Chapter 21: Tofu

When he was done, he stood up and shouted again, whipping the four men.

None of the four people resisted.

Even if you don't understand Chihiro, you can understand that you seem to be taken care of.

The guard was gone, and the house was quiet again.

Chihiro covered her swollen face and quietly approached the tattered, at this moment he was lying motionless on the ground, by the moonlight, she saw that one of the man's eye sockets was red and purple, and the corner of the eye was bleeding a little, as for whether there were other serious wounds on his body, she couldn't see clearly in the dark.

If only there was a medical kit.

The people around her had fallen asleep quickly, Chihiro leaned against the wall, unable to figure out what happened tonight, being locked up in such a place, if she wanted to escape, she needed the cooperation of these people in the house, and she also needed to hide from the guards outside the house, which was simply impossible for her.

It was dark and cold, but fortunately there were many people, and the grinding of her teeth and snoring came and went, and she was not so scared.

It was dawning, and with the sound of unlocking, two women appeared at the door, and they took out black pancakes from the basket and threw them into the house without looking.

A group of people who had been lazy flocked to the door.

The pancakes were quickly snatched up.

The food distributed was pitifully small, and there was simply not enough food for these people. The three hybrids didn't move, not because they couldn't get up because they were beaten last night. Two eleven or twelve-year-old children carried the stolen food to them, and it was so natural that it seemed to take it for granted.

All three of them had a color on their faces.

However, the worst beaten was the tattered one next to Chihiro, motionless, if it weren't for the slightly undulating chest, she would have thought he hung up.

But her worries were really unnecessary, because it wasn't long before she could see him alive.

These people rushed out after the shouts of the gatekeepers, and only Chihiro and Rags were left in the room.

She didn't know where those people had gone, so she didn't dare to rush out, and besides, she wouldn't let the rags stay here, even if it was useless for her to stay.

After a while, the tattered woke up.

Chihiro looked at him nervously.

The man's dark eyes stared at Chihiro for a moment, and a little smile bent. He closed his eyes in contentment, as if he were still dreaming.

Did you wake up or not?

It didn't take long for Tattered to open his eyes again.

This time he was really awake, muttering a sentence and struggling to sit up.

Chihiro didn't say anything, as if he had just remembered something, he looked left and right, and pulled out half a cake from his chest. The bread had died in the night, and had been broken into pieces. Before he had taken it all out, he sprinkled it all over his body.

The bread was so black that Chihiro wondered if he had snatched it from some grave.

Realizing that his bread could not be given away, the man quickly picked up the scraps and put them in his mouth, without wasting anything at all.

She didn't know if she was lucky or unlucky. Yesterday's dinner had been thoroughly digested now, and she was actually quite hungry. These days, it's good to have a stutter.

After eating, he looked at Chihiro apologetically and said another word, before he stood up and staggered out the door.

Chihiro thought for a moment and felt that she should go out with her and look for a chance to escape.

Out of the house, she stood in a large courtyard. Directly south there is an intact cylindrical building, with a roof not a common double slope or a quadruple slope, but an inverted cone, some distance from the top of the pointed cone, hangs a round ball, on which there is a round rod pointing straight to the sky, like a lightning rod. There are also two half-built corridors on either side of the building, and the three buildings can be connected when the east and west buildings are completed.

There were about 40 people outside, most of them grizzled, withered and patched in their clothes. A few of the older women were mending clothes under the porch, and the rest were all building houses? Two large pits were dug in the east and west directions of the yard, and the able-bodied people went down to the pits, and the weaker or younger children were responsible for carrying the earth away.

A few men with whips in their hands stood in the crowd, occasionally driving away those who were too slow.

She was neatly dressed and neat, out of place in this crowd, and attracted a lot of attention as soon as she came out. She unconsciously moved behind the rags. Without paying attention to her feet, she fell unsteadily and fell to the ground, causing a burst of laughter from the people around her.

Her clothes and hair were stained with yellow mud. Tattered wanted to help her, but reached out and hesitated for a moment before retracting.

A dark-skinned and bearded strong man whipped away the rags and walked up to Chihiro, not knowing what to say, and caused a burst of laughter.

As soon as she stood firm, her hand was pinched by her beard, and she screamed, struggling to shake it off.

After a dazzle, she hung on the shoulders of the bearded man.

Where is he going to take himself? She screamed and kept kicking. The regurgitated blood made her uncomfortable, and the empty stomach was pushed against her with a wave of nausea. She didn't know where she was going to be taken, and the fear of the unknown made her want to cry. Will she be that? If he dares, she wants his life!

The bearded man placed her under the porch, some distance from the sewing women. He stretched out his hand and rubbed Chihiro's slightly swollen face, the woman's skin was very slippery, like tender tofu, and he was reluctant to let go.

Stinky rascals! She looked up and glared at him fiercely, raising her hand to slap him. Is the old lady something you can touch casually?

Sometimes, people are so strange that when the expected thing happens, they can calm down.

An inexplicable loneliness rushed out of her heart, and the emotion she wanted to cry just now disappeared in an instant.

It stands to reason that a slender woman should not have much strength, but this strong man stumbled a step after being beaten.

The crowd laughed again.

Obviously, the bearded man was embarrassed, he covered his face, and there was a faint smell of rust in his mouth. Only he knows how powerful this slap is. He didn't have time to wonder, his complexion changed slightly and returned to his original state, and when others saw him approaching Chihiro again, his lust did not change, and he seemed to want to touch it again.

Who doesn't love a beautiful woman? Even if her cheeks are slightly swollen, she can't hide her beauty.

Chihiro made a mistake this time, she had just used all her strength, and now her arm was numb and painful. Optimistically, she still has one hand, one tooth, and two feet.

However, some people did not give the bearded man such a chance.

Four men in white robes and instant noodle hairstyles walked out of the south building, all with a yellow pattern printed on their chests, with a circle in the middle, surrounded by some radial and slightly curved lines.

I guess it means the glowing sun! She thought.

As soon as these four people appeared, a man of medium stature in a navy blue cloth robe trotted forward in the crowd.

They chatted for a while, and the five of them looked towards Chihiro a few times, and the bearded man had long since disappeared.

This look is talking about her, but she doesn't know that they are discussing how to sell her.