Cub Nursery

Chapter 744

"It's Xiaobao." There was despair in the man's voice that he didn't realize.

Long before Uncle Wu proposed the sacrifice, and when Uncle Wu called some people to the ancestral hall to discuss matters, the man and the woman thought that they must inquire about this matter.After finding out the matter clearly, the man went to that family again and again to inquire about the news, and even gritted his teeth and took out a catty of grain for this.

Not only that, when they were notified to drink soup, the man and the woman had discussed it, and they would not fight or fight, and try to give the opportunity to others, so that other people would know that they are good couples, so they would not take them away. The children are recommended out.

But things backfired, and those people in the village anonymously recommended Xiaobao.

The woman thought a lot in her mind, she couldn't stand still anymore, so she just sat on the ground and faced the man.

The rain beat down, and the hair was sticking to the face indiscriminately, ugly and embarrassing.

His face was covered with water, and the tears in his eyes could not be seen.

"There are so many suitable children in the village, why is it Xiaobao's turn?" The woman still couldn't believe it, fearing that the children in the house would hear her, her voice was low and despairing, "Xiaobao is still young, and he can't afford to eat." I didn't eat a few mouthfuls, if..."

Her own children are always the best, and she never thought that her own children would be pushed out.

Obviously all the preparations have been made before.

"Have you...arranged everything with them?" The woman looked at the man suddenly, and when she heard the news suddenly, she even began to doubt the man.

The man's face was dejected, and the wound on his head was split open again. He didn't bleed much blood, but he looked very ferocious, "I have said everything that needs to be said, and I promised well at the time. There are many people who called out to Uncle Wu, We only found one family, so I’m afraid it won’t work.”

There is only one household, and the result cannot be changed at all.

Moreover, their family is poor and they don't have much food at all, but other families with school-age children in the village are rich. As long as they come forward to find someone, they will definitely have more face than men.

The woman knew this truth in her heart, but she still resented, "If I knew it earlier, you should have gone from house to house to see. Xiao Bao is so smart and well-behaved on weekdays, everyone says he is a seedling who studies, in the future..."

There are never any secrets in the village on weekdays, and children of similar ages will get together to play together, and basically everyone knows who is smart and who is dull.

Xiaobao is the smartest among the children. Many things don’t need to be taught, you can learn by yourself. Many people say that Xiaobao is a good seed for reading. In the future, save some money and send him to study and learn to read, regardless of his grades in the exam. , as long as you know a few words, you will be able to stand out in the future, at least the job is easy to find.

But before all this started, Xiaobao had no future.

"Go and ask again." The woman refused to give up, "The people in the village are all wolf-hearted, and they are really cruel to such a young child."

The man didn't speak.

"If you don't go, I will!" the woman said fiercely, "I'm going to question them, what are they thinking."

Saying that, the woman no longer cared about the man, and got up to go out by herself.

The man stretched out his hand to hold the woman's hand, and said softly: "It's not Xiaobao, it's someone else, they won't change their words. Uncle Wu has already expected it, so we don't let us participate... You didn't look at it when you were eating soup When it comes to those people, they are already crazy."

Everyone looked different, dangerous, cruel.

The woman shook off the man's hand, "But this... I'm not reconciled!"

Stay at home and accept the truth?Accept the judgment of those people in the village on their family?

Do you want to watch your own flesh and blood die?

unable.

The man raised his head and looked at the woman blankly, what else could he do?

When Uncle Wu came to inform him, he had already seen from the expression on Uncle Wu's face that everything was settled. Once he went to make trouble, the whole village would probably target his family, and it would be even more difficult to live.

Everyone in the village has become a huge evil devil.

"I'm not reconciled." The woman still wanted to go out, she didn't want to see the faces of those people, she didn't want to see the appearance of those people, she was not reconciled.

"Don't go, I'll go." The man said, "You stay at home and take care of the two children."

The man suddenly made up his mind, he stood up slowly, stepped forward to hug the woman, and patted her hard.

The couple have been married for so many years, and all the hard times have passed, but they have never had such an intimate hug, but at this moment, neither of them has other thoughts in their hearts, and their eyes are full of children in the house.

The man stepped forward and opened the door of his house, and turned his head to look deeply at the woman.

The woman raised her head, met the man's eyes, and instantly understood what he didn't say: run away, take advantage of the man's free time to find someone, and run away with her two children.

Neither of them moved.

Suddenly, the door of the main room opened a crack, and a small figure slipped out.

There is no coir raincoat at home. In order not to wet his clothes, he simply ran out without any clothes, stepping on the water in the yard and almost falling down several times. Fortunately, his yard is very familiar after all. Steady.

"Father, mother." Dabao ran to the door, glanced at the turbulent water outside, and said softly, "Are they going to ask my brother to sacrifice?"

Neither the man nor the woman spoke, but they burst into tears at the same time.

