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The disaster year is inexplicable, and when it gets better, there is no sound, but the number of people coming and going down the mountain is gradually increasing. The villages that were once almost deserted, those empty houses, have people's voices again, and some people go up the mountain to cut firewood and collect herbs. Yes, you will also accidentally discover the courtyard here.

The Taoist appeared in a sad image, with a big beard, less fairy-tale feeling, but more down-to-earth, after pointing out the way out of the mountain to the woodcutter and reminding the herb pickers that there are bandits on the mountain , the Taoist's good popularity has risen.

The girls in the courtyard, knowing that they were picked up and raised by Taoists in those years, the people in the village admired them even more. Even if they later knew that these girls would be sold when they reached a certain age, they didn't think it was a big deal. wrong.

To give birth to kindness, to raise kindness, this is an era when people can be sold as goods with kindness, and there is no need to delve too much into the moral issues in many things.

In just one year, the village was full of people again, and the matchmaker also began to patronize the market here. Knowing that there is still a girl from Taoist's yard on the mountain, she didn't fall behind, and she took someone up the mountain to ask. After negotiating the price, the girls were all rounded up. Some of them were really young, and the matchmaker didn't want them, but because the Taoist said that the older girls were taken away, and he couldn't take care of them alone, so the matchmaker finally asked them to take care of them. They were sent to the orphanage for foster care.

This part doesn't even ask for money, and when I give it to the matchmaker, I entrust the other party to find a good one so that they won't suffer in the future.

Regardless of whether such words are sincere or not, the prostitute is a little touched anyway, she is also from a poor background, at most she has some connections and knows the suffering of the people at the bottom.

"Don't worry, I'm not sure about this, but I won't push people into the fire pit on purpose. Go outside and find out. The girl who got my hands didn't end up in such a dirty place."

Let's just listen to these words, who knows if those girls will end up in that kind of situation after another round of her hand, there are too many tragedies in this world, how can they take care of all aspects.

"Okay, I believe you."

The Taoist answered simply. From the beginning to the end, he didn't show any reluctance to give up with tears in his eyes. Those girls who were afraid to leave would be reprimanded by him, which can be regarded as indifferent, but The price given away made the matchmaker feel that this person is a good person.

At that age, it must not be easy to support these girls.

Ji Mo stood aside, clinging to the Taoist's legs, holding the corner of his robe with his small hands, not daring to use force, for fear of tearing it apart, watching the older girl hugging her shoulders and carrying the little ones in the On the body, looking back with tears in his eyes, there are many emotions in his heart, and there is also some reluctance on his face.

After sending the matchmaker away, the Taoist turned to look at Ji Mo, and immediately picked him up. Ji Mo lay on his shoulder, a little listless.

"Why, don't you want to?"

The Taoist asked, "Father and son still have some affection in recent years." Patting Ji Mo on the back, the Taoist's voice was also full of concern.

"It would be nice if we could stay together forever."

Ji Mo's statement is a pure child's wish, innocent and ridiculous, people, who can't live without it?Nothing will last forever, but such emotions can easily lead to the next topic, "Are we leaving too?"

The Taoist was clearing up the things in the courtyard, and Ji Mo had already discovered that the girls were the first to be cleared away, and then...

"Well, we have to leave too, this place is too remote."

I chose this place before because it was secluded and remote, but now I give up here because it is also hidden and remote.

The Taoist didn't waste time, and quickly sorted out a small box, like a doctor's medicine box, with a belt that can be worn across the body, and what Ji Mo had seen in the house was inside. Little gadgets here and there.

Ji Mo had been moved for a long time, but kept silent because he didn't have a suitable topic to cut into. Now seeing the Taoist packing the box, he couldn't help asking curiously: "What is this!"

The short little finger pointed at a strangely shaped thing, like a pipe pot, but it was too small, even the mouth of the pot was open, but it didn't look like a serious guy who could smoke. .

"This, a tool, is used for making things."

Without those children, the Taoist's invisible burden has also gone, and the whole person seems to be a little more relaxed, answering questions with a smile in his eyes.

"What are you doing?"

Continuing with the childish question, the curiosity in Ji Mo's eyes never faded. Similarly, he also had a guess in his heart. Maybe the mouth of the pot was fastened to something, used as a wrench or a twister?

"You'll know when you do it later."

The Taoist put on a show in an unhurried manner, watching Ji Moni come to his side to act like a baby, smiling relaxedly at the child, unconsciously, he also put on a smile on his face, his beard seemed to spread out , split open, revealing the mouth inside.

The two were still talking, when they heard a cry of "wow" in the courtyard, accompanied by vague voices of "sister" and "brother", the Taoist immediately frowned. Were any children not taken?

