Dongzhang in the God Sculpture

A small village by the river more than 80 miles away from Niujia Village.

From a dilapidated, haphazardly built straw hut, two girls, one big and one small, walked out. The older one was about ten years old, with an abnormal paleness on his delicate and beautiful face, and the younger one was only five years old. She looks like a six-year-old beauty, and her face is still a bit of baby fat. There is no abnormal paleness on her face, but there is no trace of her face and lips. The blood turned red, and the two of them walked out of the simple thatched hut hand in hand. The younger girl looked up innocently at the older girl, and asked crisply:

"Sister, where are we going, Xiaoyao is so hungry."

Both of them were wearing clothes that were much bigger than their own bodies, even their shoes. One could tell at a glance that they were picking up other people’s discarded clothes or their own adults’ clothes. Only then did she reveal her tender little hands, and the big ones are a little better, after all, they are not considered short.

Hearing her sister's innocent question, the older girl looked at the river in the distance of the village with a tangled expression, then touched her sister's soft hair with soft eyes, and said softly: "Shall we go to the river to catch shrimps?" .”

"Okay."

Although I was already so hungry that I trembled even when I stood up, my sister was obedient and didn't say anything. She just held her little hand tightly and walked towards the distant river step by step.

When the two passed through the village, the adults they saw all avoided them as if they were avoiding the plague, while the children in the village grabbed the mud on the ground and beat the two of them one by one. While beating and cursing: "Oh oh oh, these two bastards came out, beat her, beat her..."

Seeing the terrified expression of the little girl, the older one had no choice but to take his younger sister into his arms and block all the attacks with his small body until the parents of the children dragged them away. We were able to continue walking to the river.

After struggling to reach the river, the little girl asked the older girl sadly, "Sister, why did they beat us? Did we do something wrong?"

Looking at the little sister beside her who was still in shock, the older girl gently wiped off the mud on her body, and said softly: "Xiaoyao did nothing wrong, Xiaoyao is the most obedient child, isn't she."

"Well, Xiaoyao is a good boy."

Seeing the innocent and ignorant look on the sister's face, the older child could only sigh softly. The two are biological sisters, the older one is called Lu Qing, the younger one is called Lu Yao, and the younger one's mother passed away when she was born. , the village began to say that Xiaoyao was the funeral star of Kemu. At the beginning, only a few people said it sporadically, and then gradually the whole village spread the rumor, and even their biological father gradually became dubious and angry. sprinkled on the two of them.

Human words are terrible, this is just a rumor of feudal superstition in later generations, but now it is not a future generation with advanced information, but a feudal society that is superstitious about ghosts and gods. The power of human words can destroy a person and a family , This is caused by ignorance and ignorance.

Later, even their biological father couldn't hold back the public opinion in the village, and quietly left the two sisters behind and disappeared without a trace. Fearing that there would be an ominous atmosphere, not to mention that the two sisters who were too hungry came to beg for food, it was already the greatest tolerance for the two sisters not to shake their fists at each other.

Two months after the father left, the two sisters had already eaten up the remaining food at home. In the past few days, the two small bodies have not had a decent meal. He can still grit his teeth and resist the first resistance, while the young one can't even stand still, but he still obediently accompany his sister to the river to catch shrimps every day. Barely able to change a bite of food in the village every day.

Even though it was an unequal exchange, ten or twenty prawns could be exchanged for a bowl and a half bowl of overnight rice, and it was Lu Qing kneeling in front of someone's door, and someone else threw out a bowl or two of rice, but that was also Enough for the two sisters to last a day.

He knew that his younger sister Lu Yao was so hungry that he had no energy left, but Lu Qing still insisted on bringing her with him every day for no other reason than he was afraid that he would be bullied if he left her alone at home.

Just like at this time, when my younger sister sat quietly on the stone by the river and watched me go down to the river to catch shrimps with a fish basket, I would feel inexplicably at ease, even though I was already dizzy from hunger, and the expression on my face He was sweating profusely, but for the sake of his sister, he had to grit his teeth and find today's food.

But today it seems that even God is taking pity on these two lonely and helpless sisters, the harvest is much more than usual, and each of them is full of fat shrimp, Lu Qing, who has been suffering all day, can't help but reveal With a look of joy, today the two sisters can finally have a full meal.

The harvest was more than half more than before, and he happily put all the shrimps into the fish basket. Lu Qing walked to the side of his sister who was about to fall asleep by the river, shook her small body distressedly, and said softly: " Yaoyao, let's go home."

Dazedly opening her big clear eyes, Lu Yao said to her sister in a childish voice: "Sister, Xiaoyao is so sleepy, just now Yaoyao dreamed that mother came back, our family of four gathered around the table, my sister ate While eating the big chicken drumsticks, Yaoyao also eats the small chicken drumsticks, it’s delicious..."

Hearing her sister's innocent words, her elder sister Lu Qing burst into tears instantly, and said with a sob: "Let's go home, my sister will find you chicken legs, okay?"

Looking at her sister who was crying silently, younger sister Lu Yao stood on tiptoe and wiped the tears off her face with her little hands and shook her head gently: "But Xiaoyao doesn't want to eat chicken legs anymore, Xiaoyao just wants to be with her sister."

Looking at this sensible sister who makes people feel distressed, Lu Qing couldn't bear it any longer and hugged his sister and cried softly. Feeling the slight trembling of his thin body, Lu Yao stretched out his small hand and touched his sister's disheveled skin. hair: "Sister, let's go home."

Wiping the tears off his face vigorously, Lu Qing stood up again and held his younger sister's little hand, showing a bright smile to her: "Well, let's go home."

And the younger sister didn't hesitate to smile at all, and gave her older sister an innocent smile:

"Ah."

It was night, and my younger sister Lu Yao had already curled up on the simple bed and fell asleep peacefully. She might have had some kind of nightmare in her sleep, and her little face turned pale with fright. Frowning, Lu Yao in his sleep seemed to feel his sister's gentle touch, and his trembling body gradually began to calm down.

And Lu Qing looked at his sleeping sister for a moment, then resolutely picked up the more than 20 shrimps caught today and walked out of the humble house. At this moment, there were still seven lively and fat shrimps lying quietly on the dilapidated table in the house ...