When Song Xinshu saw her eyes, she felt as if she had been hit by something, and she made up her mind to say to the man: "Fifty taels is fifty taels, and I will give you silver now." ”

The man obviously didn't expect her to agree so quickly, and just as he wanted to open his mouth to say something, Su Xueqing immediately interrupted him and said, "If you say something more, we won't even give you these fifty taels!" ”

The man had to shut up obediently, Song Xinshu took out fifty taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to him, the man happily took the money, bit it with his teeth, weighed the weight again, and then left happily.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Song Xinshu's heart was also relieved, and he squatted down and said to the little girl, "What's your name?" ”

"Meiva."

The girl was timid and didn't dare to look up at them, Song Xinhu took her hand and said, "Then if you follow me, you will call Mei'er, okay?" ”

The girl nodded, and let Song Xinshu stand up with her hand, at this time Su Xueqing saw the sugar gourd in her hand, so she said to her: "Let's go back and bandage it first, and then let's go eat the sugar gourd, okay?" ”

No matter what they said, the girl just nodded, Song Xinshu squeezed her cold little hand, and hurriedly walked to the inn where she was staying.

After going back, after Su Xueqing handed the sugar gourd in her hand to Mei'er, she hurriedly went out to invite Lang Zhong to come, and bought a few little girls' clothes on the way.

After Lang Zhong came, he was busy bandaging Mei'er's broken hand, Song Xinshu was afraid that she would hurt, so he kept holding her, but Mei'er seemed to be unconscious, looking at the people and things in front of her.

After Lang Zhong left, Song Xinshu said to her: "I'll give you a bath first, and then change your clothes." ”

Song Xinshu knew that she wouldn't say anything, so she helped her take off the dirty clothes on her body, and she saw that Mei'er's body was full of traces of whip injuries, and she was really distressed.

And those whip marks weighed on the old wounds, and in some places they had scabbed, but in others they were still red.

Song Xinshu took a towel and slowly helped her wipe it, and said slowly: "Have you been following that man?" ”

Now there were only the two of them in the house, and Mei'er also whispered: "I have been sold here and again, and I was only sold here two months ago, and he asked me to call him dad and let me juggle to make money." ”

"How old are you?"

"Twelve."

Song Xinshu didn't expect that she was twelve years old, she looked like she was eight or nine years old, it can be seen that she has never eaten anything up the mountain, and her body is very thin and thin.

Song Xinshu didn't know what Mei'er's life was like before, but she couldn't bear to ask any more, so she said: "I will find a good family for you here, let them adopt you, and you can live a good life in the future." ”

Mei'er didn't speak again, and let Song Xinshu clean her body, then dried her hair again, tied a braided braid, and tied it behind her head.

Song Xinshu said to her: "Let's go out to eat something, the braised pork here is very delicious, you have to eat more in a while." ”

When Song Xinshu was about to go out, she suddenly felt a pair of small hands pull her sleeves, and when she looked back, she saw Mei'er suddenly kneeling on the ground.

Song Xinshu was taken aback and hurriedly helped her up, but Mei'er refused to get up.

"Sister, you saved me, I thank you." Mei'er leaned down and kowtowed twice as she spoke, Song Xinshu wanted to pull her up, but Mei'er held her wrist tightly and refused to move.

"Mei'er, how can I stand this, you get up quickly!"

"Sister, Mei'er has nowhere to go, I have been sold here and there since I was a child, if I wasn't young, I would have been sold to the kiln, no one has ever been willing to spend so much silver for me, I beg you to let me follow you, I can do anything, wash clothes and cook, I will do whatever you ask me to do!"

Mei'er suddenly said so many words, leaned down and wanted to kowtow to her, Song Xinshu ignored her objections, pulled her up hard, and said seriously: "No matter what happens in the future, you can't kneel down for others so easily, you know?" ”

"Sister, you are my benefactor, not someone else." Mei'er said with tears in her eyes.

Song Xinshu was really hesitant, she didn't know what kind of things she would encounter along the way, and she couldn't know what would happen in the future, so she really didn't know what to do.

Song Xinshu took her hand and said, "Let's go eat something first, okay, let me think about this matter." ”

Mei'er nodded, and followed Song Xinshu to the lobby, where Su Xueqing and Zhou Munan were already sitting in the corner drinking tea.

When Su Xueqing saw Mei'er, she said with a smile: "Sure enough, he is a very delicate child, he has taken a bath and changed his clothes, as if he has changed a person." ”

She took Mei'er's hand and sat down at the table, and said to her, "Look at the menu hanging on the wall, what do you want to eat?" ”

Zhou Munan had already heard Su Xueqing say about Mei'er, and poured a cup of tea for Song Xinshu and said: "Shopkeeper Song is really kind-hearted, in such an unfamiliar place, there is such a little girl, it is really your fate." ”

Fate?

