"Dumb?
Is it born that you can't speak?
Jiang Xixi asked.
"That's not it, he had a serious illness when he was a kid, and then he couldn't speak."
Aunt Yang sighed, "Don't look at the Jing family is rich now, in fact, this Jing Dashan man is a poor child, he couldn't even eat enough when he was a child, it is said that he once fainted from hunger, was thrown into a mass grave by his father, and after waking up, he crawled out of the pile of dead people."
After he was developed, he married his first wife, and Mrs.
Jing gave birth to a son and a daughter, named Chenjin and Chenyu, meaning that the house was full of gold and jade.
But I didn't expect the son of the Jing family to be dumb by an illness, but fortunately, Miss Jing is good at poetry and books, shrewd and capable, and takes care of the family affairs in an orderly manner, not losing to a man at all, which can be regarded as a little consolation from God to the good people of Jing Da. ” "I met this Miss Jing last night, she looks cold on the surface, but there is no shortage of etiquette, it turns out that this is the reason."
Jiang Xi sighed.
"Miss Jing is a warm-hearted person, but the Jing family has a big business, and it is not easy to control her subordinates, so she always makes a cold appearance, don't misunderstand her."
Aunt Yang said as she walked towards the inner courtyard where they lived, but Jiang Xixi stopped, "Auntie, I'll walk around, and I'll go back to the room in a while, you can greet Xiaoyi for dinner first." ” "Then you should come back early, and I will leave you food."
Aunt Yang smiled at her and turned to walk into the courtyard.
Jiang Xixi agreed repeatedly, but she walked towards the west side of Jing Mansion like a living wind, she had already heard that the granary was behind the west gate, so she made up her mind to go over to check after seeing Jing Yunlai.
As soon as she came out of the west gate, Jiang Xixi saw a large granary standing majestically under the blue sky, she took a cursory look, and the number should not be less than fifty.
Since the grain had disappeared, there was not even a guard here, so Jiang Xixi walked quickly into a huge granary and squatted on the ground to take a closer look.
There was not a grain of grain in it, not even a single piece of wheat bran, and it was as clean as a new one.
She frowned, something was wrong, if someone stole the food overnight, there would always be some missing, how could it be that this place was clean as if it had been swept by a strong wind, and there was no trace left.
"Traces," thought of the word, and she got up and walked out of the granary, looking down at the ground beneath her feet.
The ground was covered with the marks of ruts of different shades, and Jiang Xixi followed these marks around the granary several times to determine that they belonged to the same kind of carriage.
For a large family like the Jing family, the carriages used are all uniformly purchased, and the ruts are all the same, so the traces on the ground should be left when transporting grain.
Jiang Xixi picked up a clean stone and sat down, holding his chin in his hand and falling into thought, it seems that so much food was not pulled away by the car, but this is even more inexplicable, if it is carried away by manpower, how much work will it take, this is by no means something that can be done overnight.
Then there is only one possibility left, that is, this old man Jing didn't drop the grain at all, but he has no reason to spend such a lot of effort, he can completely not buy grain and release grain, so why bother.
Jiang Xixi really couldn't figure it out, she stood up and was about to go to other granaries to check, but at this moment, she found that there were half footprints on the ground in front of her, and half of that footprint had been rubbed off, but she could see that it was very small, not as big as her palm.
Jiang Xixi suddenly had a very bad premonition in her heart, she took two steps closer to the footprint, and then squatted down and gently gestured on it, it was indeed a child's footprint, the foot was not as big as Xun'er, and the age should only be three or four years old.
The most important thing is that the five fingers of this footprint are clear, indicating that its owner did not wear shoes and came to this granary barefoot.
Jiang Xixi's thoughts were suddenly dragged back to last night, those childlike shrill laughter, the small shadow hiding in the grass.
Her eyes widened, she gasped, and sat down unsteadily on her feet.
After a long time, she suddenly slapped her cheek fiercely, and scolded herself in her heart: Jiang Xixi, you calm down, there are so many Jing families, it is normal for a few children to come to the granary to play, don't be a soldier with everything, you will mess up first.
She took another deep breath, felt the cool air run down her throat to every corner of her chest, and then wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, stood up and walked step by step towards the depths of the barn.
Still, even if she pretended to be calm, her steps were still much slower than before, and even the air above her head seemed to become heavy, so that she took every step carefully, as if she was afraid of a heart-wrenching laugh or two wafting from behind some barn.
Jiang Xixi checked the granaries one by one, and found that these granaries were the same as the first one, not a grain was left, and her heart tightened more and more, because these empty granaries confirmed the idea that she had always been unwilling to admit in her heart again and again: these grains were all eaten, and there was not a single grain left to be eaten by the monster who ate people without blinking.
The sun climbed above her head, and the dazzling sunlight made Jiang Xi a little dizzy, she fixed her mind and looked at the innermost granary, this was the last one, although she had no harvest in the granary in front, but she did not intend to give up checking it.
Jiang Xixi walked to the granary, and was just about to push the door in, but his hand stopped in mid-air and did not move, as if he was being pulled by an invisible silk thread, and he was neither lifting nor falling.
She felt a cold sweat rise from her texture again, even at noon like this.
On the eaves of this granary, there was a black handprint, which was very small, and it was obvious that it belonged to the same person as the footprint just now.
Jiang Xixi tried it with her feet, and found that she couldn't reach the eaves with her height, let alone a three- or four-year-old child.
Unless he could fly off the wall, like he did last night, in the light of the calcium carbide fire, he had already jumped to the big tree where he was hiding.
A faint laugh suddenly came from the granary, which frightened Jiang Xixi, who was tense up, and almost screamed.
She didn't have a sword today, and if the monster was still in the barn, her life would be in danger.
Jiang Xixi didn't push open the barn door directly, she walked lightly to the back of the barn, where there was a window for ventilation, she held the window with her hand, lifted her whole body, and looked inside cautiously.