"By the way, sister, let me show you a baby."
"What baby?"
Miaomiao took out a shiny object and waved it in front of her. Xue Miyin took it and observed it with the faint light. It was dark in the night. Only when you looked carefully did you realize that it was a beautiful golden-green gemstone, less than an inch in diameter and smooth and round to the touch. The most special thing is that there is a particularly bright line in the center.
"Like a cat's eyes..."
"It's called Cat's Eye."
"How do you have such a thing? And how come it...hasn't been discovered by Ren Yazi?"
"During the body search, I'll hide it in my hair. Keep your voice down so no one else finds out. I'll tell you alone."
Miaomiao raised a finger to her mouth and pointed to her head. She had a round bun in the middle, but it was hard for her to hold it. She took back the opal and put it into her thin clothes. She added:
"This is passed down from our ancestors. I heard that my wife... my grandfather was a prince, I don't know if it's true or not. He was considered a remnant of the previous dynasty and his house was ransacked, but he had already stuffed the previous items in the house to his wives and concubines. How long could he escape? How far it goes depends on your ability. This bead is a treasure left over from that time. During the war the year before last, my father was captured and sent to the army. He told our mother that if we couldn't survive, we could use it as food. My mother has been reluctant to part with it and used this bead as a Think about it. We think about it too. Looking at it reminds me of my father. Mom said that things would be easily searched when placed at her place, so she asked us to hide them. We can’t throw this away. We have to take it to see our parents in the future."
Although the words "live" were already a dream in Xue Miyin's eyes, after patiently listening to Miaomiao's words, she seemed to feel that it was not impossible to escape from the evil people alive.
"We can indeed survive for a while." Xue Miyin said suddenly.
"How did you figure it out?"
"You think that if they only wanted meat, they would have killed us long ago. But no. Because if we die, the meat will spoil. So they will still walk a long way to let us live to the other side of the mountain."
"Then why did they drag us to the other side of the mountain?"
"Maybe we are more expensive on the other end."
"Oh...sister is so smart."
Xue Miyin actually couldn't be happy to be praised by such a child at this time.
But she just smiled.
The face that is not used to smiling is dirty, and every small movement is like a crack spreading on the wall, causing the wall skin to fall off, revealing the original appearance of the wall. A clean, spotless appearance.
However, they did not reach the other side of the mountain. As mentioned before, the Peacock Spirit's men fought with the caravan on the narrow mountain road, and they and their car fell into a deep valley. There were plenty of buffers along the way and no exposed rock to uncage them. Moreover, this cage is inlaid with iron sheets in many places, which is extremely strong, and it is actually intact. But the children were not so lucky. Several of the weak ones knocked their heads and died on the spot, becoming flesh pads to protect others in this small cage.
Although the boy's car and the car containing the meat were both on the mountain, they were probably divided up by monsters, monsters, birds and beasts. The situation of the girls is not optimistic. Although they are temporarily safe, they have no food or water, and they have to share a room with several corpses. This would be extremely taxing both physically and mentally. The cage was fastened to the ground on its sides, and the locked door was pressed into the ground, making it impossible to turn it around. The previous base and cage top form two of the four walls.
There was a relatively strong girl who pulled a loose railing hard. Everyone went up to help, and they just tore off the railing, even though it was only the upper half. But the bars of this cage are very dense. Even if one is missing, it will be difficult for a person to get out. The gap is awkward. Besides, these children don't have the strength to dismantle other railings like this.
"We must go out..." said a girl who was a little older among them, although she was only fifteen years old. "The dead will rot and attract beasts and monsters."
"Wouldn't it be possible for us living people?" a girl with a shrill voice said, "And you put it lightly. We can't even open the cage, and we have no food."
"There is food... there is."
A girl with a missing front tooth looked at the bodies of her dead compatriots. Then, everyone looked over.
Some people are unwilling no matter what, but there are some things they cannot control. Xue Miyin did not join the argument because she knew very well that this was all they had. Miaomiao huddled in the corner timidly, holding Miyin's hand tightly, not daring to say anything. At this time, even the person providing food no longer exists, and no amount of encouraging words can solve the needs of the stomach.
"Can we just eat..."
"You must eat." Xue Miyin lowered his voice, "If you don't eat in the first place, you will have no strength. You will regret it if you are hungry, but if you want to eat again, you will not be able to compete with those who have filled their stomachs..."
Miaomiao was a child after all, and she finally couldn't help crying. She hadn't drank water for a long time and couldn't squeeze out a single tear. She just howled dryly. The girl with the loudest voice thought it was noisy and slapped her hard. She was one of the people who didn't like this girl before, and her accomplices got angry. They grabbed her and beat and kicked her.
