"Uncle, didn't we say okay before we left, I'll give you a bag of rice, and you took me to Shiyuan County by the way, why did you put me down here?" Wu Xinlian tried her best to calm the anger in her heart, and showed how a ten-year-old girl should respond to an emergency, only to see that there was no other expression on her face except surprise and incomprehension.

In her previous life, she had been the mayor's wife all the way, and after only half a year of rebirth, Wu Xinlian regained her old forbearance and good temper.

"Yes, we originally said okay, you give me a bag of rice, and I will take you all the way, but when I was in Liu'an County, didn't you just give me half a bag of rice? This is about to arrive in Ishihara County, what if you suddenly run away for me as soon as you arrive at the place, you are so big, and the people will be gone, where can I find you to ask for the remaining half a bag of rice?" The coachman driving the carriage had a Chinese face, a beard, a tall horse, and looked at Wu Xinlian condescendingly.

Wu Xinlian heard this, covered the burden in her arms, and grabbed her hand tighter: "Uncle, I am a little girl, how fast can I run again, how can I not outrun you, besides, how can I run, when I arrive in Shiyuan County, there are relatives who will pick me up, do I still need to run?"

"That's not easy to say, you see that your burden is so big, it's great to be able to fit half a bag of rice. I don't believe it, you don't bring anything but my half bag of rice. In this case, you open your baggage and show it to me, if there is really half a bag of rice in it, give it to me first, and I will collect the balance before I can continue to carry you. The coachman said with a smile on his face, but it was a pity that he was too burly, and he wanted to pretend to be kind, but he also looked hideous.

Wu Xinlian was a little in a dilemma, she couldn't believe this coachman in her selfish heart, a bag of rice was already a lot of money at this time, even if it was half a bag of rice, he would not lose money by sending himself all the way from Liu'an County to Shiyuan County, but when he was about to reach his destination, he stopped and asked for the remaining half bag of rice, what his intentions were were already very straightforward. Either I want to let myself obediently hand over everything to him, or I am afraid that when I get to the station, I will come to pick up my relatives to pay the bills. But there are no relatives to pick him up at all, if it weren't for the fear that they would bully him for his young age, he wouldn't have made up a powerful relative to come out.

"Now this situation is really tricky, give him something, it is equivalent to revealing his wealth, not giving it to him, in case he really throws himself in this wilderness. Wu Xinlian was entangled in her heart.

"Uncle, don't worry, as long as your half bag of rice arrives, I will definitely give it to you, but I really don't have a reason to turn over this burden to you, not to mention that there are some things that are inconvenient for girls to show others. That relative of mine works in Ishihara Prefecture, and if you sent me there, he would definitely be grateful to you. Wu Xinlian bit to death and refused to let go to pay the rest of the fare.

The aunt next to her also helped: "I said Lao Huang, it's not easy for a little girl, not to mention that people promised to go to the place to make up for you, even if you don't make up for it, you won't lose, it's half a bag of rice." The other people in the car also followed suit, "Can people rest assured that a little girl is going out, there must be reliable relatives to pick you up, you can rest assured." ”

In fact, the other people in the car didn't give much fare, and when I heard that this little girl actually agreed to give a bag of rice at this time, I felt that it must be a child with a background in the family. Everyone is willing to do things that sell personal favors.

The coachman originally wanted to deceive the little girl, after all, such a big child knows something, and he will hand over the things when he is scared, but he doesn't want this child to be very clever, and other passengers also follow the persuasion, so he had to continue on the road: "Okay, look at you little girl, but you can't pay the bill when you get to the place." ”

"Rest assured, nothing is missing from you. Wu Xinlian felt that she had escaped, but when she thought of the powerful relatives she had made up, she was very apprehensive, and she could only take one step at a time. Thinking like this, he leaned back to the aunt who spoke for him before.

"Little girl, how can the people in your family rest assured that you came out alone to find relatives, what about your parents?" asked an enthusiastic aunt next to Wu Xinlian.

"Before my brother was sick, my mother took my brother to the provincial capital to see a doctor, my father is long gone, I am alone at home, my mother left me something before leaving, let me go to Ishihara County to find my uncle first. Wu Xinlian smiled softly at her aunt.

Wu Xinlian can't forget what Wu's mother threw herself on the way to escape in her previous life. At that time, Wu Xinlian's younger brother was sick, and Wu's mother sold all her jewelry in exchange for medicine, but all the valuable things were changed for medicine, where did the money come from to buy food, not to mention that the food at that time was fried to sky-high prices.

When there was no food, everyone dug up wild vegetables to eat, and when the wild vegetables were dug up, even the bark and roots were robbed. I was so hungry for so many days that I didn't even have the strength to stand up. At this time, there was a lady in the team who escaped from the famine, and said to Wu Xinlian that as long as she followed her, she would be able to eat white noodles every day, and there would be a meat dish every other day. What can an eleven or twelve-year-old country girl know, Wu Xinlian at that time only thought about filling her stomach every day, and she didn't even go out of the house a few times. Of course, I was very happy to want to follow each other, and the little girl was still puzzled why her mother and brother couldn't go with her when she was taken away.

