Along the way, Shen Xi's eyes enjoyed the beautiful scenery, and all kinds of messy thoughts were wandering in his mind, and before he knew it, two hours passed, and the mother and son finally came to the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain. Shen Xi estimated that he had touched it, but in fact, it was only twenty miles away, which showed that Peach Blossom Mountain was not big.

In this way, the villagers of Peach Blossom Village are not mountain people, in fact, this can be concluded from the Shen family's family background, although a scholarly family, although down, it is impossible to be with the mountain people, not to mention that the houses and fields in Peach Blossom Village were purchased when the Shen family was prosperous.

After crossing a stone bridge, the two entered the town of Sungai.

It has to be said that Shuangxi Town is much more prosperous than Taohua Village, coinciding with the market period, the villagers of the nearby villages are driving ox carts and donkey carts, and the pedestrians are flowing endlessly, which is a stable and prosperous scene.

Shen Xi saw that the town was prosperous, and he was a little relieved in his heart, it seems that the world has been peaceful for a long time, and the people have surplus wealth, so such a scene will appear.

Zhou took Shen Xi and walked south along the bustling avenue in the center of the town. Zhou grabbed Shen Xi's hand tightly, pulled Shen Xi's collar from time to time, and kept his eyes on Shen Xi for a moment, for fear that he would be lost.

The street is lined with shops and vendors, most of whom are villagers from the nearby hills who pick vegetables and fruits.

Cherries, lychees and apricots are already on the market in June, and the freshness is very pleasant. However, what attracted Shen Xi's attention the most was the stall selling steamed buns, meat cakes, fish balls and mixed noodles, because he hadn't eaten meat for most of the year, saliva flowed out of the corners of his mouth as soon as he smelled the meat.

However, Zhou didn't have spare money to satisfy his son's appetite, and when he walked out of town, Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the sun that had almost turned to the middle of the sky, sighed, squatted down and said, "Little cub, are you tired, do you need your mother to carry you for a while?" ”

Shen Xi naturally couldn't let Zhou, who was already carrying a package on his back, carry himself on his back, it would be too much of a crime...... There are still more than forty miles ahead, and if the old lady faints from exhaustion, it will be called trouble!

Just as Shen Xi was about to shake his head and refuse, he saw a woman kneeling on the side of the road in front of him, crying. Shen Xi was stunned for a moment, took Zhou's hand, and motioned to step forward to take a look.

When Zhou heard the reputation, he was also very curious about the little girl who knelt on the side of the road and burst into tears, and dragged Shen Xi forward a few steps, but saw that the little girl's little face was full of dirt, wearing dirty rags, and a pair of feet were in the shoes that were torn everywhere, obviously a child of a poor family.

Although the Zhou family is spicy, Shen Xi knows that in the Shen family, she is as soft-hearted as the third aunt Sun and the fourth aunt Feng. Sure enough, seeing a little girl kneeling on the side of the road helplessly and desperately choking and crying, Zhou hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Little doll, why are you crying here, your father?" ”

When the little girl heard this, she cried even more sadly, and while crying, she wiped her tears, and did not speak, but cried to herself.

Seeing this, Zhou shook his head slightly, sighed, put down the backpack behind him, untied it, took out a rice ball wrapped in lotus leaves from inside, and handed it to the little girl: "Child, you must be hungry, right?" Eat some first! ”

Shen Xi looked at Zhou's actions and didn't speak, but muttered to himself in his heart...... This place is not remote, there are a lot of pedestrians coming and going, a little girl is crying on the side of the road, but no one comes forward to help, but let herself and the old lady meet, is this too coincidental?

Could it be that there is something greasy in this?

Thinking of this, Shen Xi felt that he couldn't take it lightly, so he packed up the package that Zhou had put on the ground, held it in his arms hard, lowered his head and looked at the little girl intently, for fear that she would snatch the package away by surprise.

The little girl looked at Zhou timidly, her bright big eyes were full of tears, and Zhou raised the rice ball in her hand again, and said in a kind tone: "It's okay, let's eat." ”

The girl hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to reach out and take the rice ball, but saw Zhou take two steps forward, caress her head, and asked gently, "Child, have you suffered a lot?" Eat a rice ball to cushion your stomach! ”

The little girl took the rice ball in Zhou's hand with peace of mind, carefully peeled off the lotus leaf and chewed it, chewed it for a while, then raised her head to look at Shen Xi, who was looking at her vigilantly, stood up, stretched out the dirty little hand holding the rice ball, and handed it forward, without speaking, just looking at Shen Xi.

Shen Xi was stunned, I don't know why she acted like this? Seeing that her little hands were covered with dirt, she immediately shook her head and said with a wry smile: "I just ate it, you can eat it." ”

The girl hesitated for a moment, then looked down at Zhou and handed her the rice balls.

Zhou couldn't help but wonder a little, the little girl should have been hungry for a few days, although she handed the rice ball forward, but the black and white pair of pupils still looked at the rice ball steadily, presumably very hungry.

Zhou shook his head lightly: "You eat, aunt has it here, if it's not enough, I'll give you another one." ”

The little girl nodded at Zhou gratefully, brought the fragrant rice ball to her mouth, and took a big bite, without the appearance of being humble.

Seeing her gobbling up, Zhou's mother's love was profuse, and he didn't care about her dirty clothes, gently patted her back, and asked gently, "Child, can you speak?" ”

The girl didn't respond to Zhou, just lowered her head and nibbled on the rice balls.

