Chapter 66 — Sacrificing to the Water God
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
And there were many girls, dressed up in all their finery, standing in the buildings and very warm indeed, pushing open the lattice windows and beckoning to him, calling him up to play. "City folk are so warm-hearted," Shen Mu said, greatly excited, and he waved at the girls and called out loudly, "When I have sold my goods, I will come play with you sisters! " The blind elder did not know whether to laugh or to weep.
"Shen'er, the ones upstairs are fallen girls; they do not truly want to play with you.
If you go up, you will be stripped to the bone, and they will suck the very marrow out of you!
" Shen Mu was startled.
"Fallen? Blind Grandpa, they are standing perfectly steady. They do not look like they have fallen.
Are they all demons like Sang'e?
Sang'e said she wanted to play some shameful things with me, and I said no.
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