Xue Miyin couldn't stop them, there were too many of them. The crazy girl vented all her anger on the youngest child, and had nowhere else to vent her anger. Miyin just watched her only friend being beaten, torn, and scratched by the crazy girls, until he was bleeding. They beat and scolded her, saying that she was the noisiest on the road, saying useless words and annoying people. Xue Miyin struggled hard, but was pinned to the ground by two of his accomplices, and his head was hurt by the railing. Those who had been somewhat encouraged by Miaomiao in the past just watched numbly. To them, the hope the child spoke of had become something that had been shattered.
The sound of Mi is urgent and brings wisdom.
"Wait! Stop fighting, stop fighting! Let her get out! From that hole - let her find someone!"
The girls who were fighting in a ball suddenly stopped when they heard the last sentence, except for the one who took the lead and kicked him extra. They all looked at Mi Yin blankly, their eyes were ferocious and terrifying. She had never seen it from any human eyes in her life.
"She's the youngest...she can get through that hole." Miyin's voice weakened and she pointed at the opened gap, "Let her go out to find someone, or at least help us get some food..."
Now everyone was looking at Miaomiao. Miaomiao stopped crying, but she must be in pain. She wiped the blood from her face with her sleeve. There were four eye-catching scratches on her left eye, which were still bleeding. It was frightening to see. The bystanders suddenly reacted and nodded yes.
"But how could there be anyone in the valley..." someone asked.
"Well, at least, let's have some water..." someone answered.
Among another wave of bullies, someone asked: "What if she runs away?"
"You can't survive if you run away."
After the leader said this, he spat on Mi Yin. She didn't dodge, she just looked at Miaomiao blankly, hoping for a reaction from her. Finally, she nodded wordlessly.
Everyone worked together to lift Miaomiao and squeeze her out of the narrow gap. She was scratched by the section of the railing, but it wasn't serious. She staggered forward, passing the wreckage of the car and the carcass of the horse. She turned back three times with one step and disappeared into the overgrown bushes. Miyin knew that if she really didn't come back, she would be targeted regardless of whether she escaped alive or not, but it didn't matter.
Miaomiao runs back once a day, bringing water in a water bag, and rests with everyone next to the cage at night. Sometimes she can bring back some wild fruits. There seems to be no large beasts that pose a serious threat to humans, such as jackals, tigers and leopards. The smaller ones are unfortunately unable to be caught with Miaomiao. On the sixth day, she disappeared, only to appear a day later, and everyone's hearts fell to the ground. She said that she spent more time climbing higher and saw human arrows stuck in the rocks on the mountain. The arrowhead is a bit rusty and the wood is rotten. I don’t know when it happened, but this gives everyone some hope. Miyin felt suspicious and shot the arrow on the stone for some reason. And whether this is true or false is actually not important anymore. She knew Miaomiao was a good child and she wanted everyone to live.
If she leaves again, there will be no news.
"It's been a long time since then - I don't know how many days. Miyin said she couldn't count the days." After so many years, Lord Shuangyue's hands were still trembling slightly after mentioning these things. "Every few days, there will be one The individual became weak. The group of children finally got to the point of eating the corpse. That day, that is the night when I fought with Kuchugetsu-kun, after Kuchugetsu-kun left, the Tengu noticed something and took me to run to that place... ...that is, the prison where Miyin and the others are kept.”
"She is the only one alive."
"Yes, she is the only one left." Lord Shuangyue clenched the cup, "And she was the only one left a long time ago. Those corpses were all mutilated, and it was impossible to tell which part belonged to whom. There were teeth marks on them. The meat would spoil quickly, attracting some medium-sized carnivorous or scavenging guys... She threw the remaining limbs through the cage to keep them away from her. Those horses had turned into white bones, covered with dry thin I don’t know how long she persisted. She later told me that it rained twice, two days apart, which allowed her to live a little longer. At least at that time... she had reached the point where she could no longer make a sound. To the point where I can’t stand up.”
"...This is indeed too cruel for a child of thirteen or fourteen."
"I can't ignore it, you know," Shigeyue-kun repeated, "I can't ignore it."
"I know. I actually thought...she might be a girl with a similar life experience to you, so you would help her. But in this case, I completely understand you extending a helping hand to her. You are always so soft-hearted."
"I have seen many children with tragic fates, and I don't blame them. At this time, she was the closest one I could help. I rescued her and carried her for a while until the famine passed. But it was difficult to settle her, First of all, she is a girl, too thin, and she has experienced that kind of thing, so she cannot do heavy work. For so many years, she has just been living around, and I have to find a home for her when I am on assignment, so I am very worried. "
"It sounds very bitter. But why would she suddenly treat you..."
"...Because that little girl named Miaomiao appeared and she found Miyin."
"She's still alive?" Shi Wuqi was a little surprised, "I thought she had an accident and didn't come back."
"That's the problem."
Shuoyuejun's expression was like the last snow melting, revealing the rugged and sad gray color of the rocks.
"I confirmed that she is already dead."
