In a village outside the city of drawnwork, two women were boiling soup in a long house.


    The young woman cried, "are we really going to do this?"


    The older woman''s eyes were firm: "what else can you do if you don''t do it! Do you want to be widowed all your life!"


    "But if we let them drink this medicine, what''s the difference between us and widows?"


    "At least they are still alive. At least someone helps us farm and feed our animals!"


    "But..."


    "Nothing, but! I learned some methods from my sister in pidun city. We can do that without relying on men in the future!"


    The male owners of the two families are dueling outside the village. Because the side effects of the medicine are too great and the epidemic has not been completely controlled, it has spread from pidun city to drawnwork city. At this speed, it will spread to the whole North in less than two months.


    The hostesses of the two families took the powder from the Lord and put it in front of them. They had two choices: either wait for their men to die and be widowed, or let their men take medicine and be widowed.


    The two men were black and blue, one with an axe and the other with a pickaxe, both ready to give each other a fatal blow.


    At dinner time, each family lit a stove, and the cooking smoke floated outside the village and into their noses.


    The old man put down the axe, and the young man shouted, "why, are you afraid?"


    "I''m not afraid of you. I''ve never been afraid. I just want to go home and have a bowl of thick soup."


    The young man also put down the pickaxe: "I also want to try my wife''s sausage again, but we have to decide the outcome after all!"


    "Why not wait until tomorrow?"


    "Good!" the young man nodded. "At this time tomorrow, if anyone doesn''t come, he won''t be a man!"


    Two men were trying to go home, but they saw their wife walking outside the village with a earthen pot.


    The young woman dared not speak. The older woman stammered, "we have cooked you soup. Do you want to drink?"


    The older man took the jar, kissed his wife, smiled and said, "let''s go home first."


    The young man nodded and said, "yes, go home first, and then drink soup."


    The young wife was surprised and said, "don''t you fight?"


    "If you don''t fight today, you''ll decide life and death tomorrow!"


    The young wife looked at the older wife and didn''t know what to do.


    The older wife hesitated for a moment, grabbed the jar in her husband''s hand and fell to pieces.


    The husband was stunned and said, "what are you doing?"


    "It''s rare that you''re still alive, but you still want to drink some soup! Let''s do something else!"


    The husband smiled simply and honestly: "good!"


    The young wife called the older wife aside, "I won''t fight today, but what will I do tomorrow?"


    The older wife whispered, "I have a way to keep him from getting up tomorrow!"


    The young wife nodded and said, "I can too!"


    ……


    In the wilderness, two pioneers were also dueling. They left the village to avoid the epidemic disease. Unexpectedly, they met in the wilderness.


    The wilderness is very broad. They don''t need to compete for land. Maybe there was a dispute during hunting. Even they forgot the reason for the dispute. In short, they must fight to the death today.


    This is not their home. There is no fire pond and no stove.


    A man pounced on another man, ready to kill him with a hunting knife, put out the torch, and suddenly a cluster of flame rose up, covering their sight.


    When the flame dispersed, the two men who had fought for a whole day lay on the ground, looked up at the sky and were in a quiet daze.


    Brave pioneers, fearless good men, the eternal flame comes from the pure altar, praising the blessings from the goddess and the thoughts from home.


    A man found some stones and built a simple fire pond.


    Another man brought a pheasant and put it next to the fire pond.


    They collected some firewood and lit a bonfire.


    "Do you have any wine?"


    A man took out his wine bag and fell down in front of the fire: "this is for the goddess."


    Another man tore off a chicken leg and respectfully put it down in the fire: "this is also for the goddess."


    A gust of evening wind blew and a man shivered.


    Another man said, "do you want to..."


    "No, stay away from me!"


    ……


    In Qixing mountain, Manda eats hot pot with her family. It''s rare for Denison to wander back.


    "Master, I''m a little tired. I think..."


    "Stay at home when you''re tired," Manda smiled. "Your men have become a climate. Let them do the risky things."


    Denison was very happy and drank a whole can of wine.


    Stanley sighed: "the sacrifice in October was not lively. Only one was held in the temple."


    Silva said with a smile: "the goddess doesn''t like noisy sacrifice. The quiet stove is the goddess''s favorite altar."


    Donison said, "offer another bar to the goddess."


    Silva nodded, took the wine jar and went to the stove with Denison.


    ……


    Hermes and HEMA sneaked into the temple of Hestia. The busy goddess had just fallen asleep. Hermes did not disturb his dream and quietly put a can of red wine beside him.


    There is a piece of Pearl scattered beside the spring of faith, which is not as exaggerated as Demeter, but it is quite different from the past.


    The father and son went to Hera''s temple again. After a busy day, they had just fallen asleep, but Hermes woke him up.


    Hera held back her anger and said, "what do you want to do?"


    Hermes said with a smile, "it''s hard for you these days. I''ll buy you a drink."


    "What do I work hard for? I have been forgotten, whether in the divine world or on earth!"


    "You''re right. You''re about to be forgotten by the world, but you''re still reluctant to part with the world. Stop it. The epidemic you sent has taken a lot of lives."


    "Are you making a crime for me?" Hera sneered. "Aggressive is a man''s nature. What does this have to do with me? If you want to frame me, you should at least find a decent excuse."


    "It has nothing to do with men''s nature. Their struggle stems from jealousy. Jealousy belongs to your power."


    "Whatever you say!" Hera said angrily. "If you want to kill me, just do it. Don''t bother to find these boring excuses."


    "I also think it''s boring, and I hope you don''t do these boring things anymore, just say your conditions!"


    Hera''s face turned red, half out of anger and half out of shame.


    In fact, there is no need to hide some things, which is very clear to both sides. Since Hermes asked, Hera simply said, "Zeus is the Lord of the gods. Even if he falls into a deep sleep, you have no right to deprive him of the status of the LORD God!"


    "I''m about to discuss this with you. Two seats of the LORD God are vacant. One of them I''m going to hand over to Hercules and Amphitrite. As for who will become the LORD God in the end, it depends on who can take the lead in promoting his position,


    Another seat, I can leave it to my father for the time being. What are you going to exchange with me? "


    Hera looked at her temple and said, "what do you want from me? Just take it!"


    Hermes suddenly touched Hera''s face. Hera was shocked and shouted, "you are presumptuous!"


    Hermes took his hand back, and Hera felt something in her cheek.


    "What did you do to me?"


    "Nothing, just put a spell. If you do anything restless, or if the spell leaves your body, the seat belonging to your father will change immediately. Is it a deal?"


    Hera did not dare to refuse Hermes, drank a glass of wine, and the father and son left the Tin Hau palace.


    On the way, HEMA boldly asked, "in fact, you have a suitable candidate for this seat for a long time, but you don''t want to hand it over for the time being."


    Hermes looked at HEMA: "do you also care? You have just been promoted to level 6. Don''t be so greedy."


    "I''m not so ambitious. I''m very satisfied to become a sixth order God. I''m wondering if this seat should be reserved for my brother. He has the qualification to become the LORD God."


    Hermes smiled: "I remember you have many contradictions with Pan Shen. Why do you speak for him tonight?"


    "There are no brothers who don''t fight," HEMA smiled simply. "I know my brother did something wrong, but you also know his temperament. Forgive him."


    Hermes jumped over the temple and looked down at Olympia in the night.


    He stretched out, looked at HEMA and said with a smile, "go back and rest. I''m tired, too."