The knocking on the door never stopped, and after more than ten seconds of silence in the room, the voice of the little mouse deliberately lowered suddenly sounded: "Big brother, what should I do?"

The eldest brother was silent for a while, probably because he had already packed all the change, and he also lowered his voice and asked, "Is the contract stamped with a handprint?"

The little mouse waved his hand, Qi Lin heard a sound of paper waving in the air, and then the little mouse said a little proudly: "No problem, it's already covered, and I have done it specially, with the eyes of the sheriff, it is impossible to find the problem." ”

"Okay, let's go, go through the back window. "The eldest brother obviously didn't want to attract the attention of the others, after all, under the Earl's orders, the sheriffs had now stepped up their patrols at night.

Qi Lin's commercial street is the focus of the sheriff's patrol, even if he has a certain official background, but being caught at such a sensitive time is also a big trouble for the rats.

Obviously, the little mouse also thought the same, and as soon as the eldest brother's words fell, the two of them quickly left with extremely slight steps.

And Qi Lin was still motionless for a while when the two of them left, at this moment his whole body was already wet with cold sweat, if it wasn't for the sudden knock on the door, I am afraid that today would really be a dead life.

After all this time, the knocking on the door still didn't stop, no matter who was out there or for what reason. For Qi Lin, he was indirectly saved by the other party.

Sure that the two rats had completely left, Qi Lin struggled to get up and open the heavy wooden door, even though his head hurt terribly.

"Are you?is there something?" After opening the door, looking at the little girl standing in front of him a little cramped and scared by the moonlight, Qi Lin struggled to overcome the headache and showed a gentle smile.

The little girl was dressed in a shabby patched garment, and over it was an old apron made of rags, in which many matches were carried in her pocket, and she held a handful in her hand.

And what impressed Qi Lin the most was that she was wearing a pair of big outrageous slippers on her feet, obviously these slippers were either her father or mother's.

Because the shoes were too big to keep warm at all, even in such a dim light, Qi Lin could see a few chilblains on the little girl's feet in the mouth of the slippers, and the same chilblains also appeared in her hands.

"I'm sorry to bother you, sir, I don't have any food at home, and I don't have any money, but I have these matches, can I get some food?"

Obviously, Qi Lin's gentle smile gave the little girl a lot of confidence, and at this moment she showed a humble smile, bending down and trying to control the match inside her apron from falling out, while saluting Qi Lin.

Looking at this little girl's humble smile, Qi Lin couldn't help but feel a little heartache, this little girl looked like she was eight or nine years old, children of this age in Huaxia were all little princesses and little princes who wanted stars and moons, but she had to show this humble smile to a stranger in order to live.

Qi Lin couldn't even imagine what kind of life could force a child to such a point.

Seeing that Qi Lin didn't speak for a long time, the little girl slowly raised her eyes to look at Qi Lin, the smile on her face became more and more humble, and along with this smile was a pair of eyes flashing with tears.

"Please, sir, I'm willing to exchange all the matches for a black loaf, my dad has been asleep for days, and I think he'll be awake if he has brown bread to eat. ”

Qi Lin, who was slightly in a daze, came back to his senses when he heard the little girl's voice, although he was a little heartbroken by the tearful eyes hanging on his smiling face, but Qi Lin still barely showed a more gentle smile.

"Come in and warm up, you wait for me for a while. As he spoke, Qi Lin pulled the little girl into the house.

Obviously, the little girl was frightened by Qi Lin's movements, but the room that was far warmer than the outside still made her a little reluctant to leave, after all, her home with only one roof left was as cold as the street, and she felt warm for the first time since the beginning of winter.

Seeing the little girl standing cramped, Qi Lin endured a headache and took out a small bowl of hot porridge prepared for Bilodo, and arranged for the little girl to sit down near the stove, while Qi Lin thought about what was at home now.

"Sir, I only need a piece of black bread, I don't have any money. The little girl looked at the hot white rice porridge and swallowed a mouthful of saliva quietly, she hadn't eaten for more than two days, but thinking of her father who was still lying on the bed, she still endured the hunger in her stomach and said to Qi Lin.

"It's okay, I'll prepare brown bread for you in a while, anyway, you need a new pair of shoes, and you also have to deal with frostbite, otherwise it will leave a scar!" Qi Lin waved his hand, and suddenly thought of a few pieces of ginger in the kitchen, and he staggered over.

The little girl smelled the unique fragrance of white rice porridge, and finally couldn't help the hunger in her belly, she didn't care about burning her mouth, picked up the bowl and took a big sip.

Although it was very hot, the fragrance and hot feeling of the white rice porridge still made the little girl snort comfortably, and she was like a greedy little pig, quickly sucking the white porridge by the bowl.

Just when the girl was drinking porridge, Qi Lin had already come out of the kitchen, Bilodo, as the owner of the grain store, although not very wealthy, but there was never a shortage of food, a little search in the kitchen, Qi Lin found a few fresh black bread, and a small bag of specially packed rice.

After all, the little girl's strength was there, and Qi Lin could only prepare something she could handle, but Qi Lin still made up his mind that he must ask the little girl's residence, not to mention the grace of saving her life, just with the tearful eyes hanging on the smiling face, he must do his best to change the little girl's life.

When she saw Qi Lin come out, the little girl who was still enjoying the hot white rice porridge immediately put down the bowl in a little panic, then stood up and said timidly: "I'm sorry, I'm too hungry......"

Qi Lin put the things beside the little girl and said to the little girl, "It's okay, this was originally for you." And these are yours too. Now there is only these breads at home, and this bag of rice, you also take it, I think you like to drink rice porridge very much!"

After saying this, Qi Lin suddenly thought of something, he directly took out a pair of cotton shoes that were a little old, but quite thick from under the bed, handed them to the little girl and said: "You wear these shoes first, although they are also a little big, but after all, they are better than those slippers, I also have to deal with chilblains for you, these ginger slices should have a certain effect on the frostbite." ”

The little girl had been frightened by Qi Lin's actions, and for as long as she could remember, no one had treated her so well except for her mother who appeared in her dreams.

Thinking of her mother, the little girl remembered that she seemed to be an extremely beautiful and kind woman, and even she was wearing gorgeous clothes that the little girl could not imagine, but for the little girl, it was just a dream.

"Sir, all I have are these matches!?" the little girl put the match she had been holding in her hand on the table, indicating that she didn't have a penny.

Qi Lin smiled and said, "It's okay, these are all I am willing to give you!"

Looking at the little girl's obviously unbelieving gaze, Qi Lin hesitated for a moment, took out one of the matches placed on the table, handed it to the little girl, and said, "Then I want this match, you help me light the oil lamp, and I have to treat you with chilblains." ”

Seeing Qi Lin pull out a match, the little girl actually sighed a little relaxed, in her life, no one would give herself anything for no reason, even her father would only give himself the coarsest black bread to eat after he sold enough matches.

However, looking at Qi Lin, who was slicing ginger next to her, the little girl suddenly felt a burst of warmth in her heart, this kind of warmth had only appeared in her dreams before, and it was probably this kind of warm feeling in her mother's arms.