The taste of fried green beans with bacon is very good, and Old Man Lu's craftsmanship has always been very good, and he clearly remembers every food Lu Ming likes.

It's been a few days since that rain, and at noon Star Luo City is back to that hot climate, the sun is shrouded in the sky like a furnace, just draining everyone's body of water.

It's a little better in the shop, there is a breeze and there are not too many drinkers during the day, and no one wants to go out in the hot weather.

The heat wave mixed with the strong floral fragrance of the cherry blossoms formed twisted ripples in the air, diffusing to every nook and cranny.

After Lu Ming finished eating, he sat down at the table and drank some kind of fruit tea boiled by the old man Lu, chilled it in the well water, and drank it very comfortably.

There may be some refreshing ingredients in the fruit tea, and the hot and sleepy afternoon did not overwhelm him. With this faint excitement, his fingers lightly tapped the table, making a crisp clicking sound.

There were no pedestrians in the street, Lu Ming's head turned unconsciously, not thinking about something specific, but Lu Ming had nothing to do, thinking was the best way to pass the time, no matter what he was thinking.

Lu Ming's thoughts were interrupted by a sharp and ugly bird call, and there was still the damn ugly bird outside the door, making a piercing call, like a crumpled rat's head growing on a bird.

In the distance, two figures gradually emerged from the heat wave, with a strong fragrance of flowers and a quiet noise.

When he got closer, Lu Ming gradually saw the two people in front of him clearly, sighed, shook his head, and took two sips of tea.

"Brother Lu Ming", the noisy sound spread into the tavern through the heat wave, and the old man Lu, who was lying on the recliner at the front desk of the tavern and taking a nap, moved twice and was woken up by the noisy sound.

"Xiao Ming, your friend has come to play with you, take good care of others", raised his head, rubbed his eyes, saw the familiar two, informed Lu Ming, and then changed his posture and closed his eyes.

"Xiaohan is so fun, I'll pick you up when it's almost dark", it's still a familiar person, familiar words. However, the woman may not be in good health today, and she coughs twice from time to time when she speaks, with some sickness.

This situation has not been in a day or two, since that night when he was entangled by the little girl, Lu Ming has fallen into a troubled life, and the girl is always sent over by her mother on time every afternoon and picked up at night.

The whole day is only a short time in the morning and a short time in the evening. This feeling of bringing children is even more suffocating than parents with babies, after all, they are not their own children, so they naturally can't be beaten and scolded, and they still need to coax and endure annoying noises all day long.

Lu Ming has always hated noisy children, girls are okay at first, always obedient, not noisy or noisy, with an inferiority complex and cowardice in their bones, until they get along with Lu Ming, they gradually become lawless.

"Brother Lu Ming, Brother Lu Ming, where are we going to play today", the heat wave did not discourage the girl's interest, she was still in high spirits, ran to her, and stared at the tea in Lu Ming's hand.

"Ah~ Let me think about it", Lu Ming pressed the weight of his body on the back of the chair, his voice was full of laziness, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.

"Let's talk about it later, it's hot now", Lu Ming turned around and took a teacup, poured out a cup of fruit tea, and handed it to the little girl.

The little girl took it and sat down on the chair opposite, holding up the teacup with both hands, biting the wall of one teacup with her lips, blinking a pair of big eyes, leaking out the small gap in her front teeth.

Damn the weather and noisy children, only fruit tea and chaise longues can maintain a precious comfort with me for a while, but this comfort is estimated to dissipate quickly.

Children are such a nuisance, and he couldn't understand how humans made up their minds to have children, and how they resisted the urge to throw them away. The pups of cats and dogs are not noisy and disturbing.

"Brother Lu Ming, where are we going to play", the little girl put down the cup of tea she had drunk, and her two hands kept shaking Lu Ming's arm.

"Hey, how about we get out of town?" , Lu Ming sighed, and thought about it, and now the woods and streams outside the city are cooler.

The little girl was very happy, and she couldn't see Lu Ming's impatience, so she hurriedly pulled Lu Ming out of the house, and asked Lu Ming what fun things were outside the city.

The streets were deserted, except for a few scattered shops with their doors open, and the shopkeepers had little strength to shout, or to take a nap at the counter, or to close the shop early to find a place to play chess.

The scorching and distorted air was accompanied by a strong fragrance of flowers, and the streets were empty, this was Xingluo City in June and July, dry, hot, and lifeless.

"This, can Brother Lu Ming carry me on his back, the ground is so hot", not long after leaving, the little girl grabbed Lu Ming and pointed to the ground made of cyan marble bricks.

Lu Ming's irritable mood was almost detonated, and he turned his head and glanced at the girl impatiently, and saw the girl's ill-fitting shoes and the remaining bruises on her arms.

Squatted down and lifted one of the girl's thin feet, the place behind the bottom of the shoe was almost worn out, with dust, and it was soft when poked, leaving only a thin piece.

