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We were so frightened that we huddled together. The aunt next to us just smiled disdainfully, raised her head and said:

"These children are all disobedient. Every day, you have to steal money and things. If you can't steal anything valuable, your fingers will be chopped off first. If you can't steal anything, your legs will be broken and chopped off. Cut off your hands, take out your tongue, gouge out your eyes, and go begging. In the end, when there is no use for you, I will disembowel you, take out your heart and liver, and sell them!"

These words made me tremble all over. I was afraid of having my hands and feet cut off, and of being disemboweled and sold!
I still remember what Sister Mei said.

To escape...

The children here didn't even have a place to sleep. They were all thrown into a dark and broken house, and everyone huddled in the thatch.

When they saw Auntie coming in, they immediately lowered their heads in fear.

"You guys will sleep here from now on. If you steal money, you will have steamed buns to eat. If you can't steal money...then go outside and eat some mud to cushion your stomach!"

Auntie is tall and thick, with a sinewy face, and looks very fierce.

This roar made all the children in the room tremble.

After the aunt left, they did not relax too much. They still maintained their original posture and hugged themselves tightly.

I was forced to steal money, but Sister Mei said that stealing money is a bad boy.

Bad children are not liked by their parents.

I don’t know who my parents are, but I always look forward to them finding me one day.

I can't be a bad boy, what if they don't want me anymore.

When I couldn't steal any money, I was beaten severely, every day.

That aunt, others call her Sister Hong.

Sister Hong only saw her on the first day, but not at other times.

The person in charge is a short and thin man named Fei Ge.

Brother Fei is blind in one eye, and his eyeball is lifeless gray. He looks very scary, and has a bad temper. He likes to beat people to vent their anger.

In the first few days, I was unwilling to steal money, and he beat me the hardest.

The belt soaked in wine hit my body, it was burning, swollen, painful and itchy.

"Don't steal! Don't steal, right? I want you to be stubborn! I tell you, if you can't steal, you are worse than a guarding dog. When the time comes, I will chop you up and feed you to the dog!"

Brother Fei likes to kick hard with his feet while beating him. I can clearly hear a "click" sound in his body.

It seemed like a broken bone.

My eyes can't see clearly either.

At that time, I didn't know how hard I was beaten, and my consciousness was already blurred.

Only later did I realize that I almost died that time.

How could an eight-year-old body withstand such a beating from an adult? But it was incredible that I survived.

Even Brother Fei was surprised, he was ready to collect the body for me.

When I was most confused, I saw Sister Mei, Brother Xiaoshi, and other brothers and sisters...

Sister Mei was still very gentle. She smiled and asked me to walk over and give her a hug.

Sister Mei, I'm sorry.

I'm going to be a bad boy. Good boys can't survive here.

Unlike you, I have met my parents and know that they love you very much.

Perhaps, I was abandoned by my own parents.

They don't love me at all and I shouldn't expect that.

Although I survived, Brother Fei and the others were already discussing in person what would happen after my death.

"It's so small, and it won't be sold to the brothel. It will take several years to raise it before it can accept customers. The internal organs are not worth much. What is the value of a little girl..."

That same day, I came back with a stolen gold ring and held it firmly in my hand.

Afraid of not having enough, I still had 20 yuan in my pocket.

Brother Xiaoshi once stole a small gold earring. Uncle Scar was so happy that he ate two meat buns for him that day.

I secretly remembered that small jewelry of this color is very valuable.

Brother Fei saw me and had the knife ready in his hand. "How is it? Still unwilling?"

I pursed my lips and handed over the shining gold ring from the dark palm.

Brother Fei's eyes lit up and he stood up from the bench in an instant.

"Ouch, if this were true, you would be in trouble!"

He grabbed the ring in his hand and wiped it with his sleeve. Brother Fei bit it hard and burned it with a lighter.

"Okay, I really let you steal it! I'll give you extra food today!"

Since then, Brother Fei has known that I am very good at stealing things.

Although I still get beaten occasionally, I always take it lightly.

After all, he liked my ability to steal things very much.

Later, Brother Fei started to let me go, and I was even able to go to town and buy a candy with the few cents he rewarded me.

Once I went to a lock shop and picked up a broken lock, so I thought about it myself.

It actually made me figure out how to open it.

After picking up some more different types of locks, I figured them all out.

With just a small piece of wire, I can pick these locks open.

I didn't do this deliberately to hide, someone was watching me.

But the people who were staring at me when tinkering with these gadgets didn’t pay much attention.

"I've seen you go to the lock shop to tinker with the locks lately. Did you find anything?"

"No, I want to understand this so that I can break into other people's homes and steal things later."

"It's a good idea, but none of us can understand this thing. How can you, a little brat, understand it?"

Brother Fei's attitude towards me has improved a lot, and he is obviously very satisfied with my understanding of my interests.

The most expensive thing I stole was a jade Buddha. I heard Brother Fei say that it was very valuable.

Even if the children in this courtyard were sold, they wouldn't be worth as much as the Jade Buddha.

I stole that jade Buddha from a man.

In fact, I have a purpose in stealing these valuable things.

I hope they can come here to settle the score and say they will take me to the police.

Sister Mei said that as long as we can see the police station, we can escape.

I hoped these people would catch me and take me to the police station, but they never came.

Hopes were dashed again and again, and I just had to try to survive.

Once in a garbage dump, I found a badge.

The badge is a sheep with a bell, which looks very interesting and I like it very much.

But it has a greater purpose.

Brother Fei saw it but didn't care.

It's normal for children to be interested in this kind of thing.

But little did he know that because of his indifference this time, the most important part of my escape plan was completed.

It has been two years since I came to this place. The kid who came with me at the beginning was so good that he died.

Many girls have been sold by other people, but only me, Fei Ge is reluctant to sell.

"Xiao Liu has made a lot of money for me over the years. It only costs a little money to sell it to the madam."

My attitude towards them was still indifferent, but Brother Fei paid more and more attention to me and even asked me to take care of other children.

Anyone who dares to disobey me can be dragged to him to be punished.

He tried to use power to bind my heart, but this thing is what I hate the most.

Why can he determine the life or death of others with just one sentence?Why can you do whatever you want because we're just human?