Chapter 17: Collapse
Mamma Mia! I really regret bringing this little kid out! The trip that was supposed to take four or five days was now more than half a month. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
What's even worse is that I didn't find the Secret Guard along the way! Normally, I can see their shadows everywhere, but this time they are gone!
We finally entered the city gate, and found that the vigilance of the capital had not been relaxed. But despite this, I swaggered in because of the women's clothes I was wearing. Ha ha...
"Sister Ruochen." Xiao Tian took my hand, "I want that!" β
I looked in the direction of his finger, and it turned out to be a rock sugar gourd! Xiao Tian looked at me expectantly, I sighed, and led him over to buy a rock sugar gourd.
Xiao Tian took the rock sugar gourd and smiled very happily. I squatted down and said to him, "Xiaotian, remember, when you get here, you don't call me sister, you have to call me mother." You know? β
Xiaotian tilted his head and asked me, "Why?" β
I said angrily, "There's no why, you just do it anyway." Did you know? β
Xiao Tian only cared about eating rock sugar gourd, and just nodded perfunctorily at me. I took him by the hand helplessly, got up and went to the inn.
I found a random inn and was about to go inside. Xiaotian suddenly grabbed me: "Sister Ruochen, you see that person is so pitiful!" β
When I looked back, I saw that there was a little boy who had sold himself to bury his father by the inn. The boy looked to be twelve or thirteen years old, dressed in tattered clothes, and dirty all over his body, even his face.
I said impatiently to Xiaotian: "Don't be nosy! β
Xiao Tian frowned and whispered, "But, he's really pitiful!" β
I was just about to force Xiaotian in, but I saw that the boy was secretly watching us. Perhaps it was his clear eyes that attracted me, so I immediately pulled Xiaotian and walked over.
It's really unusual that such a sloppy person should have such clear eyes! Like a pearl of purity!
I crouched down to look at the boy, but the boy's head was lowering and lowering. I said in a deep voice, "Raise your head! β
The boy paused for a moment, then slowly raised his head. I looked at him again, and it seemed that this man had a story.
I turned around and asked Xiaotian, "Is it okay to buy this brother as your companion?" β
When Xiaotian heard this, he happily clapped his hands and said, "Okay, good!" β
I smiled at him, turned to the boy and asked, "What's your name?" β
The boy whispered, "My name is Weiran." β
I smiled and asked, "How much silver do you need?" β
Wei Ran looked at me timidly and whispered, "Twenty taels." β
I took out twenty taels of silver, chuckled, and said, "No, I'll give you twenty taels, but you must come with me now." β
Wei Ran hesitated for a moment: "But, my father... β
"Huh," I interrupted, "Father? You think I can't see that he's not your father? β
I looked contemptuously at the man under the broken mat, and it was really badly pretended.
I looked at Wei Ran seriously and said, "Ask you again, would you like to leave with me now?" β
He hesitated to look at the people under the mat, and then quickly got up. But unexpectedly, the man under the mat reached out and grabbed his leg. Before one of them paid attention, he fell to the ground.
The man under the mat sat up suddenly, and it was a middle-aged man with a scar on his face. Seeing this, I hurriedly protected Xiaotian behind me.
There were more and more onlookers, but the scar man was not taboo at all. I saw him catch Weiran and say viciously to Weiran: "Good you stinky boy!" I'll give you food and shelter for free! Now you want to run away with someone else! Are you looking for death! β
As he spoke, the scarred man stretched out his hand to think about it. Weiran cried and begged me for help: "Madam, save me! Whining... β
I snapped, "Stop! β
When the scar man saw me, he said with a fierce face: "Where did you come from, girl, dare to take care of the master's business!" β
I looked at him coldly and said contemptuously: "I am young and have sound limbs, but I didn't expect to do such a deceitful thing!" β
The scar man looked very unhappy and walked up to me: "You, you are not small!" Don't you want to live? β
Damn, such a big breath! If I could, I'd love to throw two of them into his mouth!
I really don't want to spend time with him, the onlookers have already surrounded us. Impatiently, I asked the scar man, "Say, how much does it cost?" β
The scar man said with a smug face: "I raised him for three years, and I have to say five hundred taels of silver for so many years." β
The onlookers let out a sigh of embarrassment in an instant. When the scar man saw that I didn't answer, he said, "What? No money, right? β
I chuckled, "I want to give you time to think about whether you want to add more?" β
I pulled a silver ticket out of my sleeve and threw it in the scarred man's face. I took Xiaotian and said to Weiran: "Let's go!" β
Wei Ran hurriedly walked over, I pushed through the crowd, and left without looking back in the surprised eyes of everyone.
Khan, it shouldn't be so high-profile. It seemed that the inn was uninhabitable, so I took them to a restaurant.
"Ma'am," Wei Ran suddenly stopped me. Well, I'm really not used to it! I turned back to him and asked, "What's wrong?" β
Wei Ran said with an awkward face: "I, I'm like this, I'll be kicked out." β
I looked at Weiran, and then at the restaurant. Khan, it seems to be too, the shopkeeper has been looking at us with unfriendly eyes.
I asked, "Can you help us find a place to live?" Except for the inn. β
Wei Ran thought about it, nodded and said, "Madam, come with me!" β
I took Xiaotian by the hand and walked with Weiran. Xiaotian seems to like Weiran very much, and he keeps asking questions along the way, and Weiran is also very patient, answering them one by one, no matter how naΓ―ve Xiaotian's questions are.
It seems that this is a usable material. However, the name Weiran does not seem to be taken by ordinary people. Perhaps, this is not simple.