The clouds were shrouded, the sky was dark, and it was not until noon, but it seemed to be dusk.

Shen Chen walked on the way back to the village, although there was still some way to go, but he could also see the smoke and coal dust flying from the mine in the distance.

To be honest, she really doesn't want to come back, but she has no place to stay, and this body also needs a buffer time to recover.

But when he thought of the situation of that poor family, Shen Chen was also worried. Just frowning and thinking as he walked, one idea was rejected, and a new one popped up......

Two people approached in the distance, and they faintly heard cries and scolding.

Shen Chen's thoughts were interrupted, he gave way to the side of the road, lowered his head and continued to walk forward, his right hand subconsciously pinched the small piece in his waist, and his heart was more steady.

Although Shen Chen's body is still very thin now, his killing skills are still there, even if he lacks speed and strength, he is not a weak little girl in the eyes of others.

The closer she got, the clearer she looked, Xiaohua's eyes were teary, and she kept wiping her tears. Shen Chen recognized this little sister, and the scolding of the traffickers could be heard clearly.

"Stinky girl, crying fart, and then make a bitter face when you get to the place, see if Lao Tzu is familiar with your skin? Damn*, if it weren't for Lao Tzu's tight money, he would definitely be able to sell it for a good price after two or three years. Now, it's cheaper to get the money of the old turtle, that king of the eight heads......"

The traffickers tugged, scolded, and muttered and complained.

Shen Chen heard it clearly, and couldn't help but squint his eyes and glared at the traffickers fiercely.

This robed man with a pair of yellow eyes is not a good man, he is a villain who specializes in abducting and selling little girls and pushing them into the fire pit in the kiln.

Xiaohua wiped her tears, rubbed her eyes, and finally saw Shen Chen walking over on the other side, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, and cried out, "Sister, sister, my mother sold me, my mother doesn't want me, my sister takes me home wow......"

"What are you calling, you still want to run wow, stinky girl." The traffickers thought it was a child screaming and tossing, so they grabbed Xiaohua's clothes and beat them with their hands.

"Don't hit anyone." Shen Chen shouted to stop, walked to him, didn't look at Xiaohua, only stared at the traffickers.

The trafficker blinked his yellow eyes, snorted with a hooked nose, and sneered: "It's too wide, even if you are really her sister, it's useless, Lao Tzu bought it, and it's up to Lao Tzu to beat or scold." ”

"It's my sister, it's really my sister." Little Flower screamed.

Shen Chen lowered his eyes, his head thinking rapidly.

Asking for money, no; Even if she has money, she doesn't want to buy it back; Kill this beast, I'm afraid it won't work head-to-head, not to mention that there is a child watching.

"Get out of the way." The trafficker raised his hand and pulled it, pulling the little flower and wanting to leave.

Shen Chen dodged away, and he also had an idea in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Wait a minute." ”

The trafficker stopped and looked at Shen Chen with slanted eyes.

"You let her go, I'll go with you." Shen Chen raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "She is still young, how much money can you make?" I'm sixteen, and I can do anything. ”

Only then did the trafficker take a closer look at the girl in front of him, her hair was messy, and her face was yellow and thin, but her body was much taller than the little girl in her hand.

Moreover, at the age of sixteen, not to mention that the appearance of raising a month will change, let's just say that the current appearance is worth more than the crying little girl!

"You mean really?" The trafficker was secretly happy in his heart, and asked again uncertainly.

"Of course it's true." Shen Chen put down the basket containing the pine tower and said to Xiaohua: "You take the basket home first, my sister and this uncle will go on a trip, do something, and come back soon." ”

"Sister, you, you, can you come back?" Although Xiaohua is still young, she is not a fool, and she thinks that what her sister said is too relaxed and does not seem to be true.

"Yes, why can't you come back?" The traffickers were afraid that the little girl would be entangled, so the big girl changed her mind, and hurriedly squeezed out a smile and hurriedly said: "Your sister is going to enjoy happiness, if it doesn't go well, of course she has to go home!" ”

The corners of Shen Chen's mouth twitched, he half-squatted down, touched Xiaohua's head and said softly: "Be obedient, go home and wait for my sister obediently." By the way, you know the way home, right? ”

Xiaohua stretched out her finger and said, "Just follow the main road, and after passing the Yaowang Temple, you will almost see the village." ”

"That's right, that's how to walk home." Shen Chen stuffed the basket into Xiaohua's hand and said with a smile: "There are pine nuts in the basket, you eat while walking, and you will be home in a while." ”

"Let's go, little girl." The trafficker urged, pretending to smile, "Listen to your sister, go home quickly!" ”

Xiaohua blinked her eyes and hesitated a little, Shen Chen had already twisted her small body and gently pushed forward twice, "Go home quickly, if you don't obey, your mother will sell you again." ”

Intimidation and coaxing made Xiaohua no longer stubborn, and walked forward slowly, looking back from time to time.

