Chapter 4 The Rich Girl
Aunt Sophia was stunned for a moment, her heartstrings seemed to be plucked, and the young man in front of her somehow looked very pitiful, reminding her of a son who had died of illness before.
Sophia opened the basket hanging from her arm, and there were a few pieces of black bread in it, this was her family's dinner tonight, and it was not enough to eat! If she gave it to this young man, she would be hungry for the night. And her husband has a short temper, and hates giving alms to beggars the most.
Aunt Sophia hesitated for a long time, but finally sighed, took out a piece of black bread and handed it to Lin Song, and said, "Little ghost, you are lucky today, I really can't bear to see you hungry." After speaking, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with an apron.
The two beggars on the other side of the earthen wall stared at this scene with wide eyes and incredulous eyes, they never dreamed that Trist could still ask for food like this. They only hated themselves for being too far away from Trist to get a piece of the pie.
Lin Song got the bread and immediately stuffed it into his mouth. While Aunt Sophia is still there, she must eat the bread, otherwise she will be snatched away by the owner who is staring at her in the distance.
Lin Song was eating brown bread for the first time, which was completely different from the sweet and soft bread eaten on earth. Lin Song felt that what he was chewing in his mouth seemed to be a piece of wood, and after chewing it, it turned into sawdust. In the past, the poor were described as eating bran vegetables, and this brown bread probably felt similar to eating bran.
Lin Song had never eaten such an unpalatable thing, but he forced himself to chew and swallow it, because this was food, and the nutrients and calories in it were exactly what his weak body urgently needed. Lin Song thought that he had been in the company for more than a year, being a big boss, eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and wasting and squandering, but he didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly.
"Poor little imp, the osmium is broken!" said Aunt Sophia, who watched him gobble it up, before turning away. Although this charity was small, it could have been a starvation for dinner and a severe beating by her husband for this kind woman.
In the evening, all the beggars returned to the cowshed, and some of them were lucky enough to beg for food and have a full stomach. There are also those who are unlucky and hungry and depressed. However, everyone was surprised to hear that Trist could actually get food.
Lin Song ignored these beggars, the black bread in his stomach had been transformed into energy, nourishing this torn body. Lin Song practiced health preservation for a while. He began to cultivate his soul again, and at this time, the soul flame in the soul space had shrunk to the size of a soybean grain, extremely weak, and swaying, as if it was going to be extinguished at any time. This was the consequence of Lin Song's successive detachments from his body, and his soul power had lost a lot.
Lin Song searched for the exercises for cultivating the soul in his memory, and there were many exercises for cultivating the soul in Wang Jinrong's memory, but most of them needed to rely on some kind of material or substance, and there were very few exercises for simply cultivating the soul. Lin Song finally found one of the hundreds of exercises, and he could cultivate his soul power without any external objects, just like a magician's meditation method.
Lin Song practiced for a few hours according to the requirements of this exercise, returned to the soul space and sighed unconsciously, his soul flame had not changed at all, and it was still as yellow as a bean.
Lin Song pondered, no wonder among the various cultivators, soul cultivators had the nickname of predators. The cultivation of soul cultivation is too dependent on external objects, and almost all exercises require the support of various materials, which generally contain substances that enhance soul power, and they are basically precious treasures.
"It seems that I need to open up a financial path as soon as possible to provide for my cultivation needs. Lin Song thought to himself.
The other beggars only saw Lin Song closing his eyes and recuperating, but they never dreamed that this beggar covered in abscesses was thinking about opening up a way to make money.
The next day, Lin Song was still begging with other beggars, and after two days of practicing health exercises, Lin Song's aching body had greatly improved. Although he was still covered in abscesses, he could barely walk. On this day, Lin Song still cast a charm spell and begged for half a piece of bread from a woman.
For a few days after that, Lin Song was able to get food, and other beggars were envious. Lin Song was secretly worried, his current charm spell was already the lowest level, and it only consumed a little soul power, but his current soul power was too weak to withstand consumption. It is estimated that if you use the charm spell ten more times at most, you will reach the limit. If you continue to use it, you may fall back to an ordinary person from a junior master. Losing a level has a great impact on cultivation and is difficult to recover. The reason why old Henry is so miserable is because he was injured and fell off.
On this day, Lin Song was begging, and suddenly heard a beggar in the distance, shouting, "Miss Lena is here, she wants to distribute food to all the beggars, go quickly!"
