197: A family that got together
"Father, are we really leaving?"
Fourteen-year-old Jon was very reluctant, clutching an old rag doll in his hand. The doll was given to her by her father on her tenth birthday. For a poor family like theirs, it is a luxury to have such a doll.
But now, the little wagon couldn't hold that much, and Jon had to leave the dirty, old doll at home.
The father knows that the child is reluctant to give up the doll, but what can he do?
"Jon." The mother persuaded softly, "Now there is a war in Lanyang City, and the terrorists have been defeated and fled. We have received their favor before, and we have provided them with salt. ”
"The government army is all cold-blooded guys, and this time, Zuoqiu may also become the city lord again......"
Hearing Zuoqiu's name, even a seven-year-old child shuddered in his heart: "Then, then do we have to work day and night like before?" And to give them all the salt, and they won't get any money, and they're going hungry all day long? ”
Mother smiled, "That's why we're leaving here to find your aunt and brother." They have made a lot of money in Biluo over the years, and now they have opened a big restaurant. Our family used to help them, and in the future, they will have food and shelter, and they will no longer need to dry salt. ”
Hearing his mother say this, Jon's eyes finally brightened again, and he trotted back to the house, carefully placing the doll on the head of his bed:
"Don't worry, I won't want you, when I have money in the future, buy a horse and come back to pick you up!"
After saying goodbye to his beloved doll, Jon reluctantly left the house, and when he went out, he saw two strangers in front of his carriage. One is a man with two-color hair and a turban, and a big sister with blonde hair like her and her mother.
They didn't know what they were talking about, and the man gave his parents a bag of money. When Jon passed, the adults looked at her with complicated expressions.
Only Ito Ken smiled with satisfaction: "Look, isn't it good." The little girl is so similar to Nancy, no problem! ”
Jon blinked, the woman in front of him was indeed very similar to himself. They are also of European ancestry, so Nancy really feels like a family of them.
But Nancy was very distressed: "Boss, I can't go, what should you do if I leave?" ”
"It's only going to be more dangerous for you to be with me now, my brothers and I will find a way, so don't worry. I don't want anything to happen to you all. ”
Ito Jian was very serious, and one hand was heavily squeezed on Nancy's shoulder: "Qi Nan is now alone in Wenha's base camp, and you must go to support him." Nancy, you, along with Qi Nan, Harare, and Kawashima, are the most important people to me. ”
"I'd rather die myself than lose any more loved ones."
Ito Jian was very sad and blamed himself, and even his eyes were already slightly red.
But Nancy was already crying: "No, I'm not leaving!" ”
"It's an order!" Ito roared angrily, scaring the whole family of the salt workers, and Nancy couldn't speak, shaking her head, tears falling down her face.
"Let's go!"
Ito Ken roared again, and the family hurriedly pulled Nancy to set off. Nancy turned back three times at a time, but she understood Ito's character, and she had to go now.
The dilapidated and short carriage was crookedly away, and the poor family did not even have a horse to pull the cart, so they could only exchange it with a few people. And with the money given by Ito Sword, they can not only buy a horse, but also exchange it for a better carriage.
Of course, if it weren't for the fact that Nancy was very similar to their family, they wouldn't have dared to agree to this.
Watching the family walk away, the biggest burden in Ito Jian's heart was finally let go, and those wounded soldiers and subordinates were also relieved.
Nancy is very popular in the organization, and everyone doesn't want her to have an accident. Now without Nancy, all that's left is the blood of a bunch of men.
"Your Highness, we swear to follow you to the death!"
"Good!"
Ito looked fixed, deliberately left a clue for Gale's man, and then walked in the opposite direction to Nancy with his brothers.
Forty minutes later.
"Boss, look, there are footprints here!"
A group of government troops followed the voice of the pathfinder and found footprints. The soil around the salt pans is damp and prone to footprints, which have been buried with leaves and salt, apparently to cover up the evidence.
But as everyone knows, this is what Ito Sword did on purpose so obviously, otherwise there would not have been so few footprints found along the way before.
They didn't think deeply about it, and after chasing it for a day and a night, the loss of physical strength and energy was also very large.
Following the staccato footprints, they found a remote salt pan - it looked like one of the salt pans of a large family, and there were no people now. Read a book for a long time
At this time, it was already a little late, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the salt pans had a quiet beauty.
"Look carefully!"
