The boy who picked her up was called Lin Shu.

"It cost twenty dollars to buy clothes, sixteen dollars to buy medicine, and I saw that you were not lightly ill, so I bought you a bed and quilt, and it cost forty-five dollars. You can give me the rest of the money, I haven't taken so much money, I don't know what to buy, so I buy food and medicine. He squatted beside Su Xing and reported to her with a smile, "We want food, and we haven't eaten enough for eight days out of ten days, and we can pick up rags and wrap them around our bodies, but we can't pick up food and medicine." This time, I bought so much in one go, and it is estimated that I can use it until the beginning of spring. ”

Su Xing frowned, looked Lin Shu up and down, and asked slowly, "I see that you are older than me." ”

"Well, I'm fourteen." Lin Shu nodded.

"What about you...... Why don't you go to work? It's better than having enough to eat, right? Thinking of those professional beggars who made a fortune by begging for food, Su Xing couldn't look at the young beggar in front of him with good hands and feet with kind eyes.

But Lin Shu's answer stunned her.

Lin Shu said: "I want to work, but if I work all day, this group of cubs will be left alone, I don't want to come back one day and find that they are missing." Besides, it's not like I don't do any work, I also do some odd jobs for people to earn some change. ”

In modern times, it is impossible to avoid the plundering of those traffickers, let alone the ancient times when the law and order were even worse? What Lin Shu is afraid of is that this group of little beggars who have no father and no mother will be abducted by human traffickers, and if they are sold to people as adopted children, it will be fine. But most of the beggars who are abducted on the street are sold to others as small servants, and even those with beautiful eyebrows and eyes will be raised as prostitutes.

As for the chores that Lin Shu said, it was extraordinary.

There is day and night, there is light and there is darkness, and even in the most ornate palaces, there are always sewers that hide filth and filth. In this prosperous capital, there are also many things that ordinary people can't face but must solve.

For example, a beggar who died of starvation, a corpse that died in a foreign land, a corpse that was tortured and died unclaimed...... Someone has to help carry it away or bury it. Ordinary people, who would be willing to do such unfortunate work?

"Just lift it, just give money. They are all dead, what am I afraid of them? Carrying a dead person can feed two living people, why don't I carry it? ”

Lin Shu, who said this, did not have the slightest fear on his face, and only had an ordinary smile.

Suddenly, an idea popped up in Su Xing's heart: if she wiped Lin Shu's face clean, she might look good.

It's not that she started to be hungry and thirsty after not seeing a handsome guy for a few days, but that the young man in front of her does have this potential. Because he was unkempt, he couldn't see his face clearly, but it could be seen that his facial features were very upright, his nose was straight, and his dirty face made his eyes brighter.

Being stared at by Su Xing, Lin Shu was a little embarrassed, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't talk about this, your little girl's family, you must be scared when you hear this." Let's talk about you, I don't think you look like a child from a poor family, why did you lie on the side of the road and almost freeze to death? ”

"I smuggled out of the house, and my stepmother wants to sell me to the old man as a concubine, can I not run away." Su Xing decided to continue with this already smooth statement, and thanked him again by the way, "It's thanks to you for your kindness to pick me up, otherwise, I will really die." ”

The little girl who was gnawing on the nest next to her interjected: "Brother Shu picked up several people, and you are the most useful." ”

Hearing this, Su Xingle was happy and asked, "Why?" ”

"You see the big flowers, the two flowers and the four trees, which one of them comes to grab food from me, and you will bring us food as soon as you come."

After saying that, she chirped and gnawed again.

Sometimes, people are really easy to satisfy, and a half-hot and not cold mixed noodles nest is enough.

This serious illness dragged on for more than a month. In the past month or so, Su Xing counted and counted the few dollars of silver left in her arms, and decided that it was better to stay in this beggar's nest for the New Year.

In Lin Shu's eyes, five coins of silver was simply a huge amount of money, and he didn't know how to spend it in his hands, but for Su Xing, it was a matter of minutes to spend it.

Leaving this beggar's nest, if she wants to find a place to rent a house to live, it is estimated that it will cost one dollar a month, and it will cost seventy or eighty yuan cheaply. Moreover, she can't guarantee that on the premise of protecting herself, she can find a place where she can take her in and pay her wages to earn living expenses, because she is really a bit sick.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, she took four or five cubs who were ten years old and five years old to make dumplings. The dumplings are not pure meat, and after boiling the pot, there are several breaks, which does not prevent them from having a hearty New Year.

"You wait, wait until you find my second sister in the future, and let her make dumplings for you to eat, so that you don't want to eat anything else in your life." Su Xing pulled the dumplings with broken skin in the bowl, and couldn't help but think of her second sister Su Mei, who had been sold for three years.

"Then you can find her quickly, and wait until next year's New Year, and we will eat the dumplings she made." Nine-year-old Erhua held the broken bowl in her hand, her eyes lit up, which made Su Xing think of Su Tao.

I think that at the beginning, every time Tao'er looked at her, her eyes lit up, and she expressed absolute support and obedience to her every word and command.

Lin Shu sat on the side, also holding a broken bowl in his hand, and in the bowl was half a bowl of hot soup. Seeing Su Xing surrounded by big flowers, two flowers, three flowers and four trees, he couldn't help but laugh too, from the earliest two flowers to the last four trees, in the past few years, he didn't give them a good dumpling to eat, but he didn't expect to pick up an apricot, and as soon as he came, everyone had a full meal.

After putting a few small ones to sleep, Su Xing beckoned to Lin Shu.

The two walked outside.

"Brother Shu, this month, thanks to you." Su Xing pondered the words and said slowly, "There is something wrong, I have always wanted to discuss it with you, but I have never thought about what to tell you." ”

Lin Shu was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, the smile on his face faded, and he lowered his head and said, "I know, you are different from us, you are the daughter of a good family, you can't always mix with us." If it weren't for you, they would have starved with me. "Xing'er wants to leave, good girl's family, who is willing to be a beggar.

"Huh?" Su Xing was confused when she heard this, and only after a moment of reaction did she twitch the corners of her mouth speechlessly, dare to think that she was discussing things with him, and she was going to discuss leaving?

Seeing that Su Xing was stunned, Lin Shu said more smoothly: "If you want to leave, just say it directly, don't be embarrassed." You always say thank you for saving you, but in fact, I know in my heart that if it weren't for the money you gave me to buy food and medicine, maybe any of them would have gotten sick, and we have to thank you—"

"Stop, stop!" Su Xing interrupted Lin Shu's words, glared at him with both eyes, and said word by word, "Who said I was leaving?" ”

"Then you ......"

"I'm here to discuss things with you, not to discuss leaving!"