On the way, Chen Xi's eyes were full of beautiful scenery, and all kinds of messy thoughts were wandering in his mind. Before he knew it, two hours passed, and the mother and son finally arrived at the foot of Taohua Mountain. Chen Xi estimated that it was only about twenty miles away, and it was obvious that Taohua Mountain was not big.

In this way, the villagers of Taohua Village are not mountain people. In fact, this can be concluded from the Shen family's family background. Although a scholarly family is in decline, it is impossible to associate with the mountain people. What's more, the houses and fields of Taohua Village were all purchased by the Shen family when they were prosperous.

After passing Yi Shiban Bridge, the two entered Shuangxi Town.

It has to be said that Shuangxi Town is much more prosperous than Taohua Village. It happened to be the ruins period. Villagers from nearby villages drove ox carts and donkey carts, and pedestrians kept flowing, making the school stable and prosperous.

When Chenxi saw the prosperity of the town, he felt a little relieved. It seemed that the world had been peaceful for a long time and the people had more money, so this scene would appear.

Zhou took Chenxi and walked south along the bustling road in the middle of the town. Zhou held Chenxi's hand tightly and pulled Chenxi's collar from time to time, his eyes kept leaving Chenxi for a moment, for fear that he would be lost.

There are many shops on both sides of this street, and there are many vendors setting up stalls, most of which are villagers who pick vegetables and fruits from nearby mountains to sell them.

Cherries, lychees and apricots have been on the market in June, and the freshness is particularly gratifying. However, the most attractive thing to Chen Xi is the food stall selling buns, meat patties, fish balls and noodles. Since I haven't eaten meat for half a year, Yi smelled the meaty smell and saliva flowed out from the corner of his mouth.

However, Zhou did not have the spare money to satisfy his son's desire. After walking out of the town, Zhou breathed a little relieved. He looked at the sun that was about to turn to the center of the sky, sighed, and squatted down and said, "Little boy, are you tired? Do you need to carry your mother? "

Chen Xi naturally couldn't let Zhou, who was already carrying a package, carry him on his back. That would be too painful. There were still more than 40 miles ahead. If I fainted from tired, it would be troublesome!

Just as Chen Xi was about to shake her head and refuse, she saw a woman kneeling on the ground on the roadside in front of her, crying. Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, pulled Zhou's hand, and signaled to go forward to take a look.

When Zhou heard the sound, he was also very curious about the little girl kneeling on the side of the roadside and burst into tears. He pulled Chen Xi forward a few steps, but saw that the little girl's face was covered with dirt, wearing dirty clothes and ragged clothes, and her feet were wrapped in broken shoes everywhere. She was obviously a child from a poor family.

Although Zhou was a stingy person, Chen Xi knew that she and her third aunt Sun and fourth aunt Feng were soft-hearted. Sure enough, seeing a little girl kneeling on the side of the road helplessly and desperately choked and cried, Zhou hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Little baby, are you crying here, your parents?"

When the little girl heard this, she cried even more sadly. She wiped her tears while crying, and didn't say anything, crying on her own.

Seeing this, Zhou shook his head slightly, sighed, put down his backpack, untied it, took out a rice ball wrapped in lotus leaves and handed it to the little girl: "Child, you must be hungry, right? Have some first!"

Chen Xi looked at Zhou's actions and didn't say anything, but he thought in his heart that this place was not remote, there were so many pedestrians coming and going. A little girl was crying on the side of the road, but no one came forward to help, but she and I met her. Is this a coincidence?

Could it be that there is something wrong with this?

Thinking of this, Chen Xi felt that she could not take it lightly. He packed up the package that Zhou had placed on the ground, held it hard in his arms, lowered his head and looked at the little girl in a hurry, fearing that she would take the package away in surprise.

The little girl looked at Zhou timidly, her bright big eyes were filled with tears. Zhou raised the rice ball in her hand again, and said in a kind tone: "It's okay, eat it."

The girl hesitated for a moment, and was wondering whether she should reach out to take the rice ball, but she saw Zhou take two steps forward, stroke her head, and ask very gently: "Child, have you suffered a lot? Eat a rice ball to keep your stomach!"

The little girl then took the rice ball from Zhou's hand with peace of mind, carefully peeled the lotus leaves and chewed it for a moment, then raised her head and looked at Chen Xi who was watching her vigilantly. She stood up, stretched out her dirty little hand holding the rice ball, and handed it forward, without saying a word, just looking at Chen Xi.

Chen Xiyi was stunned. I wonder why she did this. Seeing that her hands were covered with dirt, she immediately shook her head and said with a wry smile: "I just ate it, you can eat it."

The girl hesitated for a moment, then looked down at Zhou and handed the rice bun to her.

Zhou couldn't help but wonder. The little girl must have been hungry for a few days. Although she handed the rice ball forward, the black and white pupils were still looking at the rice ball in a steady state, probably very hungry.

Zhou shook his head gently: "You eat it, auntie still has it. If it is not enough, I'll give you another one."

The little girl nodded to Zhou with gratitude, put the fragrant rice balls to her mouth, and bit her big mouth, without the look of being humble just now.

Seeing her voracious look, Zhou was full of maternal love. She ignored her dirty clothes and patted her back gently, and asked gently, "Child, can you speak?"

