Chapter 784

She took another bite, and this day, for some reason, she felt a rare quietness, and such quietness was repressed.

In the end, Xiao Dongniang couldn't taste any salt in the dishes she cooked, that is to say, she didn't leave out the salt at all.

The peach blossoms in the village are still the same, but the villagers began to speak less, and everyone was busy doing their jobs. Even the good farm tools they got a few days ago didn't make them laugh anymore.

Not to mention the people in the village, even Shen Qingci herself was inexplicably agitated. She even leaned her head against the wall, and involuntarily hit the wall with her head.

Until outside, for some unknown reason, there was a rush of gongs and drums.

Shen Qingci stood up straight, and also walked outside the door, seeing that all the villagers walked out of the house, and they all walked in one direction.

What's going on here?

Shen Qingci did not explain to the people of Dongling at all. She had only been here for half a month, no, it should have been several months. After all, she was injured so badly at the time, but when she woke up, the injuries on her body were all gone. Yes, seven seven eight eight.

And she doesn't like to spy on other people's hidden people. She is only an outsider after all, so in Dongling, she never regarded herself as a native of the village, and she never thought about getting anything in the village.

And now the sound is very high, so loud that it almost creates a shackle on the heart, and then deeply imprisons everything.

She didn't want to go, but even Xiaodong had passed, and it seemed that it was not suitable for her to stay here.

She raised her skirt and followed behind. She just wanted to know what happened. Although she is not from the village, she still lives and eats here. If you help each other, you will definitely help each other, and you will never be stingy.

There are more and more people in the village, and everyone is dragging their families with them. Even the children in their arms are carried over.

And Shen Qing had been here for so long, and she had never seen so many people in the village. In fact, she didn't know how many people there were in the village, and many of them had never been seen before.

At this time, just in front of a mountain, a table was already placed in front of it, and there was a large incense burner on the table, and the incense in the incense burner was also being lit.

Shen Qingci looked up at the mountain in front of him.

What this mountain looks like, maybe even these Dongling people don't know?

The village chief stepped forward, and his gray beard fluttered slightly in the wind. He was facing the mountain in front of him, and no one knew that at this moment, the tears in his eyes were suppressed by him.

The people of Dongling are not that perfect either. God is always fair, so that these people will be free from wars and disputes, but in the end, the separation of wives and husbands is inevitable.

The village chief stretched out his hand and gently stroked the stones on the mountain. It felt like he was stroking his own children. Within the dim line of sight, he could only miss him in the dead of night.

He turned around, picked up three incense sticks again, lit them, and inserted them into the incense burner.

"Fellow villagers, this year we are going to elect people again."

"It's still the same as in previous years, above 15 and below 50."

The old men, women and children in the village all cried secretly, and although those men were speechless, who did not have some unbearable on their bodies, although they might not be drawn, but it was inevitable that they would die. There will be a hint of unresolved sadness.

The village chief held a bamboo tube and placed it in front of these adult men. Each of them smoked one. The people of Dongling have inherited it for more than ten generations. There are as many as a thousand people in the current village, and the young and middle-aged men also There are more than a few hundred people, and from these hundreds of people, two people will be selected.

Shen Qingci stood and watched, and she didn't understand at all, what were these people doing?

When she had time, she had to ask Xiaodong about it.

The final draw was a middle-aged man in his forties, and a young boy of sixteen.

"Everyone, go back."

The village chief waved his hand, then turned his back to the crowd, and put his hand on the stone mountain again, and the villagers' cries could still be heard in his ears, and the two families who were drawn must be separated. opened.

Whether it is dead or alive, it is determined by God.

Shen Qingci turned around and wanted to leave, but in the end she couldn't help but look back at the village chief. The village chief was still standing with his back to the crowd, so so far, she doesn't know what the village chief's mood is?

But Shen Qingci found that the village chief's shoulders were shaking slightly, he should be very sad.

"Xiaodong, come with me," Shen Qing waved at Xiaodong.

Xiaodong nodded. He didn't squeak like usual. He obediently followed behind Shen Qingci and lowered his head very low.

Shen Qingci took out some snacks for Xiaodong to eat. These snacks were the only ones she knew, and they were taught to the women in the village. After the women in the village learned it, as long as anyone made them, they would definitely know them. Give her a copy, so she doesn't have much here, but there are a lot of snacks.

Xiaodong used to eat these the most, because he had never eaten them. In fact, don't talk about him, maybe even their elders have never heard or seen them.

But what's the matter today, don't even take a look at the dim sum you used to eat most?

"What's the matter, don't you want to eat?"

Shen Qingci patted Xiaodong's little head, "Sister just remembered some dim sum recipes, and I will ask your mother to make them for you later." And she couldn't help but sighed, there are really very few things she can make. She only learned a few things, but she really didn't like it. Her hands were all used to earn those stinky things. As for the others, it was only when she really used it.

She racked her brains, all wanting to leave something for the people of Dongling. After all, thousands of years, from the outside, just passed by in the blink of an eye, but for them, they lived without progress.

Xiaodong raised his face, but it was full of tears, which also frightened Shen Qingci.

"What's wrong?" Shen Qingci hurriedly pulled up his sleeves and wiped Xiaodong's tears, "Why are you crying, is it because the dim sum is not delicious, making you cry?"

"no no."

Xiaodong shook his head vigorously, and then he lay on the table, crying out of breath, which also made Shen Qingci not know what happened, so he hurriedly called Xiaodongniang.

Xiaodongniang tried her best to coax Xiaodong, but Xiaodong stopped crying, but her eyes were red.

Shen Qingci's intuition was related to today's draw.

"I know what you're asking?"

Xiao Dongniang wiped her tears, she tugged at her horns, maybe she wanted to give Shen Qingci a smile, but she really couldn't smile.

"Anyway, you will know about it sooner or later."