"Let's go, uncle." Shen Chen stopped looking, turned around and looked at the trafficker with a smile, and walked forward.

"Go, go." The trafficker felt a little unusual, but his size and physical strength made him have nothing to fear from this big girl.

Therefore, this thought flashed in his heart, half a step behind Shen Chen, and followed closely.

…………

It's already winter, and the temperature is not high near noon.

But Shen Chen, who was wearing a somewhat dirty floral jacket, seemed to be hot, as if he was tired, his pace gradually slowed down, and the expression on his face was also a little bitter, and he sighed again and again.

The trafficker didn't know why, although he was a little tired, he still kept up his energy and stared at Shen Chen, for fear that this big girl would play some tricks.

Shen Chen suddenly stopped, looking around with a sad face, as if he was looking for something.

"Don't play bear, let's go." The traffickers were a little nervous and bluffed angrily.

Shen Chen glanced at the trafficker and said, "Who played the bear?" What is the road of dozens of miles, it's not that I can't walk, but I want to find a place to make it easier. ”

The trafficker frowned and pointed to the ditch on the side of the road, "It's right there!" ”

Shen Chen also frowned, rolled his eyes again, and choked: "It's not covered up, how can it be convenient?" I'm going to go behind that tree, don't follow me, just follow it, it's a hooligan. ”

"Stop." When the trafficker saw Shen Chen say that he would leave, he couldn't help but stop, stepped forward and looked at Shen Chen carefully for a while, snorted, took out a roll of rope from his arms, and tied it to Shen Chen's feet and neck without saying anything.

"What are you doing, you're afraid of me running away?" Shen Chen struggled for a moment and then stopped moving, letting the traffickers tie the rope.

"Honestly, don't be crooked." The trafficker viciously threatened: "Lao Tzu has eaten more salt than you have eaten, and I have seen a lot of crooked tricks, but none of them escaped from the palm of Lao Tzu's hand." If you are not honest, see if Lao Tzu does not break your fingers one by one. ”

Shen Chen blinked, seemed a little scared, paused, and then muttered and walked behind the tree, "It's weird and scary, I don't run, what are you suspicious of?" ”

The traffickers stared at Shen Chen without blinking, walked behind a big tree on the side of the road, squatted down, and couldn't see the shadow.

"Hurry up, tell me about you, say yes." The trafficker screamed in disbelief and pulled the rope again, feeling the weight on his hands.

"Got it! What about the tuba! An angry voice came from behind the tree.

The trafficker silently counted twenty, then screamed again, and tugged at it again in his hand. He was answered, and there was a man tied to the end of the rope.

Forty counts, the trafficker screamed again, but there was no response, pulling the rope, and he couldn't pull it. He raised his voice and shouted again, but still did not answer, and he couldn't help but panic in his heart, and ran along the rope.

There was no figure behind the tree, the rope was tied to the root of a tree that protruded from the ground, and the rope loop that tied Shen Chen's ankle was cut by some sharp weapon and thrown aside.

"Stinky girl, dare to run!" The traffickers were extremely angry, scolding and looking around, and vaguely saw the shadow of a broken flower flashing not far away.

"Stop, dead girl, you stand down for me." The traffickers tucked the placket of their robes up to their waists, took a step and chased after them.

Turning left and right, the traffickers chased them into the woods, and the late autumn leaves were yellow and not all falling, and the light was immediately dim. But the shadow of the broken flowers in front of them disappeared from time to time, but they still did not escape the sight of the traffickers.

The traffickers stopped scolding, and just stepped up their pace to catch up.

The figure disappeared behind a large tree, and the traffickers rushed over, went around the tree, and saw it again through a few small trees and waist-deep weeds.

Shen Chen didn't seem to be able to run anymore, and stopped half-visibly behind a tree in the dim light, as if he was bending over to catch his breath.

The traffickers gritted their teeth and walked forward quickly, turning around and around, wading through the weeds to catch up and pounce viciously...... When his hand touched the floral clothes, the traffickers immediately realized that something was wrong, they were empty, and there was no one behind the clothes, but the branches were supporting.

But when his clothes were caught and fell, Shen Chen appeared in the trafficker's wide eyes, and a handful of dirt hit the trafficker's face, which instantly darkened his vision.

Ah, the traffickers closed their eyes, screamed, and reached out to wipe their faces.

In fact, this dirt may not blind his eyes, and he may not even be able to do it, and he makes these actions subconsciously.

