Chapter 69: Stories in the Slums

Long Chuan and the others followed behind the young man and a group of dolls, and the more they walked forward, the heavier Long Chuan's mood became.

In the past, when Long Chuan followed some old people in the house to the city, they all came in the carriage and returned in the carriage. The places I went to were mainly some shops or other industries of the Long family in the East City. Every time I go to the place, although it is far from being comparable to the majestic and luxurious momentum of the Dragon Mansion, it is also some prosperous place.

Therefore, in the past few years, Long Chuan has always had an illusion in his heart, thinking that this time and space is really different from another time and space, and there are no poor people.

After following the young man and a group of children for a long way, Long Chuan learned that in this time and space, there were also poor people. And, it seems, there are more poor people here than there are in another time and space, poorer and poorer.

When you walk here, the road is no longer a stone pavement or a brick road like those bustling commercial streets, but a dirt road with potholes. Even, these roads cannot be counted as complete roads. One piece collapsed here, one side collapsed there.

On both sides of the road are countless densely packed low houses. Many of them can't even be called houses, just simple shacks. Among these low houses and shacks, Long Chuan saw a large land of ruins. The ruins, whether they were crumbling earth or rocks, were all burned black, apparently because there had been a fire in the ruins not long ago.

In the rubble, there is no combustible material such as wood. Long Chuan knew in his heart that the wood that had not been burned out must have been picked up by the owners of these collapsed houses and shacks or the people around them, recycled, and used as firewood or other uses.

On the right side of the dirt road they were walking on was a stinky river of sewage. The river smells sickening. Above the river, all kinds of messy things floated.

Walking here, Li Yun, Qingyu and Qingwen all gently covered their noses and frowned. Long Zheng's face didn't change, but his face wasn't very good-looking.

Looking at the people living on both sides of the river, they don't seem to react to the smell of the sewage river. Some elderly people sat in front of their homes, facing the sewage river, chatting with each other. Others carry buckets of water and water water in the river. By the river, there were many women squatting on large rocks, scrubbing their clothes. The women pounded the washed clothes on the big stones with their mallets, as if they were knocking on the heart of the dragon.

As the young man approached the area surrounded by a group of dolls, he kept greeting people on the side of the road.

The people on the side of the road saw two short-dressed strong men following closely behind the young man and a group of dolls, and their faces showed a look of disgust and fear. However, when I saw the five people of Long Chuan and his group coming over, there was nothing unusual on people's faces.

However, Long Chuan also noticed that among the crowds of people who came and went here, there were many people dressed as rangers. Presumably there are a lot of people here, so it's not strange.

The two strong men had also noticed that Long Chuan and the others were following along the way. However, the two strong men didn't seem to care about this, just hung tightly behind the young man and a group of dolls.

After a few more walks, the young man and a group of dolls stopped at the gate of a courtyard. Long Chuan saw the scale of the courtyard from a distance, and his heart was slightly shocked.

When the young man entered the courtyard with a group of dolls, the two strong men stood outside the courtyard in a grand manner. Many people who passed by saw these two strong men and took a detour.

When Long Chuan and the others got closer, Long Zheng said in a low voice: "Chuan'er, this should have been a temple or something. ”

Only then did Long Chuan understand why there was such a big courtyard where the young man lived.

Long Chuan glanced at Long Zheng, Li Yun, Qingyu and Qingwen, bypassed the two strong men, and walked along the courtyard wall towards the back of the temple.

Approaching the wall, Long Chuan found that there were holes everywhere on the wall of the temple. In some of the larger holes, some stones were stuffed into the middle, and then they were randomly pasted with mud.

Long Chuan and the others stopped along the fence when they came to a house that looked very old and dilapidated. A few people only heard a cacophony coming from inside the house, and it seemed that dozens of dolls were talking nonsense.

Long Zheng asked Long Chuan in a low voice, "Chuan'er, do you want to go in and have a look?"

Long Chuan shook his head lightly and said, "Dad, the child listens here first." ”

When Long Zheng and Li Yun heard Long Chuan's words, their faces showed surprise at the same time. You must know that although the sound in the room sounds a lot, it is not easy to hear something substantial from such a noisy sound, if it is not for the ear power, or a master like Long Zheng.

Long Zheng and Li Yun glanced at each other at the same time, leaned towards Long Chuan's side silently, and each stretched out a hand to hold Long Chuan's left and right hands respectively.

Long Chuan didn't think much of it, but he calmed down, carefully trying to find the young man's voice in the cacophony of the courtyard.

Soon, Long Chuan heard the young man's voice say happily, "Mother, your illness is fine. The kid got you back the medicine. Baby, I'll help you boil the medicine. ”

A rather weak woman's voice said, "Zhuzi, don't rush to decoction the medicine first. You come here. My mother has something to ask you. ”

A boy's voice said, "Brother Zhuzi, you talk to the eldest lady." I'm going to decoct the eldest lady. Judging by the voice, the boy who spoke should be the oldest boy in the previous group of dolls.

As soon as the boy's words fell, a girl's voice said, "Brother Zhuzi, you talk to the eldest mother." I'm also going to help with the decoction. The voice of this girl is the voice of the girl who was called Little Nier by the young man before.

After a few words of instruction from the young man's voice, the footsteps of several children trampled away. Then, the voice of the young man said, "Mother, please speak." ”

The woman's voice said, "Pillar, where did you get the money to get the medicine?"

The young man's voice replied cheerfully, "Mother, the child has made a lot of money today. Mother never has to worry about it again. Mother, look!"

Long Chuan didn't need to look at it to guess that the young man must be showing the woman the bag of silver.

The woman's voice exclaimed in a low voice, then coughed violently. The young man's voice hurriedly said, "Mother, don't get excited! You lie down first." When you are cured, the child will let you enjoy well. ”

The woman's voice coughed a few more times, and suddenly said angrily: "Kneel!"

The young man's voice said, "Mother, ...... you?"

The woman's voice coughed again, and shouted, "You unfilial son!

After a plop, the young man's voice asked cautiously, "Mother, what's wrong with you?"

The woman's voice said angrily: "Tiezhu, you say, where did the silver come from?!"

The young man's voice said, "Mother, don't worry! Children don't do the things that are adulterous. ”

The woman's voice coughed violently a few more times, and her voice became more and more angry: "Above board?!, where did you get the scars on your arms? Did you go out of the city to look for those things?!"

The young man's voice whispered, "Mother, isn't the child all right? The child was lucky enough to find a stone and exchange it for so much silver." In the future, my mother will never have to worry about it again. ”

There was a "pop" sound in the house, and it should have been a woman who slapped the young man.

Immediately, the woman's voice cried: "You unfilial son! How many times has my mother told you not to venture outside the city." You have to go. My mother is left with a child like you, and I am still counting on you to inherit the Tie family and send my mother to the end. There is also such a large group of children, all pointing to you to earn them a bite to eat. You say, "If you have three long and two short, what will my mother do?" What will you do with these children? How can your mother meet your father and the ancestors of the Tie family?"

The woman was crying and coughing harder.

When Long Chuan heard this, his two hands tightened at the same time. Long Zheng and Li Yun felt the grip on Long Chuan's hand and sighed at the same time.

Long was about to speak, his brows suddenly furrowed slightly, and he turned his head slightly to look in another direction. Long Chuan also turned his head and looked in the direction Long Zheng was looking. Then, Long Zheng nodded, and a group of five people walked towards the direction of the main entrance of the courtyard at the same time.

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