Chapter 2 - Not a fellow countryman, but a good person.
As a traveler, Jiang Zhen asked herself if she could grasp the mentality of this fellow countryman. I just arrived at a new place, how can I not be curious, and I will definitely not be able to hold back and walk around.
As the bride of the river god, she needs to be raised white and fat. Jiang Zhen has eaten no worse than the Lu family during this period. She has meat every day. Jiang Zhen used a tile of stew and bought two maids to help stare at the alien. She can meet by chance on the road.
"As long as you two let me see that alien before sacrificing the river god, I will treat you to another can of meat." Jiang Zhen promised.
The child servant of the Lu family didn't see any meat for a month or two. He couldn't resist the temptation of meat at all and promised, "Don't worry, as long as this alien is out of the courtyard, I will run to inform you and I will definitely let you see him."
This fellow countryman fell from the sky. Although he was unlucky to break his leg, Jiang Zhen envied him in that way of appearance. He had his own aura, and no one dared to provoke him.
Since he appeared, he has attracted everyone's attention. Jiang Zhen wants to come forward with this man. Everyone is not surprised at all. Even the elders of the clan want to see this bustle, not to mention Jiang Zhen.
It is impossible to heal the wound. In the evening, the stranger left his room, held his crutches, and went to the study with the help of the servant.
After getting the notice from the maid he knew, Jiang Zhen clenched his fist excitedly and said to herself, "Sure enough, it's not what I expected."
Fearing that the fellow countryman would leave the study, Jiang Zhen immediately went to block people.
Now the countries outside are fighting. As a rich businessman, the Lu family is naturally strictly guarded. The main courtyard, study, guest hall, and guest house... are not the places where Jiang Zhen can get close, otherwise, she will be punished.
Although it was almost the day to sacrifice to the river god, the Lu family would not do anything to her, but Jiang Zhen did not dare to risk her own life and only dared to rob people halfway.
On the only way for the other party to return to the room, Jiang Zhen waited for half an hour before finally waiting for the alien to appear.
Seeing the target, before Jiang Zhen opened her mouth to speak, the manservant next to the alien waved his hand to drive people away.
This servant is the confidant of the owner of the family. Naturally, he is not so polite to Jiang Zhen. He taught her a strict lesson, "It's so late. Why are you running around?"
The two maids who led Jiang Zhen's way had run away before the alien came out.
At this time, Jiang Zhen naturally did not flinch. She didn't care about the male servant's words and only carefully asked the alien, "Hello, do you know Grandpa Mao?"
"Well, I don't call it Hello. I don't know what you said about Grandpa Mao." The strange man looked at Jiang Zhen doubtfully.
Jiang Zhen's heart skimmed and continued to test, "The strange couple remains unchanged?"
In Jiang Zhen's expectant eyes, the strange man asked strangely, "Even if I don't change?"
The other party thought that Jiang Zhen was speaking dialect here, and his expression was a little confused.
After confirming the secret code, he was not a fellow countryman, and Jiang Zhen suddenly became disappointed.
"A Zhen, stop it. Go back quickly and don't disturb the distinguished guests." The male servant who followed the alien was already a little angry. He stared at Jiang Zhen with an angry face. If it hadn't been for the alien, he would have driven others away.
Jiang Zhen stood in place and firmly did not move.
The person opposite fell from the sky. There are so many witnesses, and there will be no fake.
As a time traveler, Jiang Zhen firmly believes that the other party should also be a time traveler. Even if he is not a New China person, he should come from a place with advanced science and technology to face the matter so calmly.
With the mentality of trying, Jiang Zhen continued, "I heard that you are a fairy who fell from the sky. Do you know Lord River God? Can you tell me about his preferences? In two days, it will be the day to sacrifice to the river god. I want to be the river god's bride who pleases the river god."
Hearing Jiang Zhen mention the river god, the two male servants who were ready to do it extinguished their anger and did not blame Jiang Zhen for being ignorant.
This alien was regarded as an immortal by too many people today. He waved his hand and said, "No, no, I'm not an immortal."
It took him two seconds to react and asked, "Sacrifice to the river god? How to sacrifice to the river god?"
"I will sink to the bottom of the river." Jiang Zhen said bluntly and cruelly.
The alien took a deep breath and said in shock, "How can this be like this? This is a human life. It's too barbaric."
Jiang Zhen also thought so, but how dare she say it? She couldn't even nod and agree. She could only reveal the information and said, "The village sacrifices to the river god every year, but every one or two years, the crops on both sides of the river will still be flooded."
The servant replied, "That's the sacrifice that Lord River God is not satisfied with us."
The alien stamped his feet and cursed angrily, "Fool! Ignorant! Water problems are not managed in this way."
Hearing the strange tone, the servant's eyes became surprised, "Do you know how to control the water?"
"I will. Of course I will." Strange people are reasonable and strong.
Jiang Zhen was also full of admiration. This is a meeting with a superior. Unlike her, she can't do anything. Even in high school and college, when she is the smartest, she doesn't know the advanced knowledge of water control.
At the level of Jiang Zhen's romance novels for so many years, she knows how to make tofu, soy sauce, sugar, and refined salt... But none of these can save her life. Even if she dares to reveal a little strangeness, the Lu family can burn her to death with a fire tomorrow.
