The crowded streets, the small vendors selling goods on both sides, the noisy sounds of children, and all kinds of sounds make the morning market in Westgate very lively.

Suddenly, a roaring voice sounded: "Stinky boy, you stop for me." With a burst of scattered footsteps, a little boy of six or seven years old ran from a distance, his clothes were already rotten, his feet were not even wearing shoes, he was deeply dirty, at this moment he was holding something in his arms, he was running forward desperately, behind him was a brain full of strong sweat, I saw him take three steps and do two steps, and soon caught the little boy.

"Okay, you're a little Hanako, you stole something and stole it on my grandfather's head, I'll see where you're going." The man was too fat, and he was already a little out of breath after running for a while, and he was still panting as he spoke.

The little boy seemed to be unwilling, stubbornly lowered his head, and held a small paper bag tightly in his arms.

The man snatched the small paper bag: "Dare to steal Lao Tzu's things, you are tired of life!" ”

When the little boy saw that the little paper bag was snatched away, he hurriedly grabbed it: "Give it to me, you give it to me!" ”

The man raised his hand and slapped the little boy in the face: "You stole my things, and now you dare to rob them, you little Hanako, see if I don't kill you today." As he spoke, he raised his hand to fight again.

At the moment when he was about to hit, his wrist was grabbed, the man wanted to break free, but found that it was useless, he couldn't even move, the man turned around angrily and was about to scold, but when he saw the person clearly, he suddenly became dumb, and hurriedly put on a smile: "Yo, what kind of wind blew your old man here?" ”

Qi Zhishan glanced at him, let go of his hand, patted it, and said casually: "It's so interesting for Boss Li to run after a child so early in the morning!" ”

The man opened a pork shop on the west side of the street, and the pork in this Meilong town was the best in his family, and the business was also very good.

Boss Li heard this, and hurriedly said: "Master Qi, you don't often come to our town, I don't know, this little flower child suddenly appeared out of nowhere some time ago, and he was stealing on the street all day long, hey, stealing until he is old today~~ Uh, I'm on my head, I can't teach him a lesson!" ”

Qi Zhishan ignored him after hearing this, squatted down and looked at the little boy, his two bare feet stepped on the ground, fortunately it is the height of summer now, if it is a cold winter, I am afraid that if I don't freeze to death, I will get frostbite.

"What's your name? Where did it come from? Qi Zhishan asked softly.

The little boy raised his head and stared at Qi Zhishan for a while, as if he felt that the person in front of him had no malice, and said, "My mother calls me Ping'er, we are from Peach Blossom Village." ”

Qi Zhishan is clear, Taohua Village is not far from Meilong Town, about more than 20 miles away, a fire some time ago, so that the already poor small village was destroyed overnight, the people in the village died, escaped, this child should have escaped.

"Is there anyone else in the house?" Qi Zhishan asked.

"And my mother." Ping'er hesitated: "She~ She's sick!" ”

"Then you stole for your mother, right?" Qi Zhishan understood.

"My mother has been hungry for two days, and if she doesn't eat, she will die, and I can't let her die." Ping'er's eyes were red, but she stubbornly endured not to let her eyes fall.

Qi Zhishan got up and took the small paper bag in Boss Li's hand: "I bought this." ”

Boss Li smiled: "Where is it, how can the small one collect Qi Ye's money, you take this meat, if it is not enough, I will send it to the house for you." ”

"I'll have someone send you the money." After Qi Zhishan finished speaking, he ignored him, bent his feet and said to Ping'er: "Are you willing to take me to see your mother?" ”

Ping'er nodded, he had an inexplicable trust in the strange man in front of him, and agreed to him without hesitation.

Qi Zhishan took Ping'er's hand and followed him towards his home.

That home, not so much a home, is more of a place to stay, this is an abandoned house, most of the roof does not know where to go, the surrounding walls are also collapsed and broken, even basic shelter from the wind and rain can not be done.

A woman was lying on the ground paved with hay, her face was yellow and thin, and there were many wounds on her body, which were burned at first glance, looking at her appearance, Qi Zhishan's heart tightened, this woman seemed to be a little familiar. After thinking about it, he remembered it, it was actually her?!

Because of his reasons, his wife died unfortunately, and his daughter Mei Lan hated him because of this, and because of that incident, he became Gu Qiming's father's life-saving benefactor. For the sake of his daughter's life, he insisted on marrying his daughter to Gu Qiming, although he knew that Gu Qiming already had someone he liked at that time, the woman named Yufeng. He had seen that woman back then, although she was dressed in cloth at that time, she was also delicate and lovely, but now, she has become like this and is lying here, thinking that she will fall to this point, and it has a great relationship with herself.

When the woman on the ground saw Qi Zhishan, her eyes suddenly changed, and she turned to look at her son as if asking.

Qi Zhishan handed the small paper bag in his hand to Ping'er, who opened the paper bag like a treasure, ran to his mother, and looked happy: "Mother, what do you think this is?" ”

Yufeng glanced at the meat in her son's hand, squeezed out a smile with difficulty, and said with pity: "You kid, didn't I tell you not to steal again?" Although we are poor, we also have to be poor and have backbone, you are like this~~~cough cough~~~" I couldn't go on while talking, and coughed violently.

Ping'er hurriedly picked up a bowl with a missing mouth and scooped a bowl of water into a dirty and broken water tank on the side, which was still received when it rained a few days ago.

Ping'er helped her mother up a little, fed her a few sips of water, and saw that her mother had calmed down a little before slowly putting her down.

Qi Zhishan watched from the side, sighed, took a few steps forward and spoke: "This meat was not stolen by him, I had a relationship with this child, so I bought it and gave it to him, don't worry." ”

Yufeng endured the pain in her body and wanted to get up, but she was finally weak, so she could only say thank you.

Qi Zhishan hurriedly said: "You don't need to thank me, you~~~" He didn't know what to say, could it be that you ended up today, it was me who harmed, weak is not that I insisted on marrying my daughter to Gu Qiming back then, today you are already the head of the Gu Mansion, where will you end up so miserable, but he can't say these words.

Qi Zhishan thought about it, and then said to Ping'er: "You take care of your mother here, and I will ask Lang Zhong to come and see your mother's illness." ”

Ping'er was about to nod, but was stopped by Yufeng, she shook her head lightly: "No need." And said to Ping'er: "My mother is hungry, can you cook this meat and let your mother eat it?" ”

"Good!" Ping'er hurriedly agreed, took the meat and ran out.

Qi Zhishan looked at Yufeng: "Do you have something to tell me?" ”

Yufeng nodded: "Actually, since you came in, I recognized who you were." ”

Qi Zhishan was not surprised, although they only met once, but for Yufeng, she was afraid that she would never forget it for the rest of her life, and it was not strange that she could remember herself.

"I'm sorry about what happened back then!" Qi Zhishan was full of guilt, this incident was the most sorry thing he had done in his life.

Yufeng squeezed out a smile: "I don't blame you, this is my own life, I can't blame anyone." “

Looking at the thin, boneless, scarred woman with thin eyes, Qi Zhishan's heart was full of melancholy, she was the same age as her daughter, but now her fate is very different.

"Today, I have something to ask for, I hope you can agree!" Yufeng looked at Qi Zhishan and said earnestly.

"Please, as long as I can do it, I will not refuse." Qi Zhishan said loudly.