Chapter 37: Unlucky Star
The big bird took advantage of the early sunshine, avoided pedestrians, and flew along the mountains and fields, listening to the rain and gazing at the earth in the distance.
Finally, I saw the protruding stone under the big banyan tree. On the stone were written three words - Qingshi Town. Although the handwriting was sloppy, it was written with style and was quite heroic and majestic.
The brook gurgles, sparkling with golden light, wild flowers bloom on both sides of the riverbank, the town wakes up with the sound of roosters crowing, the men in the village walk on the country road with hammers, the women gather together and go to the brook to wash clothes, the smell of labor is everywhere.
Shen Tingyu sighed secretly, it turned out that the village was indeed simple and honest.
The big sparrow flew for a long time and stopped on top of a wooden box in a remote place to rest for a while. It was tilting its head to tidy up its feathers.
Suddenly there was a snap!
A round wooden cage fell on their heads. The big sparrow was startled and its wings trembled. It flapped its wings quickly but it was still a step too late. They could not dodge in time and each bird was covered by the wooden cage.
Shen Tingyu didn't hold the feathers firmly and fell off the big bird's body, with a thud... he fell hard on his butt.
Were they trapped?!
The little girl's joyful laughter fell from the sky.
"Great! I finally caught him! The method Daddy taught me is really useful."
Shen Tingyu supported himself with his elbows and stood up quickly.
While comforting the frightened big sparrow, she moved closer to the edge of the wooden cage. Through the gap in the cage, she saw a little girl wearing coarse cloth, about seven or eight years old, with two pigtails, walking towards the wooden cage step by step.
Oh no, Daqueer is in danger!
Shen Tingyu's face wrinkled, and she had an idea in her mind. She lifted the cage from the edge with force, and raised the cage, "Big Sparrow, don't worry about me, fly out of here."
“Don’t run!”
The little girl's exclamation sounded, and the tiny footsteps gradually approached. Shen Tingyu's heart rose to her throat and she became nervous. She urged: "Da Que'er, hurry up!"
“Chirp…”
The big bird stood beside her motionless, blinking its big round eyes, tilting its head to look at her, and spreading its wings as if to protect her.
Her heart warmed, but she didn't have time to explain things clearly to Da Que'er. She could only scold it seriously and let it leave first.
The big sparrow obediently crawled out of the cage through the gap, looked back at her sadly, and landed on the eaves in the distance, its small black eyes always keeping an eye on her.
Watching it fly to the distance of mid-air, Shen Tingyu felt relieved, released the hand holding up the cage, lay down skillfully and motionless, and began to put on the immobile rag doll again.
As soon as she lay down, the cage was opened a crack, a faint light came in, and a pair of bright big eyes looked over.
“Huh!”
The pair of smiling eyes curved their eyebrows, and a sweet voice rang out: "What a beautiful doll!"
The sense of loss that the sparrow had flown away in Gu Xiaoman's heart disappeared, and was replaced by full of surprise. He opened the cage and reached out to Chen Tingyu.
Shen Tingyu also took advantage of the situation to see the little girl's appearance clearly.
She has a pretty little face with thin cheeks. Her eyes are bright and clean like a deer. When she smiles, two small dimples appear on her cheeks.
Shen Tingyu was stunned. She thought that the one who caught her would be a naughty child, but she didn't expect that she was unusually well-behaved, and even the smile on the corner of her mouth was restrained and faint.
Besides being so skinny, she looked more like a rag doll than anything else.
At this moment, she was looking at him with curious eyes. He carefully held her in his hands and turned his head to look around at the first moment.
Then he lowered his head and whispered to himself, "You are so beautiful! Did your master accidentally leave you behind? Or does she no longer want you?"
Holding her tightly in his arms, Gu Xiaoman smiled sweetly: "Daddy taught me how to catch sparrows, and I caught a beautiful baby!"
"I'm really lucky today."
Shen Tingyu controlled her body, remained motionless, and let her hold her, seeing that she had completely forgotten the fact that the sparrow flew away from the trap she made, she smiled slightly in her heart.
I thought to myself, as expected! No one could have imagined that a rag doll could not only move, dance, but also talk.
She just had to wait for the little girl to put her down, and then she could slip away quietly, without anyone noticing, and no one would be able to discover her secret.
A little boy noticed her and laughed in surprise, revealing a missing front tooth.
“Boss…, Boss!”
"Come on, she's here..."
"I found it. The jinx is here. The jinx is here. Come here quickly... I've stopped her."
He put his hands to his mouth, opened his mouth wide to let out a loud shout towards the sky, and moved his feet slightly to block Gu Xiaoman's way.
Gu Xiaoman's face changed drastically. He immediately lowered his head and backed away to the other side of the street.
The world was spinning, and Shen Tingyu was hidden behind her.
The boy noticed her movements with sharp eyes, grinned, and licked his lips: "What are you hiding behind this? Is it something delicious?"
Gu Xiaoman's eyes dodged, he lowered his head and kept backing away, saying weakly: "No, I don't have anything to eat..."
Shen Tingyu opened his eyes, wanting to remind her not to retreat.
A group of little kids were running up behind her, getting closer and closer, and were quietly surrounding her. She might as well push down the little boy who was shorter than her and was still teething, and break out of the encirclement.
What are these little brats going to do?
Shen Tingyu felt anxious for her. Although she was caught by the little girl, she did not hurt herself.
And she could imagine what it would be like if she were really a rag doll.
She will definitely cherish and love herself.
pity……!
Amidst their laughter, the children surrounded them, clapping their hands to the simple beat skillfully, jumping up and down as if playing a game, and shouting in unison, over and over again.
"Hehe..., jinx, it brings death to my mother, no mother loves me, jinx, it brings death to my mother, no mother loves me, jinx, it brings death to my mother, no mother loves me..."
Gu Xiaoman had a look of pain on her face. She squatted on the ground, covering her ears and muttering something. A tear fell on Shen Tingyu's head. She said softly, "I'm not a child without a mother's love. I have a mother, and my mother loves me very much..."
"Wuwuwu... stop talking!"
After searching high and low for something, it finally came to me without any effort. Shen Tingyu frowned slightly. It turned out that she was the clue she was looking for to find the great doctors.
The unlucky girl in the original novel...
The boy, who was missing a front tooth, had his eyes slightly lit up. He remembered her hiding something just now and suddenly shouted, pointing at her and saying, "Boss! She's hidden something in her arms."
The leading boy paused and shouted at her, "What are you hiding? Hand it over!"
Gu Xiaoman, squatting on the ground, shook his head, his eyes widened in fear, and shook his head like a rattle: "I have no food! I didn't hide any food..."
"Then what's in your arms? And you said you didn't hide it!"
"Give it to me, you jinx!"
"Give it to me, you jinx!"
"Give it to me, you jinx!"
"Hand it over!"
“…”
Each cry grew angrier and louder.
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