Chapter 12 Dry Land and Barren Years (1)(2/2)
Seeing that Chen Huihong didn't answer, Hui Niang asked again: "Sister...sister, are you also...separated?"
Chen Huihong still didn't answer. The two of them, one big and one small, just sat quietly. You looked at me and I looked at you. No one could see the other clearly and no one dared to move. They looked like two stone sculptures under the moonlight.
Qin Huai, a bystander, was very out of place.
Finally, Chen Huihong spoke: "Yes, I got separated too."
Huiniang instantly became happy, as if she had found someone of the same kind. She stood up and walked cautiously towards Chen Huihong. Seeing that Chen Huihong did not move, she became more courageous and moved directly to Chen Huihong and sat face to face with her.
"Is sister also from Yu County?" Huiniang asked with wide eyes.
"No." Chen Huihong shook her head and thought for a while, "I am... from next door."
Hui Niang was obviously a fool, and such a silly answer received a positive nod from her, and then asked: "Where is sister going?"
"have no idea"
"Where are you going?" Chen Huihong asked.
Hui Niang was silent.
Under the moonlight, Qin Huai felt that the outline of Huiniang's face was somewhat familiar.
"I don't know." Hui Niang's voice became hoarse, "My parents and I got separated."
"Why were they separated?" In just a few words, Chen Huihong took the initiative.
"I was too hungry to walk, so I fell asleep." Hui's mother's voice was trembling, "When I woke up, my parents were gone."
"I was so hungry and thirsty. I wanted to find my parents, but it was too dark and I couldn't see. I seemed to have gone the wrong way, and then I met my sister."
Chen Huihong looked at the thin and small figure in front of her, thought for a while, took out a small piece of bark from her clothes, hesitated for a moment, tore off a small piece and handed it to Hui Niang.
"That's all."
"There is an abandoned well nearby. It should still be able to produce water. You can dig it yourself at dawn...I will help you think of a solution." After saying that, Chen Huihong lay down and said, "Go to sleep and don't disturb me."
Seeing Chen Huihong lying down straight like this, Hui Niang froze on the spot, glanced at the bark in her hand and hesitated for a moment, then stuffed the bark into her mouth and chewed it hard before swallowing it, then she carefully lay down next to Chen Huihong, restless.
He looked at her until he heard Chen Huihong's steady breathing and was sure that she had fallen asleep, then he lay down and closed his eyes with peace of mind.
Soon, Hui Niang fell asleep.
It was already dawn, and Chen Huihong, who was supposed to be asleep, opened her eyes, looked at Hui Niang carefully through the weak sunlight, turned over, took the fallen pony in her hand, and continued to sleep.
Behind Chen Huihong was Qin Huai, whose eyes were as wide as bells.
No matter how weak the sunlight is, it is still clearer than the moonlight, enough for Qin Huai to see Huiniang's face clearly.
This is a standard face of a child who comes from a poor family, is skinny, small, and very dark. Extremely malnourished, his facial features are not open. He cannot be called ugly, but he is definitely not good-looking.
But this face was too familiar to Qin Huai.
This is Chen Huihui!
When I first saw the child during the day, he was still wearing ponytails, wearing a dress, fair and cute, obedient and sensible, lively and cheerful, and sunny. He often dreamed of his mother's good boy.
In her mother's dream, she became a refugee.
Looking at the sleeping refugee mother and daughter, Qin Huai couldn't help but sigh: "This is really..."
Chapter completed!