Chapter 2: Entering the City ()

The terrain under the female corpse was gradually lowering, and it was a shallow pit of more than a foot. The thatch in the pit was ripped down. At this moment, in this shallow pit, a three or four-year-old child was looking at him in surprise. He suddenly met and was stunned. Xiaonan's heart, which had been hanging all the time, finally fell down after seeing the child. The child opposite was not like that. At dusk, he just crawled out from under the corpse and saw someone standing in front of him staring at him fiercely, holding a shaky dagger in his hand, and his face suddenly became cold! As the condition was like firing, the child grabbed the female corpse's arm and tried hard. The female corpse fell down as it was, holding him under...

At the previous glance, Xiaonan could already see that it was a three or four-year-old child. She was worried that there was something evil on the chasing junction, and now she felt at ease. She wanted to continue rushing, but after thinking about it, she changed her mind. Xiaonan put away the dagger and half-squatted and pulled the female corpse aside. In this way, the child had nowhere to hide, but the look he looked at him again showed no concealment.

Xiaonan squatted down and looked at the little guy who was two or three years younger than him. The little guy looked good, had his facial features, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his black eyes would have been more fond of fear. But a lot of soil was rubbed against his little face, and the bottom of his eyelids extended to the middle of the corner of his lips, and there were several obvious flow marks. I guess he had cried alone for a long time.

His hair was a little messy, and he rubbed some mud, and he still looked like a bun. Looking at his clothes, it was much better than that of ordinary people. Even though his clothes were covered with mud and grass, and were wrinkled, Xiaonan could still see the abnormality of the clothes. Not only was he wearing a very fit robe, but he was wearing a pair of small boots under his feet, but he was actually tied with a piece of jade around his waist.

Xiaonan looked at him steadily, stared at the beautiful jade for a long time, and after a while, he retracted his gaze.

Gululu—

A strange sound came out, and the little guy subconsciously covered his stomach. When Xiaonan saw it, he reached out and took out a piece of dog meat the size of a palm from the worn-out backpack behind him and handed it to the little guy. Seeing that the little guy's face was still a little terrified, his hand was extremely slow.

As soon as the dog meat was taken out, the little guy couldn't help but licked his lips, but his expression still seemed very cautious. He was obviously full of distrust of the older child in front of him and had a strong sense of prevention. But after instinctively confirming that there was no danger for the time being, the little guy almost reached out to "snatch" the piece of dog meat in an instant, and bit off a large piece of it with a grunt.

A piece of dog meat was quickly eaten by the little guy. Seeing that his eating speed gradually slowed down, Xiao Nan reached out and took out a piece, repeating the last action to hand it to him. This time the little guy blinked his eyes, and took the initiative to reach out and slowly took it, and his expression was much more relaxed.

Looking at the child's eating behavior, Xiaonan seemed to remember himself two years ago. The corners of his mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it. He tried his best to turn his head aside. Xiaonan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and took a step forward quickly towards the south.

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The night was as bright as ink. Xiaonan sat next to the small fire, staring at the burning flames in a daze. With the light of the sky, he walked forward for almost ten miles, and found a shallow stone cave under a small stone skull, so he planned to spend the night here. It was already late summer, and there was a hint of coolness at night. Xiaonan tightened his clothes, fell backwards, ready to take a good rest.

Click!

The sound of dead branches breaking sounded.

Xiao Nan opened his eyes and jumped up from the ground! Although the sound was light, it was clearly heard in the quiet night, and it seemed to be right next to the stone cave! Xiao Nan took out the dagger and his expression became extremely fierce. He stared at the darkness in front of him, ready to launch a fatal blow at any time!

Slap! Another dead branch was trampled off! Xiao Nan picked up a burning dead branch and threw it towards the sound!

The wind blew the flames and flashed, and the light of that moment shone a figure in the darkness.

"It's... it's me..." A young childish voice came from the darkness timidly, with inexplicable fear and a little crying. In addition, it seemed to have a hint of closeness.

"Come out!" Xiaonan's expression did not change, and his voice was a little cold.

Slowly, a small figure slowly emerged from the darkness. Xiaonan looked closely and found that it was the child he saw at the foot of the mountain at dusk!

At this moment, the child saw the fierce look on Xiaonan's face and could not control the fear in his heart. Tears flowed down, but he did not dare to cry. The child was covered in mud and dust, his hair was messy, and he lost one of the boots on his feet, looking very embarrassed.

Seeing him as such a miserable appearance, Xiaonan couldn't help but feel aroused, and his expression calmed down. From the foot of the mountain at dusk, it was nearly ten miles away. Xiaonan did not walk slowly. God knows how this child kept up! In the dark night, for this child, perhaps many things are not worthy of being told by outsiders.

Xiaonan took the dagger, turned around and sat next to the fire, took the dead branches and picked up the flames. The child stood obediently by the stone cave for a long time. Seeing that Xiaonan had no intention of rushing him to leave, he finally moved slowly to the side of the fire and sat down quietly.

All night, the two children never said a word. They just leaned against the fire and fell asleep slowly...

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Since then, there was a figure behind Xiaonan who was a little smaller than himself. Xiaonan stopped and he stopped. Xiaonan immediately followed him. Xiaonan wanted to drive him away more than once, but every time he thought of himself two or three years ago, he couldn't make up his mind and finally had to go with him. Over time, Xiaonan gradually got used to having such a person around him, and occasionally chatted with him. But at this time, the child named Mingde had changed out of his original clothes, and like Xiaonan, he put on the black clothes after changing the smallest.

After walking for a few days, I finally saw a sparse pedestrian on the road. I could hear passers-by chatting and learned that this place was already the boundary of Qingzhou. There were more and more pedestrians on the road. After half a day, it gradually gathered into abortions, hawkers carrying carts, farmers carrying utensils, and feet carrying shoulder poles... Walking, riding horses, riding cars, and even beggars who "go along the way" with them.
Chapter completed!