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It was already the twenty-second day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, so the four princes no longer came to Xie Mansion to study, and Xie Yu and Xie Zhen also began to take a long vacation.

Xie Zhen ran more diligently to Xie Zhen's yard, but he could only find Xie Hao in the side room recently, because Xie Zhen would go to see the little beggar every day.

There is a good doctor in the Xie Mansion, and of course there is no shortage of good medicine, so the little beggar's body recovers quickly, but he refuses to speak no matter what.

Zhu Jin and the others thought that this little beggar was a mute at first, and they sighed in front of Xie Zhen for a while.

But of course Xie Zhen knew that the little beggar was not a mute, so she went to visit the little beggar herself.

That was the first time Xie Zhen went to visit the little beggar after he woke up, and the little beggar did prove to Zhu Hibiscus that he was not a dumb person, because this time he finally said two words.

He said, "Thank you." ”

But he only said these two words, and then he kept his mouth shut and refused to say a word again.

Since he refused to speak, it was obviously not easy for Xie Hao to know his life experience from his mouth.

Fortunately, Xie Hao has never been an impatient person, she knows that a child who has suffered and been tortured inhumanly will always be a little closed to herself at the beginning when facing a new environment, what she has to do is to wait for him to slowly unload his heart defense and slowly integrate into this new environment.

So Xie Zhen came to see him every day.

The little beggar still didn't speak.

When Xie Yu walked into this side room today, the atmosphere was as weird as ever.

The little beggar lay on the bed, staring blankly at the mosquito net. Xie Zhen leaned on the couch by the window and read a book.

No one spoke, and the room was silent.

Xie Yu couldn't help but walk over and reach out and take away the book in Xie Hao's hand, flipped through it casually in his hand, "What kind of book are you reading?" Watching it so fascinating? ”

He couldn't understand the contents of the book, so he simply turned to the written text.

"Historical Records?" His eyes widened, as if the book in his hand would bite his hand, and he hurriedly threw the book back to Xie Zhen and said, "Ah Hao." You can read such a dull book. ”

Xie Zhen picked up the book with a smile and said, "It's not too boring, it's still very interesting to take a closer look." ”

Xie Yu let out a disgusted "huh", shook his head and said, "I won't read this book even if I die." ”

Xie Zhen was not reluctant, and only turned the book to the side that she had just seen. Still watching with relish.

Seeing that she ignored herself, Xie Yu suddenly felt bored, so she also sat on the couch with her ass, and motioned for Xie Zhen to squeeze inside.

Xie Zhen was still holding the book and reading, and she didn't speak. Only moved in.

The two of them lay shoulder to shoulder at this moment.

Xie Zhen was still reading her book, and Xie Yu poked her head in front of her twice but failed to draw her attention to herself.

He had no choice but to say nothing: "Ah Zhen, why do you have to run to this room every day?" Is this couch more comfortable than the one in your room? ”

His head was on the verge of hitting hers. Xie Zhen snorted lightly, stretched out her hand and pushed his head out, and said, "Third brother, don't make trouble, I have something." ”

When Xie Yu heard her tone, he suddenly had the illusion that she was older than him.

"What the hell is going on?" He muttered, not liking Fang Cai's delusion.

Xie Zhen was reading the book and seeing the highlights, so she couldn't be distracted to talk to him. So he pushed him again and said, "Third brother, since you are so bored, you might as well go and be with him!" If you can get him to reply to you, I'll be convinced. ”

Xie Yu also knew that the little beggar would never speak again except for those two words that day, and couldn't help but say angrily at the moment: "Ah Zhen, you obviously know that he won't speak." ”

Xie Zhen nodded perfunctorily and said, "Yes!" I know. That's why I said that if you can get him to speak, I'll obey you! ”

After she said this, she continued to read intently.

Xie Yu had no choice but to get up and walk to the side of the bed and sit down.

The little beggar seemed to be unaware of the man who had come to keep him company, not even a glance.

A cold glint flashed in Xie Yu's eyes. At the same time, a cold light flashed in his sleeve.

