Huddled in a tiled house at the end of an alley were seven or eight children, ranging in age from four to five or six years old.
Zooming out, you can see that there are a total of six tiled houses in this dilapidated courtyard. They are all dark and windowless, with oil tiles covering the tops to steal the faint light.
The children in the room were lying in various directions, and from time to time there were moaning sounds like kittens and the friction of moving bodies.
Little Qingyu woke up faintly, her vision was very dim, and she immediately shouted in a sweet voice: "Mother, mother?"
However, the familiar reassuring voice did not sound, and the same childish voice responded to her: "There is no mother here for you."
In the darkness, Xiao Qingyu struggled on the mat and realized that her whole body was tied up. The burning pain in her neck reminded her of the previous attack.
What happened before she fainted gradually appeared in her mind, and Xiao Qingyu remembered it.
Today she was playing hide-and-seek with her new friends in the workshop, hiding behind the large water tank in the corner of the workshop.
Because she was afraid of being exposed, she even dispatched the animal army to prevent them from following her and exposing her target.
But as soon as she hid, she was caught by a big brother. He stretched out his finger and said "hush" to her, saying that he saw a big fish stranded on the beach and asked her to go rescue the fish together.
"Why should we save fish? Can't we catch fish and eat them? Mother likes to eat fish in the sea." Xiao Qingyu thought that this big brother was stupid. Some fish did not have time to return to the sea when the tide went out, and they were stranded on the beach.
, why don’t you pick it up and take it home for dinner right away!
When they went to the sea in Linjiazhuang, they were happiest when they caught fish. The fish was a big deal and worth a lot of money!
Hearing what Xiao Qingyu said, the man's face froze, and he pointed forward and said that her maid Rongrong had gone over to catch fish. Didn't she want to help catch fish together?
Xiao Qingyu stretched her neck and saw Rongrong walking towards the seaside.
Children are not allowed to go to the beach alone. Her mother is telling her in her ears every day, so it is wrong for Rongrong to do this.
Xiao Qingyu decided to call her back, but just as she was about to shout out, the strange big brother covered her mouth and told her mysteriously that now everyone was going to play a game where no sound was allowed.
Something is wrong, something is very wrong with this big brother.
Although Xiao Qingyu was young, she was not stupid. She immediately realized the danger, immediately threw away the strange brother's hand, and prepared to call someone.
But when the man saw that Xiao Qingyu looked wrong, he immediately changed his strategy. If coaxing failed, he resorted to force. He knocked Xiao Qingyu unconscious with a heavy blow, and then she didn't know anything. When she woke up again, she came.
When we got here, we were tied up.
Xiao Qingyu recalled some scenes from last year in her mind. She seemed to have been tied up like this by an old woman. But she couldn't remember the details.
"Where is this?" Xiao Qingyu's eyes gradually adapted to the dim environment, and she could see clearly what was going on in the room.
There were six other children tied up like her. Some were in rags, and some were not even wearing any clothes. Her little follower Rongrong was not here.
The girl who talked to Xiao Qingyu before continued to reply: "This is where kidnappers raise children."
Xiao Qingyu looked at the child who was speaking. Although he was also tied up, there was no fear or expression on his face. He only stared at the rich silk skirt on Xiao Qingyu's body with a pair of sharp eyes.
"You are the wife of a landowner, right? For noble people like you, when you go out, you are surrounded by slaves and slaves. How could you be abducted by a kidnapper?"
Xiao Qingyu didn't answer her question, but just asked her: "You don't seem to be afraid, why?"
The children here are either still asleep and motionless, but all the ones who are awake are sobbing, except for Xiao Qingyu and the girl who is talking to her.
The little girl heard Xiao Qingyu's question and sneered: "What do I have to be afraid of? I have no relatives, and now I rely on begging to make a living. Even if I don't get kidnapped, sooner or later I will be caught by the beggar leader in the town."
Go. I would rather be kidnapped and still have a mouthful of food to eat."
Xiao Qingyu was silent for a moment and sighed: "I heard from my mother that if a kidnapper catches a child, his hands and feet will be broken and he will be left on the street to beg for food. What should I do? I don't want to be without hands and feet."
The little girl was startled by what Xiao Qingyu said. She paused for a moment and then said: "You are talking nonsense. Broken limbs are worthless. How can they be sold in the future? Besides, how much money can you get from begging? We are all poor.
, who gives money to beggars every day?”
This question confused Xiao Qingyu, she didn't know.
Anyway, her mother told her not to walk alone in the town because she would meet Ren Yazi. She also said that Ren Yazi liked to break the hands and feet of the captured children and gouge out their eyes and give them to others. If they were disobedient,
She cried and screamed indiscriminately and even cut out her tongue.
So when she woke up and found that she had been arrested, she restrained herself from crying.
"My mother is very powerful, she will definitely come to save me."
"Tsk—" the little girl sneered again, rolled her eyes and said, "I've been begging in the town for half a year, and I haven't seen any lost children get back."
Xiao Qingyu didn't argue with her. There was no need. Anyway, she believed that her mother would definitely come to save her. How powerful her mother was, she could do anything.
At this moment, a dark figure squeezed in through the closed but still leaky door and let out a short meow.
Xiao Qingyu's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said in surprise: "Kitty cat! You are coming here too!"
This wild cat in the mountains is the civet cat that often wanders into Xiao Qingyu's animal army to eat and drink.
Xiao Qingyu is very Buddhist in raising small animals and has no idea of tying them up. Except for the little red horse and the big white goose, which are too tossing, Ajing and Ranxiang and Moxiang often lock them up. The other animals,
There is plenty of time for free activities.
She also has a big sea turtle, which will climb ashore from the sea from time to time and come to the beach to play with her.
As for the small animals that sneaked down from the mountains to play with her, there were too many little monkeys, silly roe deer, and little squirrels.
The wild cat in front of me was one of the many animals that came down from the mountain to seek refuge with Xiao Qingyu. Because it was often fed, it lingered on the back mountain of Linjiazhuang.
"Little kitten, come and help me bite off the hemp rope on my hand. It hurts my hand so much when it is tied up!" Xiao Qingyu was as excited as seeing her relatives when she saw the wild cat. She immediately turned over, revealing that she was tied up.
hands behind the back.
The wild cat seemed to understand what little Qingyu said, and as expected, it stepped forward and tentatively fiddled with the hemp rope twice with its front paws.
The update time of 5 o'clock is a bit troublesome for me, so it will be changed to after 7 o'clock in the morning from now on.