At the end of April, the grass grows and the warbler flies.

A girl with pigtails kicked the pebbles angrily, but was attracted by the wildflowers on the path.

She bent down and picked one.

The yellow petals are very delicate and lovely because there is a big river not far away, so they have good moisture and grow extraordinarily delicate and lovely.

As if she had thought of something, she picked up the small basket that she had thrown away because of her anger before, poured out the mushrooms and wild vegetables in one go, and picked the flowers along the way.

Originally, I wanted to pick only one kind, but I was taken away by something else.

The little butterfly and the little bee flew around, and she couldn't pounce half of them, pointing at the little insect and saying, "Even you bully me!"

The little butterfly seemed to understand her words, and flew to her shoulder.

She cautiously tried to touch it, but the little butterfly flew away again. She hurriedly said "hey" and ran after the butterfly.

I ran all the way to the shore of the lake, only to find that the butterfly had stopped on an object by the lake.

The girl frowned, what was that black mass?

She was a little scared, remembering what her father had said about the man-eating monster, but that curiosity kept her from running back.

After looking at it for a long time, I noticed that the "thing" didn't seem to move.

Only then did he tiptoe over.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it.

It's a girl! The whole face is blistered and white, and there are wounds! It looks like a miserable situation.

Somehow, she remembered her sister, who had been sent away not long ago, who was the same age as this person.

At that moment, she felt that her sister had returned.

She had a sour nose, but she was only five or six years old, and she didn't have much strength, so she dragged half of her body to the shore with all her might.

Breathless, she gritted her teeth and looked at the wooden house in the distance on the hillside. He stomped his feet and ran back like a fly.

I ran all the way to the house, only to find that my shoes had fallen off.

When she got into the house, she began to be careful. The probe looked at it for a long time before running into a hut.

It was hot inside, and there was a slight murmur of iron.

She shouted, "Daddy." ”

The man put down what he was holding and wiped his face with a cloth towel around his neck. picked up the child who pounced on him, and said with a smile: "Why did Xiaodou come back?" Daddy is covered in sweat, come down. ”

Xiaodou broke free from his arms, and pointed his little hand in a certain direction: "Dad, I see my sister."

Her father was stunned for a moment, and said bitterly: "I'm talking nonsense again, your sister is ...... It's not here anymore. ”

Xiaodou was unrelenting: "I saw my sister by the river. She was blistered in water and had a lot of wounds on her body, so Dad went to save her sister. ”

He sighed, now in this world, bandits are rampant, presumably it must be a hard-working daughter's family who has been poisoned. He's just an ordinary person, where can he manage so much.

He shook his head, but Xiaodou still struggled to look at him with a pair of round eyes.

That hand couldn't hold the tools for striking iron.

was taken by Xiaodou and ran to the river, only to see the "sister" in Xiaodou's mouth.

He dragged the man to the shore, his calloused hands sluggish, and he couldn't detect any pulse to breathe.

Glancing at the girl, who was indeed the same age as his eldest daughter, his heart couldn't help but be full of pity. The girl's exposed skin was full of wounds, and I don't know who was so ruthless and could be so cruel to a little girl.

If you put people here like this, you won't be dragged away by wolves at night.

He carried the person on his back, took Xiaodou's hand and said, "Dad will bring the person back and put it in the hay house, but can't you let your mother know?"

Xiaodou pouted: "She's not my mother, my mother is reluctant to scold me."

The man rubbed her head lovingly: "Xiaodou be obedient, so that my mother won't scold you."

Xiaodou snorted, but held her father's hand tightly.

In the middle of the night, there was a small figure with a small lamp and tiptoed towards the house where the horses were encircled.

She is small, lightweight, and flexible. So it was easy not to make a sound.

Shodou put the lamp on the ground, and the faint light illuminated the vision in front of him.

It's been six or seven days, why haven't you woken up yet?

She held her head and sighed.

But I caught a sharp glimpse of the man's mouth moving.

She immediately ran to the kitchen, brought a bowl of water, and carefully fed it to her. She was a little anxious to feed, and some of the water choked on the woman's nose, and she coughed twice.

Xiaodou hurriedly covered her mouth: "Sister, you be quiet."

The woman struggled to open her eyes.

Xiaodou said happily: "You're awake!"

Xiao Li didn't regain consciousness for a while, the child got closer, she subconsciously pushed her away, and shrank into the darkness.

Xiaodou was coldly pushed by her and squatted, but she didn't cry, and crawled in front of her again: "Sister, are you hungry, I left half a steamed bun today and didn't eat it, do you want to eat it?"

Only then did Xiaoli see the child in front of her clearly.

A very thin but energetic little girl, with big eyes full of care. She didn't speak for a moment.

Memories slowly came to mind.

She remembers falling into the waterfall that day. There should be many branch rivers of such a large waterfall, and those pursuers follow more than a hundred and ten rivers, and the rivers have other tributaries......

In this way, she really escaped a catastrophe.

She opened her mouth, but found that her voice was hoarse: "You...... Saved...... I ......"

Xiaodou saw that she could speak, and said, "My father and I brought you back from the river, and you have slept for seven days, and I thought you wouldn't wake up."

Seven days?

I didn't find it for seven days......

She remembers that she was covered in blood, and the blood was washed away by the river and flowed in all directions.

It should be safe here at the moment.

But she was still not at ease, and said with difficulty: "Waterfall ......" She wanted to ask her if she had ever seen a waterfall and how far away the waterfall was from here. Just in case, those people chased and killed, she couldn't bother them.

Xiaodou tilted his head: "My home is in the village outside Yucheng, and the waterfall is ...... That should be a port city...... I heard that the waterfall in Bucheng Mountain is big and beautiful, but my father always said that he didn't have time to take me to see it...... But sister, Bucheng is so far away from Yucheng, is my sister from Bucheng? ”

Xiao Li was slightly relieved, and a sense of tiredness came over her, and she couldn't hear what the child had to say.

Xiaodou looked at her and said blankly, "Sister...... Why are you crying......"

——

Such days are peaceful.

Xiaodou is not in school at this age, and Xiaoli only knows her situation.

Xiaodou's father's name is Liuping, he is a blacksmith, and he also raises horses for bandits in exchange for the safety of the family. Liuping had a wife in her early years, but when she gave birth to Xiaodou, she contracted a cold and died when she was four years old.

Liuping couldn't take good care of his two daughters, so he continued.