After renting the coat, the little girl and the two of them squeezed into the car. Her companion occupied the five-seat row in the last row of the car and waved to her from the back of the car.
Hesta looked at these young girls in trance for a moment - until this moment she discovered that each of their eyes were gold or light brown, the girls had freckles on their faces, and their hair was black or chestnut.
"You two don't get car sick, do you?" The little girl looked at the two of them, "If you don't get dizzy, we can sit in the back seat together, but it's a bit bumpy."
Si Lei and Hesta both shook their heads.
So the five-person seat was quickly filled with seven people.
Hesta sat among the children with a delicate mood. Most of them fell asleep quickly after getting on the bus. Only the young people in the back row kept chatting. Si Lei talked from time to time, and she listened nearby, but the children spoke so fast that Hesta couldn't understand them at all, and could only rely on Si Lei's translation from time to time to help them understand.
At noon, half of the people in the car got off the bus, and Si Lei and Hesta followed them and got off to eat. There was a half-hour break, and the seven of them took a walk not far from the car.
"So you are coming from the Third District...The Third District is so far away, why do you come here?"
"Travel," Si Lei replied, "What about you? Where did you come back from?"
"Orange Town!" several children replied in unison.
Hearing the word "Orange Town", Hesta looked sideways again. She poked Si Lei, "Tell them that I want to go there too."
Si Lei quickly relayed.
Several girls exclaimed, "Did you go to school there too?"
"That's right," Hesta nodded, "Why are you going to Orange Town?"
"Because Yelena's sister Ksenia was admitted to the Technical University of the North 14th District, we will send her there together!"
"Who is Yelena?" Si Lei asked.
"It's me!" The girl who took Si Lei and the others to rent clothes laughed loudly, "Orange Town is so big, we came across a lot of expensive hotels——"
"And the bookstore over there is so big——"
Several children chattered and discussed, and with Si Lei's help, Hesta chatted with them. Everyone was sitting under an abandoned bicycle shed eating bread. Si Lei was very concerned about why there were no adults around them. However, after questioning, he found out that in this area, it has long been common for a teenager to lead a group of children around. things.
Elena yawned, "It's still a long time before the train leaves. There are seven of us now, let's play 'Crazy Paka'!"
"What is 'Crazy Paka'?" Si Lei asked.
"Let's play a game with you first, and you can learn!"
Elena quickly picked up seven flat stones and carved a mark on one of them with a sharp pebble.
"There are seven stones here. One of them has been crossed by me. Whoever gets it will be Crazy Paka's little daughter."
Immediately afterwards, Elena covered her eyes and said, "I will be the elder this time! You choose your own stone first and check whether there are marks on the back of the stone...be careful not to let others see it."
Si Lei and Hesta did it half-understanding.
Hesta didn't know why. Seeing that everyone else was looking at the back of the stone carefully, he showed his own stone to Si Lei - there was a cross clearly marked on the back of the stone.
"...What are we going to do now?" Hesta asked.
Si Lei quickly stopped and quickly repeated what Yelena had just said. Hesta suddenly understood, nodded, and hid the stone.
"Is everything okay?" Elena asked, "Everyone hide their stones so that I don't see them!"
Everyone put a stone under their buttocks.
"Okay!" Elena opened her eyes, "Although I don't know who Crazy Paka's little daughter is now, I recognize her stone, so once I find the stone, I will immediately find her and kill her. !”
Si Lei curled up her chin - she didn't like the direction of this plot very much.
"Now, everyone close their eyes again," Elena continued, "Everyone spread out their hands, palms facing up, and stretch them out. The person who hit the little daughter opens his eyes, and choose one of these people to be your mother. Once you’ve decided, touch her hand.”
Elena was speaking and Si Lei was translating. As expected, she felt her fingertips being pinched by Hesta as soon as she finished speaking.
"Okay, the person you touched also opens his eyes. You are now Crazy Paka."
Si Lei opened his eyes, and the two looked at each other. Hesta was still confused, and his eyes seemed to be confirming - "Is this the way to do it?"
