Chapter 22: Parkour
She looked at the five men warily.
She hadn't slept much at all last night, and now the stamina of the hard work came up, not sleepy, but very tired, it was difficult to concentrate, and even thinking became sluggish.
The men did not talk for long, and the man in the navy blue robe called two men to tie her with hemp rope.
The white-robed men covered their chests with their hands in front of Chihiro, nodded slightly, and left.
No one came to harass her anymore.
Lunch and dinner here are changed according to the amount of personal labor during the day, for example, if Zhang San digs 4 bags of soil, then he will get 4 menus. And Chihiro was tied up for a whole day, and she didn't even touch a needle, so naturally she couldn't eat anything.
Of course, not to mention whether the food in exchange is enough for one person, whether he has the courage to give her a little is also a question.
In this way, she was carried to the broken house last night in a daze, hungry and cold.
It's the same people last night, and this time none of them got up to trouble Chihiro.
Tattered quietly approached Chihiro, not knowing how to wake her, and reached out to tug at her sleeve, but he didn't dare.
Even though her face was still red and swollen, she was the most beautiful person he had ever seen in his life. He had secretly watched her many times during the day. Thinking of this, the tattered cheeks crept into the red, but fortunately the surroundings were dark and dark, and no one could see them, otherwise tomorrow would have become someone else's after-dinner conversation.
He looked left and right to make sure no one was paying attention, and pulled out a piece of bread from his bosom as if by magic.
Just when he was worried about not knowing how to feed her, Chihiro opened her eyes in the dark.
When she saw a piece of bread hanging over her head, she was stunned at first, thinking that she was dreaming.
Is pie in the sky?
She tried to open her mouth to take a bite, but the cake suddenly left.
Tattered tore off a small piece of the cake and carefully placed it to her mouth.
It's not going to be the same black as it was during the day! Chihiro thought sadly. At the moment, it's good to stutter, and I don't care if it's poisonous.
Soon, the whole cake was eaten.
Tattered looked happy, and Chihiro saw his mouthful of white teeth reflecting white light in the moonlight.
The strange sight was frightening, but she was grateful to the man who had helped so many times.
Daylight is overwhelming.
Chihiro doesn't have any time to enjoy the blue sky, the warm sun, and the bustling bazaar at the moment, because she is participating in a two-person parkour.
In fact, she was a little confused about the current situation.
This morning the group finally stopped tying her with ropes, and two women brought water to wash her briefly, fed her some porridge, and then escorted her into the cylindrical building, and went straight to the street.
What the hell are these people going to do when they have brought her here?
Due to the long period of binding, her limbs were stiff, her blood flow was not smooth, she lost feeling in her hands and feet, and she was almost carried out by two women.
There was already a sedan chair carried by four people waiting outside the door, and a man about 40 years old stood in front of the sedan chair, he was wearing a maroon robe, neatly dressed, wearing a black tall black hat, and his expression was a little serious.
This group of people is certainly conspicuous in the bustling streets, but Chihiro inadvertently sees a person who should not be here.
The man was dressed in a moon-white robe, and under the black hat was a face as beautiful as a crown of jade. She is very familiar with this face, and the two of them have been together day and night before.
Coincidentally, why did you meet Xiaoba at this time?
Chihiro's mouth opened in surprise, and the women on the left and right saw that she was not leaving, and opened their mouths to urge. She didn't understand anything, and she didn't care to guess what the two said, her heart was full of the man.
Hachi heard the movement here and turned his head to look here.
Seeing this, Chihiro turned her head and didn't dare to show her face.
She didn't think that the two would see each other again, and this was not a good time to catch up. She prayed that Hachi didn't recognize him, and hoped that he would recognize her. What about recognizing her? Will he save her? If she didn't recognize her, would she call for help?
Her mind was in turmoil. This chance encounter may be her only chance to escape, and she slipped away without seizing it.
She quietly looked at Xiaohachi, and the man didn't seem to recognize her, and was talking to a man next to him.
Alas, he didn't recognize himself! sighed in her heart, she was sad and happy, it wasn't that she was crazy, she didn't want Hachi to see what she was like now.
Even though they had been freshened up, their clothes were still dirty.
Chihiro, who was in a state of turmoil, was directly stuffed into a sedan chair by the woman.
That's when the variables come in.
Before everyone could react, a swarthy hand pulled away the two women, grabbed Chihiro's hand between them, and pulled her away.
With an exclamation, she saw clearly that the person who came was tattered, and the man's strength was very strong, and she was defenseless, and she was almost dragged away by him.
It was just a breath away, and she understood that the man was saving him.
She didn't know how the tattered had managed to run past so many people to South Street to save her again.
Men and women shouted loudly from behind, and the two of them did not look back. In fact, Chihiro can guess what they mean by thinking on her toes, but it's basically just something like stop, stop, someone's coming, or something like that.
The tattered ones were not idle, they didn't know what they were saying, and the people in front of them automatically gave way to them, and some even had a cheap smile.
This situation is easy for people to make up the story of a rich lady and a down-and-out scholar.
But no matter how depressed the scholar is, he won't be like this, his clothes are in tatters, as if he has torn off the strip of cloth on the mop and put it on his body, and Chihiro is afraid of seeing something that shouldn't be seen while running.
The two ran to the crossroads, and several men wearing skeaches and whips joined the ranks chasing them.
Rag didn't hesitate for long, pulling Chihiro into the most crowded road.
There were many small traders trading on this road, and some casual people were wandering, so their speed had to be slowed down.
Rag deliberately ran into this road, because the girl behind him was already out of breath and his speed was getting slower and slower. It's not going to go on like this, it won't be long before they're caught. Choosing a road with a lot of people can also buy them a little more time.
They walked around pedestrians and stalls one by one, slowing down in tatters, and finding the right time behind Chihiro, tearing up some stalls, tearing down some potatoes and radishes, etc., blocking the way of those behind.
Chihiro gasped for breath, the wind poured into her mouth was like a knife, her throat was sore and itchy, there was a faint fishy sweetness, and her lungs seemed to be about to explode.
Hachi had long been left behind by her, and now she just wanted to get rid of the people chasing behind. Unfortunately, she didn't have much strength to keep running.
She didn't know what the punishment would be if she was caught, but if she really couldn't escape, then she shouldn't hurt the rags again.
When they met, he had done enough for her.