In the west of the city, the alleys inhabited by the Mu clan.

The dripping rain washed the bluestone pavement wet, and the flowers and trees poking out of the courtyard walls beside the road have withered and withered.

Mu Li walked behind Mu Yunhan, vigilantly observing the surrounding environment.

He saw several pairs of eyes peeking at them behind the doors and windows, and when he looked over, they hid again.

The courtyard door of one house was open, and a little girl of seven or eight years old ran out with her head down, and when she saw their group, she stopped a little and continued to run.

A middle-aged man caught up from behind and shouted, "Dead girl, where can you run?" If you don't take medicine, you won't have anything to eat, no clothes to wear, do you understand? ”

The little girl hesitated for a moment, but chose to keep her head down.

A tall and thin boy ran up to her, picked her up by the waist, and walked back in a muffled voice.

The little girl kicked him hard and shouted, "Let go of me, I don't want to drink that disgusting Bala...... I don't want to go to Muhou Mansion...... I don't want to die......"

The young man's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly covered her mouth, looking at Mu Yunhan and the others nervously.

Mu Yunhan walked forward without pause, as if he hadn't noticed what was happening at all.

Seeing this, Xiaomi and Mu Li buried their heads and continued to walk forward like her.

The middle-aged man ran past them, raised his palm and slapped the little girl twice on the buttocks, and scolded in a low voice: "You debt collector! Let you eat fragrant and drink spicy food, you still pick and choose, and others can't go if they want to! ”

The little girl cried loudly, and when her mouth was covered, it turned into intermittent sobs.

A thin woman stood by the door, looking at the scene with little expression.

Even Mu Yunhan and the others passed in front of her, and she didn't bother to look at them.

Soon, this family was left behind by Mu Yunhan and others.

Millet shrugged his nose: "Girl, there is a smell of medicine on this street......"

She suddenly remembered that this taste was very similar to the medicine that Mu Yunhan was boiling these days, and her face changed.

Mu Yunhan nodded: "That's the medicine." ”

It's the taste of life.

In late autumn, it's time for the annual selection of girls with pure blood.

First fed with the secret medicine of vitality, and then unified bloodletting, after the test, the girl with the purest blood was selected and received to the Muhou Mansion for upbringing.

Then choose the best of the best and pick the most perfect one.

This is how Mu Yunhan was coaxed into it back then.

But she was not as reluctant as this girl is today, she went with the dream of the priest's wife.

She remembered that there were also girls who were reluctant to go in at that time, but they were generally afraid of pain, bloodletting, and leaving home, and no one said that they didn't want to die.

Could it be that in the years since she left, the situation has changed again?

Mu Yunhan thought about things in his heart, and unconsciously walked outside the courtyard gate of Grandma Osmanthus's house.

There is only the smell of cold in the air, and there is no fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

The osmanthus flowers of Mama Osmanthus's house have been bought a little by the dog these days, and a little bit a day, all of which have been sold out.

The fat aunt invited a doctor for Osmanthus Mama and bought a lot of medicines, and boiled them for Osmanthus Mama every day.

But Grandma Osmanthus's illness is getting worse and worse, and according to Gou Yu'er, she probably won't survive this winter.

Mu Yunhan put his hand on the courtyard door, wanting to enter, but he was worried about stimulating Grandma Osmanthus.

The courtyard door next door squeaked open, and the fat aunt came out, and when she saw that it was her, she said, "Go in." ”