Chapter 126: Family Separation
The crowd was in chaos, Xiao Niannian watched his father disappear into the crowd, and he was also worried about his second brother.
Fortunately, the corner where they were located was relatively safe, and the fleeing crowd did not crowd here.
"Boom—"
At this moment, an explosion was heard not far away.
At the same time, a burst of fire rose into the sky.
The crowd panicked at the sound of the explosion, screaming and crying, as if they had been separated from their families.
Xiao Niannian held the hands of her brothers tightly and didn't dare to move.
But the place where they stayed was not safe, and the crowd panicked and crowded into the corner where they were.
Li Rulan wanted to use her body to block the flow of people for the children, but the power of the flow of people was too strong, and her weak body couldn't resist it at all.
She didn't have time to pick up Xiao Niannian, an adult and four children, so she was dragged by the crowd and walked in an unknown direction.
At first, Xiao Niannian could still hold the hands of his brothers, but there were too many people, and the four of them held hands, and they were quickly dispersed.
Xiao Niannian was short, and was soon surrounded by the crowd and separated from her brothers.
Her small size was too dangerous to be caught in the crowd, Li Rulan was in a hurry, and tried her best to go over and pick her up, but she couldn't hold her, but was pushed farther and farther away by the crowd.
Seeing that her mother and brothers were about to cry, Xiao Niannian pulled her throat and comforted: "Mother! Don't worry! I'll be fine! I'll find you! ”
In this way, she was completely separated from her mother and brothers by abortion.
Xiao Niannian didn't know which direction he was taken in, so he could only walk with the crowd, otherwise he might be stepped on by adults if he took a slow or fast step.
After walking for a long time, away from the fire, the people were less frightened, and the flow of people gradually slowed down.
Xiao Niannian finally found a gap and got out, retreating to a corner.
Looking at the unfamiliar environment around her, Xiao Niannian knew that she was lost.
But she wasn't afraid, as long as she found someone to ask where the county magistrate's house was, she could go back.
It's really okay to go to the officials, there are officials everywhere today, and she won't get lost.
What's more, today's Shangyuan Festival, lanterns are hung in front of every house, and the night is like day, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
It's better to act than to move, Xiao Niannian thought like this while preparing to find someone to ask for directions
At the moment when she turned her head, she suddenly saw a familiar figure.
Isn't that the monkey trickster I watched with my brothers before?
There were two monkey charmers, and like her, they rested in the other corner.
They also noticed Xiao Niannian, thinking that it might be a lost child, but they didn't take it seriously.
At their feet, there were several wooden cages, which were held by the monkeys performing acrobatics.
I don't know how they managed to get the monkeys out of the crowd, but it seemed that it took a lot of effort, and both of them stood there panting.
Xiao Niannian quietly hid behind a willow tree, and deliberately took out two old hens from the space and placed them not far from the monkey man.
As she expected, the two monkey charmers saw the fat old hen and immediately pounced on it with bright eyes.
But how could Xiao Niannian let them get their wish so quickly, and drove the old hen to run to the alley on the other side.
The monkey man chased the old hen away, and Xiao Niannian secretly ran to the bamboo cage and released a few monkeys.
When the cage was opened, the monkey refused to come out at first, but only looked at her with fearful eyes.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you, go away! Otherwise, when those two people come back, you won't be able to leave! ”
Xiao Niannian comforted a few words softly, and the monkeys seemed to understand, so they walked out, and Xiao Niannian felt sad for a while.
"Next time, remember to be careful, don't get caught by humans again! Run, run as far as you can! ”
There are five monkeys in total, big and small, male and female, but they all look very embarrassed and look like they have suffered a lot.
They turned around three times, looked deeply at Xiao Nian Nian several times, and finally jumped up, climbed a large tree nearby, shuttled between the trees, and gradually disappeared into the night.
It wasn't long before the two monkey tricksters finally returned, one carrying an old hen in his hand, and seemed to be very happy.
But when they came back and saw the empty cage, the two of them searched around but couldn't find the monkey, and stood there angrily and stamped their feet.
Xiao Niannian didn't take the hen back into the space, after all, she released the monkey of the other family, and the life of these two people should be difficult for a period of time in the future, these two hens should be her last mercy.
She knew that maybe the two would catch monkeys for training next time, and just by releasing the monkeys, they couldn't realize how cruel animal cruelty was.
In this world, there may be countless people like these monkey tricksters who don't take animals seriously and abuse and torture animals at every turn.
But Xiao Niannian felt that since she saw this, then she couldn't stand idly by, so she had to do her best to help those animals that were mutilated.
She can't change the minds of others for a while, so she just tries to be herself.
Thinking of this, Xiao Niannian raised his feet and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, a monkey charmer saw her, walked quickly behind the willow tree, and pulled her out.
"Little girl! You've been staring at us, did you let the monkey go? ”
Xiao Niannian opened her big innocent eyes and shook her head firmly.
The monkey trickster then asked unwillingly, "Then have you seen who let them go?" ”
This time, Xiao Niannian nodded, and the monkey man asked emotionally, "Then you can say it quickly!" Who let them go? ”
Xiao Nian read a serious nonsense: "I saw that it was a white-bearded old man who fell from the sky and opened the cage to let those monkeys go." ”
"What about the old man with the white beard? Where did it go? ”
Xiao Niannian pointed to the sky, "Of course it flew away!" ”
The monkey trickster obviously didn't believe it, "Little girl, are you lying to us?" It's not right for children to deceive people! ”
Xiao Niannian pursed his mouth, "What I said is true, when the white-bearded old man flew away, he said something about creating evil, but he was angry!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the bamboo cage behind the monkey man suddenly burst open one by one, making a "crackling" sound.
The two monkey puppeteers were startled, and watched the bamboo cage of the monkey break into countless pieces, and they were stunned in place for a long time.