Chapter 5 (2/2)

She didn't dare to stop and ran straight ahead. When it was dark, she was sleepy and afraid. She escaped to a farm's cattle pen and slept all night. The next day she went on.

The thief didn't come after her, and little linger didn't dare to stop. When she was thirsty, she took a sip of spring water. When she was hungry, she went to the temple to steal some supplies. She didn't know where to go, just like a wooden man, until she fell hungry and cold under a ridge.

When little linger woke up, she was surrounded by several people, who were villagers of hetangao.

Hetangao is a small town adjacent to Shangjing, with simple folk customs. The villagers are very warm-hearted. The owner poured a bowl of hot water for little linger, and the West brought a pancake for little linger. A peasant woman fed hot water to little linger's mouth and slowly fed her some cakes.

The woman said that her family is not rich either. If little linger wants to, she can stay in her family and become a child daughter-in-law. Little linger has no place to go, and she doesn't know what a child's daughter-in-law is. She will not be choosy if she is accepted.

Little linger follows the woman back to her home.

The farmer's wife is Yin Shi. Her man is a butcher. She is very irascible and often blows Yin Shi black and blue.

When the butcher saw Yin's bringing back a skinny girl, he shouted, ”are you crazy? I don't have any extra rations at home. Do you still bring your mouth back? As far as you can throw it to me. ”

Little linger knelt on the ground, pitifully holding the butcher's leg and pleading with him: ”uncle, please take me in, I won't eat your food for nothing, I can do anything. I've been a little girl to a large family, and I can do a lot of work. ” The butcher pushed away the little girl and said to Yin, ”stay here for a while. In a few days, I will be strong and take it to GE's house to be a girl.”

Little linger stayed at Yin's house. She is clever and sensible, and always strives to do some heavy housework. Although it's hard and tired, I don't suffer from cold and hunger any more.

Yin's family also has two children. Relying on the butcher alone, they kill some animals and send them to the tavern in the city to make a living. The butcher industry was originally one of the worst in the world. In addition, Huayan had foreign wars every year, and the taxes imposed on the people were relatively heavy, so people's lives were not stable. Meat is a luxury. Only hotels and restaurants in the city can afford it. Ordinary people are reluctant to buy meat to eat except for happy events and festivals. So the business of killing pigs is not a good business to make money. It can only make the family barely get enough to eat.

The butcher is vicious. If he doesn't beat Yin, he will scold him, which makes little linger very afraid. However, the butcher did not beat his own children, nor did he beat little linger. Even when talking to little linger, it turns into a more gentle tone than her own. After a long time, little linger doesn't think he is vicious. Later, it was learned that the butcher beat Yin's family because Yin secretly took money from home to help her idle brother.

Yin's husband and wife gradually fell in love with the clever little linger, and did not send her away, but raised her as their own children. Little linger soon melted into the family. She suffered from snacks and finally had a stable warm nest.

One day, Yin's brother was beaten to death and ran to her house. He knelt and begged Yin Shi to give him some silver to repay his gambling debts, crying that the main debtor had cut his hands.

Yin was furious, sighed and cried, ”it's a problem to eat at home these days. Where else is free money to help you pay your debts?”? You didn't cheat money from me. I'll give it to you again. Your brother-in-law must beat me to death. ”

Yin's younger brother, Yin Hua, is a naughty rascal. People in their thirties are lazy and lazy. They just want to make a fortune by gambling.

Yin Hua owed several hundred liang of silver to the gambling house last year and was recovered. Afraid of being beaten to death by the creditor, he sold his wife to a brothel, and sold his 10-year-old daughter to a family as a servant girl. As soon as he mentioned these things, Yin hated to hammer his chest and beat his feet. He just wanted to send Yin Hua away quickly, but he didn't want to get involved with him.

Yin Hua looks at the little linger who is drying corn in the yard. He is a pair of thief eyes. I don't know what's the bad idea? Yin doesn't want to pester him anymore, so he pushes him out of the door.

The next day, Yin left home early in the morning to send pig bones to GE's house. After a while, a young woman came to Yin's house, and she said to little linger anxiously, ”your adoptive mother Yin's fell down on the road, sprained her hamstring and couldn't walk. She asked me to ask you to help her come back.” Little linger was very worried. She followed the woman without thinking about it. As soon as she went out and turned around, she was put a bag on her head, tied her hand, and pushed on a carriage.

Little linger should have been the thief who chased her and the nanny to find her. She didn't call for help or resist. She silently thought about her escape. That evening, she was taken to the Wanhua Pavilion. The woman sold her to Qin Meixue for one hundred Liang silver.