Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of people disappear.

In the endless mountain forest, a plum blossom forest is in full swing, beautiful, quiet and distant, like a picture.

However, the appearance of a man broke the painting. A girl, skinny, with yellow hair, a pair of big eyes embedded in her face, looked a little scary, tattered clothes, all dirty, as if she had just rolled a few laps in the mud, carrying a basket of vegetables in her hand.

In the snow, the girl walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, rummaging in the snow from time to time, her hands and face were red from the cold. After a while, a bright smile appeared on the girl's face, and she carefully took a handful of wild vegetables and put them in the basket, and began to rummage again.

At sunset, the little girl stopped, looked at the basket of wild vegetables in her hand like a treasure, looked up and found that she had gone a little far, remembering what the village people said, there were wolves in the mountains, and the girl's face was so frightened that she ran home.

I came home all the way, and before I entered the door, I heard my grandmother's cursing, "You lazy thing, the sun has gone down and the rice hasn't been cooked, the family eats white food, it's dark, where is that dead girl!" I can't cook this meal today! Why, do you want me, an old woman, to serve you! ”

The little girl pushed open the door and walked in, and in the courtyard, a middle-aged woman, who was quite tall, was wearing a coarse cloth dress with gray and blue patches, her hair was tied in a bun, and a mahogany hairpin was inserted.

The woman's face was sallow, her cheekbones were bulging, her eye sockets were deep, and she looked visibly malnourished. At this time, she was cowering with her head down and being reprimanded by an old woman with one hand on her waist, sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, and scolding in her mouth, the little girl's brows furrowed, "Grandma, where did my mother provoke you, you ......"

Before the little girl could finish speaking, she was interrupted by the old woman, "You dead girl still dare to talk back!" Where did Tianye go one day, and he didn't cook, it's really against you, what about the dishes you picked today? That's it, didn't you hide it secretly! Look at the old woman, I won't kill you today, you lazy money-loser! The old woman snatched the basket, glanced at the basket, lifted the broom, and struck at the little girl.

The woman hurriedly protected the little girl, held her tightly in her arms, and cried, "Mother, don't fight Yueyue, this great famine year, it is cold and frozen, where are there so many wild vegetables!" Everything that could be eaten was almost dug up, and even the roots of the young trees on the mountain were cut and eaten. ”

The old woman didn't pay any attention to the woman's crying, and the broom hit her harder and harder. 's mouth is also scolding and scolding, "It's really the opposite, what kind of sin did I create, old woman!" One or two are unworrying things, so lazy to do, it's dark and there is no fire yet, waiting for the old woman and I will serve you, unfilial! I was still not happy to say it twice, but I dared to fight back! ”

"! What do you mean by this, we are not filial? Are we too lazy to do? In this family, we are the ones who get up early and work in the dark, and we are the ones who work more and eat less, and we ......" Ran Wenyue couldn't help but reply, broke free from the woman's protection, took a broom stiffly, and turned over to protect the woman.

"Evil obstacles! Dead girl, it's against you, see if I don't kill you today! Seeing that Ran Wenyue still dared to resist, the old woman was furious and wanted to continue fighting.

The woman's heart was in a hurry, and she hurriedly protected Ran Wenyue under her again, and the broom fell on the woman's body. "Yueyue is not afraid! Mother in. ”

"Mother~" Looking at the woman who was protecting her tightly, Ran Wenyue knew that she was impulsive, and said guiltily, "I'm sorry." ”

"Grandma, stop beating my mother and sister!" At this time, Ran Wenbo and Ran Wenxing, who were watching from the sidelines, couldn't hold back any longer, and stepped forward to grab the hem of the old woman's clothes and cry and pray.

"Get out of here!"

……

In Qinggang Village, the three women who had just finished washing their clothes and washing vegetables passed by the door of Ran's house with a wooden basin, and heard the sound of banging again, and then Ran Shen's curse pierced the sky over the yard, accompanied by the cry of children.

Within a breath, outside the courtyard of Ran's house, many passing villagers gathered.

"Old Qian is beating and scolding Xiumei and Ran girl again?" A woman said.

"Not really." A woman sighed: "Since the eldest man of the Ran family went to join the army, the life of this Xiumei's mother and son has become more and more difficult, and they have been either scolded or beaten for three days." ”

Another elderly woman said: "If you want me to say, this Ran Shen is an eccentric person who does not stop, and that old man Ran is also a wreck, and he was crushed to death by a woman." ”

"I just heard something new!" At this time, a middle-aged woman holding a basin of clothes said mysteriously.

"What's the news, let's hear about it." Someone immediately asked curiously.

The middle-aged woman looked at everyone before she whispered, "I heard that the Ran Shen clan is planning to sell Wenyue's girl." ”

The farmer with the hoe on his back interjected: "I also heard that Shen Xinghua is going to sell Wenyue's girl to Chongxi, the sick seedling of the rich man Zhang's family, and the price has already been negotiated." ”

"Rush! How old is this Wenyue girl, she is not yet ten years old, this Ran Shen is also ruthless enough! ”

"This Ran Shen clan is simply eccentric and biased into the Gazi nest, too lacking in morality......"

Before the end of the note, Ran Shen broke through the door angrily: "You don't have to go home!" ”