The eldest daughter is not easy to bully

Chapter 196 Men Can't Be Trusted

in the guest room.

Ling Qing stared at the cakes on the table, whirling away.

The little beggar sitting on the bed sipped porridge cautiously, but was so surprised by Ling Qing's expression that he forgot to swallow it.

Wutong stood aside, her bright eyes were always on Ling Qing.

"Wutong, if you let Lan Xin know that your cooking skills are not inferior to hers, I'm afraid you will have to deal with her challenges every day." After Ling Qing stuffed the last piece of milk cake into his mouth, he realized that the little beggar was staring dumbfounded. look at yourself.

"What's your name?" Ling Qing asked with a smile.

The little beggar regained his senses, swallowed the food in his mouth, then brought the bowl to his mouth, and drank it in one gulp.He returned the bowl to Wutong, raised his hand to wipe his mouth, and then responded in a sticky way: "Xinghe."

"nice name."

Being praised by Ling Qing, Xinghe's sunken cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if he gave a slight 'hmm'.

Ling Qing's ears are sharp!
I just think this kid is so cute.

"how old are you?"

"twelve."

Ling Qing was surprised, the 12-year-old looked like an eight or nine-year-old child? !
"Is there anyone at home?"

Xinghe shook his head: "I am an orphan."

Ling Qing frowned, one could imagine how difficult this child was.

"Then are you willing to tell me what happened yesterday?" Ling Qing didn't state it directly, but Xinghe understood.

Xinghe nodded, and said in a low voice: "I just walked the street once, and I was caught, and then I was beaten up, and then I met the big girl."

Originally, the big girl he thought he saw was his own daydream.When I woke up today, I asked Wutong many times before I was sure it was true.

What surprised him even more was that the gentle girl was so 'fierce' when she ate. Xinghe couldn't help but bend her mouth when she thought of this.

Ling Qing saw it, but he had another thought.

Are you going to be arrested and beaten when you walk on the street?
She remembered that on Central Street, she saw a few figures passing by the alleys at the corner of the street, as if they were fleeing quickly.Does this mean that you are afraid of getting caught even walking around the corner?

"Do you remember who those people who beat you were?"

Xinghe shook his head: "Many outsiders came to the city, and we beggars were ordered not to appear on the street or in crowded places. As long as we make a mistake, there will be people who don't like us, and there won't be many of them. What are you talking about, just come up and give us a beating."

He paused and finished speaking, carefully pursing his chapped lips.

Seeing this, Ling Qing poured a cup of tea and brought it to Xinghe: "Drink it first, I'm not in a hurry."

Xinghe glanced at Wutong, got her nod of approval, then looked at Ling Qing, and after a long while stretched out his bony little hand tremblingly, took the cup, and took another sip.

"There's still a lot of tea in the pot!" Ling Qing shook the kettle in his hand.

Xinghe blinked his big eyes, raised his head without thinking, and drank it in one gulp, followed by the second cup and the third cup, until the kettle was almost bottomed out, then he smiled resentfully and poured Return the teacup to Ling Qing.

Wutong stepped forward to take the kettle and cup from Ling Qing's hand, put them away and exited the room.

Ling Qing sat down on the chair beside the bed: "Xinghe, I've always been curious, why do you know I'm a big girl?"

"Because the eldest girl believes that I am a citizen of Ducheng!" Xinghe's eyes sparkled: "I was originally born in Ducheng, and later I followed my mother to Liang Guo to visit my relatives. My mother died of illness halfway, and I wandered outside."

"I finally walked back, but the city guards didn't believe that I was a city citizen, even if I had a copper badge. Because I was dirty and looked like a beggar, they didn't believe me. It happened that the eldest girl and the eldest son came back from the city. Just look at my copper token and believe me."

In Ling Qing's impression, it feels, seems, seems to be the case.I just can't remember clearly, it should have been many years ago.

"So where do you live now?"

"In the slums on the west side of the city."

ghetto? !

Ling Qing couldn't imagine that there are still slums in Ducheng, so will there be fewer people like Xinghe?

and many more!

Xinghe is originally from the lonely city, so aren't all those who live in the slums
"Xinghe, the people living in the slums are all city dwellers, right?"

"all of us are."

After getting a definite answer, Ling Qing's heart tightened involuntarily. How serious has the sky in Ducheng become?
"By the way, Xinghe, do you know Doctor Gu?" Ling Qing asked.

Xinghe nodded: "I know, Doctor Gu often comes to the slums to treat us for free."

Well, Doctor Gu is still the original Doctor Gu.

"Then do you know about the expansion of the Xuanji Hall opened by Doctor Gu?"

"I know, Grandpa Xin asked Doctor Gu at that time, and Doctor Gu said that it had nothing to do with him, it was his son Gu Pingzhe who made his own claims." After Xinghe finished speaking, he did not forget to introduce: "Grandpa Xin is the most respected old man in our slum, It's the cave leader."

Ling Qing asked: "Then what else did they say?"

"You have to ask Grandpa Xin about this. The old man and Dr. Gu have been locked in the house for a long time to drink tea, and my little friend and I can't hear it even if we want to eavesdrop."

Ling Qing smiled: "It turns out that Xinghe is so naughty! It's wrong to want to eavesdrop on the elder's speech!"

Xinghe blushed again: "I, I know it's not right. What I told the eldest girl was all said by Doctor Gu outside, and I didn't hear what he said in the room. Not even a word."

Ling Qing looked at Xinghe who was no longer nervous about speaking, his expression was sleepy and he still had something to say.

"Okay, I believe you." Ling Qing got up from the chair and straightened the quilt: "Are you sleepy? Then have a good sleep, and I will come to see you tomorrow."

"Yeah." Xinghe blinked his crystal-clear eyes, followed Ling Qing's movement of making him a quilt, and slowly lay down.

Just when Ling Qing tucked the quilt up for him and was about to leave, Xinghe spoke.

"Big girl, do you remember that when people were looking for Grandpa Xin, they said that Xinghe would eat and sleep well. Only in this way, Grandpa Xin will believe that you are good people."

Ling Qing's heart tightened, it turned out that he knew everything.

She looked back and smiled: "Okay, thank you Xinghe."

Outside the house, Zhu Xin came with Xu Dazheng.

Seeing that Ling Qing had just come out of the side room, the two stepped forward and followed Ling Qing to the main room.

Candles are brightly lit inside.

"Girl, Dazheng wandered around for a day today, and he even drew a road map for the city." Zhu Xin unfolded the drawings Dazheng drew in front of Ling Qing. The streets and alleys were drawn with different thick and thin lines, even Where there are dog holes are clearly marked.

"The painting is not bad." Ling Qing praised.

Xu Dazheng smiled embarrassedly, and after clearing his mind, he said, "Girl, I found out that there are slums in the west of the city. After some inquiries, they are all former residents of Ducheng. Most of them are because they offended the newcomers. Only the citizens of the city will be driven to the west of the city."

"Well, Xinghe is the original urban residents living in the slums" but unexpectedly, they were driven out.How much do these new city residents dare to bully the original city residents so blatantly.

They all know that the little beggar is Xinghe, and Xu Dazheng is no exception.

"Girl, I probably went to wait and see at the Xuanji Hall for a while. The chances of patrolling soldiers appearing near there are not small."

Ling Qing sneered: "Dazheng, go out again tonight and find an old man named Grandpa Xin in the slums. He may know where Doctor Gu is."

(End of this chapter)