Ji Mo was shocked, even in broad daylight, hearing this kind of sharp crying could make people tremble in such a situation where the yard was full of weeds.

Following in the footsteps of the Taoist, seeing the child who was left alone on the Datong bunk, the one-year-old child could already utter some syllables vaguely.Seeing the Taoist, she choked on crying and wiped her tears pitifully with her little hands.

Because of the lack of nutrition, her skin is yellow, and it feels like jute paper. The old clothes that have not really been modified to fit are like opera robes. Even if the cuffs are folded a few times, they are still a little sloppy , and because the cuffs were folded a few times, the small hands that wiped the face were exposed, and the extra finger on the right hand was particularly obvious, so obvious that the hand looked like a strangely shaped branch of a tree, which made people want to look at it. Trim it.

"Why is there another one?——It's still a six-finger!"

The Taoist frowned, a little displeased. He had agreed with the matchmaker to take all the children away with her. For this, he even gave up some price, including the shipping fee and free shipping.

"Brother..." The six-fingered girl, whom Ji Mo called Xiao Liu, saw Ji Mo behind the Taoist, her tearful eyes suddenly lit up, staring at him and shouting.

Children are sensitive. She can feel the dislike of those girls towards her. She was too scared to cry just now. Normally, she doesn't cry very much. She only knows how to watch while feeding, even if every She was deliberately fed at the end, occasionally "forgotten", and she would only cry when she was too hungry.

It's still the kind of low-pitched cat-meowing cry, trying to win the love and affection of adults. The cautiousness in the cry is full of winks, which sounds pitiful.

The girls are hard-hearted, ignore her, and listen to her for a while. Every time Ji Mo can't help it, and finally feeds her, and occasionally divides the vegetable soup from her rice bowl, which makes her learn the fastest words It is "brother", and the first person to distinguish clearly is Ji Mo.

The other names like "sister" are just mixed up with the children around.

"Xiao Liu has been left behind, what should I do?" Ji Mo didn't go up hastily, but looked up at the Taoist. He was still a child, and he couldn't handle such a big matter.

The Taoist frowned and took a look. The clothes on Xiao Liu's body were all old, patch after patch, they had lost their original color a long time ago, many places were bad, and they would break if they were scratched casually. They should be pitiful and lovely. Age, but there are no good genes, no good looks, and because of lack of nutrition, even the basic beauty is damaged. It looks like a yellow monkey with its hair removed, which is completely unable to make people feel affectionate.

"Take it down first, and put it down in the orphanage."

The Taoist's hard-hearted heart has not changed, but he is not happy about having such an extra luggage on the way down the mountain.

Ji Mo is now four years old, and it is still a bit difficult to go down the mountain with short legs. With the addition of a little Douding who is more than one year old, the Taoist put Xiao Liu in the back basket, with a toolbox slung over his body, holding Ji Mo in his arms. Mo went down.

Xiao Liu didn't know what happened. It was the first time he saw the scene outside the yard, his eyes were too busy, he kept looking around, and he didn't even care that his favorite brother was close at hand. He was completely childish. Heartless.

From time to time, I saw something novel and giggled.

Looking at her innocent and optimistic appearance, Ji Mo has already felt compassion in advance. Xiaoliu has an extra finger, which is different from others, so he will naturally be looked at with strange eyes. Maybe this kind of eyes does not have much malice, but The expression of curiosity about what I have never seen before, but in ancient times, this kind of "strangeness" was very fatal.

Just like the girls' natural rejection of Xiao Liu, in the days to come, she may encounter more treatment that treats her at a respectful distance.Thinking about coming to the orphanage, there would be no favors for her.

The sad future that is almost conceivable makes Ji Mo feel heavy. He knows better that he can't change these, or risk losing the Taoist's favorability to ask the other party to help a little girl who has nothing to do with him , Calling "brother" a few more times is not enough.

Many people will sympathize with the beggar on the street and are willing to give him food and money, but how many people are willing to ruin their lives and give him happiness?

Thinking of this, Ji Mo felt that maybe he could forgive his selfishness. He clung to the Taoist's neck, feeling the warm breath radiating out as he walked. This big tree must be clinging tightly, while other people trying to cling Yes, are competitors.

Who can guarantee that in the case of one more child, the Taoist will still choose himself?Just because he's a boy?Ji Mo, who accepts the idea of ​​equality between men and women, will never be so negligent. An extra finger may be considered a shortcoming in some people's eyes, but in the eyes of others, it may be an advantage. Maybe the extra finger will be more flexible?

Thinking of Taoist's index finger with a missing knuckle, Ji Mo couldn't be sure that the other party would not favor the disabled because of this.