Chapter 17: The Night Banquet
In the hands of the flower snake, these children will not live too long, at most two or three years, because no matter how old they are, they will not be able to ask for much money, and then they will either die, or they will be really left on the street and continue to beg, but the flower snake only collects money and no longer cares about their life or death.
The seven children woke up, and after adjusting to the light, they all looked at the man outside with a kind of timid and numb eyes.
If it was just Su Junbao, they might not dare to follow, and they wouldn't know what the other party wanted to do, but when they saw Fluttershy, they all followed.
"Sister Xiaoxi, the big brother is here to save us!"
Fluttershy said in a weak voice, referring to the girl who looked the oldest, limping as she walked, not knowing if she was born with a disability or if she had made it the day after tomorrow.
"Fluttershy, I haven't seen you back for a day, how are you?" She stretches out a pair of dirty little hands and retracts them, not knowing whether she is afraid of the strange boy in front of her or the clean blanket on Fluttershy's body.
"I'm fine, you guys go with the big brother, he's here to save us!"
Fluttershy squeezes out a smile as a five-year-old knows to hide that he won't live long.
The children all looked up at Su Junbao.
"Don't worry, have you all eaten?" Su Junbao suddenly smiled.
"Big brother, but it's ...... here!" Fluttershy sneered.
"Don't be afraid, didn't you say that you also hope that they can eat fragrant broth, big brother will take you now!" Su Junbao said, his eyes were blazing!
"There's another one in there, a woman." A bald little boy said suddenly.
Bowing his head and burrowing into the small black room, Su Junbao really saw a woman in the corner, wrapped in a tattered shirt, covered in dirt, almost unable to see her face, but looking at her figure, she must be a mature woman.
It's strange that she didn't come out with the other children!
"She was just caught today, no one can get close, and as soon as she gets close, she will scratch and bite indiscriminately!" The little boy continued.
"Can't you too?" Mu Xingbao asked.
"No, as soon as you get close to her, you will be arrested, and those people will break her hands and feet when they say that she is disobedient!"
"She's not disabled?"
"No, she was just caught today, and the flower snake said that she could sell it for a good price, and no one would be allowed to move, so she would keep it and take it to the slave farm for auction!"
……!
The children said one sentence to the left, one sentence to the right, Su Junbao hugged Fluttershy, squatted down, and looked closely, and found that the woman was also awake, cowering in the corner, with her head down, and she didn't know what was going on.
"Girl, I'm here to rescue you, go out with us, okay!" Su Junbao said as kindly as possible, but the other party didn't even move, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Could this be deafness, Su Junbao thought to himself, asked again, and still remained motionless.
Su Junbao frowned, he really didn't know how to persuade people, and this woman didn't know if she was overly frightened or delirious.
Su Junbao stretched out his hand and tentatively touched the other party's head gently, but just as Su Junbao was about to touch her head, the girl moved, reached out and patted it, and pushed Su Junbao's hand to her away, and at the same time her body shrank to the corner of the wall, and her mouth let out a beast-like, frightened and threatening scream.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we won't hurt you!"
Su Junbao hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that he had no malicious intent, but whether the woman could understand it or not was another matter, she looked like a wounded little beast, and it took a while before she calmed down.
Su Junbao had no choice, and he couldn't leave her alone, and those children were also staring at her.
Suddenly, Su Junbao seemed to think of something, he remembered that there were still a few fruits in his storage treasure, which he put in before leaving, and wanted to share them with these children.
He takes them out and separates them from each other, one by one, and after a while there is a clattering and chuckling of the children, and Fluttershy can't eat it, and watches her companion eat with a sweet smile on her face.
Su Junbao took out another one and tentatively handed it to the woman, her movements were so slow that she crawled like a snail, and those children were also afraid of scaring her, so they slowed down their chewing speed.
This time it worked, the woman who was motionless just now seemed to smell the fragrance of fresh fruit, her nose twitched twice, and she slowly raised her head, Su Junbao only then found that her eyes seemed to be a little demented, not as smart as ordinary people, could it be that she was born stupid?
Su Junbao thought to himself, although Rouge was usually a little stunned, but she was still young, but this woman was an adult, Su Junbao was holding the fresh fruit like this, motionless.
The woman looked at the fresh fruit, then at the children who were also eating, and finally stretched out her hands to take it.
The speed at which she ate was extremely amazing, with a few clicks, there was only one kernel of fresh fruit as big as an adult's fist, and after the woman finished eating, she stretched out another hand to Su Junbao, Su Junbao gave her another one, and soon disappeared from the small mouth that kept opening and closing.
Not again this time!
"Come with me, I'll take you to something delicious, okay?"
