The big and small alleys looked at this black child with a shabby black hat, dirty, disgusted, and directly covered his mouth and nose with his hands without pretense. If it weren't for Chen Shilian and Zou Wenfang here, the two brothers would definitely be able to hide as far as they could. They have now forgotten what they looked like when they were "robbing the road", they can be dirty, and others are disgusted if they are dirty.

Chen Shilian closed her eyes when she saw the black child look at her, hurriedly grabbed her hand, touched her pulse, and was very weak. The child was so frightened by the shock of the earth and starvation that he fainted. I had to get some gruel for her to eat first, there was no good way, there were no real doctors and medicines in this town, and Chen Shilian herself was half a bucket of water, so much could be done.

Looking at the child's white and tender forearms, Chen Shilian probably thought that this was a girl. Later, she checked it further and determined that it was a girl. Chen Shilian suddenly remembered when she was young, if she hadn't been taken in by the master at that time, would she have become like this?

"You two go and make a fire to boil water, and by the way, cook some gruel, and the study room will help take care of this child, and I'll take a look in this room, just in case." After sighing, Chen Shilian immediately arranged it, and then got up and searched inside and outside the house.

Zou Wenfang is also obedient and takes care of the black child.

After boiling the water, Chen Shilian also inspected the house. It was supposed to be a long-abandoned house, full of dust, and there were cobwebs hanging in the corners, but the webs were empty. However, the furniture in the house is all available, and it is no problem to make do with a one-night stay.

Chen Shilian began to arrange again, "You guys go and clean the house if it's okay, we'll stay here at night, I'll go bathe this child." ”

Zou Wenfang saw that his daughter-in-law was going to bathe a stranger, and the boss was unhappy, "Otherwise, I'll go." You're a man with a man, and it's inconvenient for you. ”

Chen Shilian was also happy to see him jealous, "I'm afraid it's even more inconvenient for you to go, after all, you are a woman with a woman." ”

Zou Wenfang understood in seconds, no wonder Chen Shilian was looking through her clothes just now. He glanced at the dirty black child again, it turned out to be a girl, and he didn't hesitate, he directly took the big lane to clean up, and the small lane cooked gruel alone.

Chen Shilian took off her hat, her black but yellowed hair fell down, and then she took off the girl's dirty clothes, the places below the neck were white, but the limbs and head were completely black. Chen Shilian helped her wash and scrub up, covered with dirt, all of this girl's hard experience.

After it was cleaned, she changed into Xiaolong's clothes, and the girl's appearance was also shown. Before, after the big and small alleys joined them, they went from dirty children directly to red-faced young masters. And this girl does not have this contrast of great changes, and she is still the same black child image.

The little girl was very thin, shorter than the small lane, and looked smaller than the big and small lane. The big lane is thirteen years old, and the small lane is twelve years old. The girl was malnourished and it was difficult to tell her age, but she was not much off.

Xiao Lane also cooked gruel at this time and brought a bowl over. He found that the black boy had become a little black girl, and he was still so ugly, he put down the bowl of gruel and walked back to make some dinner.

Actually, the little black girl is not ugly, just a little darker. She still looks very dignified, and if her black face is replaced with a fair-skinned one, she should be quite delicate.

Chen Shilian fed her some gruel, and the girl's body was also warmer. However, there is still no sign of waking up, in Chen Shilian's opinion, the child may be sick, and he must be seen by a doctor tomorrow. He carried her to the bed where she was resting and covered her with the quilt. She sat on the side, touching the poor child from time to time, imagining the child's misfortune, and she secretly made a decision that when the child woke up, she must adopt her, and even take her as an apprentice.

The little girl's name is Xiuxiang, and she is an abandoned girl. The people of her hometown call her "Cursed Girl" and "Doom Girl".

Xiuxiang was born in Gulang, Gansu Province, and experienced a once-in-a-few earthquake as soon as she was born. It was May 23, 1927, and Xiao Xiuxiang was born in the early morning, and she has been crying intermittently since she was born, and she can't stop. It didn't take long for a major earthquake to occur.

