Pearls slowly moved to relieve the numb arm tied behind her, and after a while, she reached for something pressed under her, a dagger she had stolen from the fat woman last night.

The dagger was not big, even the blade with the handle was only more than three inches, it was originally pinned behind the fat woman, Mi Pearl saw this dagger for the first few days, and never found a chance to touch it, until last night, when the fat woman turned around to tie the rope to the girl next to her, she stole it.

Pearls slowly turned the blade of the dagger and slashed at the rope at her wrist, and after a few breaths, the rope that bound her wrist was disconnected.

Mi Pearl moved her arm and kneaded the strangulation marks on her wrist a few times before she went to untie the rope on her legs and feet, and after untying the restraints, she slowly stood up.

The windowless cabin was pitch black, and it was difficult to see the surroundings, so I could only perceive the surroundings by hearing and touching.

Pearl groped her way around the people on the ground to the door, leaned on the door and listened, slowly pushed open the door of the cabin, and a glimmer of light appeared in front of her, very faint, only slightly better than in the cabin.

Carefully and with a faint light, the pearl moved out, and from time to time someone's snoring came from a door in front of her.

She stopped and listened carefully, there were only three people in the room on the left, I don't know where the other three had gone, and there was no one breathing outside the cabin.

Mi Pearl took a step and lifted the curtain in front of her and walked out, her eyes lit up, and the blue night sky was in the sky, and the stars in the sky were twinkling and twinkling, she blinked her eyes twice, and took a few deep breaths of fresh air before looking to the left and right.

At this time, the boat stopped on the shore, not like a wharf, and the river was not very wide, and there were reeds more than a man high in the river on the bank. On the left bank of the river is a forest, and from the light transmission, you can guess that there is a large forest.

To the right of the riverbank is an overgrown tidal flat, and in the distance, there are a dozen houses scattered with the sound of chickens and dogs.

At such a distance, she could jump to the shore with a light touch on the ground.

Pearls moved two steps to the left, stopped and turned and entered the cabin again, and in a moment she came out again, carrying the youngest girl on her shoulder.

She didn't stop, she jumped up the riverbank, and after a few more ups and downs, she was already submerged in the woods.

"Sister, I'm hungry."

Mi Pearl took the little girl's hand and walked in the Chenguang, one tall and one short, two shadows pulling on the ground.

After taking the little girl out and walking some distance, she woke her up by a small stream, using the cold water of the stream, and walked forward with her words along the way.

The little girl's surname is Jin'er, she is eight years old this year, she doesn't know where her home is, she was deceived by someone.

At that time, she was playing in front of her house, and was coaxed away by a woman with osmanthus candy, and then somehow it fell into the hands of the fat woman.

Mi Pearl looked at Jin'er worriedly, and then looked at the house in the distance, how to get something to eat! After she was stunned in the tea shed, her valuable things were searched, and she didn't even let go of the headband on her head, and now she can be said to be penniless.

Qu Jin'er saw Mi Pearl's embarrassment, and said with great insight: "Sister, take me to the river to drink some water, I won't be hungry when I'm full." ”

"Good!"

Mi Pearl smiled helplessly, held Qu Jin'er's hand, and walked down the road towards the river.

When they came to the stream, Mi Pearl and Qu Jin'er squatted on the bank, reached out and took a sip of water, and the cold stream water entered their stomachs, making the two of them shiver.

Mi Pearl and Qu Jin'er looked at each other, and took another sip, and Mi Pearl shivered again when she saw Qu Jin'er.

She splashed out the water in her hand, shook it twice, and reached out to hold Qu Jin'er's cold hand, "Don't drink it, let's go!" She said.

"Sister, I won't get cold if I drink a little bit." Qu Jin'er said.

When the sun rises, the earth warms up, and people are energized.

Mi Pearl pulled Qu Jin'er and approached a small village, the village was not big, there were twenty or thirty families, most of the men in the village were busy working in the fields, three or two old ladies and four or five women, sitting in the sun and insoles.

Mi Pearl found an old lady with a kind face and a middle-aged family from the perspective of her clothes, and said, "Auntie, do you have anything to eat?" For me and my sister, we were separated from our family and hadn't eaten for more than a day. ”

The old lady looked at the two girls in front of her, her face was a little yellow, and some of her dirty clothes were silk, thinking that it was a young lady from a big family who was separated from her family.

A few people next to him saw Mi Pearl and Qu Jin'er, and they all sighed, "Which child is this, why did you get separated from your family?!" Isn't such a countenance the flesh in the eyes of the crutch? ”

"Isn't it! Look at the face of this girl, a proper beauty embryo. ”

"That's it," a woman in her thirties took Qu Jin'er's hand and said, "If you can't find your family for a while, why don't you live in our house, we have two little brothers at home who can play with you, and whatever delicious food will be given to you, what do you think?" ”

Qu Jin'er looked at Mi Pearl to see what she had to say.

Mi Pearl looked at this woman, thinking that it was better to put Qu Jin'er here than to follow her, and just when she hesitated, the old lady who was first asked said: "Big tiger daughter-in-law, you let this child go, just the two tigers in your family, it is good if such a little girl is not rubbed to death by them." ”

When Mi Pearl heard this, she hurriedly protected Qu Jin'er behind her and looked at the people around her vigilantly.

The old lady patted Pearl on the shoulder and said, "Come with me." As he spoke, he went to his house.

Mi Pearl pulled Qu Jin'er and followed the old lady into a large courtyard, she didn't go inside, she stood in the threshold, watched the old lady enter the room on the right, and after a while came out with four multigrain cakes.

"These few cakes, the two of you eat one first, leave two and put them away, you can eat them slowly on the way."

As she spoke, the old lady tore apart the cake and gave it to Qu Jin'er, and stuffed the rest into Mi Zhu's arms, knowing at a glance that she was a calculating person.

Qu Jin'er took half of the cake, looked at the face of the rice pearl, and took a bite when she saw her nodding and chewed it slowly.

Mi Pearl bowed down and bowed to the old lady, "Thank you, old lady!" She said.

"If you're not in a hurry, eat here, and I'll pour you two bowls of water to drink when you're done."

When Mi Pearl heard her talk about water, she was on guard, and hurriedly put the cake into the placket, so she pulled Qu Jin'er out and walked outside the village.