Chapter 5

Murong Zhining closed her eyes tightly, and she fell asleep for two days. Occasionally blinking long eyelashes proved that her life had not ended, and she looked lifeless.

Murong Zhining has been wandering in her dream, unable to come out. In the dream, there is a young woman who she called a nanny from childhood. From the moment she remembered it, she was chased and killed along the way with her mistress. During her escape, the mistress was sold to the old farmer in the mountain as a daughter-in-law by the traffickers, and later was robbed by the mountain bandits to become the wife of the overpressure stronghold. No matter how hard she suffered, the nurse took her with her all the time. She loved her like a mother in law, and finally escaped from the den of thieves with her.

They escaped from the den of thieves and went to a place called Ma family village, where they lived in anonymity. Murong Zhining doesn't know her name, but she always calls her little linger.

Nanny is good at embroidering. She has been in a large family. With this technology, the nanny supported the little linger and taught her to read and read. They lived happily for two years in Majiazhuang.

Nanny often takes little linger to wash clothes by the river, which is the happiest and best time of Xiaoling's children's year.

The nurse squatted by the river and washed her clothes. The breeze blew across the river, rippling the scales. On the waves of sunshine, the shimmering halo falls on the nurse. She looks like the fairy in the story. That's the most beautiful picture that little linger has ever seen. She wants to call her mother.

Naughty little linger, while barefoot in the water to chase shrimp, while on the shore to flutter between the butterflies. As the nurse washed the clothes, she gave her loving eyes from time to time, and their laughter drifted away like a silver bell.

After washing her clothes, the nurse pulled a bamboo shrimp cage from the water. In the shrimp cage put down early, many big and small fish and shrimps are bouncing around. Little linger danced happily. She knew that the nurse would cook delicious food for her again tonight.

On the way home, little linger was running ahead. Suddenly two masked men jumped out of the grass. The tall masked man held little linger in his hand directly, wrapped her thin neck around her thick arm, and menaced her viciously: "give me something, or I will crush this little girl."

The short masked man with a knife slowly forced into the nurse. The nurse could have escaped, but she didn't. as she retreated slowly, she stared at the masked man who was holding little linger in horror, and thought about her escape.

The nurse pretended to be afraid: "hero, please don't hurt my child. I have some silver here. Take it." The tall masked man shouted fiercely, "don't play dumb with me." He used a little strength on his hand. Little linger's pink face turned red immediately, and she coughed violently.

For fear that the masked thief would hurt little linger, the mistress begged them anxiously: "I'll hide what you want. Let go of this girl, and I'll take you to find it." The tall masked man sneered, "don't play tricks. Believe it or not, I will kill her soon?" "If you miss a hair, you can't get the drawing. If I hand it over now, you will not leave a living mouth and let her go, or the fish will die and the net will be broken. "

The tall masked thief was afraid of pressing the mistress, and let go of his hand. In the blink of an eye, little linger ran to the village desperately.

Usually the nurse would teach her not to panic and calm down. She is a sensible child. She has no time to be afraid and cry. She runs with all her life. She is going to call someone to save the nurse.

When little linger moves to rescue the soldiers, the masked thief has fled after hearing the wind. She was stabbed twice and fell into a pool of blood. They carried the nurse back to their home and called for a doctor. However, the nurse lost too much blood, and the doctor was weak, so she could only shake her head and sigh.

The nurse was dying. She forced everyone to avoid. She had something to tell xiaolinger.

The nurse took out a piece of yellow paper from her arms and gave it to little linger. The paper was stained with her blood. Little linger cried with heartache. The nurse told little linger in a weak voice that she should keep this paper anyway and told her: "your name is Murong Zhining. Remember that it's the Zhi of an Zhi Tinglan, the congealing of skin. Your mother will come to you one day. Your mother is a businessman Business... " The voice of the nurse is getting smaller and smaller. Her head is crooked. Ren Xiaoling doesn't wake up again.

The old Zhou family in the east of the village adopted nine year old little linger. The masked thief didn't stop. He attacked Majiazhuang several times in the dark. He wanted to take little linger away. All of them were stopped by the villagers who came here after hearing the news. Among them, a short masked thief was wounded by a spade by a villager and died when he fled. We all think that the thief has learned a lesson and dare not come again.

One dark and windy night, the tall masked thief broke into the old Zhou family again, killed the five old and small members of the old Monday family, put the little linger in a sack, and hung it on the horse back all the way south.

To the south is the capital of Huayan, which is guarded by heavy soldiers. Masked thieves dare not break through in the daytime, hiding in the woods on the mountain to rest and wait for opportunities.