Shen Xi nodded slightly. The little girl seemed to be a little mute, and if so, no wonder no one had adopted her. A mute, even if he is brought home to be raised, I am afraid that he will not be able to marry, and when the time comes, he will be troubled after all.

The little girl's teeth are very neat, compared with her little face full of mud and torn clothes, it is extraordinarily white, Zhou looked at the temperament of everyone who showed her gestures when she ate, and suddenly glanced back at Shen Xi, who was holding on to the burden, and then looked thoughtful.

Of course, Shen Xi didn't know what his mother was thinking, and just as he was figuring out the identity of the little girl, he only heard Zhou ask affectionately: "Little baby, why are your parents so ruthless and leave you here alone?" ”

The little girl had finished eating the rice balls at this time, pinching the dirty skirt and looking delicate, listening to Zhou's question, she shook her head firmly, and never spoke.

Zhou sighed, and looked at the little girl's eyes with a trace of unbearability: "Aunt is not a rich family, a cub in the family eats wild vegetables and grass roots every day, and he is almost unable to live, alas...... This world is really torturous. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou took out three rice balls from the package, stuffed them into the girl's clothes, and ordered with some regret: "You take these rice balls with you, don't be seen by other children, lest you be snatched by those bad boys and starve." This town is the largest and most crowded town in the vicinity, don't run around here, maybe you can meet a kind person and take you in. ”

Zhou, who has always been very spicy, shook his head with infinite emotion and sighed, snatched the burden from Shen Xi's hand, carried it to his back, and didn't care that Shen Xi stumbled and almost fell to the ground, and ordered: "Little cub, follow me." ”

Shen Xi stood firm, and said angrily when he heard this: "Mother, I'm your own son, okay?" Why are you like this? ”

After that, he left behind Zhou. The two of them walked less than ten steps when they heard a sound of footsteps behind them, Shen Xi looked back, but saw the little girl running up.

Zhou stopped, turned around and looked at the little girl who had already run close to the station, with a sad face: "Child, it's not that my aunt won't save you, it's that my aunt really can't help it, even if I bring you home, I can't support you, it will only make you more miserable." ”

Before the words were finished, the little girl shook her head, took out three rice balls from her arms, took them out and divided one into her arms, and then handed the other two rice balls to Shen Xi, swallowed her saliva, and bit her lip: "Brother." ”

Shen Xi and Zhou were stunned when they heard this, and they didn't expect this little girl to be able to speak.

The most surprising thing was Zhou's, I saw her squatting down and hugging the little girl, extremely happy: "Baby, can you speak?" ”

The girl nodded, but did not speak again.

Zhou pretended to be angry and said: "Look at your appearance, why should you be ** years old, why are you so afraid of life?" If you don't talk to me, I think you're dumb. ”

The little girl hesitated for a while, and said softly, "Thank you, aunt." ”

Zhou became more and more pleased, touched the little girl's little black face with great pity, and looked at her for a long time.

The little girl was a little overwhelmed by Zhou's eyes, and her hands twisted the corners of her clothes, which made people feel pity.

"Baby, it's easy if you're not dumb...... It's not dumb, everything is easy to do! Come, aunt teach you, after a while, when you see people with good faces passing by, you come forward, pull their trouser legs, and say Uncle and aunt, please help me, you know? ”

The little girl shook her head in disobedience.

Zhou was a little anxious: "Hey, you little baby, I thought you were well-behaved and obedient, why are you not sensible?" ”

was preached by Zhou, the little girl's big eyes were covered with a layer of mist, Zhou hurriedly took the little girl into his arms, and said to himself: "Look at my aunt, there is a stinky boy at home, who makes the old lady angry all day long, and I almost forgot that you are a little girl...... Don't be wronged, Aunt Fang is used to it, there is no malice! ”

The little girl was gently hugged by Zhou, and she didn't know whether she was wronged or moved, and the tears slipped down again.

Shen Xi couldn't stand it anymore, and finally spoke up: "Mother, why don't you ...... Shall we take her in first? You see how pitiful she is, there are many people, and she just has more mouths, and a little girl can't eat much. ”

The little girl turned her head to look at Shen Xi with great gratitude, and then looked up at Zhou with an expectant expression.

When Zhou heard this, his eyes rolled, and then he stood up mysteriously, looked around, and found that there was a small river behind the forest next to the official road, and greeted with a smile: "Follow me." Then he picked up the little girl, carried the package on his back, and walked through the forest to the river.

Shen Xi was a little puzzled, he didn't know what kind of nerves his wife had, so he could only trot and follow into the forest.

When he came to the river, Zhou waved his hand and ordered Shen Xi to turn around and not to peek.

Shen Xi had no choice but to turn around.

I only heard Zhou muttering to the little girl behind him, and then there were a few soft sounds, and after a long time, Zhou lifted Shen Xi's ban.

Shen Xi turned around, but saw the little girl with her back to him, her heart became more and more strange, and she asked curiously, "Mother, what are you doing?" ”

Zhou smiled at this time, saw Shen Xi's impatient look, snorted coldly, and then couldn't help but smile on his face, and said to Shen Xi: "Stinky boy, you are blessed now." ”

Shen Xi's stomach was full of doubts, and just as he was about to ask, Zhou had already asked the little girl to turn her head.

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