"Xiaohua, puppy, grandpa is back!"
As this deep and resonant voice came, Li Xiaohua became visibly happy.
Even Little Dog Li, who had been hiding in the room to peek at them, ran out.
The expressions of the six people became solemn, and important plot characters appeared!
A few seconds later, a tall figure stepped across the threshold and walked into the house.
He has jet black hair, only a few wrinkles on his face, and piercing eyes, making him look very shrewd.
This was Li Fuguang's first impression of this grandfather.
This grandpa is a bit too young and looks like he is in his 50s.
But it seems reasonable to say that people in such small mountain villages must get married very early.
Grandpa, on the other hand, was nervous and confused when he first saw them.
"Who are you? Why did you show up at my house?"
Li Fuguang repeated what he had just said, and expressed the hope that he could stay at the grandfather's house for three days.
Everyone thought it would take a while, but Grandpa unexpectedly agreed quickly.
Then grandpa showed a embarrassed posture again,
"It's okay to stay overnight, but my house is not big and can only accommodate two people. I have to distribute four of them to other villagers' homes. Can you accept this?"
Li Fuguang turned back to discuss with the five people. During this period, his grandfather kept smiling. When Pu Zhiyan saw it, he shuddered violently.
In the end, everyone agreed to this arrangement. Although separation meant that they might be defeated one by one, depending on Grandpa's wishes, they might be kicked out if they didn't separate.
"Okay grandpa, we can separate, but this is the personnel arrangement?"
Grandpa smiled and said:
"You don't have to worry about that. You and that boy will live in my house, and the other four will live in Zhang Zizi's house next door to us. His family is big enough to accommodate four."
The boy grandpa was referring to happened to be Issa.
Li Fuguang was a little embarrassed. He just left two people who could speak Chinese, and didn't the other four just have black eyes?
"Well, none of my four companions can speak Chinese. How about replacing me or Isa?"
Grandpa thought for a while, then stretched out his finger to wander between Ito Soon and Ivanya, and finally designated Ito Soon.
Everyone noticed his strange scene, as if he was trying to make the people who stayed with him into a man and a woman.
Li Fuguang inevitably thought of "sacrifice".
They exist as sacrifices, but there is no mention of how many sacrifices there are in the game background.
Maybe just one boy and one girl?
He and Issa were originally the best candidates because they both spoke Chinese and both had an oriental appearance.
After she proposed to change, grandpa obviously did not consider changing her, but thought about choosing a man to come over.
In the end, Ito Soon was selected, who also had Asian appearance. Although my grandfather seemed to have some opinions on Ito Sono's figure, he finally decided on it.
Li Fuguang couldn't help but feel horrified, a man and a woman, a golden boy and a beautiful girl, a way of worshiping gods in the bad customs of the old days.
They have been chosen to be sacrifices.
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The rain didn't stop, the sky quickly became overcast, and the electric lights overhead gave off a dim light.
In the small mud house, only the old-fashioned bell was ticking.
During this period, Li Fuguang and Ito Yuan were sitting on two small chairs, staring at each other.
Li Fuguang wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it.
She at least knew a few English words, but the eldest brother across from her knew absolutely nothing about English. The two of them couldn't even communicate in the simplest way.
Xiaohua was also dragged by her grandfather to light the fire and cook, and there was no one to chat with.
Li Fuguang scratched his neck. She shouldn't have said anything just now. Isn't Isa very good? If the four of them don't speak the same language, why should she do it?
While Li Fuguang was looking around boredly, she caught a glimpse of Little Dog Li with half of his head sticking out of the back room.
Li Fuguang was immediately interested. She hadn't spoken to Li Xiaowu yet.
After waving in the direction of the inner room, Little Dog Li was obviously stunned. He didn't expect that he would be discovered, so he scurried back like a frightened hamster.
After a while, Little Dog Li carefully poked his head out again.
First half a head, then a whole head. Finally, after doing enough mental preparation, he finally stepped over the threshold, walked carefully to Li Fuguang and sat down next to him.
"Puppy, your name is puppy, right?"
