After the mother and daughter returned from the county seat, thunderstorms and heavy rain fell for three days and four nights.

The rain caused damage to the fields, and the farmers braved the rain to go down to the fields, cursing incessantly.

The lives of Xia Li's mother and daughter have not been greatly affected, the family has enough food and firewood, except for draining the stagnant water in the backyard vegetable patch every day, both of them nest in the house to make needle money. Halfway through, Erniu also came in the rain to help them serve the vegetable patch.

Xia Li made clothes for himself, and Dangdang sat quietly on a chair to watch her. Xia Li looked up and smiled at it, and it responded to her with a few rough breaths.

The rain finally stopped on the morning of the eighteenth, and Dangdang, who had been closed for three days, was about to rush out to play, but Xia Li grabbed his ear.

At this time, many people will go up the mountain to pick up mushrooms and earth ears, and it is easy to see it.

Erhu came to call Xia and Xia Li again, and Mrs. Xia asked them to go back to help cook at home. The fields were flooded, and the family had to work in the fields.

Of course, the Xia family will not let Xia Li go to work, Xia Li hates Xiao Yang and Mrs. Xia so much, and it is impossible to go. After Xia left, Xia Li's mind came alive again.

Xiao Zhengtai didn't go home and stayed with Xia Li. Xia Li practiced archery, and taught him to read and write, and the two of them ate leek egg noodles at noon.

Finally, when it was almost dusk, she took out a few pieces of candy and sent Erhu away, saying that she was going to Thursday's house to teach her embroidery.

At this time, most of the people who went up the mountain went home, and she took Dangdang to the mountain for a turn. The small animals have been locked up for three days, and they are also annoyed, so it is better to fight two. While practicing archery, I also improved my family's food.

She changed into coarse cloth trousers, wore straw sandals, wrapped her hair in a veil, and shoved a wooden stick and a bow and arrows out of the dog's hole. After locking the courtyard door, he walked to the backyard, took the bow and arrow on his back and held a wooden stick, and ran towards the small bamboo forest with Dangdang.

Although the sun has been exposed to the sun for most of the day, the roads in the bamboo forest and the roads on the mountains are still muddy, and in some places, you can sink half of your foot if you step on it.

Xia Li no longer cares about the mud on his feet and the stains on his trousers, and is happy to look at the rabbits jumping in the grass from time to time, or the pheasants jumping on the bushes.

She took her bow and shot two rabbits, and a pheasant, all in the eyes. This is the goal she set for herself, in order to test her strength.

I didn't expect it to shoot so accurately. It seems that this body not only has the ability to be "clairvoyant", but also the talent to be a sniper.

She happily tied the rabbit and pheasant with ropes, and saw Dangdang, who had been making a puppet twenty meters away, suddenly leap and bite a small gray head sticking out of the hole. There was actually a small hole hidden in the weeds, and even Xia Li didn't find it.

When he bit his little head and dragged it out, and after a few more bites, the animal died.

It's a badger.

Badgers are fierce little creatures, but I didn't expect Dangdang to clean it up so easily.

When Dangdang wanted to continue gnawing, Xia Li came over to stop it. He said softly, "This thing can be sold for a lot of money, and I will reward you for eating rabbit meat when I go back." ”

Badgers weigh about thirty pounds. She tied up the badger and got up, looking at the four prey in her hand, she felt a great sense of accomplishment, and she still had the potential to be an excellent hunter. Her skills are definitely much better than the hunter's grandfather.

Natsu looked away from the pole and wanted to enjoy the magnificent mountains and rivers of the Yamato Dynasty before going down the mountain.

At this time, the setting sun has sunk to the ground, and twilight envelops everything in the world. The Wujiang River at the pole is like a meandering orange ribbon, trembling and floating into the distance.

She saw three people, two large, two and three people passing by the river. The woman carried a large basket, and a girl of five or six years old carried a basket that was not much shorter than her, as if to bend the little girl's back. There was also an older boy who didn't carry anything and would push the little girl from time to time. The little girl was pushed by him, and because she was carrying a basket, she didn't get up for a long time. The woman on the side didn't go to help, and seemed to be telling the little girl to get up quickly.

The little girl finally broke free from the rope of the basket and got up, picked up the peanuts that had been scattered on the ground into the basket, and the three of them continued to walk.

Xia Li was angry and scolded.

After a while, he saw another ox cart passing by. She knew the person who was driving the car, and it was a tooth man surnamed Liu. There were five children sitting in the car, three girls and two boys, and one child lying on the car with his head covered.

Liu Yaren didn't know where to get a few children.

If in his previous life, Xia Li would have tried every means to get this trafficker to prison. But at this time, she was thinking, tomorrow when she went to the tooth shop, the two boys were only four or five years old......

Xia Li spurned his own idea, but he couldn't do anything about it, buying and selling people in this world is as legal as buying and selling livestock. As long as it is not robbery or coaxing, buying a child from a parent or relative is protected by the law. Moreover, as long as the boy who enters his own house, he will definitely live a happy life.

Suddenly, she saw that the ox cart had stopped, and Liu Yaren got out of the car to see the lying child, who was shouting and feeding water, but the child didn't seem to respond. Liu Yaren thought for a moment, threw the child into the grass by the river, got into the car and drove the ox cart away.

The child who was thrown down should have died.

Xia Li's heart was uncomfortable, and his nose was a little sour. Such a young child, who seems to be only three or four years old, how can his relatives be willing to give up, that person's teeth are too bad...... Suddenly, she saw the child's feet move and her little ass cocked again.

It turns out that he is not dead!

Xia Li couldn't bear the child crawling there waiting for death, and said to Dangdang, "Let's go, go see that child." ”

A man and a dog ran down the mountain. When passing by his yard, Xia Li stuffed his prey and bow and arrows into the dog hole, and ran out of the village along the small bamboo forest.

It was already completely dark, and the canopy was sprinkled with stars. At this time, Xia Li could see farther and clearer, but she couldn't see the riverside and the child because of the obstruction, and she was really afraid that something would happen.

After running in the northwest direction for about a quarter or so, they reached the edge of the Wujiang River, where the child was thrown.

Xia Li pulled the weeds that were stretched over his knees, and when he saw that the child was still there, he shrunk into a ball and lay down in the grass. She turned the child over, and the child's face was burning red, and he was panting, but he was not dead.

The hateful tooth man, perhaps unwilling to spend money on the child's treatment, was afraid that he would not be able to cure the child after spending money, so he threw him away. Even in summer, the river breeze here is very strong, and children will definitely die if they stay here for a night.

Although the child's little face is dirty, it can still be seen that the facial features are delicate and beautiful.

Xia Li pushed the child and shouted, "Eh, little brother, little brother, wake up......"

The boy actually opened his eyes, he looked at Xia Li, tears welled up in his eyes, and he shouted weakly, "Sister, sister, I'm so afraid, save me......" and closed his eyes again.