Before his vision could be restored, the trafficker suddenly felt a wall on his chest, and the sharp pain instantly transmitted to his brain, and he couldn't help but scream. Taking two steps back, the trafficker slowly opened his eyes.

Shen Chen stabbed with all her might, hitting the trafficker in the chest, and then she let go and retreated, beware of the trafficker's possible dying counterattack.

Is this the stinky girl? The trafficker looked down at the small knife sticking in his chest with only the hilt left, and felt that the strength was being quickly withdrawn from his body, and his eyes were blackened, and his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground.

Trying to raise his head, the trafficker's eyes straightened, and he saw something flashing in Shen Chen's eyes as he grabbed a stone from the ground.

The eyes glittered in the dim light like sharpened blades, cold, sharp, with a coldness and calmness disproportionate to her age, gender, and size.

Plopped, the trafficker fell face down, and his hands and feet made a few convulsions before dying.

Shen Chen, who was waiting for the battle, let out a long breath, sat on the ground, looked at the stone in his hand, and closed his eyes gently with a wry smile.

……………

The aunt sold the little flowers, and Erdan was so sad that she just wanted to cry, so she took the packed broken basket to pick charcoal, but she always looked like she was lost and depressed, her hands and feet were slow, and she seemed to have no strength in her body.

Xiao Mao knew, and her eyes were red for a while, but she didn't know how to comfort her, so she had to accompany Erdan silently.

When it was almost noon, Erdan really didn't have the heart to pick again, and he didn't want to go home with half a basket of charcoal, so he came to the north of the village like a god and climbed the small dirt mountain in the north of the village.

In the distance is the Yaowang Temple, where the road turns, and Erdan sits on the small earth mountain, looking at it with his eyes in his eyes.

Because of the distance, you can occasionally see few pedestrians on the road, but they are only a foot high, not to mention the appearance, even men and women can be clearly distinguished.

But Erdan still stared at it deadly, from the height of the ruler to the pedestrians walking under the small dirt mountain, to make sure that it was not Xiaohua, he moved his gaze into the distance again.

I don't know how long I sat there, and the disappointment again and again finally wore out Erdan's patience. How he wished that Xiaohua would come from afar, smile and wave to him, and hear that crisp laughter!

"Erdan." Xiao Mao came to the foot of the earth mountain with the basket and walked up with a greeting.

"There is no you in the gangue mountain, and I will go to your house to look for it, and there is none, so I guess you will come here." Xiao Mao was still some distance away, so he said in a rough voice.

Walking closer, Xiao Mao looked at Erdan's listless appearance, sighed, took out half of the chaff nest from his arms and handed it over, "Didn't you eat?" Seeing that you didn't even pour the charcoal in the basket at home, I know. ”

Erdan shook his head, didn't stretch out his hand to take it, and said sullenly: "I'm not hungry." ”

"How can you not be hungry?" Xiao Mao forced it over and said, "Only after eating can we have strength, let's go to the mine in the evening and take back all the baskets that were snatched." ”

Erdan blinked his eyes and asked in disbelief: "There is a power grid around the mine, and there are Japanese devils at the door, how can you go in and grab the basket?" ”

"There will always be a way, we have to see it, and we have to think about it." Xiao Mao didn't actually think about it, but just wanted to say that this was the intention of opening up Erdan.

"As long as you have a lot of methods, don't let people get caught." Erdan was a little timid and didn't really want to go.

"If I want to go in, you will give the wind to the wind." Xiao Mao comforted, but in fact, he was not so eager to recapture the basket.

While speaking, Xiao Mao looked around, suddenly stretched out his hand, and exclaimed, "Look, is it Xiaohua who came over?" ”

"Don't tease me." Erdan didn't look at it, and glanced at Xiao Mao, and complained: "You don't know that I'm uncomfortable, and you still have to mention this." ”

Xiao Mao frowned, didn't say a word, and looked more and more seriously at the avenue.

"Pretending to be inverted." Erdan snorted, reluctantly turned his gaze, and looked in that direction.

His eyes became rounder and rounder, and his mouth opened wider and wider, Erdan rubbed his eyes again, carefully identified them, let out a cry of joy, jumped up and ran down the mountain.

……………

Holding a few pine nuts in her little hand, Xiaohua timidly handed them to her mother, and said pitifully: "Mother, eat pine nuts." I don't eat, I'm obedient, don't sell me. ”

Xiaohua Niang's eyes rounded, and she woke up from the surprise, shock, and helplessness after listening to the story, looking at her daughter's thin yellow face and pitiful and pleading eyes, she couldn't help but feel sad from her heart, hugged Xiaohua, and cried.