Everyone thinks I'm a wealthy doctor's son-in-law

Under the eaves, the scantily clad little girl guarded her younger brother behind her, her stubborn little eyes full of vigilance.

"I'm not a bad person, what's your name, little girl?" Lu Ming asked softly.

The little girl didn't answer, but slowly backed away while protecting her younger brother until his body touched the dirt wall.

Ying walked over with a bag, glanced at the siblings as if looking at low-level animals, and said with a sneer: "People here only recognize food but not people. If you want them to talk, you have to give some food." Gift!"

After saying that, Shadow threw the bag of food in front of the girl.

"This is yours!" Ying pointed to the bag.

The girl just took a look, and with her hands behind her back, she grabbed her younger brother who was impulsively about to pick up food.

"Huh?" Ying was a little surprised, food didn't even have the slightest allure to girls.

At this moment, the man from the earthen house next door ran forward quickly, picked up the bag containing the food, and glared at the girl and siblings before running away with the bag.

Seeing Ying was about to take out the food again, Lu Ming glared at him and reprimanded: "They are humans, not animals!"

"The ghost doctor has a bodhisattva heart!"

Shadow looked disdainful, turned and left.

Lu Ming turned his head and gave Shangguan Yanran a look, motioning for her to fetch a piece of clothing. After taking the clothes, Lu Ming stepped forward slowly, and said softly, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

The girl's eyes were somewhat conflicted, and her body shrank back.

Lu Ming put the new clothes on the girl, smiled at her, turned and left.

The girl looked at the new clothes on her body, and then looked up at Lu Ming's back. Her small face was full of doubts and incomprehension.

"How did the discussion go?"

Outside the old patriarch's house, Lu Ming sat down.

Shangguan He said: "He has already promised to send someone to go into the mountain with us tomorrow, and he has chosen the strongest person here."

Hearing this, Lu Ming pointed to the girl in the distance and asked, "I want to take her with me."

"No, no." The old patriarch hurriedly waved his hand.

Lu Ming frowned and asked, "Why not?"

"She seldom goes into mountains and doesn't know the way."

Having said that, Lu Ming could clearly see that the old patriarch was deliberately hiding something.

"Why bring her, what use is a little girl!" Shangguan He cast a look at Lu Ming, and said in a low voice, "The backpack was stolen when I came here, and there was only one backpack left. Tong, don't make trouble!"

Lu Ming raised his eyelids and took a look. Shangguan Yanran's backpack was full of food and clothes. Obviously, Shangguan He had already made preparations before coming here. They have been to Shijia Village several times in the past 20 years, and they know the rules here.

Ignoring Shangguan He, Lu Ming reached for his backpack, opened it and handed it to the old patriarch.

"You can take whatever is inside, I only want her!"

The old patriarch took a look. There were some food and some clothes in the bag. He was obviously a little moved, but finally shook his head, "No, no."

Lu Ming frowned and said, "Then what if I insist on taking her into the mountains?"

The old patriarch stared blankly at Lu Ming, and his eyes gradually became a little bit hostile.

The girl in the distance could hear their conversation clearly. At this moment, she ran over quickly, clutching the hem of her clothes and choosing nervously.

"I, I am willing to go into the mountains with you."

"No!" The old patriarch was angry, and he swung the crutch in his hand and hit the girl on the body.

Although the girl was tearful from the pain, she did not escape from the beginning to the end. In the end, Lu Ming grabbed the old patriarch's crutches.

"Why not, can you give me a reason?" Lu Ming asked patiently.

The old patriarch hesitated, and the girl said tearfully, "It's because I am the chosen sacrifice! I don't want to be a sacrifice, and I don't want to die! No one will take care of my brother after I die."

"Shut up, you dare to blaspheme the mountain god, I will kill you."

The old patriarch was old, stood up tremblingly, and pulled away the crutches that Lu Ming had grabbed, making a gesture to beat him.

The girl raised her head abruptly, her eyes filled with unwillingness, "Kill me, I said that too, I don't want to be a sacrifice!"

"You, you... can't help you!" The old patriarch trembled angrily.

Sacrifice?mountain god?
Lu Ming didn't know anything about this matter, and when she was about to ask, the girl turned and ran back to the earthen house with tears in her eyes, opened the door and got in.

Regarding this, Shangguan He was very indifferent, as if he knew about the sacrificial offering, but he never mentioned it. He just appeased the old patriarch and moved them into the two earthen huts according to his arrangement.

It was getting dark, and the village was dark and unusually quiet.

The living conditions here are limited, Lu Ming, Yao Qing, and He Xinyi share a house, and Shangguan He, Shangguan Yanran and Ying share a house.

Inside the room, Lu Ming touched his chin with one hand and thought about it.

"Still thinking about that little girl?" Yao Qing asked seeing him in a daze.

Lu Ming nodded, and said, "The sacrificial priest and the mountain god, I always think it should be related to the underground palace in Shiqing Mountain."

"It's possible!" He Xinyi said on the side: "In some remote villages, their thinking is very backward, and it is normal to maintain the custom of offering sacrifices to the old. This Shijia Village is located at the foot of Shiqing Mountain. It may refer to the underground palace in the mountains, which should have been passed down from a long time ago."

Thinking of the girl's stubborn and unwilling eyes before, Lu Ming felt a little upset. Such a good girl has to be sacrificed to the so-called mountain god.

"You guys rest first, I'll go out for a walk."

After saying that, Lu Ming got up and walked out of the house. There was no moon, and the village was pitch black, and he could hardly see his fingers.

He walked all the way to the outermost part, the girl's room. Outside the house, he heard a low sob, it was the voice of the little boy.

"Sister, you can't leave Shi Sheng behind. How can you live without Shi Sheng?" The boy's name was Shi Sheng, and he choked on his sobs.

The girl comforted in a low voice: "Brother, sister will not leave you. That person wants to take me into the mountain. I just need to follow him into the mountain secretly, and then I can take the sacrifice."

"But then the patriarch will beat you to death." Shi Sheng looked very scared.

In the corner of the house, the girl curled up with her brother in her arms, shook her head and said, "I am the chosen sacrifice. I have been to that palace. No one in the village knows it better than me. As long as I tell him all this, he will surely He will take me with him. Then I will beg him to take our siblings out of here."

"Sister, the mountain god will be angry. If you go in, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back." Shi Sheng was young, choking with fear.

The girl was strong, and said: "There is no mountain god. If there is a mountain god, is it possible that the mountain god is blind! Why don't you bless us? Our parents died in the mountain, and we are left. Blind mountain god."

Shi Sheng was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped him: "Sister, don't say that, the mountain god will be angry..."

boom!
At this moment, there was a loud noise from the thatched roof of the adobe house, and a huge object fell into the adobe house.

The siblings screamed in fright.

"Shanyuan Hairy Monkey!" Lu Ming's face darkened, and he rushed into the room quickly. In the dark room, the Shanyuan Hairy Monkey was staring at the girl.

Shi Sheng shouted tremblingly: "Mountain, mountain god..."