be useless to hide, and she still felt more secure in the house.

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

And she listened to the old lady, this is a normal triennial sacrifice, and it is not advanced, it is very likely that the other party has made some changes in order to get her, and even the timeline has been changed.

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

Although it is because the ugly ugly has not recovered to its heyday, it also shows that the other party has some ways, at least more powerful than the current ugly.

Thinking of this, Qian Yan couldn't help but call Ugly Ugly again in her heart, and also called Xiangxiang a few times, Ugly Ugly said that there is a contract between her and Xiangxiang, and the induction between each other should be closer.

just shouted for a long time without getting any response, and she had no choice but to give up, it seems that she is really fighting alone.

I looked outside, I didn't have a watch on my hand, I didn't know what time it was, and there was no sun outside, although the wind and rain had stopped and the sky was bright, but the sun didn't come out, it felt like the sun was blocked.

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

The basket is full of coarse bread, and in the clay pot is a large pot of stew, that is, radish and cabbage stewed together, although it is not good-looking, it smells its own unique fragrance.

The old lady put down the basket and went out again, and when she came in again, she had a small charcoal stove in her hand, which contained charcoal and did not light it, and she was probably going to use this to heat up the dish at night.

The old lady put the stove under the table and said to Qian Yan: "We won't go out at night, it's not good for your body to eat cold when it's getting cold, use this stove to heat it up and eat again."

Hengyue sit down, let's eat while it's hot, I don't know if it will rain again in a while. ”

Qian Yan sat on one side of the table, took the cake handed over by the old lady, and glanced at the door with some doubts in her eyes.

It had rained a lot just now, and the ground was wet, but there was no water accumulation, and the cloth shoes on the old lady's feet were dry, and I don't know if the drainage in this yard was too good, or if the rain was also problematic.

And it is said that it is warm after the wind, and it is cold after the rain, after the rain, Qian Yan didn't feel much lower than the previous temperature, at least she didn't feel cold when she was wearing these three layers of single clothes now.

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

She took a bite of the cake and said as if unintentionally: "I've forgotten all these days, auntie, brother Yin, what is the solar term now?" ”

The old lady replied, "There are three more days before the autumn equinox, and this day looks colder and colder day by day." ”

Not yet the autumnal equinox? No wonder it is not cold to wear three layers of single clothes in the morning, if it is still hot in the later life, Qiu Lao Hu is not talking nonsense, but it is just right to wear three layers of single clothes here.

When she and Chouchou first came before, it was already late autumn and it was about to enter winter, and the proprietress of the ready-to-wear store also said that it would snow in ten and a half days, which meant that it would be winter soon.

Now that the time has changed, the seasons have changed, and the heart that was a little relieved before has risen again.

The unknown is the most frightening, knowing what's going on, what to face, and thinking of a way to give it a try, now I don't know what the other party is, I don't know what time and place it is, it's really blind.

After lunch, the three of them chatted for a while about the inconsequential parents, and the two went back to the next room to rest, anyway, there was nothing else to do, it was better to sit here and rest.

Tilt Yan also returned to the room, went to the toilet first, and then lay on the bed.

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

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

When she woke up, she didn't know how much time had passed, and when she walked to the outhouse, the Yin family's mother and son were not there, so they should still be resting in their own room.

She took out a bench from under the table and sat down on the edge of the table, picked up the clay pot on the table and turned it upside down, and when she found water in it, she poured herself a bowl and drank it.

Soon there were footsteps next door, and they should have heard the sound from this side, and soon the two of them came over.

As soon as the old lady pushed the door open and came in, she was startled, and asked inexplicably, "Auntie, what's wrong?" ”

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

Tilting Yan was stunned, walked to the door with the pottery bowl, took a picture of the water in the bowl, and saw a black vine-shaped mark on her forehead.

It's not a good thing at first glance, it's like the kind of villain on TV, but whenever there is any red and black mark, it's either poisoned or demonized.

However, for Qianyan's appearance, this mark on her forehead is damn good-looking, her face is whiter, and she is a little more charming.

At this time, Qian Yan was no longer afraid of before, and had the feeling that another boot had landed.

She knew that she must have come here to be the other party's hand, 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 anything useless, so she just waited for the other party to make a move.

She wants to see what kind of sacrificial method it is, if it is difficult to escape death, the most she can do is to fight with the other party!

Thinking of this, she reached out and touched the spiritual food in the satchel, she didn't take it off when she slept before, for fear that something would happen.

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

The old lady saw that she was not crying or depressed, and she relaxed a little, and said to her son: "Keqin, you go and take down the dry rabbit on the beam of the house and soak it, and I will make it tonight." ”

Turning around, he said to Qian Yan again: "Heng Yue, don't be too afraid, in case it's really like what the patriarch said, just to serve the ancestor, as long as you stay alive, it's better than anything else." ”

Qian Yan smiled at her, "Don't worry, auntie, I'm not afraid, at most I will die, and I will be a good man after eighteen years!" ”

As he spoke, he patted his chest, looking like life and death were out of the way.

The old lady looked at her with some distress, knowing that she was also forced to laugh, but she didn't break it, but laughed together.

The reason why she is so good to Tilt Yan is that she thinks of her daughter and eldest son, who were about the same age as Tilt Yan back then.

And good-looking people have some things in common, such as big eyes, high nose bridge, small mouth or something, so she saw her daughter through Tilt Yan.

If she can dodge, just like her own daughter can dodge, but God doesn't follow people's wishes, but she still let her run into it.

In fact, the moment she saw Qian Yan, she had some guesses, how could the ancestor let go of such a good-looking little girl.

Although they didn't know what the fate of being a sacrifice would be, they never thought about the bright side, but some self-deception hoped that it would be just like what the patriarch said, just to serve people, not to be eaten or encounter more cruel situations.

(End of chapter)