A few days after this, Lin Yingti still took on the responsibility of taking care of Jiang Xiyue, and similarly, Jiang Xiyue would also teach her to read and write.

Lin Yingti is not very interested in literacy, but she likes to talk to this strange brother, because she has no contact with her peers on weekdays.

"What books do you have at home?"

Jiang Xiyue explained: "I said that I would teach you to read and write. ”

Lin Yingti thought for a while, then walked out, and when he came back, he held a large pile of old fairy tale books in his hand.

Lin Yingti seriously put the book on the ground, and then looked up at Jiang Xiyue.

Jiang Xiyue pursed her lips and asked her to bring some books.

The two children then gathered together, head to head.

Lin Yingti can only say some simple words, once they are connected into sentences, it is very jerky and difficult to chew the words.

Jiang Xiyue was very patient and taught her to read word by word.

His voice was very good, gentle and indifferent, as if he was taking care of Lin Yingti, and his speed of speech was also very slow.

Jiang Xiyue knew a lot of words, and she was very patient, and after a long time of contact, Lin Yingti had a lot more words than before.

"What is this?"

Jiang Xiyue glanced at it: "The moon, the moon of the moon." ”

"Is it your month?"

Jiang Xiyue didn't expect her to ask like this, she was slightly stunned, and then hummed softly.

In addition to reading and writing, she also likes to pester Jiang Xiyue to tell her fairy tales.

She was lying on the ground with her chin propped up in her hands and a couple of cartoon books in front of her.

These are old fairy tale books that other children don't want, and then their parents gave them to her, but she doesn't know how to read, she can only look at the dolls on them.

She likes to read books very much, but Wang Yan doesn't like others to give her these things, and even runs to the door of other people's houses to scold, saying that dogs look down on people, and no one will give her books in the long run.

So these books are very valuable to Lin Yingti.

“.... In the end, the prince and princess of the Moon Kingdom lived happily together. ”

When Lin Yingti heard this, there was a rare vivid expression on his face, but he was not happy.

Seeing her pouted, Jiang Xiyue felt funny, and asked gently, "What's wrong?" “

"I don't like the prince of the Moon Country."

"Why?"

"He's bad."

As if curious about Lin Yingti's words, Jiang Xiyue patiently continued to ask: "Why do you say that he is bad?" ”

Lin Yingti's mouth deflated even more, "He lied." ”

Jiang Xiyue smiled dumbly, he was really a child, but when he thought about it, he didn't realize that his age was actually about the same age as her.

"So you remember," Jiang Xiyue's tone was very light.

"The world is cruel, don't trust anyone."

Lin Yingti looked at him stunned, a little unsure of what this sentence meant.

"It's okay if you don't understand."

Jiang Xiyue's eyes fell on the fairy tale book that had already been told, and asked, "Do you still have any books at home?" ”

Lin Yingti blinked.

Jiang Xiyue explained: "I said that I would teach you to read and write, but these books are not enough. ”

He thought for a moment and said, "You go out and buy another newspaper." ”

Although Lin Yingti didn't know why she wanted to buy the newspaper, she still did it obediently, but she had no money on her, so she could only secretly go to Wang Yan's room to get the money, she knew where she put the money.

However, she didn't dare to take more, so she only took a dollar coin, so she went to the town to buy a newspaper and brought it back to Jiang Xiyue, expecting him to continue to teach her to read.

Jiang Xiyue's eyes changed when she saw the few big words that appeared on the newspaper after she saw it.

However, there was still not much fluctuation on his face, he lowered his eyes calmly, and continued to speak to Lin Yingti.

Lin Yingti is not very good at reading, if she could read, she would see the words #The young son of the Jiang family is missing and suspected of being kidnapped # on the largest page of the newspaper.

Since that day, Jiang Xiyue has been a little absent-minded, and Lin Yingti didn't notice it.

There was a sound of unlocking the dam gate outside the house, and Lin Yingti hurriedly hid the newspaper, then locked the utility room and walked out.