The little beggar turned his head to look at him, as if he had only discovered his existence at this time.

Xie Yu immediately showed him a smile and greeted him warmly, "How are you feeling today?" ”

The little beggar looked at him blankly, his eyes exactly the same as when he looked at the mosquito net. The same hollow.

Xie Yu didn't get angry, but still smiled: "Even if you do me a favor, okay?" Just say a word to me. ”

The little beggar looked at him and did not speak, and did not know whether he had heard him.

Xie Yu couldn't help but be a little frustrated.

Just as he was about to give up, the little beggar suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a vague word.

"Oh."

He didn't open his mouth for a long time, and when he opened his mouth, he only said this one word.

But that's enough for Xie Yu. He immediately jumped up excitedly and shouted to Xie Zhen to come and see.

Xie Zhen also heard the vague word, and she was also very happy, so she finally put down the book and walked over.

"You're very helpful." She looked at the little beggar and smiled slightly: "I just said that if he can let you speak, I will obey him, but you just opened your mouth, so it can be seen that I have to admire him." ”

The little beggar did not speak, and now he was like a mute again.

Xie Hao said a little helplessly: "But why didn't you say it when I was talking to you?" I saved you, don't you have anything else to say to me but thank you? ”

The little beggar opened his mouth, and finally spit out another jerky word, "I'm sorry." ”

Xie Zhen couldn't cry or laugh, "I don't want to hear you say this. ”

She simply moved a chair and sat down, looked at the little beggar and said, "I want to know, what is your name?" Where are you from? Who else in the family doesn't? How old are you now? ”

It was obviously a simple question, but the little beggar refused to say a word.

Xie Zhen had a headache.

The little beggar's eyes rolled, and he didn't know whether he was thinking or wandering.

"My name is San'er." He spoke slowly.

Xie Zhen was sure that he was thinking.

"What else?" She encouraged him softly.

Xie Yu also softly urged him to speak quickly.

San'er was silent for a long time, as if he was organizing his language in his heart.

"It's from Pingle County." He said slowly.

Xie Hao nodded and didn't urge him again.

San'er suddenly burst into tears and sobbed: "There is no one alive in the family or family except me." ”

Xie Zhen was startled by his tears. subconsciously glanced at Xie Yu.

"San'er." She softly soothed: "Don't cry first, if you tell us something, as long as we can help, we will definitely help you!" ”

Xie Yu also nodded in agreement.

San'er nodded vigorously. But the tears still couldn't stop flowing, as if the love he had suppressed for so many days finally broke out at this moment.

Xie Hao didn't persuade him again, because she knew that there was a kind of sadness that could not be cured lightly with words.

Xie Zhen only told Nan'er to go to the kitchen to prepare some snacks - it is easy for a person to get hungry after crying.

San'er finally twitched his nose to stop crying, and at the same time he smelled the aroma of dim sum.

He glanced at the delicate and fragrant dim sum quickly and immediately lowered his head, as if he felt that his humble self was not worthy of such a high-end dim sum.

But it is often difficult for a person to control his eyes when he is hungry. Although he told Sù in his heart that he must not eat this snack, his eyes seemed to have begun to taste the mung bean cake slowly.

Xie Hao couldn't help but smile, reached out and pushed the box containing the snacks in front of him.

"I'll just ask you to tell me all about what happened to you, okay?"

Her voice is gentle and her tone is sincere, which is really hard to refuse.

San'er sniffed hard and nodded heavily.

"Pingle County is a poor place." He said, when he said this, he put down the mung bean cake in his hand, licked the cake crumbs on the corner of his mouth, and sighed deeply, because he thought of his poor hometown and poor villagers. As soon as he thought of this, even if he was hungry enough to eat a cow, he now had no appetite at all.

"Pingle County is really a very poor place." He couldn't help but repeat it again in a heavy tone, and after saying that, he was worried that Xie Hao and the others would think he was verbose, so he carefully glanced at them quickly.

