"In the middle and lower families, when the child is born, he can't give up and kill him." Lehi looked at Susan and said, word for word, "In short, he couldn't raise the child, so he drowned him." ”

"Chinese people like many sons and many blessings, and it seems that not everyone thinks so."

"Many sons and many blessings," a faint wry smile appeared at the corner of Li Hai's mouth, "When the family is surrounded by walls, hunger and cold, children become a burden, especially girls." Because in Dongchang, where the trend of thick marriage is popular, there are thousands of women who marry more, and there are no less than hundreds. If not, the neighbors will laugh and both men and women will be dissatisfied. ”

"So babies fall prey to poverty and vulgarity." Susan's eyes widened, "Amy, she's ...... too"

"Amy was lucky that you saved her, and she didn't become one of the thousands of drowning babies." Zhao Zimai said softly.

"A few years ago, the imperial court sent officials down to thoroughly investigate the drowning of infants. The imbalance in the number of men and women and the drastic decline in the number of people will cause many drawbacks, so the imperial court attaches great importance to it, not only prohibiting infanticide, but also allocating funds and materials from the central government to build houses for the poor, and issuing orders to governors and prefects throughout the country, asking the rich to give a wide range of benefits. The imperial court also ordered the local government to send special personnel to guard the banks of the river and the pond to prevent the occurrence of infant drowning, but this policy has worked elsewhere, but here in Changdong it seems to have been ineffective, and as far as I know, the number of babies has been declining dramatically in recent years. ”

"Unproductive? How so? Zhao Zimai asked puzzledly.

Lehi's brow tightened, making his furrowed face a little older, "I think those people may have other means, but we haven't tracked down ...... yet."

"Lord Li, to get down to business, I invite you to come here today because this friend of mine wants to find her daughter's biological parents, that little girl happens to remember the village where she was born, Lord Li is a local, and has been an official here for more than 30 years, I wonder if you can provide us with some clues?"

After speaking, seeing Li Hai looking at him intently, Zhao Zimai continued, "The courtyard wall of that place should be made of stones, and there are many green plum trees planted in the village, and plum fruits can be made into candied fruits and sold on the market." By the way, the people there coax children to like to sing a ballad: Brother Cat, with a red nose. With the tiled roof, bite the bottom nong? My brother's house really hurts, Ah Ru go bite Benon......"

"Brother Cat, your nose is red," Li Hai chuckled softly, "Lord Zhao, this is a coincidence, I only went to this village you mentioned a few days ago, because there was a murder there. ”

Zhao Zimai was overjoyed, and Susan stood up from the stool excitedly, and the two asked at the same time, "Where is it?" ”

"The birthplace of the Jade River, Sanping Village, Dongchang."

***

When Amy came down the cramped stairs of the inn, Sang was chopping wood in the yard with an axe, and Mu Cripple stood a few feet away from it to guide, "Yes, follow the pattern, chop from the small head, and drop the axe neatly when you aim, yes, look, how good the chop is, it is divided into two, neatly and neatly." I'll just say, if you're bored, find something to do for yourself, you don't have to fight and kill, this not only kills time, but also strengthens your body, which is a double win. ”

Mulberry has a strong learning ability, and he starts quickly, and after a while, a large stack of long strips of firewood is piled up next to the base of the wall. After glancing at the pyre with a frown, it carried the handle of the axe on its shoulder, and glanced at Mu Cripple, "What else can I do?" ”

Mu lame rubbed his hands, "The floor has been swept and the clothes have been washed, or will you go to the stove room to help you?" ”

"Stove you ......"

Sang picked up the axe and was about to rush towards him, but Mu Cripple hurriedly pointed at Amy, and said with a smile, "There are children here, don't ...... Don't be coarse. ”

Sang stopped, looked back at Amy who was standing at the top of the stairs, rolled his eyes a few times, put the axe on the ground, put his hands on his waist and walked towards her, bowed and said, "Little girl, why are you staring at me?" ”

"Do you like Mike?" After staring at Sang with bated breath for a moment, Amy whispered these words at it.

After speaking, before Sang could speak, Mu Cripple was choked by his own saliva first, he covered his waist and coughed for a long time without getting up, and shouted "Oh Mom, Oh Mom" in his mouth several times.

"Who do I like? Mike? Sang raised an eyebrow, "What is Mike?" Speak human words. ”

Amy cleared her throat, and her breathing voice became a little rapid, "You like Zhao Gongzi, don't you?" You're going to grab him with my mommy, aren't you? I'm not going to let people snatch Mike away. ”

Sang Gaga laughed and lowered his voice, "Yes, I like him, I like him so much that I want to swallow him in one bite, are you satisfied?" ”

After saying that, its face sank, and it let out a "snort" in disgust, and turned around and walked up the stairs. But after going up a few steps, it suddenly stopped moving, holding the handrail with one hand, and slowly turned around.

"What are you wearing?" Every word, it says, is filled with an icy air.

"What should this be called? I want to think, rosary? That's what it's called, right? Amy twirled the string around her wrist, "It's a bit big, and it could be wrapped around again." ”

"Where did you get this?" Sang had turned and walked down the stairs as he spoke, and it was now so close to Amy that it was almost on top of her. The gaze swept from the shaggy hair on the top of her head, across every inch of her body, all the way to the upper of her leather shoes.

"From where, say."

"I just said that we can't bully children, this one is smaller, and I haven't even changed my teeth......" Mu Cripple saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly came over to reconcile, but as soon as he walked to Sang's side, he had already lifted an arm and flew up and fell into the haystack in the courtyard.

The rosary is still so full and round, as if it has not been impregnated by the world, and each one is rippling with a layer of holy light, as if it has just been plucked from the fingers of the gods and Buddhas.

Amy was still playing with the rosary, completely unaware of the increasingly murderous aura that enveloped her body.

"I picked it up in the woods, and Mommy said that it was a good thing from the East, warding off evil spirits, so I kept it." She raised her head and looked at Sang with big flickering eyes, "It's a pity that Mommy doesn't know much about it, so I still can't figure out how these beads can ward off evil spirits, can you tell me?" ”

As she spoke, she took the rosary off her wrist and handed it to San, "I heard Mike call you a great immortal, such a great immortal, you can help me see, what is so special about these beads?" ”

"Little girl, I actually calculated on your grandfather's head, I want to see what bad water is hidden in your stomach."

A sneer tugged at the corner of Sang's mouth, and slowly stretched out his hand towards Amy, it had already made up its mind that it would strangle her delicate neck and force her to tell the truth, and no one would try to stop it.

But the hand was halfway outstretched, but suddenly it couldn't move, and it felt the qi in its body that had been rushing out at once, coming to the one that stretched out to the hand, and restrained every finger of it.