"To be a man is to be ginger in the cold and snow, which is not only cold-resistant but also curable!" - "Winter Ginger" by Bai Alder

A pair of emaciated hands sorted out the straw that the prison envoy had just brought in, and the straw still exuded a slight fragrance, but it was really out of place in this dark and dull cell with the smell of rot.

The broken hair scattered from the corners of her forehead, the emaciated woman stretched her hands behind her ears, sighed softly, and raised her eyes to look at the narrow iron window that passed overhead, it was a steel iron window, firmly fixed to the cold stone wall.

The chains of the hands and feet are really inconvenient, just move slightly, the chains creak, especially when crossing the wet ground, the inexplicable sound makes people's ears ache faintly.

There were a few cockroaches jumping up and down at his feet, and a gecko crawling under the cold corner, wagging its tail and looking around.

The woman has long been accustomed to it, and remembers that when she first came in, she was so scared that she didn't know what to do, and even the people next door said that she was making a fuss, and as the days went by, she got used to it.

No, it's been three years, and if you don't get used to it, you have to get used to it.

This dark and feared cockroach gecko can one day become her friend, which is also a miracle.

Leaning against the cold stone wall, lying on the cold straw, only a thin cloth sheet was laid, where could I resist the cold.

The conspicuous prison word that can no longer be conspicuous stimulates the eyes, wear it for three years, wash it for three years, sew and mend it for another three years!

I thought that only Buyi would be like this, but I didn't think that this prisoner would be the same.

Count the days, and the execution is coming!

The woman closed her eyes tightly, the back of her head leaned against the cold and biting wall, after a long time, she naturally couldn't feel the so-called cold, she shook the iron chain in her hand, put her little hand on her knees, and the cold iron chain was close at hand, and she could never leave.

"Babble!" The door of the cell, which had been dull for three years, finally opened.

It's been three years! Usually the food is delivered on the small window, and there must be a travel order for people to enter and exit in three urgents, why is it that today, the dull prison door will be opened?

The woman opened her eyes, but she looked lazily, and then closed her eyes again, thinking about whether she could meet her parents who she had never met after death, in her opinion, her biological parents had long since died, otherwise how could she bear to throw her in the cold and snow?

The inmates in the cold, gray cell had all walked out, leaving only the innermost one, and the last, the reciprocal cell.

That is the cell where the woman is, because the woman is related to a murder case, and she is an accomplice, it stands to reason that she should be executed in February, but the Son of Heaven issued a holy decree to release all the criminals, and after looking out, she will reform herself, become a new person, and never commit another crime.

"Ah Zhi," the prison envoy took the roster and the last name.

Ah Zhi? Who is it? The woman's first reaction was who this person was, she slowly opened her eyes, raised her eyes and looked at the slightly kind prison envoy standing outside, and asked puzzledly: "My lord, who is Ah Zhi?" ”

The prison envoy shook his head and sighed, and took out the last confession that had come in, and slowly handed it to her, the woman with yellow muscles and thin face, the quietest woman in three years.

"Let's see."

The woman waved her hand and mocked herself: "My lord, the folk girl is illiterate." ”

The prison envoy withdrew the yellowed confession on the paper, chuckled, habitually holding the knife at his waist, and suddenly remembered that this time it was the release of the criminal, he only held the handle of the knife, and there was a rare flash of a smile on his unshaven face.

"Ah Zhi is you, three years ago, because of a murder case, the main culprit has fled, and you have become a scapegoat."

The prison envoy paused for a moment and asked with pity, "Girl, have you ever regretted it?" ”

Regret? The woman has selectively forgotten herself and her relatives since she came in, and now someone is calling her name, and she has not recovered for the time being.

The corner of the woman's mouth tugged at the corner of her mouth, and she said lazily and indifferently: "Back to my lord, the folk girl doesn't regret it, even if she regrets it, so what?" ”

She smiled bitterly in her heart, can anyone give her back her three years of youth?

A person, especially a woman, a woman who has no father, no mother, no one to rely on, who can give her back.

Ah Zhi walked out of the cell and stood outside the vast prison gate, the sun that she hadn't seen for a long time was really dazzling, she raised her hand to cover the sun, and looked at the cloth clothes on her body, the clean and well-fitting embroidered shoes under her feet, carrying the baggage, and saying goodbye to the prison envoy.

On the way home, I was greeted by a bare forest, and from a distance, there were patches of wheat fields, clear and hurried, with a fresh breeze and a fragrance from the wheat seedlings.

Ah Zhi didn't know the bottom of her heart, if she returned home, what should that person do to her?

I vaguely remember that I was imprisoned at the age of twelve because of that person's maiden nephew, her maiden nephew harmed someone and caused her to be imprisoned, and she was gone for three years.

In the past three years, she has been imprisoned in a cage, no one has visited, no one has written a letter, no one has sent a winter coat, and no one has asked for warmth.

Thinking of this, Ah Zhi raised her eyebrows slightly, she seemed to have forgotten who she was?

By the way, what about Ah Qi? Where did she go?

It stands to reason that she knows that her sister is in distress and is about to be beheaded, no matter what, she will come to take care of the aftermath for her, not to mention that the Son of Heaven decreed the release of sinners, this matter is also worth rejoicing, she may have gotten the news, I am afraid that she will come to pick up her sister earlier.

Thinking of this, Ah Zhi quickened his pace, and he seemed to have to rush back to that home.

When she stood in the village, sweating profusely and wheezing, the people of the village pointed at her and whispered to her.

But Ah Zhi doesn't care what these people say about her, the clean person is self-purifying, she has not harmed anyone, she has carried the blame for others in vain, and no one has said a word for her, and she has added oil and vinegar, and fell into the well, Ah Zhi has long been disappointed in these people.

The only belief worthy of her stepping into this village is to find her twin sister Aqi.

The two sisters were picked up by the old lady Cheng, born on the same day, the same month, and the same year, but the appearance is inconsistent, and there are birth dates in the swaddling clothes, so naturally they can tell who is who.

As soon as Ah Zhi returned home, the old lady who blocked the door and prevented her from entering pushed it open, searched all the corners of the house, but there was no one to see, and she looked at the old lady with displeasure.

"Where's my little sister?"

"Hey," the old lady glanced at her with a horizontal nose and eyes, how to look at her with disgust and disgust, glanced at her impatiently, and snorted: "Who knows if that Nizi thinks that my old woman is poor, and hates her own sister for her own life, and ran away!" ”

Ah Zhi doesn't believe this statement, how can her little sister be the kind of person who is ungrateful and abandons her only relative!

The old lady didn't care what she thought, pushed her, and maliciously said: "Since I'm back, the land is still barren, go and dig the ground earlier, and plant that kind of seed quickly, don't miss the time." ”

In order to get the real reason for the little sister's departure from the old lady, and thinking of the grace of nurturing, Ah Zhi gritted his teeth and endured it.