The masked thief tied little linger to a tree and sat under another tree with a big knife in his arms. Perhaps because of fatigue, he pushed his boots aside and sat down to sleep. Little linger took the opportunity to carefully observe the appearance of the thief. Although the thief was covered with his face, a scar on his left eyebrow was clearly visible, and there was a mole on the right ear outline.Little linger's hand was tied back. She felt a small piece of stone on the ground. She kept cutting and grinding the rope tied to her hand. With great effort, I made several blood cuts on my hand and finally broke the rope. Before escaping, little linger unties the rope of the thief's horse, releases the horse, and then throws the thief's boots into the valley. She deliberately knocked down a row of grass to the west, smeared the blood on the grass, and then decisively fled in the opposite direction.

She didn't dare to stop and ran straight ahead. When it was dark, she was sleepy and afraid. She escaped to a farm's cattle pen and slept all night. The next day she went on.

The thief didn't come after her, and little linger didn't dare to stop. When she was thirsty, she took a sip of spring water. When she was hungry, she went to the temple to steal some supplies. She didn't know where to go, just like a wooden man, until she fell hungry and cold under a ridge.

When little linger woke up, she was surrounded by several people, who were villagers of hetangao.

Hetangao is a small town adjacent to Shangjing, with simple folk customs. The villagers are very warm-hearted. The owner poured a bowl of hot water for little linger, and the West brought a pancake for little linger. A peasant woman fed hot water to little linger's mouth and slowly fed her some cakes.

The woman said that her family is not rich either. If little linger wants to, she can stay in her family and become a child daughter-in-law. Little linger has no place to go, and she doesn't know what a child's daughter-in-law is. She will not be choosy if she is accepted.

Little linger follows the woman back to her home.

The farmer's wife is Yin Shi. Her man is a butcher. She is very irascible and often blows Yin Shi black and blue.

When the butcher saw Yin's bringing back a skinny girl, he shouted, "are you crazy? I don't have any extra rations at home. Do you still bring your mouth back? As far as you can throw it to me. "

Little linger knelt on the ground, pitifully holding the butcher's leg and pleading with him: "uncle, please take me in, I won't eat your food for nothing, I can do anything. I've been a little girl to a large family, and I can do a lot of work. " The butcher pushed away the little girl and said to Yin, "stay here for a while. In a few days, I will be strong and take it to GE's house to be a girl."

Little linger stayed at Yin's house. She is clever and sensible, and always strives to do some heavy housework. Although it's hard and tired, I don't suffer from cold and hunger any more.

Yin's family also has two children. Relying on the butcher alone, they kill some animals and send them to the tavern in the city to make a living. The butcher industry was originally one of the worst in the world. In addition, Huayan had foreign wars every year, and the taxes imposed on the people were relatively heavy, so people's lives were not stable. Meat is a luxury. Only hotels and restaurants in the city can afford it. Ordinary people are reluctant to buy meat to eat except for happy events and festivals. So the business of killing pigs is not a good business to make money. It can only make the family barely get enough to eat.

The butcher is vicious. If he doesn't beat Yin, he will scold him, which makes little linger very afraid. However, the butcher did not beat his own children, nor did he beat little linger. Even when talking to little linger, it turns into a more gentle tone than her own. After a long time, little linger doesn't think he is vicious. Later, it was learned that the butcher beat Yin's family because Yin secretly took money from home to help her idle brother.

Yin's husband and wife gradually fell in love with the clever little linger, and did not send her away, but raised her as their own children. Little linger soon melted into the family. She suffered from snacks and finally had a stable warm nest.

One day, Yin's brother was beaten to death and ran to her house. He knelt and begged Yin Shi to give him some silver to repay his gambling debts, crying that the main debtor had cut his hands.

Yin was furious, sighed and cried, "it's a problem to eat at home these days. Where else is free money to help you pay your debts?"? You didn't cheat money from me. I'll give it to you again. Your brother-in-law must beat me to death. "

Yin's younger brother, Yin Hua, is a naughty rascal. People in their thirties are lazy and lazy. They just want to make a fortune by gambling.

Yin Hua owed several hundred liang of silver to the gambling house last year and was recovered. Afraid of being beaten to death by the creditor, he sold his wife to a brothel, and sold his 10-year-old daughter to a family as a servant girl. As soon as he mentioned these things, Yin hated to hammer his chest and beat his feet. He just wanted to send Yin Hua away quickly, but he didn't want to get involved with him.

Yin Hua looks at the little linger who is drying corn in the yard. He is a pair of thief eyes. I don't know what's the bad idea? Yin doesn't want to pester him anymore, so he pushes him out of the door.

The next day, Yin left home early in the morning to send pig bones to GE's house. After a while, a young woman came to Yin's house, and she said to little linger anxiously, "your adoptive mother Yin's fell down on the road, sprained her hamstring and couldn't walk. She asked me to ask you to help her come back." Little linger was very worried. She followed the woman without thinking about it. As soon as she went out and turned around, she was put a bag on her head, tied her hand, and pushed on a carriage.

Little linger should have been the thief who chased her and the nanny to find her. She didn't call for help or resist. She silently thought about her escape. That evening, she was taken to the Wanhua Pavilion. The woman sold her to Qin Meixue for one hundred Liang silver.