Chapter 374 Earthquake. Speechless

Chu An and Gu Ye walked in side by side. A man wearing flowered shorts and a dark naked upper body rushed out of the shed. Seeing that there were only two people, a man and a woman, his panic disappeared instantly and he asked loudly, "What are you doing?"

Gu Ye responded, "We are from out of town and want to buy some dry goods. We heard from others that it would be cheaper to buy directly in the village."

The man was a little skeptical at first, but when he saw the car parked at the entrance of the village, his expression relaxed. The main reason was that there were too many people panning for gold in the past six months, and without exception, they all drove nice cars.

The so-called gold panning is not really digging for gold, as gold is not as valuable as food nowadays. But all outsiders regard the ocean as a treasure house and want to make a fortune here. Outsiders do not know the situation in Xiwan, so they will inquire about the news under the pretext of buying dry goods, and they will also exchange more food.

As for the news they told them, it was half true and half false. It was just to make them happy. Anyway, so far no one had come back to take revenge on them, a bunch of poor guys, because of the news.

"Shui Wa's mother, guests are coming." The man comforted his wife first, then pointed to the shed opposite and said, "It's too hot outside, you guys go to Ling's house and wait first, don't look down on our simple place."

The Ling family only had a pair of siblings left. They were both young, and the younger sister was blind, so they rarely had the opportunity to go out to sea. Most of the time, the brother was out looking for odd jobs, and the younger sister was at home selling the only dry goods.

My brother hasn’t come back for three days. If the blind kid can’t get food, he’ll probably starve for the next few days.

They didn't have any extra food relief, so they could only come to the Ling family first when they had a chance to sell something.

Chu An glanced at the short shed next to him and nodded. The short shed just reached Gu Ye's shoulders, or rather, the sheds here were not very high, and this one was the shortest one.

The shed had no door and the curtain was not lowered, so she walked in normally and Gu Ye could only bend over and follow her.

There is only one room here, which is divided into two spaces, front and back, by a gauze curtain. The back is not clear, but the front is in full view.

There is a tattered iron box against the wall on the left, which is used as a table. Next to it are two plastic stools with yellowed surfaces, which probably cannot withstand Gu Ye's weight.

On the right is a row of shelves with dried kelp and several kinds of dried shellfish, marinated with a lot of sea salt, and the total weight is less than half a pound.

Just as the two of them stood firm, the gauze curtain inside was lifted and a little girl in a gray and white dress walked out.

Her eyes were very big, almost occupying one-third of her face, or maybe she was too thin, so her face was pitifully small. But she looked to be 11 or 12 years old or older, after all, people didn't grow up well because they didn't have enough to eat in those days.

Although the little girl looked at Chu An, her eyes were somewhat empty, as if they had no focus.

Chu An had some guesses in his mind, and so did Gu Ye. He raised his hand and waved it in front of the girl, but there was no response.

"Xiao An, she may not be able to see." Gu Ye whispered in her ear. Why did he say maybe? The little girl's eyes were indeed looking at them at this moment.

"Excuse me, are you my brother's friends?" the little girl asked, her voice timid.

"We are here to buy dry goods. The people across from your house told us to wait here." Gu Ye responded.

The little girl tilted her head when she heard Gu Ye's voice. Gu Ye thought she didn't hear clearly, so he took a step forward and raised his voice again, but tried to be gentle, "We are here to buy dry goods. The big brother across the street asked us to wait for a while at your house."

The girl looked at Gu Ye, then lowered her head and stammered, "Well... OK... then... you guys sit down."

After saying that, he reached for the stool next to him and said, "You guys sit down. Brother Hai may have gone to see the village chief. They will deliver all the dry goods here in a while."

"No, we don't need to do it, so stop working on it." After Gu Ye finished speaking, he noticed a pair of broken sneakers in the direction she was heading, about three or four steps away from her. He hurriedly took two quick steps, trying to take the shoes away.

As a result, the little girl screamed and took several steps back, and fell on her butt because of panic.

Uh... Gu Ye was stunned on the spot, his hand stopped in the air when he bent down to pick up his shoes, like a big dog who had made a mistake.

Chu An hurriedly stood between Gu Ye and the little girl and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, little sister. We are not bad people. This big brother is just afraid that you will fall, so he wants to help you take your shoes away."

She took a step forward and bent down to help the little girl, but she struggled even harder, waving her hands in the air and screaming.

Could it be a stress reaction?

She remained half bent and did not move. There were too many girls being bullied these days. As long as she did not move, she would not feel any sense of crisis.

At this moment, there were dense footsteps coming from the door, and Shuiwa's father shouted, "Yunyun, the village chief is here."

When the village chief and others came in, they saw a man and a woman bending over, trying to catch Yunyun, who was terrified and had fallen to the ground.

"What are you doing?"

The leader shouted and went forward to grab Chu An. Gu Ye refused to let him go and grabbed him and threw him out of the shed.

"Village chief, I told you they were liars, but you didn't believe me." An old man with yellow teeth was trying to sow discord.

"Who are you and what do you want?"

Chu An had already stood up and turned to look at the village chief. He was not tall, with all white hair, and looked like most old people, but he looked quite kind overall.

"This is a misunderstanding." Gu Ye explained hurriedly, "We saw her alone, and her eyes..."

"So you want to bully her." A sharp female voice interrupted Gu Ye, "Do you still have any humanity? You don't even let a child go."

As she finished speaking, several strong men behind the village chief hurriedly put the dry goods on the ground, pulled out daggers from their waists, and looked at each other fiercely.

Gu Ye was helpless, he couldn't wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River!!!

Chu An was very calm. He stopped paying attention to the little girl and pulled Gu Ye aside.

If you can't explain it clearly, just move out of sight and let them see that the little girl is not hurt. Then stay away from the little girl and other people so that they feel that they will not hurt anyone and avoid them hurting themselves.

An older woman hurriedly ran up to the little girl, along the wall, pulled her up, and held her in her arms to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, Yunyun. Your brother is not at home. We are your family, and no one can bully you."

Yunyun said nothing, buried her head in the old lady's arms, and began to cry.

"Tell Aunt Zhao what they did to you?" He turned his back to everyone and checked the little girl's skirt.

"We didn't do anything." Gu Ye was angry at these people's actions. "She was so young, what could we do?"

"You beast, did you know she was so young?" The sharp-tongued woman continued to accuse, "You look like decent people, but you are full of bad intentions. Village chief, we won't sell anything to you anymore. Get them out."

Chu An frowned. These people were a bit aggressive. Most pitiful people must have something hateful about them.