Chapter 3 — Fisherman And Eighteen Billions

"Butcher Truong was so impatient that he was sick. Then his son came up with this idea. Unexpectedly, this girl's parents immediately agreed. "Isn't Butcher Truong's son Truong Tan Chi? "Ngu Nuong, after we get married, I will definitely treat you well." The words Truong Tan Chi said to me before are still in my ears. 9 It turns out that what he said about liking me was also a lie. "These past few years, our district is still in our ears. If you die, you'll die, if you run, there won't be many left." "This year the sixteen-year-old girl only has five people left, except for the two relatives of Lam Vien's family. The only ones left are the butcher Truong's family and this girl's family." "Who says it's not true? In the past ten years, the district command has made a lot of money in this matter. The Ha Than tax alone has collected a lot of money to buy things Rituals, fabrics, and wine parties." "Not only that, I heard that many rich people are afraid that their daughters will be chosen, so they give gifts to the district commander." "Doing this back and forth, isn't it still the poor girl who has bad luck?" Late at night, the two maids chatted without hesitation. "Is it time? Give her a sip of water, Ha God doesn't like dead people." They opened my mouth. I drank two sips of water and asked them blankly: "If the person sacrificing to the Ha god was my son, would my parents still do the same?" Since I was a child, I have been swimming back and forth in the river, at the bottom of the river there is everything, but there is no Ha god. Since there is no Ha God, how do they know that Ha God wants a daughter? The servants laughed softly. "What nonsense is this girl talking about? How could the Ha God need a man?" "What if that's the case?" I didn't have the heart to say it. After he gave me a drink, he stuffed a towel in my mouth. "If Ha Than needs a son, your parents won't give it to you even if they risk their old lives." They closed the door. It turned out that way, it turned out that the thing they were willing to sacrifice was just women. I suddenly miss you so much. If you were still alive, you would definitely think of a way to save me. When it was dawn, the priest carried me onto the carriage. In less than a jolt of incense, we arrived at the riverbank. There were so many people on the riverbank, everyone saw me and talked that this year there would definitely be good rain and wind, and food would be full. On the bamboo raft is still displayed a pig's head, two roasted chickens, and two ducks. There are many fruits and vegetables that we don't usually eat every day. Nine years ago I was also one of the onlookers, now it's my turn. Although I can breathe underwater, my hands and feet are now tied, and stones are tied to my hands and feet. If we sink to the bottom of the river, mud and sand cover our mouth and nose, we will die very quickly. Following the wizard's command, I was placed on a bamboo raft. I looked at the people on the shore one last time, my father carrying the rice never turned around. The bamboo raft drifted with the wind, the farther it drifted, the farther it went. 10I lay on the bamboo raft, looking at the blue sky and white clouds before my eyes, thinking of my eighteen billion. They must have all escaped at this time, on this day every year they will escape. Until the sun rises, until we bring the girl we just saved to shore. Today they won't be able to wait for me anymore, although I originally planned to change my clothes and go out after saving people. Make a sound. The grass vine under the stem broke, and the bamboo raft gradually spread out. When I tried to grab the bamboo sticks with both hands, my whole body fell into the river. We try to swim up, try to use our legs to kick hard to get our body to stand up straight. But we couldn't, the rocks on our limbs were too heavy, we sank down with them. As I got closer and closer to the bottom of the river, I tried my best to open my eyes wide. I want to meet Ha God! I want to personally ask: "Why don't you need a man?" "Why do you always have to harm women?" "We women must think about our father and brother before we get married.

When getting married, you must sacrifice for your husband and children. We women living in this world have had a hard time walking, why do you still want to harm us?" My body touched the bottom of the river, a lot of mud and sand rolled up, entering my nose and ears. I tried to breathe, what I inhaled was only more mud and sand. As soon as I accepted my fate and closed my eyes, the ropes binding my hands and feet suddenly loosened. When I opened my eyes, it was sister Van holding a knife. Next to her were sister Thu Ngo holding scissors, sister Lan Nhi. Holding the pig's head, sister Cuc Nuong carried roasted chicken, sister Ly Nhi used a mesh bag to hold vegetables and fruits... "Ngu Nuong, what's wrong with you?" After disembarking, sister Van held a towel to wipe away the sand and mud from my ears. "We thought you would bring your new sister and the pig's head today, but after waiting for half a day, you still didn't show up." So I took a few of us who were good at swimming down to the river to look for them." "I didn't expect that the new sister couldn't be found, but we met the old sister again, ha ha ha ha." Everyone around me burst into laughter. But they laughed and then cried again. "Ngu Nuong, we almost didn't get to see you again. Huhu.” “Aren't you going to get married today? Why has the bridegroom turned into the Ha Than?