Su Junbao said again, and at the same time stretched out a hand, this time the other party grabbed his hand, was pulled up from the ground by Su Junbao, and followed behind everyone except for the hut, from beginning to end, I didn't see her say a word.
Holding Fluttershy in one hand, Su Junbao walks through the hallway of the backyard towards the front hall with seven children who are not very mobile.
Walking here, those children who had just regained a little vitality immediately became frightened again, and their bodies couldn't help but tremble, you can imagine how afraid of this place and those people in their hearts.
"Don't be afraid!"
Su Junbao glanced back and smiled slightly, "Fluttershy, are you afraid?" ”
"Don't be afraid, Fluttershy believes in big brothers, and Fluttershy is not afraid of them!" Her voice was staccato and still cheering up her companions.
Su Junbao glanced around again, he not only wanted to rescue them today, but also to break the shadow and fear left by this demon cave in their hearts forever.
The poisoned flower snake and others were paralyzed in the hall, and they found that this poison would only make their hands and feet weak, and their whole body could not move, but it would not kill them, but the person who poisoned them did not appear for a long time, and they could only lie here.
Hearing the footsteps, everyone turned their heads vigorously, turned their eyes, and looked over there, and a man of medium stature walked in with seven or eight children, who were the dogs they had kept in the backyard.
The man looked young and well-proportioned, but not very tall, standing like a pine tree and like a sword, half of his face was covered in a black cloth mask, and his face could not be seen clearly.
He walked in, glanced at it, ignored the crowd, and went straight to the largest table full of banquets, only to see that he let go of the little girl in his hand, and swept one hand freely, left and right, and swept all the people who were still sitting at the table to the ground, completely vacating the place.
Among these people was Qin Ruoyou, she was swept to the ground, half of her beautiful and flamboyant face was buried in the dust on the ground, but she couldn't move all over, she could only smell the smell of the earth and continue to breathe.
With Qin Ruoyou's flamboyant and domineering character, at this time, he had already used all kinds of vicious language in his heart, and he scolded this person thousands of times, but it was a pity that the other party didn't pay attention to her at all.
I saw that he had sorted out the table, brought a few chairs and rearranged them, and then beckoned the children to come and sit, while gently putting the little girl in his arms on the chair with great care.
The children hesitated, but the least daring woman just now was the first to sit on the chair, looking at the table full of delicacies, swallowing violently, her eyes showed a hungry light, and after eating two fresh fruits, she was still so hungry, and she didn't know how long she had been starved.
"Eat them all, these are all delicious, as long as you don't touch the wine!"
Su Junbao said. Fluttershy sat down next to them, and the woman sat next to them, looking at Su Junbao with timid eyes, and then at the full house, looking like she wanted to eat but didn't dare to eat.
Su Junbao saw that she was still hesitant, so she picked a few dishes and put them in front of her, but she suddenly got up, grabbed the largest roast goose in the middle, moved it all in front of herself, and nibbled on it in one bite, not to mention how fragrant it was.
Su Junbao was amused by her demeanor, there was already a snack at home, but she didn't expect to meet a big foodie here.
When the other children saw that she was eating deliciously, they also began to eat one after another, and at first they were a little restrained, but then they ate more and more deliciously, forgetting their fears and what kind of place this was.
They don't know how long it's been since they've eaten a full meal, or eaten a meal that people eat.
"Are you happy?"
Su asks as she gently strokes Fluttershy's hair.
"I'm so happy that we can finally have a full meal!"
Fluttershy looks at her little friend, revealing the light of a child sharing happiness, and the child's mind may be if it is simple, why people have all changed when they grow up, and how Su Junbao wishes to see such a light continue to stay in her eyes.
He sighed, got up, and went out to close and lock the outside door, and put out the lights in the hall a little more, so that no one would bother them before dawn.
"Who the hell is Your Excellency, and what do you want to do?"
A dry voice squeezed out of the man's throat and echoed in the half-dark hall, it was the voice of the flower snake, and the children who were eating happily stopped at once, this voice was so familiar to them, they all sat in their seats, did not dare to move, and looked timidly in the direction of the sound.
Mantuo dew is a strong drug that can paralyze the muscles and nerves of the whole body, and the poisoned person is not only paralyzed all over the body, but also has problems speaking, and the cultivation of the flower snake here is the highest, or let him squeeze the words out of his throat.
Su Junbao glanced at him twice, didn't speak, walked back to his seat, and smiled at the children.
"It's okay, keep eating, no one can move here!"
He said that the children looked at each other, and some picked up the leftover food and continued to nibble, but the chewing became much slower and they did not speak, and they were still afraid!
"Are you afraid of him, of these people?" Su Junbao asked.