Jiang Baige watched the child quietly in the dark, and occasionally heard the child talking to himself.
"Oh, I better go out early tomorrow! I can pick up more coal slag, maybe I can exchange it for rice with others, but I don't know if I can get it."
The puppy usually picks up coal slag not just to exchange it for money. As long as people give him something to exchange it for, no matter what it is, he will exchange it for himself, whether to use it himself or to sell it. At least he can support himself.
There are several factories in the city, and there is a lot of unburned coal ash from the boilers. In the past two years, the puppy has been picking up these to feed himself and has not starved to death.
Jiang Baige saw that the child didn't look like a bad person, so she appeared and came in from outside.
He raised his hand and knocked on the door gently, which scared the puppy who was cooking.
The puppy suddenly heard a sound and was so scared that he screamed and sat on the ground.
I was nervous, but I kept talking.
"Don't eat me, I don't have any meat."
He was so scared that he raised his hands to cover his eyes, not daring to look at where the sound came from.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Baige chuckled, "I don't eat people, get up!"
When the puppy heard her say that she would not eat him, he quickly turned around and saw a beautiful sister.
The puppy asked tremblingly: "You, who are you?"
Jiang Baige took a few steps towards the child before speaking.
"I am the owner of this house, who are you?"
When the puppy heard her say that she was the owner of the house, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
He secretly moved in, and this sister was going to drive him away.
Hesitantly, he said, "I, I, I."
He talked to me for a long time but couldn't make any sense of it.
Seeing that he was still sitting on the ground, Jiang Baige walked over and said, "Get up! The ground is cold."
The puppy reacted, was stunned for a moment, and then got up.
Seeing the sister in front of him, he was a little scared again. Then he stepped aside, leaned against the wall, lowered his head and dared not look at her.
Jiang Baige saw him like this and spoke again.
"Tell me! How did you end up living in my house? Are you alone or with someone else?"
The puppy lowered his head. He knew that what he did was wrong, but it was really cold sleeping in the woods. He didn't expect that he would be discovered by the owner of the house after only four days of secretly living there.
But he still answered in a low voice, "I am the only one here, there is no one else."
Jiang Baige looked at him and said, "Look up."
The puppy raised its head obediently, but did not dare to look at people.
Jiang Baige asked again: "Why do you want to live in my house? Where are your family members?"
When the puppy heard about his family, his eyes instantly turned red.
"I have no family. My father doesn't want me anymore."
Jiang Baige looked at him and heard that he sounded like he was about to cry.
Continue to ask: "Why doesn't your father want you? Tell me."
The puppy wanted to cry, but didn't dare to cry out loud. He spoke after a while.
"After my mother died, my father married a new wife, and he even said that she was our new mother.
"This mother treated us badly. She didn't give us food and even beat us. Later, I heard her say she was having a child and wanted to send us away."
Jiang Baige listened to the child's voice trembling, but she didn't disturb him and wanted to hear him continue.
The puppy continued, "After they had a new child, they sold me and my brother. But I don't know where my brother was sold to. The family that bought me made me work and didn't let me eat, so I ran away."
Upon hearing what happened to the child, Jiang Baige gritted her teeth and cursed in anger.
"This father is such a beast! He even sold out his own son."
"This stepmother is not a good person either. She got pregnant and sold Yuan Pei's son for money."
She watched the child speak and saw that his head was lowering lower and lowering, bit by bit, and it seemed that he was crying.
Jiang Baige originally wanted to drive him away, but after hearing what he said, she felt a little soft-hearted.
He said, "Are you crying?"
The puppy wiped his tears and looked up at her, "No, I'm very strong."
Jiang Baige saw him look up and only then could she see his little face clearly.
This child looks even thinner than Jiang Baiyang, and is malnourished with dry and yellow hair. It must have been a long time since he last had anything nutritious.
The child's hair is very long. It seems that he rarely takes a bath. His hair is in clumps and looks very dirty.
Jiang Baige sighed: "Tell me about your family situation, maybe I can help you."
She pulled a stool over, wiped the dust off it, and then sat down.
This child is so pitiful, she really wants to help him.
Jiang Baige sat down before asking again: "Tell me, what's your name?"
The puppy saw that the sister in front of him did not seem like a bad person, so he wiped away his tears and snot.
He felt very aggrieved and had no relatives to rely on. He was like a puppy that no one wanted and was wandering around.
Looking at the beautiful sister's eyes, tears were about to flow before he even opened his mouth.
"My name is Xiaogouer. My family lives in Huaqiao Production Team. My father is Li Hongxing, a villager from Huaqiao Production Team. A few years ago, my mother went to dig wild vegetables during the Spring Festival and fell into the water. She couldn't get out and drowned."
"It's just me, my brother and my dad."
"But not long after my mother passed away, my father married us a stepmother, saying she was to take care of us. But she had been married for only two days before she sold my brother and me off. They separated me and my brother and sent me to a village. The family there had no sons, so they wanted me to be a good boy with their son. But the man in their family loved to drink. When he was drunk, he would beat people up. He also wanted me to work, and if I didn't, he would beat me."
He spoke while crying, then pulled up his sleeves, and a long scar on his arm appeared in front of Jiang Baige.
The little dog said, "This is caused by the burning tongs. He heated the tongs red and used them to burn me to make me behave. If I don't behave, he will burn my face next time."
When Jiang Baige heard his story, her eyes widened.
"This guy is a pervert! He burns people with tongs."
She couldn't believe it. She had been here for almost a year and this was the first time she heard of such a vicious person.
Pull the puppy's arm and look carefully.
A long scar has formed into a thick scar. Once such a burn forms a scar, it will never go away for a lifetime.
Jiang Baige touched it and felt a little distressed. It was really pitiful. She didn’t know how painful it was at that time.
Then he asked, "Does it still hurt? Does it hurt anywhere else?"
The puppy shook his head and said, "He also beat me with a stick and it hurt so much.
Jiang Baige asked, "How long has it been? Does it still hurt?"
The puppy sobbed and said in a sobbing voice: "It's been half a year, and it doesn't hurt now."
Jiang Baige finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the pain was gone.
I thought, what kind of person is that? He hit such a young child so hard.
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