"What is this?" Bai Qi quickly stood up and stretched out his hand to pull him up.

"This son, you are a good person, I am indeed hungry, it's not that I don't want to eat, but I can't eat." The thief refused, tears streaming down his face.

Why is that? Something to say, otherwise I'm going to be angry, and when I'm angry, it's scary. Bai Qi quipped, trying to get the little thief to speak. Perhaps because he was afraid that Bai Qi was really going to be angry, the little thief really stood up with a sob:

"Son, I don't really want to be a thief, but there is still a family lying on the ground at home, waiting for the silver to save my life, I have no choice but to be a thief, but this first time I was a thief fell into your hands. Now everyone in my family is starving, but I sit here and eat, and I can't eat, and I can't eat. ”

The child's words were full of tears, obviously from the bottom of his heart, and Bai Qi's heart was sour when he heard it. In his previous life, when he was a child, Bai Qi also had such an experience, a child who wandered with Bai Qi also died because he had no money to treat his illness, and Duan Qi also knelt on the side of the road to kowtow to passing pedestrians, and when he asked for dozens of yuan of life-saving money to go back, the little friend had already lost his breath. Bai Qi saw himself in this child's body again, especially the child's eyes, kind and strong.

Bai Qi fell in love with this child in his heart, although Bai Qi was not a few years older than him in this world, but Bai Qi had a mature mind, a person was reincarnated with the memories of his previous life, sometimes he really didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, one thing is for sure, Bai Qi's childhood was less happy than many children.

"In that case, we won't eat, everything will be packed and taken away, and I'll accompany you to see your partner."

Hearing Bai Qi say this, the child said with a sad face: "Son, I'm afraid this little thing is not enough, what about our ten children?" ”

Bai Qi's face turned cold when he heard this, and he said angrily: "What? Are they all sick? Or are they all crippled, even if they are crippled, they can come out and ask for food, why let you come out alone? ”

When the kid saw Bai Qi angry, he knew that Bai Qi had misunderstood, so he quickly cried and explained: "Son, don't be angry, blame me for not explaining, they were actually beaten, and the injuries were not light, and they were all lying in the land temple in the east of the city." ”

Bai Qi was relieved when he heard this, and even said the idea of going over to see it now, so he turned his face and smiled, "That's the case, that's good, I'll go out and buy dozens of buns to bring, and today I invite you and your partners to have a full meal." ”

The child's face suddenly turned happy, and he shouted with joy: "Little two, little two." ”

"Don't be patronizing, you haven't told me yet, what's your name?" Bai Qi asked.

"Son, just call me Qingqing."

"Qingqing? How does it look like a girl's name? Bai Qi secretly muttered to himself, and let Qingqing ask the shopkeeper to help pack the meal.

After packing up everything, Bai Qi gave Xiao Er or three taels of silver again, and asked him to help buy 50 buns, and then help carry them with a burden.

A handsome boy, a young man, and a poor child, the three of them walked in front and back, Qingqing ran happily in front, Bai Qi followed slowly, and the shopkeeper walked unhurriedly behind with the burden.

After walking for a moment, he finally came to the dilapidated land temple, Bai Qi asked Xiao Er to go back, carrying the bun by himself, Qingqing ran in with the food box, and shouted loudly while running: "Brother Huzi, two eggs, eight catties, we have something to eat." ”

Bai Qi stepped into the land temple, a dilapidated scene came into view, the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and the temple was leaking everywhere, the statue of the father-in-law of the land had collapsed for a long time, the missing arms and legs fell on the desk, the floor in the temple was covered with thick hay, and the seven or eight fifteen or sixteen-year-old children were lying there weakly, judging from the bandages on their bodies, they were indeed beaten by someone, and the injuries were not light.

Qingqing put down the food box, picked up a 15 or 6-year-old boy from the ground and came to Bai Qi and poured: "Brother Huzi, it is this kind son-in-law." After speaking, Qingqing asked Bai Qidao again: "Let's also call you the seventh son, okay." "This is what Qingqing heard Bai Qi say to the shopkeeper just now.

Bai Qi hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Sit down, take care of your injuries, everyone is about the same age, and the son's scream is awkward, just call me Brother Qi." ”

The young man smiled at Bai Qi with difficulty: "Okay! In the future, you will be our seventh brother, I Weihu on behalf of the brothers thank you for saving your life, if it weren't for your help today, it is estimated that there will be brothers who can't resist, everyone has been hungry for two days. ”

Bai Qi was not polite, and quickly asked Qingqing to beckon the children to get up to eat, and while they were eating, Bai Qi carefully observed this group of half-grown children. There are 11 children in this group, except for Qingqing, everyone else is between 15 and 6 years old, but how can they all be beaten like this? Bai Qi still needs to be asked.

They are really hungry, they all grab the buns and eat, and they don't care about the dirt on their hands, after a while, the food they brought was eaten, Bai Qi carefully noticed that when Xiao Qingqing was eating, he only took a few buns, hid in the corner and ate slowly, he was already a hungry child, he was still so unhurried when he ate, and he didn't forget to wash his hands before eating, which shows that Qingqing is a habit from a young age, and such a habit should be only a child from a good family, It's just that Qingqing ended up in this place and mingled with these children.

After he finished eating, Bai Qi slowly sat down in front of Qingqing and Huzi and asked, "You group of half-grown children, how did you offend anyone?" Let people fight like this? ”

Qingqing glanced at the wry-smiling Huzi, and then said slowly: "Seventh brother, this matter is a long story..........

Qingqing said the reason for the matter, and Bai Qi understood. It turned out that the beating of these children was done by a group of ruffians in this Luohuafang, and the children were originally begging for a living in the area of Luohuafang, not thieves. Later, they were targeted by Shen Laosan, the ruffian leader of this Luohuafang, and asked them to hand over a certain amount of money and things every day, and if they didn't pay it, they would bring someone to fight. At first, they still endured it, and handed over all the money and things according to Shen Laosan's requirements, but after a while, Shen Laosan intensified and doubled the daily money, Huzi They couldn't get angry, so they fought with Shen Laosan's men, and they were all injured, and Shen Laosan still left a message, or if they didn't pay the money on time, they would be driven out of this Liangcheng.