"We -" Tong Xiaoye blinked in confusion, thought for a while, and looked back at Xuan Jinyan. Her face was not very good, and she looked panicked. Tong Xiaoye thought it was okay. The middle-aged man in front of her
Although the children look ordinary, they don’t look like bad people. “We are a pair of sisters.”
"Did you let the robbers kidnap you and leave them here?" The middle-aged woman said without seeming to be surprised, "Such things often happen here, and some girls often disappear. However,
It's a bit strange to leave them here halfway, most of them will be sold to brothels or bought directly and become concubines."
Tong Xiaoye stroked her chest, saying that they were quite lucky.
"Maybe something happened on the way and they had to leave us here. Auntie, how far is it from here to the nearest county?" Tong Xiaoye asked with a sweet smile.
The middle-aged woman smiled, looked at Tong Xiaoye and Xuan Jinyan up and down, and said disdainfully: "It's just you two, don't even think about it. This is in the mountains. Unless you are a man with strong feet, you can't even think about leaving.
You have to go out. Well, I still have a lot of farm work to do, and I don’t have time to chat with you. If you are hungry, there is food on the stove, just heat it up and eat it yourself. However, this remote country is not as good as the place you lived before. I’m afraid
I’m just not used to it——”
Before the middle-aged woman finished speaking, she suddenly heard Xuan Jinyan let out a shrill scream, "Ah!——" The voice was sharp and off-key.
This sound actually scared Xiao Huang, who was screaming wildly, to the point where he shut his mouth.
The middle-aged woman and Tong Xiaoye also immediately turned their attention to Xuan Jinyan.
Xuan Jinyan was jumping on the spot, her face as white as snow.
"It's just a mouse. What's your name? It scared me!" The middle-aged woman frowned and covered her chest. "There are so many mice here, in this place far away from the county seat and with few people.
Yeah, there are so many snakes and mosquitoes, you have to learn to get used to them!"
Habit?!--
Xuan Jinyan looked at the middle-aged woman blankly, feeling that she was about to faint.
Tong Xiaoye was also startled by the mouse that ran away quickly on the ground. Thinking that she had been lying unconscious on the haystack before, maybe a mouse had run over her body. She couldn't help but shiver, and suddenly felt that this room
The cold made her tremble a little.
"Okay, it's okay, look at how scared you two are." The middle-aged woman looked at Tong Xiaoye and Xuan Jinyan's frightened pale faces, sighed, and said, "After all, she is the daughter of a wealthy family, and she gave up to a mouse.
I'm so scared. When there's a famine, people will eat people. Do you want to stay here or go out? I'm going to take the cows to plow the fields."
"Get out, get out." Tong Xiaoye said immediately, looked at the yellow dog at the door, sighed and said, "But, aunt, it doesn't seem to like me very much."
The middle-aged woman laughed. She seemed to like this young but smart girl. "Don't be afraid. Once you get used to it, it will stop barking. As the old saying goes, dogs that bark don't bite.
A man’s dog does not bark.”
"I've heard of it, but does it know?" Tong Xiaoye pointed to the yellow dog that was still staring at him even though it didn't bark, and sighed, saying somewhat childishly.
The middle-aged woman was going to go see the cows. When she heard Tong Xiaoye's words, she was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, as if she had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world.
Tong Xiaoye stared blankly at the middle-aged woman, was what she just said so funny?!