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Chapter 16-16

Five days later, I was released from the county jail. Xiao Qian was released together, and the rest were still locked in. Xiao Wan was bitten by a dog and was seriously injured. He lay in bed and was unconscious.

In today's terms, Xiao Qian and I are both minors and are exempt from criminal responsibility. Xiao Qian knows where his home is, and his father is on the way from his hometown, preparing to take him away; but I don't have a home, and I don't know where Wang Xigui is now, and Wang Xigui is still alive. For so long, I have always regarded the circus as my own home, and later I regard Cui'er as my wife and the old lady's home as my home. However, now that the circus has dispersed, I don't know where Cui'er is, nor where the old lady's home is, and I have become a homeless person.

I didn't know where I should go, so I walked out of the county town and walked forward along a road. Later, the road became narrower and narrower, fewer and fewer pedestrians, the sky became darker and darker, and my stomach became hungry.

After the sun sets, I finally saw a village in the distance, but the village is not big, with only a few households. Two households had lights on the windows, and children cried. I wanted to knock on the door and go in and stay at their house, but looking at my dirty clothes and smelling the bad smell on my body, I hesitated. I thought, they would definitely push me out.

Later, the oil light at the window went out, the child's crying stopped, the village fell into silence, and the moon rose, illuminating the lonely village. Although the moon was a waning moon, the trees in the village were still clearly visible.

I guess they all fell asleep and sneaked into the village. Standing on the village road, I saw a family whose door was very high and had a brick and tile structure. This family must be the richest family in the village. I walked to his door and pushed it gently, and the door was bolted from the inside. This kind of door is very thick and strong, and the anti-theft system is complete. Even if you use a Bodhi blade to penetrate the crack, you can't open the door, because the door latch has a groove and an iron nail is inserted on it. Even if you remove the iron nail, you still can't open the door leaf because there is a door sill plate blocking it.

This kind of courtyard door was a door that rich people often used at that time. If you want to open it, you must first pull out the iron nail from it, pull out the door bolt, and open the door sill plate to open it, so that the door is opened to the inside.

The anti-theft function of this door can be said to be very complete.

But I was very thin and small at that time, so I could come from under the threshold. A wealthy family with such doors closed the door, inserted the door bolt, and then pressed the iron nail every night. They always had to wait until they went to bed before they fell down the threshold board. The wooden door was half a foot away from the ground, which was left for the threshold board and for the chicken. Because chickens were looking for food outside the village, they always came back until dark. When the door was closed, the chicken would come in under the gate. After the chickens returned home, the threshold board fell down and the family would go to bed.

However, this kind of door has a defect, and children can get in from below. At that time, I was very playful in my hometown. When I went home at night, Wang Xigui was angry with me and closed the door early and the threshold board fell. My child from Changgong and I returned home. If I couldn't get in, I broke a branch, reached under the threshold board, lifted the threshold board, and then drilled in. After drilling in, I put the threshold board down.

Now, although I have grown up, I am running around in the circus and cannot fill my stomach. After I open the threshold, I can still get in.

The moon rose above my head. It was about midnight when I got into the yard of this family and saw that there were five Xiamen houses in his house. Next to the Xiamen house was a low house, which must be the kitchen.

I walked to the kitchen door gently and touched the door where the door knocker was inserted, but it was not locked. Rural kitchen doors are generally not locked. Even when I travel far, I will only lock the house door and insert the kitchen door.

I lifted the door leaf so that the door leaf and the door shaft would not make a sound. The door leaf turned silently and I walked into the kitchen. There was a large chopping board in the kitchen, with a bunch of pots and pots on the chopping board, which contained salt, oil, vinegar, pepper noodles and other things. Next to the chopping board was a stove fire, with a pot on the stove fire and a pot lid on the pot.

As soon as I walked into the kitchen, I knew where the food would be hidden if I had something to eat. At that time, my son of a long-term worker and I went home late and always came to the kitchen to find something to eat. In order to prevent mice from eating secretly, rural people always hid what they had eaten in an iron pot at night and covered it with a lid, so that the mice would not be able to eat it.

I opened the lid of the pot with one hand and touched it with the other hand. I suddenly felt very happy that there were not only soft steamed buns in the pot, but also a plate of stir-fry dishes.

Before I could find chopsticks, I stuck the steamed buns in one hand, held the plates in the other, swallowed a bite of the steamed buns, and licked a bite of the stir-fry.

While I was eating and chewing, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the kitchen.

I was frightened, my body pressed against the black kitchen wall, and I didn't dare to move. The footsteps came to the front and back of the kitchen door, and I heard a man's mutter: "Why don't you even plug the kitchen door?" Then I heard the sound of latches and iron chains.

After the man inserted the kitchen latch, the footsteps continued to sound behind the house. Then I heard a burst of angry peeing, and then the man returned to the room with his shoes hanging down.

Soon, snoring sounded in the room, but I was extremely anxious and I didn't even feel like eating. Because I was locked in the kitchen and couldn't get out.

I was anxious in the kitchen and didn't know what to do. If someone found out that I was stealing from his house after dawn, I would be beaten to death. What should I do? What to do? It was very cold at night, but I was in a hurry and sweated coldly.

Later, I found that the kitchen had a ceiling window, and the ceiling window was above the stove fire, so that the smoke from cooking was wafting out. The ceiling window had a window sash, but it was not closed. I stood on the stove, and there was a bench on the stove. I stood on the bench and could reach the top window, then climbed up the top window and slipped into the yard.

