Chapter 154 Strange Village (2)
Chapter 154 Strange Village (2)
"Shanxing, do you remember a little girl named Lihua in your village?"
"Lihua, where is she? Do you know her?"
Shanxing asked her anxiously.
Li Lanzhen nodded and said, "Yes, I saved her.
When she was a little over four years old, she was taken to Youzhou City by her aunt and sold to human traffickers. The traffickers drove a horse-drawn carriage with several girls on it. When they passed a mountain, Lihua jumped off the carriage and fled into the forest.
Later she begged alone and met a few orphans including Shitou, and they wandered around together.
I went to Youzhou City to find my youngest son and met Shi Tou.
Later, they encountered soldiers who blocked Lihua and other children in a cave and wanted to burn them to death.
I saved nine of their children.
The oldest are Shanxing and Shitou, who are 12 years old, and the youngest is only three years old.
I plan to bring them to our village to live together.
Otherwise, they, the children, would not be able to survive without the protection of adults. "
"So, Lihua brought you here?"
"No. We are going back to our village in the mountains.
As a result, as soon as we went up the mountain, we encountered the yamen runners and soldiers from Youzhou City who were searching the mountain.
We didn’t dare go back to the village, for fear that the soldiers would find the village and harm the villagers.
Running towards the valley, when she arrived here, Lihua recognized the way back to the village.
Let’s say there is a village here called Lishu Village.
She wanted to bring me here, but I refused. I came here to gather information and let them hide in the mountains."
After Li Lanzhen finished speaking, she saw that the children were not very happy, but even more angry. Everyone clenched their fists and stared at her fiercely.
But Li Lanzhen could feel that their emotions were not directed at her, and she felt very different.
Just as I was about to ask, the boy yelled angrily.
"Don't mention Lihua. It's all her family's fault. It was her conscienceless aunt who brought people here and killed everyone in the village. She killed my grandfather and my father... wuwu..."
After saying that, he burst into tears.
As soon as he started crying, the other children he provoked also started crying.
Shanxing didn't cry.
She looked at Li Lanzhen with calm and indifferent eyes.
"You heard it, too. Just as Sanwang said, it was Lihua's great aunt who brought people from Youzhou City and killed the entire village."
Li Lanzhen asked.
"What about Lihua's grandparents? She told me that her uncle and aunt not only occupied their home, but also drove her and her out.
Finally, there was no food at home, and her cousin wanted to find a wife, so her aunt tricked her into Youzhou City and sold her to human traffickers.
Have you ever thought that Lihua is also a victim and she hates her aunt to death?
She just told me that if her aunt was still in the village and hadn't fled away from the famine.
She was going to avenge her parents and take her grandparents away.
I also agreed that she could take her grandparents with her and go with us."
Shan Xing'er said indifferently.
“She will never see her grandparents again!
Her aunt and uncle, that pair of beasts, not only brought people to kill everyone in the village, they also killed Lihua’s grandparents, saying that they had hidden Lihua away.”
Li Lanzhen asked again, "What about his uncle and aunt's family?"
"died!"
These two cold words spoken from the child Shanxing's mouth were as cold as a sword, piercing straight into one's heart.
The girl lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her head and looked at Li Lanzhen expressionlessly.
"How about this, you take me to see Lihua, and if what you say is true, we will let you go."
Li Lanzhen nodded and said yes.
She looked at these skinny children and wondered how they survived in this deserted village.
He put the backpack on the ground, and then took out a lot of wild vegetable cakes from the space in the backpack.
"Shan Xing'er, share these vegetable cakes with them. I'll put the backpack here.
Come on, I'll take you to see Lihua."
Li Lanzhen straightened up and said as she thought of this.
“If you don’t mind, I can bring them here, okay?
At that time, Lihua wanted to lead us into the village, but I was afraid that the soldiers behind us would find us and chase us into the village to harm the villagers, so I didn't let her come, and I came quietly by myself."
After hearing what Li Lanzhen said, the children looked at Shanxing again.
Li Lanzhen was not sure whether to let these children come to this village, but unexpectedly Shanxing said.
"Okay, go and bring them here. We'll be waiting for you at the entrance of the village."
Li Lanzhen watched the children swallowing their saliva, but no one approached the backpack to reach for the wild vegetable cakes in the basket.
After thinking for a while, she walked over, grabbed a wild vegetable cake, and started eating it in big mouthfuls, talking as she ate.
"Just wait for me, I'll be there soon."
Li Lanzhen did not pass by that yard when she left the village this time, and she felt a little uncomfortable.
She did not return to the place where she stopped at the beginning. Instead, she left the village and went straight to the top of the hill.
Under several big trees on the top of the mountain, she saw Xue Bao and the children sitting on the grass, leaning against the big trees to rest.
Lihua stretched her neck and saw Li Lanzhen from afar.
She immediately stood up and walked over to him with a smile.
"Grandma, have you seen the people in the village? Have you seen my grandparents? Can you tell them that I am still alive?"
A series of questions left Li Lanzhen at a loss as to how to talk to the child.
She took her hand and walked towards Xue Bao and the others and said.
"Xue Bao, let's get up and get ready. Let's go into the village."
Xue Bao said, "The village chief has allowed us to go in. Will we cause them trouble if we go in?"
Li Lanzhen shook her head and said, "It won't be any trouble."
Xue Bao didn't think any more about it, and quickly organized everyone to stand up, counted the number of people, and walked down the mountain.
Yan Ming looked at Li Lanzhen and saw that she was not carrying the backpack, so he asked.
"Grandma, where is your backpack? Where are the big head and tofu pudding?"
Li Lanzhen suddenly thought that she had been negligent again. Of course, the two little guys were lying and sleeping in the space.
She laughed awkwardly and said, "The backpack is in the village.
You'll see both of them in a moment.
Lihua, you take the lead, let's go directly to the ancestral hall, they are all inside. "
Li Lanzhen roughly guessed that the first house she entered at the entrance of the village should be the home of Uncle Lihua and Aunt Lihua.
I guess these kids buried everyone in the village, leaving only that family behind."
So she didn't want Lihua to see that scene.
Lihua agreed and walked happily in front.
As soon as they entered the village, Lihua found a group of children standing at the entrance of the village.
She ran forward happily. Because she had been away from here for too long, she didn't recognize Shanxing and the others at first.
Only when he ran up to her did he wave and shout happily.
"Sister Shanxing, Sister Shanxing!"
As he spoke, he rushed over and grabbed Shanxing's hand, "I am Lihua, I am Lihua!"
At this moment, a slight smile appeared on Shanxing's face.
"Lihua, you're back."
"Well, I'm back. I'm not dead, nor have I been sold by human traffickers. Where are my grandparents? Sister Shanxing, I want to go find them."
Sanwang rushed over and pushed her away.
He shouted angrily, "Your grandparents died a long time ago! They were killed by your uncle and aunt!
They also killed the entire village!"
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