Chapter 16 Addressing the Problem of Left-behind Children
Early the next morning, when Li Yitian went downstairs to eat, he saw three children standing in front of their table stiffly, and Mo Lin and Wu Shuai had already come down.
At the moment, she was chattering something with Little Stone. After some tidying up, the three children finally looked like they were a little bit of their peers.
Zhao Xiaoyu, who has been sheltering the other three children from the wind and rain, is unexpectedly delicate, and his face is worthy of the four characters of eyebrows and eyes.
No wonder Zhao Xiaoyu always paints his face dirty on weekdays, if not, a boy with such a beautiful face is the favorite of some big people, and he will inevitably be quietly taken away by a spy to receive a reward.
There is nothing unusual about the dog's appearance, but a pair of eyes are extremely flexible, and Gu Pan exudes a clever and cunning cleverness.
The child who is called the big cow has loyal eyebrows and eyes, and his body is far taller than his peers, and I don't know how he developed in this environment of lack of food and clothing.
The last is the small stone, Li Yitian looked at the small stone and was stunned, this small stone looked similar to him, although he was still young, he had a bit of neutral beauty.
Mo Lin and Wu Shuai looked at him with a smile, and when they saw his sluggish expression, Mo Lin finally couldn't help laughing.
I have to say that Mo Lin is everyone's son after all, and his smile is also elegant, and his voice is like a silver bell.
But at this moment, Li Yitian has no mood to appreciate beauties at all, and Ren and a normal young man will be instantly depressed when they see a Lori version of themselves.
Wu Shuai added fuel to the fire, and said as if he didn't care: "Well, this girl should be regarded as a rare beauty after the show."
From this point of view, if Yi Tian does not rely on his status as a prince, he can enter the palace by changing into women's clothes. ”
Li Yitian was furious, and his luck slashed at Wu Shuai with all his strength, only to see Wu Shuai's figure flash and avoid it, and his body was really elegant.
And then...... Li Yitian withered again, and the attribute of withering after the Taixuan Sutra made Li Yitian feel pain all the time.
How can this be played, but there is still a little bit of young face in front of a few children.
Li Yitian hurriedly supported his body and pretended to be true.
Zhao Xiaoyu presented Li Yitian's money bag with both hands, and said respectfully: "Engong, the younger one and a few younger brothers and sisters spent a few dollars of silver to buy this outfit, and the rest are here, please count them." ”
Li Yitian waved his hand generously: "No need, I won't order it, forgive you for not having the guts." Mo Lin, take a look. ”
Mo Lin, who was snickering on the side, was stunned by his divine turn, and then reacted that he was taking revenge on himself, but he also found it funny.
So she opened the money bag and saw that the gold and the large amount of silver were there, so she nodded at Li Yitian.
Li Yitian looked at a few childish children, pondered for a moment, and said: "It is indeed not easy for a fatherless and motherless child to make a living, I will not tell you the big truths in books, but only tell you some of your survival rules."
You have stolen ten taels of gold from me, and if I had not found you, I would have deserved you to drink wine and eat meat.
But now that I've found it, are you going to pay some price?"
Several children had already been scared by him, and Zhao Xiaoyu's face was even more pale as paper, and there was no blood.
Zhao Xiaoyu said tremblingly: "If this master has taken a fancy to the small one, the little one is willing to go with you."
It's just that the younger brothers and sisters are still young, can you give the little ones a few days to say goodbye.
In addition, the small one can be sold and handed over to this younger brother. ”
With that, he pulled the dog and saluted.
The dog raised his head and pulled a smile at Li Yitian with red eyes.
In his small eyes was the bitter hatred that could not be concealed at this age, like a terrible ghost wailing in the sea of hellfire staring at the ghost pawn who pushed him down when he raised his head.
Li Yitian looked at the dogs and muttered in his heart, he didn't want to do anything to them?
Why did this kid look at himself like that. The eyes look weird.