"Didn't it hurt when you came over?" , Lu Ming's fire also subsided, although he was still very irritable, but no matter how he said it, he shouldn't lose his temper at a poor child.

Most of the shoes in Douluo Continent are cloth shoes, and the soles are mostly made of rags mixed with some paste glue, which is very uncomfortable to wear, and some of the soles are made of some kind of soul animal skin, and the soles are mixed with natural rubber, which are very comfortable to wear, but most of them are relatively expensive.

"It hurts, but if I tell my mother, my mother probably won't let me come out to play," the little girl said in a low voice, her head down.

"Come on", Lu Ming sighed, squatted down in front of the girl, turned his head and said.

The girl slowly climbed onto Lu Ming's back, her hands wrapped around her neck, looking like a pendant. The body is very light, and Lu Ming, who has strengthened his body through the first soul ring, doesn't seem to feel the weight of the girl.

Holding the girl's leg in his hand is like holding a bamboo pole, and through the flesh and skin, you can even feel the bones.

The girl's body pressed against Lu Ming's back, as if she was carrying a piece of bone, which made Lu Ming feel a little painful.

"Drive, go", the girl's laughter echoed in the alley, the silver bell-like laughter was crisp like a princess, and Lu Ming's shrugged face was exactly the same as a horse.

However, Lu Ming didn't feel irritated anymore, he just felt pitiful, this was just a poor and lonely little girl.

I stopped in front of a very familiar shop, this is a shop where Old Man Lu often takes Lu Ming to buy shoes, and the owner is an old man with a bad temper.

"Go, go, little, don't disturb my sleep," the little girl's silver bell-like laughter came into the store, waking up the old man who was sleeping on the table.

The girl immediately stopped, didn't dare to say another word, seemed to have done something wrong, hid behind Lu Ming, and leaked a pair of small eyes with her head.

"Grandpa Zhang, I'm here to buy shoes", Lu Ming coughed and stood in front of the table.

The old man heard the voice a little familiar, raised his head and rubbed his eyes, only to realize that it was Lu Ming, but he still scolded when he spoke.

"Dead children, don't sleep at noon, don't stay at home to read and read, run out to take the little girl to play, go to other houses to play, don't bother my old man."

"I'm really here to buy shoes, Grandpa Zhang, you see if there is anything suitable, I have money for her to wear."

As soon as the old man heard that there was a business to do, and thought carefully about Lu Ming, the kid usually had some money, so his face softened a little, and he took a closer look at the girl's height.

"The little girl has taken off her shoes, let me see how big it is," the old man pulled over a stool.

"If you don't learn well, you can learn to please your wife at a young age, and tell your grandfather when you go back", the old man turned around again and patted Lu Ming's head, his voice was crisp and loud.

Seeing the old man beating Lu Ming, Yuhan was excited, and it wasn't until he saw the smile on Lu Ming's face that he calmed down, and slowly took off his shoes, revealing his soft little feet like mutton fat jade, the soles of his feet were red and stained with a little dirt.

Although the old man usually has a bad temper and a bit of a poisonous mouth, his craftsmanship is still very good, with a variety of styles, suitable sizes, and a little more comfortable. However, the asking price is very expensive, basically not a few families come to buy, most of them make their own shoes and wear them themselves.

Yuhan obviously hadn't seen so many styles of shoes, so he looked left and right, and picked out a blue and white embroidered shoe with a beautiful golden pattern after a long time.

"Seventy Bronze Soul Coins"

"Eh, didn't I buy shoes with fifty copper soul coins in the past," Lu Ming asked as he looked at the old man stretching out his hand.

"No bargain, no bargain, look at the shoes you are wearing, there is not even a pattern, these shoes are different, embroidered patterns, how beautiful, it is one thing to sell expensively, but it looks good", the old man blushed and spoke loudly.

"This, I think I can wear my previous shoes too", the girl pulled Lu Ming's clothes from behind, but Lu Ming ignored it and just touched her head.

"Okay, don't bargain, don't bargain", Lu Ming took out a handful of copper soul coins from his small cloth pocket, counted seventy and piled them up for the old man.

"It's so beautiful, Brother Lu Ming, why are you so good to me", the little girl went out like a different person, like an elf, surrounding Lu Ming, chattering.

"If you call me brother, naturally you can't call me in vain, just take it as a gift for you", Lu Ming couldn't say what he really thought in his heart, and the word "pitiful" was a bit cruel, and it might hurt the girl's self-esteem.

"However, my mother said that you should pay it back, and you can't ask for other people's things, so what should I give you...... Well......", the little girl thought for a while, "I don't seem to have anything, or else, when I have money, I will invite my brother to eat meatloaf every day." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll wait, Xiaohan will definitely become a rich man in the future, and you will buy me delicious food every day when the time comes", Lu Ming suddenly felt that this child was also very cute, touched her head, and couldn't help laughing.