Aunt Mei glanced at her and said, "Oh ho, what are you up to, you little rascal? Do you think I'm discussing this with you?"
I'm ordering you to take care of the child, do you understand?
If you don't understand the instructions, you'll just have to wait to be sold to an old man older than your father!
As he spoke, he kicked Xiao Jiu in the calf and glared at him fiercely.
"If you don't feed him, if you don't take care of him, and this kid dies, I'll come after you. Anyway, I'm officially handing him over to you!"
Xiao Jiu bent over in pain, grinding her teeth in anger but helpless. It was only when she was changing the child's clothes and swaddling blankets that she noticed that the child's inner clothes and the change of clothes in the bundle were a set, and the colors of the swaddling blankets were the same. Maybe this was originally someone else's child, and they changed into a worn-out, inconspicuous outfit during the transfer.
Judging from the quality of the bedding and the soft fabric inside, the child's family must be quite well-off.
As a result, I was unfortunately kidnapped by those beasts!
She didn't have any baby formula in her warehouse. Although she had milk, she didn't dare to try it because babies have very weak digestive systems. In particular, milk is considered "cold" and not easily absorbed. If the baby had an allergic reaction, it would be a huge loss.
Fortunately, these people knew that the child they had managed to abduct couldn't die; they had to keep him alive to sell for money.
I don't know where I got some millet, but I kept making him rice porridge to drink.
Of course, after they finished drinking the rice oil, the remaining rice grains were divided up among them, leaving her with not a single bite.
After changing the baby's diaper and feeding him rice water, the baby finally fell asleep, but that wretched woman still threatened her to wash the diapers.
While washing, he mentally cursed their ancestors for eighteen generations.
The only good thing is that they all know the child is crying and no one sleeps in the same room with her, leaving her to sleep alone with the child at night.
Seeing the tiny babies, Xiao Jiu had no choice but to get up and go into the warehouse to cook rice oil made from a mixture of millet and rice after they fell asleep.
They had no food, and the rice oil they boiled was thin and watery, with no nutritional value and no effect. She cried every hour or so, and gradually broke down. So they had to go into the warehouse to boil thick rice oil, and they still used an earthenware pot to boil it. The rice oil they boiled could even form a skin.
After the rice porridge is cooked, let it sit for a while to allow the rice to settle. Then skim off the top layer of rice water, which is the rice oil.
After scraping it out, take it outside to dry to a palatable temperature, then put it in the warehouse to keep it fresh. This way, you can feed it directly if the child cries.
She didn't sleep a wink all night taking care of her child, and was exhausted the next day, but the child seemed to be in much better condition than the day before.
After all, the rice oil is quite sticky and can last for two hours.
Unfortunately, the weather turned cold today as it started to rain.
But this group of heartless people, in order to "deliver goods and make money" as soon as possible, disregarded the fact that the mountain road was difficult to travel on in the rain and resolutely made them wear raincoats and straw hats to travel.
Xiao Jiu had never suffered such hardship before. She had to climb the mountain while holding her child tightly in her arms, and the difficulty of it was unimaginable.
To make matters worse, human traffickers were watching her from both the front and back, urging her on, which made her very agitated.
He accidentally stepped on some moss, slipped, and rolled uncontrollably down the mountain.
Everything happened so fast that no one noticed how the accident occurred. By the time they realized what was happening, they were chasing after the tumbling person down the mountain, but the rain was too heavy, causing mud and water to flow down the mountain continuously. The person was rolling down the mountain at such a speed that they simply couldn't catch up.
Staggering, two people slipped and fell, but fortunately they didn't have anything in their hands and clung tightly to thick branches or bushes. Even so, one of them still fell heavily onto a tree trunk with a cracking sound, and a scream echoed throughout the forest.
As Xiao Jiu tumbled down the mountain, she instinctively protected the child in her arms, and the child's cries rose up along with the oppressive feeling.
After her body tumbled into a thicket, everything went black, the air around her suddenly turned cold, the rain disappeared, and as she felt weightlessness, the mud she had been rolling through turned into stones. She groaned and screamed in pain. In the nick of time, she entered the warehouse.
She sat panting heavily on the smooth cement floor in the center of the warehouse. The child was frightened, jostled, and even soaked by the rain. Without a second thought, she rushed to the staff break room to find clothes to warm him up.
After finally calming the child down, she began to change her clothes. Luckily, the warehouse had some of her old clothes stored there.
They couldn't care less about the human traffickers; saving their lives was the priority.
After changing their clothes and casually drying their hair, the two of them drank some warm water before slowly feeding the child rice porridge.
After the child finished eating, she carefully examined his body and found several abrasions and bruises. With the slightest touch, he would contort in pain and open his mouth to scream, which frightened her so much that she dared not move. However, the child's face had already begun to turn yellow, which was a sign of jaundice.
She sighed heavily, found some dried Artemisia capillaris in the warehouse, boiled a small pot of water, let it cool outside the warehouse to a temperature where it could be drunk directly, and then brought it inside to keep it fresh. When the child woke up, she slowly fed him the herbal water. It wouldn't cure him completely, but it would be helpful.
After finishing her fuss, Xiao Jiu cooked herself a bowl of hot egg noodles. Only after eating and drinking her fill did she realize that she seemed to have fallen into a place that looked like a cave.
He took a rechargeable flashlight from the staff break room, put on a staff coat, wrapped himself up tightly, and slowly left the warehouse.
As she stepped out of the warehouse, she nearly fell because she was standing on a steep slope. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and grabbed the stone wall beside her.
Shining her flashlight around, she startled the bats above the cave, causing them to fly around and screech wildly inside. However, none of them managed to escape because the entrance was too narrow—more like a passageway than an entrance. Looking at the only source of light, she couldn't help but marvel at how she had used up all the luck she had in her life.
Instead of going down, she went straight up towards the light. After finally reaching the entrance of the passage, she was surprised to find that the entrance was made of stones. Because of its age, it was surrounded by bushes and thorns, which was why she and her child were covered in wounds.
The opening was recessed, and even though she was petite, she smashed it during her fall, resulting in the irregular shape of the opening today.
It was very quiet around; apart from the patter of rain, there was no other sound.
The entrance to the cave was damp and covered with moss, with rainwater flowing in and down the steps.
It was pitch black inside, with steps wide enough for two people to pass through at the same time, and the air was filled with a heavy earthy smell and a sense of gloom.
Driven by curiosity, Xiao Jiu abandoned the idea of simply walking straight ahead and instead went down the steps...
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