Mo Lin and Wu Shuai were also stunned, and then Mo Lin reacted, and glanced at Li Yitian, the muscles on his beautiful face twitched, and he even gave up the demeanor of the nobles in the past to cover his mouth with his hands, for fear that laughing loudly would damage his image.
Wu Shuai didn't enter the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he didn't react for a while, but at this time, when he saw Mo Lin's reaction, he instantly understood what Zhao Xiaoyu was referring to.
Immediately, he slapped his palm on the table, and the wooden table in the Poor Blessed Inn was smashed to pieces by his palm.
Fortunately, the palm strength was downward, and the sawdust did not splash around, otherwise Mo Lin and a few children, who had no skills, would have suffered.
But Wu Shuai, who has always been personable, still laughed non-stop, and Li Yitian estimated that the smile of his previous life was half a step away, and this was the effect.
The two of them laughed wildly, but Li Yitian was still confused for a long time, and it was not easy to ask about the situation of the two.
I had to scratch my head and continue to say to Zhao Xiaoyu: "What kind of money to sell yourself? I don't want you to be a slave to me."
You don't have to bother, I'm still annoyed to take you on this tour. As for me, I've been reading books for a few years, and I'm a bit of a nerd who you look down on by the market kids.
So in this case, I will try to find you a job that will allow you to support yourself, and in exchange and punishment, you must not steal maliciously while you have a way to live, how about it?"
Zhao Xiaoyu didn't react for a while, and only a voice echoed in his head: "I don't want you to be a slave to me." ”
This sentence was like a morning bell ringing in the temple, striking the boy's disguised strength one by one.
Suddenly, he sat down on the ground and cried out with a "wow".
Li Yitian was even more confused, what is going on?
This is the dog coming back to his senses and knowing that he has misunderstood this ...... Uncle hurriedly explained: "Uncle, we thought you were going to take him captive as a child prostitute. That's why my brother is so sad, I'm really sorry. ”
"Uncle, ...... prostitution" Li Yitian felt that his heart had been hit by a double crit, and he almost wiped out all his desire to survive.
In an instant, Li Yitian seemed to have experienced all the ups and downs on the rivers and lakes, and just wanted to sit on the recliner carved by the jade carving in the house, drink a little wine and sigh with emotion: "This is the rivers and lakes." ”
Mo Lin looked at Li Yitian's loveless expression, and Mo Lin finally couldn't help laughing, his voice was like a silver bell blown by a breeze, and like a stream tinkling in the mountains.
For the first time, Mo Lin used the word "cute" for a prince. Mo Lin received the elite education of the royal family and nobles since she was a child, and in her concept, the superior only has control and benevolence, but to her own surprise, she actually has a feeling of "not bad" for Li Yitian's cuteness.
Li Yitian looked at the beauty and chuckled, listening to the ding dong of flowing water, and finally got rid of the depression caused by Wu Shuai's handsome face that laughed wildly to the point of deformation.
The second prince forgot the painful experience of being driven by Mo Lin and rubbing on the ground, and couldn't help but tease again: "Ah, look at how happy this beauty is smiling." Mo Lin, you don't like me, do you? ”
Mo Lin still smiled elegantly and stabbed him gently: "Anyway, I won't like prostitution, this kind of pickled thing can only be done by a mad coward."
Why don't you tell me a little bit about the fun?"
Li Yitian burst into tears, and once again had nothing to love.
After laughing, Li Yitian and the three of them began to think about Zhao Xiaoyu and their future whereabouts, Li Yitian had discussed with Shopkeeper Liu last night.
Shopkeeper Liu said that he wanted to adopt, but the burden of four children was too heavy for him to support, so he could only raise two at most.
And last night, the shopkeeper Liu said with a smile: "Although your sister-in-law's stomach is not angry, and I don't have a baby until now, I still want to leave a queen for the old Liu family." ”
Li Yitian secretly complained that he didn't know whose thing it was because he wasn't pregnant.
So it was tentatively arranged for Shopkeeper Liu to adopt two here, and in addition, Da Niu could go to Master Li, a blacksmith in the small city.
