Chapter 275: Sacrificial Girl (32)
Chapter 275: Sacrificial Girl (32)
The housekeeper and Zhao Lan, who were standing outside the door, shouted a few times.
But there was no response.
Just when I was wondering where the person had gone, the door suddenly opened.
The two who were originally planning to leave stopped.
"come in."
Isn't that the patriarch's voice?
They didn't think much about it and just thought that Li Erya let them in because of the order of the clan leader.
In the main room, Li Erya actually sat in the position where the clan leader often sat.
When the housekeeper and Zhao Lan saw this, they were shocked and couldn't believe that they could win the favor of the clan leader in such a short time.
Zhao Lan secretly guessed that since she was favored by the clan leader, it would be very good for her to have more contact with her, since she was still so young anyway.
The housekeeper suppressed her doubts and showed concern for the clan leader: "Li Erya, where is the clan leader?"
"What's up? Tell me the same thing."
Li Erya stared at the housekeeper and said.
Just this one glance made the housekeeper feel a chill down her spine. She looked at Li Erya and felt indescribable discomfort.
Before, I saw Li Erya as an ordinary little girl, still childish and with innocence in her brows.
Now, the light reflected from those eyes was sophisticated and shrewd.
Just by looking at his eyes, she thought she saw the patriarch.
"It's nothing serious. I brought Zhao Lan here because there are a lot of things going on in the village recently. I wanted to see if I could help the clan leader with something. If I can't do it, I can do something simple."
The housekeeper finished speaking, suppressing her uneasiness.
Li Erya was indifferent. She was silent for a while before she said lightly, "Thank you for your kindness."
"But you came at the right time."
These words made the housekeeper's heart skip a beat. She asked with some confusion: "What does this mean?"
Li Erya didn't say it clearly, but just looked at her carefully, and then looked at Zhao Lan who was standing quietly behind her.
Suddenly, she said, "Come with me."
After a brief thought, the two followed behind. After entering the inner room, looking at the scene in front of them, the housekeeper and Zhao Lan both widened their eyes slightly.
This placement doesn't look right.
The housekeeper was very nervous: "Li Erya, is the clan leader taking a nap? If so, we won't disturb him for now."
"Miss Erya, we came at an untimely time. Let's wait until the clan leader has time to come over." Zhao Lan on the side also echoed.
"I asked you to come here to tell me something important."
The housekeeper and Zhao Lan had no choice but to continue listening.
" What's up?"
"The clan leader passed away, and I was designated by her as the new clan leader."
After hearing the first few words, the housekeeper would not listen to anything else. She looked at the lying clan leader, whose expression was extremely calm, and she did not associate the word death with him at all!
But telling her now that the person is dead?
"Li Erya, don't talk nonsense! How could the clan leader suddenly die? He was fine this morning."
At Li Erya's signal, the housekeeper took a few steps forward, felt it carefully, and suddenly stepped back in fright. It was indeed true.
When Zhao Lan saw this situation, she was filled with thoughts.
"I told you two about this first. Before the clan leader passed away, he also said that the housekeeper is an elder in the village and is trustworthy."
After hearing these words, the housekeeper began to feel happy. She squeezed out two tears and said, "I respect the clan leader very much. I didn't expect it to happen so suddenly. Is there anything I can do?"
"You and Zhao Lan clean up the place and carry the clan leader to the front. Let's tell everyone this news later so it won't be too sudden."
" good."
Zhao Lan thought to herself that this little girl shouldn't address the housekeeper like that. It was inappropriate for her to give orders as if it was a matter of course, but she had no right to speak here.
In order to leave a good impression on everyone, Zhao Lan helped diligently and did not think too deeply about what was wrong. Only in this way could she live her current life.
Li Erya sat nearby and watched them busy.
It seems like nothing has changed!
……
The news of the patriarch's death spread in the afternoon.
Everyone was in disbelief.
They never expected that the patriarch would leave like this, it was too sudden.
But what was even more surprising was that Li Erya was designated as the new clan leader at such a young age. No one could guess what she was thinking.
Li Erya's family was secretly happy.
The patriarch's yard was once again filled with people.
The person sitting on it at this moment is Li Erya.
"Before he left, the clan leader instructed that everything should be kept simple, just like everyone else, and he could be buried today."
"The clan leader said that himself? But he's gone so suddenly, what are we going to do in the future?"
"Yes!" Some people, relying on their age, began to question whether Li Erya was qualified to sit here and give lectures!
Li Erya's family members were not happy and quickly retorted: "This is the decision of the clan leader. Could it be that you are planning to rebel as soon as the clan leader left?"
"Erya's mother, we were just talking, why are you still angry?"
"We are worried that this girl has only been with the clan leader for a short time and hasn't learned anything yet."
Seeing the various thoughts below, Li Erya's eyes became much colder. She suddenly patted the chair and said, "The clan leader has naturally arranged everything. If someone doesn't believe it, I won't send the antidote next time!"
At this point, the strange noises below became much quieter. Apart from that, the feeling Li Erya gave them made them instinctively dare not say anything more.
Everyone in the village gathered in the yard, working on this matter. Even if it had to be simple, everyone still wanted to do it as well as possible.
In half a day, everyone made a simple coffin so that the patriarch could be buried more decently.
However, as soon as the patriarch was put in, they tried to close the coffin lid but couldn't do it properly, which made everyone sweat.
The fear in everyone's hearts deepened. They had never encountered such a situation before.
"Come on, let's work harder together!"
Still not working!
Li Erya, who had been paying attention, also had a serious look in her eyes. This shouldn’t be the case!
"Just like that, carry it away!"
Although everyone didn't understand why she was so anxious, they still did it.
But what was shocking was that even four men couldn't lift it up even with all their strength, it didn't move at all.
"Patriarch Li, what's going on?"
Li Erya had no choice but to step forward and after pasting a few talismans, the result was still the same!
"Have you been targeted?"
"Why are you panicking? We are in the yard, and there are so many people around. What's there to be afraid of? Maybe the clan leader is worried, so I'll talk to him about it."
Li Erya frowned and scolded a few times.
Then she reached her hand into the coffin and muttered something.
"Try again."
This time, it was lifted up normally.
Everyone felt relieved and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.
However, the next step really made them feel uneasy. They lifted it up, but why couldn't they walk? And they couldn't put it down!
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