The Old Village Chief’s grandson knelt before his grandfather, sobbing and pleading for him to get up, but the Chief’s eyes remained closed forever.
The other men in the village could not hold back their tears. Who could have imagined that they would be abandoned by their own clan leader? They had been the ones to choose him! Yet at this critical moment, it was the Village Chief who had protected them. The group of young rascals from the village was nowhere to be found, either.
Groups of middle-aged men and women wiped away tears as they searched for the sons who had fled earlier. The young wives were huddled together, weeping; they had not expected their own husbands to desert them at such a moment. Only one woman, who had been closest to the Village Chief, walked over to Madam Feng to comfort her.
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