Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 1973 An Jia
The road in this wild country and mountain-like place is not easy to walk. Besides, Aunt Ren even soaked back in the fish pond, she was completely soaked, and there were many mosquitoes around. She only walked for seven or eight minutes, and the hot and humid environment had already made Ren Aunt complained in her heart.

However, Xiao Xi, who was carrying a bamboo basket in front of her, was walking briskly at this time, completely unmatched by Aunt Ren, who was from the city.

"By the way, Xiao Xi, why are you wandering around here alone at such a late hour...Aren't you afraid?"

"Looking for something to eat." Xiao Xi said without turning her head, "I wanted to touch some rice field eels to eat, but I didn't find any."

As she said that, Xiao Xi suddenly stopped, then jumped down into the ground, reaching out to dig something into the field.

After a while, Xiao Xi skillfully pulled out two small sweet potatoes from the ground, threw them into the bamboo basket, and then smiled and said, "Okay, let's continue walking!"

Aunt Ren hesitated to speak at this time... In the end she didn't say anything, she just nodded lightly and followed Xiao Xi all the way.

After another 5 minutes or so, Aunt Ren saw a mud house with yellow mud walls—the courtyard walls were also piled up with mud, and a wooden door was crookedly hidden.

"Xiao Xi...you live here?" Ren Ziling asked hesitantly.

"Yes." Xiao Xi turned around and nodded, "You wait for a while, I'll get something to eat first... I cooked some porridge when I came out, it's almost ready."

She watched the little girl with twisted braids walk quickly into the small dirt yard.

In one corner of the yard, there was another fire piled up with stones, on which stood a blackened iron pot, and the smell of firewood was very strong.

Ren Ziling looked around... There was still no signal on the phone, but the flashlight on the phone obviously worked.

The courtyard was immediately illuminated a lot... half of the earthen house in front of me had completely collapsed, and the remaining half was intact.

Aunt Ren slightly pushed open the door of this half of the house and looked in. Suddenly, a stinky smell came over her face... The ground is also muddy, but it is pressed flat, and the most common kind of dirt is used on it. Plastic bags filled with chemical fertilizers are laid out.

In the corner of the house, a few dirty rubber blocks were put together, which seemed to be a bed... There were several candles beside them, some long and some short.

Some clothes were neatly folded and placed in a corner, and the only window in the house was covered with some greenhouse film—there was also a wooden stool about [-] centimeters high, with a dilapidated book on it. Books, and some beside them, are also old books.

Ren Ziling saw the light bulb on the roof beam, but the switch found on the wall could not turn on the light. She knew that there must be a power outage.

"Xiao Xi."

Ren Ziling couldn't stand it any longer, she walked out of the room, and saw Xiao Xi squatting in front of the stove, blowing on the fire with a bamboo tube.

"Are you hungry? Eldest sister? The sweet potatoes have just been baked, and it will take a long time. Why don't you...have some porridge first?" Xiao Xi thought for a while.

Aunt Ren walked to the stove without saying a word, covered her palms with her sleeves and opened the iron pot... It was indeed porridge, but it was sparse, and there were some wild vegetables in it that she couldn't name.

There are a lot of wild vegetables, and they even smell a little sweet.

"You...do you usually eat these?" Ren Ziling looked at the little girl with braids in disbelief.

"The bacon at home is finished." Xiao Xi shook her head, "I didn't touch the eel tonight, otherwise there would be meat to eat! There are two chickens in the backyard, but the eggs are also eaten, and they haven't laid yet. Some time ago Some big brothers and big sisters brought some noodles, rice, and canned oil and salt, but they were all finished."

"Where are your parents?" Although she had already realized something, Ren Ziling couldn't help asking at this moment: "Dear relatives?"

"Grandma passed away a long time ago." Xiao Xi said with a normal face: "Father went out to work, but he didn't come back for a long time. When grandma left three years ago, Dad asked someone to bring some money back, but there was no news. gone."

"This house..."

"It collapsed last year."

"Is there no village near here? Does the village committee ignore you?"

"The village is still far away, and people in the village don't pay much attention to me... In fact, it doesn't matter, I can't die of hunger alone. When I'm hungry, I can fish and shrimp to eat, and sometimes I can catch a few quails. There are also many things that can be picked and eaten. Sometimes some people will bring some food over."

"Those guys can only carry some food!" Ren Ziling snorted coldly.

Xiao Xi didn't say anything, just stood up, and walked to the side silently, where there were a lot of dry branches and wood, and saw Xiao Xi grabbed a branch and broke it with her knees.

Xiao Xi's movements were exceptionally swift, just looking at it, Aunt Ren's glasses couldn't help but turn red.

This child's movements are agile and skilled... so skilled that it makes her heart ache.

Lao Ren was also an orphan without a father and mother when he was a child. When he was not in an orphanage, he also had a bad experience.Later, she was admitted to an orphanage, probably because she had gone far away, and was spotted by a good man from Xiangjiang, who then sponsored her for the rest of her life...and that's how she looks like now.

