From the sun shining high to the waning sun, Ji Yu dragged her unconscious legs and ran round and round, looking for all the places she could find.

Seeing that the city gate was about to close, she had no room for staying, so she had to leave the city.

Sitting on the last mule cart back to Dafeng Village, looking at Yeyang County, which was getting farther and farther away, Ji Yu couldn't help but wonder, would Dabao still be in a corner of the city that she neglected, how would he sleep when it was dark?

I can't think about it, and when I think about it, I want to run back and continue looking, but the gates are already closed.

Ji Yu sat with her knees crossed, a little disheartened for a while.

The mule cart ran very fast, obviously trying to catch the last ray of daylight to go back, but before Juyong Town arrived, the sky was already completely dark.

The coachman suddenly babbled.

"Whose child? How can you ...... in the wilderness at such a late hour?"

Like a mysterious induction, Ji Yuhuo stood up.

Through the faint moonlight, I faintly saw a familiar small figure on the dirt road ahead.

He took small steps, moving back little by little, like a little snail, silent and persistent.

Ji Yu's tears flowed down.

She shouted to stop, and before the carriage could stop, she jumped down and ran towards the child.

Hugged the child into his arms, choked his voice, and said vigorously: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"

There is nothing else to say except these three words.

How did Dabao get out of the county, and how did he remember this road, he walked alone on the road as a child, in case he was noticed by the bad guys......

The fear faded, and he was faintly angry, pushing the child out of his arms and farting at him. The stock was beaten a few times.

"What are you running around alone? What if I get kidnapped? Why don't you wait for me to ......"

Ji Yu's voice gradually disappeared.

Dabao's body is all gray, and his face is swollen. Swollen and purple, but his eyes were still so clean and even calm when he looked at Ji Yu.

He didn't seem to know that the man in front of him had tried to abandon him.

Ji Yu lowered her head, held his hand tightly, and calmed down for a long time before she dared to meet his eyes.

"Dabao, it's me who is wrong this time...... No matter what happens in the future, I will not leave you alone...... I promise you. ”

This is not so much a guarantee to Dabao as a warning to himself.

Dabao blinked, turned his head to the left, and it was pitch black, and it was the way home.

Ji Yu wiped her face indiscriminately, picked up Dabao and got on the mule cart: "Let's go, go home with my sister!" ”

Knowing that she had brought Dabao back again, Li was the most shocked.

"What are you doing, it's not good to send him to the Salesian Bureau, and it saves you a drag......"

Ji Yu told all the things she saw in the Salesian Bureau.

Li Zheng was also a little surprised after hearing this: "How can this be ......?"

Ji Yu saw that he really didn't know the details, and he didn't mean to push Dabao into the fire pit, so she also let go of the mustard in her heart.

"Uncle Li Zheng, you are the most decent person in our Dafeng Village, why don't you find an opportunity next time and mention the situation to the magistrate? I heard that the magistrate has praised you many times for governing the village, and other people's words may not work, and he will definitely listen to what you say. Those children are really pitiful, if you can help them, Uncle Li Zheng, you will also have great merit. ”

Li Zheng was wearing a high hat by her, and her heart fluttered, which was more beautiful than drinking a jar of old wine.

He raised his head high and stroked his beard with his hand: "I didn't expect you to be a girl, but you have a little knowledge." That's right, I'm still a little thin-faced in front of the county honor. ”

"That ......"

"But......" he looked embarrassed, "Yeyang's affairs are more complicated." Don't look at the small Salesian Bureau, there are many people involved...... Alas, why am I talking to you about this, you don't understand. Anyway, Dabao won't be sent, and it doesn't matter to us what the place looks like, so it's better not to mix it. ”

Although Li Zheng has never seen much of the world, and he is not a real official, he has been a low-level official for so many years, and he can still get a glimpse of the doorway of officialdom.

At least he knows very well that he can't meddle in the affairs of the Salesian Bureau, and he will take the whole body in charge! He had a pointed nose and sniffed out danger early.

Li Zheng shook and sighed and left, Ji Yu couldn't either, she was weak, it would be good to be able to keep Dabao, and she really didn't have the strength to go to Pudu sentient beings.

"Dabao, let's go fetch water!"

Ji Yu shouted into the house, then went to the stove room to get a flat pole and a bucket, and when she came out, she saw Dabao stepping over the threshold with his calves.

The loss of Dabao left a great shadow in Ji Yu's heart, causing her to develop a habit now, that is, to take Dabao with her wherever she goes.

Even if it's a squatting pit...... This can't be carried, so let Dabao wait outside the thatched house, across the wall, she called Dabao's name from time to time, and waited for a few breaths, and heard a weak "um" from outside to be relieved.

That's right, Dabao will now say "um". In Ji Yu's eyes, this is a great progress.

But she also knows that people don't progress for no reason, unless there are some thorns. It provoked him or triggered him, pushed him out of his comfort zone, forced him to grow. For Dabao, is the Salesian Bureau experience also a shadow in his heart?

Ji Yu didn't dare to think deeply, and only hoped that time and more love would heal the wound left by her ignorance.

The flat pole is placed flat on the shoulder, the rope hangs at both ends, the end of the rope is tied with a curved hook, and the bucket is hung up separately, Ji Yu holds the flat pole with one hand to maintain balance, and pulls Dabao with the other hand, and walks towards the big well in the center of the village.

In the past, Hu Liang would come every two or three days to help fill the water tank, so Ji Yu never worried about the draft.

Some time ago, Widow Xie returned to work in the silk reeling workshop, and the burden of taking care of Mrs. Xie fell on Hu Liang, and Ji Yu was not good at always bothering others, and she had seen others fetch water, and she felt that it was not too difficult, she was completely okay with herself.

As soon as the flag was set, he was immediately slapped in the face.

There is a crank above the well, and many loops of rope are wrapped around the crank, and the end of the rope is tied to the handle of the bucket, and the bucket is lowered into the well by turning the crank.

At this point, it's perfect, and the next step is to shake the rope, fill the bucket, and shake the handlebar to lift it up.

When she sees others shaking the rope, she always looks very relaxed, and she can shake it for a moment or two.

When it was Ji Yu's turn, she shook quite vigorously at first, only listening to the sound of clattering wooden barrels hitting the wall of the well one after another, but her wrists were sore, and she sweated out, and the bucket was still floating on the water.

She felt that she must have put the bucket in the wrong way, so she shook the bucket up and put it down again...... What should it be?

Dabao's black eyes stared at her without blinking, as if asking her whether she was playing in the water or playing in the water.

Ji Yu wiped the sweat from her forehead, and was suddenly embarrassed.

Fortunately, it's time to eat, and the morning rush hour has passed, otherwise you wouldn't have to lose someone.

But it's a shame now, her eldest sister's dignity......

I don't know if I can save some face by talking to Dabao about the principle of leverage now? Although she couldn't get water, she knew why she could use a crank to get water...... She's still very good.

Ji Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to try again, when someone grabbed the rope before her.

Ji Yu was stunned for a moment, turned her head, and saw a slightly pale face.