Li Fuguang used her own clipped voice, which she would only do when meeting puppies and kittens on the roadside.
Although Itoon beside him could not understand Chinese, he was still shocked for a moment by Li Fuguang's sudden change of tone.
But Little Dog Li obviously suited this soft tone very well. He nodded, but the next second he lowered his face and shook his head.
"I don't like my name, I don't want to have the same name as a puppy."
Li Fuguang was stunned for a moment. She wanted to laugh, but couldn't.
How does a child of this age know whether a name sounds good or not?
Someone must have mentioned it frequently in his ears, and maybe even laughed at him by name.
Although she was also dissatisfied with her old name, her dissatisfaction only appeared after she entered junior high school and began to think for herself.
When the teacher read her name in front of the podium for the first time, she subconsciously shouted "Here", but suddenly the laughter of the whole class rang in her ears.
They chanted her name, saying she was old-fashioned and who would have such a name nowadays.
That was the first time she really started to notice the name and hate the ridicule it brought to her.
The same situation happened in high school, but it was not as bad as in junior high school. After all, the children in high school were more sensible than those in junior high school. They would not say it in person, but would only say it secretly behind their backs.
For a while, Li Fuguang heard other people whispering and wondered if they were talking about her name.
This made her extremely disgusted with her old name, and she also complained about her father who gave her this name.
Especially after knowing the origin of my name.
But Li Xiaowu's situation is obviously different from hers.
This shouldn't be his famous name.
She remembered that this naming habit existed in rural areas in the past. They were afraid that children would die prematurely, so they gave them cheap names, such as Dog Dan, Cat Dan, etc. It is said that this can increase the child's survival rate.
Of course, these were all feudal superstitions in the past, but this is a thriller world, so these so-called "bad habits" are well-founded.
Li Fuguang patted Li Xiaowu's head and explained these naming habits to Li Xiaowu in a more elaborate manner.
Li Xiaowu was obviously much happier.
"So, did my father give me this name in the hope that I would live longer?"
Li Fuguang thought about it and asked casually, "Puppy, where have your parents gone? When will they come back to see you?"
Li Xiaowu said confusedly, "Grandpa said they went out to work, but they haven't been home for three years. I still remember that during the God Sacrifice Ceremony three years ago, my mother said she would go out with my father to make money for us to study, but later They never came back."
"Three years ago? God Sacrifice Ceremony?"
Li Fuguang captured the key word. Was there a ceremony to worship the gods three years ago?
"Yes, the God Sacrifice Ceremony is held every year. This year's God Sacrifice Ceremony will start in three days."
"Puppy, do you know what god is being sacrificed in the God Sacrifice Ceremony?"
Li Xiaowu held his little head and said, "It's the mountain god. Grandpa said that only by worshiping the mountain god every year will it bless us with good weather and a good harvest."
Li Fuguang rolled his eyes slightly, calling Jiangtou Village a mountain god. She didn't believe that this grandpa really didn't know the inside story.
"By the way, puppy, do you know how to lower your head?"
Li Fuguang asked in a low voice. Since she came to this mountain village, except for the three words "Jiangtou Village" written on the wooden archway at the door, she has not found anything related to "Jiangtou" since then.
Li Xiaohua even called this village "Lijia Village".
"I don't know, what is the falling head? Can it be eaten?"
Seeing that Li Xiaowu was really ignorant, Li Fuguang had no choice but to give up asking.
What's going on? The game background clearly indicates that this is Jiangtou Village, but two of the three plot characters I have contacted have denied it.
Is there another secret behind this, or are these two children deliberately hiding it?
It seems we can only investigate again tomorrow.
Li Fuguang sighed.
Li Xiaohua's voice came from outside the door. She called a few people to go to the kitchen to eat.
Li Xiaowu stood up quickly, but hesitated and did not run over. Instead, he took Li Fuguang's hand.
"Sister, let's go to dinner together."
"OK!"
Li Fuguang was surprised by the change in Li Xiaowu's attitude. It was not difficult to gain favor with this kid.
