The sky has gradually cooled down, and the wind has a chill on my body.
A little boy was carrying a heavy load of firewood and was walking hard on the trail step by step. Although it was already cold, he was still wearing very thin clothes, and his exposed arms and legs were a little blue.
When he passed a dilapidated house in the south of the village, he paused for a moment, looked at the closed door, and thought of the few small fruits he had just picked up at the foot of the mountain, and wanted to give them to that silly girl.
Ever since the blind mother-in-law died, it seemed like he had never seen the silly girl come out. He was a little worried, afraid that something would happen.
Seeing the smoke rising from cooking in every household, I knew there was no time to delay. If I went back late and didn't have firewood to cook, I would be beaten again.
He walked forward step by step carrying a heavy load of firewood. In addition to a few green sweet fruits, he also carried a few black fruits in his arms.
He saw with his own eyes that several rabbits died after eating this black fruit. Would humans also die after eating it?
His calf was still aching, so the man kicked him and kneeled him on the ground. He couldn't get up for a long time, fearing that his leg would be broken.
As soon as I put down the firewood as soon as I entered the door, I was slapped across the face, and my little face turned red immediately.
"It takes you so long to collect firewood, and a little bastard wants to eat and not work. Why should I support you?"
The woman pointed at him and cursed, then the woman walked away, why should they leave a little bastard for them to raise?
The little boy neither cried nor fussed, as if he had never been beaten before. He obediently moved all the firewood aside, not knowing that he could not resist and could not resist.
There was the sound of the door being opened again, and it was the man from this family who came back, holding two chickens in his hands and throwing them on the table.
"Hurry up and cook, your skin is itchy again just standing here stupidly?!"
The man stared at the little boy's face obscenely. Although he was dirty, it was not difficult to tell that he was a good-looking child.
There is a mother who is an courtesan, and the child born is of course good-looking, but it is a pity that she is not a little girl, otherwise she can still get a lot of money if she sells her after a few years.
The little boy stood up on tiptoes, grabbed the chicken on the table and went to the kitchen.
He picked up a kitchen knife and skillfully cut off the chicken's neck, and put the blood into another bowl.
Ever since that woman left him, he had lived this kind of life. He was beaten and scolded every day, and he had to cook clumsily.
At first, when he was little, he couldn't even pick up a kitchen knife, and he made countless cuts on his little hands. Now that he's become more proficient, he won't hurt himself.
Smelling the aroma of the chicken soup in the pot, the boy sniffed it hard. His stomach hurt from hunger and he wanted to taste the chicken legs.
But he didn't dare to do this, as this would only lead to a more painful beating.
The small tongue licked the dry lips vigorously, and he swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva to suppress the greedy feeling.
I quietly glanced into their room, and when I heard the familiar breathing sound, I knew that they probably wouldn't come out for a while.
He quickly took out the few black fruits hidden deep in his arms. Although he didn't know what kind of fruits they were, he did clearly see that the rabbit would die after eating them.
Does that mean if you throw the fruit into chicken soup, they will die if they eat it?
Will they stop being beaten and scolded after they die?
"Don't do that."
Just when I was about to throw the black fruits in, I heard a silly girl's voice coming from the window.
He looked at the girl in confusion. There were many children in the village, but they all only bullied him. Only the girl who was older than him could play with him.
Even if the girl is a fool.
"Brother, please be obedient. Those fruits can only poison rabbits, but not people. If people eat them, they will only have diarrhea. If they come to their senses, they will beat you again!"
Tao Yao looked at the child in front of her with a smile. Who would have thought that the little boy looking at her with such a cute expression at the moment would become a big demon with a lot of resentment and murder in the future?
Hearing that he would be beaten again, he hurriedly put the black fruits back into his arms. He really didn't want to be beaten again, and it really hurt when he was hit.
Then he remembered that there were two green fruits in his arms, so he took them out and held them in his hands. He walked over and tiptoed through the window and handed them to Taoyao.
"This is the fruit you want to give me. My brother is so good!"
Taoyao nodded and took the fruit with satisfaction, finishing it in two or three bites.
"Why haven't you come out these days?"
The boy lowered his head sullenly. In front of the silly girl, he finally had a child-like temperament.
Although he doesn't know why, maybe the other person is what adults call a fool, who knows nothing and doesn't understand anything.
"I'm coming to find you now," Taoyao reached out through the window and rubbed his head.
"Your face is swollen, was it beaten again?"
Taoyao saw the redness and swelling on his little face at a glance, and touched it distressedly. As long as she touched it, it wouldn't hurt anymore.
"Why do you talk so much?"
He raised his head and stared blankly at the person in front of him. This was the first time he saw the silly girl looking so clean. Every time he saw her before, she was dirty, with snot and mud on her face.
The silly girl always couldn't speak clearly, and he was the only one who would listen patiently. But how could he talk so much and understand so much today?
