The feeling of sacrificing one's life for the people is completely different from the feeling of being fed to monsters as a sacrifice.
This is just like the death of Huang Xiejun and the death of the anti-Japanese war hero. The people have different opinions on which one is worthy of respect and which one is not.
In the past, those whose families had sacrificed their lives could still deceive themselves by saying that their children were heroes, and they might not feel so bad.
Those who are more superstitious may even deceive themselves by saying that although this child was sacrificed out of favoritism towards other children, this child must have many merits in saving the common people, and he may be reborn into a good family in the future and will not have to suffer in their Li County. This way, they, the elders, will feel better.
But when the truth was revealed nakedly before them, all that remained was disgusting ugliness and their inhumane murder of their own children.
Several people with poor mental health fainted on the spot. Some of them could not be woken up even by pinching their Ren Zhong points, and had to be rushed to the hospital in a hurry.
The Li family members hurriedly called for an ambulance and comforted their elders, fearing that some unexpected situation would occur and someone would die.
The patriarch leaned tiredly against the pillar, his nerves that had been tense finally breaking, as if the matter was done and the dust had settled, and he had an attitude of giving up.
The whole person seemed to be deflated, and he sighed and said: "Tell me, what do you want to ask?
Didn't you come here in the middle of the night just to torture me?
You have done it, and even if you do not torture me, I will tell you everything."
He was too tired and didn't want to go on like this anymore.
He has long since guarded the secrets of the River God!
Xia Yiqian and the others had no intention of making things difficult for the village chief. They just wanted to find out the truth and leave here safely as soon as possible.
Zhao Xun continued, “I just want to take a look at your family tree to see how many people there are in your family.
When the time comes, we will prepare a sacrifice and we will be able to lure the river god here."
If they are placed there one by one or two, the river god may not appear because he is afraid of them.
But if all the offerings were placed there, I'm afraid even the river god would be tempted even if he didn't want to come out!
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Li Jiaren's face suddenly became frightened and he refused with great resistance.
"No! What if the river god goes crazy and eats us all!?
It was our ancestor who hurt her, not us, so why should we bear the consequences?!"
"Yeah! We didn't do anything wrong, so how can you blame us? It's not like we wanted our ancestors to give birth to us generation after generation.
We just want to live a peaceful life, what's wrong with that?
Anyway, I won't be a sacrifice, it's too dangerous, whoever wants to be one can do it!"
"You outsiders are incredibly evil! You're not in any danger yourselves, but you're trying to push us into the fire. What if the river god really goes crazy and kills us all?"
"Yes, that's right! Actually, after all the causes and consequences, there's no need to go to such lengths. Just like the Li family's previous rules, we only need to sacrifice one person every year, and the others will be safe!"
When their own interests were threatened, everyone scolded the patriarch for concealing the truth, but when their own lives were really at stake, everyone became another perpetrator and embarked on the same path as the patriarch.
The patriarch felt disappointed when he saw how these people were afraid of death.
He admitted that he was selfish as a father and had been trying to find a way to prevent his own children from being sacrificed for so many years.
But as the head of the clan, he also wants the best for the entire Li family.
The current situation is that Li County is a relatively remote mountain village and the salary level is not very high.
The male members of the Li family could not leave Li County and could not earn more money. In order to avoid having all their children sacrificed and at least to leave a way out for the family, they would give birth to children one after another.
This successfully formed a vicious cycle. The entire Li family became poorer and poorer. Some families with six or seven children hoped that only the eldest child could wear new clothes, and the other children could only pick up old clothes from their older brothers and sisters. They might not be able to wear new clothes until they were able to work, let alone eat good meals to supplement nutrition and receive a good education.
If this continues generation after generation, even if the river god doesn't eat them all, the old patriarch has already seen the end of Li Jia.
This can't go on any longer!
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