Qin Anan stood aside, still not daring to move.

"Eat as much as you want, you're welcome."

Zhao Mengfu stuffed a string into Qin An'an's hand before she dared to eat it.

After eating about the same time, I used a plastic bag to put some of the clean lamb in my pocket.

Zhao Mengfu is a good person, let out all the compressed biscuits, we have to have food in the future.

After eating and drinking, Qin Anan cautiously said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

I filled Qin An'an's basket with the remaining mutton, "After I go back, cook the mutton and marinate it, do you know how to make it?"

"Yes."

Zhao Mengfu stepped forward, fiddling with the sheepskin on the ground, his pretty face was so solemn that he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a long time, she said solemnly, "When we first met this goat, it was covered in dirt and had a pair of eyes with vigilance, so it was a wild goat.

"But around its neck, there's a red rope left by its original owner."

"This goat was originally domestic, but then it ran to the mountains and became a wild goat."

I asked, "What are you doing studying these?"

Zhao Mengfu said solemnly, "Brother Qianlong, when we passed through the village where Zhumayi lived, there was no trace of life for the people inside."

"I suspect that they used to live normal lives, but something suddenly happened."

Qin An'an seemed to feel something, and added in a low voice, "There is such a thing."

"Four years ago, everyone in our village was still normal, working together in the fields during the day and returning home at night."

I asked, "What about four years from now?"

Qin An'an said: "In the fourth year, probably when I married into the Cao family, the village slowly changed......

I hurriedly interrupted, "How old were you four years ago and you got married!?"

"It's for the eldest son of the village steward Cao Juwei to be a daughter-in-law." Speaking of this, Qin Anan's eyes dimmed a lot.

"His son is ten years old, and he is so stupid that his eyes are divided into his temples, and his favorite thing is to suck the snot that runs into his mouth."

Zhao Mengfu sneered.

I glared at her, "Don't laugh!"

Listening to Qin An'an's description, the son of the Cao family, the village manager, should have Down syndrome and was born with a physical disability.

I wondered, "How could your family allow you to marry?"

"My grandparents are dead, and no one cares about me. If I don't marry him, I'll starve to death."

A flash of resentment flashed in Qin An'an's eyes, "Of course, this is what the Cao family said to scare me."

"Actually, I can go to an orphanage in a big city, they don't want me to go, they just want me to marry their stupid son and rejoice for him!"

Late-maturing children are mostly taken care of too well.

And precocious children usually have a bad fate and twists and turns.

Qin An'an's experience makes me sympathetic.

Zhao Mengfu's eyes were red when he heard this, and he put his arm around Qin An'an's shoulder, "Don't be afraid, my sister will take you with me when I go down the mountain this time!"

"Follow my sister in the future, and I guarantee that you will eat and drink spicy food!"

"Our sisters depend on each other, and no one can bully us in the future."

Qin An'an, who was hugged by the shoulder, was stiff and didn't seem to be able to adapt to Zhao Mengfu's enthusiasm.

I pulled Zhao Mengfu away, "Don't make trouble, let her continue."

Qin An'an said: "Originally, the Cao family was very wealthy, and they did not farm themselves, but mainly relied on trading with the outside world, and then sold their goods to the villagers at a high price."

"Not long after I married into the Cao family, their family's temperament changed drastically."

"They first blocked the village's road to the outside world, and then blew up the slings across the mountain, strictly forbidding anyone to enter or leave."

"Their families disappeared during the day, and only went back to their rooms at night, not saying a word and paying no attention to anyone."

"Gradually, the people in the village seemed to be infected, and one after another, they became like this

Son."

"It was as if they didn't have to eat, and there was no smoke in every house."

"I usually pick up some wild vegetables and collect wild rice, just to fill my stomach."

"Every three to five days, a well-wisher will put food in the temple, and I will be able to satisfy my hunger."

Qin An'an is different from ordinary twelve-year-olds, her speech logic and organization skills are very strong, and I can trust every word she says.

Zhao Mengfu's sympathy flooded again, "Little sister, when you first married into the Cao family, you must have suffered a lot of inhuman torture......

Qin An'an's little hands clenched, looking very nervous.

I couldn't help but say, "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb!"

People who really have painful memories are probably reluctant to talk about the pain, so much so that every time they think about it, they will deliberately divert their attention.

As for other people's inquiries, they are even more reluctant to mention it.

I understand Zhao Mengfu's suffering, so I don't want to ask more about her life.

I took the branch and wrote the twelve words on the ground.

Black water day, white sand.

The ghosts wept in panic, but the people were silent.

"These twelve words refer to a place in the station, what is your opinion?"

Qin An'an stared at the words for a while, "How heavy it rains in Zhumayi, often a gust of wind blows, the clouds press the day into night, and the raindrops are very heavy, so it looks like black water is pouring down from the sky."

"Heishuitian, this should be what I mean."

"Baishadi, I guess it's the Baisha River in the north of the village. If you go north along this road, you will probably go over a hill and you will see a great river."

"The sand on both sides of the river is white, and I went to the white sand with my grandparents once before."

"As for the ghosts crying in panic and people are silent, I don't understand this."

I just asked casually, but I didn't expect Qin Anan to be able to answer so many useful messages, which couldn't help but make me overjoyed.

Zhao Mengfu was also so excited that he kissed Qin An'an on the cheek, "Little sister, you have helped us a lot!"

Qin Anan estimated that he was a little uneasy by Zhao Mengfu, "If it's okay, I'll go home first."

Zhao Mengfu said worriedly, "Little sister, if you go home, what if those people who have mutated want to kill you!?"

"No, it won't."

"No, it won't."

Qin An'an and I spoke almost at the same time.

Qin An'an glanced at me and didn't speak.

I continued, "I don't see any problems with the changes in the people in the village for the time being, but they shouldn't be harmful."

"Otherwise, four years is enough time for a powerless little girl to die countless times."

Qin Anan nodded and got up to leave.

I finally asked, "Qin An'an, can you tell us the address of your grandparents?"

"We're going to stay at the station's post for a few days, and we're going to spend the night in his old man's empty house."

Qin An'an said, "They live a little far away, at the foot of a mountain forty miles away from Zhumayi, in a wooden stilted building."

"My grandparents live by being a paper man, and every once in a while, the dealers under the mountain will come to collect it, so it's closer to the bottom of the mountain."

Zhao Mengfu suddenly seemed to think of something, and was so surprised that he was about to speak, when I threw in a piece of mutton jerky with lightning speed.

"W-what are you doing!?"