Seeing that the rice was ready, it was very simple, a stack of cakes, not served in a bowl, just placed on the ground in front of the two men.

A few children stood cowering by the shack, their heads bowed, glancing at the bread not far away.

The two men were still sitting on the ground, not touching the bread, as if waiting for something.

The atmosphere was dreary and depressing, and one of the children, for some reason, shook his body and fell to the ground with a "poof".

The lean man glanced nonchalantly at the shack, and the two children next to him immediately reached out to pull him up from the ground.

But somehow, the two children who reached out to help not only failed to pull the person up, but were also implicated and fell to the ground.

The tall man's eyes widened, his eyes showed a fierce light, he turned his head to look at the shack, and when he was about to stand up, the lean man put one hand on his shoulder.

"Don't get angry, it's important to get down to business, those boys will be back soon."

When the tall man heard this, the fierce light in his eyes dissipated, and he sat down again.

"You two go and help." The lean man instructed the other two children who had not fallen, and his tone was quite gentle.

The two children did not dare to delay, and carefully helped the three people on the ground to stand up slowly.

After such a toss, Xiao Jie in the grass not far away finally saw clearly that the slender black shadows between the hands and feet of several children were hemp ropes.

It turned out that their hands and feet were tied with a long rope, and they could walk and work in small steps, but not running or jumping.

This...... Is it your own baby?

Xiao Jie was full of doubts in his heart.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps came from Xiaojie's left, and a small figure ran to the fire panting.

"Well, that's good," the lean man nodded, "I'm back early today." ”

Hey! Isn't that the little beggar he's going to follow?

It seems that he went to other places to beg for food just now, and after going around, he let Xiao Jie, who was lost, stumble into it by mistake and arrived here first.

I originally thought that Xiao Jie, who had lost someone, was happy, and now he could complete the task arranged by Xiao Zhi, and he would not lose face in front of others.

Where is his home?

Looking at the ropes between the hands and feet of the five children, Xiao Jie didn't know if this could be considered a "home".

The little beggar gasped for breath, and at the same time took out a bag from his bosom and opened it and handed it to the two of them, which was full of food and made cakes, and Xiao Jie even saw the wild vegetable cakes that Nan Nan stuffed into him.

A few wild vegetables, not many in number, were all stained with mud, I don't know if he dug them himself or someone else gave them.

A handful of fluffy grass with a lot of seeds.

A few sheets of fresh bark.

Don't think about wheat sorghum or anything, there are few families that can still have this thing now, even if there is a little bit of it, they are hiding and hiding themselves to eat, who would be willing to give it to this little beggar.

"Heh, what a good harvest today!" The lean man smiled, pulling the contents of the bag with his hands.

"Untie your clothes." The tall man sitting next to him pointed to the little beggar.

The little beggar untied the belt around his waist as he said, pinched the placket of his clothes with both hands and shook it, indicating that he had no private entrainment.

"Jump twice!" The tall man commanded again.

"Smack! Syllable! The little beggar struck twice on the spot.

Xiao Jie, who was in the dark, didn't understand at this moment, these two people were definitely not the father or uncle of the little beggar, the little beggar was just a chicken that could lay eggs squeezed by them.

As for whether there are such ruthless distant relatives, it's hard to say.

These two people have hands and feet, and they are strong, and they don't look for food by themselves, but they squeeze the food that the children find, and Xiao Jie gritted his teeth hatefully.

However, what is strange is that the children who cook are tied with ropes and it is not easy to escape, but this little beggar can beg and dig wild vegetables by himself, why not run away and come back?

Xiao Jie was a little puzzled.

The tall man finally bent the four fingers of his left hand, "Come here, open your mouth and I'll smell it." ”

"Hah......" The little beggar opened his mouth and sighed at the tall man.

"Smack!"

As soon as the tall man sniffed, his face changed, and his right hand slapped the little beggar on the right cheek, knocking the little beggar to the ground.

"Mar-De! Steal again! The tall man scolded viciously, "It seems that the lesson of the previous few days is not enough!" ”

"I didn't ...... I didn't steal it! The little beggar whispered intermittently.

Hey? This kid can talk. Xiao Jie thought to himself, he had never heard him speak, and he thought he was a dumb person.

It is estimated that the two people found the cake with rat meat in their house a few days ago, and they were beaten, so they rinsed their mouths so seriously after eating the fish just now.

"Dare to fool me!" The tall man stood up while scolding, "Bang! With a loud bang, he kicked the little beggar on the ground again.

"Big brother, this kid eats fish," the tall man said to the lean man, "how long have we not eaten!" ”

After saying that, he still didn't understand his hatred, and kicked the little beggar hard.

"Ahem...... cough ......" The little beggar was kicked by these kicks, and lay on the ground coughing incessantly.

"That's it!" The lean man opened his mouth to stop the tall man who was about to kick again, "It won't do us any good to hurt him. ”

"Kobayashi!" The lean man pointed his finger at the little beggar.

It turns out that this kid's name is Xiaolin! Xiao Jie, who was hiding in the shadows, watched Xiao Lin being beaten, although he was a little angry, he was not worried, these two people also needed Xiao Lin to get food for them, and they wouldn't break him.

"You broke this rule yourself!" The lean man continued, "Don't blame me for being ruthless, you and your little sister won't eat tonight!" ”

"Don't ...... Other! Uncle Liang! Xiao Lin raised his head with difficulty and slowly, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, "It's okay if I don't eat, my little sister, you give her some to eat, she's sick, beg ...... Please! ”

Xiao Jie now understood, it turned out that Xiao Lin's sister was in the hands of these two people, so he had to come back, I don't know who the five children who were tied by ropes were his sister?

"Uncle Liang, look! I've brought back a lot of food tonight! Xiao Lin coughed twice.

The lean man looked at Xiao Lin coldly and didn't say a word.

At this moment, several half-sized children appeared in the darkness, all carrying a large or small burden in their hands.

It is estimated that the children who cook are also the younger brothers or sisters of these boys.

Vile! Xiao Jie was angry, and used these people's relatives as bargaining chips to coerce Xiao Lin and them to find food, while they sat back and enjoyed the results.

"Xiaoshan, you go and count the harvest of those little guys!" Uncle Liang instructed the tall man, "I'll handle Xiaolin's affairs." ”

"Yes, Brother Liang." After the tall man finished speaking, he greeted the boys.

"Xiaolin, don't say I don't take care of you." There was silence for a while before the lean man spoke, "For the sake of your good performance today, your little sister's ration has been halved!" ”

After speaking, he picked a piece of cake in front of him, broke a quarter of the size casually, and handed it to Xiao Lin.

"As for you, there is none."

"Thank you Uncle Liang, thank you Uncle Liang!" Xiao Lin hurriedly got up from the ground and bowed to the lean man a few times.

Taking the pitiful small cake from Uncle Liang's hand, Xiao Lin bypassed the children at the door and got into the shack.

"Little sister, are you hungry? I have a cake to eat today! Xiao Lin's voice came from the shack.

"Brother, I want to drink water." The little girl's voice was very soft.

Xiao Jie suddenly realized that Xiao Lin's sister was in the shack.

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