Chapter 5 The first item that was successfully added
The carriage kept moving forward, but Zhou Tai had no intention of escaping. Being sold away, this was also a way to get out.
And if I run away, what if they ask Zhou Yong and his wife for money? I still hope they can keep the money they earned from selling themselves. And if I really run away, it will not be easy to survive in this environment.
But Zhou Tai soon regretted not trying to escape. In fact, there was no chance of escape at all.
At first, Zhou Tai wondered whether his destination would be a town dozens of miles away. Walking on the road for two consecutive days let him know that the destination was farther away.
After passing some villages and towns, sometimes children would be thrown into the carriage. The small carriage finally contained about ten children, both boys and girls.
On the first night of sleepover, in order to prevent any children from escaping, all the children, including Zhou Tai, were tied up and tied into strings with ropes, and they were never untied after that.
Perhaps to prevent them from escaping, the person who could afford to buy them for ten taels of silver did not feed the children, but only gave them some water to ensure they would not die.
That's not the worst part. People have three emergencies. After all, the tied children were defecated in their pants, and the smell filled the little carriage.
Zhou Tai immediately shouted to several men in black outside the carriage: "Someone is pulling!"
But the answer of a man in black was just: "Be quiet, I'm talking, I'll shut your mouth." Then, there were no words or any actions.
This made Zhou Tai realize that in the eyes of the escorting men, children like himself were no different from livestock such as pigs and horses.
In a bad environment, it is really important to maintain a good attitude. Zhou Tai is very lucky that his years of starvation and eating have allowed him to undress once every few days. In this situation, he can temporarily stay clean.
But if we don't give him food now, he should be able to last longer.
As for the children in the same carriage, Zhou Tai tried his best to kick them as far away from him as possible, but he had no choice but to tie them up next to him.
It’s not that fellow Taoists are dead or poor Taoists, nor that disadvantaged groups bully each other. It’s just about self-protection. It’s not about hurting others when you kick them, it’s about keeping them away from you.
Although the air was polluted, Zhou Tai, who had a good attitude, could still think that fortunately they were children from poor families. They didn't eat well and their excretion was not the top-notch stinky.
If there is one, there will be another. There are only faint sobs on the carriage. It seems very quiet. If it is not quiet, it will really beat people to death. Fortunately, people have a strong ability to adapt to the environment and their noses are used to it.
Over time, it becomes less unbearable.
Fortunately, it was evening and we didn't spend the night in the carriage, so we didn't have to urinate on the carriage, but we could only wear pants.
And one day later, children like Zhou Tai were resold again. No wonder they were not worried that some children would starve to death. It turned out that they would be sold in only two or three days. Later, the children who entered the carriage late were not able to stay in the carriage for more than two days.
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Before this reselling, all the children were carried to the river by a few big men and washed with river water.
Zhou Tai thought to himself, fortunately it was summer and the river water was not cold, otherwise children like himself would probably get sick.
And when Zhou Tai was thrown into the river, he inexplicably remembered a lyric in his mind: I am like a fish in your lotus pond, just to protect the bright white moonlight with you...
This is really not heartless, being thrown into the water is really not a good experience, but this lyric comes to mind inexplicably.
After this resale, the carriage was also changed. In addition to still not being allowed to speak in private, the living environment was better. They were fed every day and were no longer tied up. They were also allowed to relieve themselves. The only requirement was that they must be under guard.
within sight.
After a few days of this, the children like Zhou Tai were resold again. By now Zhou Tai understood that this second group of people were either middlemen, making money from the price difference, or they were like escort agencies, delivering goods.
These days, Zhou Tai didn't think too much about the unknown fate. There must be a road to the mountain. Thinking too much was just a waste of time. Most of Zhou Tai's time was spent practicing meditation.
I practice meditation and feel the spiritual energy lingering around me. Many times I can't help but want to try to inhale it into my body, but in the end I hold back and stop. If I can't bear it, I will mess up someone. I don't miss this little time, and I always feel like this.
Counsel yourself.
Even if you decide to start practicing on your own, it shouldn't be in such an environment. I wonder if there will be any abnormal phenomena that will attract attention, be interrupted by others, or problems may arise. After all, there is a word called obsession, and
I am a pure novice on the path of cultivating immortality.
In the hands of the third group of people, all the children were washed and put on clean clothes. Zhou Tai's fair skin was a bit eye-catching among the group of children, but it only made people look at it a few times.
His ordinary looks saved him, and two handsome boys were selected to be orphans.
When discussing where to send them, these people did not shy away from these children at all, and most of these children did not understand the fate they were about to face.
Although they were picked out, they were not sent away right away. Maybe the children were in poor health and needed to be raised before they could be sold at a good price.
The girls were also singled out and divided into two types: the pretty ones and the ordinary ones. All the children were divided into different types and sent to different courtyards, where there were other children of the same age.
Different courtyards have different treatment. Good-looking girl babies and handsome male babies have the best food and use. Ordinary girls eat less food, while ordinary male babies eat the least food. But Zhou Tai has the best food.
Among ordinary boys and girls.
But Zhou Tai doesn't envy those handsome boys at all. After being fed and raised well, they have to sell their butts.
The fate of my group is uncertain, and it is estimated that they will not have a good home. They are likely to be sent to work as coolies anywhere.
People with strength can be gentle to the world, but people without strength can never think that the world is gentle.
There were dozens of children in the yard where Zhou Tai was, and their access was restricted and they were not allowed to leave the yard.
It is most difficult to leave secretly. It will be easier to leave in chaos, but some children can create so much chaos. The best way is to set a fire. If the fire is big, people will run away, and the opportunity will come.
But when this idea came up, Zhou Tai rejected it. If you want to set a fire, you can always find opportunities and methods, but you don't know how many children here will die innocently because of this.
Zhou Tai is a layman and an ordinary person. It is hard for him to accept that he regards human life as nothing but a ruthless thing. Maybe he can be more ruthless in the future if he cultivates immortality and forgets his feelings.
If necessary, or if he takes action against someone who is hostile to him, Zhou Tai will not hesitate, but if he hurts many innocent people just for one purpose, he will not be able to bear it.
The methods I thought of didn't work, and I didn't have any weapons for self-defense. I always felt insecure.
Zhou Tai, who always carefully observes the things around him, paid attention to the house where he lived.
The house is made of wood. Although most parts are made of Ding rivet structure, there are still some places where nails are used. From the outside, the quality of the nails is quite good.
With a nail in hand, there is a chance to fight hard at the critical moment, otherwise the body of a thin child like myself would really be meat on others' cutting boards.
It took several days and a lot of effort to finally hold a nail more than an inch long in my hand.
When Zhou Tai held the nail in his hand, he habitually tried to add more points. Unexpectedly, he succeeded in adding more points.