When Qin Wenyu left the town meeting, it was already very late.

He took out his cell phone and took a look. It was half past eight and the meal was over. I don’t know if Miss Ibuki was waiting for me.

Qin Wenyu looked up at the sky, and the snow was still falling.

Falling on the dark mountains, on the withered trees, and in the lonely village...

His thoughts seemed to have traveled through time and returned to the place that Ninomiya Jiro talked about twenty years ago.

At that time, Dazang Township was just a remote mountain village. Everyone in this mountain village had strange colors of yellow, green and yellow green on the mouth and fingertips.

The land around Dazang Township is barren, but farming cannot meet the basic survival needs at all.

Therefore, people in the township are doing one thing - weaving tatami.

Use a grass seed called rush.

Jiro Ninomiya will also write it, as well as his sisters, Ninomiya and Ye.

Earn 500 yen per square meter.

Over the years, the hands of the people in Dazang Township will always have the color of grass juice and will never be washed clean.

Ninomiya Jiro’s biggest dream is to go to the city and work in the city.

When he was thirteen years old, he and his sisters Ninomiya and Ye climbed into the truck and sneaked into the city.

That year, Jiro Ninomiya saw robot toys for the first time.

Ninomiya and Yeya saw the dress for the first time.

But... what can a thirteen-year-old boy and a fifteen-year-old girl do in the city?

They tried many jobs, but were rejected because of their age. Later, they learned to hide their age, but they still couldn't learn a slightly more complicated procedure.

The rice balls brought from home have long been eaten up, and the accommodation has been changed from one park to another.

People in the city are walking in a hurry. Who cares about two dirty country children sleeping on the roadside?

But...Occasionally, some people will notice it and leave a few coins behind.

The two seemed to have discovered the way to make money, so one was in the park, one was in the square, one was in the south of the city, and the other was in the north of the city.

Relying on mercy to obtain money seems to be easier than weaving rushes for several days!

Until... winter comes.

It's snowing in the city.

The snow that once seemed monotonous and boring seemed to be different when it arrived in the city.

Jiro Ninomiya caught a cold and his face turned red all day long.

Ninomiya and Ye decided to change their place to live. I heard that the waterside will be warmer in winter?

So she chose a place near the river.

To get to that new home, you need to climb a very steep slope full of snow first, and then go down.

So the taller girl always climbed up first, squatted on it, stretched out her hand to Ninomiya Jiro, and pulled him up with force.

The two of them snuggled up beside the river bank, listening to the sound of ice falling to the ground and winter snow melting.

Although winter is difficult, it is almost over.

Under the frozen river surface, the decayed color of last year is about to turn into gorgeous cherry blossoms in spring.

It is almost spring, and some early cherry blossoms are already on the ground, occasionally blowing away with a snowfall and drifting into the city.

Jiro Ninomiya's cold is cured like this.

People in the mountains never take medicine. They have their own methods. They can just get rid of all the illnesses and pains.

However, there are diseases that can never stand up to you.

That day, Jiro Ninomiya bought a cake with the money he had obtained from begging for one day and ran back to his home next to the river bank with great enthusiasm.

Today is my sister's birthday. Although she didn't say it, he knew she had always been looking forward to it.

But... when I arrived next to the river bank, there was no one there.

The cake hit the ground, and the mud in the grass and wood rolled into the river.

Jiro Ninomiya went looking for the city like crazy. He searched for a long time, but he could not find the whereabouts of Ninomiya and Ye.

It was not until a kind passerby guided him to ask the police for help that the country boy realized that the police would do something like helping to find people.

They first asked Jiro Ninomiya first some questions.

For example, name, age, where to live in the family.

Then the surveillance cameras in the nearby area were called up, and finally, Jiro Ninomiya saw her on a screen.

Sister, Ninomiya and Ye.

She was held down by several people and took her away.

He knows all those people.

They came from the Dazang Township, that damn place.

By the way... today is January 26th, tomorrow is January 27th, and it is the day when the snow festival begins.

Snow Festival.

Ninomiya Jiro didn't know what strange festival it was.

Every January to January, everyone in the village gathers together, presided over by an old man who is trembling when walking, draw lots and select a sacrifice, and send it to the deepest cave behind the village.

Everyone who comes out of a cave will become very strange.

It's so strange that I often stare at a place and laugh strangely. I don't like to eat cooked food, but like to eat flesh and blood.

He once saw a man who was chosen as a sacrifice and bit the chicken from his neighbor to death after he came out and ate it.

Although Jiro Ninomiya was very young, he could feel that being selected as a sacrifice was not a good thing.

Could it be that... my sister was selected this year?

Realizing this, Jiro Ninomiya knelt on the ground and begged, begging the police to take him back to Dazang Township.

The police agreed, but the schedule was the next day.

Jiro Nimiya restlessly slept in the police station for one night. On January 27, the police drove him to Dazang Township.

As soon as he got off the car, he rolled and crawled towards his home.

Fortunately, my sister is still at home.

Jiro Ninomiya rushed forward in surprise and hugged Ninomiya and Ye.

However, the strange smiles on Ninomiya and Ye's faces made him get goosebumps all over his body.

"Jiro..."

She shouted like this, and the deep eyes flashed with light, like a fish frozen to death under the ice in winter...

No...she is not a sister!

Jiro Ninomiya tried hard to break free from her arms and fled the house in fear.

He vented his anger to the villagers, smashed doors and windows, destroyed few crops, and even lit fires to burn their houses.

Until one day, the old village chief grabbed him and stared at him and said:

"If the sacrifice is not given, the people in the entire Dazang village will become your sister!"

"Then why is the sacrifice sister, not you!" Jiro Nimiya roared angrily.

The old village chief looked at him quietly, pressing his hand on his head, as if he was performing some ritual: "It will be my turn... This is the fate of Dazang Township."

"Have you been to the outside world?"

“Very rich, beautiful?”

The old village chief seemed to be asking, and also muttering to himself.

"If... can be solved forever, our Dazang Township will definitely be so beautiful..."

———

Qin Wenyu sighed, rubbed her hands, and changed her shoes at the entrance hall.

To be honest, Jiro Ninomiya is not at a good level of storytelling.

However, Qin Wenyu knew his mental journey.

The current village chief of Dazang Township expanded the scope of Dazang Township from Dazang Township to all those who came to Dazang Township.

Could it be that he thinks he is protecting Dazang Township? Protecting his villagers?

"What a ridiculous and hypocritical human..." Qin Wenyu muttered.

"Qin...Mr. Qin...Welcome back!" As soon as he arrived in front of the house, he saw Yibuki sitting on the ground with red cheeks.

And the meal that had cooled in front of her.

"Ah...I'm sorry! I'll go heat it now!"

Looking at her back as she trotted away in a hurry.

Qin Wenyu seemed to have been stabbed by something in his heart, which made him frown slightly.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze and walked to the low table in Yibuki's room.

Humans are really a contradictory creature.

Maybe, there will be truly kind people?
Chapter completed!