Jiaohua

Chapter 45
After climbing over the fence and crossing the river, two hours later, Xia Zhaoyi came down from the mountain with a large bamboo basket on her back.

Because it was about to rain, the plump big fish jumped out of the water to breathe. She caught several in a row, cooked one by herself, and brought the rest back to Qian Qianqian and Yu's mother.

The bamboo baskets were made from scratch, and they were very weak. Even though she had tied a lot of long grass, they were about to fall apart when she got to the backyard.

The Liang family and a servant were kneeling in the middle of the compound, and there were faint raindrops falling from the sky.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't know what happened during this time. She leaned on a tree trunk and looked at it from a distance. She walked around the pigsty and passed through the vegetable garden behind.

Qian Qianqian took a nap in the morning, and now she is too sleepy. She yawned and covered the water tank with another girl with an oilcloth, and then pressed a stone.

In this part of the compound, there are more than 30 large water tanks in a row, and various things are placed in them.

There is soy sauce, rice cakes, rice wine, tofu...

Not far behind her, a group of girls were bringing back the small jars they had taken out in the morning.

I only took it out for the sun when I thought it would be good weather. Who would have thought it would rain.

"Qian Qianqian." Xia Zhaoyi walked over and said.

Qian Qianqian was startled and looked back at her, feeling dazzled.

Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Come."

There were two more fruits in her hand.

"It's for cravings."

"Ah, Ali." Qian Qianqian said blankly.

Reaching out to take the fruit, the sweet and fruity aroma penetrated directly under the nose.

The girl next to Qian Qianqian looked at the fruit in their hands and pursed her lower lip.

Xia Zhaoyi took two more for her: "For you."

"Ah," the girl took it, "Thank you."

"Where's Yu's mother?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.

"In the room over there," Qian Qianqian said, "she and Aunt Feng are both inside, and their situation is a bit bad now."

"Aunt Feng is also there?" Xia Zhaoyi said.

"Yes."

Qian Qianqian glanced at the girl next to her, took Xia Zhaoyi to the side, and briefly explained what happened from last night to this early morning.

Xia Zhaoyi took a bite of the fruit, swallowed it and said, "You mean, Aunt Feng saved me in front of Madam Bian?"

"I also listened to those mothers. Yu's mother has not come out of the house. I can't ask her about your situation, and I don't know the specifics."

Xia Zhaoyi murmured, "That's really..."

"Huh?" Qian Qianqian didn't understand.

Xia Zhaoyi wanted to say that it was really superfluous, but she stopped talking after thinking that people would not hesitate to offend people in order to protect her.

"It's alright," Xia Zhaoyi said, "it's just that Aunt Feng may have to work in vain."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because I beat Bian Yuanfeng too." After speaking, Xia Zhaoyi took another bite of the fruit.

"Ah!" Qian Qianqian exclaimed, reaching out to cover his mouth.

Everyone around looked over.

Qian Qianqian glanced at them, and pulled Xia Zhaoyi to a further corner: "Ali, you mean, you, you beat Bian Yuanfeng?!"

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "Why did you get scared like this, and you just hit him. I still hit him in person and threw a lot of stones."

"You, this is too bold!"

"Is this bold," Xia Zhaoyi laughed. "When I kick Bian Baye's head like a ball, what will you be scared of?"

Can't even think about it!
Xia Zhaoyi bit the fruit again and pointed to the other side: "I caught a lot of fish, enough for the few of us to eat a lot, if you are in a good mood, you can take it to see who pleases the eye, and I will go to Yu Ma. "

Qian Qianqian followed what she pointed, looked at the vegetable garden over there, and said, "I think who will give it to whom?"

"Yes, you are the boss, you have the final say." Xia Zhaoyi smiled and turned away.

Qian Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Xia Zhaoyi's figure, never having such a feeling in his heart.

Not only in the mountains, she had no one to be close to and company with since she was a child.

She is the son of a big family, and she was directly registered as a slave when she was born. Since she can remember, she has been doing chores in the backyard of other people's homes.

Later, someone offended the young grandmother of a certain room of the family. She and her mother were implicated. The mistress of the house called Mrs. Ya and sold her directly.The family who bought her should not be older, so she and her mother were separated.

She still remembers the first night she was sold. She lay on the unfamiliar and hard wooden bed. She was so afraid that she couldn't fall asleep.

But that was just the beginning, and she was resold a few times later, and ended up in the hands of a gambler who made a fortune by accident.

The gambler named her Qian Qianqian, and she was responsible for fetching water, cooking and cooking for the gambler every day. The gambler wins and buys her some candy when he comes back happy. If the gambler loses, she will suffer. .

The gambler was in his thirties and hadn't married yet. He was usually fine, but every once in a while, he would always stare at her with bright, frightened eyes.

Or when can I wait until she grows up.

Or wait another two years.

In other words, why don't you take off your clothes and show me.

Qian Qianqian never took it off. Every time she turned around and ran, she was beaten again.

Afterwards, when the war broke out, she fled in the chaos, was caught on the way, and carried away with a sack over her head.

When she arrived in the ravine outside the city, she was released from the sack. Looking at the mighty team in front of her, she initially thought it was an army.

It wasn't until she saw that these horse thieves chose which ones to keep and which ones did not dare to stay in the crowd, and directly slashed and killed the innocent and weak with their knives, did she wake up as a gang of horse thieves.

After that, her hands were tied with ropes, strung together with other women and children, and they walked for three days until they came here.

There is nothing difficult to adapt to life on the mountain. She has always lived this kind of life, but between life and death, it is more numb.

She was used to being humble, and she was used to bowing her head and looking up, but now Ali said that she was the eldest.

Yu's mother treats her well because she is pitiful.

But Ali is so good, Qian Qianqian feels that she treats herself as a friend and treats her equally.

It's not a strange feeling to be treated as a friend, but why, it feels a little weird to put it on Ali.

Maybe it's because there's something extravagant about Ali that she can't tell?
extravagant...

It seems like this, the Ali in front of him is completely different from the cowardly child slave before.

She smiled and frowned generously, confidently and calmly, occasionally revealing a bit of cunning, as if there was nothing in this world that could make her feel afraid.

This kind of extravagance is not brought by identity, it is a kind of character and atmosphere that has entered the flesh and blood.

Therefore, such an extravagant person regards himself as an equal friend, and Qian Qianqian has a passion in his heart.

(End of this chapter)