The night was deep, and there had long been no sound between heaven and earth. Only the snow was still falling outside the window.

Qu Baiyu returned to the dormitory and took out an exquisite small box from the secret compartment. The box was opened, and there was only a small Grimace mask inside. My thoughts instantly went back to many years ago...

He had been living in the Western Mountains for a few days, and he felt more and more bored until he saw a fruitful wild fruit tree in front of a small yard in the back mountain.

The wild fruit was only as big as a jujube, but it was enough to surprise him.

He sneaked out by himself, without anyone around him. He took off his outer robe and put it on the ground to catch the fruits, then climbed up the wild fruit tree in a few steps. It’s not just for eating, I just think it’s fun to pick wild fruits.

"Where did this little thief come from and dare to steal my girl's fruit?"

Suddenly there was a fierce sound. Qu Baiyu climbed on the branch and looked back after hearing the sound. The wild fruit tree is right next to the wall of the small courtyard, and some branches have almost reached into the courtyard.

Under the wall of the courtyard, a female doll who looked to be only six or seven years old was holding her waist and glaring at him. The pink dress made her look more like a soft and waxy dumpling.

"That's mine, you're not allowed to pick it off!"

A complete bully look.

Qu Baiyu smiled when he heard this. He kicked off his feet and jumped from the wild fruit tree. He crossed the wall of the small courtyard and landed firmly in front of the little girl.

A lot of leaves on the wild fruit trees fell off due to his tossing, and as he jumped, they also fell to the ground, like a brief rain of flowers and leaves.

The afterglow of the setting sun poured through the wild fruit trees into the small yard. As he stood up, the light moved from his shoulders to his delicate face.

His black hair was sparse on his forehead and he was slightly sweating. He handed a few wild fruits in his hand to the little girl, "Brother, give this to you. Can you let me pick a few more?"

The six or seven-year-old girl was very coaxed. Seeing Qu Baiyu fall from the sky like this, she immediately recognized that this was her powerful big brother. She happily took the wild fruit and said hello.

"Whose child are you and why do you live here?"

Qu Baiyu didn't have anywhere to play. After picking the fruits, he and the little girl sat on the steps in the small yard, sharing the fruits and chatting.

The little girl said: "I am my parents' child!"

Qu Baiyu was amused by her, "What about your parents?"

The little girl shook her head, "They are very busy and don't come to see me very often."

"Don't you live with them?"

Qu Baiyu said in surprise. "How can a child not live with his parents?"

The little girl didn't seem to understand this very well. She was stunned by his question. She thought for a long time before answering him, "Sister said that I am not in good health and I can go back to live with them when I get better."

Qu Baiyu understood that his mother was not in good health, and when she recovered, they could go home.

He pulled off the ghost mask hanging from his waist and handed it to the little girl, saying, "This is a Nuo mask, used to ward off disasters and evil spirits. Here it is for you. I hope you will get better soon!"

The little girl took the Nuo mask and saw it had a long face with horns and fangs, big eyes, and a big mouth that was very bluffing.

But the little girl was not afraid. She smiled brightly and said sweetly: "Thank you, brother!"

In the following time, Qu Baiyu would always run to the back mountain, give some fun things to the girl who was left alone in the back mountain, and tell some stories about what he saw and heard outside.

Until one day, his mother left him forever...

The fruit trees in the back mountain also failed, Qu Baiyu still jumped down from the branches, and the little girl stood in the yard, with another person beside her.

She hadn't seen Qu Baiyu for several days. When she saw him again, she was very happy and shouted to Qu Baiyu: "Brother Abao, look, this is my new friend!"

Qu Baiyu landed steadily, without the usual smile on his face, his eyes were as red as a little rabbit, and he didn't notice the new friend next to the little girl.

"Jiaojiao, I don't have a mother anymore...I don't have a mother anymore..."

He said, tears falling again.

Jiaojiao didn't know how to comfort him. She just felt sad when she heard that she no longer had a mother. She felt sad for him and cried with him.

They didn't say anything that day and kept crying until someone came to the back mountain and found Qu Baiyu.

That day, he finally left the Western Mountains he hated, but he never saw his mother and the little girl living in the back mountains again.

Qu Baiyu sighed. The Nuo mask in his hand had faded a bit, and there was still a little blood stain on the corner that could not be washed away.

Fortunately, she is still alive.

"...Why hasn't she come back yet?"

Qu Baiyu suddenly asked.

He just asked her to bury a chicken, but she never came back.

Cui Xiaoyi was instructing the maid to bring the toiletries. He was a little surprised when he heard this, so he said to the maid: "Go and see why the new one hasn't come back yet."

The maids looked at each other, and an older one asked cautiously: "Is it... the one who stole the chicken?"

Cui Xiaoyi: "Uh...right."

The maid paused and then said hesitantly: "...Aunt Hu said, I want that girl to guard the vigil of General Chang Sheng..."

……

"Wake up?!"

Yuan Tong'er no longer cared about the severe pain in her knees, she held herself up and said in disbelief: "How can anyone keep vigil for a chicken!"

Aunt Hu chuckled and glanced at Yuan Tong'er up and down with contempt.

"Human? Why do you think you are not a human being in this city of Shangjing where every inch of land is precious?

Look at the servants and maids in this courtyard. Which one can be considered a human being?

Look who you just buried? That is the victorious general bestowed upon you by His Majesty! To ask you to keep watch over it is to betray your creation! "

As she spoke, she threw the melon seed shell in her hand at Yuan Tong'er's face and sneered contemptuously.

Yuan Tong'er's knees were knocked hard by the stone slab and she couldn't lift her strength, but after listening to what Aunt Hu said, she understood very well.

Although the Daxuan Dynasty was not a dynasty that she knew, it could be seen that it was a feudal royal society.

In such a strict hierarchical context, the life of the poor is like a piece of grass. It is indeed not as noble as a chicken or a dog that is bestowed by the emperor.

In the eyes of people in this world, she is just a girl with a low status, and she is even a scapegoat with suspicion. She has no human rights at all.

She is not stupid enough to discuss human rights with these people. Xia Chong Ke Yu Bing, they wouldn't understand, and she didn't have the ability or the time to teach them to understand.

The wake was just an excuse to punish her by kneeling down. Since she couldn't resist, she might as well obey first. It was freezing cold anyway, and she didn't believe that this old woman would stay out in the cold with her.

Aunt Hu didn't know what she was thinking in her heart, so she kept saying harsh words to herself.

“…Don’t think that just because you are pretty, you can climb a high tree casually.

Let me tell you, little girl, if we were in your remote rural area, there might be some way out, but this is the capital city, where there are many noble girls.

Just by fishing on the long street, you can catch a county owner or princess. Compared with them, don't say you are a human being, you are nothing! "

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