Unlike this time traveler, she can also pretend to be a master disciple. She is a child born and raised in the village. If she takes out those things care not, she will only be possessed as a demon.
The world respects ghosts and gods, so I heard that this alien can solve the flood. The manservant who followed him immediately promised for the owner, "As long as the adult is willing to help this, the owner will be grateful."
"Even if there is no thank-you gift, I will help. Just think of it to save this poor little girl."
The poor little girl Jiang Zhen blinked her eyes and was a little excited. It was too rare. After staying in the big pit of the Lu family for so long, she finally came to someone who could help.
The male servant beside the alien was even more excited and said loudly, "We're going to prepare three animals."
"Three animals?!"
The alien almost jumped with anger and scolded, "What a crooked way. Sacrifice is useful. What do you want to do on the river embankment? Forget it, don't talk to you, a stupid man, take me to your master."
The river god he believed in was slandered in front of him, and he was scolded. The manservant's face was a little ugly, but he knew that the adult in front of him was knowledgeable and quite strange, so he could only accept his fate to lead the way.
No matter whether this alien can convince the Lu family, after the temptation, Jiang Zhen can also see that the other party is kind by nature, otherwise she will not sympathize with her.
Not a fellow villager in the same world, Jiang Zhen has no idea of recognizing relatives. He just took two steps quickly, grabbed the alien's sleeve, and said seriously, "The river god has been sacrificed for decades in the village. Don't mess around. Everyone will be angry."
At the same time, Jiang Zhen quietly stuffed a piece of silk into each other's hands when the two male servants were not paying attention.
The alien noticed what was coming out of his hand and looked a little strange, but he did not expose it in front of others, but continued to interview the two male servants to the owner.
This piece of silk cloth is a letter of help. Jiang Zhen was ready before he came to meet the alien.
The content on the silk cloth is: Help me, I don't want to sacrifice to the river god, can you take me away with me?
Although the alien had just fallen from the sky and the local words were very slipper to say, Jiang Zhen was also worried that he was illiterate like when he first came, so he still drew a simple picture on the silk cloth.
The content of the painting is very simple. There is a floating bird in mid-air. A man rescues the girl who fell into the river and sits on the bird and leaves together.
With the excuses made up by this alien, he can understand what Jiang Zhen wants to express for help.
Although he asked for help, Jiang Zhen did not place all his hope on the other party. When he returned to the room alone, he also silently polished his dagger, hoping that it could be sharpened.
The flow of the river is rapid, and it is unusually difficult for her to cut the rope that binds her hands and stones in the river.
But even so, the survival rate of escaping from the river is higher than that of Lu's mansion.
At noon the next day, the alien dumped the male servant who followed him, put on crutches, and came to Jiang Zhen alone.
As soon as he saw Jiang Zhen, the other party asked bluntly, "The silk cloth you stuffed me yesterday meant to ask me for help, right? You don't want to be sacrificed to the river god."
Jiang Zhen explained helplessly, "I've always wanted to leave, but I was in the care of the Lu family and couldn't escape at all."
"When I talked to you yesterday, I thought you were a stupid child, but I didn't expect you to be quite smart." The strange man looked at Jiang Zhen up and down strangely.
Facing this traveler, Jiang Zhen took the lead in releasing her sincerity, "I am literate, can cook and wash clothes. As long as you help me this time, I will..."
"Don't mention these words. I'm most annoyed by your promise. How low you look at your life."
Jiang Zhen smiled awkwardly. She was not ready to work hard. She just wanted to be the younger brother of the other party.
Just for the way of playing on this brother's stage, and when the owner of the Lu family talked to him before, he knew the appearance of astronomy and geography, Jiang Zhen understood that the other party's ability was not small.
Jiang Zhen doesn't have a golden finger, but she doesn't mind being a little brother to someone with a golden finger. Who are you fooling around with? Only when you meet a good boss can you get good treatment.
For the sake of his own life, Jiang Zhen proposed, "Didn't you propose to the owner to govern the river? As long as we leave this house, we will have a much greater chance to leave. At that time, you can take me with you, and I..."
"Don't bother so much. Your owner has been persuaded by me not to sacrifice to the river god again."
"Ah? You didn't lie to me?" Jiang Zhen doesn't believe it very much. The major events of the country are in the sacrifice and the war. Sacrifice to gods and ancestors is a top priority in the eyes of these people, and the Lu family should not be so easy to compromise.
"What are you lying to? Your owner is still very talkative. My leg is injured and it's not convenient to leave. I have to stay here for half a month. In return, I will teach the Lu family how to manage the river. I have told your master what needs to be done. In a few days, he will gather 500 people and start to work."
Jiang Zhen was completely stunned and troubled her for nearly a month. It was simply solved. She asked reluctantly, "What are you doing?"
"Water control, the villages around the river often suffer from floods because there is too much mud and sand piled up in the riverbed... Forget it, you don't understand. All you need to know is that you don't have to be the bride of the river god anymore."
The alien patted Jiang Zhen on the shoulder and said generously, "You don't have to think about anything to repay kindness. I will think of it as a good deed every day, as long as you live a personal life in the future."
After saying this, the alien turned around and left. His back was particularly unrestrained, and even his critled legs did not affect his magnificent image.