Withered leaves falling all over the ground. The autumn wind is getting colder and the clothes are thin and difficult to resist.
The old streets are deep and long. Even so, it still retains its cold prosperity.
On the street, people were coming and going, shouting and noisy, and pedestrians were passing by in a hurry, but it was hard to see life.
From time to time, the horse's hooves trample heavily, causing a few ripples in the dullness, making people stop. As soon as the fierce horse passed by, a piece of dust was kicked up, and the onlookers bowed their heads and left again.
Ahem!
After coughing a few times, the little boy waved his fist and looked at the person and horse who quickly disappeared, but his eyes were extremely envious.
"Sooner or later, I will be able to gallop here like him!" the little boy said to himself.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Suddenly, at this time, two shouts came from not far away. The boy looked and saw a carriage speeding toward him.
The boy spat softly and quickly hid aside.
Looking at the majestic expeller, the boy's eyes were full of envy.
"Step aside!"
The carriage driver shouted again, and the boy looked up, only to see a little girl panicking not far from him. Looking at the approaching carriage, the little girl panicked, lost her footing, and fell to the ground.
"Step aside!"
Seeing that the carriage was getting closer and closer to the little girl, but without any intention of stopping, the little boy gritted his teeth and rushed out, grabbed the little girl and hurriedly avoided it.
"court death!"
An angry shout sounded behind the boy, and then, with the crack of a whip, the boy screamed and fell to the ground.
In such a scene, although there were many pedestrians on the street, they all just glanced at the little boy and then left one after another.
There was a burning pain on his back, and the boy was covered in sweat as he lay on the ground and kept wailing. Blood oozed from his tattered clothes, and there was blood from his mouth. The boy endured it for a while, and then he finally regained his breath.
Sitting on the ground, as soon as the intense pain passed, the boy quickly looked around. Not long after, he saw something on the ground not far from him that was covered with soil and wrapped in oil paper.
The boy stood up quickly, and when he struggled, the wound on his back was involved, making him grimace in pain.
After a few jogs, the boy came to the oil paper wrapping, quickly picked it up, and carefully wiped off the dirt on it.
Only then did the boy have time to look at the little girl he had saved before.
"Aren't you leaving yet?" the boy asked.
The girl didn't answer, just looked at the boy blankly.
Looking at the little girl carefully, she looked like she was seven or eight years old. Her little face was dirty, her ill-fitting dress was in tatters, and her bare feet were shaking a little in the cool autumn wind.
Under such circumstances, the boy still didn't know what was going on with the little girl.
Glancing at the bun wrapped in oil paper in his hand, the boy hesitated for a moment, opened the oil paper package, separated half of it with some distress, and handed it to the little girl.
When the little girl saw this, a smile immediately appeared on her face. She quickly stepped forward, took the bun and stuffed it into her mouth.
Within a few bites, the little girl had eaten all the half of the bun.
"Slow down!" the boy said quickly.
However, it was still a step too late, and the little girl retched, obviously being choked.
The boy quickly patted the girl's back. After a while, the girl calmed down and looked at the boy with a sweet smile.
"Okay, I've eaten the buns. Let's go home quickly." The boy said.
The girl paused, glanced at the boy, then lowered her head and turned away.
Seeing the girl leaving, the boy hissed, carefully touched his back, and then turned around and left.
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go.
However, after taking a few steps, the boy turned around again.
I saw the little girl following a few steps behind me.
"Why are you following me? Go home quickly." The boy said.
The girl lowered her head, looking pitiful, and did not answer or leave.
Seeing this, the boy had no choice but to come to the girl and said: "I haven't eaten for a day or two. I finally gave you half of the buns that others gave me. I am also very hungry."
The girl's little hands were folded together, looking pitiful and helpless.
Seeing the girl's look, the boy couldn't bear it. After hesitating for a moment, he took out the oil paper bag again, divided half of the buns inside and gave it to the girl.
Seeing that there was still a small piece of bun left in the oil paper bag, the boy felt very sad.
However, after waiting for a while, seeing that the girl did not reach out to take it, the boy asked: "No?"
"I'm not hungry anymore." The girl lowered her head and whispered.
"Then why are you following me?" the boy asked.
The girl hesitated for a moment and then said: "I don't have a home."
The boy was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where is your family?"
The girl lowered her head and said pitifully: "I have no family."
The boy couldn't bear it, looked at the girl, hesitated for a while, then took the girl's hand and said, "Come with me."
A faint smile appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth, she let the boy pull her and followed him away.
After walking for a long time, the boy took the girl out of the city gate. After walking for a long time, he came to a small dilapidated temple.
"This is where I live. No one has come to this temple for a long time. You can live here too from now on," the boy said.
