Chapter 2059
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The mayor even made fun of them as he spoke.
The mayor's words eased everyone's mood a little. Now, walking on the mountain path that went up and down was no longer as boring as it was at the beginning.
Most of the people stayed in Wuzhen. Only a dozen people followed them to Dali Village.
Fortunately, it did not rain during the day, so the mountain path was not slippery. Everyone was exhausted from the climb.
Two hours later, amidst the crowd's repeated questions about their arrival, the mayor brought them to a small village.
This was Dali Village.
Compared to Wuzhen, this place was even more desolate.
Even the mud houses had become houses that only the rich of Dali Village could afford to live in. Many people in Dali Village lived in shabby thatched huts.
The mayor went from house to house and asked people to arrange accommodation for Yun Jian and the rest.
Yun Jian and Liang Xiumin were arranged to live in the same house in Dali Village.
After the mayor reminded them, he went back to Wuzhen.
The dozen or so college students who were arranged to live in Dali Village were all told by the mayor that the children of these families would cross the mountains alone the next day to study in Wuzhen.
When the time came, Yun Jian and the rest would follow their children to Wuzhen Primary School to meet up with the other college students who were here to teach.
By then, the mayor had already left. Yun Jian and Liang Xiumin were sitting at the wooden table in the house they were arranged to live in.
It was already 11 o 'clock at night. The children and farmers in the mountains all went to bed early. They went to bed as soon as the sky turned dark.
Today's incident was sudden. The mayor woke up the people in these houses and arranged for Yun Jian and the rest to live in.
At this moment, Yun Jian and Liang Xiumin were sitting on the only two wooden stools in the thatched hut.
An 11-year-old girl with rosy cheeks and a dirty face was standing in front of them. The girl's clothes were faded. One of her big toes was sticking out of the shoe because the shoe was broken.
The shoe was also covered in mud. It looked like it had been worn for many years and was no longer fitting.
In this cold and windy weather, the little girl only wore two pieces of shabby and dirty clothes. Her small body could not stop shivering.
There was a rotten smell in the thatched hut.
Liang Xiumin couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose, breathing softly.
However, since she was lodging in someone else's house, Liang Xiumin was too embarrassed to say anything. She could only blame her father.
This is not a place for people to live! This was a pigsty!
After a long silence, the little girl greeted Yun Jian and Liang Xiumin fearfully. "Hello, sisters."
"Where are your parents?" Liang Xiumin covered her mouth and nose as she asked the little girl.
Yun Jian blinked but didn't say anything.
If one were to ask Yun Jian how she felt about this place, the answer would be simple.
She had once walked at the peak of the world, becoming an existence at the top of society that everyone looked up to but could not reach.
He had once been at the bottom of the valley. When he first joined An Hun, his status was even lower than a dog's.
Therefore, to her, no matter what the situation was, she could accept it.
When Liang Xiumin asked this question, the little girl fell silent.
Just when Yun Jian and Liang Xiumin thought that the little girl would not answer, she suddenly sobbed.
"There's only me, my brother, and my grandmother at home. My father is dead, and my mother doesn't want us anymore."
As she spoke, the little girl shrank back in fear.
Yun Jian and Liang Xiumin later found out that the little girl's father had accidentally been crushed to death when he moved rocks in town to earn money.
Her mother had run away with someone long ago and left the mountains.
There was only a bedridden grandmother to take care of. Not only did the little girl have to bring her brother to school in town, but she also had to work in the fields whenever she was free. Otherwise, the family of three would starve to death.
After the little girl finished speaking, Yun Jian and Liang Xiumin fell silent for two seconds.
"But Ying Ying, don't be afraid. Grandma said before that my mother will definitely come back!"
The little girl's name was Liu Ying. It was a very beautiful name. It was said that before her mother ran away with someone else, her father and they had asked a cultured person in Wuzhen to help them give her the name.
Liu Ying's eyes were clear and pure, something that other children didn't have. This touched Liang Xiumin's heart.
Yun Jian also blinked.
"Then where did your mother go?" Liang Xiumin couldn't believe that Liu Ying's mother didn't want her anymore. She asked again.
When Liu Ying heard this, she fell silent for a few seconds. Then, she shook her head. "I don't know, but my father said that my mother will definitely come back. My mother won't abandon us …"
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