The three of them got closer and closer, and there was still a distance of about fifty or sixty meters away from Du Xiaomeng, and Du Xiaomeng clearly saw that the two women in front and behind were wearing dark gray dirty old coarse cloth tops and heel-length white cloth skirts. The dress seemed to have not been washed for years, and was covered with heavy stains of different shades and colors, shining in the sun, covering the original color of the body.

She also noticed that the faces of the two women were distorted, and the fingers of both hands were severely deformed and crooked. The appearance of these two people reminded her of the special report about the leprosy village she had read before. In that report, there were photos of some recovered lepers, and those lepers looked similar to these two women!

When Du Xiaomeng looked at those strange people and was puzzled, a hand behind her that didn't know where to reach out grabbed her hard, and said anxiously: "Madam! Get out of here! ”

When I looked back, it turned out to be Liu Lu, and Zhan Li. Before she could open her mouth to ask, Liu Lu and Zhan Li pulled her up left and right with nervous expressions, turned around and ran quickly towards the alley not far behind them.

They kept running until they couldn't hear the sound of the gong before they stopped.

All three of them were out of breath and sweating on their foreheads. Especially Du Xiaomeng, who covered her face with gauze, felt that she was about to lose her breath.

Du Xiaomeng breathed hard, and asked puzzledly: "Why are we running?" Who were those three just now? ”

Liu Lu glanced at the long alley behind him with palpitations, and only replied after making sure it was safe: "Madam, those people, those people are lepers wearing the same clothes, and those who are all black are lepers. ”

Zhan Di seemed to be afraid that Du Xiaomeng would not understand, and then said: "The leper woman was originally also a leper patient, but they were well and did not die, so the government let them manage the leprosy patient." Whenever anyone in the city was suffering from leprosy, they would go to the door and take him away and escort him to the leprosy tower outside the city and lock him up. ”

Leprosy is still a terrible infectious disease that cannot be cured in this era, and it is no wonder that the patient is so tightly wrapped from head to toe.

Liu Lu frowned and said, "It's really unlucky! It's rare to run into a leper once. They are like the plague, and if you get close to them, you will probably suffer. Madam, every time the leper escorts a patient out of the city, she will ring a gong to remind everyone to take refuge. When you hear the gong or see them in the future, you must run as far away from them as possible! It's really dangerous just now, if we hadn't pulled you away in time, you would have run into them! ”

Zhan Di wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Don't hear the sound of gongs, they should go away." She took Du Xiaomeng's hand, "Sister-in-law, let's go." ”

Liu Lu hurriedly stopped Zhan Li, who wanted to turn around and walk back, and said, "Madam, Miss, although they said that they have gone far, they have just walked on that road, for the sake of safety, we better not take the main road." ”

Zhan Li suddenly realized: "That's right! Let's take the path to the past! ”

Du Xiaomeng, who was unfamiliar with the road, couldn't interject, so she had to follow them. Zhan Li and Liu Lu walked through different winding alleys, and it didn't take long for them to turn to another lively street. This street is a little narrower than the one just now, but it is still very crowded and noisy.

Zhan Li hurriedly shook Du Xiaomeng's arm, pointed to a shop less than ten meters in front, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "Sister-in-law, look! There it is! ”

looked in the direction she pointed and saw the three vigorous and powerful red characters of "Strange Fun House". The three words were carved into a wood-colored board and hung vertically on the door frame on the right.

When you enter the store, it turns out that it is a place that specializes in all kinds of gadgets. At a glance, on the wooden shelf in front of me was a row of coconut dolls of different expressions, costumes, and sizes, the largest one was about thirty or forty centimeters tall, and the smallest one was the size of two fists.

The owner is a man in his mid-fifties. As soon as he saw Zhan Li coming in, he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face and greeted him warmly: "Miss Zhan, there has just been a batch of new gadgets in the store, do you want to see them?" ”

Zhan Li nodded impatiently and said, "Yes!" ”

The shopkeeper led them aside, brought a box and opened it, took out a colorful round cylinder with round lenses at one end, and said, "Miss Zhan, this is called a kaleidoscope, don't look at it as just a small cylinder, it hides countless flowers, gorgeous and beautiful!" ”

"Really? Is it so amazing? Zhan Li stared at the kaleidoscope in the shopkeeper's hand with wide eyes in disbelief.

The shopkeeper handed over the kaleidoscope and said with certainty, "Of course it's true!" As long as you look inside with this crystal mirror, you will see the scene of thousands of flowers blooming inside. ”

Zhan Li did as the shopkeeper said, and soon she exclaimed in surprise: "How beautiful! ”

"Sister-in-law! Check it out! It's fun! ”

She excitedly handed the kaleidoscope to Du Xiaomeng's eyes. Du Xiaomeng put her eyes close to the crystal mirror and looked inside, except for seeing a mess of flowers and greens, she didn't see anything special. How can this kaleidoscope, which has no fancy, compare with modern juniors? However, it is not good to dampen the enthusiasm of children, in order not to ruin Zhan Li's interest, Du Xiaomeng still pretended to be very surprised, and exclaimed: "It's really beautiful!" This kaleidoscope is amazing! ”