The girl looked around, and then cautiously moved closer to the boy.
It was getting late, the surroundings were dark, and the statues enshrined in the temple were quite scary, which made the girl a little scared.
Seeing this, the boy smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. I heard that this temple is dedicated to a god and will protect us."
The girl was obviously still a little scared, holding on to the boy's clothes with her little hands and refusing to let go.
The boy had no choice but to pull the girl to the nest he had made with thatch behind the statue.
"You can sleep here tonight, and I will make another bed for you tomorrow." The boy said.
The girl hummed and sat down carefully, but she still held on to the boy's clothes.
"I'll sleep next to you, don't be afraid," the boy said.
The girl looked at the boy pitifully without saying a word.
The boy refused to let go when he saw the girl. When the boy was about to speak again, he heard the girl whisper: "I'm scared."
"What are you afraid of? I've lived here alone for a long time. It's okay." The boy said.
Looking at the boy pitifully, the girl had a look of pleading in her eyes.
Seeing this, the boy hesitated for a moment, and then said in desperation, "Okay, I'll accompany you."
The girl smiled happily.
In the thatched nest, the boy was lying on his stomach, and the girl was lying beside him. It was dark all around, and the chirping of insects could be heard from time to time, which scared the girl and moved as close to the boy as possible.
Seeing that the girl still looked scared, the boy held the girl's little hand.
"What's your name?" the boy asked.
"Xi...Xi'er." the girl said.
"Xi'er? It sounds pretty good." The boy said.
"What about you? What's your name?" the girl asked.
"Me, I don't know what my last name is, I just remember
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Someone must have called me Chen'er. " said the boy.
The girl hesitated for a moment, thought about it again, and then said: "Then I will call you brother from now on, okay?"
The boy smiled and said, "Okay, I can't wait to have an extra sister."
The girl smiled sweetly.
"Brother, I'm afraid." The girl said.
The boy hesitated for a moment, struggled to turn sideways, and held the girl in his arms.
"Don't be afraid, brother is here." The boy said.
The gentle warmth made the girl feel at ease. After a while, she snuggled into the boy's arms and fell asleep.
The dusk is dark and the crescent moon is high. A small temple, with orphans as companions.
There is a slight cool autumn breeze, and the body is curled up. Thatch keeps out the cold and keeps each other warm.
The next day!
The girl opened her hazy eyes and looked at the surrounding environment. She was stunned for a moment, but then she thought of what was going on and quickly looked aside.
There is so much noise around me!
"Brother!" the girl called quickly.
No one answered!
The girl called again several times, but still no one responded.
The girl felt a little anxious and hurried to the lobby of the small temple.
Looking around, she didn't find the boy, but when she looked at the statue enshrined in the lobby, she was so frightened that she quickly took a few steps back.
"elder brother!"
The girl's eyes were panicked, her little face was pitiful, and she had a strong sense of grievance.
Thinking that the boy didn't want her anymore, the girl's clear eyes shed two lines of tears.
The girl hugged her knees and waited in front of the temple for a while. Then she wiped the tears from her eyes and walked outside.
Looking around, the girl didn't know which direction to turn.
Yesterday, she just followed the boy. The girl felt so at ease that she didn't think much about it and didn't remember the way she came.
Feeling anxious, the girl was so anxious that she shed tears again.
"Brother, where are you? Xi'er is so scared."
"Brother, don't leave Xi'er alone, Xi'er is afraid."
"Xi'er is not greedy. Xi'er can get food by herself. Brother, come out quickly."
"Brother, please Xi'er, don't leave me. Xi'er is so scared."
...
The girl kept muttering, and she was so frightened that she ran away in panic.
After crossing the thatched slopes that were taller than her body and running through the uninhabited mountains, the girl came to a deserted small village.
There was silence all around, the mud courtyard wall collapsed, the stone paths were covered with moss, and there was an occasional house, but it was eerie when looking inside. The girl was so frightened that her body trembled slightly, and she ran away with a panicked look on her face.
Ohh Ohh ohh......
The girl ran and cried at the same time, her dirty little face turned into the shape of a little cat under the intertwining of tears and little hands.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Brother, Xi'er knows that she was wrong. Xi'er is afraid. Don't abandon Xi'er."
"Xi'er will be good. Brother, where are you? Come out quickly."
...
Stumbling along the way, the moss on the ground was slippery, and her tears blocked her vision, causing the girl to fall down from time to time.
His knees were scraped, his bare feet were bleeding, and the palms of his two little hands were dripping with blood.
The girl kept crying and just kept running forward, seemingly unaware of the danger coming behind her.
Just when the girl fell down again, a black shadow suddenly rushed out of the grass and rushed towards the girl.
...
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