After awakening her powers, her physical strength improved more than a little bit, and Xiao Ruo didn't feel any difficulty at all when entering Xishan again.
She walked quickly through the bamboo forest, and she felt that her body was as light as a swallow, and she could glide in the wind with a slight flap of her wings. After a while, Xiao Ruo arrived near the end point of her morning exploration.
She came prepared this time and brought a hoe, so she would be able to dig a trap faster and catch three or five hares, one for Niao Niao to play with, one to braise, and the remaining ones were made into dried meat for storage.
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Xiaoruo happily arranged how to deal with the prey in her mind. She looked around to find the not-so-deep hole she dug in the morning. She planned to deepen it based on the original foundation. After all, she had spent so much effort digging twenty or thirty centimeters in the morning.
, can’t be busy in vain.
She was startled when she saw a man lying next to the hole she dug that morning.
Could it be that the hole he dug killed someone? But this place is already inaccessible deep in the Western Mountains. There is no road. It is estimated that no one will come here in three to five years. Xiao Ruo did not think of putting up a warning sign or anything at that time.
Prevent others from falling into the pit.
What's more, the pit is only thirty centimeters deep. Even an old hen can easily flop up if it falls in. How can it kill people?
Thinking of this, Xiao Ruo calmed down. No matter what, let's first see what happened to this person, whether he was dead or alive.
She carefully made a half circle and approached the man lying face down on the ground from the side.
After walking in, I realized that the prone person was not tall, probably half a head shorter than Xiao Ruo.
He was wearing a coarse shorts, which had been damaged in some places, as if it had been scratched by branches and rocks. His hair was scattered and not tied up. One foot was in the hole dug by Xiao Ruo, and the other was curled up in an unusual posture.
Naturally, he couldn't see his face clearly when he was face down, but there were scratches and bloodstains near his forehead, and there was also a trace of blood on the protruding stone not far from his head.
It looks like he really fell because he stepped into a hole he dug?
Xiaoruo poked the man's arm and asked in a low voice: "Hey, are you still alive? Hello?"
The man on the ground twitched slightly and made no sound. Xiaoruo felt relieved and was sure that this man was still alive. At least he did not commit manslaughter just after he was reborn.
However, this person was injured due to her own fault. She, Xiaoruo, was not one to run away and would naturally take responsibility.
Xiaoruo turned the man over to check if he had any other injuries. When he saw his face clearly, he realized that the man was still a teenager.
The boy was about 12 or 13 years old. When he turned his back, the wound on his forehead became more and more horrific. The flesh and skin were torn open several times by stones, and there was mud and sand in the wound.
The horrific wound on his forehead and the dirt on his face did not hide the boy's handsomeness. His facial features were clear-cut, his nose was like a hanging nose, his brows were like swords, his cheeks were slightly thin, his lips were a little white, and his eyes were closed tightly.
It is a shallow downward arc, dormant under the thick black and neat eyebrows, and the upward tilt of the ends of the eyes softens the sharpness of the entire face. Xiaoruo can imagine how breathtaking these eyes will be when they are opened.
Is this a naughty kid from some family who is playing in the mountains? I've hurt such a handsome little face like this, and the adults in his family won't tear me apart.
Xiao Ruo thought for a moment and shrank her neck.
The most important thing is to save people. I hope that the adults in his family will not be too angry because it is not too late to remedy the situation. At least, they will not ask her for too much compensation. She has no money to compensate others now.
Lifting the young man's arms and wrapping them around his neck, Xiaoruo lifted the young man up with all his strength. Maybe he touched the injured part of the young man's body again, and he twitched unconsciously again, but there was still no sound, and there was no sound.
Didn't wake up.
Fortunately, after awakening her superpower, Xiaoruo not only didn't feel tired while carrying someone who was only a little shorter than herself, but the small volcano in her body was getting stronger. She could even summon some small sparks to play with from time to time along the way.
In order to avoid causing trouble, Xiaoruo took a sparsely populated path back to the village. When entering the yard, she hid behind the haystacks and observed for a long time to make sure no one saw her before quickly entering the house.
After entering the house, he placed the still unconscious young man on the bed, and asked Xiaoniao Xiaozhao, who had gathered around to observe curiously, to get a basin of hot water to scrub the dirt off the young man's body.
When she changed out of the boy's dirty and torn clothes, she discovered that the boy didn't just have a wound on his forehead. There were dozens of long purple scars crisscrossing his body, binding the boy tightly like a net. Such scars
It looked like it had been whipped intensively recently.
