"Alas...... It's a pathetic one, too. A woman carrying a basket sighed with pity.

"Auntie, do you recognize him?" I heard that someone knew someone lying on the ground, and September hurriedly asked.

"The youngest son of the Xia family in Mao'er Hutong, everyone who lives there knows each other, the hostess of the family is gone, life is already tight, and there is a gambler's father. I owe a lot of gambling debts and run away by myself, leaving an old lady who is also sick and crooked, and the family is old, weak and sick, and is chased and beaten by debt collectors every day. Alas...... It's a pair of children. ”

After the woman finished speaking, she sighed leisurely, her eyes rolled slightly, and she saw that the eyes of the people around her were on her, and she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and continued: "Speaking of which, this Xia Musheng is also a clever child, a few years ago when her mother was still there, she studied with her husband for a few years, and my son entered the school with him, I heard that he learned things very quickly, and even Mr. praised him for being a manufacturable material. If her mother was still alive, I guess this family wouldn't have become like this......"

"Auntie, do you know where his house is? You have to send people back first. September interrupted the woman.

"Ah...... His house, not far, just in front of the alley into the left turn the first one. The woman pointed the way.

September thanked him, and discussed with Su Changlin to send the person back first, since he had encountered this incident, September couldn't turn a blind eye.

Su Changlin hesitated for a moment, looked at Jiuyue's calm and intelligent eyes, put his heart down again, picked up the people on the ground and walked towards the alley in front.

September walked in front, and after a while, he found the Xia family that the woman said.

"Bang... Boom... Bang"

In the silent alley, the sound of banging on the door was extremely loud. After a while, just when September thought he was in the wrong place, a woman's timid voice came from inside the door: "Who? ”

"Is this Xia Musheng's family?" September slowed down his voice and asked softly.

“…… Yes, what's the matter with you? Inside the dilapidated gate, the voice came closer.

Listening to this voice in September, the person who spoke should be the daughter of the Xia family. "That's right, Xia Musheng was injured on the street, and we sent him back."

"What? Mu Sheng ......" There was an exclamation from inside the door, and then the sound of the deadbolt being pulled was heard.

The door opened, and a little girl in a patched floral dress leaned out. Seeing the person on Su Changlin's back, the girl hurriedly reached out to pull his arm, with a nervous and panicked face. saw the whip marks on Xia Musheng's body clearly, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Mu Sheng, Mu Sheng, wake up......"

"He's fainted, let's put him in the house first." Su Changlin saw that this girl was about the same age as his own daughter, her sallow little face, and her lips trembled with fear, so she couldn't bear it, so she hurriedly comforted her.

The girl's eyes were like frightened rabbits, and she looked left and right a few times. As if to see that the two of them had no ill will, he stepped out of the way and beckoned them in. When a few people entered, the girl immediately closed the door again.

September followed behind them and deliberately took a few looks, the courtyard of the Xia family was not big, there was only a well, and there was nothing else. The door of the hall was open, and when I walked in, I found that there was not a single decent piece of furniture in the huge room, except for a dilapidated dining table and a few benches. There seem to be signs of furniture moving in several corners.

The girl led them into the wing, where there was a coughing sound.

"Ah Lian, is Mu Sheng back?" The old and hoarse voice makes people feel difficult for the person who speaks.

"Milk, it's Mu Sheng back." The girl opened the curtain and let Su Changlin enter the house.

"This ......? What's going on? Mu Sheng ... Ahem... Did they beat me again? … Didn't you say that you would have a few more grace days? My poor grandson... Ahem, ahem... It's all my fault that my wife is useless, and she can't protect your brothers and sisters......" The woman on the kang was full of white hair, staggered up and pounced on Su Changlin.

“… Big... Auntie, let the little brother lie down first. Su Changlin turned around and slowly put down Xia Musheng on his back.

The old woman hurriedly lifted the worn-out quilt on the kang, "Okay... Good. Put this... Put this ......"