"Xiao Xi, how old are you this year?"

"Thirteen."

Looking at the little girl's eyes that were dirty from the smoke, but still bright, Aunt Ren said in a mysterious way: "Xiao Xi, have you ever thought about leaving here?"

Xiao Xi shook her head: "I'm leaving, and Dad won't be able to see me when he comes back."

Aunt Ren frowned and said, "What if your father never comes back?"

Xiao Xi smiled and said: "When I grow up, I will go to the city to work. If I have money, I can find my father."

"What's your father's name?" Aunt Ren said quickly, "Sister, I know a lot of people, maybe I can help you find out."

"Really!" Xiao Xi's eyes lit up all of a sudden, "My father's name is Su Xingqiu, the rooster in the second group!"

Aww-! ! !
At this moment, there was a sharp whistling sound from a hill not far away, which made Aunt Ren's scalp tingle for a while... The surrounding area was pitch black, and there seemed to be countless unknown things hidden.

Ren Ziling trembled in her heart and said, "Xiao Xi, you live here alone, aren't you afraid?"

"I was a little scared at first, but I got used to it later." Xiao Xi shook her head: "But recently, this kind of sound has become more frequent at night... Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, I will see some green things. I was too scared to go out when the light passed by, but it’s fine when it’s daytime.”

"You can't live in this place!" Aunt Ren grabbed Xiao Xi's wrist at this moment, "Do you know how many extraordinary creatures are lying on the ground outside the city?"

"What are super... supernatural beings?" Xiao Xi asked puzzled.

"You didn't watch the TV..." Ren Ziling blurted out, but suddenly came to her senses: "By the way, you are here. If no one told you, you would have no access to anything."

As she said that, Ren Ziling took a deep breath, put her hands on Xiao Xi's shoulders, and said seriously: "Listen, Xiao Xi, it's very dangerous outside now, this world has changed, it's not the world we used to be, this world is now There are monsters, cannibals, and gods... They are all dangerous, and maybe some of them will catch children like you and eat them."

Xiao Xi opened her mouth, and immediately laughed, "Big sister, you are telling a story!"

Aunt Ren was about to say something, but at this moment her eyes suddenly froze... She immediately hugged Xiao Xi and rolled to the side.

I saw a black shadow jumping out suddenly at this time, knocking down the stove, overturning the iron pot, breaking the stove... The burning firewood was scattered all over the ground.

"What is this!" Xiao Xi exclaimed at this moment: "What a big... what a big mouse!"

In front of him, a mouse the size of an adult wolf dog appeared in the yard!The big mouse in front of him, with red eyes and black and cold paws, was staring at it with grinning teeth.

Feeling Xiao Xi's trembling body in her arms, Ren Ziling gritted her teeth, and quickly took out the engraving plate from her arms, and stuck it on her forehead!
I saw a huge mouse flying towards it at this time, but the blue mask was formed just at this moment... The huge mouse jumped on the mask and was bounced away by the power of the mask.

But the red-eyed mouse didn't like to let it go, and swooped towards it frantically again after landing.

Ren Ziling hugged Xiao Xi tightly in her arms at this time, and she didn't know whether the engraving magic given by Miss Yue could resist it, so she could only pray in her heart.

Outside, the cry of the giant mouse sounded again and again...

I don't know how long it took before Ren Ziling slowly opened her eyes, and what caught her eyes was the scarlet eyes of a huge mouse -- the mouse hit it again, and was then bounced away by the blue mask magic.

This time, after the huge mouse was bounced away, it roared a few times unwillingly, and then it directly dug up the soil and burrowed into the soil.

But before the giant mouse finally left, its tail swung all of a sudden, sweeping the firewood away, and crashing directly into Xiao Xi's house.

After a while, the house caught fire.

"Ah, my house..." Xiao Xi exclaimed at this moment.

But how could Ren Ziling dare to stay here at this time?

She hugged Xiao Xi tightly, and pulled her out... I saw that the fire inside was getting bigger and bigger, and it burned completely after a while.

Xiao Xi's face was pale, she stared blankly at the fire in front of her, and fell to her knees on the ground.

At this moment, Aunt Ren just stuck the engraving plate on her forehead, but she didn't dare to let it go, she could only endure like this, for fear that that terrible big mouse would appear again.

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The interview car stopped hastily, and Lao Q and Lizi in the car rushed out at this time.

Ren Ziling breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, she put down the dial at once, and sat on the ground after a while...the light curtain disappeared.

"Boss! What's going on? We saw the fire from a distance..."

"Sister Ren?"

"Don't talk about it..." Ren Ziling said weakly at this moment: "Quick, take this child, hurry... hurry back to the city! There is a big mouse!"

"Big... rat?"

Lizi and Lao Q looked at each other, both of them were puzzled.

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The interview car slowly stopped in an alley in the old part of the city... This road is not without police cars patrolling during curfew.

The interview car was indeed interrogated several times, but Aunt Ren's popularity was relatively wide... The few police cars encountered along the way were all driven by acquaintances, and they arrived at the destination smoothly.