In that aunt's house, most of them are girls who are a few years older than Wu Xinlian, everyone calls this aunt "mother", after staying, Wu Xinlian really had a quiet time not to worry about eating, as long as she does the rough work she can do every day, she can eat to her heart's content. Until one day she helped "mother" carry water, and before she entered the house, she heard her name mentioned inside: "That Wu Xinlian, sure enough, is a girl from the countryside, I don't know what you do, mother, and treat you as a living bodhisattva every day, but also, she can live a good life now, but she is not entrusted to you, a living bodhisattva." A voice inside laughed to "Mommy." Although she didn't know the meaning of her words, Wu Xinlian still stopped, did not enter the house, but stopped breathing under the eaves.

"You little hoof, it's okay to joke with me, but don't talk nonsense in front of her, when the time comes, people haven't taught well, so they will run away first, I'm not a chicken and a chicken. But this girl, really a bit stupid, and thought that she left her mother and brother to live a good life with us, until now I don't know that she was sold to me by her mother, so black and thin also asked me for two bags of millet, I don't know when I will be able to return to the book. "Mom" finished speaking, and she smiled.

Hearing this, Wu Xinlian didn't understand it anymore, it wasn't that she was shallow, but really stupid. She has always felt very guilty, she left her mother and brother in order to fill her stomach, but she suddenly found that she was the one who was sold, and her heart was very complicated.

If it weren't for the accidental opening of the portable space later, Wu Xinlian didn't know what her future would become. The space is still a jade pendant given by "Mom" in order to reward her for her diligence. As soon as she saw this jade pendant at that time, Wu Xinlian had a voice in her heart telling her that this thing was very important to her. The first time she entered the carry-on space, she thought she had arrived in a fairyland, the space was the size of a football field, with fruit trees that were growing well and flowers that she couldn't even name.

Later, with the function of space to hide people, she successfully evaded the pursuit sent by "Mom". fled all the way to the capital with the crowd.

In this life, in order to avoid the crowd fleeing the famine and to go to the capital to find Zhou Hao as soon as possible, Wu Xinlian decided to go on the road alone. Before leaving, she left two large bags of rice and a bag of flour in the kitchen at home, and quietly left at night when no one was looking.

The carriage was getting closer and closer to Ishihara County, and Wu Xinlian's heart was getting more and more anxious. Outside the county gate of Ishihara Prefecture, dozens of horse-drawn carriages were parked, all of which were people traveling with large bags and small bags. At this time, almost all the people who went to other places knew some news, and everyone left their hometowns and planned to live in other places early.

Among the crowds lining up to enter the county gate, there was a family that was very conspicuous, not because of the exquisite clothes, but because of the difference in their demeanor. The man who is obviously the head of the family is wearing a long shirt, although he is dressed as a country man, but he has the demeanor of a mature man, and the wife next to him is only wearing an extremely ordinary gown, but it looks more elegant than the average village woman, and the boys on both sides are tall, and the youngest little girl looks at it with pity: the cheeks are slightly baby fat, the eyebrows are black, and the big moving eyes are like deer, and the aura is very high. This is exactly Tang Qing's family.

The sharp-eyed Wu Xinlian saw Tang Qing at a glance, and she jumped out of the carriage excitedly, "Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing, it's me." ”

Tang Qing looked at Wu Xinlian who ran over, and his heart was a little broken.

"You are a relative of this little girl, she still owes me half a bag of rice, if you don't give it to me, don't let any of you want to leave. The coachman who brought Wu Xinlian over chased after him and said to Tang's father.

Father Tang was a little stunned.

"Well, here, I owe you half a bag of rice, you take it. Wu Xinlian pulled out half a bag of rice from the burden she was holding tightly in her arms and handed it to the coachman.

"Xinlian, why are you here alone?" Mother Tang gently pulled Wu Xinlian and smiled gently.

"Aunt Tang, I really can't live at home, you know, my mother only has my brother in her heart, this time my brother is sick, she actually wants to sell me for money. In the past, I was her own daughter, and I could only endure it, but I really didn't want to be sold, so I had to escape by myself. Tang Xinlian said, her eyes wet.

"After all, what happened in my previous life, I'm not a liar, and besides, I left enough food for my family before I left, which is also considered benevolent. Wu Xinlian explained for herself in her heart.

Tang's mother looked at Wu Xinlian's tears in her eyes, and her heart was a little touched: "You child, why are you so stubborn, there is something that can't be discussed with your mother, how can parents in the world be so ruthless, if you run out alone, she can't worry about death." Otherwise, I'll ask someone to send a message to your mother and see what she has to say, okay?"

"No, Aunt Tang, you must not sue my mother, if my mother finds me, she must kill me, she is determined to sell me, I can't go back, Aunt Tang, I beg you." I have hands and feet, and I can't live innocently anywhere, don't let me go back. After that, Tang Xinlian made a gesture to kneel down to Tang's mother.

"Alas, you child, get up, get up, you can't just kneel down for others in the future. Okay, since you've made up your mind, I won't care about it, auntie. "Tang's mother is a little distressed, such a young child goes out alone.

"The child's father, or take the child with him on the road. She is alone, and we can't rest assured. Tang's mother shook Tang's father's hand.

In the face of Tang's mother's gentle inquiry, Tang's father would of course only nod and say yes.