Lin Song found Miss Lena's information in Trist's memories. Lena, the daughter of the owner of a leather goods shop in the town, is a kind-hearted young lady who loves to give alms to beggars, and Trist has received many alms from her. However, Miss Lena's father, Andre, was a miser, and although he was rich, he never gave a beggar a coin, and he was also disgusted by his daughter's behavior.
In the streets, all the beggars lined up to receive alms from Miss Lena—one loaf of bread each. Miss Lena is in her twenties, thin and small, with many freckles on her face, and she looks very ordinary, but she has a good heart.
"God of Light again, thank you Miss Lena!" "When everyone accepts the food, they thank Lena in turn. It was Lin Song's turn to say the same, but Lin Song had an extra smile, a charming smile.
Miss Lena was stunned when she saw Lin Song's smile, but she didn't say anything special and walked over. After distributing the food, Lina suddenly walked up to Lin Song and asked, "Is one cake enough to eat?"
Lin Song shook his head.
Lena took out another dough cake from the basket and handed it to Lin Song.
The beggars around all showed jealous expressions, they were not jealous of the little food that Lin Song had gotten. Although Miss Lena is only a rich girl in a small town, she is as noble as a goddess in the hearts of these beggars. What they were jealous of was Miss Lena's extra care for Lin Song.
In the evening, when the beggars returned to the cowshed, the red-haired beggar leader suddenly walked up to Lin Song and said viciously, "Hand over that piece of bread to Lao Tzu." ”
The beggars around all showed gloating expressions, they were jealous of Lin Song, and they were very willing to see Lin Song deflated.
Lin Song looked at the beggars coldly, sneered for a while, took out the dough cake from his arms and threw it on the ground. Lin Song's body had almost recovered, and after he cultivated the health cultivation technique, his strength also increased. If he fights, he is sure to defeat this beggar leader. But he is a cultivator, and his vision is much higher than that of these beggars. How can a person who can enjoy the glory and wealth of the world, and the delicacies and beauties, fight with a beggar for a little poor food?
The red-haired beggar picked up the dough and ate it with a grin.
The next day, Lin Song still came to the place where Miss Lena distributed the food yesterday, and at noon, he saw Miss Lena coming from a distance, carrying a basket in her hand.
Lin Song breathed a sigh of relief, the effect of the charm spell can be stacked, but it must be cast continuously in a short period of time, if it is separated by many days, the overlapping effect of the charm will be gone.
Miss Lena walked up to him, took out a piece of bread from the basket and handed it to Lin Song. This is a fine white loaf of bread, not a black loaf of wood.
"Thank you, Miss Lena!" Lin Song took the bread and devoured it, and at the same time lost no time in smiling at Lina and casting a charm spell.
"How old are you?"
"Fifteen!"
Lin Song searched for Trist's memory, in fact, Trist himself didn't know his age, and Lin Song deliberately said his age younger in order to arouse Lena's sympathy.
"Poor child!" Lena had a sympathetic look in her eyes and gently stroked Lin Song's hair, "Do you need help?"
Lin Song swallowed the bread, nodded, and said, "I want to work to support myself, I need a job." ”
That night, Lin Song returned to the cowshed, only to feel that the atmosphere was not right, only to see that all the beggars were looking at him with fierce eyes, and their eyes were very vicious.
The leader of the red-haired beggars came up and said, "Miss Lena will give you food again today! I said that you should learn a lesson if you swallow half of the food you beg for me in the future." After speaking, there was a fierce light in his eyes.
Lin Songhuo stood up and pulled out a wooden stick from the firewood and grass behind him, which was a weapon he had hidden a long time ago. He didn't want to bargain with these beggars for food, but that didn't mean he could be bullied.
Many beggars were taken aback, is this still the timid and obedient Trist who used to be afraid of things?
The red-haired beggar leader is in a dilemma, fighting, and Trist is now very imposing and not easy to deal with. didn't fight, but it was a shame to lose face.
Many beggars watched intently as the two confronted each other, and if Trist really killed the red-haired beggar, Trist would be the leader of the beggars.
Suddenly, outside the cowshed came a manservant, Miss Lena's servant.
"Luckily for you, Trist, Miss Lina has been kind enough to ask you for an apprenticeship in a leather goods shop. The manservant said as he looked at the sore-covered young man, and could not see anything special about the boy who could be favored by Miss Lena.
In the envious and frantic eyes of the beggars, Lin Song and the manservant walked out of the cowshed.
"Damn, what good luck is this kid!" the red-haired beggar angrily smashed the broken bowl in his hand.