After Lin Jie wiped her mouth, she really asked the proprietress to charge the phone, and then after turning it on, everything in it was good, but there was not a penny in it, and she felt a little sad in an instant.

The phone was left and she walked out of the restaurant.

I'm afraid she's the first person to exchange her mobile phone for food.

This is the first time that Lin Jie has experienced poverty, and even eating and lodging is a big problem.

The town at night is not much different from the city, the lights are everywhere, and there is a feeling that it is more peaceful than the city, because the countryside is now developing well, so it is also beginning to be lively at night.

Lin Jie walked down the street casually, the door of the store was wide open, the lights were shining, she was walking slowly on the side of the road alone, and suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums, and she was also attracted.

"Don't miss it when you pass by, come and take a look, the Jiaqing Acrobatic Troupe is here to perform acrobatics. A middle-aged man shouted loudly while striking a gong.

The people who wandered on the street couldn't help but be attracted by the sound, and the aunts who danced square dances in the evening also stopped dancing, turned off the music, and walked along.

In the open space ahead, a temporary stage was erected, and there were people on the stage wearing performance costumes and others preparing.

Lin Jie was still in place and didn't have time to leave, when she was pushed heavily by the person behind her, she was about to get angry, but the person had already run away, and she was suffocated in her heart and panicked.

Because Lin Jie had been in the Lin family before, everything she wanted to do was arranged by her father and stepmother, and she had never come out to shop, and she had never seen a real acrobatic performance.

So following the footsteps of everyone, she also walked forward, squeezed many times, and finally stood in the closest position to the stage.

However, as soon as Lin Jie walked in, he saw a little boy with chains on his hands and feet, and was beaten out with a whip from behind the platform, the little boy was extremely slow, but the whip hit him, he didn't cry, he didn't shout, he just gritted his teeth and frowned.

The little boy got closer and closer, and Lin Jie saw a pair of desperate eyes, it was the boy who was in tatters, no shoes, a pair of little feet were scratched, and a bloody footprint was walked out in one step, but the person who beat him behind him still turned a blind eye.

He was pulled to the middle of the stage, and the middle-aged man who struck the gong put down the gong in his hand, then picked up the ten small bowls next to him and walked to the little boy, bent down and whispered in the little boy's ear: "You give me a good performance, if you smash the performance, Lao Tzu will abolish you." ”

The little boy took the bowl, and the middle-aged man untied his bracelet and anklet, then took a few steps back, and this time, it was quiet.

The little boy looked up at the people in the audience, and then looked at the bowl in his hand, and then stretched out a toe, put the bowl on the tip of a house, raised his foot and threw it, "pop", the bowl fell to the ground, and the little boy's body shook because of the unstable center of gravity.

As soon as he stood firm, the whip came to him, and he was still numb.

Someone in the audience couldn't see it, so they said: "Boss, he's such a little kid, but he made a mistake, why did you hit him?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man raised his head and said angrily: "If you don't fight, you won't be successful, I tell you, I just beat him, and you think I'm too heavy, but do you know that his mother harmed our village, and now there are only a few of us left, and the others have no survivors." ”

"What? The man listened to the middle-aged man's words and looked surprised.

"His mother was a vixen, from another province, and she slept all the men in our village, and soon the men spread the disease to their wives, and then they all died of diseases. ”

Now, no one is making a noise......

The middle-aged man looked at the little boy, glared at him and said, "So, I took him in and gave him food, which is considered sorry for him, he is actually half my enemy, there is a saying, the father and the son repay the debt, but what about the mother's debt? ”

"His poor mother, who gave birth to him, died in childbirth. ”

"And my brother and sister died at a young age because of his mother. The more the middle-aged man spoke, the more angry his eyes became, and as he spoke, he raised the whip in his hand and hit the little man hard.

From beginning to end, the little boy did not change, his face was always numb and indifferent, except that when the whip fell on him, he shrunk his neck.

"I'll tell you, this wild seed can do any job, and if you're in a bad mood, you can take out your anger on him. As he spoke, the middle-aged man didn't seem to want him to perform acrobatics, he looked at the audience happily, "Who of you wants such a person, someone who can do hard work, someone who can beat and scold, and moreover, he can perform a little acrobatics." ”

"Whoever takes a fancy to it, make a price, I sold him today, and I am upset to look at it. ”

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, the people in the audience no longer had any sympathy for the boy, after all, his mother had harmed so many people, and this was just a wild seed left by his mother and people, not even his father.

Everyone was indignant for the middle-aged man, but among all of them, only Lin Jie was pale, just a child of a few years old, what did he do wrong? The wrong person was his mother, so he deserved to bear so much?

All his life, he has been abused since birth, and he didn't even have time to look at his own relatives.

Her mother is hateful, but he is treated as a plaything, how innocent?

"Does anyone buy it? Reserve price: 5,000 yuan. ”

For a while, the audience was silent......

Soon a middle-aged woman spoke up, "In that case, I'll pay 5,500 to buy him." Presumably because he was pitiful to the boy, he whispered.

Then the middle-aged man asked, "Is there anyone else who wants to buy? If you miss this village, there will be no such store." ”

Lin Jie stood aside, couldn't help but feel cold, this is a society under the rule of law, but this is openly doing business transactions, is a life worth 5500? !

Lin Jie looked at the boy, still didn't react, it is estimated that he is numb because he often faces this kind of thing, the place where he was whipped keeps bleeding, his face is not dark, and he only has a pair of big eyes looking at everyone in the audience.

Just when Lin Jie thought that the child was going to be bought by a middle-aged woman, a person came in behind, and those surrounding also stood separately and made a way.

"Isn't this Master Zhou, what's the matter, you're also here to see the excitement?" someone in the crowd shouted.

"Isn't it lively here, I'm bored at home alone, I also want to come to be lively, what are you doing? The glasses Master Zhou slowly walked to the front and asked casually.

"The owner of the acrobatic troupe wants to sell this child, he is his enemy, he bid 5,000 yuan, and someone has already offered 5,500, no, they are ready to trade successfully. The crowd answered the words of this old man Zhou.

After the people in the crowd finished speaking, the old man immediately stepped forward, took off his glasses and wiped them well, then looked at the little boy, and said with a smile: "I will buy him for 10,000 yuan." ”

Lin Jie, who was standing behind, looked at this old man who was over half a hundred years old, his hair was gray, and he looked amiable, and thought to himself, this child was bought by him at a high price, and he should live a good life, after all, just look at his clothes, and he opened such a high price as soon as he came, his family is still not poor.

At this time, Lin Jie looked at the old man Zhou, who was trading with the owner of the acrobatic troupe, but her ears heard a conversation behind her: "I once heard people say, this old man Zhou, don't look amiable on the outside, but it is dark in private." ”

"How?"

"I once heard the nanny who took care of him at his house say that this old man has no other hobbies, he likes to play, and he still plays that kind of thing..... You know, I've heard that he likes both men and women, and the younger he gets, the more he loves it. ”

"Isn't it, he's got one foot in the coffin, and he still likes to play with those? ”

"People who play now, aren't there a lot of tools to help, people can't do it, then the tools are on top, it's too old and disrespectful. ”

After Lin Jie heard this, she looked frightened, looked at Uncle Zhou, and found that his eyes had been on the little boy all the time, and he also touched that face, it was just ......

A word instantly popped up in my mind: prostitution, this week's uncle actually has such a hobby.