Da Niu is an extremely tall child among his peers, and he is honest and simple, and Blacksmith Li also had the idea of accepting apprentices, but he also has two children at home, and he can't afford it, so he gave up this idea.
Similarly, there is a Granny Liu who sells lanterns, who can adopt Xiaoshi, but the reason for not raising them is because she is poor.
In order to solve the economic problems of these families, Li Yitian plans to set aside ten taels of silver for each child for the family, saving enough money to support them until they have the ability to earn their own livelihood.
Li Yitian told a few children about his plans, and Zhao Xiaoyu said to the three children with red eyes: "Let's kowtow to Engong." ”
So several children knelt and kowtowed to Li Yitianxia, knocking so loudly that they couldn't pull it.
After all, what beggar has never longed for the warmth of home?
Seeing other children hurt and hungry and petted, but they have a big world, but they don't have a home, so they can only pray every day that they can be lucky today, and everything will be fine without being hungry.
Next, Shopkeeper Liu went door-to-door to invite people, made a table of wine and food, and said it at the dinner table.
Li Yitian took out the silver exchanged for gold, ten taels each, and put it on the table, then picked up the wine glass and said: "Elders, I met you Pingshui when I first came here in the next year, and I didn't know each other.
However, Shopkeeper Liu is kind and generous by nature, I know it, and I am willing to believe the people he recommends.
But the ugly words are ahead, if one day I turn around and find that some people have coveted the ten taels of silver and mistreated them.
Then even if you escape to the ends of the earth, Li will definitely make you pay this price!
Li is just a ranger, and he will continue to set off on the road in a few days, so he can only leave a small amount of money to express his feelings.
I'll leave these children to your care. He raised his glass and drank it all.
Among the several people, Blacksmith Li was a straight man, and he also raised his glass and said: "But please rest assured, Shaoxia, in the past, I felt sorry for the child Da Niu, this is a small family with a weak heart."
Today, with the support of Shaoxia, I will treat Da Niu as my own son. If you violate this oath, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky!"
After speaking, he also drank the wine in the cup.
Granny Liu also said: "The old woman has no children, no daughters, and no property, only a broken house.
But my wife, I feel that I can live for more than ten years and watch the little stone grow up.
Don't worry, the old woman will never be hungry for the little stone. ”
After the meal, they took the child and the money away.
That night, Mo Lin knocked on Li Yitian's door, and just when Li Yitian was fantasizing about whether there was a story to happen, Mo Lin leaned on the door frame and did not enter.
Mo Lin leaned against the door frame and said lightly: "I just don't know something, I'll go back to the room after asking." Of course, you can also order me to sleep. ”
Li Yitian thought to himself if I dare, and said stupidly: "You say, I will try my best to answer, but I will never answer questions such as the military situation of the Qin State." ”
Mo Lin ignored his poor mouth, looked into his eyes and said, "Why are you doing this?"
Why find foster homes for a few children, instead of just throwing down a few dozen truckloads of silver and turning around?"
Li Yitian replied as a matter of course: "Because I am a young man, a young man should be like this."
Throwing down a few dozen taels of silver directly will cause them trouble, not to mention, it is even more difficult for me to know whether my silver is a good person or an evil person. ”
Mo Lin looked at him, but she didn't see a trace of falsehood in his eyes, she couldn't help but start to be curious about this big boy, so she asked again: "So for you, what is chivalry?"
Li Yitian thought about it for a while, and blurted out a line in his mind when he was a secondary school abandoned house in his previous life: "Saving people is chivalry." ”
He scratched his head and felt that the momentum was not enough, so he stole a line from one of his favorite anime in his previous life: "The so-called chivalry, the murderer uses the sword to seek personal desires, and the righteous hero uses the sword to save the world."
In my eyes, the shopkeeper Liu who stopped us at the beginning, and the old man Yan who wanted to pay for the children's lives are all chivalrous.
In fact, there are not many chivalrous people in this world, not necessarily only in the rivers and lakes. ”
Mo Lin smiled and turned back, leaving Li Yitian alone to wonder if his favorability in the hearts of beautiful women had risen a little.