The crying in the ruined temple gradually subsided, and Su Liu finally sighed and asked Su Xiao to go back to the stall to take care of it, while she went to see if there was anything she could do to help the little beggar.
Su Liu was the eldest sister, so Xiao Su had no choice but to listen. He gave her all the money in his pocket and left sobbing.
Walking into the ruined temple again and seeing the scene in front of her, Su Xiao was stunned again and felt very sad.
The woman's eyes were wide open and she was looking at a certain direction in the sky. The unwillingness and reluctance inside seemed to have not dissipated. The little beggar dipped the corner of his clothes into the water in the broken cup and gave it to her.
The woman wiped her face, but she didn't cry anymore.
Su Liu wanted to say something, but felt that nothing he said seemed feeble. Seeing the little beggar stretch out his hand to cover his mother's eyes, he couldn't help but shake his head.
The little beggar was thin and weak, his age could not be discerned, and his hair and face were dirty and dirty, so it was impossible to tell whether he was a boy or a girl.
Su Liu is not a wealthy person, and the stall he runs is just a small income, so he can't help a stranger with just a few taels of silver like those TV dramas and novels say.
.
But now that I have encountered him, and with his life experience, I can't just turn a blind eye and run away.
"I don't have much money to buy you a good coffin or something. There is a charity village in the western suburbs of the town. You can send your mother there. She must have a roof over her head and she won't be left alone.
Damn it." Su Liu said warmly.
The little beggar said nothing and continued to wipe the woman's face with the corner of his clothes stained with water. He didn't know whether he heard what Su Liu said.
Seeing this, Su Liu let out a long sigh and took out the money from his body. At a glance, it looked like nearly a sling of money, so he counted half of it and said, "There are some money here. Take it and send her there quickly."
Otherwise, when those beggars come back later, they might do some harm to you." Then he put the little money at the feet of the little beggar.
Su Liu didn't know whether he heard it or not, so he just kept moving and didn't speak. Su Liu thought for a while, looked at his body again, and got an idea in his mind.
She glanced at the woman who had half her face wiped clean, was stunned for a moment, then looked away and walked out.
Although the woman's clean face has turned pale, it can still be seen that she was originally a person with fair skin. She doesn't know why she ended up in this situation. In short, there are many poor people in this world.
After leaving the ruined temple, she walked towards the western suburbs again, looking for the yizhuang. She found the man who was looking after the yizhuang, gave him all the remaining money, gave him an order, and left.
She helped everything she could. As for what would happen to the little beggar in the future, it all depended on his own destiny.
Back at the stall, Su Xiaoyu sat at the table with red eyes. When he saw her coming back, he stood up hurriedly and stopped talking.
Su Liu smiled and touched her head and said, "Sister, I have already arranged everything."
"That man is so pitiful." Su Xiao pursed her lips, tears about to fall again.
Su Liu took her hand and sat down, saying quietly: "Birth, old age, illness and death are normal things. Life is impermanent. It will be better if you look at it more openly."
In this era, not to mention such destitute people as beggars, even if women give birth to children, there are many people who die because of this, which is unavoidable.
"Cherish the people in front of you." Su Liu murmured.
The two sisters closed the stall and went back. Mrs. Chen saw the two of them looking miserable and couldn't help but ask carefully.
Su Xiao couldn't hold it in any longer, so she threw herself on Chen and talked about what happened during the day, crying again.
Mrs. Chen hugged her little daughter and sighed after hearing this, saying: "She is also a poor person."
Su Liu then said that today's money was given to Xiaoban to help the little beggar. Mrs. Chen nodded repeatedly and said: "You are very right. We are not rich. Now that we are in trouble, if we can help, just
If you help me, it will be a blessing."
The mother and daughter sighed again, feeling a little depressed, so Su Liu changed the topic and started talking around the courtyard wall built at home.
"They are all honest and willing to work. There are no sneaky ones. I guess it can be repaired in two days." Mrs. Chen said with a smile about the few people who came to help.
"When it's repaired, I think we can pick up some chickens and raise them." Su Liu said with a smile.
"It's okay, if you keep it for a few months, it'll be just the Chinese New Year. I'll have two more hens so they can lay eggs." Mrs. Chen agreed very much.
"Are you going to fight with Xiao Hui and the others?" Su Xiao asked with her eyes wide open.
Xiao Hui is the rabbit that Ning Guang brought back from hunting. One is gray and one is white, one male and one female. They are exactly a pair.
"Silly girl, you will know how to keep them apart." Su Liu poked her forehead and said, "Next year, we will raise two more piglets. When the new year comes, we will have pork to eat."
"That's good!" Mrs. Chen nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
After talking about these housework matters for a while, Su Liu said: "The stall shop is not bad now. Although Xiaoxiao and I are busy, we are still busy. From now on, mother, you can take care of the stall at home.
Just me and Xiaoxiao will go."
"Is this possible?" Ms. Chen was a little hesitant. After all, she was used to going to the town with her daughters every day.
"There is nothing wrong with it. The business is not as prosperous as it was at the beginning. Moreover, most of the people who buy buns now are from the neighborhood, and they are not short of money." Su Liu said with a smile: "We sisters.
