Seeing this child, Huang Qiong's heart suddenly softened somehow. He walked over a few steps, walked up to the child, and looked at the piece of lamb in her hand that had nothing but the size of his thumb, and the half of the steamed bun in the broken bowl in his little hand, which I don't know who had thrown to me.

The child saw Huang Qiong walking in front of him and stood up cautiously. After glancing at the villagers who were busy eating and drinking in horror, he gently tugged at the hem of his robe. After Huang Qiong squatted down, he brought the piece of sheep bone in his hand, which was already nothing, to his mouth: "Master, they all call you Master, but you are not old, can Chai Tou call you brother?" ”

"Why don't you eat meat? This piece of meat was given by my mother-in-law, but it was delicious. After eating this meal today, you will starve again for the next meal, brother, you need to eat a little more. Chai Tou doesn't have a father, and his brother doesn't have a father? If you don't have your parents, no one cares, and no one gives you food, so brother, you have to eat more. You eat this bone first, and you will pick it up later. ”

Listening to the little girl in front of me in this cold late autumn, only tattered and thin clothes, and even a pair of bare feet, immature words. Huang Qiong squatted down and gently took off a few sticks of dead grass from the child's hair. I didn't dislike this face with dirt everywhere, and the clothes on his body that basically couldn't hide anything were so dirty that I couldn't see the color child.

Ignoring the hem of the placket, she was somewhat greasy, plus very dirty little hands, and grabbed a few small handprints. hugged her up, wiped her dirty little face with his sleeve, and said in a very gentle tone: "Brother doesn't eat it, the mutton will be eaten by firewood." What else do you want to eat, my brother asked them to make it for you. Today, my brother let Chai Tou eat a full meal. ”

Seeing Huang Qiong, a noble person, he picked up this little child named Huazi, wearing a robe that looked very expensive, and the hem was made with a few small handprints. An old woman with a few pieces of meat hidden in a bowl in her hand hurriedly walked over and reprimanded the little girl, "You kid come down quickly, see that you have made the old man dirty." ”

The old woman walked over in a few steps and took the child out of Huang Qiong's arms. After glancing at the people around him. poured a few pieces of meat from the bowl in her hand into her broken bowl, took out a steamed bun and stuffed it into her arms, and said, "Let's go, let others find out that you are here in a while, and you will be beaten again." These pieces of meat and steamed buns were secretly brought to you by your mother-in-law. ”

The old woman's words made Huang Qiong's brows furrow slightly, and she was a little unhappy in her heart. I wanted to get angry, but I endured it in the end. From the old woman's practices and words, Huang Qiong could see that this old woman still had some pity for this child. Otherwise, he wouldn't have secretly brought food to this child.

But the sentence that others saw and was about to be beaten again made Huang Qiong very uncomfortable. And these villagers actually reject such a child so much. I prepared so much wine and meat, but there was not even a single one who was willing to let this child serve the table, only an old lady secretly brought such a little food to this child.

Looking at the old woman, poured into the child's broken bowl, a few pieces of meat that were not big and very fat, Huang Qiong frowned. But I wanted to know why the people in this village, Huang Qiong, who was so repulsive to this child, reluctantly suppressed the anger in her heart. He said to the old woman: "Old lady, just let Chai Tou stay with me, I don't have so many rules here." ”

"Listen to Chai Tou's words, this child is an orphan? Everyone is from the same village, why do you reject this child so much? When I was setting up the water feast, I mentioned that all the villagers should participate. But this child is also from this village, why didn't anyone let her serve at the table? What happened to the sentence you just said that someone else found out and was going to be beaten again? ”

Hearing Huang Qiong's questioning, the old woman hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The eldest master is merciful, and he doesn't dislike firewood, if this little girl can meet you, it can be regarded as meeting a great benevolent." Chai Tou was right, this child was an orphan. Just because her mother was taken by the chief steward of King Jing's Mansion, she snatched her mother into Master Liu's old mansion. ”

His father couldn't swallow this breath, and sued from the Mizhou Yamen to the Zhengzhou Mansion, and no one paid attention to it at all. On the way back from Zhengzhou Mansion, he was blocked by a group of people from King Jing's Mansion, and he was dying of hard beating. When I carried it back, I swallowed my breath halfway through. And after the chief steward killed his father, he still didn't let go of the rest of his family. ”

In the middle of the night, he sent a group of dogs to his house and set a fire to burn the whole family to death. The people in the village wanted to put out the fire, but they were stopped by the minions of King Jing's Mansion, and whoever went to save would discount their legs. The whole village could only watch as the family was burned alive. There is no one left in a family of seven people, young and old, except for this girl. ”

"This girl, everyone still managed to hide and survive. Chai Tou has eaten 100 family meals since that day. It's just that most of us here are tenants of King Jing. I can't eat if I'm too poor, so how much food can I feed a child? What's more, Ben is a girl who is not very popular. ”

Hearing the old woman's words, Huang Qiong picked up the poor child again and said, "Then where did the child's mother go after being snatched away?" Or her mother's mother's family, her uncle's aunt or the like? Can you tell them something, and I'll send someone to find them. If it can really be recovered, this child can be regarded as having a dependence, right? ”

