Chapter 54: The Village That 'Eats' Women (16)
The girls who are not selected represent the loss of the chance to live, and in Zhangjing Village, there is only one result waiting for them, which is death.
There is no intermarriage in Zhangjing Village, which is a rule set by witch doctors in order to control the population growth and family ties in the village; Push back a few decades, and the outside world is not peaceful, which is why so many women are tricked in.
The villagers saw too many women outside, and the villagers naturally didn't look at them. As a result, they became objects to be discarded, and it was a sin to live.
At the time, she didn't understand, these were all told to her by the woman named Qi Yin.
The witch doctor's maid is only selected once every fifteen years, which means that there will be no more girls born here for the next seven years.
Every intersection she walked through when she was a child, every inch of land she stepped on, countless her were buried.
No one can hear the distant cry, and it is a ritual that everyone knows about burying them in the fork in the road for people to trample on, and those girls will not be able to die, and they will not enter the reincarnation.
In their eyes, killing a baby is easier than killing a chicken.
She met Qi Yin in a very embarrassed situation.
She struggled to crawl back to her room like a rag doll that day, and since she was elected here at the age of eight, the dark blue intricate weaving has been her permanent nightmare.
She may have died with her sisters who participated in the selection together when she was eight years old, and now she is only a numb shell.
Qi Yin nestled under the window and asked her in a low voice if she would like to run away with them.
If she succeeds in escaping, then she, as the closest person to the witch doctor, will naturally become the most valuable witness, and their testimony will have a higher credibility.
In her mind, heaven and man had been fighting all night, and she still didn't agree to Qi Yin's proposal in the end; She can't go, her parents are still here, and if she leaves, her mother will be the first to be killed.
If she endures it any longer, as long as fifteen years have passed, maybe she will be able to be released to reunite with her mother if she pleads with the witch doctor......
Later, she learned of Qi Yin's death from the person who came here to report back to the witch doctor, and the man mentioned that his face was full of pride, and said that he was fast, and he captured the three women who escaped in a row, and the witch doctor rewarded him with some precious medicinal herbs.
After that, she didn't hear what the man said clearly, and the sentence 'Qi Yin is dead' was left in her mind, which echoed for a long time and resounded in her ears.
If it weren't for the fact that she delayed all night, they wouldn't have died; If they can run ahead of time, won't the leaker have a chance to report it......
But without ifs, the dead Qi Yin would not be resurrected.
Qi Yin, who obviously didn't know each other, but was still willing to help her, died forever in this mountain; Like countless of her sisters and sisters in the past, she is not reincarnated and cannot die.
In the second spoonful, the warm liquid warmed her palm through the bowl.
Every dark night, hot tears slid down my cheeks; As she lay numbly looking at the dark blue fabric, she would always see her little self curled up in the corner and crying.
At that time, the temperature of the tears was also so hot.
She burst into laughter.
The corners of his lips curved in a huge arc, and the bright smile on his face was really visible to even the villagers standing below.
"What are you proud of, if you drink it this year, you may not have the life to drink it next year."
"Do you want to provoke us? Brothers, look carefully at how much she scoops, and she has to spit out every drop more! ”
"If she hadn't gotten the blue eyes of the witch doctor back then, she wouldn't have known which ditch she was buried in."
……
The whispered sarcasm of the villagers clearly fell into her ears, and this time she no longer hesitated, holding the bowl and lifting it neatly along the ground, more than half a bowl of elixir was poured straight down by her.
But that wasn't the end of it, she stood there, trying to raise her hand to grab the spoon and put a bowl into the medicine bucket to drink, so fast that the villagers below screamed again and again.
Fortunately, the man who was whispering to the witch doctor flashed out, grabbed Ah Miao with his eyes, and carried her to the side of the altar.
Seeing that she was restrained, the restless villagers quieted down.
"Master Witch Doctor, you have also seen it, is a white-eyed wolf like her worthy of drinking elixir?"
"If it weren't for the quick catch, I'm afraid this half bucket wouldn't be enough for her to drink!"
The witch doctor's face was ugly after a series of questions, and he glared at the man fiercely, which made the big men who had stopped the medicine barrel back and began to distribute elixir to the villagers.
The use of elixir needs to be combined with auspicious times, and it is rumored that only in this way can the effect of the medicine be maximized.
However, this year, because of Xie Rourou's incident, a considerable number of people in the village were still on duty at various intersections and did not come to the sacrifice site.
So after the medicine was distributed, the big men who had delivered the medicine before pushed the carts and sent them over separately.
Forgotten in the corner of the altar, Miao leaned against the wall, and she raised her head to look at the moonlight in the sky; It is speculated that there is only about half an hour left until the auspicious time.
She lowered her eyes slowly, curled the corners of her lips; The bottom of his eyes was cold.
As long as tonight passes, she will be able to avenge Qi Yin and her mother.
When those midnight dreams returned, the faces they saw with blood and tears finally had an explanation at this moment.
Sorry, unison.
I am the one who killed you.
But it doesn't matter, after tonight, I will be able to atone for your sins.
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The third loud bang exploded on the altar, and the villagers holding the bowls below shouted in unison: "Kneel down and thank the immortals for giving medicine!" After that, he neatly picked up the bowl and poured all the elixirs into his mouth, not even a drop remained.
The witch doctor sitting on it shook his cigarette stick and nodded in satisfaction.
- He's the only one here who hasn't drunk the elixir.
It was the first time for Ah Miao to participate in the village festival, and she couldn't help but feel a little anxious when she saw that the witch doctor had not picked up the bowl for a long time; So she didn't care too much, turned her head and asked the man who was watching her, "Doesn't the witch doctor drink elixir?" ”
The man glanced at her, crossed his arms and sneered, "What, you want to drink the witch doctor's share?" There must also be a degree of greed, for the sake of you following the witch doctor, I don't care about you, don't be ashamed. ”
After saying that, he looked away from Ah Miao, but the words in his mouth did not stop, and he sarcastically said a few words to her again: "Don't you know that the witch doctor never drinks elixir at the village sacrifice?" You've been following him for so long that you don't even know a thing? ”
"He, as the most qualified witch doctor, didn't rob everyone, you are good, and you still want to drink it; It's a shameless one. ”
……
Ah Miao didn't listen to the words behind those men, and in an instant she felt a chill all over her body, and her fingertips couldn't help but tremble.
- He doesn't drink? He never drank elixir!
She did so much, but in the end, the person she wanted to kill the most didn't kill her, did she?
It's ridiculous!
Plan step by step, don't dare to take a wrong step; In the end, she still can't be favored by God!