The government squad dispersed, and at this moment, Ito and his brothers were hiding in a cellar next to the salt pans.
"Your Highness, they will come here sooner or later, why don't we go out, you quickly find a chance to leave."
The brothers are very worried about Ito, and the reason why they are here today is that they are willing to follow Ito. For him, he can throw his head and spill his blood, and even give up his life.
But Ito Ken didn't think so.
"No, I can't. They are outnumbered, and now you are all wounded, and you are no match for them at all. I can't let you go out on adventures for no reason. ”
Ito Jian vetoed their proposal and did not let them insist and refute. The only way to keep them all alive now is for him to get out-
"Boss!"
The government troops searching the salt pans pointed ahead and exclaimed, and everyone looked over to see a man coming out from under a cellar. At first glance, it was the Ito sword!
The squads of the government army swarmed up, and Ito was surrounded.
"Up!"
They shot at the Ito sword, but before they could see the Ito sword come out, a few cold lights flashed, and a hole appeared on their bodies - the Ito sword did not make a ruthless move, these cuts just cut their clothes, giving them a warning.
Ito's sword is extremely fast. This is something that everyone in the army under Wenha knows. Therefore, now that everyone is afraid to go on such a one. Moreover, some members of the organization rushed out of the cellar behind Ito Sword and protected him in front of Ito Sword.
"Don't mess around." Ito Jian told his subordinates again, and then said to the government army, "I can go with you, but you must promise not to hurt my people......"
As the night fell, Nancy, who had been crying red before, had become swollen as the salt workers' family walked away. She looks heroic, and she doesn't match the temperament of this family of three.
"That, girl." The woman called cautiously. They didn't dare to speak all the way, and they were still somewhat afraid of the members of this terrorist organization. It's just that they are more worried about their own safety than that.
A little further walk ahead is the town, where there are a lot of people, and with Nancy's temperament, they are easily suspicious.
The woman took out a piece of her own coarse cloth from the carriage: "Girl, you are so beautiful, I am afraid that people will not believe you, so you should dress up." Since we have received money from your family, we must bring you to the place, so you should not be embarrassed for us. We are all ordinary poor people, and life is not easy. ”
Nancy naturally understood what that meant. Now that Ito Sword is defeated, she is searching everywhere for someone, and she doesn't want to bother this good Samaritan.
Nancy changed into a woman's clothes and smeared some mud on her body, messing up her hair a bit. looks really like a peasant girl, there is no sense of distance in an instant, and the family also feels cordial to her, especially when she takes the initiative to take over the carriage:
"Uncle pulled all the way, change me."
"How can this be?! I'm coming, I'm coming! Flattered by the couple, the woman hurried to pick up the carriage frame, but Nancy had already stopped:
"It's okay, I'll pull it."
"But your hand ......" Jon, who was sitting in the carriage, leaned over and pointed to Nancy's arm. The wound on the arm had been bandaged before, and although he had changed his clothes now, the blood from the wound still came out quickly.
"That's a small thing!" Nancy smiled, rolled up her sleeves, and then ripped off the square scarf that wrapped her head and tied it on. In this way, it is not obvious that she has been injured, but she is more like a peasant girl pulling a cart.
Both husband and wife were amazed by the girl's sophistication and wisdom, but they were even more surprised to see how skillfully she pulled the cart.
Actually, there is nothing surprising about this.
Although he said that he was a cadre-level person in the organization, how many people in the organization had never suffered hardship? They have experienced too many things, and they have to face the cruel reality and society since they were young, and they can even do anything in order to survive.
After a brief chat, the family and Nancy became much closer. Civilians like them thought that terrorists were all demons who killed people without blinking, but only then did they know that they, like ordinary people, had to pay a lot to survive.
Just chatting like this, the group arrived in the town before they knew it.
Although they took a lot of money from Ito's sword, in order not to show their stuffing, the family only asked for the cheapest room in the inn, and after squeezing it all night, they were ready to change to a carriage, but they didn't want to see a few government soldiers on the street.
Nancy looked down and passed them, and the couple was already in a cold sweat.
After the people were gone, Nancy said to the family very seriously, "It seems that we can't change horses or buy carriages now." It's not safe yet. ”
"Why?"
The couple didn't quite understand. They apparently didn't recognize Nancy just now. But at this moment, Nancy's eyes already showed killing intent towards the government army.