"Has the selection for this year been finalized?" Youqing continued to ask.
The village head's wife shook her head: "Not yet. Usually, the candidates are decided the day before the sacrificial ceremony."
Are there any taboos regarding the selection of the goddess?
"She must be an unmarried woman under the age of 20."
Youqing was taken aback when she heard this. She knew that the village head had a young daughter who was only sixteen years old and unmarried. The young daughter was pretty and looked quite decent. Didn't the village head worry that their daughter would be chosen?
"What if the family that was chosen doesn't want to be chosen?"
The village head's wife looked at Youqing with a puzzled expression: "Unwilling? How could you not be willing? Serving the River God is a great honor, how could you not be willing?"
Youqing was also a little confused. Was this goddess a hot commodity?
She felt that her brain wasn't quite up to par and she couldn't quite understand this ancient concept.
"But if you are chosen to be a goddess and go into the water, then you will never have the chance to come up and reunite with your family."
"If someone can become a maidservant of the river god, their family will understand."
"But what if you fall into the water and die?"
The village head's wife was taken aback upon hearing this, and then said with a serious expression, "That is also the glory of a goddess. To become a goddess, even if one dies, is an honor."
Youqing was stunned when she heard this; it sounded like she was possessed.
The village head's words made Youqing uneasy, and she told Kangxi about it when she went to bed that night.
---Aside---
I had some things to do yesterday and didn't have time to write anything. I'm really sorry. I was even busier during the National Day holiday than when I didn't have a holiday.
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