After Lin Xi explained everything, everyone dispersed.
The new village chief and his group continued to prepare things for the sacrifice the day after tomorrow, while Lin Xi and Xu Jing went back with Aunt Cui.
On the way back, Aunt Cui's eyes changed when she looked at Lin Xi, and there was a bit of admiration and hope in them.
When cooking for them in the evening, he subconsciously put the best dishes in front of Lin Xi, as if he was afraid that Lin Xi would not be happy with the meal.
Lin Xi: “…”
Not only that, when they went out and met villagers the next day, they could find that several villagers were staring at her with eager eyes.
It can be seen that everyone really has high expectations for her.
When we gathered in the morning, the teacher also talked about the incident of the boy falling into the water yesterday afternoon.
He said he fell while walking and his hands were covered with mud. He happened to be close to the river, so he wanted to wash his hands by the river.
I didn't expect to be so unlucky and fell into it.
After the teacher finished speaking, he used this example to warn other students again, telling them not to have any luck.
The river water on this day was even grayer than yesterday.
Fortunately, if nothing unexpected happens, this matter can be resolved tomorrow.
The day passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the day of the village sacrifice.
Lin Xi had already applied for leave in advance. Besides, the teachers all knew Lin Xi's abilities, and the village had also communicated with the teachers, so the leave went smoothly.
The village held a sacrifice in the morning, and almost everyone in the village appeared at the riverside, even the restaurant owner whom Lin Xi saw in the town a few days ago.
Although the proprietress said it was troublesome, she finally came back.
Hundreds of people gathered in groups of three or four, holding things in their hands, standing by the river.
The standing position is not fixed, you can stand anywhere you like.
Aunt Cui was assigned a task and took Lin Xi to where the old man's descendants stood.
Seeing that everyone else was busy watching the village chief and several elders in the village preparing for the sacrifice, Aunt Cui quickly lowered her voice and spoke to Lin Xiyu.
"The one with very few hairs on his head is the old man's eldest grandson, who is in his forties this year. Next to him are his wife and son. The thinner woman over there is the old man's granddaughter, a few years younger than his eldest brother. She is married but has no children. She and her husband do not live in the village, but she comes back every year when the village holds a sacrifice..."
After the old man passed away, his four sons died one after another. At that time, except for the eldest and the eldest son who had children, the third and fourth sons did not have any children.
The eldest son gave birth to a son, who became the old man's eldest grandson, and the eldest daughter gave birth to the old man's youngest granddaughter.
When the old man's family had the accident, his two grandchildren were eight years old and the other just over three years old.
Now the only descendants of the old man are these two grandchildren and their descendants, and the old man’s daughters-in-law have passed away long ago.
Aunt Cui was explaining the situation in detail, and Lin Xi's gaze followed Fang Qi, the descendant of the old man.
As expected, judging from the facial features of the old man's descendants, the group of people had poor fortunes.
The only one who looked better was the granddaughter.
Lin Xi calmly moved a little closer to the old man's grandchildren. With one of the hands hanging by his side, he secretly made a hand gesture, and with the other hand, he took out two paper figures and spread them out in his palm.
After a moment, the flattened paper man in her hand moved instantly, straightened up and shook his body in her palm, and then Lin Xi clenched her fist and took it back into her palm.
At the front of the crowd, the village chief and others had already arranged all the sacrificial items, and then, following the order of previous years, led everyone to pour water into the water and pray in a low voice.
At this point, the riverside, which had been a little noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.
While the villagers bowed their heads and prayed silently, Lin Xi's eyes were looking straight into the river.
By this morning, the gray air in the river had already turned into an inky evil aura.
Fortunately, the others couldn't see it, otherwise they would have been scared to death.
As the sacrificial activities continued, the black evil spirit in the river became lighter and lighter.
After everyone finished praying, perhaps because it felt the fear of so many people, the black evil spirit finally gradually turned into gray.
The sacrifice lasted less than half an hour. After the prayer, the new village chief couldn't help but turn around and glance at Fang Qi in the crowd.
He was looking at Lin Xi, wanting to see if Lin Xi had any other instructions.
Lin Xi shook his head slightly at him, indicating that he didn't need to do anything else for the time being.
Seeing this, the village chief had no choice but to follow the normal procedure and let everyone go back home and find their mothers after the sacrifice.
After the main group had almost left, the village chief and several old men anxiously walked over to Lin Xi.
Just when I was about to ask Lin Xi how he handled the matter, I saw Lin Xi suddenly open his palms, and then the two paper figures in his palms suddenly came to life, jumped out of Lin Xi's hands, jumped to the ground, and then ran straight to the river.
The village chief and others who saw this scene: "!!!"
Lin Xi followed the paper figure with his eyes and gave a few instructions.
"Try to be as quiet as possible for a while."
Without Lin Xi's reminder, several people were so shocked by the scene that they were speechless.
At this moment, Lin Xi specifically reminded them of this, worried that they might accidentally make some noise. To be on the safe side, several people covered their mouths with their hands.
After covering their mouths, they all looked at the two little paper figures.
At this moment, the paper man had reached the river, then made a leap and fell into the water.
The two paper figures were very small, appearing to be no bigger than a human finger. Moreover, they were made of paper, so logically, after falling into the water, they would just float on the surface and would not sink at all.
But these two little paper figures sank very quickly after falling into the water!
The eyes of the village chief and others were wide as wide as they could be. At this moment, their admiration for Lin Xi reached its peak.
An idea popped up in their minds at the same time - this time, the problem in the river can definitely be solved!
After the two paper figures sank, they did not float up for a long time.
Seeing this, Lin Xi frowned slightly.
Could it be that she guessed wrong?
The next second after this thought came to mind, the two paper figures suddenly emerged from the water. The moment the paper figures emerged from the water, the nearby river water suddenly surged with huge waves.
The wave was also very strange, just big enough to wash the two paper figures ashore.
After the two paper figures were washed ashore, the waves disappeared instantly and the river returned to calm.
If it weren't for the two paper figures placed on the shore, no one would have imagined that the quiet river had just surged with turbulent waves.
Lin Xi walked forward, picked up the two paper figures, and his slightly frown relaxed.
However, after picking up the paper figures, I found that although the two paper figures did not fall into the water at the same time, their degrees of wetness were different.
One of the paper figures was only slightly wet, while the other was mostly wet.
However, no matter how wet they were, the two paper figures were eventually carried up by the river water, and Lin Xi was able to confirm his guess.
She put away the two paper figures and returned to the shore. Then she said to the village chief and others, "I will call the things out of the river after dark tonight. If you want to come and see them, you can come and see them."
"If you don't want to, I'll tell you the solution tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, the village chief and his companions immediately responded without hesitation: "Come! We're coming!"
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