Chapter 5: First Encounter

I bought five catties of rice, used up 50 Wen, bought one catty of flour, 14 Wen, and bought some seasoning at Yingqi's request.

The seasonings in this world are too cheap, and I bought a lot of them to use up 5 cents. Ying Qi sighed.

If you buy something from the east to the west, it's evening time in the blink of an eye.

In addition, Zhou Chungui also wanted to buy some sugar for Zhou Zhao's family, so he went to the only pastry shop.

When bargaining with the store, Fu Yi and Ying Qi were drilling around in the crowd, because it was not far from her father, and Zhou Chungui didn't care about the two.

"Brother, look at that. Ying Qi pointed to a wood carving stall. There are wooden knives, wooden swords, wooden boxes, wooden slingshots and other small wooden carvings.

Ying Qi thought it should be something that boys liked. Special for my brother.

Sure enough, as soon as Fu Yi saw it, his eyes lit up, and he pulled his sister, and the two of them interspersed through the cracks in the crowd.

"Ouch!" Ying Qi felt like she had hit someone.

When I looked up, it was a middle-aged man carrying a little boy on his back, both of whom were dressed in tatters. However, it seemed that it was the sun, and Ying Qi felt that there seemed to be a flash of light on the little boy's body.

"How do you walk!" Fu Yi saw that his sister was bumped, and the middle-aged man was still looking around, without apologetic expression at all.

"Get out of the way, you didn't see it yourself, what's the matter with me. The man saw that it was two children, and he was very arrogant. But he was still looking left and right, and seemed a little panicked.

As he spoke, he left in a hurry, ignoring Fu Yi and the others at all. The boy on his back seemed to be sleeping again, motionless.

"Brother, let's go. Forget it!"

Fu Yi was a little angry, but when he saw that his sister said so, and that person also ran away, he had to forget it, so he planned to go to the wood carving stall.

"Huh!" Ying Qi walked forward just now, where the middle-aged man had just walked, and suddenly seemed to be stepping on something. When I looked down, it was a green thing.

She bent down to pick it up. Crystal clear, green light, like a piece of jade.

It's weird, how can this town have such fancy things.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Fu Yi also stopped when he saw her bending down.

"It's okay, brother, let's go back to Daddy first, okay?" Ying Qi thought about it, feeling that something was not right.

The middle-aged man and the little boy were dressed very shabby just now, but they should have seen this piece of jade, because the bright light on the boy's body before, if it was this piece of jade, it would be reasonable.

And the boy was motionless, not like he was falling asleep naturally, as if he was sick and sleepy.

In her previous society, Ying Qi felt that the most frightening thing in society was the loss of children. Did you also meet the crutches of the ancients?

The more I think about it, the more I feel that there is a problem, how much the abducted child suffers, and Yingqi knows best.

"Brother, let's go find Daddy. Without waiting to explain anything to Fu Yi, she immediately took the initiative to pull Fu Yi back to Zhou Chungui.

It just so happened that Zhou Chungui also bought two taels of sugar.

"Dad, come with us. Ying Qi pulled Zhou Chungui and left.

"Dad, I'm afraid that kid has met a kidnapper. Let's check with you, shall we?"

"Okay. When Zhou Chungui heard this, he was startled, he was a person with children, so without saying a word, he immediately followed the two of them in the direction they saw the middle-aged man leaving.

After chasing for half an hour, the sky was a little dark. They finally saw the middle-aged man.

Now far from the market, he was at the source of the moat, a small waterfall, and a deep pool below.

Speaking of depth, adults can swim in general, but if it is not deep, it is dangerous for children to fall into it if they go to play.

They saw the man stop. The three of them quickly moved away, hiding in an overgrown weed, and put their things in the haystack.

The man put the little boy down, muttered a few words, far away, and listened vaguely to the wind: "Don't blame me, blame yourself for your own origin"

Then he threw the child into a waterhole.

Ying Qi and the three of them were terrified. Zhou Chungui hurriedly turned around and covered the mouths of the two children, afraid that their voices would alarm the man.

