Chapter 4: Midnight Fright半夜

In our villae, several people, like , sold oods, so we sotis went toether, while other tis I ventured out alone.

我们村里也有好几个人也和我一样去卖东西，所以我们有时候也会结伴而行，有时候是我单独一个人行走。

In ry, father was incoetent. We could only rit our teeth and endure the pain when we fell sick. Since I bean earnin inco for the faly, father was pleased that I contributed to our financial support, but he never considered .

我的父亲在我的印象中是一个很不称职的父亲，我们生病了，只能自己咬着牙齿扛着，而自从我开始能为家里带来收入了，父亲很高兴我赚钱养家，但是他从来没有为我考虑过。

As a teenae irl, out alone early in the rnin and late at niht, he never worried about safety.

一个十几岁的少女，每天清晨四五点和晚上十点多了还一个人在外奔波，他一点都不担心我的安全。

No, he never thouht about such tters. He only saw that if I rose early and stayed out late, I could brin re inco to the faly, and our life could be better.

不，他从来没有想到过这些事情，他看到的只是我如果起早贪黑就能给家里带来更多的收入，而我们这个家的日子就能更好过一些。

Life continued this way until one niht, at fourteen, I noticed a n followin . A straner tailin a youn irl would frihten anyone in the desolate woods and fields, with no one around at eiht or nine o''''clock at niht.

日子就这样慢慢地过着，直到我十四岁的那天晚上，我发现一个男人一直跟着我后面走。空旷的山林，无人的田野，晚上八九点钟了，一个陌生的男生跟着一个女孩子在后面走着，不停地跟着，谁能不害怕呢？

I realized that no tter which path I chose, he persisted in followin . Eventually, I hastened pace and sprinted ahead, terror-stricken.

而且我发现不管我走哪条路，他都始终跟着，后来我加快步子往前赶，飞也似的跑着，我真的怕极了。

Finally, I had put considerable distance between us and couldn''''t hear his footsteps anyre. Spottin a pond next to a field, I decided to hide there until the n left.

终于我走远了，后面终于没有听到脚步声了，我看到田野旁边有一个池塘，心里想着我就躲到那里去，等那人走远了我再走。

I threw ety shoulder pole into the nearby bushes and concealed self in a rass pile.

于是我就把我肩膀上的空担子扔到旁边的草丛中，自己再往草堆里一躲。

Hidin there in fear, I soon heard footsteps approachin, and I knew the straner was drawin near.

胆战心惊地躲着，终于不久就听到了脚步声，我知道是那个陌生的男人走过来了。

Silently