The boy still looked at Sui Ge timidly, his voice was like a mosquito, and he whispered, "Sister, run away." ”

Sister?

Sui Song immediately remembered the little figure that had just run.

Before he could say anything, Sui Ge only felt the wind blowing on his cheeks, and when he turned his head, he saw that Ji Liren was already standing beside him, twisting the placket of a little man's clothes in his hand and placing it on the ground.

The boy was a little scared when he saw the tall Ji Liren, and was about to run away and hide, but when he saw the figure in his hand, he cried out excitedly: "Sister! ”

Really.

"Didn't I tell you to hide, what are you doing out out!" The girl looked to be no more than ten years old, short, about the same size as a boy, with a yellow face and thin muscles. She kept struggling, but Ji Liren's hand didn't move, still tugging at the placket of her clothes. The girl scolded angrily: "If you want to kill or kill you, let my brother go!" He's still so young, and he's not sick! ”

Sui Song was a little suspicious of what the girl said.

Are the two of them hiding from someone?

The little boy shrunk his head, flattened his mouth, and did not dare to speak. His hand reached into his clothes, took out the leftover pieces of osmanthus cake that had just been given to him with the song, and handed them to the girl. He looked at Ji Liren with some fear, then at Sui Ge, and stammered, "Auntie, eat." ”

The girl was anxious, struggled even harder, and shouted almost like a roar: "Don't eat what others give!" Have you forgotten how your mother died! ”

Sui Ge leaned against the wall and slowly got up, half-knelt in front of Ji Liren, looked at the girl at eye level, and said solemnly: "Why did you run away when you saw us just now?" ”

The girl bit her lip, stubbornly turned her head away, and did not answer Suige's words.

Sui Ge was not in a hurry, he took out the token of the eight-rank patrol given by the emperor from his arms, held it in front of the girl, and said: "I am the eight-rank patrol given by the emperor, and I came to Jiangcheng to investigate the situation of the plague here. ”

The girl seemed to be a little moved, and slowly turned her head to look at the token. But the next moment, she spat to the side and scolded: "The official is not a good person." If you want to kill or chop, listen to it! ”

Ji Liren twisted his eyebrows and spit out a sentence: "My temper is really stubborn." After a pause, a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, and he added three words: "It's really like you." ”

Sui Ge glanced at him and ignored him.

What else did he want to say, Ji Liren was alert to the fact that someone was coming this way, and made a gesture to Sui Ge. Following the song, he immediately got up, grabbed the little boy standing aside, and the four of them silently walked around the back of the alley, and hid in the cubicle on the second floor of a dilapidated liquor store.

Sui Song made a silent gesture to the two children. Just in case, Ji Liren directly covered the mouth of the stubborn girl.

Sure enough, they had only been waiting for a minute before a series of footsteps came this way, lingering for a while before running to the other end. Their shouts can still be heard in the alley one after another: "There is no here, look for that side." ”

After the footsteps and voices gradually died down, Ji Li let go, and the girl immediately coughed twice and breathed in the air.

The boy nervously moved in front of the girl, grabbed her arm, and shouted, "Sister...... Sister...... I'm afraid ......"

The girl's body stiffened, hugged him tightly, patted him gently, and comforted her mouth: "Don't be afraid, my sister is here." ”

Sui Song watched quietly from the sidelines.

The girl's body was obviously shaking slightly, but her mouth was still comforting her brother.

What a stubborn girl.

When she looked up again, Ji Liren saw the tenderness in her eyes, and her attitude softened.

"Are they looking for you?" Ji Liren also learned to follow the song, half-kneeling, trying not to put too much pressure on the two children.

The girl was still a little vigilant, her lips were biting out of teeth, she hugged her brother in her arms tightly, and asked nervously, "You ...... Is it really an official from outside? ”

Sui Ge nodded, and directly handed the token just now to the girl.

The girl took it, her face relaxed, and she gave the token back to Sui Ge, and said, "I can't read. ”

Sui Song looked at the girl and said lightly: "We have no reason to hurt you, let alone catch your thoughts. It's just that I just saw you running away, and I just think something is wrong. ”

The girl was noticeably more relaxed at this time, let go of her brother, sat down on the ground with some weak legs, and let out a long sigh. Again, she asked half-incredulously, "Are you really not their gang?" ”

Ji Liren stood up, walked to the terrace and looked around a few times before replying unhurriedly: "If we were with them, we would have left you down just now." ”

The girl pursed her lips, ashamed and annoyed. At this moment, her stomach "gurgled" and her face turned even redder.

At this time, the boy diligently handed the small packet of osmanthus cake in his hand to the girl's mouth, and said with concern: "Sister, eat, eat." ”

As if smelling the fragrance of osmanthus cake, the girl opened the paper bag, and ate it regardless of whether they were watching it or not. The boy watched from the sidelines, obviously greedy, and licked his lips, but he didn't ask his sister to share even one bite of him.

