Chapter Seventy-One: Forest in Distress
When Rosa came out of the schoolyard, she was very depressed, she always felt that she and Doris were on the same side, and she didn't expect Doris to protect Jenny for some reason. That's a bad son of the enemy!
Thinking of the difficulty of her mother having to pull four children alone after her father's death, she would have endless hatred welling up in her heart.
Her mother lived with her by spinning linen, and sometimes her mother had to sell her body to the merchants in order to maintain the balance of the family, which was very common in this town at the junction of transportation, and even her own first time was to give an old and ugly merchant twenty bronze guilders.
But even so, it's still too difficult to maintain a life at home.
Her younger brother was starving to death, and her eldest sister had a high fever and became an idiot. There was no surplus food at home to support a cripple, so she could only strangle her to death.
Now that the new mayor had killed the baron and given them food, she and her little sister had eaten enough for the first time since their father's death. For the Chinese, their whole family is very supportive. It's just that sometimes, she feels that Mayor Chen is too soft-hearted, if she comes, she won't give anyone in the baron's family a chance to live a peaceful life, and an eldest lady like Jenny should let her live enough of her previous hard life.
Rosa returned home in a rage, picked up a basket and walked out of town, she was going to go out into the woods to take a walk, picking some wild vegetables and mushrooms. It turned out that every plant and tree in the surrounding woods belonged to the families of Count Carlos and Baron O'Farrell. Usually no one dares to pick something to eat, otherwise he should eat the whip of the guards.
But when Mayor Chen came, he let go of the surrounding forest. Everyone can go to the forest to find something to eat, but they are not allowed to cut down large trees. This has improved the food of the townspeople a lot.
Rosa was lucky today, picking up a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms along the way, and while she recalled the scene in front of her and couldn't get off the stage, she secretly got angry, and walked forward to search the ground, and before she knew it, she was deep in the forest.
She spotted a large white mushroom at the root of a large tree. However, when she reached over, she saw a pair of boots stepping on the edge of the mushroom.
Rosa exclaimed, revealing that it was a middle-aged man in a black cape. The middle-aged man's face was very pale, his eyes were dark blue, but there was a hint of green brilliance in the middle, and the man was holding a short staff with a black gem on it, this posture was really terrifying to Rosa.
Rosa stepped back with her basket on her shoulder, and then she remembered that someone had said that two older children had gone missing two days earlier. She didn't want to talk to this person at all, and after taking a few steps back, she hurriedly turned around and ran.
But Rosa had only taken two steps, and her body was fixed there, maintaining the appearance of taking a step, and would not move.
"What a good piece of material. Since you are very kind enough to come over on your own, as a reward, I will try to make you suffer less pain. The middle-aged man spoke in a gloomy and gentle tone.
"I, I'm just a very ordinary villager. Please let me go. Rosa lost control of herself from the neck down, and only her head could turn.
The man walked slowly past her and came to her, "It's a pity that your body is already mine, and I will make good use of it." Now go to sleep......" The middle-aged man's hand pressed on her head, and Rosa lost consciousness completely.
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The next day was a day off, but there was still a lot of activity for the students. As part of the teaching program, Crete brought students from the school to participate in farm labor. Dozens of students were assigned to dig ditches.
Crete allocates lots to each person, and has three or four students work in teams, and the students have very limited strength and a short area of responsibility, and they all gather together.
The four people who participated in the study group yesterday naturally came together. The other students felt very sudden when they saw this scene, they didn't expect Doris, the most bitter and hateful, to come together with the baron's daughter.
Doris is the oldest in the class, and the vice president of the women's association, she is also beautiful, and what she does and says in the class can affect the direction of the wind among her classmates. Today, she appeared with Jenny, which made Jenny suffer a lot less. Even a few people would nod to Jenny when they came over to greet Doris.
This flattered Jenny a little.
"Don't worry. In fact, most of your classmates don't think much about you. It's just chewing on the skin of others. As long as you are sincere to others, they will feel better about you little by little. Doris said.
"Hmm!" Jenny nodded in response, and she actually hugged Doris gently.
Doris's heart softened and she touched her head with her hand. This child is six years different from her, and he is really just a poor little child.
Later, Doris learned that although Crete had walked out of the classroom yesterday, he had not gone far, and he had used a small spell to observe what was happening in the classroom. In the end, he was very satisfied with Doris's performance, and chatted with Doris alone and praised her for her approach, which was really a surprise for Doris. Thinking of this, she secretly glanced at Crete, and found that he and Chen Hansheng were talking something on the ridge of the field, and the appearance of facing the sun was really handsome.
"Doris, you know what? Rosa didn't come home yesterday. AndrΓ© interrupted Doris's gaze.
Doris said with some concern: "Of course I know that the women's union has sent people out to look for it, but no clues have been found. The guards watched her leave the village and never returned. β
"Huh? Jenny covered her mouth, she was very worried that this was the result of yesterday's quarrel, "Could it be because of me?"
"You're thinking too much. Rosa was unhappy at best. It has nothing to do with you that she goes picking wild vegetables herself. Doris reassured.
"Some people say that there are a few new wolves in the woods, and a few of them who are missing must have been eaten by wolves. Andrei whispered.
"Don't talk nonsense. Although Doris said this, she also knew in her heart that the situation of the missing person must not be good. These days, everyone is being asked to go out in groups. The soldiers of the convoy also searched the surrounding woods, and everyone was a little worried about the matter.
At this time, Jenny said, "Sister Doris, look, there are three people coming over there, isn't one of them Rosa?"