Su Jiping came to the windowsill vigilantly, reached out and gently pushed the paper window open a crack, squinting his eyes and secretly looking outside.

Tonight, the moon and stars are scarce, and everything in the courtyard is very clear.

As far as Su Jiping's eyes could see, he saw Uncle Huang holding a glittering kitchen knife in his hand, standing with his son in the open space in the courtyard, not knowing what to whisper.

Haven't they slept so late? And what are they muttering in the yard?

Su Jiping was a little flustered in his heart, but because the distance was really far, he didn't really listen to the conversation between Uncle Huang and his son.

There was no way, Su Jiping had to give up peeping, but chose to prick up his ears and try to get to the window, only in this way could he barely hear some voices intermittently.

I heard the child say a little angrily, "Why did you stop me just now and didn't let me eat him directly?" ”

Uncle Huang said with some grievances: "I naturally have my reason for stopping you, if you eat that kid directly, it's really a waste, it's better to keep him to absorb the essence slowly, and then eat his meat after absorbing his essence, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone!" ”

After a pause, he continued, "You see that the boy is very hungry and thin, and he has not much flesh on him, and it is better to wait for him to be fattened than to eat a skinny man." ”

When the child heard this, he clapped his palms excitedly, "Ha! Or if you think about it, then do what you say. ”

The two chatted very happily, but Su Jiping, who was hiding in the house, was shocked: they were an old man and a young man discussing cannibalism?

Oh, my God! Could it be that Uncle Huang is a robber?

And is that kid they talking about me?

Su Jiping trembled and touched his emaciated face, and he didn't pay attention to the one under his feet, and accidentally kicked it on the stool on the side: "Bang! ”

With a muffled sound, the small stool at his feet fell, and at the same time, the sound of talking outside the courtyard also stopped abruptly.

Su Jiping covered his mouth, trembling and tightening under the window and didn't dare to move, for fear of arousing the suspicion of Uncle Huang and his youngest son.

In this way, in the torment, fear, and worry, time passed slowly, minute by minute.

I don't know how long this situation lasted, but Su Jiping finally mustered up the courage to carefully open the window again, still revealing only a gap to check the situation outside.

At this time, there was no longer Uncle Huang and his son in the courtyard, and it seemed very hollow under the quiet night sky, only Su Jiping's heart in his chest was caused by excessive tension, and there was an extremely irregular 'bang-bang' heartbeat.

Su Jiping felt that there were too many doubts about this Uncle Huang, and he just wanted to escape from here as soon as possible, and he had long forgotten about wanting Uncle Huang to help introduce him to a long-term job.

Quietly opening the door, Su Jiping tiptoed out of it.

But for some reason, when he walked into the courtyard, the sky that had been very bright suddenly turned dark.

Holding back the fear in his heart, Su Jiping raised his eyes and looked at the sky, only to see that the full moon in the sky had been covered by many dark clouds, revealing only a slight light.

This slight light was definitely a heavy blow to Su Jiping, who was about to escape.

Because the moon was shrouded in dark clouds, the surroundings soon became pitch black, not to mention escaping from here, even taking one more step forward, Su Jiping had to be more cautious and careful.

He was afraid that he would kick something like before, causing some unnecessary noises, and it would be miserable if he alarmed Uncle Huang because of this.

Although he wanted to escape from here as soon as possible, but the heavens were not beautiful, Su Ji was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but he could only move forward slowly like a blind man.

It had just rained heavily not long ago, and it stands to reason that it should be very cold now, but who knows that it is not cold but very hot at the moment.

Su Jiping hadn't gone far yet, but he was already sweating and panting.

What's going on?

Why does it feel like my legs and feet are filled with lead, and every step is so laborious?

Things were so abnormal that they quickly caught Su Jiping's attention, but even if he found out that there was something strange in them, Su Jiping still had nothing to do, because he couldn't think of a way to solve something like this.

When he was anxious in his heart, a cold wind suddenly blew from all directions, causing Su Jiping to retreat again and again, and finally stumbled under his feet and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

Getting up from the ground with grinning teeth, Su Jiping couldn't help but be shocked, and the reason why he was so panicked was that he returned to the small hut before.

Coming back here again means that all the hard work he has just made has been in vain.

I didn't expect to spend so much effort and finally return to the original point, which made Su Jiping a little frustrated and annoyed.

I wanted to go out again to try my luck, but who knew that this time when Su Jiping took steps again, a light and cold air blew in his face without warning.

Su Jiping, who was caught off guard, suddenly inhaled a lot of cold air, and just like that, he felt dizzy and dizzy, and the world was spinning.

A few seconds later, Su Jiping fell to the ground on his back with a limp body, and he passed out directly......

The next morning, when Su Jiping opened his eyes blankly, he found that Uncle Huang's youngest son was standing in front of the kang with his eyes staring at him.

