The night is like an endless blanket, painted with a layer of light color, and many of the stars seen last night are hidden in it, and they can't be found no matter what. In a short time, he is very likely to see the scene of "the sun and the moon shining together".
Yaeji opened his eyes vigorously, and shifted his gaze from the night to the members of the patrol team in front of him.
"one two three four five six seven."
Seven people, seven faces, all with fanatical expressions.
"Can't you come back in the early morning? At this time, you still want to go down the well to catch the turtle? It's so dark, who dares to go down?"
"I dare!"
"I dare!"
The patrol members scrambled to say.
Ya Chongji was speechless, didn't these people understand the meaning behind his words
Nozawa stood up with a simple and honest face, and he said with a bitter face: "It's not that we want to wake you up, but the news of the opening of the well in seven days has already been spread. Since yesterday afternoon, villagers have been carrying buckets with them. Tao was waiting in line to fetch water. I was woken up by other people in the middle of the night.”
Yazhongji frowned, "The first ten people can get a ladle of water, and the others can't do it until evening."
"Huh? Then they..."
"What about them? When is the seven days? When we dig the well and put in the tortoise, let them continue to line up!"
The cold wind in the early morning blew by, and Nozawa shivered. He didn't know if it was his illusion. He always felt that he saw the shadow of Lord Kamito ten years ago.
"But... Is it too partial to let the first ten people get a ladle of water first?" Some patrol members were puzzled.
"Take it as a reward for queuing up in advance." Ya Chongji squinted those bewitching eyes, he was not in a bad mood, but was considering various factors.
There are no monsters in another world, and putting a turtle into the well is just a simple way to check for heavy metals or pollution.
But the blood of monsters is different, who knows if only humans are infected? Everything is better to be careful.
Yazhongji is 90% sure that nothing will happen, but he is not afraid of 10,000, just in case.
"Go, let's go to the well first."
Yazhongji stepped forward, and the wooden door of the house next to him creaked, revealing a small head with pink hair inside.
"Brother, can I go too?"
"come together."
Yae Sakura's face was filled with joy, and she hurried out of the room.
"Let's go."
... ... .
From a long distance, you can see a mass of black heads gathered by the well. At first, a dozen or so people could line up honestly, and then they crowded into a big black group. Get your posture.
When Yazhongji and others came to the well, the patrol team members who had already prepared went down to the well immediately and fished up the "sacred object".
"My lord, I have seen it. The sacred object is very spiritual and alive."
The team members held the turtle in both hands, and handed the "sacred object" to Yazhongji.
The surrounding villagers who were waiting to fetch water stepped forward one after another, wanting to take a look at the legendary "sacred object". They have always maintained enough curiosity about the rumors about gods and the like.
Yaeji put the tortoise on the ground and didn't touch it. Not long after, the tortoise poked its head out and glanced outside, then shrank back.
'Not polluted, nor mutated. '
Yaeji made a general judgment, breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered to the patrol team behind him, letting them announce the news.
...
"What? Only the first ten people can get a ladle of water? The others have to wait until evening?"
"Our family has been queuing since yesterday afternoon, how can this be?"
"That's right! Why did they get the water first? Just because they came a little earlier than us?"
"quiet!"
Nozawa roared, "Do you want to question the sacred object? Or do you want to question the god?!"
As soon as God was mentioned, the villagers who had been arguing in the market immediately died down, and there was no complaint.
"Okay! When ten people come here before the meeting to get a ladle of water, we can only drink it here! Did you hear that?!"
When Nozawa was releasing his loud voice, Yaeji touched the man in charge of the patrol team and whispered: "Later, you will send someone to closely observe the people who have drunk the water. If there is any change, please notify me immediately. I."
A strange look flashed in the man's eyes, he lowered his head, "Yes."
Yaeji suddenly felt his hand being held by another small hand.
"elder brother."
Yae Sakura leaned against him, worried: "Nothing will happen, right?"
"It's okay." Yaeji smiled, "Tired of waiting? Why don't you go home and make Rin's breakfast first?"
"Brother, do you want to stay here?"
"Um."
Yae Sakura looked at the sky, the dawn was just breaking, and the night receded in the middle of the night, forming a good transitional color in the middle of the sky.
"It's still early, I'll stay with you for a while." Yingzhu's round and jade-like voice came to the ear, and Yazhongji's smile curved even wider.
"good."
The voice didn't sound like any waves, it was just that the hands of the two little people were holding each other closer.
The man stepped aside and joined the patrol, leaving space for the two of them.
"The water is coming!"
The first bucket of water scooped from the well was drawn out with hemp rope tied to the handle of the wooden bucket.
The young man who fetched water frantically swallowed his saliva. If the captain hadn't repeatedly instructed him, he would definitely have poured it himself first.
"Come here, each person has a scoop of water, no one can scoop up too much, drink here before leaving! If you don't want to leave, go to the side and rest."
The villagers in the top ten used the wooden ladle given by the patrol to scoop water from the bucket. When they tried to scoop a second time, they were all chased away by the patrol team.
When other villagers saw that there was still half a bucket left in the bucket, they wished that a "hungry tiger would rush for food" to fight for it. Fortunately, rationality defeated desire. Anyway, they were thirsty most of the time every day, and they didn't care about these few hours anymore.
Most of the top ten villagers who received benefits went home, and only two of them stayed aside to rest, trying to get the well water as soon as possible in the evening.
The man winked at the members of the patrol team, and eight young men quietly walked around and followed them.
This scene happened to be watched by a young man.
early morning.
Sakura rushed back to the shrine to make breakfast for her younger sister Rin, and Yae simply found a stone and sat down. The weather is dry and hot, and people gather together and it is stuffy. The trees that have just been transplanted to the well have not yet sprouted new shoots, and they have no shading effect.
There were very few people chatting. As the sun rose and radiated its energy wantonly, people's desire to chat became less and less, and many villagers even left behind.
The whole area is dull.
"呲~"
"Please, please, please. Thank you, thank you."
Sakura's crisp voice came, and the villagers sitting cross-legged on the ground automatically moved out of the way.
Yae Sakura, who was wearing a miniature version of the costume of the candidate priestess, was carrying a small cloth bag, and kept thanking the villagers who moved out of the way.
"Hoo~"
The little girl who came to Yaeji's side breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly untied the small cloth bag tied to her body.
"Brother, I brought your breakfast here."
Sakura held the small cloth bag, carefully placed it next to the stone, spread the four corners evenly, and placed three large rice balls in it quietly.
...
Yae Sakura was holding a rice ball.
"Want to eat? Just exchange it with a recommendation ticket."