The girl did not respond to Zhou, but just lowered her head and kept eating rice balls.

Chen Xi nodded slightly. This little girl seemed to be a little mute. If this is the case, no wonder no one adopted her. Even if she took her home to raise her, she would probably not be able to marry her. If she had emotions at that time, she would eventually be asking for trouble.

The little girl's teeth were neat, and compared to her small face full of mud and torn clothes, it was particularly white. Zhou looked at the temperament of everyone she showed when she was eating, and suddenly looked back at Chen Xi, who was holding her bag tightly, and then she looked thoughtful.

Of course, Chen Xi didn't know what his mother was thinking. Just as he was thinking about the origin of the little girl, Zhou asked intimately: "Little kid, why are your parents so cruel to leave you here?"

The little girl had finished her rice ball at this time, and she was holding the dirty skirt and looked delicate. When Zhou asked, she shook her head firmly and never spoke.

Zhou sighed and looked at the little girl's eyes with a feeling of unbearable feeling: "Auntie is not a wealthy family. A baby in the family eats wild vegetables and grass roots every day, and he is almost unable to raise them. Alas this world is really tormenting."

Speaking of this, Zhou took out three rice balls from the package and stuffed them into the girl's clothes. He ordered with regret: "Take these rice balls with you, don't be seen by other children, so as not to be snatched away by those bad boys and go hungry again. The town is the largest and has the most people nearby. Don't run around here, maybe you can meet a kind-hearted person and take you in."

He shook his head and sighed with infinite emotion to the very fierce Zhou family. He snatched the bag from Chen Xi and carried it to his back. He didn't care that Chen Xi staggered and almost fell to the ground, and ordered: "Little boy, come with me."

Chen Xi was barely standing firmly, and he heard this and said angrily: "Mom, I am your own son, okay? Why are you like this?"

After saying that, he followed Zhou. The two walked less than ten steps and heard footsteps from behind. Chen Xi turned around and saw the little girl running up.

Zhou stopped, turned around and looked at the little girl who had already run to the stand, with a look of distress: "Child, it's not that my aunt doesn't save you, but that my aunt really has no choice. Even if I take you home, I can't support you, and it will only make you even more painful."

Before he finished speaking, the little girl shook her head, took out three rice balls from her arms, took them out and put them in her arms, and then Qiao Shengsheng handed the other two rice balls to Chen Xi, swallowed, and bit her lip: "Brother."

Chen Xi and Zhou were both stunned when they heard this, and they didn't expect that this little girl could actually speak.

The most surprising thing was Zhou. She squatted down and hugged the little girl, and was extremely happy: "Baby, how can you talk?"

The girl nodded but didn't say anything again.

Zhou pretended to be angry and said, "Depending on your appearance, you should be old, why are you so afraid of being alive? If you don't talk to me, I would think you are mute."

The little girl hesitated for a while and said softly: "Thank you aunt."

Zhou became more and more happy. He touched the little girl's black face with great affection, and looked at her for a long time.

The little girl was a little overwhelmed by Zhou's eyes, and her hands twisted the corners of her clothes, which made people feel pity.

"Baby, it's easy to do if you're not a mute, it's easy to do anything! Come, aunt teach you, when you see someone with kind face passing by, you come forward and pull their trousers and say, uncle and aunt, please save me, do you know?"

The little girl shook her head to resist.

Zhou was a little anxious: "Hey, you little kid, I thought you were well-behaved and obedient, but why are you ignorant?"

After being taught by Zhou's words, the little girl's big eyes were covered with mist. Zhou quickly hugged the little girl in her arms and said blamingly: "Look at my aunt, I have a bad boy at home, I make me angry all day long, I almost forgot, don't be wronged if you are a little girl, just now I am used to it, and I have no malice!"

The little girl was gently hugged by Zhou. I don’t know if she was wronged or moved, but tears fell down again.

Chen Xi couldn't stand it anymore and finally spoke out: "Mom, why don't we take her in first? Look how pitiful she is. She only has more mouths, and even a little girl can't eat much."

The little girl turned her head and looked at Chen Xi with great gratitude, then looked up at Zhou with expectant face.

When Zhou heard this, his eyes turned, and then stood up mysteriously, looked around, and found a large river behind the forest beside the official road. He smiled and said, "Come with me." Then he picked up the little girl, carried the package, and walked through the forest to the river.

Chen Xi was a little confused. He didn't know what his mother was nervous about. He could only trot and then enter the forest.

When he arrived by the river, Zhou waved his hand and ordered Chen Xi to turn around and not to peek.

Chen Xi had no choice but to turn around.

Only after hearing Zhou muttering to the little girl's formation behind him, a few light sounds came. After a long time, Zhou lifted Chen Xi's ban.

Chen Xi turned around, but saw the little girl facing away from him, her heart became more and more strange, and she asked curiously: "Mom, what are you doing?"

Zhou smiled at this time. Seeing Chen Xi's impatient look, he snorted coldly, and then couldn't help but smile on his face and said to Chen Xi: "Boy, you are blessed now."

Chen Xi was full of doubts and was about to ask a question, but Zhou had already made the little girl turn her head.
Chapter completed!