Suddenly, I felt that my swollen face no longer hurt. It felt very comfortable to be touched, and the burning pain disappeared.
"Don't worry about this, you won't understand even if I say it."
Taoyao put her head in and scanned the kitchen environment, shaking her head in disgust.
It seems that this village is really poor. Basically everyone's houses are so shabby. God knows how devastated she was when she opened her eyes and saw this house with bare walls and all kinds of strange smells!
When Tiandao entrusted her with such a difficult task, he clearly wanted to control his desire to ascend to immortality. He was still just a little peach blossom spirit at the moment, how could he refuse?
After receiving the news from this world, it came here non-stop. Fortunately, it was able to arrive before the most serious damage occurred.
"for you."
He opened his hand obediently, and there was a black bead in his hand, which shone with a strange luster.
"Your few fruits are of no use. The most they can do is make them upset. What I gave you can kill people. You put these beads in the chicken soup and you don't need to worry about the rest!"
Taoyao liked him very much when he was still a human cub. Looking at the scars on that little body, one could imagine how much suffering he had suffered.
No wonder there will be so much resentment in the future.
"Will it really work?"
He turned the black bead over and over, but he felt that it was just an ordinary bead. Could it really kill them all?
"Yes, it can indeed kill people!"
Tao Yao snorted, it was just taking the life of a mortal, how big of a deal was it, what was there to question?
But looking at the child who still didn't believe it, he could only sigh helplessly.
"I have already given you the things. It is up to you whether you want to do it or not. I will go back now. I will be at home these days and will not go anywhere."
Taoyao finally rubbed his head vigorously, "I'm leaving first!"
Seeing the person at the window disappear suddenly, he felt a little empty. It took so long to see him once, so why did he leave so quickly?
Hearing the sound of chicken soup boiling in the pot, he quickly came to his senses and ran over, picked up the spatula and stirred vigorously. Fortunately, it didn't burn.
The bead in your hand is being squeezed tightly. Do you want to believe it or throw it away?
The little boy was still thinking when he suddenly felt his hair being pulled hard, and then he fell into a dirty embrace.
It's that man.
"You are as beautiful as your mean mother. It's a pity that you are not a girl, but it doesn't matter..."
He felt a tongue licking his face, leaving foul-smelling saliva that was so disgusting that he almost vomited it out.
He was so small that he couldn't resist. He stretched out his little hands and scratched hard, but he still couldn't resist. There were two hands stroking around his body. It was so disgusting.
The bead in my left hand seems to be getting hotter and hotter.
The man suddenly felt a sudden pain in his chest. He felt nothing now. There were several scratches on his arms. He cursed and threw the man away.
"What a bummer!"
The man held his chest and took a deep breath. It was really strange. He felt pain in his chest just now. Why didn't it hurt anymore?
But after all, he lost his interest just now, and looking at those wolf-cub-like eyes made him feel ridiculous.
He is just a seven-year-old child, no matter how much hatred he has in his heart, he has to endure it!
Whoever asked his despicable mother to abandon him and take all the money in the family and run away must let him repay it!
"Hurry up and bring the chicken soup over. Don't let me beat you again, you little beast!"
He stared coldly at the man's back as he walked out. Although he was young and didn't know what he was doing just now, disgust and disgust really radiated from his bones.
Then without thinking, he opened the lid of the pot and threw the bead in his hand into it.
The beads melted quickly after being thrown in, and he smelled them vigorously, worried that there would be some smell, but there was nothing.
All I could smell was the aroma of chicken soup, and the bead had no effect at all.
He doesn't think about anything now, he just wants those two people to die!
He put the chicken soup in a bowl. After two large bowls, it was gone. In fact, there was no portion for him in the first place.
Carrying two bowls of chicken soup, he walked towards the room shakily.
I don't know who discovered the tragic situation in Mr. Xie's home. He was so frightened that he went to tell the village chief. A large group of people crowded into the house.
No matter who saw the broken bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Xie, they would vomit in disgust.
"They say those chickens died of illness. I have warned you not to eat them randomly, as they will kill people!"
The village chief's beard was trembling with anger. Why was no one listening to his good reasoning? Chickens that died of illness could not be eaten, and eating people would cause problems.
"Who knows? Maybe I ate it because I was too greedy!"
"No one knows that eating a chicken that died of illness will make you go crazy. Looking at the bodies of the couple, who knows how many times they were chopped!"
"It's also scary!"
The boy huddled in the corner and listened to the conversations of these adults. It turned out that the adults thought that they would go crazy because they ate chickens that died of illness. In fact, he looked at the chickens and they were all fine.
Only he and the silly girl knew why those two people went crazy and stabbed each other with kitchen knives.
It would be good if they died, no one would beat or scold him anymore.
After some discussion, everyone unanimously decided to burn all the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Xie. If you eat the chickens that died of illness, you will definitely contract some disease. It is safest to burn them on fire.
