Chapter 5: Chopping wood to make a fire is better than being a bandit leader's concubine
When the first ray of sunlight in the early morning shone into the cramped and simple woodshed, loud shouts as loud as a bell echoed throughout the village.
Even though she had been sleeping outdoors for many months, the girl, who was not picky about her accommodation environment, was unable to sleep because of the noise.
Half asleep and half awake, Song Lingyi wrapped her head with a pillow and rolled back and forth on the wooden bed, but she couldn't get rid of the annoying sound.
The devilish sound lingered in her ears, and for a moment, she thought she had traveled back in time to the time when the freshmen of the first year of high school were undergoing military training.
After half a minute, Song Lingyi could no longer bear it. She collapsed and sat up, raised her arms to the sky and screamed: "Ah——!"
Oh God! Can you please save me?
After howling, the girl collapsed on the bed as if her shrimp thread had been pulled out.
After a while, she regained her composure, got out of bed, and listlessly changed her clothes and washed up. She hadn't forgotten her status as a slave. The bandit leader looked difficult to deal with. She had better be diligent on her first day as a slave, so he wouldn't catch her doing anything wrong and punish her.
The girl was wearing the clothes that Xuanfeng had sent her last night. They were plain in color and simply made. Fortunately, she was beautiful, so it wasn't too disastrous.
She didn't know how to do her hair and was too lazy to study, so she just tied two pigtails.
Twenty-eight is the best age for a girl. Even if she is dressed simply, she is still pure and charming enough.
The stronghold was very large. There was an open space as big as a square in front of the east building. The weeds had been cleared away, and the bandits usually practiced there.
Song Lingyi stole two buns and ate them while looking for Xuanfeng.
The buns were filled with shepherd's purse and minced meat. When she took a bite, the gravy was still oozing out, making her dizzy with the fragrance.
At that time, the cheers from the mountains in the open space were getting louder and louder. Song Lingyi, who was standing on the stone steps, looked over.
The bandits formed a semicircle, and through the layers of figures, I could vaguely see two men fighting and sparring. In the end, it was unclear which side won, but more than half of the bandits raised their arms and shouted excitedly.
Taking advantage of this time, Song Lingyi finished enjoying the buns and kept scanning the group of bandits, and finally found Xuanfeng who came out of the encirclement.
She took two steps forward and greeted him eagerly, "Brother Xuanfeng!"
Xuanfeng was stunned for a moment before he remembered that the boss brought back a little beggar last night.
"Miss Ali, is there something wrong?"
"Didn't you say that you wanted me to be a servant and serve your boss? I'm ready. Should I mop the floor first or do the laundry first?" Song Lingyi asked with a smile.
Thinking of the boss's disdain last night, Xuan Feng smiled awkwardly: "Can you chop wood?"
"......?" Song Lingyi's smile froze on her face.
firewood?
she?
Don't let these "fitness bloggers" split, let her split? !
The girl fell silent as if she had experienced age, but Xuanfeng, a straight man, didn't think much of it. He took her directly back to the kitchen yard and pointed at the firewood piled up to form a wall.
"You are not needed to take care of the main building for the time being, so just chop these firewoods." Just consider it as exercise.
Xuanfeng didn't say the second half of the sentence. This little girl was very thin, and it wouldn't be good for her to just eat and not move. Chopping wood was just right. This "wall" was enough for her to pass the time.
Looking at this 'wall', Song Lingyi's jaw dropped.
This morning I was wondering why no one was chopping up all the firewood piled here. It turned out it was left for her.
Xuanfeng patted her shoulder and said, "Take your time. There's no rush. We usually use the kitchen in the East Building. Not many people come to this courtyard. When you finish chopping firewood, bring it to the East Building and have lunch there."
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Xuanfeng left after giving his instructions.
Perhaps because he had spent years in the military and rarely interacted with women, he didn't think it was a difficult task for a woman to chop wood. They were on the brink of death every day, and they were busy enough with training and dealing with potential dangers, but they had no time to take care of a little girl.
Song Lingyi stood in front of the wall, with a look of despair written all over her face.
She originally thought that there would be nothing more terrible than being dressed as a down-and-out official's daughter and living in the open air every day. She never expected that she would end up in a bandit's den and become a slave.
This miserable life is a curse that she can never get rid of in her lifetime!
Thinking of this, Song Lingyi suppressed the urge to cry and picked up the axe on the ground.
Well, what kind of work can I do as a slave? Chopping wood and making fire is better than being a bandit leader's concubine.
So the girl dutifully chopped firewood all morning. At noon, she took the chopped firewood to the east building. She was so exhausted that she had to eat two bowls of rice before she could recover.
After the bandits finished their training, they returned to the East Building one after another to eat.
A group of rough old men suddenly saw a delicate and pretty girl, and their eyes almost popped out, just like hungry wolves seeing their prey.
Song Lingyi felt uncomfortable being stared at by them. She finished the food in her bowl in two bites and returned to the kitchen yard.
The girl sitting next to the firewood pile frowned and fell into deep thought.
There are at least a hundred people in this village, but not a single woman. It's really strange.
She is not an innocent girl. She has worked in the workplace for many years in her previous life and has seen the dark side of human nature.
It goes without saying how dangerous it is for a pretty young girl to be surrounded by a group of men.
She had to run quickly and not delay any longer.
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At night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse.
When the noise from the East Building died down a bit, a slender figure sneaked out of the kitchen yard.
The stronghold had been heavily guarded for the past two days, so leaving through the main gate was clearly unrealistic. Song Lingyi had surveyed the area during the day and found a dog hole under the stone wall near the back of the mountain. Exiting through there would be completely invisible.
As they got closer and closer to the dog hole, the girl was feeling smug, but she didn't realize that danger was approaching.
Song Lingyi walked around the dark corridor,
Suddenly, a tall and strong figure blocked her way. His sturdy body blocked all the light and covered her like a dragnet.
Song Lingyi suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with panic and timidity.
"Where are you going?"
The bandit spoke in a rough voice, and his malicious eyes wandered over the girl's body.
Song Lingyi's heart was beating like a drum, and she said nervously, "I can't sleep, so I'm going for a walk."
The bandit snorted coldly: "I saw you sneaking around here during the day. What? Are you trying to escape through a dog hole?"
Song Lingyi thought to herself that this was not good, and said with a fake smile: "Brother, you misunderstood. I didn't mean to run away."
Realizing the bandits' ill intentions, she backed away as she spoke, and before the bandits could move, she turned around and strode towards the main building.
Unexpectedly, the bandit was faster. After running only two steps, he grabbed Song Lingyi by the back of the neck and threw her onto the sandbag beside him.
The bandit was full of the stench of sweat, and when he pressed down on her, Song Lingyi almost felt like vomiting.
"Get out of here! Help!"
The bandit was not afraid of the girl's struggle at all. In his eyes, crushing her to death was as easy as crushing an ant.
While struggling in panic, Song Lingyi caught a glimpse of a brick next to the sandbag.
While the bandit was relaxing his guard and standing up to untie his belt, she reached out for the brick and hit him hard on the head.
The bandit held his head in pain, and she kicked him in the crotch again.
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