Chapter 8: The Child's Handmaiden
"The heart is dead, what is the use of saving her? ”
The woman looked at the figure engulfed in fire and said, without a hint of surprise, as if it had been expected for a long time. Li Beiyou frowned, she didn't understand that in his world, this kind of suicidal behavior would definitely not be praised.
"She told me a long time ago. ”
The woman explained again.
Li Beiyou was stunned, but after all, he has lived in this world for thirteen years, and he is still clear about the values here.
"That's fine. ”
Li Beiyou no longer insisted, this is her choice, as the woman said, her heart is dead, what is the use of saving her.
"But don't worry, I won't think about it, I still have two children at home, I am a widow, since the death of my head of the family, I have suffered a lot of white eyes, but I was despised by a few bandits, for my previous reputation, but so, a pair of children is what I care about, there must always be a hope in life. “
The woman's words made Li Beiyou fall into deep thought, Li Beiyou thought that he came to this world, although he was far away from the world he was familiar with before, but he still looked forward to the free shipping of the new world, even if he met this gang of bandits, and even if he would die before twenty-five, he never thought that he would take the initiative to seek death.
The fire burned more and more, and the stench of smoke and fire spread from the corpses.
"Little sir, little girl, I'll go home first, I haven't seen my child for some days, I miss him, I won't accompany you, I have the opportunity to come to Taoli Village, we will cook for you." “
The woman said with a smile, Li Beiyou could see that the other party was indeed relieved at this time, and the miserable look in his eyes had long since disappeared, and there was only hope left.
"If I have the chance, I will naturally go. When the time comes, I want to try my sister's craft. “
Li Beiyou said indifferently, with a sincere expression.
The woman also looked at Li Beiyou, and only felt that Mr. Xiao did not look like a thirteen-year-old child, but an adult man in his thirties, who had attacked and killed nearly twenty bandits, even if it was a master in the army, it would be difficult for him to do so.
The woman is also not procrastinating and tangled, and after exchanging names, she just turned around and left, chic and indifferent.
"Girl, where is your home, I will escort you home. “
Li Beiyou remembered that Qin Jin'er hadn't left yet, but after all, this was a deep mountain and old forest, and it was inevitable that it would be dangerous for a girl to go home alone, so he also planned to escort her home.
"Childe, do you know why that woman committed suicide by throwing herself into the fire just now?"
Qin Jin'er said with a complicated look in her eyes.
Li Beiyou was stunned at first, and then suddenly realized: "Then what should you do next." ”
Before Li Xiao's words fell, Qin Jin'er was already kneeling on the ground and said:
"Childe, I can't go back, I was robbed by bandits, and when I go back, my father's and mother's faces are also gloomy, they even hope that I have died outside, Childe, where you go, I will go there, although I have never done rough work since I was a child, but as long as you don't dislike Childe, Qin Jin'er will definitely take good care of Childe. ”
Qin Jin'er said with a crying voice, the pitiful look between her eyebrows and eyes made Li Beiyou feel uncomfortable.
Li Beiyou hurriedly helped him up, he thought that men and women were equal, and if a woman should not be a woman, he should kneel down to a man. He thought about it for a long time and said:
"Following me is in danger of your life, aren't you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid. ”
Qin Jin'er affirmed.
"Okay, you come with me, I'm going to Beijing, have you been there?"
"I'll go wherever Childe wants to go, and I want to go to the capital to see it!?
Qin Jin'er did not have the pain of leaving home at all, but was very interested in going to the capital.
"Let's go!"
Li Beiyou picked up his big bookcase, looked at the cave with thick smoke, and then walked into the mountain forest.
After all, Qin Jin'er has never suffered hardships, no matter how rugged the mountain road is, his feet are worn out, and Li Beiyou is not that careless person.
directly put down the bookcase horizontally, and took out some ointments from it, all of which Yu Jinxiu prepared for him.
"Sit down, I'll take a look at it. “
'No, no. “
Qin Jin'er wanted to excuse herself, but Li Beiyou couldn't help but say, so he took off Qin Jin'er's shoes and socks, revealing Qin Jin'er's snow-white little feet, but the soles of his feet had already ground out several large blood blisters.
