The dim oil lamp lit up the dark inner room, and on the humble table lay two dishes of almost innumerable leaves, but there was no foul smell in the air.

The emaciated girl clutched the dishes and chopsticks, she hadn't tasted meat in days.

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"Don't come and play with us if you're so worn, huh, dirt buns. ”

"Let's go, leave her alone, who told her family to be so poor and give to others? I can't support myself, and I still take care of others, I deserve it!"

Looking at her peers playing happily, the girl crouched in the corner in a daze, clutching the corners of her shabby clothes with both hands, but she didn't dare to exert her strength.

Because this is the dress that her mother sewed for her.

When she was young, she didn't know why her parents did this.

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"You've been borrowing this money for a while, when will you pay it back?" a businessman pointed angrily at the couple.

"Big brother, please give me some grace, in a few days, we can sell the vegetables in the field and pay them back. Father pleaded.

"Oh, when will this go, I don't think you have a daughter in your family? It is better to sell her, and you can eat with less mouths." The merchant sneered.

"Big brother, please wait a little longer for this matter, and if you have a grace period of three days, I will definitely double the money. The father knelt directly on the ground.

"Hey, then three days, if you delay it any longer, I'll ask someone to break your leg!"

Letting go of the cruel words, the businessman slowly left.

The husband and wife finally breathed a sigh of relief, but they knew that if they repaid the money, they were afraid that they would suffer the child again during this time.

The girl who had been hiding in the house, but vaguely saw this scene, and for some reason a trace of anger rose in her heart, I don't know if it was the arrogance of the angry businessman or the cowardice of her father.

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"Mother Ye, my daughter was admitted to the Imperial Capital Academy for the test, if I can climb the high branches in the future, I will soar. One woman laughed.

"My family is still young, and these things are slowly discussed. Ye Mu chuckled.

"If you want me to say, Ye Qingji is not young anymore, and she has no talent when she looks so thin, so just let her marry into the city, maybe she can also make you shine. The woman said.

At this time, the girl suddenly pushed the door out from the side, and shouted: "Why don't I have talent, after a year, I will definitely be admitted through the Imperial Capital Academy!"

"Qing'er, don't be rude. Ye Mu said.

"Mother!" the girl was a little puzzled.

"Hmph! If you want me to say, your daughter is really getting more and more unlooking, and I don't think any man will want it. The woman said in a strange way, turned and left.

The girl clenched her fists tightly, and for the first time she felt the urge to hit someone, but her mother's gentle gaze kept watching her, and finally she let go of the urge.

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Hurried footsteps were heard.

The girl was stunned for a moment, and it was the husband and wife who pushed the door in, cheering for her happily.

"Qing'er, you are really our pride! You have passed the test of the Imperial Capital Academy, and you can report to the academy tomorrow!" Father Ye said happily.

"Really, that's great!" the girl was equally excited.

At this time, the mother slowly sat beside the girl, the originally delicate hands, now have been worn rough by the years, the mother caressed the girl's cheeks, and said seriously: "Qing'er, we don't expect you to have good achievements, as long as you are happy, you will marry a wishful husband you like in the future, and your happiness will be enough." ”

"Why? Qing'er will not marry in this life, and she will always honor her father and mother in the future! After she gets ahead in the future, she will definitely let her father and mother eat meat every day. The girl laughed.

"Silly boy, you have a fierce temper since you were a child, don't provoke others when you get to the academy, it's not good to be bullied. Ye Mu said.

"Why! I know the rules of the academy, whoever is good is the boss, and I will definitely be the number one in the academy!" the girl was full of confidence.

Father Ye sighed helplessly, but Ye Qing could have such confidence, and it was not easy for them to lose their interest.

It was the happiest day the girl had in more than a decade.

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The gloomy weather is filled with an extremely oppressive atmosphere.

A bolt of lightning pierced the dead silence of the village, and a group of vicious men surrounded the girl's house, and the two thugs kicked open the door and rushed straight into the humble interior with their swords.

"Who are you?"

Ye Mu stopped what she was doing and stood up and looked at these thugs.

"Hmph, who are we?" The thug who rushed in front snorted coldly and shouted coldly: "Go to hell and ask your good daughter!"

Poof!

The cold blade pierced Ye Mu's chest, and Ye Mu fell weakly, blood staining her old clothes that had not yet been repaired.

"Tear it all down for me!" cried the thug.

"Who are you, and why are you demolishing my house?"

At this time, Father Ye finished collecting a basket of vegetable leaves and happened to see this pedestrian.

Immediately afterward, he immediately saw Ye Mu lying in a pool of blood.

"Aqin !!"

Father Ye rushed to the lifeless corpse with a heart-rending heart, he was weeping in pain, unaware that the sword behind his back had fallen.

The dilapidated hut became the grave of the two, and the bodies of the two men were hugged tightly together, and the gloomy day was covered by a downpour of rain after a few thunderstorms, washing away the blood stains of the two.

"Hey, I thought that girl was coming from any reason, even a hillbilly would dare to touch Lao Tzu! ”。

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——Ye Qing's autobiography 1