Chapter 39 What’s wrong with the child?
“No?”
Butcher lifted him up and stared at him threateningly with his two bull-sized eyes: “How dare you?” Are you disobeying Tu Ye and me?”
Xu Shuishui was not half as tall as Tu Ye. He was swaying on his feet and desperately grabbing his thick arms with both hands, trying to relieve the pain of suffocation in his neck.
“Yes, I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
"Are you going?"
When Xu Shuishui was about to roll his eyes, he spat out one word: "...Go."
Bang!
He was kicked against the stone wall. The severe pain caused him to convulse into a ball, his face turned pale and his lips were purple.
“You little bitch, you have to be taught a lesson before you will be honest!”
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Black Island is divided into upper and lower floors to hold prisoners, but it is better to say that they are exiled than imprisoned, leaving them to fend for themselves.
This black island is in the deep sea, surrounded by water. Without a boat to pick it up, even if it has wings, it will not be able to escape.
The island is basically full of rocks, making it impossible to cultivate and raise livestock. The water along the coast is turbulent. Without tools, people can only look at the ocean and sigh. Therefore, the people on the island cannot support themselves and can only rely on the Wei family's monthly grain ships. Food to survive.
The people on the ground have priority resources and living conditions, while the people underground are the leftovers, and their living environment is extremely harsh.
It can be said that the people on the ground invisiblely "rule" the people underground.
Although they are all prisoners, as long as there are people, there will be differences and classes.
"You mean, Xu Shanshan was imprisoned in an underground cave, while Xu Shuishui was on the ground?"
Fang Yingjie nodded: "Generally speaking, the old, weak, sick and disabled will basically be imprisoned. It is their rule to lock them underground while keeping the young and strong ones on the ground. Generally speaking, those of us who are in charge don’t care too much about these things.”
“Then why doesn’t Xu Shuishui stay with Xu Shan? Shan together in the underground? ”
Fang Yingjie said: "There is another situation. Female prisoners in Black Island are very scarce. If there are those who can protect them, they will be taken away and they will not have to do hard work. But Xu Shuishui is a young son and cannot lift his hands or shoulders. Of course, it cannot be on the ground, but Xu Shanshan exchanged it for Xu Shuishui to live on the ground. "
"What conditions did she give in exchange for Xu Shuishui?" Xu Shanshan asked him.
"This is not very clear. If Master Xu wants to know, I will check it out immediately."
Xu Shanshan thought for a moment and said, "No need."
Dangdang Dangdang——
Suddenly there was the sound of iron hammering outside. Xu Shanshan's eyes moved. Fang Yingjie understood and explained: "This is the hour of daily work. Once you hear it, you have to rush to the mine to move rocks and dig."
"Where is Xu Shuishui?"
"He should also be working in the mine. Prisoners here, regardless of gender, age or child, must work. If they don't work, they will have nothing to eat."
Xu Shanshan wanted to find Xu Shuishui, so she had to go to the mine, but she didn’t know what Xu Shuishui looked like. In her memory, she was just a white and tender dumpling, and she liked to hold the original owner’s legs and call her “Second Sister”.
Changing into prison uniform and combing her hair into a long braid hanging on her chest, she followed the team into the mine.
The weather is hot. Not only is the sun poisonous during the day, but there is also a hot and humid moisture that wraps around the body. It makes people feel uncomfortable just standing, let alone doing physical work.
But the prisoners here seem to have become accustomed to it. They picked up the tools and started working according to the assignments.
Because Xu Shanshan was a woman, she was assigned to clean up the tools scattered around. The work was very easy, and she was treated like a related household.
"Sister, sister, can you come here?"
While Xu Shanshan was looking for someone, a small and weak voice stopped her.
She turned around and saw a little boy. His face was covered with soot, his hands were dirty, he had no shoes, and he had a big head and a small body. It was hard to tell his age for a while.
He lowered his head, not daring to accept her inspection.
"Okay."
She approached him, but she never thought that the boy was startled, and he quickly took a few steps back.
“You, don’t you ask me where I want to take you?” She asked kindly: “Then where do you want to take me?”
He clenched his fingers nervously: "Someone wants to see you, do you want to go?"
"Okay."
Another "Okay", This made Xu Shuishui couldn't help but suspect something. He wanted to ask, "Do you recognize me?", but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed Tu Ye's people looking at him.
The threat there is self-evident.
He turned around, jogged a few steps, and looked back at her.
That little look is pitiful and tangled.
He didn't want to die. His eldest sister was still suffering underground. He promised her that he would grow up alive and then rescue her.
Children's thoughts are generally very simple. They will not consider time and changes, but will only move towards the established goal.
He led the way, and she followed.
Many working people saw what was going on here, but they didn't mind their own business, and no one would interfere with Tu Ye's revenge.
There is a stone forest behind the mine. Stone pillars of different heights form a natural small maze. The boys deliberately slowed down along the way, always wanting to delay, but the distance was so short, no matter how slow it was, Will arrive.
"You, you said you came to Black Island to find someone, who are you looking for?"
Finally mustering up the courage, the little boy asked, but as soon as he was exhausted, He became weak again: "I, I mean, I have been here for more than half a year, and I have met many people who may be able to help you."
"I have already found one of them. ”
The little boy looked up at her: "Found it? When?"
Didn't it just arrive yesterday? How come you found it today?
"I just found it, just when you came."
The little boy reacted slowly for a while and said in disbelief: "The person you are talking about...is me?"< br>
“Hahahaha, boy, great job, I’m telling you, women are the easiest to be soft-hearted towards weak children.”
A bald man walked out shirtless, with a group of younger men behind him.
The little boy's face flushed in vain. He stood frozen in embarrassment and shame, not daring to face Xu Shanshan's accusations and disgust.
"If you dare to refuse me, Brother Qi, then I will let you try what will happen to a woman on the Black Island if she has no support."
Master Tu strode forward. He stepped forward to grab her, but unexpectedly the little boy rushed up and hugged Xu Shanshan's waist, crying to Xu Shanshan: "Run, run, I'm sorry, I was wrong..."
"Just run." Why are you such a weakling? Now that you have chosen to abandon your conscience for your sister, but you still want to be a good child? There will be no good end for a person like you who has both ends."
He hit the little boy on the head with his fist, but the next second, a green-feathered bird flew out from nowhere and fiercely pecked the back of his hand, causing blood to flow out.
Seeing this, the others rushed forward, but before they could move, they were pinned to the spot by a strange voice that invaded their minds.
"There is no light in the eyes, and the sky and the earth are dimmed."
Their clear eyes were momentarily blocked by a layer of shadow, turning white, and then everything in front of them became pitch black, and they could not see anything clearly. .
“What’s going on? My eyes——”
They were all frightened out of their wits, holding their blind faces and shouting helplessly and in terror.
Xu Shuishui gasped in panic and stayed away from Master Tu, not knowing why.
"Xu Shuishui..."
He looked at Xu Shanshan in surprise, but saw that her eyes were like thousands of clouds over the Qinghai Sea, revealing a mysterious depth that no one could see through. She stretched out her hand towards he called.
“Come here.”
(End of this chapter)