Yan Liqiang was under the tree by the river, calmly watching the stubborn and strong little girl washing the clothes on her hands by the river.

At this moment, Yu Qing is still a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, with a vegetable color and slightly yellow hair, because of long-term malnutrition, her bean sprouts-like figure is wrapped in an obviously wide and somewhat old clothes, which looks a little rustic, far less beautiful and moving than the Yu Qing who has grown up four years later, but even so, Yan Liqiang looked at her and saw the familiar outline from her face four years later, especially Yu Qing's eyes, which had a bright and resolute look that was rare for a little girl of this age, just like four years later。

Yu Qing was just born, her mother died of excessive blood loss after giving birth, two years later, her grandfather died, when she was five years old, her grandmother died, last year, that is, the twelfth year of Yuanping, her father who had been tormented by illness in bed for two years finally died, since then, in this small town outside the imperial capital, a little girl who has not been deeply involved in the world, has become synonymous with the broom star and bad luck that kills the whole family in the eyes of others.

In the two years when her father was sick in bed, Yu Qing's family's fields and several big houses had all been pawned and sold to treat her father's illness and medicine, in addition to these, in order to treat her father's illness, her family also owed a lot of money to the people in the town, after her father's death, in the eyes and disgust of many people in the town, Yu Qing made needlework and laundry for several inn guests in the town to make money and pay off debts.

Yu Qing worked in the town for five years as a needlework and washed her clothes for five years before she paid off the money her father owed.

If Yan Liqiang doesn't do anything, then, four years later, Yu Qing, who has just paid off her father's debt, will meet her aunt who has not seen her for more than ten years and go home to visit her relatives, and then she will leave the imperial capital with her aunt and return to Jinling City, and after staying in Jinling City for a few days, her aunt and uncle will discuss marrying her to the stupid son of a shopkeeper in Jinling City as a daughter-in-law, and then, on the third day when her aunt and uncle received 600 taels of dowry silver, a catastrophe that fell from the sky would once again turn everyone around her into corpses under the ruins, and then, in the ruins of Jinling City, which had lost the constraints of the king's law, this poor little girl who was alone, will fall into the hands of a group of gangsters and scum who covet her beauty, and the end will be miserable......

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As the sky gradually darkened, the women who were still washing clothes by the river all left with their clothes, only Yu Qing, whose forehead was covered with beads of sweat, was still struggling to wave the wooden stick in her hand by the river, beating and rinsing the clothes in her back basket over and over again.

Several teenagers in the town passed by the river and saw Yu Qing beating her clothes by the river, the teenagers glanced at each other, and then a teenager quietly descended the stone steps, and then pushed Yu Qing's back violently......

"Poof......" Yu Qing threw herself into the river at once, but the teenagers had already laughed and ran away, shouting as they ran, "Broom star, harm people, broom star, harm people......"

The water by the river is not deep, only waist-high, but Yu Qing, who fell into the river, was soaked all of a sudden after standing up.

"My clothes ......"

Finding that the clothes she had just held in her hands had floated into the river with the water and drifted downstream, Yu Qing didn't think about it, so she walked towards the river, just a few steps, and the water suddenly flooded her neck, making her choke on a mouthful of water, but Yu Qing didn't seem to see it, she still looked at the clothes floating on the water with her eyes, and while walking towards the water, she stretched out her hand as much as she could, trying to grab the clothes that floated away, and the river blinked above her head......

"Poof......" Yan Liqiang jumped into the river without thinking about it, grabbed Yu Qing with one hand, grabbed the clothes that floated away, and then walked from the river to the stone steps step by step.

The wet hair was attached to Yu Qing's pale face, Yu Qing raised her head, and looked at Yan Liqiang who jumped into the river and scooped her up with the clothes that had floated away, with a strange gaze, as if she didn't expect that in the town, there would be such a person who could jump into the water for her and save her.

Yan Liqiang's whole body and hair were also wet, his hair was still in the water, and there were still a few aquatic plants hanging on his body, he handed the clothes he picked up in his hand to Yu Qing, "Nothing is more important than your own life, don't do such stupid things in the future, it's just a piece of clothing!"

Yu Qing took the clothes handed over by Yan Liqiang, and held them tightly in her hand, she bit her lip tightly, didn't say a word, and looked a little introverted, or didn't know what to say to a stranger at such a time, because of the cold, her whole body was trembling slightly.

Yan Liqiang smiled, looked at Yu Qing with gentle eyes, and then took out an ingot of gold from his body and put it in Yu Qing's hand, "My name is Yan Liqiang, I will leave the imperial capital the day after tomorrow and return to Ganzhou, this is ten taels of gold, which is enough for you to repay all your father's debts, if you want to leave Lihua Town, I can take you away!"

Yu Qing looked at the gold in her hand, and then at Yan Liqiang, and the whole person was completely stunned, "You...... Why are you helping me?", she asked timidly.

Yan Liqiang sighed, raised his eyes, and looked at the first star that faintly began to appear in the sky, "I once had a dream, and in that dream, I also met a little girl named Yu Qing......" After saying this, Yan Liqiang found that Yu Qing's eyes widened and looked at him without blinking, he felt that this reason was too jerky and literary for a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, Yu Qing might not be able to understand, so he smiled a little awkwardly and took down a few aquatic plants hanging on his body," It doesn't matter if you don't want to go with me, I won't force you, the ten taels of gold in your hand will be regarded as a gift from me, you don't have to pay it back, if someone wants to trouble you, you tell them that the person who gave you this ingot of gold is a lieutenant surnamed Yan next to Gonggong Liu in Luyuan, if you want to die, just come!"

Yu Qing just looked at Yan Liqiang, didn't say a word, and didn't say anything.

"Why, don't you believe me? I also know it's a little difficult, after all, it's the first time we met, but I will never bully you like those people in the future!"

Yu Qing still didn't speak......

"Well, if you don't want to leave the Imperial Capital City, maybe we will have a chance to meet again in a few years!" Yan Liqiang smiled, reached out and took off a bit of duckweed from Yu Qing's head, then turned around and left, if Yu Qing was unwilling to leave with him at this time, of course he couldn't kidnap Yu Qing.

"Wait a minute......

A voice suddenly came from behind him, Yan Liqiang turned around, and saw Yu Qing mustering up the courage to look at him, with a hint of excitement on his pale face, "I'll go with you......"

Yan Liqiang laughed......

"But I'm going to wash these clothes first and send them to the Evergreen Inn, can you ...... Can you wait for me!" Yu Qing added seriously and apprehensively.

"I'll wash it with you, two people hurry up!" Yan Liqiang rolled up his sleeves and walked over again, squatted on the stone steps by the river, took the wooden stick that washed the clothes, and began to beat up a piece of clothing that had not been washed, Yu Qing also squatted down, rinsed the clothes that Yan Liqiang had beaten up, and the two of them were next to the ten-step bridge, washed all the clothes brought by Yu Qing together, and sent them back to the inn, and then, Yan Liqiang took Yu Qing and paid off all the money she owed one by one......

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When the bright moon hung high in the sky and the stars were high, Yan Liqiang left Lihua Town, followed by a little girl who was twelve or thirteen years old, thin and thin, and carrying a small burden.

When she walked out of Pear Blossom Town, the little girl's footsteps stopped suddenly, she turned her head to look at the lights of Pear Blossom Town, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then left with Yan Liqiang without looking back......

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