hotmtlnovel Chapter 587 The Eve of Sacrifice
Chapter 587 The Eve of Sacrifice
"It's annoying enough to serve you alone, and now you bring people back for dinner. I owed you that in my last life, right?"
The old lady muttered to herself as she put the dishes and chopsticks on the table, not forgetting to roll her eyes at Pei Yan.
He smiled awkwardly and moved closer to Gu Chaoxi.
"Your old lady has a bad temper."
The couple where Pei Yan lived were middle-aged people in their thirties or forties, and they didn't seem to have such a bad temper.
Gu Zhaoxi covered his mouth and smiled, then nodded in agreement: "Yeah, he has a bad temper."
But it is true that he is a good person.
Although Luo Fangfang did not have the love of her parents, the old lady still took good care of her.
After dinner, the old lady went to clean up the dishes and left the two of them in the living room.
Gu Chaoxi moved a chair to the door and sat there, looking outside. The sky was blue and the clouds were white, and it looked like good weather.
It’s a pity that Xianxi Village will no longer have such good days soon, right?
Pei Yan sat opposite her, and the two of them guarded the door like door gods.
After a moment, she stood up and said, "Ayan, go back and get some sleep. After you finish the tribute in the afternoon, there shouldn't be anything to do, right?"
Pei Yan nodded, stood up, patted the dust off his clothes, and walked towards his residence.
Gu Chaoxi turned around and went back to his room, climbed onto the bed, rolled up the quilt and buried his head in it.
When the old lady came out after cleaning up, she found that there was no one in the living room.
She went to Gu Chaoxi's room again, saw a ball lying on the bed, and raised her hand to pat the quilt.
The person inside moved, taking it as a response.
The old lady was somewhat helpless: "You can sleep if you want. Anyway, you don't have to worry about the tribute. But I'm telling you clearly, you are not allowed to mess up the sacrifice. Do you understand?"
"Okay, got it." She responded sullenly and heard the old lady's footsteps go out again.
What can she possibly do to cause trouble? Really.
Xiuxiu's mother was probably very happy. After all, her daughter was about to be taken away by the Dragon God to live a good life. How could she not be happy?
Every girl chosen by the Dragon God must wear a red wedding dress, and Zhao Xiuxiu of course also has a red wedding dress.
That red wedding dress was made by Xiuxiu's mother with a lot of effort, and it was all the result of her hard work.
Zhao Xiuxiu sat in the room and was not allowed to leave from now on.
Xiuxiu's mother knew the relationship between Zhao Xiuxiu and Liang Yi, but now that Zhao Xiuxiu had become a sacrificial girl, she absolutely could not have any contact with Liang Yi anymore.
So, Xiuxiuniang is on guard against Liang Yi.
The boy said that there was something wrong with the Dragon God sacrifice and wanted to take Zhao Xiuxiu away. Xiuxiu's mother knew about it.
She would never let a brat ruin her dream that she had been pursuing for so many years.
At this time, Liang Yi was visited by Dr. Zhao at his home.
"Doctor Zhao, why are you here?"
Doctor Zhao was carrying a small medicine box on his shoulder. When he saw Liang Yi packing things in the house, he smiled at him.
"I have something to ask you specifically."
Liang Yi's parents were not at home at the moment, as they went to work in the fields.
In fact, Liang Yi's parents respected the worship of the Dragon God, but they did not completely believe in it.
They felt that the dragon god sacrifice was fake. After all, they had never seen a real dragon god. However, the sacrificed girl never appeared again, which made them believe it somewhat.
In short, Liang Yi's parents' ideas are contradictory.
Liang Yi and Zhao Xiuxiu are together, and he wants to take Zhao Xiuxiu away. His parents know about it, but they don’t know how to deal with it.
Sometimes, not facing it is also a kind of acquiescence.
Liang Yi walked inside with Dr. Zhao and moved a chair for him to sit down.
He thought for a while before speaking: "You want to take Zhao Xiuxiu away, aren't you afraid of the punishment from the Dragon God?"
Liang Yi turned his head to look at him with a strange expression: "Doctor Zhao, I remember you don't believe in the Dragon God."
As far as he could remember, Dr. Zhao didn't believe this at all.
Doctor Zhao really didn't believe it, after all, he knew there was no dragon god.
"Hey, you want to take Zhao Xiuxiu away, do you have a plan?"
"Of course." Liang Yi patted his chest.
He had already planned it out. When Zhao Xiuxiu boarded the raft and went to the pavilion in the middle of the lake tomorrow, he would pick her up at night and take the tributes with him.
Liang Yi knew that Xianxi Village was surrounded by mountains, and he didn't know how long it would take to reach the outside world.
However, he had the perseverance, and he felt that he could take Xiuxiu away from this small village and into a wider world.
And Zhao Xiuxiu was also willing to follow him.
Dr. Zhao shook his head. Although Liang Yi didn't seem to have a clear plan for the future, fortunately he was determined enough.
"There's a river around the mountain on the other side of the lake. Just follow the river and you'll be able to get out."
Doctor Zhao had walked that road before. If he continued along that road, he could see other villages and houses in the distance.
Liang Yi was a little surprised and didn't quite understand why Dr. Zhao would help him.
But Dr. Zhao said nothing more. He just shook his head and walked away with his small medicine box on his back.
Perhaps, as Gu Chaoxi said, it was Dr. Zhao himself who trapped him.
If he could be braver, he could change the villagers' minds from now on.
Perhaps the progress of this village is huge, instead of being immersed in the world of the Dragon King.
This afternoon was peaceful and harmonious. Everyone's offerings were ready. All they had to do was wait for the next morning, when everyone would place the offerings on the raft and the ceremony would be complete.
After dinner, Shen Lan wandered around the village feeling a little bored, and unknowingly headed towards Dr. Zhao's house.
There weren't many people at the end of the village, so Dr. Zhao's house was easy to see.
An open fence gate and an open gate inside.
Puffs of smoke came out of the chimney.
Shen Lan stood in the distance and did not come closer.
The light in the room was dimmer than outside, but Shen Lan could still clearly see a figure wearing a huge straw raincoat running through the living room.
Afterwards, he followed Dr. Zhao into the living room and sat down obediently on the chair.
There was food on the table. The man in the straw raincoat reached out his hand, carefully picked up a cake from the table and put it into his mouth.
He ate carefully, like a half-grown child, and occasionally stole a glance at Dr. Zhao.
As for Doctor Zhao, he just looked at the person in front of him with eyes full of heartache, then raised his hand and gently touched his head.
He thought, if he had revealed what his parents had concealed earlier, his brother would have been able to live a normal life and would not have been living like a ghost until now.
But the thing that cannot be said most in this world is "if".
Shen Lan looked for a while, then turned and left silently.
It is a blessing for the two brothers to be able to eat at home openly.
Why should she go up and disturb him?