Chapter 57 Revenge!

Yun Fu withdrew her gaze from this group of ignorant villagers.

Then he came to the sacrificed child, squatted down, and untied the ropes for him.

The child must have been too frightened.

His big eyes were filled with fear, his expression was blank, and he couldn't even speak.

Yun Fu raised her hand and gently stroked the top of his head with her palm, just like she usually did when comforting the three little kids. She softened her tone, "Beloved, you're safe now. Don't be afraid."

With Yunfu around, the three little dumplings became more energetic.

Qi Nian made a noise and jumped down from Qi Hanzhou's arms. She ran to Yun Fu with her short legs and took out a few milky white candies from her pocket and handed them to the stunned child. "Little Nian, please have some delicious milk candies. Don't be afraid, little brother. Sister Yun has already chased away the man-eating fish!"

"If it dares to come again, we'll roast it and eat it."

During this period, Yun Fu prepared different kinds of food for the three little ones, trying every possible way to nourish their bodies.

It can be considered a small achievement!

Qi Nian was wearing a lotus pink dress, looking like a white and tender glutinous rice dumpling. When she smiled, her big eyes like black grapes twinkled, and her voice was soft and sticky when she spoke.

Who wouldn’t be confused by this chubby little pink ball?

The child's eyelids moved, and his eyes gave a little reaction.

But he still didn't reach out to take the candy from Qi Nian's hand.

Little Tuanzi was impatient. He blinked his big eyes, grabbed a piece of candy with his little hands, and was about to stuff it into the little brother's mouth.

"Xiao Nian'er, I'm not lying to you. It's the little dog who lies. It's really delicious! Little brother, why don't you try it?"

Perhaps Qi Nian's candy really worked, the child's eyesight gradually became clear again.

Mu Lingyun looked at the strangers from other villages in front of him, and his mouth was filled with a sweet taste that he had never tasted in his life.

Everything seemed like a dream to him.

He thought he was going to die.

I will never see my grandfather again.

"Thank you, thank you for saving me."

"Where do you live? Are you from this village?" Yun Fu felt relieved when she saw that he spoke clearly and had no problem expressing himself.

"Well, my grandfather and I live in the house at the end of the village."

Yun Fu asked again, "Does your family know that you are going to be sacrificed to the river god?"

Mu Lingyun shook his head. "Grandfather's leg was injured and he was bedridden. He didn't know that I was being sacrificed to the river god."

Seeing that he only mentioned his grandfather from beginning to end, Yun Fu guessed that in this family, the grandfather and grandson might be the only ones left to depend on each other.

These brainwashed villagers are really lacking in virtue. They took advantage of the fact that the grandfather was bedridden and unable to move to sacrifice the child alive.

"Everyone, don't listen to this woman's nonsense. If she can live for hundreds of years, then what else could she be but the incarnation of the river god?"

The old woman dressed as a witch struggled to swim to the shore and spat fiercely.

The villagers on the shore, as if given a shot of chicken blood, echoed: "That's right, that's right."

"That's right, if that's not the river god, what is it?"

Yun Fu twitched her lips and smiled lazily, "A turtle can live for hundreds of years. Why don't you worship it as a river god?"

Qi Hanzhou raised the corners of his lips lovingly. This woman always said unexpected things.

The three little dumplings also nodded their heads frequently to support Yun Fu.

"Yeah, yeah, Sister Yun is right!"

"Sister Yun said that's not the River God, so it's not the River God! It's a turtle!"

"Yes, it's the big turtle! That's the big turtle!"

…

Yun Fu: “…”

The three little guys really support her!

It's just the wrong one.

When did she ever call that thing a big turtle?

At this time, Mu Lingyun on the side spoke up: "Grandfather said that the giant creature in the river is an earth dragon, not a giant turtle."

Yun Fu never expected that in this ignorant little village, there was actually a clear-headed and educated person.

Crocodiles are indeed called "earth dragons" in some ancient books.

"Your grandfather was right. That thing must be the earth dragon mentioned in ancient books."

This is strange. Since someone knows what it is, why do these villagers continue to sacrifice living people?

Soon, Yun Fu discovered the reason.

The old woman dressed as a wizard.

He has a very clever tongue.

With just a few words, he tricked those ignorant villagers into going around in circles.

"What earth dragon? That old man Mu is just a lunatic with a problem in his brain. No one will believe what he says, right?"

"I said, sacrificing the children to the river god means that they and the river god will go to the fairyland to enjoy happiness. This is their blessing."

"If your own child becomes a fairy, you will definitely be the first to bless your family."

…

Yun Fu sneered, "After being eaten, one can become an immortal. This is the first time I've heard of such a method of becoming an immortal."

The pair of dark eyes were covered with a thin layer of frost as they stared at the old woman with a sinister face.

Yun Fu couldn't understand what benefit would come to the old woman by sacrificing those children?

"Since you speak so beautifully of sacrifice, your children and grandchildren shouldn't miss such a good opportunity to become immortals and bless the whole family, right?"

Yun Fu just asked this, but unexpectedly the old woman's face turned pale in an instant.

At this time, some villagers said: "The witch's son and grandson are both dead."

"Yes, her son contracted tuberculosis, and her grandson was playing by the river when he fell into the water and drowned... She was a pitiful person, too."

Yun Fu carefully observed the changes in the old witch's expression and noticed that when the villagers talked about her grandson falling into the water, the witch's face showed obvious subtle fluctuations in expression.

This made Yun Fu think of a possibility.

revenge!

To be precise, after encountering misfortune, people want to take revenge on the people around them and even the entire society.

"When did her grandson die? Before or after she proposed to use the child to sacrifice to the river god?" Yun Fu asked a key question.

Although the villagers didn't know why Yun Fu asked this, some of them thought for a moment and replied, "Before! Niu Dabao drowned in the spring of ten years ago. The following year, we had a flood, and the River God appeared at that time."

Even if these people didn't say anything, Yun Fu could roughly guess what would happen next.

Taking advantage of the flood, the witch fabricated the existence of the river god and portrayed the giant crocodile as the river god who was angry and caused the flood.

These ignorant villagers also reflected the selfish side of human nature, using their children to feed the so-called river god time and time again.

"When did my Dabao die? What does it have to do with you?" The witch's cloudy eyes were filled with ferocity.