In the old days, I heard the old man say that if you often wear wet clothes and pants, you will be sick when you are old.

She has always been particular about this aspect, even on this cold and snowy day, she is so cold that her teeth fight, and she still refuses to wear the shabby and dirty clothes on her body all the time.

She has been following the flow of refugees for how long, she herself remembers, only that she is one of them, that there is a flood in the south, and everyone is taking refuge in the north.

She felt as if she had forgotten something very important, but she had thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't remember it, her mind was blank, almost devouring her, she was demented all day long, and she couldn't pay attention to anything.

Now it's raining outside, in this cold and freezing weather, a little rain can crush people, if you get sick again, you can't imagine it, you may have to die like this, it is not necessarily. But when she was walking on the road, she accidentally fell, and the sleeves of her coat rubbed the mud, and she couldn't wipe it clean with a handkerchief, so she insisted on taking off her jacket, squatting at the door of the broken temple with her jacket, and carefully washed it in the rain.

It was the only piece of clothing she had

Some refugees laughed at her behind her: "Silly girl, be careful of catching a cold at night, but no one can help you, what does it matter with such a little sludge." ”

She turned a deaf ear, and heard someone coaxing: "That's it, what's the matter, was it a young lady before?" So hypocritical. ”

Basically, there is not much conversation between the refugees, everyone competes for limited food, everyone spends almost all their strength on the daily journey, and everyone is afraid that their hearts are full of unwillingness and resentment towards fate, and such people cannot talk.

But today there is a topic, and everyone has an object to argue.

She noticed that the eyes of the big guys were focused on her, and someone said in disgust: "Just her, how can this body be a young lady?" Besides, how could Miss Qianjin stay with us, when the rich men in the city hired all the boats when the flood came. Helping them carry valuable things, we can only watch as the life-saving boat carries the dead things away. Not to mention Miss Qianjin or something, she was the first to go, and only the poor would be like us."

This man was full of resentment. Finally found an exit, and began to gush.

The others interjected again: "She doesn't seem to have parents, she was alone when I saw her, stunned, as if she was a little stupid." ”

"It's no wonder. It turned out to be a fool, no wonder she hadn't done any work, I saw her hands, white and tender, and she really had never worked before. ”

“”

Everyone discussed her business and maybe not her business, but in short, she didn't do anything, which relieved everyone's boredom.

When everyone had nothing to say, and the rain had not stopped, everyone settled in this ruined temple. She put her wet jacket on—

Even though the old man said that if she always wore wet clothes and pants, she would be sick when she was old, but she had forgotten which old man had said this to her, so how could she go back and mind this.

Anyway, it's just a wet sleeve, it's not a big deal, if the jacket is stolen when you fall asleep, this is why the sky should not be called the earth and the earth.

She thought and felt a little complacent about her thoughts.

Fortunately, she was not sick, and the next day the sky was clear, and everyone continued on their way. The people who talked happily yesterday have become strangers today, and when it is easy to get food, they all push and shove like enemies, just to grab a bite to eat.

At first, she looked coldly. felt that this kind of behavior was incredible, but after she was hungry for half a month, she found that this kind of behavior was normal, only she was abnormal, but why she was abnormal, she still didn't know the reason.

Gradually, gradually. She changed.

She is no longer so greedy for cleanliness, she only wipes her clothes when they are dirty, and she doesn't have to wash them if she can't wipe them off, and she doesn't know why, her brain is still in chaos, and the whole person is confused.

There was only one thought in her heart, she wanted to live.

As the weather grew colder and food became scarcer, she disguised herself as a beggar and continued north with the influx of refugees – even though they had escaped the floods, they were already homeless and desperate to find a place to live.

But the reality is cruel after all, some people have taken refuge with relatives, some people have died in the middle of the road, some people are still muddy, and the flow of refugees along the way is getting less and less, and even so, everyone can get less and less things. The refugees are aimless, just looking for a place to try their luck, they have no home, no place willing to keep them, and the court's relief may be at the dinner table of a high-ranking official's family.

She thought, this situation is actually okay, not being able to eat a bite of food for a few days is a small thing, and it is too scary to say that it is too terrifying. Some poor refugee women, tainted by hooligans, cried so much that she could not live or die, she only dared to shrink aside and grit her teeth as if she had not seen it...... The refugees live in filthy conditions and have a plague, and the local officials are afraid that things will get bigger, so they want to gather them together and burn them alive once and for all...... There are even people who are crazy with hunger, get up in the middle of the night, grab someone else's shoulder and bite off a piece of meat alive......

I remember once meeting a gentleman, with a contemptuous and arrogant face, holding a steamed bun, and telling the refugees that whoever is willing to drill under his crotch will give this steamed bun to whomever he wants. It's time for life and death, who cares about dignity, a large group of people are almost scrambling to drill under his crotch, begging for a full meal, so as to survive today. At that time, she had been hungry for five or six days, and she really had no choice, relying on her small body, she rushed to the front of the crowd, gritted her teeth and got under the man's pants.

Too many things have happened along the way, and she even thought that this was the normal state in the world, so she was lucky to be alive and well, and no one would embarrass a seven-year-old boy.

It wasn't until one day she passed through a bustling town that she realized that there were more and more wonderful places in the world! It's incredible!

But what was even more incredible was that they were not welcomed by everyone, and they were expelled almost the second they stepped into the city gates.

Why? They're all human, right?

