Three hundred and seventeenth the destruction of Yae Village
"Sister, look at this cherry blossom." Yae Rin spread out his palm, and a pink petal lay quietly in the little girl's palm. Perhaps the little girl pinched it too hard, causing the smooth petals to become swollen.
It must be a little dry.
"Sister, look, this cherry blossom petal looks like my sister's hair color." The little girl looked at Yae Sakura holding her smooth hair and presented it to Yae Sakura with an expression like offering a treasure.
Yae Sakura accepted it with a smile, and looked at the lower river bed, with confusion in her eyes. Yae Sakura is a child, so she doesn't have so many worries, as long as she doesn't eat, drink, play and enjoy the cherry blossoms, but Yae Sakura is no longer a child.
, she has to shoulder the burden of the family.
As the eldest daughter in the family, especially the eldest daughter of the Yae family, Yae Sakura has to think more about the villagers of Yae Village. It's okay now, with her father carrying her outside, so there aren't that many worries, but what about in the future?
and……
Yae Sakura looked at the stream. The harvests in the past few years have not been very good. All the villagers in Yae Village can only survive the winter. It is said that several people have died this winter due to hunger and cold.
My father went to the Babel Tower in person to worship the gods. I hope the weather will be good today and that Yae Village will not suffer heavy winds and heavy rains.
But...
Yae Sakura looked at the stream, with a lingering melancholy in her eyes.
Although Yae Rin was young, she had been smart and cute since she was a child. She also felt that her sister Yae Sakura was not very happy. She had also heard some rumors in the village, saying that it was because her father disrespected the gods that the gods punished her.
From Yae Village.
"Sister, let's go and go home. The cherry blossoms are beautiful but they are just like that, so monotonous."
Yae Rin took one last look at the cherry blossoms all over the mountains and plains, stood up, patted her butt, and said to Yae Sakura.
"Let's go, sister." Yae Rin pulled up Yae Sakura who was sitting down and said.
"Oh, let's go home then." Yae Sakura led Yae Rin and walked towards the mountain.
The two sisters walked back to the top of the mountain talking and laughing, but they saw.
A group of villagers gathered at the door of his house, and his father was comforting these villagers. Even though the cold winter had not yet passed, the sweat on his father's forehead still told Yae Sakura that he was doing his best to protect this home.
"Mr. Yae, the gods have been angry for several years. Why not sacrifice to the gods as usual to calm the gods' anger!" A strong man seemed to represent all these villagers and said to Yae Sakura's father.
"Everyone, please be patient, please be patient. I have worshiped the gods and will get an answer tomorrow. Believe us, we will not be abandoned by the gods. We are the last devout believers of the gods." Yae Sakura said
The father shouted at the top of his lungs, seemingly using weak words to calm the villagers who might riot at any time.
"No! God will never forgive us. It has been three years! The bachelor next door to my house starved to death and froze to death this winter!"
"You have to sacrifice a shrine maiden to the gods to extinguish the anger of the gods. Haven't we been like this throughout the ages!" A woman shouted loudly, shouting out what everyone was thinking right now, they are forcing the palace!
"I...-!" Hearing this sentence, Yae Sakura's father glared at the woman with hatred and anger, like a tiger that chooses people to devour.
However, all the performances of Yae Sakura's father seemed so powerless in front of these angry villagers. If the villagers had no weapons, they would pick up hoes. They were usually gentler than anyone else, but once they were starved, even the Emperor would
Dare to rush forward.
"Everyone, calm down. I will consider this matter, but we have to wait until tomorrow, after God's will is issued, before making a decision!" Yae Sakura's father could only use the procrastination technique, which could delay it for one day.
The villagers were still noisy and blocked the door, refusing to leave.
"Can I borrow it for a while?" Yae Sakura's clear voice sounded in the crowd. The father looked at his daughter standing behind the crowd and fell silent. It was obvious that Yae Sakura and Yae Rin had been standing behind for some time.
Maybe she already knew everything that happened just now.
The villagers also heard the girl's voice and looked behind them to see a pink-haired girl holding a little girl with her head lowered and no expression visible.
Everyone fell silent in a tacit understanding, and automatically and politely opened a path for the two girls to go home.
Yae Sakura held Yae Rin's little hand and walked towards her home step by step. She kept her head down the whole time, not daring to look at the villagers. However, the villagers looked directly at the two of them. Some of them had flashes in their eyes.
He felt a little guilty, but he still stood there with no intention of leaving.
"Father." Yae Sakura stood in front of her father and called him as a greeting.
"Father...Father." Yae Rin is smart, but she is just a little girl. She has never seen such a battle before, and even her words are trembling.
"Sakura, you take your sister in first. Father will take care of things here." His father squeezed out a smile and said to Yae Sakura. Yae Sakura nodded and led Yae Rin back to the house.
, Yae Sakura didn't even raise her head, but what is certain is that there was a look of disappointment in her eyes.
The father watched his two daughters enter the house, turned to look at the villagers, and said in a deep voice with a slightly majestic voice.
"I will handle the matter well, and I will try my best to communicate with the gods. Let's disperse first."
"I will give you a satisfactory answer." The father said to these ignorant villagers.
The villagers were silent for a while, and some people gradually dispersed little by little. Since Mr. Bazhong has already said that he will give a satisfactory answer, in this case, there is no need to press hard, after all, everyone will look up and disappear.
See you down.
When someone leaves, more people will follow. They have no independent opinion. As long as it violates their interests and is slightly instigated by some people, they will resist.
It is even said that they don't even know the target of resistance. Since they think it is a punishment sent by the gods, why do they attack the Yae family? Why don't they go to the gods to reason?
They have no opinion and no thoughts. They even say that they don't even realize how unreasonable the request they just made is and how terrifying it is to destroy other people's families.
The father watched the villagers go away, his eyes full of melancholy, or in other words, trouble. How could the "mud figure" in the Tower of Babel, hanging on the rooftop, high above give him an answer?
If the so-called gods really exist, how can they care about the life and death of ants like them?
Yae Sakura's father sighed deeply and gently closed the door.