Phi-Fic Chapter 13 Rescuing the Abducted Mother 3
Chapter 13 Rescuing the Abducted Mother 3
"now what?"
Daya's heart pounded like a drum, and she asked nervously.
"Sister, where can I find some thin wire?"
"Thin wire? What do you need that for? I remember it on the windowsill."
Da Ya asked a question and then ran to the windowsill of the east room, where a thin wire was wrapped around the window frame.
She took it off and handed it to her younger sister who had followed her.
"Let's go! To the main room."
Xiao Xiao excitedly took the wire; she was about to show off her skills.
The system assistant just showed her videos and diagrams, teaching her lock-picking skills.
After entering the house, Xiaoxiao squatted down under the cabinet, twisted the wire in her hand into a crisscross shape, and then inserted the wire into the keyhole, shaking it up and down and left and right.
Daya watched nervously and fearfully as her younger sister squatted on the ground picking the lock, glancing out every now and then with trepidation.
I was afraid that Grandma would suddenly come back at this moment.
"Er Ya, maybe we should just give up, Grandma will kill us. Stop trying to pry it open, Er Ya!"
"Sister, you're so long-winded!"
Xiao Xiao was also nervous. She searched for a long time but couldn't find the marble inside the lock, and her forehead started to sweat with nervousness.
Da Ya's urging only made her angrier, and she looked up and yelled at Da Ya:
"Go and keep watch at the gate. If Grandma comes back, call me right away."
Da Ya stomped her foot in anger and hurriedly ran to the gate, standing on tiptoe and looking into the distance.
Every now and then, he would urge them in a low voice:
"Is it done yet? Hurry up, Er Ya! Hurry up..."
Xiao Xiao is so angry she's about to explode.
She wiped the sweat from her face and, encouraged by the system auntie, finally hooked the marble.
Overjoyed, she trembled as she flicked the pin past the lock cylinder, then turned it and the lock clicked open.
"Ha! I really am the most amazing baby, I can pick locks now, Auntie!"
"Great job, Xiaoxiao! You're amazing!"
The system aunt praised without reservation.
Is it open yet?
Then I heard Da Ya's anxious urging voice again.
"It's open, it's open."
Xiao Xiao felt proud and happy, and responded.
Daya rushed in, her face full of surprise and excitement.
It's really open!
Can this tiny piece of wire really pick a lock?
How does my sister know so much?
That's really amazing!
Xiao Xiao opened the cabinet, inside were rice, flour, and a jar of eggs.
She went straight to the eggs, took out three eggs, and handed them to Daya.
"Sister, let's have some scrambled eggs!"
Daya took the egg with a mixture of excitement and fear, and said nervously:
"Grandma will find out."
"No, I'll put a few clods of dirt at the bottom, and the eggs on top will still be eggs. Grandma won't be able to tell. Hurry up and fry them, doesn't my sister want to eat eggs?"
"ah----"
Daya stared blankly at her younger sister, her eyes wide with surprise.
My little sister is so smart!
I never knew my sister was so smart.
How many eggs she missed!
She carefully carried the eggs to the kitchen and immediately started a fire.
After Xiaoxiao disguised herself, she also ran to the kitchen.
The original body was extremely malnourished and craved the delicious taste of eggs.
Upon seeing the fragrant scrambled eggs in the pan, Xiao Xiao's mouth immediately watered and her eyes lit up.
She kept swallowing, every cell in her body screaming, "I want to eat! I want to eat!"
The two sisters didn't even have time to grab chopsticks; they just grabbed the food with their hands and stuffed it into their mouths.
There was only one portion left in the pot, and Da Ya wanted to reach for it, but Xiao Xiao immediately stopped her:
"Give it to Mom!"
Daya hesitated for a moment, but seeing the determination in her younger sister's eyes, she had no choice but to compromise:
"All right!"
Little Xiao grabbed the last plate of scrambled eggs and, following the instructions of the system auntie, ran towards the backyard.
Daya hesitated for a moment, then followed behind her younger sister.
As they approached the cellar entrance, Daya nervously grabbed Xiaoxiao's hand and whispered fearfully:
"Er Ya, aren't you afraid?"
