Anyway, he doesn't have any psychological burden.
The carriage moved forward.
On the way, he would occasionally let Little Baozhu come down to play.
If he met someone selling some rare stuff on the roadside, he would also buy it for Xiaobaozhu.
After stopping and walking like this, after a while, the carriage arrived at the border city.
Before we even entered the city, the rain was already falling.
Little Baozhu was lying by the window, reaching out to catch the raindrops.
When she was at home, she had never seen such heavy and continuous rain.
"Uncle, I know why this place is called Zhucheng." Little Baozhu said excitedly.
The raindrops here are crackling, like countless beads falling from the sky.
No wonder it’s called Pearl City.
"Ah? Really?" Hoda was absent-minded.
In fact, this place is not called Zhucheng at all, and he doesn't know what it is called.
He only knew that this was the farthest place he could go.
It would be most appropriate to throw the little orb here.
He planned to stay here for two or three days. After getting familiar with it, he would leave her behind.
He found an inn, paid the rent, and took the little treasure out.
The border city is not as beautiful as Xiao Baozhu imagined.
In recent years, the border has been raging with war, and enemy countries have repeatedly invaded. People living here will be affected by the war to a certain extent.
The rich are fine and can survive anywhere, but the poor are different.
If you want to survive in such a difficult place, you have to sell your children and daughters to beg for food.
After following Hoda for half a street, Xiao Baozhu's face was not as happy as it was at the beginning.
Huo Yingwei also didn't expect that Huo Da would bring Xiao Baozhu to such a place.
He said he was a wealthy businessman from the south.
But what he came to now was clearly the northern border.
Either he lied, or he knew they were following and was avoiding something.
However, it came at just the right time.
According to the emperor's wishes, war with neighboring countries is about to break out.
When he came this time, he could also secretly inquire about things that he could not usually inquire about in the capital.
Hoda didn't even realize that Huo Yingwei and the others were following not far away. He randomly found a stall and ordered two bowls of steamed buns in broth.
This place is damp and cold, and there is nothing better than drinking a bowl of hot broth.
Little Baozhu had never eaten this before, so she took a deep breath and said, "It smells so good."
As she said that, she took a bite of the steamed bun in her hand.
Then her little face wrinkled up, why is she so hard.
Hoda laughed, "That's not how you eat it."
He broke the buns in his hand into pieces, soaked them in the broth, stirred them, and brought his bowl to Little Baozhu.
Xiaobaozhu scooped up a spoonful and was about to put it into his mouth.
"Master, miss... have mercy on us... please, have mercy on us..."
Xiaobaozhu turned around and looked.
A young woman, skinny as a stick, with a child about three or four years old.
They didn't bring any rain gear and were soaked by the rain.
The water droplets on the woman's face could not be distinguished from rain or tears.
"Give us something to eat and have mercy on us..."
Hoda showed a bit of impatience in his eyes.
Who is not pitiful these days?
Isn't he pitiful?
If he hadn't found the right path and done a few deals, he would be so pitiful now.
Just as Hoda was about to drive them away, his sleeves were grabbed by Little Orb.
"Uncle." Xiao Baozhu's big clear eyes were full of pleading, "Give them something to eat, okay?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in Hoda's eyes.
She is truly an unworldly young lady.
"There are so many poor people in this world, and you can't help them," he said.
"But, I can help as many as I can." Xiao Baozhu said.
Dad once said, if you do it, it’s better than if you don’t do it.
Hoda patiently tried to reason with her.
"Our budget is also limited. Today I stipulated that each of us can only have one bowl of broth and gave it to her. What about ours?"
"If we give it to her, we will go hungry. Will you give it back?"
Little Baozhu thought for a while, then decisively picked up the hot broth and said, "Here."
The woman didn't expect Xiao Baozhu to do this. She was so moved that her face burst into tears. She thanked her frantically while feeding the child beside her, as if she was afraid that she would regret it.
Hoda looked at her and said, "You gave it to her, but I won't let you eat mine."
As he spoke, he blew on the hot soup in the spoon and took a nice sip.
"It doesn't matter." Little Baozhu said, "It doesn't matter."
She had hot meals and snacks along the way, but for the mother and son, a bowl of hot soup might be life-saving.
It doesn't matter if she skips a meal.
So, she really just sat there obediently, not making any noise or making any fuss.
On the contrary, Hoda couldn't drink the soup.
"What do you call..."
He wanted to say something, but he didn't want to say too much to Xiao Baozhu.
He just doesn't believe that there are really kind people in this world.
Meeting Xiao Baozhu's puzzled gaze, he thought for a while and said.
"You are giving it to her now because you think you are not hungry. If you were hungry too, it would not be like this."
Little Baozhu looked at him confusedly.
"I know you don't understand."
He put his bowl forward.
"Suppose now, there is only this bowl of broth, and you and I are starving to death. Will you give me the broth?"
Xiao Baozhu said without hesitation, "That can be half for one person."
Isn't it great that one person has half the food, not enough to eat, but not enough to starve to death?
Hoda narrowed his eyes.
He really didn't expect such an answer.
"Let's put it another way. Suppose we are in the water now and are about to drown. At this time, a canoe comes. Only one of us can survive. Who do you give it to?"
"Here you go." Xiao Baozhu said without hesitation.
Hoda curled his lips, "Are you stupid?"
This is about whether you can survive.
But Xiao Baozhu didn't think he was stupid. He was very kind to him along the way and even took him to find his mother.
She is repaying her kindness.
"you……"
"You're hopeless." Hoda simply put away his good intention to explain to her.
She was too young to understand such things.
He doesn't share her knowledge.
only……
Just now she had a clear face and said she would save him.
When he met those eyes, it was hard not to feel a little moved in his heart.
Hoda looked at her.
Forget it, it's just a bowl of broth, he can still afford it.
He pushed the broth in front of the hungry woman and shouted from the boss: "Two more bowls!"
Xiao Baozhu came closer and said, "Isn't the budget limited?"
"Just sell it to you." Hoda glared at her, "Eat what you have."
What he said was half true and half false.
He really wanted to "sell" the little orb.
far away.
Huo Yingwei took a bite of the sesame seed cake in his hand.
He saw everything that happened just now.
"This Huo Da... doesn't look like a bad person." Huo Shengyao said.
More like a hard-spoken but soft-hearted kind.