Zheng Guoli was full of alcohol, and there were several middle-aged men who followed him up the stairs, a group of people hooked their shoulders and backs, and said a word to me.

"I did a big job this time."

Zheng Guoli burped and said in a rude tone, "Damn, I can finally make a fortune." ”

"What big fortune? Don't lie to me. ”

Zheng Guoli snorted his chin towards the utility room, "There is a big fat sheep in this house, and you may not believe how much money he has in his house." ”

"My mother-in-law went to his house to be a handyman, and it took a long time to get in."

"I'll ask his parents to give this number, guess they'll give it."

Zheng Guoli twisted his fingers and compared a number, and the rest of the people almost dropped their jaws when they saw this.

"It's okay, Brother Zheng, take your brothers and mix together."

Zheng Guoli was in a good mood, and after his eyes swept over Lin Yingti, who was standing in a daze, his face pulled down again, and he said with raised eyebrows: "What are you doing standing here?!" Like a ghost, is the rice cooked? ”

Lin Yingti stammered a little, "No... There is no rice. ”

Chen Guoli's tone raised: "What?!" ”

In front of the rest of the people, he felt that he had been swept away, and when he looked at Lin Yingti's face, he was even more angry in his heart, and he kicked her when he went up.

Lin Yingti was kicked on the ground and snorted.

Chen Guoli was still angry, and he was about to pump her when he untied the belt, but was pulled by the person next to him.

"You haven't dealt with this kid yet?"

Chen Guoli snorted, "I can't deal with it, she has a bad brain, she can't speak clearly, and no one wants it." ”

"So what are you going to do? Kept all the time? ”

"Although she has a brain problem, her face is still good-looking, and I plan to wait for her to grow up and transfer it to Brother Zhang."

After saying that, everyone let out a hearty laugh.

When everyone's footsteps faded away, Lin Yingti got up slowly, was kicked and fell to the ground, her legs hurt more than before.

After the others left, she opened the door of the utility room again, carefully put away the hidden newspaper, and carried it into her arms.

Jiang Xiyue looked at her movements, her gaze gently sweeping over her face.

He heard the movement outside the house clearly,

Lin Yingti held the doorknob in her hand and stood at the door, looking at him.

Probably because of malnutrition, she was small and thin, and the doorknob was extremely high, so she could only stand on tiptoe.

"See you tomorrow."

Her voice was sweet, but there was no expression on her face.

Jiang Xiyue didn't ask her what happened in the corridor just now, as if she hadn't noticed that she had just been beaten, and only smiled at her.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow."

Then there was a "snap", the lights were turned off, and the room fell into darkness and silence.

When she woke up the next day, Lin Yingti found that her legs were swollen.

Her leg has been in pain since she was beaten with a stick by her father, but she is the best at tolerating pain, so she has not treated the wound, which was worse after being kicked yesterday.

It wasn't until she dragged her legs to bring breakfast to Jiang Xiyue that maybe her walking posture was too miserable, and he frowned.

"Have you ever seen a doctor for your leg?"

Lin Yingti looked at him strangely, not understanding what he said.

“.... Why should you go to see it? ”

"If you're injured, you'll have to see a doctor."

Lin Yingti blinked slowly, no one had ever told her this truth, she thought that everyone would wait for the wound to heal when they were injured, but it was so painful that they couldn't stand it before they exhaled.

This is what she learned from the neighbor next door who coaxed her little granddaughter, saying that when it hurts, it will hurt, and it won't hurt anymore.

Jiang Xiyue didn't seem to have slept well, a faint tiredness appeared on his slightly pale face, he drooped his eyelids slightly, leaned against the corner of the wall, and closed his eyes.

"You'd better go to the doctor early, don't drag this leg."

After eating, Lin Yingti pushed open the door of the house, her parents were not at home, and she didn't know where she went, but she was used to it.

The two of them would often disappear inexplicably for a few days, and then reappear, during which Lin Yingti could only survive on leftovers, and if the meal was finished, she would have to go hungry.

