"Okay, it's up to you." Qiao Xinyi smiled, then parked the bicycle in front of the Li family's door and simply walked over with Qiao Yunsong.
Li Xiuying didn't even have time to go home to put her schoolbag away, she just followed along with the others carrying it.
Coincidentally, when Qiao Xinyi and the others arrived, Qiao Laiwang had just returned from get off work. He had just walked in and was about to close the door when Qiao Xinyi leaned against it.
"Qiao Laiwang, don't rush to close the door~"
When Qiao Laiwang heard Qiao Xinyi's voice, he shuddered all over and asked stutteringly, "Why are you here again?"
Qiao Xinyi didn't go any further in. She put one foot on the threshold and one foot outside the door, refusing to let Qiao Laiwang close the door and going in herself.
"I'm here again, of course I'm coming to see you." Qiao Xinyi rolled her eyes at him.
At noon he looked as if he had been badly hit, but now he seems to be alive again.
Selfish people can adjust themselves really quickly.
"I came here specifically to tell you that Qiao Yunsong has been found." Qiao Xinyi waved at Qiao Yunsong who was standing with Li Xiuying.
Qiao Yunsong walked towards Qiao Xinyi, while Li Xiuying still stood there.
A neighbor asked Li Xiuying what Qiao Xinyi was doing here, and Li Xiuying immediately started announcing in a loud voice that Qiao Xinyi's brother Qiao Yunsong had been found.
"So soon? We just heard at noon that her older brother was sold by her grandmother's family, and now he's found?" The neighbors were so surprised.
“In fact, Qiao Yunsong had already fled back to the provincial capital, but he thought Aunt Chen agreed to sell him off, so he would rather live under the bridge and wander around than go home.
It was only then that he saw the flyers distributed by Sister Xinyi and realized that his family had been looking for him. Later, after listening to Sister Xinyi, he realized that he had misunderstood him, so he followed Sister Xinyi back home. ”
After Li Xiuying finished speaking, she ignored those who were still asking questions, and watched Qiao Xinyi and Qiao Yunsong carefully.
After Qiao Xinyi called Qiao Yunsong over, she said, "Tell everyone what you've been through in the past eleven years since you were sold. There's no need to hide it. You don't have to only report good news and not bad news. Just tell us what hardships and difficulties you've had."
Qiao Xinyi added, "Tell him everything you dare not tell me or let me know!"
Qiao Yunsong suddenly raised his head and looked at Qiao Xinyi, seeming to be very surprised how she knew that he had hidden many things that he was afraid to let his mother know?
For example, he once got burned on the waist by a fire poker and nearly died, and he was afraid that telling his mother would be sad.
For example, he was forced by the village bully to jump into the river in the middle of winter. He would rather freeze to death in the river in the cold winter than become the plaything of that beast.
Qiao Yunsong never mentioned such things to anyone after he left those disgusting places.
Qiao Xinyi gently touched his head and asked, "Do you remember what Sister Lu Xiao said to you?"
Qiao Yunsong nodded vigorously, and then said, "Then let's start from what happened after Chen Ju's family sold it."
"Chen Ju and Qiao Dongmei sent 놖 to Jiao's house and then left. 놖 went home crying and making a fuss. Old Mrs. Jiao slapped 놖 in the face and then made her drink something. 놖 passed out soon after.
"The first time I woke up was on the train. I vaguely heard Old Lady Jiao talking to a man. The man looked down on me because I was too old, and the two were bargaining."
"When I woke up the second time, I was already at my first foster parents' house. From what they told me, I learned that the water I drank the second time had too much medicine in it, and I slept for two days."
"When they saw that 놖 was awake, they called 놆놖 their parents and asked 놖 to call them instead. 놖 refused, so they scolded 놖 and then refused to give 놖 food, saying that 놖 would beg them someday."
"I carried it for three times in a row, and my adoptive father got so angry that he dragged me into the cellar and beat me up."
"That was the first time I knew what it felt like to have a broken bone. It was here." Qiao Yunsong pointed at the area below his chest. "I was kicked here and it hurt so much that I couldn't stand up. I couldn't even breathe. I thought I would really die there."
"His wife tried to stop him, but she didn't feel bad for him, but for the money. She was afraid that if she beat him to death, the money she had spent on buying him would be wasted."
"I lay in the cellar for seven or eight days, drinking rice soup every day. I didn't even eat anything to relieve my thirst. When I felt a little better, they pulled me out of the cellar and made me work."
"They never let you have a full meal for fear that you would run away."
"They asked her to light the fire and cook, to feed the pigs and chickens, and to chop wood, but she didn't know how to do it. If she didn't do one thing well, the man would hit her with a fire stick."
Qiao Yunsong rolled up his shirt to reveal a fist-sized scar on his lower back.
Everyone's eyes fell on the scar, and everyone's heart suddenly tightened.
It is said that children have good recovery abilities. Qiao Yunsong was only six years old when he was injured, but even after eleven years, the scar is still very horrifying.
That patch of skin was wrinkled and darker in color than the skin around it. If you looked closely, you could almost see the texture of the fire tongs left on the skin.
"This man accidentally broke an egg and burned it with the tongs, saying that he would teach him a lesson."
"Because the wound became inflamed and festering, 놖 had a fever for several days and was unconscious. They were afraid that if 놖 died, they would lose money, so they called the acquaintance who sold 놖 to them in the first place, and returned 놖 to someone else, asking him to sell 놖 for them. They would accept whatever they could get back."
"The family said that 놖 is old and can remember things, and refused to call them mom and dad, saying that 놖 is hard to raise. They also dislike 놖 because she is clumsy and can't work and only makes them angry, so they want to sell 놖 quickly and buy a younger one."
"After the uncle took 놖 home, he found a local doctor and gave 놖 some antipyretic medicine. After 놖 woke up, the uncle told 놖 that 놖 had been sold by her family. Her parents no longer cared about her, so why was she still thinking about her family?
It is said that if you have been sold and you still can't learn how to speak sweetly to please your future parents, you will have endless suffering in this life and will die sooner or later. ”
Even though it had been eleven years, Qiao Yunsong would never forget the feeling he had when he lay in bed with no willpower.
What are people who are not afraid of death most afraid of?
The most frightening thing is worse than death.
In their eyes, he was a commodity. How could they possibly let him become a money-losing commodity?
"Two months after the fever subsided, she was sold to another province. This time, she was sold to the north, where it was freezing cold. When she arrived at her new home, it was still snowing and she was only wearing a long-sleeved shirt."
"In order to avoid being beaten, I learned my lesson this time. I called them dad and mom when I met them, and tried hard to learn their jobs. I acted like I was useful, so that they would feel that the money I spent on me was worth it, and that they would feel that I was not a good person and could not be tamed without them."
"At first, it was just hard work, but then I got frostbite and it itched all night, so I couldn't sleep well. My feet were so uncomfortable that I didn't dare to step on the ground."
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