"Okay, everyone put down your hands and open your eyes!" Yelena clapped her hands, "Next, I, the elder, will announce every day during the day whose stone will be inspected tonight. If there is no mark on the stone by then, then Everything is safe, if the younger daughter is found, the younger daughter will die;
"Crazy Paka can act before the elders every night and take away two people's stones in advance, so that when the elders go over to check, the other party will be left empty-handed; if the elders make three consecutive attempts, they can designate one person to judge during the day. If this person is the younger daughter, then Crazy Paka and the younger daughter will be out at the same time; if this person is not, then the elder will be out, and the remaining players will choose a new elder, and the game will continue.
"When there are only three people left on the field, the game ends and the last elder wins."
Listening, Hesta raised her hand.
"What's the problem?" Elena asked.
Hesta looked at Si Lei, "It sounds like the two characters Little Daughter and Crazy Paka have no chance of winning. The whole process is just passive defense?"
Si Lei conveyed the question, and Yelena laughed, "Yes! I haven't finished yet. When the elder chooses the youngest daughter, Crazy Paka can also propose a duel with the elder. The elder can pick two helpers. If Crazy Paka If Paka cannot knock down three people within the set time, the game will end immediately and Crazy Paka will be punished!"
"That is to say, Crazy Paka must play one against three within a time limit. Only when he succeeds can he win?"
"Yes!" Elena nodded, "That's it."
Hesta finally understood - it turns out that this is the ornamental value of this game.
Elena said loudly, "Then let's start the first game first. If you have any questions, we'll let you know then--"
"Expose yourself," Hesta didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and directly raised his stone and showed everyone the scratches on the back of his stone, "Send our side Si Lei!"
Si Lei's eyes widened, "What are you doing..."
"Everyone take five steps back. Let's sit in a big circle again!" Yelena ordered the other two older children, "Come on! The rest of the people will sing in a while, and you have to gather us before the song is finished." Just knock them all down!"
"Quick, quick, quick," Hesta urged, pushing Si Lei's shoulder, "Come on! Officer Si Lei!"
Si Lei stood up awkwardly, "Wait a minute, let's not play this kind of game anymore——"
"Let's make an agreement first," Elena rolled up her sleeves, "Whoever runs out of the circle in a while will lose!"
The remaining two children who were sitting around clapped their hands rhythmically. After counting "three, two, one", they sang loudly:
"My name is Paka—"
For a moment, Si Lei was stunned: when she heard "Crazy Paka" before, she didn't realize that the name was actually "Paka".
Elena's fist swung over, but Si Lei easily dodged it.
The children on the side continued to sing:
"When my grandmother was pregnant with my mother,"
"I have already come to this world,"
"My name is Paka."
Si Lei had already realized something, and she grabbed Yelena's arm, "Yelena, wait a minute, I want to ask about this song you sang——"
Suddenly, another child rushed over from behind Si Lei. She grabbed Si Lei's shoulders tightly, and Si Lei turned over and threw her to the ground.
"Are you okay?" Si Lei was startled and wanted to see the child's condition. The little girl had already climbed up on her own. She didn't even have time to pat the dirt off her body, so she immediately hugged Si Lei's arm, "Yelena !Hit her nose!"
Si Lei dodged with difficulty, his posture was funny, and Hesta's laughter behind him never stopped.
The children's singing continues, but the tempo has accelerated:
"My name is Paka,"
"My grandmother fell and died in the river in front of the bridge,"
"My mother drowned in the backyard well,"
"My daughter is about to be born,"
"My daughter is about to be born..."
The girls in front of me obviously have some wrestling skills. They are not big, but their strength is amazing. Si Lei's heart was always focused on the singing of the two girls next to him, and he almost fell behind several times.
Hesta, who was not far away, knew nothing about anything. She laughed and watched the excitement: "Officer Si Lei! Don't underestimate the enemy!" Si Lei had no time to explain.
The children's singing became faster, and they clapped their hands vigorously, as if singing a war song:
"Crazy Paka swings the hatchet!"
"Crazy Paka pick up the scissors!"
"Crazy Paka escapes to the river!"
"Mad Paka died on the shore——"
"Now!" Yelena finally found a chance to knock Si Lei down, "I'm holding down the crazy woman!"
(End of chapter)