The most serious earthquake is in Gulang County and its surroundings, Shuangta, Shuixiakou, Shenjiawopu, Holly Ding Line, Gucheng, Zhangyibao and other areas. At that time, the land in Gulang County was cracked, and green black water emerged, and sulfur and poisonous gas were overflowing, killing countless starving people. All the caves in the area collapsed, and more than 90 percent of the houses collapsed. In Gulang County, where there are only 300 households, the houses are in ruins, crushing hundreds of men and women; The Dongchuan landslide next to Yangjiawazhuang Village on the outskirts of the city is nearly two kilometers long, covering the villages under the mountain, and more than 40,000 people have died in the urban and rural areas of the county.

The town where Xiao Xiuxiang's family is located has also been greatly affected. All houses were destroyed, and there were many casualties. Fortunately, Xiao Xiuxiang's family is safe and sound, because their house did not collapse, and the whole family hid at home unharmed.

In the Gulang area of Gansu, there are earthquakes every year. After experiencing this catastrophe, Xiao Xiuxiang's family decided to move to live at her grandmother's house in the north. After all, you don't always have such good luck.

Xiao Xiuxiang's family went to her grandmother's house in Changma Township, Yumen City, Gansu Province, although there are still earthquakes every year, but people who have lived in this area of the northwest for so many years are quickly used to the earthquake.

When she was six years old, on the morning of Christmas in the West in 1932, Xiao Xiuxiang somehow cried again, and she still cried non-stop. Not long after, a major earthquake struck.

When the earthquake occurs, there is a yellow wind and white light "fluttering" on the loess wall; Dust came out of the mountain rocks, and the Jiayuguan City Tower, a famous historical site in China, was shaken and collapsed; the collapse of the snow peak on the south bank of the Shule River; Thousand Buddha Caves are rolling rocks...... Aftershocks were frequent, lasting for half a year. Nearly 70,000 people died in the quake, and most of the houses collapsed.

Xiao Xiuxiang's parents were very surprised, usually the child didn't cry, even if he was hungry, but the two big cries caused a big earthquake. They began to believe what the village women said, and their children might be the reincarnation of the calamity. They also began to gradually alienate Xiao Xiuxiang, and it didn't take long for the family to stand the "condemnation" of outsiders and directly abandoned her in the Catholic church. Fortunately, Hideka was adopted by a kind nun.

The local Catholic church was destroyed, the archbishop and the other nuns died, and the nuns went south with four orphans to join the Catholic Church in Sichuan. Six-year-old Xiao Xiuxiang has a partner to play with, and she doesn't know that she was abandoned by her parents. When they arrived in Diexi Town, Mao County, Sichuan, the four orphans had more playmates, and in the church, they had food, shelter, and could learn to read, and Xiao Xiuxiang forgot her home.

On the morning of August 25, 1933, there were many visions in Diexi Town: dogs crying and sheep neighing, snakes and rats startled, crows crying miserably, and hens Si Chen. After eating at noon, seven-year-old Xiao Xiuxiang cried again, this time she hid and cried, she didn't know how, she was afraid in her heart.

It wasn't long before the earthquake struck again.

The town of Diexi was destroyed, the earth was spewing yellow mist, and the city was gone. The huge landslide broke the flow of the Min River and turned the dam into a lake, which is another dangerous existence. The Catholic Church was safe, and no one was hurt.

On October 9, the earthquake lake collapsed, the flood poured out of the lake, the thunderbolt shook the mountain, the dust and fog blocked the sky, causing severe flooding downstream, and thousands of corpses were recovered in Guan County alone.

This time, even the nuns who brought Xiao Xiuxiang to Sichuan believed the rumors a little, and every place they went brought a big earthquake. Moreover, every time I cried a lot, it wasn't long before bad luck came. But the nun still didn't send her away, the nun already treated her as her own daughter, and was reluctant to abandon her. But the other children and adults began to stay away from this so-called "disaster star", and Xiao Xiuxiang became more and more lonely.

Not long ago this year, the nun fell ill and died, leaving behind a lonely little Xiuxiang. In the eyes of many people, this girl is really a "cursed girl", a girl with bad luck. Xiuxiang was driven away, and no one in the local area dared to take her in, so she could only beg to live.

By chance, twelve-year-old Xiuxiang heard someone say that there was no earthquake in the east, she believed it, she wanted to stay away from the earthquake, away from this sad place. She didn't know where the east was, so she walked toward the side where the sun was rising.