Xie Zhen and Xie Yu didn't mean to interrupt his words at all, their expressions were very serious.

San'er was a little relieved, so he continued: "Most of our people in Pingle County make a living from farming, and last year the weather was bad, the summer was dry, and not a single rain fell. There was no harvest in the field, and after reluctantly paying the imperial grain, each family could only drink gruel to survive, who knows what the county keeper asked us to pay, just pay it. We can make up a year with our belts, who knows, this summer is sunburned to death in winter, but we will freeze to death, but there is a rat plague in the village, and we have eaten up the few food we have. Alas, the life of the villagers was already hard enough. Later, I couldn't even get by, so the men of the village discussed finding a job elsewhere together, and I went out with them. ”

After saying these words, he ate another snack, and now his mouth was thirsty.

Xie Hao hurriedly poured him a cup of tea.

San'er felt bitter, so he took a sip and spit it back, but he knew that this was good tea, so he was a little reluctant in his heart, so he only closed his eyes and drank the tea in the cup in one go.

Xie Zhen sighed secretly in her heart, turned her head and softly ordered Nan'er to pour a pot of cold water, and then took advantage of this gap to ask San'er: "Is the man who beat you on the street that day from the same village as you?" ”

San'er shook his head, with a very hateful expression on his face, and said, "He's not!" Our village is full of good people! ”

Xie Zhen smiled and nodded for him to continue.

San'er then wiped the tea from the corner of his mouth and continued.

"Didn't I just say that I went to work outside with the people in the village to make money? It really made me money! His tone suddenly became excited, "I've never seen so much money before!" We worked hard together on the dock to help people load and unload goods, although it was a little hard, but every day there was work to do every day there was a copper plate to take, I did it on the dock for almost a year, and then when I went home, I bought a pair of cloth shoes for my father! My father was so happy that he praised me for being promising, and that was the first time he wore cloth shoes. I was also very happy, so I didn't live at home for three days, and I thought about going out to make money, but who knows...... Who knows......"

At this point he paused as if what he was about to say was heavy, and then his tears fell again.

"Who knows......" he said with a crying voice: "I haven't been away from home for half a month this time, and suddenly I received a message from the people in the village, saying that my father is about to die." ”

Xie Zhen and Xie Yu were both stunned, no one thought that the change in San'er's family would come so suddenly, the old man in front of him was still happy for a pair of cloth shoes, but it was really not good for a while. Why is human life always so fragile?

Xie Hao sighed softly, she suddenly felt a little unbearable in her heart, she didn't know whether to persuade San'er not to say anything further, it was really cruel to force someone to recall such a tragic thing.

But in the end, she couldn't help it, she needed to know everything, so she could only try her best to remain silent and calm, and continue to listen to San'er crying.

San'er cried: "Although I didn't want to believe it in my heart, I still rushed back immediately, who would have thought that even if I kept hurrying day and night, I couldn't catch up with my father for the last time, and he was so tall and tall in his usual days suddenly became so thin and small, lying alone in a broken straw mat...... I couldn't even drink a sip of water for a few days. But then something even more terrible happened, my mother and my sister fell ill together, and they were so sick that they couldn't even get off the bed, and they still had rotten sores all over their bodies, and it was inconvenient for me to be a man...... I went to the doctor, but the doctor didn't even go with me to see the copper plate, saying that the visit fee was not enough...... It's useless for me to kowtow to them...... I had to go up the hill to dig the roots, but I felt sorry for my mother and my sister, who were gone before they could survive a few days...... I lay down in a broken mat with my dad......"

He stumbled and finally finished these words, and cried.

Nan'er and Zhu Hibiscus on the side looked at each other, and they both saw tears of sympathy in each other's eyes.

Although Xie Zhen didn't cry, her heart was as dull as if a big stone had been blocked.

Xie Yu quietly reached over and held her hand.

Xie Hao glanced at him gratefully, forcing herself to calm down and sort out her thoughts, because she had already found a lot of suspicious things from Fang Cai San'er's words, and now what she had to do was to ask San'er to verify her guess!

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