The middle-aged man seemed to be a little scared himself, and when he saw that the little boy had completely fallen into the waterhole and could not see anyone, he turned around and ran in the direction of the market.

After all, this was the end of the direction, and no matter where he wanted to go back, he had to return to the market before setting off.

He passed by Ying Qi and them, but did not notice them.

It wasn't until they couldn't see him that Zhou Chungui and the three of them immediately ran towards the waterhole.

Zhou Chungui took off his coat and shoes and jumped directly into the pool.

In early spring, the water in the pool is still very cold, but saving people is important. Fu Yi and Ying Qi were both watching nervously at the edge of the pool.

Soon, Zhou Chungui caught the little boy.

Fortunately, Zhou Chungui actually knows water. However, Yingqi's family is next to a stream, so it is normal for her father and brother to know how to water.

As soon as the little boy fished it up, Zhou Chungui touched his breath and didn't breathe.

"Oops, hopeless. Zhou Chungui was a little regretful, but there was nothing to be done. After all, they waited for the man to run away before coming, delaying the time.

"Alas!" Zhou Chungui put down the little boy and turned to put on his clothes, while Fu Yi helped his father with his hair.

Ying Qi hurried over. When I touched it, it seemed that I was suffocated because of the water.

Ying Qi looked at Zhou Chungui and Fu Yi, but they didn't pay attention to themselves.

Quickly bent over and naturally performed artificial respiration. Then press the boy's chest.

After tossing back and forth like this a few times, the boy let out a "wow" and spit out a large mouthful of water, then spit out a few more mouthfuls of water, and finally breathed.

"Sister!" "Sister Qi!" Zhou Chungui and his son heard the boy's voice, and then hurriedly turned around and saw Ying Qi pressing on the boy's chest.

"Dad, he's fine. Ying Qi waved to them casually, "Come and see him." Zhou Chungui and the two walked over.

"I guess I was choked by the water just now. I patted him on the chest. It's like I usually choke, and my mother pats me. Ying Qi said in innocent words.

Zhou Chungui and Fu Yi thought about it, how could they think that their daughter and sister would have such a method, they really know, and it is strange if they are not scared.

Zhou Chungui hurriedly helped the little boy up and patted him on the back again, the boy no longer vomited, but there was still some water at the corner of his mouth.

The man also came to his senses. "Ahh "It's still a dumb person!" Fu Yi said in some surprise.

"Son, can you hear us? Zhou Chungui looked at the little boy anxiously.

The boy snapped a few times, but immediately stopped. Hearing Zhou Chungui's question, he nodded.

"Fortunately, it's not deaf and dumb. Zhou Chungui breathed a long sigh of relief.

"We don't know who you are, and now you can't speak, so we have to find another way to find your family. Just now we accidentally saw a man throw you into a waterhole and save you. Now that it's getting late, we have to go back to the town first, because we are worried that the person who hurt you is still there, so we may have to quietly inquire if someone has lost the child. Don't worry. Zhou Chungui thought about it, and he didn't know how to explain it to this child, and he didn't even know if this child could understand it.

Who knew that the little boy shook his head, Zhou Chungui couldn't help but be a little puzzled, not knowing what he wanted to express.

"Aren't you from our town?" Ying Qi suddenly understood the little boy's words, because something like this kind of fatality would probably be arranged in a very remote place.

The little boy nodded.

"Then where is your home, do you know?" Zhou Chungui was immediately speechless when he heard this. It's not the town's trouble.

The little boy hesitated, seemed to think about it, and shook his head again.

"I don't know, I still don't remember, yes, you're only a few years old, so you should only stay at home and can't walk around outside. How can I find your home now? Zhou Chungui was a little worried.

"Dad, it's getting late, let's go back first. "This kind of thing can only be solved slowly, Ying Qi is a little speechless to her father, where can it be solved at once.

"That's right, let's go back first. We'll have to be careful, if that person is still in town, we'll be in trouble. Zhou Chungui thought about it, asked Fu Yi to change his coat with the little boy's, and then draped the little boy's hair down, picked him up, and let him bury him on his back, just be careful not to let people see him.

So Fu Yi and Ying Qi shared some more things to carry, and the three of them walked towards the town.