The gray hat took another bite of rat meat: "That Hong Dahu is the earth overlord, the richest one." ”

The dry tobacco bag looked behind and found that there were no outsiders nearby, so he smoked: "Do you see the red dress on the little girl?"

"Huh?"

"This little girl is going to be given to Hong Dahu. ”

The Grey Hat was confused: "Give it to ...... Hong Dahu?"

"Hong Dahu's main house died more than ten years ago, and he has not continued to do so, and there are only two concubines around him, why do you say?"

"Why?"

"He's not like us, he's not interested in beautiful women, he just likes to adopt 'righteous girls'. "I heard that the righteous daughters he has adopted over the years are almost ten, and when they were brought in, they were all girls of such a young age, and they had to wear red clothes, all of them looked like dolls." ”

Gray Hat also heard that something was wrong, and scratched his arm: "Dry daughter, why does he have this hobby?"

"You really don't understand, don't you understand?" the dry tobacco pouch gave him a disdainful look, "Those little girls were dressed up beautifully and entered the Hong family's house, but they didn't come out again." ”

Grey Hat creeps: "Dead?"

"I don't know anything else. "My little nephew, who worked long hours at his house, said that one night the housekeeper sent someone to smuggle out a sack and accidentally fell to the ground. My little nephew walked by, and just happened to see a human face in the sack, that is, a girl less than ten years old, white and miserable, her face was full of wounds, and she looked like she had lost her breath. ”

The gray hat hissed: "No one cares?"

"Who cares?" the dry tobacco pouch shook his head, "Hong Dahu is a local tyrant, and it is said that his 'righteous daughters' are all bought orphans, and no one will pursue them." ”

"Orphan?" Grey Hat glanced at the carriage, "that little girl is not an orphan. Hey, did you guess wrong, maybe parents like to dress their children in red. ”

"But the little baby's clothes are brand new, and the shoes are so worn, they are almost worn out. The dry tobacco bag thought for a while, "My mother-in-law adds clothes to her children during the New Year, and she never misses her shoes." ”

He added, "But you're right." They may not go to Hongyue Town. ”

The topic was a bit heavy, and the dry tobacco pouch was silent, and he buried himself in smoking.

Hearing this, Chitose walked around the back of the nearest carriage.

Sure enough, the little girl in red hid behind the car in a quiet daze, her big black and white eyes reflecting the beating firelight.

The eyes of the old rivers and lakes are really sharp, the little girl's clothes are very new, but the shoes are old, and the edges are still a little damaged. In such a cold weather, your feet will freeze when the wind blows.

She had to stomp her feet gently after standing for a long time.

Chitose approached her and reached out and shook it in front of the girl.

Sure enough, no one here can see themselves. She sighed irritably.

Then the girl suddenly ran away, and ran to the farthest and most broken carriage.

There are lights in the car.

Although Chitose wanted to find a way to break the game, he was also inexplicably attracted at this time and followed him.

The girl ran to the side of the car, the curtain of the car just opened, and a middle-aged woman walked down, and said angrily: "Call you for a long time, I don't know how to reply?"

The little girl pointed to the grove in the distance: "Thatched house." ”

She said that she went to the toilet, and the woman's face softened, and then stuffed her with half a steamed bun. "Don't run around, don't get your new clothes dirty!"

The woman was less than forty years old, slightly fat, and looked like an ordinary peasant woman.

Chitose frowned. Of course, she has no experience in raising babies, but in the middle of the night, ordinary parents can't do this kind of thing when they let their children go to the toilet in the wilderness by themselves, right?

The curtain was not tightly slit, and she caught a glimpse of a man sitting inside, wearing a thick quilt: "Yao Yao, what are you doing outside the station, the wind has brought in!"

The woman hurried to take the girl into the carriage. Chitose turned to one side and squeezed up as well.

Then the woman tightened the curtain of the car.

The steamed bun in the girl's hand was cold, hard and choking. As she continued to bite into small bites, she asked the man and woman, "How far do we have to go?"

The woman glanced at her husband, and the man shrank into the quilt: "Hongyue Town, we will arrive before tomorrow evening." ”

Chitose raised his eyebrows when he heard this, it was really Hongyue Town?

The little girl did not show fear when she heard this, but blinked her eyes and asked, "Daddy is going to see relatives." Do we have relatives there?"

"Yes. The man said casually, "It's my third aunt's cousin...... Well, you don't understand it either. ”

"How long are we going to stay?"

The man was impatient: "Didn't I tell you, I have to come back after four or five days, and I have to accompany your brother to propose marriage." ”

"Don't hurt her. The woman poked her husband's arm, and turned to the little girl with a pleasant face, "Yao Yao, Master Hong is a great and kind person, and he is very good to us. You have to be good, whatever he tells you to do, you will be obedient, don't make him angry, you know?"

"Does Master Hong live in a big house?"

"Yes. The man answered, "The largest and most imposing house in Hongyue Town is his." ”

The girl thought for a moment: "I want to go home!"

"Not now!" the man lowered his face, "I can only go home after going to Hongyue Town." ”

"Then I want new shoes. The girl retreated.

Is this blackmail? The man grimaced. But the woman didn't think about it, so she smiled and said, "Okay." When I get home, I'll buy it for you. ”

The girl finished half of the steamed bun and wanted to drink water. The man handed her two wooden cups: "Go down to the campfire, find someone to give you hot water, and get me a cup by the way!"

The girl obediently got out of the car with the cup.

The woman waited for her to go away before asking her husband, "How much can Master Hong give?"

The husband raised five fingers.

"Five taels?"

"I don't know!" the man laughed, "It's fifty taels!"

"Ah, that's a lot!" the woman licked her lips, "It's enough for Ayi to propose!"

"It's good to make money by raising a money-losing product. ”

The woman was a little uneasy: "Does Master Hong really have those weird hobbies?"

"Don't listen to people's nonsense!" the man comforted his wife, "Do you know how many good deeds Master Hong has done? Yao Yao gave him a righteous granddaughter, and in the future, he would not worry about eating and drinking, wearing gold and silver, and he would not know how much better than our life. When we get old, maybe we will have to find her for help. ”

"Oh, that's good!" the woman said.

Chitose stood in the corner and shook her head in the listen. At this moment, a gust of wind blew, and the cotton curtain was lifted, and she took the opportunity to go out.

The couple actually sold their daughter to an old man who was good for young girls. Rao is Chitose knows that there has always been a sale of children and girls among the people, but she has never seen a few times when she takes the initiative to push her own flesh and blood into the fire pit like this.

She walked up to the little girl, and saw that the latter was seriously begging for water from the traveler by the campfire.

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