"You followed me all the way, what did you want to do?" Shi Chu suddenly turned around and said to the person behind him expressionlessly.
However, when she saw the person's appearance clearly, she was extremely surprised. It turned out that the person following her was actually the little girl who escaped from Yihong Building.
The little girl's originally bright clothes had become dirty, her hair was messy, and her face was as dirty as a tabby cat, but it was her pair of dark and bright eyes that made Shichu recognize her.
"I...I don't know where to go...I can only follow you..." The little girl clutched the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands, looking nervously at Shichu.
At the beginning, she suddenly had a headache. She was not suitable to be too close to other people as a person who concealed her true gender. Moreover, she was a loner, and she did not have the heart to take in others. She had been able to help her outside Yihong Building before. Despite her rare kindness, she had no intention of helping her now.
"Go back to your home. I see that although the clothes you are wearing are dirty, the fabric is not suitable for ordinary people to wear. Can't you just go back to your home?" Shi Chu stared at her and said.
The little girl's eyes suddenly turned red, and big tears welled up in her eyes: "I can't go home! I was sold by my stepmother. If I go home, she will buy me again."
"Where is your father? He also agreed to sell you?" Shichu asked again.
"He doesn't know, but he won't object... Even if I go back by myself, he will be disgusted with having been to such a dirty place..." the little girl answered with a choked sob.
Shichu immediately rubbed his temples helplessly, come on, it's another example of a stepmother who has a stepfather.
"Then do you have any relatives on your mother's side? For example, your grandmother and uncle?" Shichu had no choice but to continue asking.
The little girl shook her head: "My mother married far away. I have not had much contact with my grandmother's family in the past few years. I can't find her alone. I have no money and the road is dangerous."
"Then you are going to rely on me?" Shi Chu's face was ugly. She hated being plotted and coerced by others. This little girl was indeed miserable, but her misery was not caused by Shi Chu. Shi Chu could help her. So it's enough. Now is she trying to take advantage of her?
Seeing Shichu's face, the little girl obviously knew that she was not popular, but she had no choice. If she didn't do this, she didn't know how she could survive: "I can wash clothes and cook, and I can also feed chickens and cultivate the land. Can you take me in, I can work.”
She stared at Shi Chu very nervously, fearing that she would refuse.
Sure enough, Shichu refused: "No, my family is small, and I am alone. It is already very difficult for me to support myself. It is impossible to support you. You can find another way out. If it doesn't work, go to the village chief. Maybe He can help you."
When the little girl heard Shi Chu's rejection, she immediately felt desperate. However, as soon as she heard that she could go to the village chief, she immediately gained hope and said to Shi Chu eagerly: "Then please take me to the village chief. I beg you."
Shichu nodded: "Follow me."
The little girl immediately seemed to have grasped the last life-saving straw and did not dare to relax at all. She followed Shi Chu closely, and Shi Chu took her to the old village chief's home.
"What are you talking about? This little girl was sold by her stepmother. She finally escaped from the brothel. Now she is homeless. She wants to find a place to stay in our village?" The old village chief was shocked when he heard Shi Chu's words. I almost dropped the cigarette in my hand.
"That's right, Grandpa Village Chief, if I wasn't really helpless, why would I rather escape to a place I'm not familiar with than go home? It's because I will continue to be sold when I go home. Grandpa Village Chief, why don't you? Please be kind enough to take me in. I can work, so you can treat me as a helper..." The little girl quickly seized the opportunity to ask the old village chief.
But the old village chief sighed and said: "Little girl, you overestimate our village. Our village is very poor. If you can have enough food, you are already living a good life in the village. How can you afford to hire a helper?" ?”
"Then, what should I do?" The little girl's eyes suddenly filled with tears again, and she grabbed the old village chief's hand in panic and begged, "I eat well, please don't drive me away, I live in It’s okay in a shabby house, no one needs to hire me, I can help others, as long as they give me a little food..."
The old village chief had seen a lot of poor people in this world, but now he felt uncomfortable seeing the little girl like this. He said, "The village can take you in, but it's up to you whether you can find food."
"Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief! Thank you!" The little girl burst into tears and turned into a smile.
"Don't be too happy. There is a dilapidated old house at the end of the village. It was once lived by an old widow. The old widow passed away a few years ago. Her old house was dilapidated because there were no heirs to inherit it. You can live there. It's just too dilapidated there, so you have to be mentally prepared." The old village chief reminded her.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I don't care, as long as I have a place to stay," the little girl said hurriedly.
At first, I was a little surprised that the old village chief let the little girl stay in the village so easily. After all, when she first came to the village, the people in the village were wary of her for a while, fearing that she was someone with evil intentions. Unexpectedly, this time the little girl just begged a few words and got permission to stay in the village.
But this has nothing to do with Shi Chu. Maybe the old village chief likes this little girl? Or maybe he thinks she is a little girl and has no lethality.
At the beginning, I said goodbye to the old village chief, sent the salt to the aunt's house, and then returned to my home at the foot of the mountain at the end of the village.
After that day, the little girl, now named Xu Jing, stayed in the village. Her appearance made the people in the village curious for several days, but their vigilance was low. The ladies and aunts were still gossiping about her. origin.
Xu Jing, on the other hand, did not hide her origins at all, and spoke very frankly about how she was sold into a brothel by her stepmother and managed to escape. In the end, she did not dare to go home, so she had to settle in Huangshi Village.
The aunties and aunts immediately sympathized with her experience, and they all helped her curse her evil stepmother and biological father with righteous indignation, and comforted her to leave that dark home and live a good life in Huangshi Village...
Xu Jing won everyone's sympathy and was easily accepted by the villagers of Huangshi Village. When she saw a busy house, she went to help others. As expected, others only needed to give her some food, so everyone treated her more Have mercy.
At the beginning, I sometimes saw her carrying water for others with a ferocious look on her face, but she never cried or complained that she was tired. She persisted in doing it even if her hands were worn out. I admired her in my heart. After all, she must have been in a good family before and had never done such tiring work. She has to work hard, but now she can grit her teeth and persevere in order to survive. Such people have a tough mind and a firm will, and their lives will not be too bad in the future.
