Chapter 3 Nowhere to Go
In the confusion, I felt that a paw was pulling my face, and when I opened my eyes, there was sunlight shining in the hole, and the little thing was lying on my arm looking at myself, and Xiaoshui stretched out his hand to pull its little paw: "Thank you, save me, you look so cute"
The little thing lay a paw on its shriveled belly and chirped.
"You're hungry! I'm hungry too, so I'll go out and find something to eat."
Lying in the hole all night, Xiao Shui's legs were numb, slowly peeled off the sealed soil at the entrance of the cave, poked his head out and looked left and right, the wind was calm, the sun was fine, and there was no danger, Xiao Shui slowly dragged his body out, the wound on his leg had scabbed, and feces, but this feces also had a little effect, and it was applied to the legs to prevent bleeding. Xiaoshui found a slightly thicker branch, as a crutch, her legs and feet are inconvenient, and she can reduce the pain by holding it with a stick, and she can't go back to home, Sang Ma is dead, and there are no bones left, even if she can't be a grave, the animal holds a grudge, maybe it will wait for her there.
I didn't know where to go for a while, but she couldn't go anywhere, and she couldn't stay in the mountains, and the danger might come.
Suddenly remembered the jade pendant that Sang Ma gave her before she died, so she took it out and took a closer look, this jade pendant was crystal clear and translucent in the sun, the green jade body, without a little impurity, was natural, and the falling tassels were made of good silk thread. I've seen the best thing I've seen so far. Who is her real identity, otherwise she wouldn't be able to wear such a good jade pendant, but she has no clue with just one jade pendant.
Xiao Shui knelt down and kowtowed a few times towards the place where they lived, Sang Ma has raised her so far, but she can't make a mound for her. These heads are considered to have fulfilled their filial piety.
"I'm leaving," Xiao Shui crouched down and touched its head.
"Twitter" is a response.
"Thank you for saving me, I'm leaving"
"Twitter"
Xiao Shui leaned on the wooden stick and said goodbye to it, but the little thing was still holding Xiao Shui's legs, sitting on Xiao Shui's feet, reluctant.
"I'm really leaving" Xiao Shui picked it up from his feet and put it on the ground. Say your final goodbyes.
It still clung to the legs of the little water and sat on her feet.
Xiao Shui held it in his arms, hesitated for a moment and said, "Then you can go with me?" I don't know if it can understand.
"Chirp" makes an excited sound.
"Okay, anyway, you're also alone in this mountain, it's not safe, just come with me, I'll be alone in the future" put it in the backpack he was carrying, revealing a head, it didn't resist, its paws grabbed the edge, and looked at Xiaoshui.
She can't go down the mountain from the same way, she can only go forward, there are several big mountains in front of her, and if you turn over the town, it will be safe, but now her legs and feet are inconvenient, and her movement is slow, and she must go down the mountain before dark, otherwise it will be dangerous.
"What's your name, are you a cat or a mouse, so small, and so white and beautiful like a fox."
The answer to her was naturally a chirping voice.
Xiao Shui reached out and touched its head, and it licked her palm obediently. I know it's hungry.
"Then let's hurry up and go down the mountain to find something to eat."
"Twitter"
"You don't have a name, so what's the right thing to call you" Xiao Shui thought for a while, looked at it again, and said with an idea: "Is it okay to call you fruit?" ”
"Twitter" Guo'er excitedly grabbed Xiaoshui's clothes and jumped onto her shoulder.
Its fur tickled next to Xiao Shui's neck, and Xiao Shui happily touched its head and said, "It seems that you agreed, Guo'er, Guo'er"
Halfway through, there happened to be a river, Xiaoshui had no water bladder, drank a few sips with his hand, fed the fruit and drank a few sips, and continued to hurry.
I didn't dare to stop along the way, until I crossed the last mountain, the sun was already setting in the west, Xiaoshui stuffed the fruit back into the cloth bag and covered it, the people hated animals the most, even the fruit was not surprised, if it was discovered, it would definitely be captured.
Xiao Shui clutched his rumbling belly and came to a stall selling steamed buns.
The white and chubby buns exude the smell of meat, and they are drooling when they smell it, and the fruits in the cloth bag are going back and forth in it.
The peddler quickly covered his nose and waved his hand: "Little beggar, get out of the way, don't smoke my guests"
Xiao Shui looked left and right to know that she was talking about herself, her skirt was rotten, missing a piece and missing a piece, and her clothes exuded a strong smell, just like a beggar on the side of the road.
