Ji Yu walked on the street without thinking, either bumping into someone or being bumped into by someone, and the training and apology were all mechanical.

In a trance, he went out of the city gate and waited for the mule cart at the fork in the road.

There are some people sitting in the shade of the trees, all waiting for the bus, and it is unknown which village they are going to.

Ji Yu picked up a clean place and sat down, listening to the chatter of the two uncles next to her.

"Such a small child...... Why do you want to do this job? ”

"If you don't work, you don't have anything to eat, you have to go hungry...... A child who has no father and no mother, isn't it just like this......"

Ji Yu turned her head and looked at the object of their discussion.

There is a canal passing by Yeyang County, and there is a canal naturally with a wharf, and many middle-aged men rely on finding some work on the wharf to support their families.

And among a group of adults, the thin boy was particularly conspicuous, and Ji Yu saw him almost at a glance.

Like adults, he also does the work of carrying bags.

I don't know what the sack contains, but when you look at it, you know it's heavy.

Others made a slight effort, carried it on one shoulder, and beckoned the supervisor to let him stack another bag up, although the back pressure was a little bent, but it was not difficult to look up.

On the other hand, the young man, facing a sack about the same height as him, turned his back, gritted his teeth and pressed his shoulders against a corner, grabbed the corner with both hands, his face was flushed, and he could see the green tendons that popped out of his neck, but the effect was not great, he was very difficult to sell a step, his legs were shaking, and a small half sack was dragged on the ground.

Every man who passed by him gave a malicious laugh, treating it as the only spice in his tedious life.

"Okay, no, if it doesn't work, let's leave quickly, it's so bad to be tired and tired when you turn around."

"Hey, I said, if you can't do it, get out! You're in my way! ”

The boy was hit, couldn't keep his balance, and fell to the ground in one fell swoop.

The ridicule grew louder.

Fortunately, the sack didn't fall on his body, and he got up, without saying a word, and continued to hold on to a corner and began to drag.

There was a man who couldn't bear to look at it and wanted to help him hold up the other corner, but he shook his head and refused.

The work of carrying bags is paid by the piece, and he can't delay others to make money.

Ji Yu watched him move a little bit like that, others ran four or five times, and he was still halfway there.

Ji Yu couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Since he has no father and no mother, why don't you go to the Salesian Bureau?" You don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and you don't have to come out to make a living at such a young age. ”

The two uncles who spoke looked at her strangely, as if she was asking a very ridiculous question.

"He's from the Salesian Bureau!"

Ji Yu was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Impossible!" ”

"How do you know it's impossible?"

"The Salesian Bureau is a measure of the imperial court to show mercy to the little and the orphans, and will not let such young children come out to do child labor, they have books, food, and clothes to wear...... will not be abused...... No, it shouldn't be like this......" Ji Yu's always calm brain is a little messy at this time, and her speech is a little upside down.

"You're turning the old yellow calendar!"

At first glance, these two people often go back and forth to the county, and obviously know a lot of inside information.

"The former Salesian Bureau, that is not to be said. The imperial court allocates funds every year, and the rich families in the county are also very charitable, and they donate a lot of money, food, and clothing every year. The bureau also takes care of the children thoroughly, as you said, since childhood, there are books to read, when you are sick, there is a doctor, and when you grow up, you have to get married, and the government also funds ......"

At that time, the wind of benevolence of the first emperor was pervasive, and even their remote people could be cared for.

"Didn't this change the emperor later!" Another said: "It is said that the imperial court will continue to provide pensions, but after years of war, where is the money to support these orphans?" You see, the younger ones are kicked out to earn money, and the smaller ones are not much better, and I heard that many workshops are outsourced to the Salesian Bureau...... If you are injured or sick, you can't do it, whether you die or live depends on the will of heaven. ”

"Pay attention to what you say!" The uncle who spoke first glared, the emperor's affairs were not something that they ordinary people could talk about casually.

"Hey! The Emperor of Heaven is far away...... Okay, okay, let's not talk about it, but also talk about this Salesian Bureau. I don't know what other places are, just if our Guanbei is in turmoil like this, who can take care of this little Salesian Bureau? The top doesn't care about supervision, and it's not easy for those black hands to do what they want. You see, falsely reporting the number of nursing mothers, falsely reporting the number of adopted babies, and making false accounts...... The money is going into the bellies of those stewards! ”

"That's fine, as long as the children are fed and clothed...... The bad is bad, as soon as the top is loose, the bottom will be chaotic! In recent years, the Salesian Bureau has recruited more and more nursing mothers, and they have called older children to take care of the little ones, not to mention the blessings themselves, and they have also taken out the food and clothing that should have been obtained by orphaned children to raise their own children, many of whom died of neglect to take care of them, and some of them starved to death......

The uncle knocked the cigarette pouch on the soles of his feet and sighed: "My son's house and the Salesian Bureau are separated by a wall, no, the day before yesterday, another one was thrown out in the middle of the night." Nursing mothers have their own children, and they can't feed their own children, so how can they give milk to those abandoned babies? What to do, just feed it with rice juice, how can a few month-old babies eat those spoiled rice juices...... You didn't see it, the children inside, all of them didn't look like adults, the day before yesterday they threw out the one, I heard that they cried all night, and they choked before dawn. ”

His companion had apparently not heard of it yet: "Then the government let them do ...... like this"

"As soon as the government came to inspect them, they dressed up the children cleanly, and those who really couldn't see people were locked in the firewood room, and whoever cried was hungry for a few days...... It's hard to say whether anyone from the government has intervened in this matter! ”

What they said again, Ji Yu couldn't hear it anymore. She found her hands shaking and her mind buzzing blank.

The mule cart came, and a crowd of people squeezed up, and she stood still, and was carried up in a daze.

The car started moving, and she looked at the dock again, where the little boy was carrying the second bag.

He is really thin, and the shoulder blades on both sides are protruding high, which is shocking to look at. Both shoulders had been worn out by the rough sacks, revealing crimson flesh, and whip marks could be faintly seen on their backs.

He looks like he's less than ten years old......

In a trance, the little dark face in front of him suddenly turned into Dabao's ...... Dabao has no food to eat if he doesn't work, Dabao is also forced to the dock to carry the bag, and Dabao is also whipped and injured......

Ji Yu hit the spirit hard.

The mule cart was not very steady, and she suddenly got up, jumped down in the astonished sight of the crowd, and ran to the city gate.

"Dabao! Dabao! ”

Pushing open the door of the Salesian Bureau again, Ji Yu shouted Dabao's name in a stack as she ran inside.

But she forgot that Dabao would not respond to her.

Even if Dabao was willing to speak, he would ignore her, he must be very angry now, very angry.

The steward seemed to be out before, and a woman in her thirties who looked like a nurse asked her who she was looking for.

Ji Yu gasped and gestured.

The woman pulled down her face before she could finish speaking: "You are looking for the wrong place, people are not with us!" ”

"You talk nonsense!" Ji Yu raised her voice and glared at her angrily.

She didn't send someone for long, and now tell her that there is no such person?

Ji Yu was about to reason with her, when she caught a glimpse of the dark red thing under the porch.

She walked over to take a closer look, and it was a string of sugar gourds that had been stepped on.

It was the string that Dabao was pinching, and the footprints on it were obviously that of an adult.

Dabao ...... Ji Yu's heart seemed to have fallen into an ice cave.

What happened to Dabao? What did they do to Dabao?