8 Beggars

The sun and the moon flew by, and a month passed like this. Lan Meng wandered around the street as usual, and he saw more things on the street, so he didn't have that kind of curiosity. Alas, it was so boring, Lan Meng was about to go home, and suddenly, he was attracted by a little girl on the street.

I saw that her hair was dirty and messy, her clothes were ragged, and her dirty little hands were trembling slightly and stretching outward to beg, and her throat was hoarse: "Auntie, please, give me something to eat." ”

"Uncle, please, give me something to eat."

She doesn't let go of everyone who passes by, and her will to survive makes her keep begging, even if there is only a little hope, she doesn't give up. She hadn't eaten decent food in a few days, and her weak body made it harder and harder for her to scream.

Lan Meng walked up to the little girl, looked at the chapped lips, and felt sad and speechless.

"Sister, I'm so hungry, give me something to eat." The little girl seemed to see hope, timidly pulled the corner of Lan Meng's skirt with her little hands, and stared at Lan Meng with her swollen crying eyes, afraid that if she was not careful, Lan Meng would be gone.

Lan Meng squatted down and gently wiped the little face that was so hungry that it was bloodless with her hand, seeing her, it was like seeing herself, how much courage it takes to live in a desperate life.

The little girl looked at the beautiful sister in front of her who was different from others, and when others saw her, they would hide far away, and they would not wipe her face without disgust like this sister. The warmth she felt in her heart made her tears fall all of a sudden, and she cried aggrievedly.

Lan Meng saw the little girl's sudden crying, and she didn't know what to do for a while, so she quickly turned around and asked Ling'er for help: "Ling'er, come and help." ”

As soon as he turned around, he saw Ling'er, who was crying more fiercely than the little girl, and Lan Meng's head was bigger. Lan Meng didn't know that Ling'er was actually the little beggar she picked up back then, but the way she picked it up was a little different. It's because Lan Meng was often bullied by her sisters when she was a child, and her sisters made a joke with her, saying that as long as she went outside to pick up a beggar and came back to be a maid, then they would no longer bully her. But I didn't expect that Lan Meng really picked it up, and that beggar was Ling'er.

"Okay, don't cry, go buy some food and come back." Lan Meng scolded Ling'er, and then pulled the little girl to sit in the corner. Ling'er wiped away her tears and hurriedly walked out.

And this scene happened to be seen by Ye Ling who was passing by, Ye Ling looked at the pink man in the corner, and the exclusive tenderness in his heart was all expressed in his eyes, and he looked at Lan Meng affectionately.

"Childe, Ye Feng knows that there are some things that subordinates shouldn't say, but now, subordinates have to say it at the risk of death."

It was Ye Ling's personal attendant Ye Feng who spoke, dressed in green clothes, with a majestic figure, a bronze complexion, well-defined facial features, and the whole person looked righteous and awe-inspiring.

"Childe, you must know that she is already someone else's wife, leaving the princess. I hope Childe will stop being obsessed. Ye Feng said truthfully. He and Childe have been with him for so many years, and he has never seen Childe see a woman so soulless, what woman doesn't love, but prefers to fall in love with someone else's wife.

After Ye Ling listened to Ye Feng's words, there was a faint sadness in his eyes, since he saw her in the palace garden, he couldn't help but pay attention to her every move, and even the last chance encounter on the street was deliberately arranged by him. I know that she has been *, but I will still be moved by her.

When Ye Feng saw Childe's sadness, his heart also became sad, so he didn't say anything anymore.

"Princess, I've bought something to eat." Ling'er trotted over all the way and hurriedly handed the food to Lan Meng.

Lan Meng put the bun on the little girl's little hand, and the little girl took the bun and devoured it, probably in a hurry, and the bun clicked in her throat, causing her to cough violently.

"Eat slowly." Lan Meng patted her on the back, and when she was calm, Lan Meng handed her the soy milk.

"Come, drink some soy milk, it will be more comfortable."

