The mud puddle in winter was rutted by the cars coming and going, and after freezing on the cold night, it became very difficult to walk, and he had not carried out outdoor activities for a long time, Qi Yun was sweating for a while, snorting and panting, and the exhaled breath condensed into a cloud of white mist in the air.

Even Hong Jian was a little out of breath. Seeing that Qi Yun's feet slipped slightly, he hurriedly supported her and asked:

"What are you talking about, are you sure it's in this place?"

Indeed, the surrounding scenery is withered and deserted, and it does not look like a village. But Qi Yun was full of confidence:

"How many people did we ask along the way? It's all right to say that this is the direction. And according to the words of the villagers who reported the situation that day, the Donglin village is not far away, and it is no more than 20 miles at most, and we may arrive at it soon. ”

Hong Jian nodded, long walks were nothing more than a routine for him, of course he didn't mind much, he was just worried about Qi Yun's physical strength. However, Qi Yun did not show the slightest tiredness, but was full of interest, her face was blown red by the wind, it was a sweet and crisp red like a rock sugar gourd in a snowy day, and her amber pupils also became bright because of the movement, shining with a seductive brilliance like honey.

Hong Jian felt his heart beat faster, and suddenly he didn't dare to look again, so he lowered his head and walked.

Along the way, I only heard the sound of the soles of my shoes rubbing the ice and gravel, and I didn't know how long I walked, my cheeks felt a little wooden, but I heard Qi Yun shouting:

"East of the village! We're here. ”

Hong Jian blocked the white dazzling sunlight with the palm of his hand, and sure enough, he saw that there was a small village within the range of sight, and the few houses in the sparse Lala were all low eaves, and there was nothing decent to call the yard, but there were a lot of sundries piled up between the houses for some reason, and they all looked tattered, so this place with the iron sign of "Donglin Village" was not so much a village, but more like a garbage station with a certain scale.

Hong Jian and Qi Yun walked into the village and used a few bags of "three no" snacks bought from the small store at the entrance of the village to "buy" a few children who were jumping monkey skin bands at the entrance of the village, and soon felt the situation in Donglin Village.

"Oh, you're talking about 'blind girls'! Her house is in the second row of houses in our village, and there are only two rooms from the east. ”

A half-grown girl, holding a frizzy boy's head, picked a pack of "spicy strips" soaked in red oil from the candy pile in Qi Yun's hand, tore open the package and poured it all into her mouth. Such a choking and spicy taste, and the words are choking and spicy:

"But even if you go to her house, you won't see her. That girl has been a goblin since she was a child, and the old people in the village said that she didn't study well, and she hooked up with second-rate people in society to revolve around her when she was only a teenager, and her father was so angry that he hung her on the beam of the house and hung her all night, saying that if she was cheap, she would cripple her legs! As a result, the girl ran away by herself, and went to a nightclub in the county town to become a young lady, and then I heard that she was ruined by a dozen or so big men queuing up, and she was pregnant with a doll in her belly. The doll in the belly scared her, and she didn't dare to go back, her belly was still growing day by day, she was afraid that her father would beat her to death, and she didn't know who to listen to, she could get rid of the doll after drinking pesticides, so she bought pesticides and drank them, but the doll fell off, and her eyes were blind......"

Qi Yun almost wanted to cover his ears and didn't dare to listen, and his heart trembled with blood. Even Hong Jian's usual emotionless tone made a wave,

"That'...... How is she now? ”

The tomboy-like girl shook her head nonchalantly:

"Now? Who knows? Anyway, his father accepted fifty yuan in gift money and gave her to the man in the ravine as a daughter-in-law. If God blesses her, let her still have a baby and a son, and her life will be much better in the future. But my mother said that when she dropped her first doll, she shed a lot of blood, and she almost gave half of her life, and she wanted to regenerate in the future, but it was difficult! ”

Qi Yun tried not to let his voice tremble:

"Do you know what kind of ravine it is, where it is?"

The tomboy finished eating the spicy strips in his hand, glanced at the other bag that Qi Yun was holding in his hand, and suddenly smiled,

"I know. My mother and the blind girl's mother are cousins, and she is still my sister! ”

Qi Yun understood, stuffed all the snacks in his hand into the tomboy's hand, and asked again and again, "Where is it?" Tell us. ”

The tomboy shook a large pile of snacks in his hand, and suddenly became suspicious, and asked them:

"You're from the city? Why are you looking for a blind girl, is she owing you money? ”

After thinking about it, he persuaded in an old-fashioned manner, "She's like that, even if she owes you money, forget it!" She used to rely on her good looks to recruit people, and she liked to take advantage of others, but she really hasn't done bad things......"

Qi Yun hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, actually...... We're blind girls...... Friend, we want to help her, really! ”

The tomboy was suddenly stunned, his eyes were covered with a thin layer of tears, and he pushed the snacks in his hand back into Qi Yun's arms,

"When the blind girl was not blind, there were many second-rate people, who wandered around our village day and night, saying that they were her friends...... But something happened to her, and those 'friends' ran away without a trace, and no one would pull her. If you really want to be her friend, go and see her in the mountains! Listen to my mother, the days in the big ravine are bitter! There wasn't enough water to eat, let alone wash her hands and feet, she was blind, and she was sick...... Ay! I don't know if I'm still alive ......."

Qi Yun hurriedly took out his notepad and quickly wrote down a long list of addresses that the tomboy said. She is a half-grown girl, and the address she says is naturally vague and upside down, but as long as there is a clue.

Hong Jian naturally had a way to find out where the "place in the ravine" was. Now the important thing is that since even a child like a tomboy can see that they are dressed as city people, and they are suspicious of their intentions, they naturally dare not ask the adults in the village about it. Qi Yun's experience of living in the countryside told her that the Zhuang family often treats this kind of family tragedy as a scandal, and it is very secretive. If it wasn't necessary, Qi Yun didn't want to get into any trouble before finding the "blind girl", not to mention, they had to buy time.