The young man's right leg stepped in a pit before, and the ankle should have been sprained. Now it is visibly red and swollen. And his left foot has been twisted on the outside in an unnatural way. Xiao Ruo felt along the calf bone of his left foot.
It was inferred that the bone of his left leg was most likely broken.
Could it be that this young man was not naughty and ran to the remote mountains where there were few people, but that he was abused by his family and could not bear the beatings before he fled into the woods to escape?
Xiao Ruo's beautiful eyebrows like willow leaves were twisted into knots.
In her opinion, this eleven or twelve-year-old boy was still a child. He was so abused. She didn't know if there were any laws to protect children in this era.
If this child is handed over to the government, I am afraid that in this era where filial piety is paramount, the government will only find the child's original parents and hand him back.
Will that push him back into the pit of fire?
Xiao Ruo thought worriedly, without stopping to wring the handkerchief and wipe the dirt off the young man's body. If this scene were seen by other people in the village, they would definitely be shocked.
In the eyes of others, Xiaoruo was sixteen years old, already past the age of hairpins, and was of marriageable age, so he should avoid suspicion of men. It was immoral and contrary to common sense to scrub strangers like this.
Xiao Ruo felt nothing about this. She was already twenty-six years old before she was reborn. Looking at this teenage boy, there is no difference between looking at her five or six year old brother Xiao Zhao. They are both just cubs who have not grown up.
By the time the boy was completely scrubbed and put on clean clothes, it was already dark.
The Xiao family did not have men's clothing suitable for the boy's body shape, so the boy was given clothes that the Xiao family's father had worn before he was alive. The clothes were too big for the boy, so Xiao Ruo had to roll up the cuffs and trouser legs a few times. The third sister of the Xiao family
I miss my parents so much that I didn't burn all their belongings. Instead, they come in handy now.
"Sister, Niao Niao has made the cakes. Sister, come and have dinner!" Xiao Niao poked her head in from outside the door and called Xiao Ruo.
Xiaoruo felt that the two babies, Xiaoniao and Xiaozhao, were extremely well-behaved. The rabbit they promised them was not brought back. Not only did the two babies not have a tantrum, they also helped her fetch hot water and find relatively suitable clothes. Even though they were busy, they were still self-conscious.
Xiao Ruo, who had seen many naughty children in her previous life, prepared dinner on the ground.
Although Xiaoxiao only knows how to make pancakes, she still doesn’t have the green onions that are so hard that they bite your teeth.
"Niao Niao Zhao Zhao, you guys come here first." Xiao Ruo waved to the two cubs who were looking at the door. Xiao Niao Xiao Zhao immediately ran to the eldest sister's side to cling to her like two little puppies who never leave each other.
"My sister met this little brother on the mountain. Take a closer look. Does he look familiar? Is he from our village, or does he look like someone from a nearby village?" Xiao Ruo has met people from the village in the past few days.
For most people, fearing that they may make some mistakes, it is more reliable to let the two cubs who have been playing in the village since childhood identify them.
"Well, we have never seen this brother before." Xiaoxiao and Xiaozhao shook their heads at the same time, and Xiaoxiao added: "He shouldn't be from the village near us. If there is such a good-looking little brother, the martial arts of the Flower Goddess Festival every year
The God of Flowers will definitely be him, Niao Niao will remember it right."
This little girl is quite a nymphomaniac at such a young age. Xiao Ruo rubbed Xiao Niao's chubby cheeks twice in an angry and funny manner. "Okay, we Niao Niao remember Wu Huashen most clearly!"
After thinking about it, she warned the two of them: "The little brother is injured and may be in danger. Let's let him recuperate at our house first, and then ask about the situation when he wakes up. Before he wakes up, Niao Niao Zhao Zhao wants to
Do you know it’s confidential?”
"Can't anyone say it? Can't Aunt Zhang say it either?" As for Aunt Zhang who often comes to visit them and brings them sweets, both of them think she is the most kind and kind-hearted person besides their parents and eldest sister.
People.
"Yes, you can't say it to Aunt Zhang, Uncle Liu, or everyone." Xiao Ruo emphasized the scope of confidentiality. After seeing the two cubs nodding at the same height and frequency, she held one in each hand.
Take Xiaoniao Xiaozhao to dinner.
The squidgy baked pancakes really hurt your teeth.