Zhang Hongli's entire family went out to look for her, but they couldn't find her after searching for more than half an hour.
The main reason was that it was too dark, and it was cloudy today. There was not even a bit of moonlight, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. It was really not easy to find a child.
"Mom, where can such a young child go?" With so many people unable to find her, Zhang Hongli was anxious and scared, worried that something might have happened to Baoya outside.
Xu Laiying was also anxious. This was the child she had just bought for five dollars, and he disappeared right after arriving. If she really couldn't find him, wouldn't the money be wasted?
I was angry at myself for not watching carefully, and I blamed Baoya for running around. But no matter how angry I was, it was useless to regret it now.
Thinking about it, it was too dark to see anything, and it would be difficult to find a child. Besides, everyone in the family had to go to work tomorrow, so they couldn't stay here for too long. So, she sighed and advised Zhang Hongli:
"She's only three years old, so she can't run far. She might be hiding somewhere. Let's go out and look for her tomorrow morning. We're sure to find her."
"What if something happens? It's cold at night, what will she do outside alone?"
Zhang Hongli didn't want to wait any longer and wanted to go out and look for him again, but Xu Laiying stopped her. After much persuasion, she realized her mother was right and stopped insisting.
"Okay, go to sleep now. Maybe when you wake up, the girl will come back by herself."
"I hope so." Zhang Hongli wiped the corners of her eyes and comforted herself in her heart.
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After Baoya woke up, she left Zhang Hongli's parents' home on her own. She didn't want to stay in this strange place and wanted to go back to her own home. But it was too dark and she didn't know the way, so she could only choose a direction and keep walking forward in the dark.
It was so dark that she couldn't see a thing, and besides the sound of the wind, she couldn't hear any other sound. Although Baoya was a little dazed, she was still a little scared walking alone at night.
His whole little body was shaking, and he didn't know if it was because of the cold or fear.
The roads in the village were not smooth, full of potholes and many branches and stones. Baoya tripped over a stone and fell, hitting her hand on the ground. The pain made her almost cry.
She sat on the ground, looking around in a daze, and finally two tears fell from her eyes.
After a while, she wiped her face with the back of her hand and slowly stood up.
Come, put your little hands to your mouth and blew on them a few times, then took another step and continued walking forward.
This time when she walked, she tried hard to open her eyes wide to see the road clearly so as not to fall again.
I stumbled along the way and tripped from time to time, but fortunately I didn't fall much later.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Baoya felt her feet becoming increasingly painful, and her legs becoming numb, as if they were no longer her own. She felt like she couldn't walk any longer and wanted to sit down and rest. However, she was a little scared in such an environment and didn't dare to stop, so she just kept walking.
Fortunately, she seemed to be almost home, and she saw a candle light not far ahead.
Seeing the light, Baoya's eyes lit up, as if she suddenly had hope, and she seemed to forget the pain in her feet.
She kept walking in the direction of the light, and finally she got closer and closer and saw the house. However, when she got closer, Baoya looked carefully and found that this did not seem to be her home.
Although her mother always said she was stupid, she still remembered what her parents were like.
There were many houses around, and only the outlines could be seen. Baoya couldn't tell which one was her home. Moreover, her feet hurt more and her stomach kept growling.
Having not eaten and having walked such a long way, Baoya was tired and hungry and really couldn't walk anymore.
She touched her belly and patted it a few times silently to soothe it, as if asking her belly to be good and stop growling.
Although the weather in early summer has become hot, it is still a little chilly at night. Baoya hugged her arms and saw a haystack not far away.
The wheat stalks, freshly harvested in early June, were piled together for firewood, piled high like a small house.
She walked over slowly and saw a hole dug out under the haystack. She crawled in and lay down. Her small body nestled in the haystack, she immediately felt much warmer.
After all, he was only a three or four-year-old child. He had walked such a long way and had not eaten. He was hungry and tired, and fell asleep soon after lying down.
However, this time Baoya had another strange dream -
She was crying in the dream, and outside the dream, she was also crying out of fear...
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The rooster crowed, calling out the still-sleeping sun. The sky gradually turned pale, and the whole village began to wake up.
Yang Yulan was the first one to get up in the Song family. Because it was their third room's turn to cook today, she got up early after hearing the rooster crow.
got up.
