flstandardbreds Chapter 262 Drinking the Holy Water
Chapter 262 Drinking the Holy Water
The next morning, Yun Qingqing woke up, quickly tidied herself up, and got out of bed.
Yun Chengxiao, Yun Chenghao, and Yun Chengxi had already woken up, only Yun Chengying was still asleep in bed. She took out clean water and toiletries from her spatial storage and had them wash up. Then she went to Yun Chengying's bedside and called out, "Eighth Brother, wake up quickly, there's a fire..."
Upon hearing this, Yun Chengying suddenly sat up in bed and said anxiously, "Where is the fire? Abao, run!"
Yun Qingqing couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It seems this trick to wake the myna bird is quite effective."
While wiping his face, Yun Chengxi joked, "Next time, you should say that Grandpa came to beat him with a stick, and he'll run faster than anyone else."
Yun Chengying, who had just woken up, realized that he had been tricked by his younger sister. He muttered and scratched his head, "Abao, you've become naughty. You're even lying to me now."
Yun Qingqing chuckled, "It's all because you're sleeping in, Myna. Get up and wash up. I'll put the bed in my storage bag; someone's coming soon."
Upon hearing this, Yun Chengying hurriedly jumped off the bed and began to tidy herself up in a quick and efficient manner.
While they were getting ready and washing up, Yun Qingqing waved her hand and put all the beds into her spatial storage.
Then they took out tables, chairs, and more than a dozen kinds of exquisite breakfast items.
"Brothers, breakfast is ready," she called out, and the four brothers immediately sat down around her.
Looking at the exquisite breakfast spread on the table, Yun Chengying smiled and said, "From now on, you should take Abao with you when you go out, so that you'll always feel at home wherever you go."
Yun Chengxi laughed and replied, "That's right, with Abao around, we can eat and sleep well even in our current situation."
Yun Chengxiao sat down at the table and urged, "Hurry up and eat so that Abao can put it away when the servants arrive."
As soon as he finished speaking, the brothers quieted down and sat around the table to eat.
Not long after the meal, footsteps were heard outside the house, and Yun Qingqing put away the table and chairs.
The five siblings quickly covered their heads with red veils and sat in a row on the prayer mats. A soft click came from the lock on the ancestral hall door.
The door creaked open, and two women walked in carrying food trays, greeting them gruffly, "Breakfast is ready."
The two women placed the food plates in front of them, said gruffly, "Eat it while it's hot," and then turned and left the ancestral hall.
The door was closed again and locked from the outside.
The five siblings lifted their veils, their eyes falling on the food plates in front of them: five coarse cornbreads and five bowls of thin porridge so clear you could almost see your reflection in them.
Yun Chengying frowned as she looked at the bowl of thin, watery porridge and said with dissatisfaction, "These villagers are feeding such poor food to the girl who was sacrificed for their village."
Yun Chenghao continued, "They probably think that people who are about to die don't need to waste food."
Upon hearing this, Yun Chengying became furious and couldn't help but curse, "These heartless bastards! These girls are helping their village out of trouble, and they can't even afford to give them a decent meal."
Yun Chengxiao frowned slightly and whispered to him, "Be quiet, don't interfere with our business tonight."
Upon hearing this, Yun Chengying immediately fell silent, but his stern face showed that he was extremely angry.
The five of them remained silent after that, each sitting quietly on their cushions, lost in thought.
Only faint breathing could be heard inside the ancestral hall, and sunlight cast dappled shadows on the floor through the window lattices.
As the sun gradually rises to its zenith, the dappled light and shadows slowly lengthen.
By noon, the area outside the ancestral hall remained quiet, and no one came to deliver food.
Yun Qingqing took out food from her spatial storage and ate it. After eating, she took out a bed from her spatial storage so that everyone could take a nap.
Yun Chengxiao said, "You all sleep while I keep watch over you, so I can notify you immediately if anyone comes."
Yun Qingqing said, "Fourth Brother, you don't need to guard it. My senses are very sharp. I can detect anyone who gets within a hundred meters of the ancestral hall. Let's all rest and get our energy ready so we can have the strength to do our business tonight."
Seeing that she said that, Yun Chengxiao nodded in agreement, and the four brothers went to bed to rest.
Yun Qingqing also went to her own bed to rest.
Sleep time passes quickly, and when Yun Qingqing woke up again...
The sun was already setting outside the window, and the golden afterglow shone into the ancestral hall through the window lattice. She got out of bed, and her four older brothers were already up.
Yun Qingqing put the bed back into her space, and the ancestral hall returned to its original empty state.
Just then, footsteps and the sound of a lock being opened came from outside the ancestral hall.
The five siblings quickly put on the red veils and sat back down in a row on the prayer mats.
The door creaked open, and two women walked in carrying food platters, placing them on the ground: "Dinner's ready."
After saying that, he turned and left, locking the ancestral hall door again.
The five siblings lifted their veils and landed on the food plate, which was still just plain porridge and cornbread. The cornbread looked hard and seemed to be leftovers from the morning.
This time, Yun Chengying didn't even bother to complain, and just sneered.
Yun Qingqing took out food from her spatial storage and shared it with everyone.
After eating, everyone closed their eyes to rest.
The light inside the ancestral hall gradually dimmed, and the last rays of the setting sun disappeared into the horizon.
As night completely enveloped the ancestral hall, the sounds of hurried footsteps and villagers talking could finally be heard outside, indicating that quite a few people were heading towards the ancestral hall.
The lock on the ancestral hall door clicked open, and the door was pushed open from the outside.
The village chief, accompanied by several villagers carrying torches, stood at the entrance and solemnly instructed the two women behind him: "Go, give them the holy water and let them drink it."
Two women carrying trays with bowls of water walked up to Yun Qingqing and her four siblings and placed a bowl in front of each of them. "Drink up, and you'll enjoy a good life."
The five siblings, in perfect unison, picked up the earthenware bowls and, using their wide sleeves as cover, pretended to tilt their heads back to drink, while actually pouring the liquid into the shadows behind them.
Watching them "drink" the holy water, the village chief nodded in satisfaction: "Get ready, we'll send them up the mountain to the mountain god's cave in an hour."
Upon hearing this, the villagers responded loudly and immediately sprang into action.