Chapter 8: Fate
After leaving Ye Heshan, the brother and sister lived a wandering life, without the previous brocade clothes and food, just entered the world, did not understand humanities, had no money, life was extremely difficult, often hungry, can only rely on stealing, scavenging to survive, of course, the way of survival is inevitably bullied and beaten. If you can't stay in one place, you can only find another place, and in a few years, you have traveled to many places until you come to Luolan Town.
It's a new place, but it's easy to start if you're not familiar with it. The two men, dressed in tatters and with rumbling bellies, looked at each other and smiled, swaggering down the street, their eyes moving rapidly, looking for their prey. In eight years, both of them have grown up a lot, although they are often beaten for stealing and snatching, but fortunately, they have grown up in good health.
Although they are two faces and ragged clothes, there are countless such children in this town, so naturally they will not cause any ideas, and now that the notoriety of the two has not yet reached the point of becoming household names, it should be quite easy to succeed.
The prey is locked, a fruit stall, only one person to take care of it, or a fat middle-aged man, after looking at it, it should not be able to outrun them, so many years of experience, not to mention anything else, escaping is definitely first-class. There are quite a few people who happen to buy fruit, and you can use this as a cover to have a greater chance of success. Looking at these fresh fruits, the brother and sister couldn't help but salivate, looked at each other, and were about to act.
Yuntian first gathered among the guests who bought fruit, although he felt that he didn't care, but he always glanced at the boss who was settling accounts, Yunxi squatted down, took two big red apples from the fruit basket on the side of the fruit basket under his cover, and put them under his clothes, and wanted to evacuate quickly after he got his hands on it, although the boss was busy, but he was also a shrewd person, seeing Yunxi's sneaky behavior, he asked: "What are you doing, are you stealing?" As he spoke, he came out to check.
At this time, the eyes of the boss and the guests all looked at Yunxi who turned around to leave, Yuntian made a decisive move, picked up a big melon, squeezed away the guests, turned around and ran. The small commotion led away the boss's move to check Yunxi, and seeing Yuntian running away with a melon, the boss hurriedly chased after him, and shouted loudly: "Boy, don't run, catch the thief, there is a thief ......" Yunxi also took this opportunity to disappear.
The boss just chased a few steps, and then gave up, Yuntian ran fast, he couldn't catch up, there were still many people in front of the fruit stall, and if things were stolen again, the gains outweighed the losses. I can only scold and vent a few words: "Little rabbit, don't let me catch you, if you catch you, you have to break your legs to ......"
The brother and sister ran to a safe corner to meet, and when they saw the delicious fruit, they didn't have time to wash it, so they devoured it, and after a while the spoils were down, and the two rested against the wall contentedly.
The stolen and robbed food, the brother and sister have always eaten it directly, and they never dare to save it for the next meal. In these years, there are too many homeless and displaced people, some people are afraid to steal, but they often bully people who are weaker than themselves, such as this foreign brother and sister, they are often bullied by the local children, and they often take away the food they steal and steal. Therefore, even if the brother and sister die, they will not leave any food left.
For the next period of time, the brother and sister made a living from this, although walking on the street, they were cast with contempt and disgust, but in the long years of wandering, the brother and sister had long been accustomed to this kind of gaze. It's just that this "rich" life didn't take long to come to an end.
As their theft increased, the vendors became vigilant when they heard some rumors, and finally the two were caught in an "operation", and naturally they were beaten severely.
"You little bunny, dare you steal from us. Ahh
"Seeing that they definitely don't have the money to compensate us, what do you say, big brother. β
"Look at this from outsider. Forget about the man, this girl will be arrested and bought, and it will be regarded as compensation for us. β
"No!" Yun Tian roared angrily, pushing away the two who were about to pull Yun Xi away.
"You kid is looking for death. After speaking, several people surrounded Yuntian and punched and kicked.
"Alright, alright, if you fight again, you'll die. I'll spare you this time, and if I catch it next time, I'll definitely kill you. Let's go!" several people were tired and gasping for air.
Yun Tian is the elder brother and the mastermind, he was beaten badly, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, he bled a lot, his stomach was also kicked several times, the pain was unbearable, and he couldn't even walk normally. Yunxi was a little better, he was only slapped a few times, but the corners of his mouth were bloodshot. Yunxi struggled to pick up his brother and walked towards the slum in the distance, where there was the 'home' they had just found a few days ago.
It's not a slum, it's a far cry from the bustling streets, even though it's only a wall away. Along the way, the siblings saw many children like them in rags and dust, some curled up in their nests, some standing on the side of the road, and some sitting in front of the house, all of whom just watched in fear and did not dare to come forward to help.
After walking a long way, the brother and sister finally stopped in front of a collapsed and dilapidated straw house, although Yunxi tried very hard to gently put down his brother, but Yuntian still fell heavily beside the haystack, smashing up a puff of dust.