"Why be afraid?"
Xiao Xiao didn't understand why Daya was afraid of her mother.
"You? That woman, she's terrifying, like a ghost... she... she eats people..."
Daya covered her mouth and whispered fearfully while nervously watching the cellar entrance.
"will not!"
Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at her and said decisively.
Ghosts don't eat people; she is a ghost, how could she not know that?
Xiao Xiao ran to the cellar entrance and yanked off the wooden planks covering it.
Da Ya was so frightened that she took two steps back, staring at the dark cellar entrance with a look of fear on her face.
Xiao Xiao lay on the edge of the cave and smelled a foul odor. The inside was dark, and he could only vaguely see a naked woman lying on the ground.
"Mommy--Mommy--Eat, eat eggs."
She peeked out and whispered down below.
With a clatter, the chain slid, and Chen Qingyan moved slightly, as if she heard someone calling for her mother.
The voice was childish, with a hint of a child's tone.
She turned her head in confusion and looked up. A small head peeked out from the cave entrance. The face was small and thin, with only a pair of bright black eyes.
This is....
She squinted and stared coldly for a while. Was this Da Ya?
No, no, Daya should be older than her. This is Erya, the little beast she gave birth to.
She stared straight at her, her eyes cold and disgusted.
Unable to see the disgust in her mother's eyes, Xiao Xiao continued to shake her thin arms, desperately throwing the egg in her hand at Chen Qingyan.
"Mom, eat quickly!"
Chen Qingyan looked down blankly at the egg pancake that had fallen in front of her, then looked up at the little girl at the entrance of the cave with a complicated expression. Her heart, which had been dead still, skipped a beat.
"Eat, Mom?"
Xiao Xiao looked at Chen Qingyan with a puzzled expression, wondering why she wasn't eating the eggs since they were so delicious.
With a splash, Chen Qingyan finally got up, picked up the eggs from the ground, and swallowed them in a few bites.
After finishing his meal, he was still licking his fingers, seemingly wanting more, and looked up at Xiaoxiao.
"Mom, you can't have too much at once, or Grandma will find out."
Chen Qingyan's rationality returned instantly, and she realized that the child had stolen it.
She looked up at Xiaoxiao. The girl's hair was dry and messy, and her face was dirty. Her arms, which were lying at the entrance of the cave, were black and thin, and her little hands hanging down looked like chicken claws.
She moved her lips several times as if trying to open her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything.
The system will then remind Xiaoxiao to get some water to replenish her mother's fluids, preferably with a little sugar and salt.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiao immediately turned her head to look at Daya, who was huddled not far away.
"Let's get some water for Mom."
"Uh! Okay--okay!"
Daya was stunned for a moment, then ran to the kitchen after realizing what was happening.
Xiao Xiao followed behind. There was no sugar in the kitchen, so Xiao Xiao ran to the cabinet in the main room and found a bag of brown sugar. The system aunt said it could be used.
Xiao Xiao grabbed a handful of brown sugar and ran to the kitchen. She mixed the salt and brown sugar in water, stirred it casually, and poured it into a bamboo tube.
The two tied themselves together with a rope and ran to the cellar entrance.
Xiao Xiao was in front, kneeling and crawling at the entrance of the cave, while Daya nervously huddled behind Xiao Xiao, peeking down with a mixture of fear and curiosity.
As Xiao Xiao carefully lowered the rope, she whispered down:
"Mom, the water's here."
Chen Qingyan, sitting in the cellar, stared blankly at the two children busily working above, her feelings a complex mix of emotions.
The opening was just big enough for one person to pass through, and a bamboo tube filled with water was hanging down shakily with a hemp rope attached to it.
Chen Qingyan licked her chapped lips, got up, pulled on the chains, and climbed down to the bottom of the cave entrance.
Little Xiao lay prone at the entrance of the hole, and with the help of the light, she could finally see her mother's face clearly.
She was so frightened that her little hand trembled, and the rope and bamboo tube started to shake.
The girl behind her also flinched, covering her mouth with one hand in fear and tightly gripping her younger sister with the other.