After the ropes were untied, the two children sat up and removed the towels that had been stuffed in their mouths.
Xiao Guai said calmly.
"In July, let's search the house thoroughly and see if we find any tools."
The two of them searched the house together, but to their disappointment, it turned out to be a storage room that hadn't been used in a long time.
There was nothing to be found except straw.
In just over ten minutes, the two of them were already shivering from the cold, and then they realized where they were.
It was clearly winter, and the temperature here was obviously freezing. Although they were wearing cotton-padded coats, they still couldn't keep out the cold.
Both of them could hear the sound of each other's teeth chattering.
In the end, Xiao Guai and Qi Yue could only come to that window.
There was only one window in the room. The front door was locked, and the window was wide open with no glass or window panes.
Two broken pieces of wood lay across the window.
Although the window was wide open, it was too high off the ground.
The two little ones couldn't reach the windowsill even when they were on tiptoe.
The two tried twice.
"Little darling, I'll squat down, and you can step on my shoulders to get up."
In July, they made a decisive decision. Despite their young age, they are both mature adults.
Xiao Guai didn't back down either. July squatted down, and Xiao Guai struggled to climb onto July's shoulder while holding onto the window.
The two of them, trembling, finally managed to reach the window.
Xiao Guai clung to the window, peeked out, and immediately pulled back in.
"How is it? Can we get out?"
After Xiao Guai climbed down from her shoulder in July, she hurriedly asked, "The only chance for the two of us to go out is through the window."
But it's obvious that the fact that the other party didn't seal the window proves that there's something fishy about what's behind it.
The other party isn't stupid.
"Stop looking. I just climbed out the window and saw that there's a cliff behind it. If you go out the window, you'll basically fall off."
Xiao Guai sighed. When she saw that scene, she was terrified. To be precise, the little wooden house was actually built on the edge of a cliff.
The person who built the house is truly talented.
I don't know why this house was built.
The two little kids had no choice but to huddle inside the straw, where they finally felt a little warmer.
But I was still shivering from the cold.
The cold wind blowing in through the empty window was extremely biting.
"What should we do? If we can't get out of the window, we can just stay here. It's definitely not going to be a problem."
Xiao Guai pondered for a moment.
"Going out of this room is definitely not an option. Why don't we wait a bit? They're here to pick a child, right? They'll have to take one eventually."
Let's find a way to get Chunwang's brother to choose both of us.
Who would have thought that the other party would separate the three of them? Now they are separated from Qizai. If Qiyue and Xiaoguai are separated as well, the three of them will be stranded in three different places.
It will be very difficult to save oneself in the future.
July nodded calmly.
"You're right. How about this, let's tie each other up first."
Let's pretend we're tied up here and wait for Chunwang's brother and sister-in-law to arrive, then we'll figure out what to do.
That's the only thing we can do now; we can't push or break down that door.
Clearly, the house was more sturdy than they had imagined, and there were no other exits.
They didn't hear footsteps until dawn.
The two little brats were almost frozen to death. They looked at each other and pretended to faint.
The door opened, and Chunwang walked in with his older brother and sister-in-law.
"Brother, sister-in-law, these are two little girls, neither of them are even five years old."
I think she's quite pretty and well-behaved.
Take a look, since you don't have any children, pick one to take home.
Little girls are easy to raise. They don't remember anything now, but when they grow up, they'll definitely treat you like their own parents.
Chunwang's elder brother and sister-in-law looked like they had a mean and unkind face.
The older sister-in-law walked in, covering her nose with her hand in disgust.
"Why did you choose such a place? This desolate mountain forest ranger's shack has somehow led us here."
Where did the child come from? Who are his parents?
"Could it be some wild child of unknown origin? You know that, don't you?"
"What if her parents aren't good people, and this child grows up to be no good either? Then your older brother and I would be at a disadvantage."
As soon as Chunwang's sister-in-law Ximei entered the house, she saw two young girls, bound hand and foot, lying unconscious in the straw.
He walked over and forcefully turned the people over, removed the straw from their faces, and breathed a sigh of relief when he could see their faces clearly.
"Not bad, he looks alright."
But seeing that she's fainted, what happened? Did you get two sick kids?
If this is a disease, we don't want it.
We came back so we could take care of us in our old age and in our final days. How much will it cost to treat two sick children?
Chunwang's elder brother, Chungui, also squatted down and looked at the two girls.
He nodded.
"These two girls are quite good-looking, fair-skinned and clean-cut, better than the other children in the village. They don't look like village children, but more like city children."
She's quite pretty; she'll probably grow up to be a beauty, making it easy for her to find a husband when she does.
Upon hearing this, Chunwang hurriedly stepped forward and touched their noses and breaths. He felt that their breathing was steady and their foreheads were burning hot.
"Oh dear, it's so cold here. You must have caught a cold. It's nothing serious."
Go back, drink two bowls of ginger soup, and take some fever-reducing medicine; you'll be cured of everything.
"Sister-in-law, I brought these sick children to you for your and my brother's sake. The two children were fine the whole way here, they must have gotten cold just from being left here."
"Sister-in-law, think it over yourself. If you don't want it, I'll have someone take it away."
Chunwang was also very unhappy with his sister-in-law's mean face, as she would speak as if she were about to harm someone.
He wouldn't have brought these two kids back if it weren't for his older brother.
If these two kids are discovered, they'll be the ones in trouble.
“Take them both back. Your sister-in-law and I are not capable of raising them. You know we live off that little bit of land. We can’t even feed ourselves, how can we raise children?”
Chun Gui frowned. Although he wanted a child, it was still unsettling for him if the child wasn't his own.
"Brother, take one back with you, and leave the other at your house for now."
Li Daxing's family in the village also needed a child and wanted to find a child bride for their mentally challenged son.
"I've already discussed this with him; they'll take the child away for 500 yuan."
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