A young boy from the 1970s, separated from his family, fled famine and led his younger brother into

The night was as thick as ink that couldn't be dissolved.

In the village at midnight, all was quiet except for a few sporadic barks from dogs, which sounded particularly eerie.

The gate to the Su family compound creaked open slightly from the inside.

Like a most alert cat, Su Nianci slipped out of the woodshed silently, pressed herself against the wall, hid in the darkest corner, and stared intently at the crack in the door.

After waiting for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, two dark figures, one tall and one short, sneaked in through the crack in the door.

The taller one was the man with the slick voice from earlier in the day, while the shorter one was carrying a burlap sack.

The human traffickers are here!

Su Nianci's heart almost stopped for a moment, but then an even colder calmness covered all her emotions.

She saw Su Weiqiang peek out of the house, make a gesture towards the two of them, point in the direction of the woodshed where she was, and then quickly retreat back in, locking the door from the inside.

This is to prevent her from running away, and to catch her like a turtle in a jar!

The two dark figures exchanged a glance, grinned maliciously, and crept stealthily toward the woodshed.

Closer and closer...

Su Nianci could even smell the sour stench of cheap tobacco and sweat on them.

It's now!

Just as the two were about to reach the door of the woodshed, Su Nianci moved!

She didn't run or scream, but turned and rushed to the other side of the yard, where there was a mountain of firewood and straw!

These firewood and straw, which were wet on the outside but dry on the inside because of the rain a few days ago, are Su Weiqiang's family's heating reserves for the entire winter.

Su Nianci's small figure moved with the speed of a ghost. She pulled out a small glass bottle from her bosom. This was the glycerin she had "taken" from the barefoot doctor at the village clinic that afternoon while Su Weiqiang and his wife were away! She also stole a small packet of potassium permanganate powder from the kitchen.

Having been a surgeon in her previous life, she was very familiar with these basic chemical concepts.

When glycerol comes into contact with potassium permanganate, it undergoes a violent oxidation reaction at room temperature and burns rapidly!

She sprinkled potassium permanganate powder into a hidden depression in the haystack, and then poured the entire bottle of glycerin on it without hesitation!

"laugh--"

After a soft sound, a plume of white smoke rose, followed by a loud "boom" as a cluster of purplish-red flames burst forth from inside the haystack!

Because the outer layer of firewood was wet, the fire did not spread immediately, but instead produced a lot of choking smoke, like billowing smoke rising straight into the night sky!

"Fire! Fire!"

Su Nianci used all her strength to let out a piercing scream!

The scream was like a bomb dropped on a calm lake, instantly shattering the village's deathly silence!

The two human traffickers who were about to arrest her were startled by this sudden turn of events. When they turned around and saw the thick smoke and flames shooting into the sky, they panicked!

"Damn it! What's going on?"

"We've been spotted! Run!"

The two men, no longer concerned with arresting the person, turned around and tried to slip away through the courtyard gate.

But how could Su Nianci give them this opportunity!

She screamed and ran towards the gate, shoving the thick, long bolt back in as fast as she could!

"Open the door! Open the door now!" The trafficker panicked and frantically pulled at the courtyard gate.

"Catch them! They're human traffickers! They're trying to take me! They're going to set my whole family on fire!" Su Nianci cried out as she threw all the dirty water at them!

At this moment, Su Weiqiang and Wang Guixiang were finally awakened and rushed out.

When they saw the thick smoke filling the yard and the two human traffickers trapped inside, they were completely dumbfounded!

"You little bitch! What have you done!" Wang Guixiang screamed, ignoring the injury on her hand.

"Help! Uncle and Aunt! They are human traffickers! They set the fire! They're trying to kill us to cover it up!" Su Nianci's acting reached its peak at this moment. She cried her heart out, as if she had really been terrified.

At this moment, chaotic footsteps and shouts could be heard outside the courtyard.

"Su Weiqiang's house! What happened?"

"Why is there so much smoke? Quick! Put out the fire!"

The village chief and villagers, carrying torches and buckets, quickly rushed to the gate of the courtyard.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Open the door! Su Weiqiang! Open the door now!"

In the courtyard, Su Weiqiang and Wang Guixiang's faces were as white as paper. They looked at the two panicked human traffickers, then at Su Nianci, who was crying "pitifully," and their minds went blank.

It's over! It's all over!

Looking at their terrified and desperate expressions, Su Nianci felt a chill in her heart.

This is the price you pay for selling me!

While everyone's attention was focused on the fire and the human traffickers, her small figure silently made her way to the gap in the courtyard wall. That was the escape route she had already scouted out.

She glanced back one last time at the hellish courtyard.

Under the firelight, Wang Guixiang's resentment, Su Weiqiang's fear, the human traffickers' despair, and the villagers' clamor... all of it seemed like an absurd farce.

Goodbye, you parasites who devoured my parents' hard-earned money.

Goodbye, my short and miserable childhood.

Without a second thought, Su Nianci turned around and slipped through the opening, her small figure quickly disappearing into the vast night.

She didn't stop, running northwards, rushing towards the direction her father had mentioned in his letter.

The night wind was icy, cutting like knives against her face. But Su Nianci's heart was colder and more resolute than the wind.

Her destination was only one—the Northern Military Region!

She wanted to find that uncle named Lu Zhenhua and tell him that his comrade-in-arms Su Weiguo was not without relatives; he had a daughter still alive in this world!

She wants to seek justice for her deceased parents and reclaim everything that belongs to her!

More importantly, it's about surviving!

Like an inextinguishable weed, it bravely faces the wind and snow, stubbornly surviving!