Chapter 67: Fireflies
"Woo ......"
After a shrill and angry whimper, the sand foxes turned their heads and galloped into the distant night, and there was no more unsettling breath in the whole world. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Thank you. β
The sand fox dissipated from view, and Chen 12 also fell to the ground, his voice was a little hoarse and his voice was astringent.
"You...... Hurt?"
Probably thinking that Chen 12 was not a threat at this moment, the little girl took a few steps closer.
"Well, a little skin wound, how did you, a little girl, come to this deserted place in the middle of the night. β
The young Chen's 12 didn't know how to chat with the girl's family, so he asked without tactfulness.
Seeing that it was nine or ten o'clock, a little girl had a flashlight tied to her waist, two torches tied to her waist, and a small bulging cloth bag behind her, which looked strange no matter how she looked at it.
Fortunately, this little girl didn't have any fancy intestines, and she didn't feel that this was a disguised interrogation, but she said crisply:
"I blame you, the fireflies are flying away!"
"Fireflies?"
Chen 12 was suddenly a little confused, there was neither vegetation nor water in the desert, where would there be fireflies.
"yes, fireflies. β
The little girl turned on the flashlight tied to her waist and shone it on a position less than a hundred meters behind her, and there was a faint flow of light.
"Let's go, I'll take you over to clean your wounds. β
The two of them kept a distance of more than two meters and walked towards the position where there were waves, slowly approaching the water, Chen 12 saw more and more clearly, the area was less than 3 meters, and the depth was about ten centimeters. It is estimated that it was the rain that had fallen before, and for some unknown reason, it had just accumulated water there, and even if it did not leak down, it would be evaporated when the sun rose tomorrow morning.
"So, you're here...... Wait, fireflies?"
Tatsushi 12 cautiously probed.
"yes, I've been looking for this place for a long time!"
The little girl said very happily, and then, there was a sense of loss in her tone:
"Unfortunately, I just turned on the flashlight and lit the torch, and the fireflies were scared away. β
Looking at the little girl's pink face was full of regret for a while, Chen 12 instantly didn't know how to tell the little girl the fact that there would be no fireflies in the desert, but if the little girl didn't realize this fact, I'm afraid that after the next rain, she would still go out at night, there are too many unknown dangers in the desert at night, and it is by no means a place for this little girl to stay, not every time she can be lucky to avoid those dangers.
Carefully weighing his tone, Chen 12 guided as gently as possible:
"So, who told you that there are fireflies here?"
"Mom, Mom said, fireflies live near large areas of plants and near water, but there are no plants in the desert. β
Looking at the little girl's serious explanation, the corners of Chen 12's mouth couldn't help but appear with a wry smile.
The answer was the correct answer, but the little girl's understanding made him unable to refute it, he couldn't deny the existence of water in the desert, right? However, how can he explain that this water is not the other? In the eyes of children, the words of parents are always not wrong. What's more, he knows how to machine knives and guns, and knows how to survive in the wild, but he can't cover the various internal relationships between organisms and the environment.
"Did Mom ever see fireflies?"
Perhaps, attacking the shield with the spear of the other can dispel the little girl's desire to go out to see the fireflies at night.
"Mom, of course Mom has seen it. β
The little girl raised her little face and said seriously.
ββ¦β¦β
Choked on the little girl's words, the next words to continue in my mind just turned around in my head, and I swallowed it back into my stomach in the blink of an eye.
"Did you see Mom in the desert?"
Gritting his teeth, Chen 12 sacrificed a nirvana, if the little girl's mother lied, then he would only have to talk to her mother when he sent the little girl home. In any case, you can't fool a child that there are fireflies in the desert, doesn't that put her in danger?
"Mom saw it at her home. β
Hearing this, the little girl lowered her head and muttered, followed by her, she pouted again:
"But there is no plant in the desert, but there is water. β
Apparently, she was a little unconvinced, trying to prove that her perception was not wrong.
"Mom's home, it's not here. β
Staring at the little girl's sudden stubborn appearance, Chen 12 sighed secretly.
If the family was not here, but now they are settled in this desert, there is only one reason - trafficking. No one will take the initiative to settle in the desert, even if it is love, they will still try their best to dissuade the other side from staying in a place where there are mountains and rivers, well, fireflies can be seen. Only women who have been trafficked here will be forced to stay.
The land is so barren, backward in thinking, and patriarchal in preference for women, which also leads to a serious imbalance in the ratio of men to women, and there are too many older men, which leads to this criminal but repeatedly banned illegal activities. All in all, he'd heard too much, and the more remote it was, the more commonplace it was.
"How do you know? Yes, my mother's home is not here, my mother's home is in Suhu, and my mother said that it was a very beautiful place, but unfortunately, she could never go back. β
Suddenly, the little girl lowered her head and began to sob.
"You, don't cry...... There are no fireflies tonight, so I'll sing you a song about fireflies. β
Without waiting for the little girl to nod in agreement, Chen 12 began to sing on her own:
"The black sky hangs low,
Worms fly, worms fly,
Who are you missing,
The stars in the sky weep,
The roses of the earth wither,
The cold wind blows, the cold wind blows,
As long as I have you with me......
Insects fly, flowers sleep
One pair after another is beautiful
Don't be afraid of the dark,
I'm afraid of heartbreak,
Whether tired or not,
It doesn't matter ...... the south, south, west, and west."
I don't know if it was because of the rain earlier, but at this time, the bright starry sky common in the desert in the sky became foggy, and only a few lights occasionally flashed.
It's just that, as Chen 12 chanted non-stop, perhaps the clouds in the sky evaporated more and more, and actually became more and more shiny, opening up the incomparable magnificence, far better than the fairyland.
"You sing so well, Mom will love this song. β
The little girl tilted her neck and looked at the young man not far from her, and slowly turned into starry eyes, and there was a color called worship under her eyes.
"Then when you get home, sing it to your mother. β
A gentle smile overflowed from his lips, and Tatsu 12 said softly. He really wanted to go over and rub the little girl's head, he didn't have any other thoughts, and it wasn't complicated, but he thought the little girl in front of him was very cute.
"Mom couldn't hear me. β
Hearing Chen 12's gentle words, the little girl stopped crying, and like a pearl with a broken thread, it ticked down, blending into the sand, silent.
If you can't hear it, you're dead.
Finding that he had touched the wound in the little girl's heart again, Chen 12 scratched the back of his head, and in an instant, he only felt that he was very clumsy.
"Don't cry, let's make an agreement?"
Chen 12, who has been accompanied by knives and guns, and survives in danger, doesn't know when he became so naΓ―ve.
"What agreement?"
The little girl raised her head and said with tears in her eyes.
"Don't cry, one day, I'll take you to the desert to see fireflies. β
"Really?"
"Really, but we said okay, until I took you to see it, you weren't allowed to sneak out at night alone. β
"Hmm......"
The little girl seemed to think for a long time, and it seemed to be only for a moment, and finally, she nodded her little head like a chicken pecking rice, and said very seriously:
"Okay! Pull the hook hook, the hook will not change for a hundred years!"
"Well, the hook hanging will not change for a hundred years!"
"Ah, you still have blood on your hands, I said I would take you to clean up the blood. β
"Uh......"
How should a young girl who is not yet thirteen years old explain to a little girl who is not yet thirteen years old that rainwater contains many impurities, and these bacteria can cause wound infection?
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The lyrics are less than 100 words, the whole chapter is 2300+, and the shackles are not hydrographic~