"Selling yourself to bury your father? How pitiful!"
"This is too much pity."
After a quick glance, the people on the street walked away as if nothing had happened.
The sun was shining brightly, it was mid-afternoon, and the breeze was blowing gently. There were diners in the restaurant feasting on the table full of chicken, duck and fish, while outside the door, people were lying everywhere under the wall on the corner of the street, with shabby clothes and weak breaths...
Xihe looked away. The wine and meat in the Zhumen smelled bad, and there were bones frozen to death on the road. It was all like this.
She picked up the teapot and was about to add a cup to Fulu when she looked up and saw him staring out the window. Following her line of sight was the girl kneeling under the sun with straw in her hair and selling herself to bury her father.
The girl looked to be eleven or twelve years old, with shabby clothes and a sallow face.
She numbly kowtowed to the passers-by: "Okay, please buy me back. I can cook and work, and I don't have much to eat. Please..." The straw mat in front of her covered a person, revealing Blue feet.
Xihe paused: "You want to help her?"
Fu Lu slowly turned around, a faint light shining in his eyes: "Is that okay?"
He now relies on her for food, clothing, housing, and transportation, so everything he says and does cannot be too casual.
Xihe had a smile in his eyes: "Of course, Ah Lu, go and help that girl." Ah Lu immediately stood up and went, and Fu Lu's eyes suddenly softened and he looked at her gratefully.
"Thank you, Cheng Ge."
Xihe shook his head: "It should be."
Soon there was no trace of the girl who sold her body to bury her father on the street, and Alu soon came back.
In the evening, a group of people stayed at the inn, and to find out the good news, the next day they went to the Wen family, a merchant in the city. The Wen family was prosperous. As soon as they entered, they saw many children playing wildly in the yard.
Xihe explained his purpose, and Mr. Wen agreed repeatedly and led them to a courtyard in the northwest corner: "Dong Cheng's house is inside." He swallowed, "I won't accompany you in."
With the servants and maids in tow, they actually ran away, their backs in panic.
Xihe was speechless for a moment, and had no choice but to knock on the door. Footsteps soon came from inside, and then the door opened, revealing a timid little face: "Daddy?"
Xihe walked in: "Are you Aqiao?"
A group of people walked in, and suddenly there was a "bang" and the doors and windows were closed. Xihe subconsciously looked over and saw only a claw with sharp nails.
The dark claws were as sharp as a hound, and there was a mottled aura in the room that was both human and animal.
Her heart skipped a beat, could she really be a demon?
They originally came here following the divine power. As soon as they entered the city, they heard people talking about strange things in the Wen family. They said that there was a traitor who was starving. They happened to hear the howling of animals coming from the Wen family and thought: So he decided to go over the wall and stun the animal with medicine, so that it could fill up its internal organs.
Unexpectedly, the organs were not full, but a terrifying monster appeared.
The moonlight was clear, and the thing that looked like a human and an animal had green eyes, thick and long fur, and growled at him... The thief was so frightened that he fell from the wall.
After that, the rumors became more and more sinister, and it was said that the Wen family had raised a monster that eats people and strips their hearts, with ulterior motives.
Xihe thought he had nothing to do, so he pretended to be a Taoist priest and came to investigate. When Master Nawen heard this, he was overjoyed and brought them here without thinking.
"You, who are you?"
The little girl stared with big eyes, full of vigilance.
Xihe led Fulu towards the main room: "Let's help you take a look at your brother, Aqiao. Do you know what happened to your brother... huh?" He looked at the little boy with open hands, tremblingly blocking the door. The girl looked surprised.
The little girl's face turned pale with fear, but she still blocked the door: "No, you are not allowed to hurt your brother!"
There was a low roar in the room at this time, and the little girl suddenly became more frightened. Her body was shaky and she stared at Xihe stubbornly with tears in her eyes.
Xihe paused and was surprisingly easy to talk to: "Okay, I won't go in."
The little girl's tense spirit relaxed.
However, the next second she heard her say: "Is it okay to let this brother in?"
'elder brother? '
Everyone subconsciously looked over and landed on Fu Lu.
Fulu: "..."
Everyone was embarrassed, looking left and right, it was clearly an old man, right? The little girl's face was full of doubts, but the growling behind her gradually became quieter. The girl hesitated, stepped aside and said, "Okay."
The door creaked open and closed again with a bang.
Xihe sat down on the stone bench in the yard and looked around.
The courtyard was in a mess, the bamboo in the corner was dead, a few shabby clothes hung on the rope, the kitchen window was half burnt, and there wasn't even an older maid.
Ah Lu gave the mung bean cake to the little girl. The little girl swallowed and hid it in her sleeve.
Ah Lu stuffed a whole box into her arms and started talking to the little girl in a normal way. After a while, she understood the situation. After her brother died two years ago, the maid and boy in the yard ran away. They could only Be self-reliant.
Mr. Wen was afraid of monsters, and it was their aunt who fought hard to save his brother.
They were imprisoned here and were not allowed to go anywhere except to get food.
The little girl rubbed her eyes and burst into tears: "Auntie said she was going outside to help her brother find a solution, but Aqiao missed her so much..."
Xihe guessed that the aunt was probably gone, and this statement was just to comfort the child.
She felt helpless. Master Wen could keep the child alive, which at least showed that he was not the kind of brainless person who would poison a tiger but not swallow its fruit. If Fulu could solve the problem, the brother and sister could return to their normal lives.
After waiting for about half an hour, Fulu came out, followed by a child wrapped in black cloth.
Xihe looked confused.
Fulu said: "I want to take this child back temporarily."
In the main hall of the Wen Mansion, Master Wen's face changed with complex expressions after hearing this. He rubbed his hands and asked, "Master, my son, what happened? Can it be solved?"
Xihe couldn't help but look at him deeply: "Master Wen is so sure that the child was just an accident and not a monster?"
Mr. Wen didn't even think about it and shook his head firmly: "He is definitely not!"
He remembered the appearance of the child when he was born, naked, kicking his calves and crying loudly. He was definitely not a monster.
The only reason is that he has no ability. There are a lot of gossips in the house, and there are countless people outside the house who are forcing him to deal with the children. He has no choice but to be ruthless and ignore them, otherwise the two children will never survive today.
Xihe then smiled: "Mr. Wen's guess is correct. The master is indeed just in an accident and not evil."
The child must have accidentally swallowed antlers, and hair grew on his body, and his body gradually began to mutate... He told them that they needed to take the child away for a while.
Mr. Wen breathed a sigh of relief: "He is lucky to be with Dong Cheng's family."
The group returned to the inn, Alu took Ah Qiao who had followed him down to wash up, while Xihe propped up his chin and looked at the strange-looking child in front of him, with fluffy cheeks, clear eyes, and slightly pointed ears.
His eyes were evasive, his cheeks were red and turned up, which looked cute.
She was curious: "Why did this child mutate?"