The girl ate for a while, but she held back the desire in her heart, took two bites, handed them to the boy, and said, "I'm full, you eat quickly." ”

The boy laughed heartily, took it and ate the two mouthfuls of cake into his mouth.

Sui Ge and Ji Liren saw this scene in their eyes.

To say that there are no feelings, that is impossible. is only such a young child, just two people, they haven't eaten enough, and they always think about their siblings, which is much better than those big families who are intrigued.

After they finished eating, Sui Ge asked, "What's your name?" ”

The girl took the paper wrapped in osmanthus cake and licked the crumbs on it, and then replied: "My name is Xilai, and my brother's name is Sansheng." ”

"Good. Xilai, can you tell us about those people and your sister and brother just now? ”

Xilai looked at Sui Ge, his face was a little excited, and a little sad. After thinking for a while, she said: "The two of us used to live in a small house on the edge of the city with our parents, but suddenly one day my mother was sick, and she had a fever and vomited. After inviting Lang Zhong, he couldn't see any illness, so he boiled the medicine, and his mother vomited it all. Not long after, my father also fell ill. Later, my mother went crazy and wanted to kill the two of us, but my father stopped us, and my father made us hide in the rice tank. At last...... Finally, I heard the sound of "ping-pong" outside, and the voices of many men, and we hid in the rice bowl and didn't dare to come out. ”

Speaking of this, Xilai was already sobbing and crying, and Sansheng clumsily wiped her tears with his sleeve.

Sui Ge didn't interrupt her, but waited patiently, waiting for her to calmly continue to finish speaking: "Later, I didn't hear a sound, so I let Sansheng stay in the rice jar and crawled out of it by myself." There was a mess in the house, and when I went into the courtyard, I saw ...... Then he saw his mother lying on the ground, with blood flowing from her mouth, her eyes dead open, and her chest ...... A big hole was broken...... It's out of gas...... I was scared and tried to scream, but I found that my voice was hoarse...... Later, I wanted to run out to find someone, but after a few steps, I saw a large group of men driving Uncle Wang from the next house to the other side of the hill, and my father was also dragged away by their people......"

Looking at Xilai, who couldn't cry, and Sansheng, who cried out loud, Sui Ge's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Ji Liren looked at the siblings quietly and asked, "Just now you said that Sansheng was not sick, how did you know?" ”

Xilai still had tears on his face, and he sobbed and replied: "At that time, many people in the town were sick, and the grandmother and mother of Erniu next door were also sick...... The faces of those who are sick are black and blue. My brother and I are not like this......"

Ji Liren glanced at the two sisters and brothers, indeed, in addition to being thinner and yellower, the two of them were still very spirited, and they didn't look like they were sick.

"And then?" Sui Ge's face tense asked, "Where did all the people in the town go later?" ”

Xilai seemed to remember something, looked at Sui Ge with a frightened face, and said, "Later, I found some dry food and water, returned to the rice jar, and waited for my father to come back...... But after waiting for a long time, my father didn't come back, and then we fell asleep. In the middle of the night I heard a loud noise outside, as if someone was looking for us everywhere in our house but couldn't find it...... Then I heard Erniu's voice next door crying and shouting that they had arrested his whole family or something, and then I couldn't hear him...... I waited until dawn before I dared to come out. When I came out, everyone in the neighborhood was gone......"

As time passed, Xilai was still talking intermittently, about how the siblings had struggled to find food and water in the rubble, that they had been secretly avoiding the captors, that they had seen with their own eyes that they had dragged the dead people lying on the ground to a pile and burned them all...... He also said that everyone was caught on the mountainside behind the mountain, and a terrifying roar could be heard from the other side of the mountain every night......

At the end of the conversation, Xilaidu's mouth was dry, her little lips were chapped, and she was almost speechless.

Sui Ge gently patted Xilai's head and said softly, "It's okay." You two brothers and sisters are really brave and tenacious children. ”

Hearing this, Xilai's eyes moistened again, his body trembled, and he hugged Sansheng tightly.

After all, he is still a child, and by now, he is estimated to have been wronged......

Sui Ge glanced at Ji Liren, the two looked at each other, although they didn't say anything, but they seemed to be able to understand what the other party was thinking.

Sui Ge glanced at the two siblings and said, "I can't leave the two of them here." ”

"But you can't take it to the inn. After all, the epidemic has not yet been investigated in detail. Although Ji Liren agrees with the song, he is still very cautious.

Nodding his head with the song in understanding.

She looked out at the sky, where the moon had risen in mid-sky.

After pondering for a while, she stood up and asked Ji Liren as if asking: "Let them sleep in the carriage, right next to the city gate, okay?" ”

Ji Liren replied without thinking: "Okay." ”

Sui Ge smiled slightly, took the lead in hugging Sansheng, and walked downstairs. And Ji Liren hugged Xilai again, only this time let her lie on his generous back.

As he walked with the song, he smiled and said, "Let you have a good meal tonight." When children are still growing up, it is really not enough to eat such a little. ”