Huang Qiong's inquiry made the old woman sigh and said: "Don't mention the child's mother, after being snatched away by the big steward, I don't know what means were used, and it didn't take long to become the most favored outhouse." The year before last, he gave birth to a son to the big steward, and now he is even more favored. ”

"I wear gold and silver all day long, and I heard that a hairpin on my head is worth hundreds of yuan. But his own daughter begged for food outside the door all day long, and she didn't even have winter clothes in the winter, and she never cared about it or asked. Not to mention that on weekdays, you can't see it in this deep house compound. Even when I saw it out of the yard, I immediately avoided it from afar. ”

"Last year was also at this time, this child may have missed his mother, thinking too much, or he may be hungry. When her mother came out, she hugged her mother and refused to let go, but her mother, who was not even a person, asked the maid who followed her to push the child to the ground after tearing it away, and she didn't care if her head was broken. ”

"What's even more annoying is that he is acting for the tiger and helping the big steward to bully the villagers here. Most of the people here are the tenants of the big steward. After she became the outer room of the great steward, she took care of us tenants for the steward. Every year, when it is time to pay rent, either the nose is picked horizontally, or the high-quality grain is insisted on being the inferior grain. ”

Although Chai Tou has not benefited from her, because he is her child, he has suffered a lot in the past two years. You don't look like this kid is five or six years old, but in fact he is seven years old, and he hasn't grown tall because he's hungry. After her mother did those things, the people who originally gave her a stutter didn't give it because of her mother's relationship. ”

"This child can't even survive the original hunger and fullness, and he is often beaten. The people in the village were angry with her mother, and those who were cautious took her to be angry. Don't look at this kid small, but he is sensible. Originally, the villagers still wanted to drive her out of the village, but she kowtowed one by one, and her head was bleeding before she was stayed. ”

"Later, King Jing's Mansion was raided, and the chief steward was beheaded by the new King of England. After the house was also sealed, her mother had no way to stay in the village because of the things she had done before, so she held the child she gave birth to later, and she didn't know where to go. ”

In the past two years, she has relied on the big steward to make a lot of black-hearted money, but when she left, she didn't say that she would leave a big son for Chai Tou, nor did she take the child away. No one in the child's maternal uncle's family cares about her, and several of her uncles are also busy following her mother to make money, so do you have the heart to care about her? Every time I come here to see this child, I don't pay attention to it. ”

"Originally, the people in the village thought that this child was unlucky, and they didn't plan to let her come. Later, as you said, the helpless old and weak in the village also had to attend. The people in the village were afraid that you would be angry, so they let her eat with her. I'm afraid it's the kid who has eaten enough for the first time in a few years. In fact, we all know that the things her mother did had nothing to do with her, and it was wrong to be angry with her. ”

"But everyone, no one can get over the hurdle in their hearts. In addition, everyone is also poor, and no one can raise a mouth to eat together. In addition, everyone is also clear in their hearts, this child wanted to stay in the village at the beginning, just to be able to see her mother occasionally. In fact, her mother took care of her life and death, which was really evil. ”

The old woman's words silenced Huang Qiong. He has been holding the firewood in his arms and has never put it down, and he is very uncomfortable in his heart. Although this child became an orphan because of this, Huang Qiong also roughly guessed it in her heart. But I didn't expect this child's life to be so miserable. My father died, and although my mother didn't remarry, she became like that.

I didn't get the light for a day, and because of her mother, I suffered a lot of sins. If he hadn't been met by himself today, seeing that this child was so thin, he might not have been able to survive this winter. He couldn't figure out what kind of mother it was. Just looking at his children like this, begging for food all day long, and not even having a winter coat in winter and being indifferent.

At one point, Huang Qiong wanted to ask if this child was born to her mother. But in the end, there was still no such sentence, to speak. Just looking at this skinny child snuggled in his arms, with a pair of good-looking big eyes, looking at himself, Huang Qiong didn't know what it was like.

Just when Huang Qiong was thinking about how to place this child, Lin Hanyan's voice came from behind her: "Ninth brother, this child will follow me in the future." Anyway, I have no children, no children, and I don't even have a child around me. Although it is impossible to get on the jade disc because of the adoption, it is always a reliance to stay by my side, isn't it? After all, this is your second brother's sin, and I should do it for him. ”

After that, Lin Hanyan walked to Huang Qiong's side and took the firewood. Holding this child, as light as a feather body, Lin Hanyan's tears flowed. Ignoring the firewood, the little face covered in dirt and greasy. He put his face on it and said, "Chai Tou, from now on, I will be your mother, okay?" ”

Looking at the gentle and elegant woman in front of him, feeling the warmth brought by this woman, no one else has ever given him, and this child who has not enjoyed maternal love for many years, put his arms around Lin Hanyan's neck, and said pitifully: "Can I really call you mother?" But they all said that I was a sinister species, a disaster star in this village, and I was not worthy of a mother. ”