The man's snoring continued. I unplugged the latch, opened the kitchen door, found a greasy cloth pocket from the kitchen, and put all the leftover steamed buns in. Before leaving, I took away the charcoal shovel in front of the stove. The charcoal shovel was about one meter long, made of pig iron, and wooden handles were used to add coal to the furnace. I used this shark to protect myself, and its length was just right.

I climbed out of the threshold and came to the village road.

I was worried that after dawn, the family would find that the kitchen was stolen and would chase me, so I continued to walk along a small path.

After walking about 10 or 20 miles, I came to a small hill. The moon was about to sink. I saw a house on the top of the mountain, only a lonely house. I judged that it must be a temple. Because no one would live alone on the mountain, it was inconvenient to farm and get water. But the temple was different. The temple was worshipped by pilgrims, so I would not have to worry about not having food or drink.

I came to the top of the mountain and saw that it was indeed a temple. However, the temple was dilapidated, the mountain gate collapsed, the gables collapsed, and only half of the big Buddha character was left.

When I walked into the temple, I could smell a scent of dust that had accumulated over the years. The breath stimulated me to sneeze several times. The sound of sneeze echoed in the empty temple, looking a little scared.

I held the charcoal shovel in my hand and looked for a place to sleep. It was obviously not suitable on the ground. If I fell asleep, a wolf would come and drag me away. I wouldn't know. It was not suitable in front of the Buddha statue. The feet of the Buddha statue were only one foot high from the ground. Standing on a platform, the wolf could jump up as soon as it leaped.

After searching for it, I found that only the incense table is the most suitable. The incense table is more than one meter high, and it just so happened that it could sleep with someone.

I was so sleepy that I fell to the incense table, with a greasy cloth bag filled with steamed buns on my head, and a charcoal shovel for self-defense in my arms.

I fell asleep quickly.

In my sleep, I saw me back home. Two children wearing crotch pants were sitting on two stone lions at the entrance of the courtyard of the home. One side, I asked who it was. The son of the long-term worker said that they were my two younger brothers. After I left, my mother gave birth to two younger brothers. No wonder Wang Xigui didn't save me. It turned out that he had two sons. I was very unhappy. I walked into the house and came to the kitchen. I saw a lot of delicious, steaming chicken, duck, fish and meat. As soon as I saw the delicious food, I forgot that Wang Xigui was not good to me. I stepped in front of the chopping board and picked up a roast chicken with both hands to eat. I just took a bite, and suddenly all the chickens and ducks on the chopping board came alive and rushed to peck me in horror. I ran away quickly, but the ducks still pecked on my butt...

The pain on my butt woke me up all of a sudden. When I opened my eyes, I saw that it was already bright and there were several people standing in the temple. Their heads were all put in front of my face.

A man with round eyes stabbed my butt with a gun barrel. He said, "This kid dreamed of something delicious. He kept touching his mouth and couldn't wake him up. Look, his saliva flowed and he was two feet long."

The rest of the people burst into laughter.

I knew they were making fun of me, so I was very unhappy. I said angrily: "I dream of eating anything, I don't care about your business. I just took a bite of the fragrant roast chicken and was woken up by you."

They laughed together.

A man with a long chin asked me, "Say, where did you come from? How could you sleep in a temple?"

I said, "Where did I come from? What's your business?"

The man with a long chin raised the charcoal in his hand and said, "This is my charcoal. Do you think about my business?"

When I thought, it was broken. I stole his steamed bun and charcoal crust last night, and the other person came to me. What should I do? Why did I just recite it like this? My mind quickly turned around and said, "Why is it your charcoal crust? This is obviously my charcoal crust."

The long chin said, "This brat is smooth and hard. The charcoal shreds in my house are made with the words "Chen Ji", which were made by Chen Lao Blacksmith Chen from Chenjia Village. Every iron utensil made by Chen Lao Blacksmith Chen is made with the words "Chen Ji". The old blacksmith said that if the iron utensils marked with the words "Chen Ji", if it is not used for thirty years, his family will voluntarily refund the money and give it to you. This charcoal shred in my house is still a foreign devil who came to Beijing. The year when the Lord Laifu fell to flee west."

It broke and hit someone's gun. What should I do? I argued: "My charcoal was also cut by Chen Lao Blacksmith from Chenjia Village."

The chin was angry, and he said, "What does the old blacksmith Chen look like? What is his son's name? What are the two trees in front of his house?"

I was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer.

The long chin said again: "There is also this cloth bag, which is from my kitchen, and it is hung on the wall to put garlic on it. Why did it come to you? Even this steamed bun is from my house. I can smell it. It's the smell of my steamed bun. Smell, please tell me if you stole my stuff, or you'll be chopped over with one knife."

I was frightened and dared not talk to him anymore. I asked Yuanying: "What are you doing?"

The round eyes shook the quick gun in his hand and said, "We are patrolling the night."

It's so unlucky. The enemy's road is narrow. He ran for 10 or 20 miles overnight. He always thought it was safe. Who knew that he had encountered a patrol patrolman, and he was the one among the patrolmen.

Long chin asked, "When did I steal my things? What else did I steal?"

I thought, I went to his house to steal things last night, but he was not here. It seems that he hadn't come home to see it yet. I thought about it and said, "This is what I picked up at the foot of the mountain yesterday afternoon."

He kicked me with a long chin: "Mom, this guy is lying all the time. Please pick up another one for me."
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