Chapter 356: Almsgiving
But it is obvious that compared to Lin Zhen'er, Lin Ying'er is smarter and more generous.
Chu Xiaoxiao smiled coldly, "Lin Ying'er has been dormant for so many years, and now I'm afraid that the picture is not small." ”
In the blink of an eye, it was already night, because today was the Hundred Flowers Festival, so there was no curfew, whether it was the ladies or the sons of the family, or the ordinary poor people, they were still walking around the city.
Because today is the Hundred Flowers Festival and the Daughter's Day after all, Chu Xiaoxiao also followed the trend and went to Xingyue Lake in the city to put lanterns.
"Miss......" Yizhu made a bitter face, and his arms were full of things that Chu Xiaoxiao bought.
Chu Xiaoxiao's martial arts are strong, and her physical strength is far from being comparable to that of an ordinary weak woman like Yizhu. Chu Xiaoxiao didn't feel tired after walking around all afternoon, but Yizhu couldn't stand it anymore.
Hearing Yizhu's voice, Chu Xiaoxiao also realized this, looking at the things in Yizhu's arms, there was some guilt in her eyes.
"Give me something. Chu Xiaoxiao said.
Hearing Chu Xiaoxiao say this, Yizhu was startled, and then hurriedly said: "No, no, no, how can you let Miss take something." ”
Chu Xiaoxiao looked at the pile of things in Yizhu's arms, and she was also very helpless.
In fact, Chu Xiaoxiao can't eat these things, but when she comes out to play, she always can't help but buy things, which is a common problem for women in any era and place.
"Give it to me. Chu Xiaoxiao didn't say more, and directly reached out to take several large bags of things in Yizhu's arms, rolled her eyes, and then walked directly to a corner.
"Miss?" Yizhu was puzzled, and hurriedly walked over.
I saw Chu Xiaoxiao walk into a small alley, there were a few dirty-looking children in the alley, the oldest looked like he was in his teens, and the youngest was only three or four years old, five or six children were huddled together, and at first glance, when they saw Chu Xiaoxiao such an extraordinarily dressed woman walking in, several children were startled.
Yizhu was also taken aback, and hurriedly went to pull Chu Xiaoxiao's cuffs, "Miss, these children ......"
Chu Xiaoxiao hugged a bunch of things, and after glancing at Yizhu, she paused and put the things in front of a few children.
She wasn't a very sympathetic person, but since she wouldn't eat these things in the first place, it was better to give them to the children than to throw them away.
However, Chu Xiaoxiao was not ready to say something more high-sounding, and after putting the things down, she patted the hem of her clothes, got up and left.
"Pretty sister!"
Just as Chu Xiaoxiao turned around, one of the biggest children in the corner suddenly screamed.
"Huh?" Chu Xiaoxiao was a little surprised, she didn't expect that these seemingly timid children would take the initiative to talk to her, so she couldn't help but turn her head to look over.
The person who talked to Chu Xiaoxiao was a boy who looked only eleven or twelve years old, his face was dirty and he couldn't see his appearance, but his eyes were shining and extremely bright.
"You called me something?" Chu Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and said.
The boy picked up the things that Chu Xiaoxiao had just put down and handed them to the few children behind him, a few of the younger ones had already gobbled them up, and a child who looked to be seven or eight years old took out a piece from the snack bag and wanted to hand it to the eldest boy.
"I'm ......" The little boy just hesitated slightly, then stood up and looked at Chu Xiaoxiao and said, "You are a nobleman, can you ...... Can you take us in?"
Hearing this, Chu Xiaoxiao's eyebrows raised higher, but she didn't speak.
Seeing that Chu Xiaoxiao was silent, the little boy panicked all of a sudden, and hurriedly said: "We can all work, we can't eat rice, as long as we ...... As long as you can give your mouth food, really, we are not afraid of tiredness, and we can do any job......"
"Can you do any job?" The expression on Chu Xiaoxiao's face was a little playful, but her eyes looked at the children behind the little boy.
Because the alley was very dim, Chu Xiaoxiao had only now counted that there were seven children here, and the oldest was the little boy in front of him, most of whom were only six or seven years old, and they were very thin.
The little boy showed panic on his face, and hurriedly said, "Don't look at our young age, we can really do work!"
As soon as these words came out, several children behind him also hurriedly spoke, looking at Chu Xiaoxiao's gaze as if they were looking at the last straw.
Chu Xiaoxiao laughed, but she didn't say anything, but turned to the little boy standing in front of her and said, "Who are they?"
Hearing this, the little boy said without thinking: "They are my younger brothers and sisters. ”
"Oh. Chu Xiaoxiao nodded, her smile was a little faint, "If you want me to take you in, but I can only take you in, what do you think?"
Younger siblings?
Several of the children behind him were the same age, how could it really be his younger siblings?
After thinking about it, the curvature of the corners of Chu Xiaoxiao's lips deepened, and Qing Yue's voice said to the little boy with temptation: "My family is an official, and there is a shortage of a few miscellaneous servants recently, if you go, don't say anything else, there is absolutely no problem with food and clothing." ”
Hearing Chu Xiaoxiao's words, the boy's face changed instantly, and he looked at Chu Xiaoxiao vigilantly, but took a step back.
"Why, you don't want to?" said Chu Xiaoxiao with interest.
The boy shook his head without thinking, "Thank you for your kindness, but I can't go with you alone, if I leave, my younger brothers and sisters will all starve to death." ”
Chu Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows again, "Really don't go, after missing this time, there will be no next chance." ”
The boy shook his head, but still knelt down respectfully and kowtowed to Chu Xiaoxiao, "Thank you for the snacks you gave, but I can't go." ”
With one head snapped off, the boy got up from the ground and continued to move over to the younger children.
Seeing this, Chu Xiaoxiao didn't mean to leave, but looked at the little boy for a long time.
After a full half an hour, the children saw that Chu Xiaoxiao hadn't left yet, and they all cautiously raised their eyes to look at Chu Xiaoxiao, and even Yizhu was very puzzled why Chu Xiaoxiao was standing in this place.
"Haha. Under everyone's attention, Chu Xiaoxiao finally laughed.
Chu Xiaoxiao walked a few steps, stretched out her hand to untie the jade pendant on her waist and handed it to the little boy, "Take this jade pendant, take your younger brothers and sisters, go to Wuyi Lane to find the Chu family, and say that I gave it, and the porter will take you in." ”
Seeing that the little boy was still looking at the jade pendant, Chu Xiaoxiao's eyes flashed, and she said with a smile: "Of course, you can also choose to run away immediately after I leave, this jade pendant is very valuable, and if you sell it, it will be enough for your children to live a safe and secure life, you don't have to work, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime." ”