Song Xinshu had never thought about these things, but when she thought of Mei'er burying her head in her knees and raising her head to look at her with kitten-like eyes, she felt that there was a place in her heart that was moved.

"Yes, it is indeed fate, and she will follow us in the future."

When Mei'er heard her words, she looked up at her in surprise, and Song Xinshu also smiled and said to her: "Sister Xueqing next to you, this is Brother Zhou, you can call me Mrs., and follow me in the future." ”

Mei'er nodded hurriedly, her heart was about to fly happily, only people bought her before, and sold her again after thinking she was useless, but no one had ever spoken to her so gently.

Su Xueqing was also very happy, she didn't know why, she liked this little girl very much, maybe she felt very sorry for her when she saw that she had suffered too much.

Song Xinshu didn't know if he was right to make this decision, but no one could predict what would happen in the future, so he could only look at the present.

After the dish was served, Zhou Munan took a piece of braised pork and put it in Mei'er's bowl and said, "The girl is so thin, she needs to eat more." ”

Mei'er is careful in everything she does, for fear that she will do something wrong, Song Xinshu will not like her and will not want her, and she will only dare to eat what is in her own bowl when she eats vegetables.

This matter was settled, and Mei'er followed them on the road the next day, competing to help Song Xinshu carry packages and move things.

Song Xinshu didn't blindly stop her, after all, let her do something, so that she would feel at ease, otherwise she would always be timid and unable to relax.

The rest of the journey was mostly mountainous, and they rarely passed through the town, so they had prepared enough dry food and water for the road, and then they hurried on their way.

After a few days of walking, the group gradually got used to the tiring journey, and when it was getting late, they set up a tent in a wooded area and rested around the fire.

After eating something simply, Song Xinshu and Su Xueqing turned around the fire to roast the fire, Song Xinshu sneezed, and Mei'er ran to the carriage and brought a blanket and covered Song Xinshu's body.

Zhou Munan smiled and said: "This kid has the ability to see, Shopkeeper Song, it's really right for you to keep Mei'er by your side." ”

Song Xinshu touched Mei'er's head and said, "Yes, she is a clever child." ”

A few people talked and talked for a while, and then they all fell asleep and rested, and when the day was about to dawn, Song Xinshu woke up in a daze, and suddenly saw two figures on the grain and grass cart who didn't know what they were doing.

She thought it was the dart master who was tidying up, and she wanted to go up and take a look, but when she looked closely, the people on it were not the dart master, but a few men she didn't know.

Song Xinshu suddenly became nervous, she quietly pushed Su Xueqing, but she fell asleep and didn't wake up for a while.

Those people obviously took a fancy to their things, Song Xinshu was in a hurry, and gently kicked Su Xueqing, and she woke up slowly.

"Xinshu, what's wrong, call me up now?"

"Shhhh Song Xinshu hurriedly covered her mouth and pointed to the people not far away.

When Su Xueqing saw such a scene, she also instantly sobered up, and wanted to stand up, but her legs and feet were weak, and she fell to the ground all of a sudden.

A few people who were busy on the grain and grass truck heard the noise here, and Song Xinshu couldn't care about anything, so he stood up dizzy.

She was dressed in men's clothes all the way, and when the two thieves saw that someone was awake, they immediately jumped out of the car and escaped into the woods.

Song Xinshu felt dizzy, and she was nauseous for a while, she stumbled over, and saw that there was nothing missing on the grain and grass cart, and the dart masters were very well organized, and they couldn't move it for a while.

The dart masters all took turns to keep vigil at night, how could they all sleep together today, Song Xinshu walked to Zhou Munan's side first, pushed him hard, and shouted for a long time before he woke up.

As soon as Zhou Munan sat up, he covered his head and said suspiciously: "Why does my head hurt so much, it looks like I was beaten." ”

Song Xinshu and Su Xueqing woke up the dart masters one by one, and as soon as Wang Quan woke up, he immediately knew that someone had drugged them, so he turned over and sat up with a headache.

Wang Quan said very guiltily: "Shopkeeper Song, it was all my carelessness, fortunately the grain and grass were not stolen, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to explain." ”

Song Xinshu sat down and drank some water before feeling better, and said: "It seems that we have been targeted for a long time, but we brought everything we ate by ourselves, how could we be drugged?" ”

Zhou Munan sat next to Song Xinshu, looked at the fire that had been extinguished, walked over and stirred it with a small wooden stick, thought for a while and said, "There is something wrong with this fire." ”