Pastoral Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 298 Buying someone (1)
Aunt Li is doing business in the county and is very well informed about these news.After she came back, she persuaded Li Zhu to move back again. She lived alone, and the surroundings were so remote, she was really worried.

Li Zhu said that there should be no problem with two dogs looking after the house.

On this day, Li Zhu was a little tired after working outside for more than an hour, so he took Xiao Bai to take a bath together.Lock the door and get ready for bed.Suddenly, Xiaobai and Dahuang barked.Li Zhu was startled, and held an iron rod in his hand, which was picked up in the bamboo forest behind her house, where it fell.She used it as a weapon, and it was pretty easy to use.

Li Zhu put his ear to the door and listened for a while, there seemed to be someone calling for help weakly outside, and the voice sounded like a woman.But Li Zhu still didn't dare to be careless, for fear that the thief would deliberately take advantage of her sympathy, lure her out, and then plot against her.

The voice gradually weakened and disappeared.I don't know if the thief left.

Li Zhu ordered Xiao Hui to look outside the door, and Xiao Hui rushed out with a creak.Then he came back and bit Li Zhu's trouser leg with his mouth. It seemed that there was no danger.

Only then did Li Zhu bring up a lantern, and opened the door with two dogs to see what happened.

Opening the courtyard door, Li Zhu saw the girl lying on the ground as soon as the lantern was lit.The girl looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, skinny, ragged, and didn't even wear shoes on her feet.She stepped forward to check her breath, she was still breathing, probably fainted from hunger.

Li Zhu bent down to wake her up, she turned back, took a bowl of water, dripped a drop of spiritual spring water in it, and poured it down for the girl.Not long after, the girl finally woke up leisurely.

As soon as she saw Li Zhu, she first thanked her, then knelt down and kowtowed: "Miss, please save my brother. He is sick and is about to die."

Li Zhu said: "You get up first, I'll get you something to eat, and then talk slowly." The girl stood up, and Li Zhu lit the lamp and went to the kitchen. A few steamed buns, Li Zhu was afraid that she would be very hungry, so he didn't dare to give her something hard to eat.So I made a bowl of egg and vegetable noodle soup.

She brought it over, and the girl thanked her, but ate half of the bowl.

Li Zhu said: "Just eat, there are still some at home."

The girl shook her head, with tears in her eyes, "My brother and I haven't eaten for three days. He's sick again..."

Li Zhu asked her where her younger brother was and what disease he had.

The girl talked about her experience while crying. The girl's name is Xiaochun, and her younger brother is Xiaoqiu.Their family is also one of the many disaster victims.Both of their parents died, and they lived with their uncles and aunts, because their parents had left houses and fields, and their uncles and aunts treated them decently before.But when the famine came, it immediately revealed its true colors.Along the way, they first sent the siblings to beg for food, and the food they begged was only for their own children, not their siblings.

Later, when begging failed, they were asked to steal.Xiaoqiu suffered from an illness when she was a child, and her mind was not very sharp. After listening to her aunt's instigation, she really went to steal it, but the owner found out that she was beaten to death, and had no money for medical treatment.Not only that, but their aunt secretly discussed with their uncle to sell Xiaochun to Yichun Building, and then lose Xiaoqiu.What they said happened to be heard by Xiaochun, so she escaped with her younger brother.Xiaoqiu's injuries worsened on the way, so Xiaochun had no choice but to put him in a ruined temple and go to the village to find work by himself.Originally, there was a man in the neighboring village who said he would hire her to help with the work, but after entering the door, he found out that the man was a beast and wanted to insult Xiaochun. Xiaochun escaped desperately. She was hungry and tired. I can't run anymore.I wanted to knock on the door but I was afraid of encountering what happened last time.He hesitated for a while and finally fainted in front of the gate of her house.

Li Zhu said: "I am also very sad to hear what happened to you, but it is getting late now, and we can only wait until tomorrow to save your brother."

(End of this chapter)