Although this kid is only one step away from Su Jiping, his slightly immature little face is about to be attached to Su Jiping's face.

I saw that this child had his mouth half open, staring at a pair of blood-red eyes, and kept sniffing something on Su Jiping's face.

Su Jiping was startled, got up in a panic and slapped the child away: "What are you doing!" ”

The child sat on the ground, not crying or making trouble, not only did his face not have the innocent and lovely appearance before, but even there was a faint hint of evil and murderous in his eyes.

The frost revealed in the child's eyes made Su Jiping feel chills, he was frightened by a milky little hairy child for the first time in his life, and the fear of the moment made him feel nervous, and he stood up from the kang like a conditioned reflex, and was about to run out of the door.

Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, the child suddenly stretched out his hands and hugged him tightly: "Uncle, uncle! Don't you go! I want you to stay and play with me. ”

"Stay with you?"

Su Jiping sneered in his heart: Damn! I'm afraid that if I stay, I may be chopped to death by you and your father, do you really think I am a fool?

Just when Su Jiping wanted to forcibly shake off the child, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and then the familiar figure of Uncle Huang appeared outside the door.

Su Jiping was stunned, and it could also be said that he was frightened, because at this moment, Uncle Huang was still holding the bright kitchen knife from last night in his hand.

swallowed a mouthful of spit with difficulty, and Su Jiping, who didn't know what Uncle Huang's intentions were, could only pretend to be a relaxed temptation: "Uncle Huang, you came here with a kitchen knife in the morning, what are you doing here?" ”

"Oh, I wasn't making breakfast just now, and after cooking, I thought that you should wake up by now, so I came over and asked you to have breakfast together, maybe I was in a hurry when I came, so I forgot to put down the kitchen knife."

Uncle Huang smiled and shook the kitchen knife in his hand in front of his eyes, explaining to Su Jiping while scolding his youngest son: "San Lang, you are starting to be naughty again, what are you doing pestering others?" Why don't you hurry up and go out and wash your face, and you'll be ready to eat in a while. ”

was scolded by Uncle Huang like this, the child reluctantly let go of the hands holding Su Jiping, he shook his little head and winked at Su Jiping slyly, and then ran out of the door.

As soon as the child left, Su Ji Square took several steps back as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Uncle Huang, I really can't help but eat and live in your house, I think I'd better go first, and I'll repay you when I have the ability in the future." ”

If it weren't for seeing Uncle Huang holding a bright kitchen knife in his hand, Su Jiping wouldn't have bothered to talk nonsense with him, and it is estimated that he would have run away by this time.

If you want to say that the trouble is in this kitchen knife, although Uncle Huang is not young, but if he really wants to be ruthless, who can guarantee that he will not be cut by him, or slaughtered on the spot?

I don't know if Uncle Huang saw this little Jiujiu in Su Jiping's heart, but I saw him laugh: "Young man, have you forgotten the thing that asked me to help you find a job before?" ”

In order to help Su Jiping quickly recall this incident, he added: "It's you who said that you want to invite me to say hello to my rich relatives and see if there is still a shortage of long-term jobs in his family." ”

At the mention of this, Su Jiping couldn't help but be stunned, when it came to livelihood matters, it was really a pain in Su Jiping's heart that could not be concealed.

It was a year of great drought, food was extremely scarce, and most of the villagers could not get rid of the fate of starvation.

Su Jiping has a deep understanding of this kind of starvation days, and when he thinks of the delicious food he ate at the banquet at Uncle Huang's house last night, Su Jiping was a little undecided for a while: If I just leave, then I will probably have to go back to the old road of starvation.

If you can get a stable job through Uncle Huang's recommendation, then you don't have to worry about food in the future.

Ah! If you go back, you will starve to death, and if you stay, you may have a chance to survive.

After thinking about it for a long time, Su Jiping finally decided to take a risk, that is, to stay and wait for Uncle Huang to help introduce him to a job.

Uncle Huang was extremely happy when he heard that he said that he wanted to stay, and immediately ran to the stove to fry several dishes, saying that he would celebrate him in advance.

Su Jiping was embarrassed to watch the old man work alone, so he followed to the stove, helped to make a fire, added firewood, and in short, did some small things within his ability.

The two cooperated very tacitly, and it didn't take long for all the dishes to be fried.

Placing these dishes on the table one by one, before I could sit down to eat, I saw that the sky was overcast again, and a few drops of rain fell from time to time.

Su Jiping stretched out his hand and pinched his chin, and stood at the threshold looking at the sky in a daze: "What a strange thing?" It's been a year or so that it rarely rains, so why has it been raining all the time these days? And the weather change is too abnormal, as soon as it is cloudy, it is dark and I can't see my fingers, I have lived in the countryside for so many years, and I have never seen such an abnormal situation. ”