Chapter 9: Don't stay in the wilderness
"Uh, it's okay, it's okay, I knocked on the wrong door. Seeing the man's appearance, and then looking at the desolate surroundings, Yao Cai's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said.
"You're looking for a place to sleep, come in. As he spoke, the man opened the door and let Yao Cai and the others in.
But after a while, the two did not move.
The man said impatiently: "Within a radius of dozens of miles, there is only one family of mine, and you can't find any other suitable place to live. ”
Yao Caigang wanted to open his mouth to refuse, but was pushed behind by Jing Fa, and said softly: "Old Cai, you are a little bold, I don't want to sleep outside, I want to sleep by yourself." ”
"You!" Stimulated by Jing Fa, Yao Cai immediately pretended to be bold and said with a smile, "Then bother, but we don't have much entanglement." ”
"I don't charge. Before Yao Cai could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the man.
As soon as he heard that there was no charge, Yao Cai was overjoyed, and his mood immediately relaxed a lot.
The man pointed to the firewood house on the west side of the courtyard and said, "Where are you wronged at night, please leave by yourself early tomorrow morning, thank you." ”
With that, the man returned to the main room in the courtyard, and after a while the candlelight was extinguished.
"Let's go, old Cai, it's going to be one night. After speaking, Jingfa took the lead and walked towards the firewood room.
Squeak opened the door, the imaginary stench did not come to their faces, and the two found that the firewood room was unusually neat and clean.
All the firewood was placed in an orderly corner of the room, revealing a large open space in the middle, just enough to make a bed for the two of them.
After tidying up a little, the two of them lay down and were about to go to bed, when suddenly, a child's cry floated in through the window, and there was more than one cry.
"His grandfather's, is it a human trafficker?" Yao Cai sat up vigilantly, and immediately held his bag in his arms, which contained all his belongings and must be protected.
Hearing the cry of the child, Jing Fa always felt an inexplicable restlessness in his heart, and said: "Lao Cai, stay here and don't move, I'll go out and have a look." ”
"Wait a minute, what if someone makes a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, no, I'll go with you. With that, Yao Cai hugged his bags and followed closely behind Jingfa.
The two of them left the firewood room lightly and lurked under the window of the main room.
Closer to the main room, the crying could be heard more clearly, and the two of them counted, and there were probably five or six children's voices.
Jingfa quietly lifted the window, revealing a crack.
Through the cracks, they saw six children sitting on a large bed in the room, four men and three women, the eldest was seven or eight years old, and the younger was only four or five years old, snuggling up to each other, their faces full of tears, sobbing softly.
Suddenly, there was a creak, the door opened, and the strong man walked in.
"Don't cry!" came the stern voice of the strong man, and the frightened children immediately stopped crying.
"Xiaofa, while the quilt hasn't been discovered yet, let's hurry up. Yao Cai said softly to Jingfa.
Jingfa put his hand to his mouth and made a shushing gesture, signaling Yao Cai to be quiet.
At this time, I saw the eldest child get out of bed, walk to the side of the strong man, and say, "Uncle, those people are so fierce in the morning, and we are all very afraid. ”
Hearing the child's words, the strong man sighed, reached out and touched his head, and said: "Good, it's okay, it's all right, my uncle is very capable, nothing can be difficult for me, you go to bed early, don't cry and break your body." ”
After speaking, the strong man picked up the child and put it on the bed, covered everyone with a quilt before closing the door and leaving.
After seeing the strong man leave, Jing Fa gently closed the window and smiled at Yao Cai: "Old Cai, you see that you are worried about the sky, do you look like a human trafficker?"
Yao Cai shook his head, suddenly felt relaxed, returned to the firewood room by himself, and lay down to sleep again.
Just when he had just fallen asleep and dreamed of a large pile of silver, suddenly, with a bang, the silver in front of him spilled all over the ground and fell into pieces.
"My silver!" Yao Cai screamed in his dream, and opened his eyes suddenly, only to hear another loud bang.
"His grandfather's, he still won't let people sleep!" After hearing the sound, Yao Cai scolded loudly, and saw that Jingfa had squatted by the window at this moment, and was looking intently at the outside of the firewood room.
"What's the situation?" Yao Cai came to Jingfa's side and saw several people standing around the strong man in the courtyard.
"The surname Huang, I wasn't very arrogant in the morning, how are I wilting now, you are crazy, you are crazy. A rich, richly dressed man pointed at the strong man and smiled.
"I said in the morning that this land was left by my father, and that I would not sell it no matter how much money I gave and no matter how many people came. The strong man gritted his teeth and said.
"Yo, it seems that your kid is really ready to toast and not eat and drink, come on, go on, beat me to death." As soon as the rich man's words fell, several people on the side rushed up, and greeted the strong man with their fists and feet.
Hearing only a few bangs, the strong man used his body to block the attacks of several people, and with a wave of his fist, he smashed directly into the eyebrows of a person, who immediately lost consciousness and was thrown to the ground.
After a while, several other people were also knocked down by the strong man one after another, but the rich man at the head had a flat face, and his eyes were extremely cold when he looked at the strong man, as if he was looking at a corpse.
Seeing that the strong man was about to knock out the last man, suddenly a bright light flashed and went straight to the strong man's knee.
A trace of blood splattered, and the strong man only felt that his feet were weak, and he knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Ouch, why did your attitude change so quickly, wasn't it still arrogant just now, why did you kneel in the blink of an eye, and then do you have to kowtow." The rich man smirked.
Before the laughter fell, there was a bang, the strong man's waist was sore, the whole muscle lost control, and his head couldn't help but fall to the ground.
"Ouch, ouch, it's terrible, it's so obedient. In that case, come and bring up the title deed. The rich man gave the order, and someone from behind him immediately ran forward, holding a piece of paper in his hand.
"Come on, surnamed Huang, obediently sign the title deed, you take your silver, I take my land, we have nothing to do with each other in the future, and each has its own fairy day. The rich man took the title deed and handed it to the strong man and said with a smile.
"Phew!" A mouthful of fresh spit flew straight to the rich man's face, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly wiped it with his hands.
"You, you, look for death!" As soon as the words fell, several thugs came up behind the rich man, holding thick sticks, and slammed on the strong man's back.
The strong man wanted to get up and resist, but somehow his waist was extremely numb, but he couldn't lift his strength, and his legs didn't obey the call, so he could only watch the stick fall down, and after a while, the skin on his back was already open, and the bones were visible.
"Let Uncle Huang go!" At this moment, a group of children ran out of the house, kneeling on the ground and desperately kowtowing to the rich man.
"Yo he, you kid Jinwu Zangjiao, what do you want to do, sell it to make money?" After seeing the child, the rich man's eyes lit up and he smiled.
"It is said that the business of buying and selling children is good now, so I will help you take this group of bear children together. After speaking, the rich man made a look, and then several thugs stepped forward to pick up the child and was about to leave.
"Don't touch the children, I can give you all the land you want, but I hope you let them go, they are all a group of homeless orphans, please let them go." Seeing the child being arrested, tears appeared in the strong man's eyes, and he hurriedly shouted.
"Hmph, orphans, orphans can be sold for a good price, the land is mine, and I will take the people away, do you have the qualifications to bargain with me?" The man snorted coldly, and let people grab the strong man's fingers, press them on the title deed, and then turn around and leave.
"In the middle of the night, chirping, and don't let people sleep?" At this moment, a male voice floated from the direction of the firewood room, causing the rich man to stop.