The little girl obediently took the soy milk to drink, and Ling'er looked at the little girl as if she saw herself back then, and her eyes turned red again.

After a while, after the little girl was full, she pointed to the remaining buns in Ling'er's arms and asked in a low voice, "Can you give me those buns?" ”

"Uh, yes!" Lan Meng said softly.

"Thank you!" The little girl took the bun and walked happily to the depths of the alley.

Ling'er pulled Lan Meng to follow closely: "Princess, hurry up." Because she knew that this little girl must have a family. She will never forget the time when she watched her family starve to death in front of her, and I don't know if it was because she was too hungry at the time, or because she was used to it, she didn't cry, but sat beside the corpse in a daze, and on this day, the princess came up to her and said to her, "Follow me, I'll feed you." ”

In a simple word, she followed the princess like this.

At the end of the alley, a dilapidated house with little shelter from the wind and rain, only the remnants of the broken walls remained, and five people were crowded into the narrow space. Watching the little girl break the few buns left just now and divide them for them to eat, Lan Meng's heart couldn't help but be pantothenic.

"Dad, mother, these buns were bought for me by my beautiful sister just now." The little girl happily pulled her parents to thank Lan Meng.

"Thank you, girl!" After speaking, the young woman just wanted to stretch out her hands to grab Lan Meng's hand, but suddenly realized something, and hurriedly retracted her hand.

Lan Mengmeng saw it, and hurriedly went to hold the dirty hands, and smiled slightly: "You're welcome, this is what I should do." Only then did Lan Meng realize that this sentence learned in elementary school was so useful.

The young woman looked at Lan Meng clasping her hands without disgust, and her heart was moved to tears.

After some conversation, Lan Meng learned about the disaster that the family had suffered. The man's name is Cheng Cai, the woman's name is Ah Xiu, the daughter's name is Xiaoling, the son's name is Xiaoding, and there is an old grandmother named Huang Po. They used to be farmers in a small village outside the capital, because of the floods in recent years, the crops were not harvested, and even the houses they lived in were washed away by the river, so the whole family moved to the capital, thinking that after coming to the capital, the men could do some coolies, and the women could do some sewing work to subsidize the family. But what they didn't expect was that on the way to the capital, Huang Po was infected with wind and cold, and in order to cure the disease, she ran out of entanglements. They had to beg all the way through. After arriving in the capital, because they were all dirty, there was no owner willing to ask them to work, and there was no way, so they could only continue to beg for a living. When you are lucky, there will be a few copper plates, and when you are bad, you will rely on picking up other people's leftovers to fill your stomach for a few days, plus Huang Po is not in good health, and the whole family is worse than dead.

"Princessβ€”" Ling'er looked at Lan Meng with pleading eyes.

Lan Meng touched her pocket, and she only had more than twenty taels of silver on her, even if she gave it all to them. It's only enough for them to use for a while, and it's a palliative, not a cure. The only way to do this is to help them find a source of income so that they can live.

Suddenly, there was a sound of gongs and drums on the street, and a loud woman's voice sounded: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is our Yihong Courtyard in order to celebrate the support of the neighbors in the past ten years, so today will hold a dance competition, and the prize for winning the first place will be a heavy five hundred taels, so girls, don't hesitate, hurry up and sign up for the event, the number of places is limited, only 20." ”

After hearing this, Lan Meng happily said to Ah Xiu: "Sister-in-law Xiu, there are twenty taels of silver, you take it to buy something to eat first, and then find an inn to live in, and I will come to see you in a few days." Before he finished speaking, he pulled Ling'er and walked towards Yihong Courtyard.

Ah Xiu took the silver two and looked blankly at Lan Meng, who had already walked away. And Ye Feng, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't help but sigh after seeing Lan Meng's kindness, but it was a pity that such a good woman had already been *, and it was inevitable that she would take a distressed look at her son. Ye Ling smiled knowingly, and flashed in the direction of Lan Meng.