The night was like a blanket with no end, painted with a layer of light color. Many of the stars seen last night were hidden in it, and they could not be found no matter what. In the near future, he would most likely see them.
The scene of "the sun and the moon shine together".
Yaeji opened his eyes hard and shifted his gaze from the night to the members of the patrol in front of him.
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven."
Seven people, seven faces, all with expressions that were almost fanatical.
"Can't you wait until early morning to come back? At this time, you still want to go down the well and fish out the turtle? It's so dark, who dares to go down?"
"I dare!"
"I dare!"
The patrol members rushed to speak.
Yaeji was speechless. Didn't these people understand what he meant?
Nozawa, who looked honest and honest, stood up and said with a grimace: "It's not that we want to wake you up, but the news of the seven-day well has been spread out for a long time. Since yesterday afternoon, villagers have been carrying buckets with them.
Tao was waiting in line there to fetch water. I was even woken up by others in the middle of the night."
Yaeji frowned, "The first ten people can get a ladle of water, and the others can wait until evening."
"Ah? Then they..."
"What are they? Calculate how long it will be in seven days? How long will it take to put the turtles in after we dig the well and drain the water? Let them continue to line up!"
After the cold wind in the early morning, Nozawa shivered. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he always felt that he saw the shadow of the Lord God ten years ago.
"But... isn't it too biased to let the first ten people get a ladle of water first?" Some patrol members were puzzled.
"Just think of it as a reward for queuing up in advance." Yaeji squinted his strange eyes. It was not that he was in a bad mood, but he had considered various factors.
There are no monsters in this other world, and letting a turtle into a well is just a simple way to check for heavy metals or contamination.
But the blood of monsters is different. Who knows if only humans can be infected? It's better to be careful.
Yae Ji was 90% sure that everything would be fine, but he was not afraid of ten thousand, just what might happen.
"Let's go and take a look at the well first."
Yaeji stepped forward, and the wooden door of the nearby house creaked, revealing a little pink-haired head.
"Brother, can I follow you too?"
"Come together."
Yae Sakura's face lit up with joy and she hurriedly walked out of the room.
"Let's go."
.......
From far away, you can see a mass of dark heads gathering at the edge of the well. At first, the dozen or so people were able to line up honestly, but behind them, they were squeezed into a big black group. It was like you won’t let me, I won’t.
Get your bearings.
Yaeji and others came to the well, and the patrol members who had been prepared immediately went down to the well and fished out the "holy object".
"Sir, I have seen it. The holy object is very energetic and alive."
The team members held the turtle in both hands and handed the "holy object" to Yae Ji.
The surrounding villagers waiting to fetch water moved forward one after another, wanting to take a look at the legendary "holy object". They had always maintained sufficient curiosity about rumors about gods and the like.
Yae Ji put the turtle on the ground and did not touch it. After a while, the turtle came out and took a few glances outside, then shrank back again.
'It has not been contaminated and has not mutated.'
Yae Ji made a rough judgment, breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered to the patrol members behind him that they would 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 up since yesterday afternoon. How could this be possible?"
"That's right! Why can they get the water first? Just because they came a little earlier than us?"
"quiet!"
Nozawa yelled, "Do you want to question the sacred object? Or do you want to question the gods?!"
As soon as God was mentioned, the villagers who had been arguing in the market immediately stopped and there was no longer a trace of complaint.
"Okay! The first ten people will come here to get a ladle of water later, and they can only drink it here! Do you hear me?!"
When Nozawa was letting out his loud voice, Yae Ji touched the man in charge of the patrol and whispered: "You will send someone to closely observe the people who have drank the water later. If there is any change, notify me immediately."
I."
A strange color flashed in the man's eyes, he lowered his head and said, "Yes."
Yaeji suddenly felt his hand being held by another small hand.
"elder brother."
Yae Sakura leaned close to him and said worriedly: "Is something going to happen?"
"It's okay." Yaeji smiled, "Tired of waiting? Why don't you go home and make breakfast for Rin first?"
"Brother, do you want to stay here?"
"Um."
Yae Sakura took a look at the sky. Dawn had just broken, and the night had receded in the middle of the night. A good transition color was formed 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 reached the ears, and the smile on Yaeji's lips became wider.
"good."
There was no ripple in the sound, it was just that the hands of the two little people were holding together more closely.
The man walked aside and came to the patrol, leaving space for the two of them.
"The water is coming!"
Tie a hemp rope to the handle of the barrel and pull out the first bucket of water from the well.
The young man fetching water swallowed his saliva frantically. If the captain hadn't repeatedly ordered him, he would have taken the first scoop himself.
"Come here, each person has a ladle of water. No one can take too much. Drink here before leaving! If you don't want to leave, just go aside and rest."
The top ten villagers in line used the wooden ladles given by the patrol to scoop water from the buckets. When they wanted to scoop a second time, they were chased away by the patrol members.
When other villagers saw that there was still a small half of the bucket left in the bucket, they wished that a "hungry tiger" would rush forward to grab it. Fortunately, reason defeated desire. Anyway, they were thirsty most of the day, so they didn't care about these few hours.
Most of the first ten villagers who had tasted the welfare went home, while only two people stayed aside to rest, hoping to grab 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 away from the side and followed the eight people away.
This scene happened to be seen by a young man.
early morning.
Sakura hurried back to the shrine to make breakfast for her sister Rin, and Yaeji simply found a stone to sit on. The weather was dry and hot, and it was stuffy when people gathered together. The trees that had just been transplanted to the well had not yet sprouted new buds, so they could not get up.
What a shading effect.
There were only a few people chatting. As the sun rose higher and spread its energy wantonly, people's desire to chat became less and less, and many villagers even left behind.
The whole area was extremely dull.
"Bah~"
"Please give me some space, please give me some space. Thank you, thank you."
Sakura's clear voice came, and the villagers sitting cross-legged on the ground automatically moved out of the way.
Wearing a miniature version of the costume of a candidate miko, Yae Sakura carried a small cloth bag and kept expressing her gratitude to the villagers who moved out of the way.
"Hoo~"
The little girl who came to Yaeji breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took off 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 quietly in it.
...
Yae Sakura is holding a rice ball.
"Want to eat? Just exchange it for a recommendation vote."