Ah Xi is a five-year-old girl.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, she is a five-year-old boy, a skinny bald boy who can count ribs at a glance.

For as long as she can remember, she has lived among the Kurosawa tribe.

As a slave.

She lived in a low, small cave known as the Slave Cave, and her favorite thing to do was to sit in the shadow at the entrance of the cave and look out with her eyes wide open. Look at the Kurosawa kids, dressed in clean linen clothes and as strong as calves, running and laughing in the sun.

She envied and yearned.

How happy they were, she thought.

It's so happy to be able to run around without worrying about eating and drinking, not being beaten, and being able to run at will.

Ah Xi likes to hide in dark corners and watch them - even if he can't be them, it's good to be able to watch them.

Today, though, she didn't get to see what she wanted to see. I don't know why, all of Kurosawa's children are gone, not only children, but not even adults, and it's empty outside.

"Ah Xi, come and help me pick out the pustules!" A hoarse woman's voice came from the dark cave.

Ah Shi got up and walked slowly into the dark cave.

Along the way, she passed many people who were lying on the ground, sleeping with their eyes closed. These people, like her, were slaves, and the reason why they slept in the daylight was because they were hungry and had no strength, or because they had been beaten and were recuperating with their eyes closed.

This little cave is always dark and lifeless, and the smell of excrement fills the air, and the further you go inside, the smell gets louder and louder, and you can't help but cover your nose. It is completely different from the bright sunshine and fresh air outside, and it is completely two worlds.

The cave was small, and it didn't take a few steps for Ah Xi to walk in front of the woman who called her.

This is a teenage woman, her name is Cao Que, she is her sister, her appearance is not similar, but she is exactly the same in terms of thinness. Now she was lying crooked on a tattered animal skin, her forehead covered with cold sweat, and her dirty skin was covered with whip marks.

These whips had been taken a few days ago, and the wounds had pus, mixed with the blooming flesh, and emitted a foul smell.

Seeing Ah Xi coming, the grass finch panted heavily, weakly and viciously roared at her: "You heartless little brute, dirty and disgusting reptile, such a child who likes to watch Kurosawa so much? hmm? I really want to be a member of the Kurosawa tribe, right?!"

"I really regret that I didn't strangle you to death in the first place!

Because of the long-term torture, the mentality of the grass finch has also changed greatly because of the collapse, and he often speaks ill of his sister.

Ah Xi lowered his head and said nothing.

The filthy hair was sticking down in strands, and the thin neck seemed to be unable to hold the big head at any moment, as if it would snap at any moment.

“...... You remember! You are from the Wolftooth tribe! You are from the Wolftooth tribe!!" the grass finch screamed fiercely, looking terrifying.

Ah Xi did not speak.

She didn't like the Wolf Tooth tribe, and in her heart, the name represented humility and misfortune. If she could, she really wanted to be a Kurosawa tribesman, not a wolftooth tribesman.

After scolding, the grass finch got a little better, and beckoned to Ah Xi and shouted angrily: "Why don't you come over and help me pick out the pustules!"

Ah Xi walked over with her head down, and used the sharpened bone slag to help her sister pick up pustules.

The whip marks on the grass finch were shocking, and the disgusting pustules looked extremely hideous, but Ah Xi didn't notice it, just lowered his head and carefully punctured it with the pustules.

She knew where the whip marks on her sister's body came from.

Two days ago, as soon as her sister's slightly bulging stomach deflated, someone from Kurosawa came over and stripped her naked and pressed her. Her sister lay naked on the dirty mud floor, waving her hands weakly to bear it, probably because it hurt too much, so she scratched the man's back, and accidentally scratched his skin.

The Kurosawa man was furious and gave her sister a few lashes with a whip. And her sister could only lie on the dirty ground and wriggle in pain like a bug.

She was not far away, curled up in the darkness with her knees crossed, watching the scene with wide eyes.

This scene was very common, and whenever this happened, she would let go of that envy and start hating the Kurosawa tribesmen, wishing that they were all dead.

But what is the use of envy or hatred?

