PFC Chapter 12 Rescuing the Abducted Mother 2
Chapter 12 Rescuing the Abducted Mother 2
"Found it?! Where did you find it?"
Daya was somewhat incredulous that she could find such a thing, and she wanted to try too.
"Um...it's down that earthen slope at the entrance of the village."
With a reminder from the system auntie, Xiaoxiao casually made one up.
Anyway, that place is where the village kids play on the dirt slide, so it's normal for things to fall there.
"I'll go next time too."
As Daya peeled off the candy wrapper, she said excitedly.
When the lollipop was put into her mouth, Daya Mei's eyes narrowed, and her whole little face was extremely cute.
Little Xiaoxiao giggled as she watched.
Daya laughed too, and the two sisters laughed while sucking on their lollipops.
"It's so delicious and sweet! I wish I could eat it every day."
As Daya bent down to continue picking up firewood, she chatted with her younger sister.
"Er Ya, I'll go with you to pick them up tomorrow."
"Uh... okay!"
I felt a little guilty, and also a little sorry for the lollipops in the storage compartment.
"Little one, do you see that red mushroom? Go pick some more."
The system reminded Xiaoxiao to get to work in her mind.
Xiao Xiao paused for a moment, looking at the red mushroom in front of her that looked like a small umbrella.
She squatted down and picked several flowers. There were also some brightly colored and beautiful umbrella-shaped flowers nearby, which she also picked and put into her basket.
Finally, following the system's instructions, I picked some normal white mushrooms and wood ear fungus and covered them up to conceal the truth.
After working for half a day, Da Ya bundled up a pile of firewood and started walking down the mountain carrying a bundle of firewood that was taller than her head.
As she walked, she kept turning back to remind her younger sister to watch the road and not to fall.
Xiao Xiao felt a pang of sympathy seeing her seven or eight-year-old sister carrying such a large bundle of firewood. She asked the system auntie:
"Auntie, can I take my sister to the city?"
Xiao Xiao only knows that there are good things to eat and fun things to do in the city, and that life in the mountains is too tough.
"can."
The two sisters walked down the mountain together, one after the other, and returned home quietly.
While the adults were still busy in the fields, Daya washed her hands and began preparing to cook.
Xiao Xiao squatted on the ground, tidying up the mushrooms and wood ear fungus she had picked.
Daya turned her head and was startled when she saw the red umbrella in her younger sister's hand. She quickly slapped the poisonous mushroom out of Xiaoxiao's hand.
"Er Ya, this is poisonous, you can't eat it!"
"I know, I won't eat it, I'll give it to Grandma!"
Little Xiao looked up at Daya with a serious expression and said in a childish voice.
"Ah--this?!"
Daya was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at her innocent-looking younger sister.
She never thought of taking revenge on her grandmother, even though her grandmother and father always beat and scolded them. She never had such a rebellious idea.
"But you'll die if you eat it."
Daya squatted down, touched her younger sister's head, and said with a mixture of worry and fear.
Xiao Xiao glanced cautiously outside and said in a low voice:
"Sister, would you like to live in the city?"
"In the city?!"
Daya stared blankly for a moment. She had only heard adults talk about the city and knew it was good, but she didn't have any specific impression of it.
"There are so many delicious foods and fun things to do in the city. There are endless lollipops, strawberries, ice cream, and big chicken legs..."
As Xiao Xiao spoke, she swallowed hard.
"really?"
Daya stared with her big, dark eyes, somewhat incredulous.
"real!"
She swallowed hard and answered very seriously.
"how do you know?"
Da Ya looked puzzled.
My sister has never been to the city, how would she know?
"That's what Mom said."
She said in a low, mysterious voice.
"Mom—that woman in the cellar?"
Daya murmured something, then covered her mouth in terror, grabbed her sister's shoulders in fear, and her whole body was trembling.
Daya was unfamiliar with the word "mother." She only knew that there was a woman locked in the cellar, with disheveled hair and a terrifying appearance.
She dared not walk near the cellar even during the day, and sometimes at night she could hear a woman's sobbing cries, which sounded like a female ghost and terrified her.
"Yes, Mom is from the city, and she can take us to live in the city."
Xiao Xiao didn't understand why her older sister was so afraid of their mother, even though she had never seen what their biological mother looked like in the cellar.
In her usual mind, mothers are all good mothers who love their children.
"No...no, I..."
Daya instinctively refused, feeling both scared and confused.
She didn't know what to do, and her instinctive fear of change made her uneasy.
This is human laziness.
"Sister, think about how lollipops taste. Ice cream is even better! And cake, strawberries, and big chicken legs are all so delicious."
Xiao Xiao said enticingly, sucking on her saliva.
Daya was somewhat tempted, but a look of hesitation appeared on her face.
But she was still afraid.
She was afraid of both the unknown woman in the cellar and her grandmother and father at home.
“If we go to the city, we’ll have nice houses to live in, no one will beat us, and there won’t be endless work to do. Sister, you can go to school and wear pretty clothes.”
The little girl kept talking nonstop, and there was a clear softening in Da Ya's eyes.
"Then... what should we do?"
"Da Ya asked in a trembling voice, her heart filled with fear," she said.
"Sister, don't be afraid, I'll take care of everything."
Xiao Xiao patted her little chest and said calmly.
With guidance from the system's "auntie," she was full of confidence in completing the task.
Daya stared blankly at her younger sister, momentarily dazed.
My younger sister seems different from before; she used to only know how to eat and cry.
He speaks with such authority now, and he looks very intelligent too.
Perhaps, I really can live a good life in the city.
But the thought of the woman in the cellar filled her with fear, and she clutched her chest.
Looking at Er Ya, who was fiddling with the red umbrella, she said in a trembling voice:
"Er Ya, maybe we should just forget about it. Grandma and Dad will beat us to death if they find out."
“They won’t know, sister. Even if we don’t do it, do you think we’ll have a good life? Look at the women in the village, what kind of lives are they living?”
She looked up and repeated what her aunt had told her.
Then, gritting his teeth, he said with a determined look:
"Sister, you don't have to help me, but I hope you won't tell on me."
"No, Er Ya, I won't tell Grandma."
Daya quickly shook her head and said.
Although Xiaoxiao was somewhat disappointed, she didn't try to persuade Daya any further.
The system auntie is right. The children in the village have been used to being manipulated, and it's impossible for them to wake up all at once.
What she was going to do could not be kept from Daya; she just needed to make sure Daya wouldn't tell on her.
Following the instructions of the system aunt, she chopped up the red umbrella and put it into the mortar and pestle for crushing garlic, then laboriously crushed it.
Seeing this, Daya gritted her teeth, walked over, and said:
"I come!"
He grabbed the garlic mallet and pounded it repeatedly until the chopped red garlic was mashed into a paste indistinguishable form.
"and then?"
"Put it in a pot, add water, and boil it."
Little Xiao, with her hands behind her back, directed Daya to do the work.
Daya gritted her teeth. Since she had already started, she might as well go all the way!
In order to stop being beaten and starving, and for the sake of a better life in the city.
It boiled in no time, and an indescribable aroma filled the kitchen.
Daya listened to her sister and used a strainer to scoop out the floating debris from the soup, then poured the entire greasy-looking red soup into the soy sauce bottle.
They shook it vigorously to completely blend them together.
After finishing, she nervously wiped the sweat from her face.