Ah Lian took off Xia Musheng's shoes before she said timidly: "This uncle, do you know who beat my brother?" ”

"Well, I really don't know." Su Changlin scratched his head, he really didn't know this. "It's just a boy with a whip and a big belly."

"Oh, it's evil, that beast surnamed Lin has to force our family to ruin before he is willing. My Musheng...... "The old woman slapped her thighs and cried hoarsely.

Ah Lian next to her also wiped her tears, choked up and said, "Milk, don't cry, next time they come again, I... I'll just follow them. ”

When the old woman heard this, she immediately stopped crying, "Ahem...... Cough...... Ah Lian, my old bones will not sell you to those beasts even if I die. Don't say that again. It's a big deal, we don't want this house. ”

September watched his grandparents and grandchildren hug their heads and cry again, and they also felt sad. "Ah Lian, don't cry, your brother has to ask a doctor to come and see it."

"Doctor... Doctor... Where did we get the money to hire a doctor? Ah Lian said and covered her face and cried bitterly.

"Jiu'er, or ......" Su Changlin looked at September hesitantly, this family was so pitiful, he looked at it with a sour heart.

September knew his father's intentions, and took out a tael of silver from his arms, "Ah Lian, you take it first and ask the doctor." ”

"Ah...... This... Thank you, girl, your kindness will be repaid by Ah Lian as a cow and a horse. Ah Lian took the silver, and immediately knelt down and slammed her head.

"Go ahead, your brother is still waiting." September was not at all accustomed to the habit of kneeling around the ancients, so he quickly dodged and helped her up.

About half an hour, Ah Lian took a gray-bearded doctor to Xia's house, Su Changlin helped Xia Musheng change his clothes, and after the doctor saw the injury, he left three packs of internal medicine and a bottle of external medicine and left.

Ah Lian had already taken the medicine to decoction, and Su Changlin had to rub the ointment on Xia Musheng. Xu was irritated by the effect of the medicine, and Xia Musheng woke up halfway.

"Grandma...... You... Who are you? Xia Musheng couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the unfamiliar face.

"Mu Sheng, you were knocked unconscious on the street, they sent you back and hired a doctor for you." Seeing that her grandson was awake, Grandma Xia wiped her tears and said excitedly, "Mu Sheng, thanks to them, otherwise you have a good job, how can I live this old bone." ”

September's nose is sour, although it is a passer-by who met in Pingshui, but this Xia family's family situation looks so difficult, the grandmother with limited mobility, and the underage sister and brother. I still have to ask for debts, and this day is even more difficult than the Su family who just came in September. If there is no livelihood, it is estimated that the family will really not be able to survive.

Xia Musheng struggled to get up, but Su Changlin hurriedly held him down, "Little brother, don't move, otherwise the wound will bleed again." ”

"Thank you. Your medicine money, I... I'll pay it back as soon as possible. Xia Musheng just woke up, thought about it for a long time to figure out the situation, he found a restaurant, the shopkeeper promised him, wash the dishes for a day and give him ten cents, only two days, who knows, ran into the creditor, the restaurant owner saw that he was beaten, bluntly said that he should not come in the future.

"No need... No need, anyone who encounters this will help. Su Changlin was a little at a loss.

Then the two families exchanged names and chatted a few words, and in September, seeing that the time was not early, they offered to leave.

Ah Lian fried the medicine and brought it in, knowing that they were leaving in September, and there was nothing to entertain them at home, so they really couldn't open their mouths to keep it.

September secretly glanced at Ah Lian a few times, her age was estimated to be the same size as Su Jinghang, her eyes rolled a few times, and she said thoughtfully, "Sister Ah Lian, my family is going to set up a stall recently, and there is still a lack of one person, I don't know if you want to come?" Twenty wen a day. ”

Ah Lian subconsciously glanced at the patched clothes on her body, and the smile on her face was a little bitter. "Miss Su, I... Is it possible? ”

"Sister Ah Lian, it's no problem." September said with a smile.