Because those two people never left her a penny, and they didn't give an explanation, as if they had never considered her life and death.

Fortunately, every time they would appear before Lin Yingti was starved to death.

The health station in the town is actually a small clinic, the female doctor who saw the doctor just gave birth to a child last year, the child just turned two years old, and kept crying, she had to hold the child in her arms and coax it, fortunately, there are not many patients who come to see the doctor at this point in time, and it is quite idle.

When the female doctor saw Lin Yingti standing silently at the door of her clinic, she was startled.

She recognized Lin Yingti, and everyone in the town knew the strange daughter of the Chen family.

"Come on in, what's the matter with you?"

She saw the dark blue on the face of the little girl in front of her, and the scars on her body that looked like they had been abused for a long time, and sighed in her heart.

Lin Yingti looked at the smooth and shiny white tiles on the ground, stared at her dirty shoes crampedly, and under the urging of the woman, she hesitated for a while and walked in slowly.

"Oops, what's wrong with your leg?"

Lin Yingti blinked and said, "It hurts." ”

"How can it not hurt, it's so swollen."

The woman unconsciously raised her tone and glared at her.

Thinking that the person in front of him was angry, Lin Yingti subconsciously shrunk his neck, lowered his head, and hugged his head.

Seeing her make such a move, the woman was dumbfounded, and finally her face was complicated, and she didn't ask how she got it, after all, the Zheng family's street neighbors all knew, and they knew that they beat and scolded the children, and the police station came several times, but it still didn't work.

"I'll help you with the medicine."

Unexpectedly, no fist landed on him, Lin Yingti blinked in confusion and raised his head.

The woman put her child in the walker and shoved a lollipop into his hand to stop him from crying.

Lin Yingti's attention was attracted by the candy in his hand again, and he didn't even know when the woman lifted her skirt to reveal the red and swollen knee on the left.

The cold medicine stimulated the skin, and there were bursts of tingling pain, but Lin Yingti seemed to be unconscious, and her eyes kept following the lollipop in the child's hand.

The woman looked funny, but after laughing, she felt sad, and after taking the medicine, she took another piece of candy from the drawer and handed it to her.

"Let's eat on the way back."

Lin Yingti took it, she lowered her head and looked at the orange candy in her hand, as if she felt novel.

"Don't touch the water with the wound, walk less these days."

The woman carefully instructed her to pay attention, without mentioning half of the medicine money, and she also knew that for Lin Yingti, she might not even know that she had to pay for medical treatment.

After returning home, Lin Yingti first went to the hall where he was watching TV, and saw that his parents had not come back, so he unlocked the lock again and entered the grocery room where Jiang Xiyue was kept.

When the people inside heard the movement of the door opening, they didn't even lift their eyelids, as if they knew that it was her.

Lin Yingti slowly walked in front of him, squatted on the ground again, and spread his hand towards him.

Jiang Xiyue slowly opened her eyes at this time, and his gaze first swept around Lin Yingti's face a few times, and finally landed on her palm.

I saw a lollipop lying quietly on it, and I don't know if it was because of the sweat in her palms or because she was clenching it too tightly, the cheap plastic wrapping candy wrapper had become slimy.

Jiang Xiyue looked at her: "You give it to me?" ”

Lin Yingti nodded.

Jiang Xiyue smiled: "Thank you, but I don't like sweets." ”

It's a pity that Lin Yingti couldn't hear the polite and polite refusal, so she opened the candy paper and was about to feed it to Jiang Xiyue's mouth.

Jiang Xiyue couldn't help her, so she still opened her mouth and took it.

Seeing him eat, Lin Yingti slowly smiled at him.

Her face today was not as dirty as usual, revealing white and delicate skin, black apricot eyes, and a little pale lip color, and a faint pear vortex appeared on her left cheek when she laughed.

Jiang Xiyue's gaze fell on her face and paused.

Lin Yingti tilted her head suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

Jiang Xiyue opened her eyes, "It's nothing." ”