It can be done. Mom, you can just do these trivial things at home. You don’t have to go to the vegetable garden to cook when we come back. Mom, you can also do some needlework."
Mrs. Chen thought for a while, and finally agreed, saying, "Sure, but you two sisters still have to do needlework together in the evening."
Mrs. Chen always believed that a woman should be able to learn needlework so that she would not be looked down upon when she came to her husband's house. Therefore, whenever she had free time, she asked Su Liu and the others to learn needlework from her.
After the two sisters heard this, Su Liu was okay, but Su Xiao had a bitter look on her face. She was the most impatient with needlework. Su Liu, on the other hand, thought in his heart that needlework can help you relax and thread the needle.
, she can slowly clear her mind. If the embroidery work is done, she can sell the embroidery work without doing anything else.
However, you can't do it all at night, because your eyes won't be hurt, so Su Liu said: "Don't worry, Mom, we won't fall behind. But at night, you can only do it for an hour at most, otherwise your eyes will be hurt."
It won’t work.”
Mrs. Chen thought about it for a while and agreed, and Su Xiaozi raised her little nose and said, "When I have money in the future, I will buy a few girls who can do needlework and specialize in needlework."
"Hey, our two girls are very good-natured. We are thinking of calling slaves and maids." Su Liu teased.
Su Xiao clicked her tongue and snorted sweetly, her pretty melon-seed face turning as red as an apple.
Su Liu was making fun of them, but she didn't expect that servants would come to their door so soon.
On the busy street, a thin figure knelt in front of Liu Xiaobaodian, and people passing by pointed at him.
"I'm telling you, you little beggar, you're kneeling in front of my stall, hurry up, hurry up." Su Xiao stared at the kid on the ground with a pair of almond-shaped eyes.
That's right, it's a little boy, about ten years old, wearing a long gray coat, picked up from somewhere, which makes him look smaller. His messy hair is tied up with a piece of grass, and his hands are bare.
One foot and trouser leg are long and the other is short. He has only a thin, waxy face that has been washed clean. He is a handsome boy.
The little beggar knelt still, only looked up at Su Liu, and said: "I'm here to repay the favor, and I don't want any money from you. You just need to feed me."
Return the favor?
Su Liu's heart moved and an idea flashed in her mind. She walked out of the stall and looked at the little beggar carefully.
"you..."
"Thank you, Master, for your great kindness. My mother is able to have a resting place. Please accept Chen Ye's respect." The little beggar who called himself Chen Ye kowtowed several times as he spoke.
"Sister." Su Xiao was stunned and looked at Su Liu.
Su Liu frowned, thinking that the person named Chen Ye was the little beggar who stole the buns seven days ago. She had already forgotten about it, but she didn't expect that he came to find her.
"Get up quickly." Su Liu hurriedly said.
Chen Ye didn't act like those people who said he wouldn't get up unless he agreed. Instead, he stood up obediently and raised his little face.
Su Liu looked at him carefully, and saw that his eyes were clear and his lips were pursed in a straight line, with a bit of stubbornness, but he was still young. Su Liu looked at him blankly, although he pretended to be calm, but
Still a little panicked.
"You are the..."
"Master, I am the little beggar who stole your buns seven days ago." Chen Ye did not wait for Su Liu to finish asking, and answered the question consciously: "My mother passed away seven days ago, and it was you who extended a helping hand, master.
Let my mother's corpse rest. Now that my mother has passed away, Chen Ye is here to repay the favor."
Su Liu heard that he spoke clearly and logically, but his accent didn't sound like a local one. He was very literate, and he probably had no education. She just didn't know how he was so depressed. She didn't want to explore more, so she said: "I can't help you much, and you can't help me either."
There is no need to keep it in mind. As the saying goes, a great favor cannot be thanked, so you don’t need to say whether to repay a favor or not. Just go back."
Chen Ye frowned after hearing this, and then knelt down and said: "Chen Ye has been taught since he was a child that a drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring. Since the master gave the money that day, Chen Ye is the master's servant, but you can do whatever you want, master."
Order." As if he was afraid that Su Liu would not agree, he repeated: "I don't want wages, as long as I have enough to eat, I can do anything."
Su Liu was a little dumbfounded, but she was more and more afraid to keep him. Although Chen Ye was just a little beggar, he spoke better than other children of the same age. He didn't look like an ordinary farmer's child. How could she dare to keep him?
"Our family is just an ordinary family. We can't afford to support our servants. You can go back." Su Liu shook his head, paused and said, "I don't think your accent sounds like someone from here. Do you have any relatives in your family?"
, I can give you some money to go back to your hometown to find your relatives."
Chen Ye lowered his head. After hearing this, his eyes flashed, his head lowered further, and he said in a low voice: "My parents are both dead, and I have no relatives in the family anymore."
Su Liu frowned after hearing this, but Su Xiao said: "Sister, please keep him, he is so pitiful."
Su Liu glared at her, disagreeing very much, and ignored Su Xiao's plea and said: "We really don't need servants, you can go back."