No matter what they think, the Kurosawa people are still doing well, and they still can't become Kurosawa tribesmen.

But the days that were the same have changed today.

As soon as she finished picking out the pustules for her sister, several Kurosawa warriors walked in coldly and pointed out that they wanted all the wolf-toothed people in the small cave to come out.

Ah Xi was stunned and followed Sister A out.

Her sister was very scared, and kept holding her hand tightly, her palms were sweaty, and her body trembled like a sieve.

A large group of Kurosawa warriors awaited them at the end.

She had never seen so many Kurosawa warriors, all of them looking at them with cold and malicious eyes, as if they were going to cut off their heads.

Ah Xi couldn't help but feel a little weak, thinking that something "very bad" was about to happen.

But it didn't.

They were led to the center of the crowd, where several men stood who looked exceptionally noble, and one by one, the venerable Kurosser even put his hand on their foreheads.

She rinsed the cyan pattern off her forehead with water, and left the Kurosawa tribe with two warriors who looked strong and noble. Came to a particularly beautiful place, much more beautiful than the Kurosawa tribe.

A tribe called Tushan.

Her sister had never been so happy.

Just knelt on the grass, hugged her and cried and laughed, strangling her bones.

"Ah, we are no longer slaves, and you don't have to pretend to be boys anymore!" said to her, choking with tears in her eyes.

Not a slave anymore?

Ah carefully listened to the conversations of the adults, and knew that he was now a member of the Tushan tribe.

She didn't know what that meant at the time.

But when the hot, tantalizing food was brought to them, she seemed to understand something.

"These ...... Is it for us to eat?"

With her eyes wide open, she cautiously asked the aunt who brought the food.

This aunt's name is Pheasant, and it is said that she was once a member of the Wolf Tooth tribe, but she is completely different from the Wolf Tooth tribesman she remembers.

She looked beautiful, with thick arms, strong muscles, a healthy flush on her cheeks, and a clean and beautiful animal skin coat, clean even the nails.

After she whispered this question, the aunt named Pheasant burst into tears and said:

"Eat as much as you want!"

Ah Xi was stunned.

These foods are so good and fragrant, I'm afraid that even Kurosawa's warriors didn't eat them, right?

She ate the food almost wolf, eating and eating, but tears fell down her eyes and were swallowed along with the food. Not only her, but almost all the wolf-toothed people who came out of Kurosawa's slave cave ate while shedding tears.

It wasn't until his belly was about to burst that Ah Xi stopped.

The aunt named Pheasant took her hand again and took all the wolf-toothed people to the stream to clean.

When Ah Xi saw this clear river, he couldn't help but be stunned.

It's the beginning of the dry season, and the Kurosawa tribe has begun to conserve water, and slaves like them only have water to drink, not water to bathe and wash their faces.

However, "Aunt Pheasant" said that the stream was safe and that they could wash it as they pleased.

Ah Xi was crazy with joy when he came back to his senses.

Holding her full belly, she ran wildly towards the stream like other Kurosawa children, and then stood in the shallow water, splashing and scrubbing herself to her heart's content.

The clear stream carried away the dirt, the sewage was washed away, and an unusually clean Ah Xi walked out of the stream.

Then they were taken to a tall stone house to rest.

She and her sister were assigned to the same stone house, and she and her sister were the only two people living in this large, clean and tidy stone house.

Ah Xi climbed onto the stone kang almost with the same hands and feet.

When she lay cleanly on the soft animal skin blanket, snuggled up with her sister, and stroked her full, warm belly, she was still in a state of confusion.

Is all this true?

Was it because she was so eager that her mind was dizzy, so she had a dream that was extremely real?

She didn't dare to close her eyes, trying to resist the sleepiness of her body, just staring straight into the dark void with her eyes wide open. I'm afraid that when I wake up, I'll go back to that filthy and foul-smelling slave hole.

Gragging at the soft animal skin blanket, she kept praying in her heart.

If it's a sweet dream, don't wake up.

Don't wake up.

Don't wake up.

Don't wake up......