She was puzzled, but there was no one to talk to, so there was no one to help her solve it.

Until one day she was walking on the road, and her eyes were dizzy with hunger. His legs were weak, and suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, kicking and stomping, and running fast. It was a tall carriage that was coming this way, kicking up dust everywhere.

The refugees who were traveling with her saw that she was in a trance, and tried to pull her aside, so as not to be hit by the carriage.

But her body suddenly fell to the side. The man failed to hold her hand, and could only watch in amazement at her slashed figure, and she heard the sound of horses' hooves getting closer, closer and closer.

She saw horror in the eyes of the refugee who wanted to reach out and grab her, and she was confused for a moment, but she reacted immediately-huh? Are you going to die? Just dead? In this strange way??

She actually thought it was funny, it was only such a momentary thing to fall, but countless thoughts flashed through her mind, and she didn't feel scared.

Xu has always been in a state of confusion, and her cruel and indifferent life has wiped out her only survival**.

It doesn't matter, if it's meant to be.

But she suddenly heard someone behind her roar: "Heh! Little beggar. Looking for death! ”

Although she didn't mean to die, she did feel that there was nothing to love in life, and it was much better to be a beast than a human in the next life.

But the person driving the carriage didn't let her die, obviously the horse was running fast, and she couldn't pull it at all, but the people in the carriage flew one by one, jumped on the horse's back, and then stepped on the horse's head with one foot, flew down from the horse and caught her crumbling body, and then the two rolled to the side of the road. Picked up a life from under the horse's hooves. She closed her eyes tightly, feeling that someone had saved her, but she never dared to open them.

Shouldn't she have died, why was she rescued?!

The sound of horses' hooves faded. The carriage stopped not far away, and someone got out of the carriage in a rage, and as he walked towards it, he yelled angrily: "What the hell are you doing, stinky boy, do you know that you are almost going to be trampled into pulp just now!" It was a woman's voice, a little hoarse. The voice was rarely loud, it should be a woman in her forties.

She wanted to open her eyes and take a look, but her heartbeat was so alarming, she was so frightened that she realized that her hands were trembling, was she afraid of death? That's incredible!

The person who saved herself patted her on the back without hurry, and reassured her that she should not be afraid, she was fine now. Then he slowly helped her to stand up, and said to the angry man: "Mother, don't be angry, don't you see that I'm not good, and I did save this little boy." ”

The man's voice was good, childish, and faintly laughing, as if whatever happened was not a big deal for him.

She slowly opened her eyes and looked at the man, who was not very old, with a handsome face and flying eyebrows, and said to her with a smile: "Look, it's okay, you have to worry about walking next time."

He babbled on and on, and she stared at him blankly, and she didn't even listen to what he said.

There was only one thought in my mind - how could anyone in the world smile so beautifully.

She could hear him ask her, "What's your name?" ”

She opened her mouth to answer, but she couldn't say it when it reached her throat, right? What's her name? She never thought about it!

She panicked, she got up in confusion, she ran around, she trembled with nervousness, she felt that she was in a white mist, the whole world was white, but she couldn't remember what her name was.

Or maybe she doesn't have a name at all?

She was sad, squatted on the ground and thought about it for a long time, for a long time, and suddenly one day she finally remembered!

By the way, her name is Duan Ripple! Her name is Duan Ripple!!

She stood up with joy, remembering the young man's gentle smile, she had to tell him, her name was Duan Ripple, a nice name.

But when she stood up, she found that there was still a white mist around her, and she seemed to be trapped in it, and the whole world was so silent, and she was the only one left in the silence.

She screamed and ran around, exhausted, until she was about to use the last of her strength to see the young man's smiling face! She hurried forward

My name is Duan Ripple.

She wanted to answer like this, but there was a sudden warm feeling in her eyes, and her nose became sour inexplicably.

Looking at the man's smile, he was about to answer the other party, but suddenly he couldn't make a sound, and his throat hurt so badly that it seemed that a raging fire was burning inside, as if he was about to burn his throat. She gritted her teeth, the more she wanted to make a sound, the more it hurt, and she was so anxious that she sweated profusely, but suddenly found that the refreshing face of the person in front of her gradually blurred.

Suddenly, a basin of ice water splashed all over her body, and the cold penetrated the skin and pierced into the bone marrow, Duan Lianyi opened his eyes suddenly, only to realize that he had a dream and remembered the past.

Hey? Is it a thing of the past, why don't you have any impression at all? She was amazed, she remembered her dream very well, and all of it, but the young man's face was a little blurry, and she couldn't remember anything, only that he seemed to look good when he smiled...... She wanted to pat her chest and suppress the shock, but suddenly found that she couldn't move!

What is the current situation?

Duan Lianyi was horrified to find that his hands and feet were tied with thick ropes, and there was a cloth ball stuffed in his mouth, which was blocked in his throat, which was very deep, and it was even a little difficult to breathe, no wonder Fang felt that his throat was hot and painful. Now he was splashed with a basin of ice water on his head, and his whole body was trembling uncontrollably. And the man who poured cold water on her was standing aside with a basin, and let out a sneer, and she lay on the ground, unable to see the man's face clearly.

Duan Lianyi frowned, raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that he was now in a pitch-black dark room, the dark room was very large and empty, with only a few stools. There are no small windows around the darkroom, so I think it's underground. There was a fire burning in the stove next to the dark room, and by the light of the fire she saw about six or seven people standing around her. (To be continued.) )