"Xiaoling doesn't cry, my mother blows, and my fingers don't hurt, this door is really bad, why did you clip Xiaoling's hand? The mother beat it, so that it would not dare to clamp Xiaoling again. ”

In my memory, the little girl's wrinkled face was just as cute, and after she blew on her red and swollen fingers a few times, she turned her sorrow into joy and "giggled" at herself.

Xiaoling may be the best child in the world, right? She has always felt like this, Shen'er is very sensible, and Xiaomei is also very well-behaved, but maybe because Xiaoling left, she has become the only one who is most difficult to give up in her heart.

***

"Does it hurt?" Amy gently touched the bandaged wound with her fingers, and the slightly painful touch pulled Yu Shi out of the memory.

"It doesn't hurt, it's fine." Yu smiled at Amy, wiping the tears from her face with one hand.

"Amy, don't worry, I've already seen it, it's just a skin injury, it's okay," after comforting Amy, Zhao Zimai suddenly smiled, "But now there is another more urgent thing for us to do." ”

After speaking, seeing that the people in the room were all looking at him, he accentuated his tone, "We are going to leave Sanping Village, not just a few of us, but to let the entire village leave." If you stay any longer, the lives of the whole village may be lost. ”

He was waiting for Yu Shi to ask why, but he didn't think that she just stared at him for a while, then lowered her eyes and said lightly, "Lord Zhao, I know you are kind, but don't blame me for pouring cold water on you, in this village, I'm afraid that few people will go with you." ”

"Why? The dragon veins have collapsed, and all the evil spirits that have swallowed your soul have come out, and if you don't leave, do you have to sit and wait for death? Mu Xiaowu answered anxiously.

Yu Shi stared at the flames of the oil lamp beans, and a sneer squeezed out of the corner of his lips, "Girl, how many of those evil ones have you seen?" There are a few more who have been killed by the evil spirit, and it won't hurt if the board doesn't hit them, not to mention these people," she paused slightly, "These people, from beginning to end, didn't feel that they had done anything wrong. ”

"Is infanticide? Everyone kills, every family kills, what's the point of having me? Besides, he didn't kill it with his own hands, he just needed to hand over the child to Gu Lizheng. And I killed him so that others could live better, and I was right to fight for my life, am I wrong? She snorted through her nose, "You know what? That's what everyone here thinks, and I know them too well after being married for so many years, so do you think they'll listen to you and leave this village where your ancestors have been rooted here for generations? Don't be delusional, frozen hard stones can't be covered with heat, and I advise you not to waste your efforts. ”

Mu Xiaowu was irrefutable when he said this, and the whole room was suddenly shrouded in silence, and no one knew how to break this dead end: if no one left, they couldn't move the rocks blocking the entrance of the village, so those who wanted to leave would not be able to leave now.

"Would you like to go?" A childish voice sounded beside Yu's side, and Amy looked at her fixedly, "You should have left, you wanted to leave for a long time, didn't you?" ”

Yu Shi was stunned, his eyes met Amy's, his lips moved a few times, but he didn't answer half a word.

"Brother Shen'er doesn't like it here, so you should leave, go far, and don't come back." Amy answered, her tone very calm, not at all like a five or six-year-old child.

"Mother, we can go to our grandfather's house, don't you always talk about them? Shen'er also misses the two of them to be old. Shen'er also joined Amy's camp.

"You all think I should go?" Yu looked as if he was in a dream, but there was a little flame of hope in his eyes.

"I think the kids are right, you've been spending so many years here, it's time to leave." Zhao Zimai touched Shen'er's head and nodded at Yu's family, "And I think, maybe there are still people in Sanping Village who think the same as you, so we always have to give it a try, do you say?" ”

***

"Lady, can I ask you a question?" When everyone dispersed, and only himself and Yu were left in the room, Zhao Zimai finally said the sentence that had been suppressed in his heart, "Xu is your sister-in-law, although she is a little crazy now, why did she come to you?" Even wanted your life? ”

"She's a poor person, just like me, ruined by this village." Yu Shi looked down at the injured arm, hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "When my second child was born, my sister-in-law was also pregnant, but such a 'double happiness' has become two white things here. It was a great famine year, and none of the newborn children in the village survived, because they were killed at birth because of hunger, and some could not even cry. Under my resistance and protection, the eldest sister barely survived to five months, but Yuming was unwilling to wait any longer. ”

"The last bit of food in the family has been eaten, Yuming said, Shen'er is a boy, and he wants to pass on the ancestry, but Xiaoling must not stay."

"The day he took Xiaoling away, I couldn't find him, so I went to Gu Yuyin's house to make trouble, because as long as he quarreled with me, he would hide in his eldest brother's house. But that day, Yuming did not go to his eldest brother's house unusually, and Gu Yuyin only had him and his sister-in-law in the house. I was so angry that I grabbed my eldest brother and asked him to give him back to me, because if he hadn't advocated the construction of the baby tower, my child would not have died, at least not so miserably. I yelled at the couple like crazy, asking why they could keep their own children, but I couldn't. ”

"Of course, I regretted it afterwards, because according to the rules of Sanping Village, if it is the first child and it is a boy, then even if it is a famine year, it can be stayed. What I never thought was that the eldest brother was attentive to what he said to me, on the one hand, he loved Yuming's younger brother very much, and he was afraid that his family would not be harmonious. On the other hand, as a Li Zheng of Sanping Village, in such a special year, leaving only his own children, I am afraid that other villagers will also be dissatisfied. ”

"So, Gu Yuyin killed his first child with his own hands?" Zhao Zimai's eyes were lit up by the faint flame of the oil lamp.

"Yes, and the sister-in-law never conceived a child again for this reason, and they became the only couple in the village who couldn't ask for a child." Speaking of this, Yu Shi smiled sadly, "My lord, I really don't think this is retribution, I just think that my sister-in-law is the same as me, and she is a poor person." ”