No. 299 Into the Tiger's Den 2
Yun Xi came out of the palace, directly found a hotel and gave the shopkeeper ten taels of silver to the private room to change into a set of village girl's clothes, Yun Xi came out of the hotel and inquired all the way to Wohaner.
On this day, Yun Xi met a little girl in ragged clothes on the road, the little girl walked up to Yun Xi with a broken bowl, held the broken bowl and said, "Little sister, give me some food!" I haven't eaten in two days. Yun Xi saw that the little girl was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and felt pitiful in her heart, so she took out a piece of dim sum from the package and handed it to her, seeing that the girl had to eat the dim sum in two bites.
Yun Xi took out another piece and asked the little girl, "Little girl, where are you from?" Why did you come out and beg alone? β
"Little sister, my family lives in the border pass, my father was a soldier, and he died during the war, my mother ran away with others, and even my grandmother, who depended on me, fell ill and died half a month ago."
"Little girl, don't you have any relatives in this world?"
"Don't hide it from young lady, I plan to go to Wohan to find relatives this time."
"Your relatives live in Vohanl." Yun Xi asked excitedly.
"It's my aunt, and my aunt lives in Vohan."
"Great, I'll go to Vohan too, let's drop by." Yun Xi said.
"Young lady, are you also going to look for relatives?" The little girl asked.
"Ahh I...... I'm going to find my aunt. Yun Xi said hesitantly.
"Miss, where do you live? Why is Wohan looking for relatives? β
"My family lives in Yelu City, my father was a landlord, the family is good, but when I was eight years old, my mother died of illness, my father married me a stepmother, then the stepmother gave birth to a pair of children, her children eat well all day long, and do not have to work, you see what kind of clothes she wears for me, every day I can't finish the work, and eat the worst. That's it, this is not Yelu City to collect the landlord's land, our family's land has also been collected, only a few acres of thin fields, just enough for rations, my stepmother looked at me all day long, scolded me for eating idle food, I really can't stand it, decided to go to Wohaner to find my aunt, move to live with my aunt, I stole some snacks from her to prepare for the road to eat, do you still eat? Yun Xi asked hurriedly when she saw that the girl had finished her snack again.
"No, little sister, I'm not hungry anymore." The little girl heard about Yun Xi's life experience and felt that Yun Xi was unfortunate enough, and immediately sympathized with Yun Xi.
"Since we're all going to Vohanl, let's go with us! It's good to have a care. Yun Xi said.
"That's great, young lady, but you have to dress yourself up in tatters or no one will rob you." After speaking, he pulled Yun Xi aside, took out a broken gourd, poured some water into the soil from it, made a piece of mud and wiped Yun Xi's face, and then wiped some on Yun Xi's clothes, and then said: "Young lady is a little dirty, but this is safe, you are too beautiful and someone will rob you of money." β
Yun Xi looked at the mud all over her body, and the corners of her mouth twitched and said, "Then thank you, little sister, but it's getting dark, do we still have to hurry?" β
"I just saw a ruined temple on the road, where we can stay for the night." The little girl said.
"Then let's go to the temple!" Yun Xi said.
"By the way, young lady, what's your name? My name is Maya Snow Lotus. β
"Ah, my name is Xu Xi." Yun Xi said casually.
"Little sister, how did you choose the name of Haoguo?"
Yun Xi was stunned and thought about how he had forgotten about this stubble, but he really didn't know what the names of the people here were, so he casually made up: "My mother is from Haoguo, and my mother gave it to me." β
"Little sister, your mother must be very beautiful!"
Yun Xi nodded and asked, "Why do you say that?" β
"The young lady is very beautiful."
"What's the use of drifting if it's not beautiful, she passed away early, leaving me lonely and having to suffer from my stepmother's anger." Yun Xi said.
"Sister Xiaoxi, don't be sad."
"Don't be sad, let's go to the broken temple." Yun Xi said.
The two of them held hands and entered the broken temple, Yun Xi looked at the temple, this is a veritable broken temple, a broken Buddha statue, a dilapidated wall, Xue Lian saw some firewood and grass in the temple, and hurriedly greeted Yun Xi and said, "Little sister, come soon?" There are ready-made ones here, so let's spend the night on these firewood and grass! β
Yun Xi grinned and asked, "There won't be rats in here, right?" β
"Sister Xi, it's good to have a place to live, and it doesn't matter if it's a mouse or not." After saying that, he lay down on it first.
Yun Xi didn't dare to lie down at first, first patted it with his hand to make sure that there were no mice in it, and then slowly lay on it, when the two of them were about to fall asleep, they were suddenly woken up, Yun Xi opened his eyes and saw that there were two male beggars standing in front of him, an old man and a young man, and he heard the little beggar shouting at Yun Xi and Xuelian: "You guys get up, that's our bed." β
Yun Xi glared and asked, "Where is there a bed here?" β
"Aren't you lying in bed?" The old beggar said.
Yun Xi said with a glare; "There was no one here when we came, how do you prove it's your place?"
"We've been living here for half a month, how can we say it's not our place." The little beggar said confidently.
At this time, Xue Lian also woke up, she tugged at the corner of Yun Xi's clothes and whispered: "Sister Xi, it is indeed their place, let's get out of the way!" More is better than less. β
"Since it's yours, I'll leave it to you." Yun Xi said reluctantly.
"Little girl, it's not easy to go out, it's fate that we get here together, let's share some for you." The old beggar grabbed some firewood and grass and gave them to Yun Xi and Xue Lian.
Yun Xi and Xue Lian found a new place to lay down with firewood and grass to rest, in the middle of the night Yun Xi was woken up by a strange sound, and Yun Xi, who woke up, saw the old and young beggar busy catching mice by the moonlight, so he heard the old beggar say, "Yan Lang, how many have we caught?" β
"Grandpa has four."
"Alas! It's getting harder and harder to catch, and I remember when we first came we could catch a dozen or twenty in a night. Grandpa said with a sigh.
"Grandpa, I'm hungry, why don't we bake two of them first, and wait for those two to roast tomorrow morning." The little beggar said.
"Don't bake it, wait until tomorrow to bake it and eat it."
"But I'm hungry, grandpa." The little beggar begged.
"If you sleep, you won't be hungry."
"Grandpa, I'm so hungry I can't sleep."
βββββββββββββββββββββ the legendary dividing lineβββββββββ
Great requests for book friends' clicks, collections, recommendations, subscriptions, your support is my great honor, Xiaoxi is hereby thanks. R1152