"Brother will be fine." Dabao said, "Just let me go when the time comes. Now in this weather and in this world, it is impossible to live without leaving the village. Parents must stay in the village. Maybe... I will offer sacrifices on my own initiative." If not, Fifth Grandpa will protect you."

In the past few days, every time Dabao seemed to be asleep, he was actually not asleep.

The man and the woman were discussing things in whispers, and Dabao heard them clearly. He knew that the fifth grandfather was going to sacrifice, that some people in the village would nominate a child, and that he and his younger brother would both be selected. He thought that if his younger brother What should he do if he is selected.

The younger brother is young and eats little. He is old and eats a lot and needs more food to survive.

Rather than letting my brother die, it is better to let my brother live.

"Little brother will live a better life in the future. Our family is running out of food, so we have to live on no matter what." At this time, Dabao looked thin, but he was extremely tall, like an adult, "Dad, mother, come back!" house."

He stretched out his hand to hold the man and the woman, his small body was washed by the rain and shivered.

The woman suppressed her crying, but after all she couldn't break free from Dabao. The man was in a trance, feeling cold all over his body, and his eyes turned black. He was dragged back into the room by Dabao in such a daze.

"So Xiaobao was chosen." The little cub squatted behind the crack of the door, watching the rain outside and listening to the movement in the village.

It's just that although Xiaobao was chosen, it was Dabao who stood up.

The preparation of offerings in the village is very fast, mainly because the livestock that died due to rain are not easy to preserve, and the rest of the offerings are all kept simple. Others took a little firewood, which was considered a contribution to the sacrifice.

When the men pushed Uncle Wu to look for him aggressively, they found that it wasn't Xiaobao they secretly selected, but Dabao who stood up.

Dabao is a little older, but he is still childish. He has taken a bath and is clean, and the clothes he is wearing are also rare and new. They are unpatched clothes that are only worn during New Years and festivals.There was no panic in his eyes, and he didn't rely on his parents, but calmly watched the men hide behind Fifth Uncle aggressively.

The men probably thought that this family would not be willing to let the child out, and would even run away secretly.

So they had long been secretly guarding the entrance and exit of the village, and many people even secretly watched the man's house, just to prevent them from running away with their children.

Now that they want to bring people, the men are all eager to fight in secret, but they don't want to be so vicious without cover, so they put out a fig leaf like Uncle Wu, hiding behind and secretly accumulating energy, thinking that if someone in this family resists, They must rush forward and beat people half to death first, before they have the strength to resist.

If the child is crying, it must be controlled.

Many people even secretly had other ideas in their hearts. It would be great if they completely broke up with this family and started arguing vigorously.At that time, they will drive this family out and divide up their food and everything!

It's a pity that none of the things they thought in their hearts happened.

"Grandfather Fifth. My younger brother is not feeling well. I'm afraid it's not suitable for sacrifice. I'll go for him." Dabao looked at Uncle Fifth calmly.

Uncle Wu met Dabao's eyes, and there was a cleverness in his heart. For a moment, he felt that he had been seen through, but then he realized that all he was thinking about was this village, what could be covered up, and what could be seen through.

"Success." Fifth Uncle didn't see where Xiaobao was, probably hidden by his parents.

Dabao took a step forward, "Let's go."

Fifth Uncle didn't speak, and the men hiding behind him looked at each other vaguely, feeling a little surprised.

Dabao didn't behave like a child.

But since he stood up voluntarily, they had no choice but to tear themselves apart with this family, and could only take Dabao to the ancestral hall along the way.

It was still raining, the adults were all wearing coir raincoats, Dabao didn’t have a coir coir raincoat, and the new clothes on his body were drenched through as soon as he went out, and the wet clothes hung extremely heavy on his body, but he didn’t stop walking, and he was still surrounded by these adults with a calm face. Walk forward slowly.

The adults were afraid that he would escape, but he knew that he would not escape, because only if he did not escape, could his father, mother and younger brother survive.

The faces of the people around him seemed to have changed, and Dabao didn’t know him at all, but Dabao understood in a trance: sometimes hunger really changes a person completely, turning him into a devil.

When they arrived at the ancestral hall, the men relaxed a little, but began to worry again.

Sacrifice is a sacrifice to the sky, and you need to go to the yard and burn incense. It is not appropriate to rain.

"Close it up first, and sacrifice immediately when the rain stops." Someone said.

Everyone else acquiesced, and no one came to inform Uncle Wu this time. The men spontaneously assigned tasks: a group of people stayed in the hut next to the ancestral hall to rest while guarding Dabao to prevent him from escaping, and the rest went back. Take a break and come back for another shift.

As for Uncle Wu, he has nothing to do, just come out and preside over the sacrifice when he turns around to preside over the sacrifice.

Everyone quickly made arrangements to leave, leaving Dabao in the largest room of the ancestral hall, facing the ranking of the ancestors.