mountain snow

Chapter 27

"I let you run! I let you run! Do you know that you are wrong? Next time you dare to run, I will break your legs! Buy it at the same price, did someone else run away? Huh?"

A hoarse cursing sound came from across the sack, and what fell together was an adult kicking with one foot harder than the other.

I squeezed myself tightly, held my head in my hands, and pressed my face against the sand in the sack.

There was a terrible pain in my back and waist. They beat me like a dog. I felt like I was going to be beaten to death.

I gritted my teeth and wept softly amidst cursing.I'm in so much pain, I want to go home.

But I can't escape this mountain at all, and I don't have a home.

I have never met my parents. Since I can remember, I have been wandering on the streets. When it is cold, the old beggars give me a quilt. I curl up with them under the bridge hole. When it is hot, the food I pick up is rotten. Yes, someone with good intentions will throw me a steamed bun that hasn't moldy yet.

I don't like the city, I dream of leaving.

An old beggar told me that when he was young, he lived in the mountains. There was a clear stream in the mountains, and he could easily catch fat fish in the streams. There were also many fruit trees in the mountains. If you don't have money, you won't starve to death in the mountains.

I asked him, then why did you come to the city.

He didn't answer me, I guess he lied to me.

But I am still very grateful to him, because he let me know a place where I can have enough food without begging.

I began to imagine that I also lived in the mountains, went to the river to catch fish when I was hungry, and picked a basket of sweet fruits when I was greedy.

The saddest winter has passed, and the old beggar who taught me to dream died the day before the warming.

I was determined to leave this city that was always full of smoke, and go to the mountains that the old beggar said.

Three months ago, a gentle-looking woman patted me on the shoulder at the station and asked me if I would like to live with her in another place.

She told me that her hometown is in a small mountain village with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the air is much better than here.

I asked her if there was a creek there.

She said yes, there were still alive and kicking fish in the stream.

I asked her again if there were any fruit trees there, and if they could be harvested after the rain.

She said that there are the freshest mushrooms and sweetest fruits.

She took me to a deco at the station - I've never had such good food, and then I got into her car.

There were two other boys in the car who looked younger than me, maybe six or seven.

The door is closed, and the sun is out.A boy cried, and I comforted him, saying that we were going to the mountains, and there was no need to worry about being hungry in the mountains.

But later I learned that the gentle woman is an individual trafficker, and we are her commodities.

One thing she didn't lie to me is that the place where she put me down was indeed a small mountain village with beautiful mountains and rivers.

I didn't go to school, and I don't know what year and day I was born. The old beggar who died told me that I might be eight years old.

At the age of eight, I actually had no concept of human traffickers.

In the past few days following the traffickers, I can eat enough every day. She wants to sell me, and I still feel a little bit reluctant to part with her.

She coaxed me, saying that the family who bought me was very rich, and when I went to their house, as long as I was obedient, I would not have to worry about food and clothing.

So I may be the strangest of all the abducted children - when I stepped into the yard of Yue's family, I honestly bowed to the adults and said loudly: "Hello!"

The family who bought me was named Yue, and the village was also named Yue, called Yuejiazhai.

A chubby older sister led me to a room and said that I would live here from now on.

In the evening, they boiled water for me to take a shower, and cooked a large table of dishes for me.

When I was wandering in the city, I was often bullied because of my young age and stature.

I want to know why this family treats me so well.

After staying for two days, I took the initiative to work and made friends with the chubby elder sister.

She said that there is only one boy in this generation of the family, and the population is thin. When I come, I can be my brother's companion.

The elder brother she mentioned was named Yue Sheng. I had heard this name several times, but I had never seen anyone.

I am very curious about this brother and want to meet him soon.If it is for him to accompany, then there is nothing to worry about. I have been homeless for so many years, and it is a blessing in disguise, and I have a family.

The Yue family has quite a large family. I don't know all about it. I only know that it is Grandpa Yue who is in charge.

Except for the fat big sister, no one talks to me at ordinary times. I am used to being wild and want to go out, but the fat big sister tells me that I can't leave the yard.

She hesitated and refused to tell me the reason. I guess she was afraid that I would run away, so I assured her: "There is food here, I will definitely not run away!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the word "run" was uttered, her expression changed suddenly, and she covered my mouth and said, "Don't talk nonsense!"

I was frightened, I nodded in a daze, temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going out for a walk, and sat at the door with a small bench every day, and when people came in and out, I greeted them with a smile.

They looked at me a little strangely, I didn't understand at the time.

I found out later that when I talked to them, I was like a talking pig in their eyes.

Pigs are slaughtered.

I lived in Yue's house for more than a month, and there were guests at home. I was bored and wandered around, and heard them say "little companion".

I don't know what a companion is, but from what they say, one of the boys among the guests is a companion.

He looked a little older than me, standing behind the other boy with his head bowed like an obedient servant.

Soon, a large group of people went to another room, the boy stayed in the living room, I went in to deliver fruit to him, and called him softly, "Little friend?"

He looked at me nervously, and said after a long time: "Are you also a friend?"

I shook my head, "What is a little companion?"

On this day, I knew why I was sold to Yuejiazhai.

The Yue family village is in the mountains, far away from the city where I begged. The people in the village are divided into ranks. For example, the family that bought me is the owner of the village, and the family that came to visit is also the owner of the village.In all village owners' homes, underage boys must have a companion.

Little Companion was not born in Yuejiazhai, they were all bought from outside.

As a servant, the little companion will accompany the boy in the village master's house until he gets married.On the night of the master's marriage, the young companion will be slaughtered to pray for the master's happiness and well-being.

When I was wandering, the old beggars always liked to tell me scary ghost stories, but none of the stories I heard was more scary than this one.

"You know you're staying?" I asked Jin Ming - I already knew his name.

"I can't escape." Jin Ming lifted his clothes and showed me the scars on his back, "They almost beat me to death."

After that, I no longer liked the beautiful mountains and clear waters of Yuejiazhai. I thought it was worse than a city filled with smoke. I had to leave, and I couldn’t be slaughtered here.

But I ran twice and was caught back, and now it's the third time.

I vomited a mouthful of blood in the sack, my internal organs seemed to be kicked by them, and my limbs seemed to be broken.

I cried more and more, and I was going to die, and I only cried this once.

But suddenly, the kicking my feet stopped.

Beggars have the strongest ability to survive. The next moment they stopped beating me, I struggled to get rid of the sack.

At this time, someone was pulling the sack outside.My heart tightened suddenly, I don't know if the person outside the sack came to save me or kill me.

The tight rope finally came loose, and the light came in. With tears, snot and blood all over my face, I just wanted to get out quickly.

What appeared in front of my eyes was a hand. I raised my head and saw a good-looking brother squatting in front of me.

Before I could speak, he had already held my hand and hugged me.

In a daze, I heard someone call him Yue Sheng, Xiao Sheng.

Only then did I know that he was the elder brother I wanted to accompany, and I was his little companion.