Li Beiyou is still very experienced in this, took out a silver needle, broke the blood blister, and then took out the ointment in his bookcase, smeared it on Qin Jin'er little by little, and then put on shoes and socks for Qin Jin'er.
Li Beiyou's every action was very serious, and Qin Jin'er was a little fascinated when he saw it.
I don't know whose woman would be with Childe, if only I could be with Childe for a while.
Thinking of this, two blushes floated on Qin Jin'er's face, and his eyes were a little evasive.
"Alright. I'm sorry, but the main thing is that I can't carry the box on my back, and I can't carry you anymore, but I can walk a little slower. ”
Li Beiyou is not hypocritical, it's not that he doesn't want to carry Qin Jijin'er on his back, but because his body is thin and weak, and the bookcase is already heavy enough, he must not carry a living person on his back.
"You are a son, I am a maid, how can there be a son carrying a maid"
Qin Jin'er said as a matter of course.
"How can there be such a reason, I am no different from you, you are a human being, I am also a human being, I am not noble to you, you are not inferior to me, all beings are equal. ”
Li Beiyou said word by word, speaking very seriously, as if this was the truth he believed, Qin Jin'er listened to it like the waves in the sea, unable to calm down.
Because in Qin Jin'er's view, people are born unequal, some are princes and generals, and some are cloth and grass people.
Some should be brocade clothes and jade food, some should be coarse tea and light rice, of course, even sometimes coarse tea and light rice are a luxury. Remarks like Li Beiyou, if a person in his forties or fifties listens to it, he will feel that Li Beiyou is indeed a great rebellion, but for people like Qin Jin'er, who have not established three views, it is not difficult to accept, maybe this is also what these young people think at this age.
Li Beiyou was caught yesterday, and it took him all night to come out of the cave, and when he left the cave at home, it was actually early morning, and it was not a problem to get out of this mountain today.
In the afternoon, although Qin Jin'er's feet were inconvenient, he had walked more than ten miles, and Qingfeng County appeared in sight from afar.
Qin Jin'er is not from the county seat, her family is also a small town under Qingfeng County, and her family has dozens of acres of fertile land, although the family is okay, but the family is not close to Qingfeng County, and the family does not let her go out, so the last time she came to Qingfeng County was three years ago.
The two of them no longer walked on the mountain road, and the two of them also walked quickly towards the Qingfeng County.
Qingfeng County is not big, and the city wall is relatively low, but there are a few soldiers standing at the city gate, but these soldiers are no longer guarding the city gate, and a few people are lying in the hope of autumn and napping.
Li Beiyou and Qin Jin'er entered the county seat, they came over in the field for a night, although they ate some dry food after killing those bandits, but they were in a bad mood at the time, and they didn't eat much, and now they come to Qingfeng County to naturally have a big meal.
Fortunately, Li Beiyou himself brought a lot of money, and secondly, the net worth of those bandits was also divided among several people.
I thought I could congratulate a better hotel this time, no, it's an inn.
In the town, it was the first time Li Beiyou opened a house in this world, and this time it was the second time to open a house.
"Open a bigger room today. ”
Li Beiyou muttered, Qin Jin'er naturally understood what Li Beiyou said, but he didn't understand why he said this, he always felt a little weird, he just felt that Li Beiyou read a lot, it should be some kind of saying in ancient times.
This time, Li Beiyou did find a good inn.
Li Beiyou came to the counter with a familiar car. The shopkeeper is also a shrewd man, and he saluted:
"Little sir, there is only one room left at present, I wonder if the two of you can be together for one night. “
Li Beiyou frowned, why is there only one room left, since there is only one room, he is not the villain, so naturally he will not do anything to this Qin Jin'er.
In his opinion, it is nothing for men and women to live in the same room, he camped in a wild tent with girls in his previous life, and when he usually gathers, everyone gets drunk and staggers to make up for the night, but he never thinks about anything wrong.
In fact, the shopkeeper thought that the little boy of which family brought the maid to the county seat for the exam, this little boy did not bring the adults of the family, only brought a maid, and this little boy was also old, so he deliberately said that there was only one room.
If he says two, it will cause this little boy to be unhappy, and when the time comes, he will not stay with them, or stay for a few more days, he will lose, and the county will be a little more popular in the past few days.