"Great." Ah Lian is grateful for September's offer. Said happily: "However, I can't ask for your money. If it weren't for you, Mu Sheng wouldn't know what would have happened, and I would have been content to do things for you. ”

"Sister Ah Lian, this matter is one yard to the next, as long as you work hard, it will be the greatest reward for us." September really hopes to help them, although twenty wen a day may not solve their family's predicament, but at least it can ensure that they will not go hungry.

"That's... All right. Don't worry, I will definitely do things with my heart, Miss Su, really...... Thank you. Ah Lian said that she was about to kneel down again, but was quickly helped by the eyes of September.

After bidding farewell to the three ancestors and grandchildren of the Xia family, September and Su Changlin bought a few catties of meat before embarking on the journey home.

"Jiu'er, are you going to set up another stall?" On the way back, Su Changlin couldn't help but ask.

"Well, I'm going to put it in town this time, for a few more hours." Thinking of what to do, September said to Su Changlin: "Dad, you have to help me get some bamboo, I'm useful." ”

"Oh, okay...... Let's go back. "It's almost lunch time, if you don't go back, Yun Niang should be worried, Su Changlin is a little anxious.

All the way unhindered, the ox cart stopped at the door of Su's house, and Yun Niang heard the voice and hurriedly came out to help carry things.

"Why are you only coming back now? The meal was heated twice. Yun Niang couldn't help complaining.

Su Changlin smiled "hehe" and explained a few words. It took a few people to enter the house after unloading the ox cart.

Yun Niang fetched water, the father and daughter washed their faces, and the meal came up. September was already so hungry that his chest was close to his back, and he devoured his rice bowl when he picked it up. Yun Niang frowned when she saw it, and hurriedly filled a bowl of soup and handed it to her, "Eat slowly, be careful." ”

Su Jinghang's door squeaked open, and Chen Ye greeted the sun and walked in elegantly.

"Ah Ye, did you eat enough just now? Would you like to eat more? Yun Niang saw him come in and asked with a smile.

September didn't care about the bulging mouth, and rolled his eyes at Chen Ye, this dead boy, I don't know what I did, and let her mother be so kind to him.

"No need, auntie." Chen Ye was as indifferent as he was, and came to September, "This is for you." Bending over, putting down two goose feathers, Shi Shiran walked out.

"Oh my God... It's really goose feathers, thank you, Chen Ye. …… Why are there only two? Stingy guys. September grabbed two goose feathers, looked left and right, and didn't know if they could be done.

Chen Ye, who came out of the main house, was inexplicably in a good mood when he listened to the exclamations of September, but who knew that the words behind him made him stumble under his feet.

"Stingy... Very good..."

This girl who doesn't know life and death dares to say that he is stingy again. gritted his teeth and walked to the back of the house, and called out "Xuanyi" in a cold voice

Xuanyi, who was kneeling at the bottom, roared in his heart sadly: "Master, didn't you ask me to get two goose feathers." It's none of my business if people are too few. I wanted to think about it, but I didn't dare to show it on my face.

"Find me a goose to come back," Chen Ye instructed word by word.

Xuanyi was petrified, he must have heard it wrong, the dignified secret guard not only stole goose feathers, but now he wants to steal another goose? Yes, he must have misheard.

Without waiting for a reply, Chen Ye turned around, saw the kneeling person looking stunned, frowned slightly, and said sharply: "So sluggish, let Xuan Er come over in the future." ”

Poor Xuanyi was withdrawn for no apparent reason, not only made his companion who was Xuanji laugh fiercely, but also went to catch the goose bitterly.

After being presented with a lump of unknown sticky matter with a unique smell on his body by the big white goose outside the forester, Xuanyi, who was a secret guard, pinched his nose and looked up to the sky and sighed: "Who am I?" What the hell am I doing? ”

The big white goose in his arms struggled to poke his head out, glanced at Xuanyi with contempt, and fluttered and tried to break free. Xuanyi stared at the big white goose, wondering if he was dazzled: "You little brute, you dare to despise me?" ”