At this time, Ren Ziling and the others led Xiao Xi, who was in a daze, into an old building.

"The house I used to live with my husband is temporarily vacant."

Aunt Ren turned on the light in the living room, pulled Xiao Xi to sit down, then ordered Lizi to boil some water, and asked Old Q to get some food.

She looked at Xiao Xi and said, "Child, you can stay here for the time being... You have also seen how dangerous the place you live in is."

Xiao Xi curled up, her face was pale, she didn't know if she really listened to her words, she just nodded silently.

Ren Ziling hugged Xiao Xi affectionately, and patted her on the back, "Don't worry, I will try my best to help you find your father, so you can stay here, the city is absolutely safe now, those monsters I can’t get in. Even if I get in, there’s no power.”

At this time, Lizi quietly waved to her.

Ren Ziling straightened Xiao Xi's somewhat messy hair, and after a few words of comfort, she walked over.

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"Sister Ren, do you really intend to take in this child?" Lizi asked curiously at this time.

"Otherwise, what can we do?" Aunt Ren said angrily: "Since this has happened, we can't ignore it... Besides, if it were you, would you have the heart to watch this child stay in such a dangerous place alone? She Even that dilapidated home is gone. Let’s talk about it after a while, I’ll see if I can help her find her relatives, and if it doesn’t work, I’ll see if there is any welfare agency willing to accept her.”

Lizi tilted her head, looked at the little girl sitting in the corner of the chair with her knees buried in her head through the partition screen of the living room, and suddenly said: "I don't think she looks very scared..."

"What are you talking about!" Aunt Ren stretched out her hand and tapped the foodie's head: "Do you have any sympathy! Your rent will be increased by 30.00% in the future! The extra will be for Xiaoxi to buy food!"

Lizi's eyes widened all of a sudden, it's okay to die, but it's absolutely impossible to deprive her of the snack money, "Wow!!"

Lizi burst into tears, "I'm so pitiful too! I'm also an orphan. I wandered here alone. I thought I'd found a good job and met a senior who treated me well... ...I originally thought that I would never have to live the life of wandering in the past...I didn't expect...Wow!! I'm so pitiful!"

Aunt Ren rubbed her forehead in pain, "It's alright, alright! The rent will not be increased! Let me support myself!"

"Thank you, Miss Ren!"

She gave her a sweet smile.

Ren Ziling rolled her eyes, thought for a while, and said, "It's too late now, and the curfew outside is not convenient... you and old Q can sleep here tonight, and we can go directly to the venue from here tomorrow. "

"Okay! I'm going to see the room!" Lizi said happily.

"You sleep on the floor!" Aunt Ren glared, and pulled Lizi back by her collar, "I don't like outsiders to sleep in my room, it was my husband's and I's love nest, sacred and inviolable!"

"Isn't there another room..."

"That's for Xiao Xi!" Aunt Ren snorted and said, "How dare you let a child who doesn't have a home sleep on the sofa?"

"Tsk!"

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"Tonight, you can sleep here, Xiao Xi."

Leading the little girl into a tidy little room, Aunt Ren said softly at this time: "This room used to belong to my son, he is very clean, so you can rest assured to sleep, there won't be any mess here thing."

I saw Xiao Xi looking at the room in front of her with a strange face at this time, as if she was a little dazed.

"You sit down first, I'll find you some clothes... I should have some old clothes here, you wait."

With that said, Aunt Ren walked out quickly.

At this moment, Xiao Xi swallowed her saliva, and walked slowly to the bed... After pressing the mattress tentatively, she just sat down little by little.

The moment she just sat down, Xiao Xi bounced up instantly, then turned around vigilantly, looked at her, turned around again, looked at her again.

Lie down, lifted the sheet, and looked in.

Then he opened the curtains again and looked out the window nervously.

After a long while, nothing seemed to happen, Xiao Xi finally let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, Xiao Xi kicked the closet next to her sharply, then walked quickly, and opened the closet with both hands...it was nothing.

It was only at this moment that she breathed a sigh of relief, and her body relaxed.

"This is……"

Suddenly, Xiao Xi's eyes seemed to see something, and she couldn't move away... She stood there as if petrified, and after a while, she stretched out her hand trembling.

"That's my son's old underwear! It's not for girls, Xiao Xi, use mine!"

Unexpectedly, Aunt Ren appeared at the entrance at this time.

Xiao Xi... Xiao Xi closed the closet with a bang, lowered her head and grabbed the change of clothes from Aunt Ren's hand, and rushed out of the room.

"That goes to the kitchen, and the bathroom is here."

Xiao Xi lowered her head again and walked past Aunt Ren.

"Shall I teach you how to use the water heater?"

"I... I'll just take a cold shower, I'm used to it..." Xiao Xi closed the door all of a sudden, and then turned on the shower without saying a word.

The cold water splashed on Xiao Xi's body, as if the heat in her body was slowly dissipating... She let out a long breath.

"What the hell am I doing..."

(End of this chapter)