Ye Jin made the old lady happy and finally found out the address of the ruins.
"Grandma, these skewers are all for you."
Ye Jin stuffed all the grilled skewers into grandma's hands. Gu Yan quickly put the things away. The two looked at each other and stood up at the same time.
"What are you going to do so late at night?"
The old lady bit into the skewer of meat and looked at them warily. Her cheeks were puffed and her words were slurred.
"It's so cold. It's not good to stay outside at night. Let's find a place to sleep."
A gust of cold wind blew by, and Ye Jin pulled his coat tighter around him. He really felt cold after leaving the fire.
"Don't mess around so late at night. Come to my house and get some sleep."
The barbecue was delicious, and the old lady ate so much. It is said that if you eat someone's food, you will be grateful, and if you take something from someone, you will be grateful. It would be unreasonable not to let them stay overnight.
"No need. You're the only one at home. If we go over there and you lose something, you won't be able to explain it."
Ye Jin said this in a deliberately mean tone, and the old lady glared at her.
There were only a few jars of pickles at home that were worth some money, and she didn't believe that there were still people stealing pickles these days.
"Who are you looking down on? Do I look like a rich person? My family is so poor that you can't even steal from me if you want!"
At this moment, the old lady wanted to keep someone here and didn't care if people found out how poor her family was.
"Grandma, this girl is joking with you. We have something important to do. We are just hungry. Let's eat something here and then leave."
Gu Yan took out a small curl from his pocket and quietly put it into the old lady's pocket.
The old man's family was very nice. Not only did he provide them with useful information, but he also warmly invited them into his house. They were so poor, it would be unreasonable if they didn't show some appreciation.
The old lady wanted to keep her, but Gu Yan grabbed Ye Jin's hand and ran faster than a rabbit.
"Hey, you guys, even if you want to leave, you have to put out the fire... Are you setting up the fire here to burn down my old lady's house?"
The old lady resigned herself to her fate, squatted down and put out the fire. She then went to the well to fetch a bucket of water and poured it over the sparks. After watching the fire completely go out, she yawned and went back to the house.
When she entered the house, she habitually put her hands in her pockets to keep warm, and she found a small curl in her pocket. She took it out and looked at it. The small brown piece of paper looked a little familiar.
She turned on the light, which was rarely used after dark, and put the small piece of paper under the light to take a look.
"Wow! It's five dollars!"
The old lady was overjoyed. She scratched her sparse hair and tried hard to think about where the five dollars came from.
After a while, she seemed to remember something and immediately smiled.
"It must be the money I earned while carrying manure for someone a while ago. This is all hard-earned money, I have to save it well!"
Gu Yan, who was going down the mountain quickly, sneezed. He didn't know when he hired the old man to carry manure, nor did he know how much manure he had to carry, and he actually made five dollars for him.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Gu Yan paused and Ye Jin turned around in confusion.
"No, my nose just feels a little uncomfortable."
The mountains in the Northeast are very cold, with a thick layer of snow on the ground. It is almost like flying when going down the mountain.
If Gu Yan hadn't held Ye Jin tightly, Ye Jin didn't know how many times she would have fallen, and she might even have fallen down the mountain stream and been completely destroyed.
"Walk slowly, I'm a little scared."
After almost falling again, Ye Jin slowed down and Gu Yan suddenly put his arm around her shoulders.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here!"
Ye Jin's heart trembled, and strange emotions spread in her heart. She turned her head to look at Gu Yan. Gu Yan patted her shoulder stiffly and shouted with a smile: "Good brother, let's keep going!"
Ye Jin looked at him strangely for a while. Gu Yan's ears turned red with embarrassment, and the bronze skin on his face was also covered with a layer of blush.
But in the dark night, Ye Jin didn't notice anything unusual about him.
Two hours later, the two finally reached the foot of the mountain, but the whole town was silent at this time.
"Are you going to keep searching or find a place to sleep first?"
Gu Yan did not take the initiative to make decisions, he gave the initiative to Ye Jin.
"Go find it right away. I can't wait any longer."
After so many twists and turns, she and her sister have been separated for many years. She finally found her whereabouts and Ye Jin couldn't wait any longer.
"Okay, whether they are asleep or not, we will go door to door and ask."
The two of them stepped into the night. At the same time, in an old tile-roofed house, a man and a woman were packing their things quickly. A 15-year-old girl was lying on the bed with a blank expression.
"Weiwei, don't just lie there all the time. Can you come and help with something?"
The woman scolded impatiently, but the girl called Weiwei seemed not to hear her. She didn't even lift her eyelids and continued to lie on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
"Weiwei, I know you don't want to leave here, and I also know that you always go to the ruins of the village to play. I didn't care about you when you were young and made trouble, but this time you have to listen to me!"
The man with a dignified face ordered in an unquestionable tone.
Weiwei still didn't react at all. She twisted her hands together, and there was an inconspicuous button in her palms.
This button is just an ordinary button. If you have to say what is different about it, it is probably because it is often held in the palm of the hand and constantly touched, and a layer of white edges has appeared in many places.
The woman noticed the small movements of Weiwei's hands and rushed over angrily: "Play, play, play, all you do all day long is play with buttons. What's so fun about a broken button?"
She tried her best to pry Weiwei's palms apart, and suddenly there was a glimmer in Weiwei's eyes, which had been motionless just now.
She used great strength to hold the button tightly in her hand to prevent the woman from succeeding.
"What are you still looking at, old man? Come over and help!"
The woman couldn't fight herself, so she called the man over. The man looked at her with some pity, but still reached out and grabbed her shoulders.
"Hand it over! Hand it over to me! Don't think I don't know what it is? Isn't it just the broken thing your sister gave you when you brought it from your hometown? Your sister sold you out, so what's the point of you still holding on to something she gave you?"
Weiwei's hands were controlled, and the woman gritted her teeth and used brute force to pry her thin fingers apart.
"Let's leave here today. I've promised you a good family. Just forget the past, marry him obediently, and have children in peace!"
The woman smiled sinisterly. Since she couldn't raise the girl, she could sell her for money. This would make up for the losses of these years.
She grabbed a whitened plastic button and threw it into the stove beside her.
She widened her eyes slightly and watched the button melted by the fire in an instant. The veins in her body popped out. She suddenly grabbed the woman's hand, lowered her head and bit it hard.
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