"Go, go, don't get in the way of my business," the peddler said in disgust.
Xiao Shui looked at the white chubby bun and licked his lips, and the fruit in the cloth bag also made a chirping sound.
Xiaoshui patted the cloth bag and said, "We don't have money, we can't buy food, wait a while, let's go to the front to see if there is anything delicious."
Sang Ma used to take her to the market, and people would often throw some rotten leaves and fruits, and they would often pick them up and give them to the chickens to eat.
"Look at it, it's pitiful" There was a sudden commotion in front of me, and I saw two sturdy men carrying a stretcher, covered with a white cloth.
"It's so pitiful," the people sighed.
"It's not that I mean," the crowd echoed.
"You know what? It was bitten to death by a youkai."
"No, where are the youkai in town?"
"I don't know, I heard that this person is from Baisiguo, who came to do business, and he was bitten to death without knowing why, it's really pitiful!"
"Where is this going to be delivered?"
"It must be burned outside the city gate, this is the body of the unknown remains"
An old man with a white beard shook his head and said:
"The people of Baisi country hate monsters very much, ten years ago, the Nan clan of Baisi Guoshi was slaughtered by the demon clan, the blood flowed like a river, and the bones were everywhere, I don't know if the Nan clan angered the demon clan. Now even the people of Baisi can't live in peace."
Another woman agreed: "Yes, they all say that monsters hold grudges, why are we on the border, next to Baisiguo, now that such a thing has happened in the city, let's leave early"
"It's better to go back quickly, it's not safe here" The people shook their heads and turned to leave.
When passing by Xiaoshui, Xiaoshui smelled the smell emanating from his body, as well as the red fur that leaked out a little, it was speculated that it should be the one sold by Sang Ma, it should be this man who bought it, who would have thought that its kind smelled and killed two people.
At least this man has a whole corpse, and in order to protect her, Sang Ma used his body to stop the monsters, and in the end, there were no bones left after being eaten.
Thinking of this, Xiao Shui's tears fell down in a stream. After a while, Guo'er writhed in the cloth bag, Xiaoshui patted it, and continued to walk forward, and sure enough, some people began to pack up their things, picking out the bad things on their stalls and throwing them out.
Xiaoshui bent down to pick it up, but before her hand touched it, she was squeezed to the side by the beggars who came from behind, and one of her shoes was also trampled off, but fortunately they didn't like her shoes, so they grabbed the fruit and left.
Xiaoshui dared to step forward, the shoes were trampled on with mud with dry vegetable leaf juice, the loss of mulberry hemp embroidery is good, the shoes are strong, Sang Ma always said that Xiaoshui went up the mountain to chop firewood and pay shoes, and was afraid that she would step on the branches of the tree to penetrate the sole of the shoe and break the foot, the sole is two layers, the upper is made of coarse cloth, strong and durable, but the step is dirty, and then wash and wear the same.
The two of them didn't eat for a day, and last night they fought with the fox demon again, bleeding, and couldn't eat nothing, so Xiaoshui picked up some of the rotten ones they stepped on and put them in a cloth bag.
The people on the street all took their stalls back, and gradually the people dispersed, even the beggars had a place to live, and disappeared, and for a time she was the only one left on the street, and she should also find a place to live, the town is not as good as the country, there are jackals and beasts in the countryside, and there are bad people in the town.
After the events of the day, the city was strengthened, and before it was dark, a large number of officials came out to patrol the city wearing swords, but it was also safe. Passing by Xiaoshui reminded: "Little beggar, don't wander, hurry up to the broken house on East Street." ”
This reminded Xiaoshui of the awakening, holding his shoes, limping with a cane to the house they said was broken.
Passing by the pond, Xiao Shui washed the rotten leaves and fruits by the river. After washing, I looked at the reflection in the water and realized how embarrassed I was, with a chicken nest on her head, with withered grass, blood on her face, and dirt stains, her lips were chapped, and the exposed skin was black, covering her original white, which was worse than a beggar, so she quickly washed her face and re-braided her hair.
The so-called broken house is two thatched houses, the top is open, the bottom is full of weeds, those beggars are lying inside and out, at this time they all take out the things they have begged for a hundred days to eat, Xiaoshui squatted under the broken wall far away from them, and grabbed two handfuls of straw to cover their bodies, which can not only block themselves, but also keep out the cold at night, and then they fall asleep with the fruit.