Yunxi cried and asked Yuntian with concern: "Brother, brother, how are you." β
In order not to worry his sister, Yuntian also tried his best to put on a smiling face: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just that my body is a little painful, and I'll be fine after resting for a while." Didn't you often do this before, don't worry, it will get better soon. β
Looking at Yun Tian's white lips, Yun Xi said, "I'll go ask for some water, brother, you wait for me here, don't move." Afraid that his brother would stop him, Yunxi ran away after speaking.
Yuntian wanted to stop it, but Yunxi didn't give him a chance to speak, and he couldn't move because of the pain, so he could only wait here.
Yunxi went door-to-door to beg for water, looking at the dirty, naΓ―ve and anxious little girl in front of her, although everyone's life was also very embarrassing, but someone still lent a helping hand and even gave her a little food. Yunxi was very grateful, and hurriedly returned to his brother with the broken bowl and food.
It was getting dark, the neighborhood was lit up with few lights, and the brother and sister were huddled in the dilapidated thatched hut.
"Sister, look at that man's injuries!" said a child's voice.
The woman looked in the direction of her brother's finger, found Yuntian and Yunxi, stepped forward to check, and found that Yuntian's injury was indeed very serious, not only that, but Yuntian still seems to have a fever now, if he doesn't help in time, he will definitely die.
In order not to let Yunxi worry too much, the woman asked gently: "Little sister, where did you come from, and how did you get hurt." β
Yunxi pointed to the bustling area and said, "My brother was beaten by the people inside. β
The woman was very angry and cursed the rich people for going too far. A worried face: "Your brother is seriously injured and can't stay outside, where is your home, I'll send you back!"
"My brother and I wandered from other places and have no home, please save my brother!" Yunxi heard his brother seriously injured and knelt down and pleaded.
The woman's family is also very difficult, her parents are gone, and now she depends on her brother, and with two more people, her brother should be even more tired. But now these two siblings are also very good, the boy is so badly injured, no one will help him will definitely die, and the girl loses her brother, and I don't know what will happen in the future. Thinking of this, the women decided to take the siblings home.
The woman helped Yuntian clean the wound, boiled a little medicine, and fed Yuntian to drink. Looking at Yunxi's concerned and nervous appearance, he comforted: "Don't worry! Your brother will be fine, just take a rest." At night, you can sleep with your sister!"
Yunxi nodded and said thank you.
After a while, a tall man walked in, saw two unfamiliar faces, and asked, "Liqing, what's the matter, why are there two more children in the family?" β
"Brother, I saw them on the side of the road, and found that the boy was seriously injured and might die if he was not treated in time, and asked them, but they seemed to be outsiders and had no one to rely on, so I brought them back. β
"I see!" said the man, and walked away.
The woman looked at Yunxi who was curled up beside Yun Tian, smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, just like the two of you, he is my brother." It's not early, come, let's go to bed with my sister!"
On the third day, in the haze, Yun Tian opened his eyes and looked at the simple houses and Yunxi squatting beside him. He whispered, "Yunxi, where is this?"
Yunxi was overjoyed when she saw her brother wake up: "Brother, you woke up, this is in a sister's house, and she saved you." He called out to the woman at the same time.
"You woke up, how are you feeling?"
"Much better now, thank you for saving me. β
"I'm hungry! I've been asleep for two days, I'll go get you something to eat." β
Not to mention that it's okay, as soon as I say it, Yuntian really feels hungry, he hasn't eaten a good meal for a few days, and he was beaten again, and his consumption is very great, and his body is very weak. When I saw the meal brought by the young lady, I didn't have time to be polite, so I ate it in a big gulp.
After eating, Yun Tian said very gratefully: "Thank you sister for helping, not only helping me heal, but also leaving us to stay and give us food." As he spoke, he burst into tears.
"You're welcome, why are you still crying?"
"No one has ever been so nice to us in all these years. β
"Okay, okay, don't flick if the man has tears, don't cry. By the way, what are your names, where do you come from, and how are you being called like this? My sister is a little timid, she depends on you a lot, and she squats beside you all the time. The woman said with a smile.
"My name is Yuntian, my sister's name is Yunxi, we came from far away, our parents died when we were very young, and our brother and sister were lonely and had to live on what we picked up and stolen. The day before yesterday, we were caught stealing something, and we were beaten like this. β
"Alas~ It's really not easy for the two of you! My name is Liqing, and that's my brother's name is Lige, and Lige came here. I also have an older brother named Licha, who has something to do and is out. You've seen it already, haven't you? Liqing said. "How old are you, and do you have any relatives in the world?"
"I'm fifteen years old, Yunxi is twelve, and we don't have any other relatives. β
"Huh, is Yunxi twelve years old, looking like he is only eight or nine years old. Did you steal all the good things and didn't leave them for your sister? β
"No, no. It's all my fault, when my sister was growing up, I couldn't let her eat every day. β
"Don't blame yourself, I'm joking with you. I'm seventeen this year, my brother is twenty-two, and my brother is thirteen, so we have to get along well in the future. β
In this way, the two temporarily lived with the Li's brothers and sisters. However, a great catastrophe is coming.