I carefully put the eggs in the nest away, then swept the yard and did the laundry. By the time I was done, daylight was beginning to rise. People in the rooms began to make noises.
Yang Yulan washed her face with clean water, wiped it twice with a towel, and went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the whole family.
She rinsed the pot with a rag, then poured two large ladles of water into it and started to boil. When she was adding firewood, she found that there was not much left, so she put a large handful of firewood at the bottom of the pot and burned it first, then took a basket and went out.
The tall haystack was just beside the yard, only a few steps away. When Yang Yulan got closer and reached out to load the haystack, she discovered that there was a person sleeping inside her haystack.
The small body was curled up, looking like a child of only a few years old. She quickly turned around and looked around. Every household was up early in the morning and cooking, so there was no one outside.
Looking at the child who suddenly appeared, she didn't know what to do and hurried back to the house to call for help.
At this time, everyone was almost up. The eldest brother and his wife were washing their faces, and her mother-in-law Feng Guizhi just came out of the house. Seeing her panic, she frowned and asked:
"What's going on?"
The whole family gathered in the main room, with Baoya standing in the middle.
The adults frowned and looked at her in confusion, wondering where she came from. The children were full of curiosity about her, wondering why this beautiful little sister appeared in their family.
As soon as Baoya woke up, she was surrounded by a group of strangers and was a little scared. She timidly grabbed the corner of her clothes and dared not move. Her big eyes were red and looked pitiful and heartbreaking.
Chen Xiuxiu stared at Baoya for a long time, but still had no impression of her. She said doubtfully:
"Whose child is this? How did he get to our place?"
After a night's sleep, Baoya's hair was a little messy, and her clothes were stained with mud, but her little face was still very fair, and her big eyes were black and bright, making her particularly beautiful. If Chen Xiuxiu had seen her before, she would definitely remember her. But she felt that Baoya's face was unfamiliar, as if she had never seen it in the brigade before.
Sun Suyun was also puzzled: "I don't know. We haven't seen this child in our production team. Where did she come from?"
No one in the whole family could give an answer.
Seeing that she couldn't guess the answer, Chen Xiuxiu looked at Baoya and said, "Little girl, where are you from? Who are your parents?"
Baoya looked at her with her dark eyes without saying a word.
"Then you know
What's your name?" Chen Xiuxiu asked again.
Baoya still didn't say anything, her little hands tightly clutching her clothes and not daring to look up.
Sun Suyun frowned at the situation and said, "Could this be a fool?"
After she finished speaking, she saw her mother-in-law Feng Guizhi looking at her. She immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing, and she shrank her neck and dared not say another word.
"Could it be that a relative from someone's family got lost?" Yang Yulan, who was standing aside, thought for a moment and said.
"If that's the case, then when the family wakes up and finds the little girl is missing, they should come out and look for her."
In that case, it would be easy.
"Let's eat first. We can talk about it after dinner." Seeing that she couldn't come up with a result for a while, Feng Guizhi waved her hand and said simply.
Everyone agreed, and those who needed to move the stools moved the stools, those who needed to serve the rice served the rice, and those who needed to bring the bowls brought the bowls. Suddenly, the place became lively and everyone was ready to start having breakfast.
At this time, Baoya's stomach growled again. She lowered her head and covered her stomach with both hands, but it still kept growling.
It’s no wonder that the stomach is protesting. The child is so young and hasn’t eaten for almost a day. If this happens to an adult, they won’t be able to bear it either.
Feng Guizhi, sitting in the main seat not far from Baoya, also heard the voice. She was still a child, after all. Although the Song family was poor, they weren't so poor as to be short of food and mistreat a child.
She glanced at Baoya, then turned to Song Tianen and said, "Go and ask your mother to serve an extra bowl later."
Song Tianen responded, looked at Baoya curiously, and ran to the kitchen.
"Mom, mom, grandma said...told you to have another...another bowl." Song Tianen ran to the kitchen and said stutteringly.
Yang Yulan responded, then handed him the bowl of porridge she had just poured out, and reminded him, "This bowl is for your father. Walk slowly, don't burn your hands."
"Yeah." Song Tianen nodded heavily, then carefully carried the bowl and walked to a room to the west.
After serving the meal to Song Jianye who was recuperating in bed, Song Tianen stood aside and stuttered as he told him about Baoya who suddenly appeared in their house.
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