Qin Luo felt apologetic upon hearing this.
"No, no, no, you're not wrong! We just didn't understand the whole story! And we should thank you for helping me find him!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Dou, who had been silent until now, suddenly moved.
He shook his head violently, trying to clear the hair obscuring his eyes so he could see clearly who had saved him.
After looking for a while, he still couldn't remember who the two people in front of him were, so he tentatively asked...
"Do you two young masters know me?"
Qin Luo looked at him with a mocking expression.
"Of course! We're more than just acquaintances! We have a blood feud between us!"
Zhu Dou trembled with fear upon hearing this and screamed wildly.
"You've mistaken me for someone else. It's not me, I'm not Zhu Dou, I'm not..."
Qin Luo ignored his madness, noticing that it was getting late.
She took out a bundle of rope and five taels of silver and threw them to the beggars.
"Tie him up and throw him onto the donkey cart!" The beggars immediately complied.
Qin Luo led Wu Hua to a quiet corner in the dilapidated temple, lit a fire, and gave Wu Hua some food.
Tell it that the two of them will spend the night in the dilapidated temple and go into the city early tomorrow morning.
Wu Hua didn't mind the dilapidated temple's simplicity and happily agreed.
Because of its sensitive sense of smell, Qin Luo took out a mask to put on it.
Wu Hua refused, saying it was very impolite, so Qin Luo had no choice but to give up.
The beggars placed Zhu Dou on the donkey cart, and the leader of the beggars placed the five taels of silver at Qin Luo's feet.
"Young master, you have already given us so many precious pills, we cannot accept this silver!"
This action aroused Qin Luo's curiosity about them.
She didn't take the silver back, but instead looked at the beggar leader.
“You all look quite young, and you have hands and feet, so how did you end up as beggars?”
When she asked, the leader of the beggars didn't hide anything and recounted their story from beginning to end.
“We are originally from Laohuai Village in Shihan County. At the beginning of last year, we came to Sishe County to work with our master. We worked diligently for half a year, but then there was a drought. We all wanted to get our wages and go home to relocate with our families…”
Perhaps recalling the situation at the time, he choked up as he spoke.
"But who knew that when the employer heard we were leaving, he changed his usual gentle attitude. Not only did he not pay us our wages, but he also kicked us out. Our master was also beaten by his men and died that very night..."
When the beggars beside him heard this, they all squatted down beside him and began to cry.
"We're penniless, so we can only find a random place to bury our master!"
Hearing him cry so pitifully, Wu Hua couldn't eat anymore and looked at him, asking...
"Then why don't you go back? Instead, you've become beggars."
The beggar leader glanced at Wu Hua's clothes and knew that she didn't understand what kind of life the poorest people lived.
"We are penniless, without any food or water, and even our own belongings have been confiscated. If we rashly head back, we will surely die!"
Wu Hua seemed to understand upon hearing this, yet also seemed unable to comprehend it.
"Haven't you ever stolen anything from others? You even tried to steal from us just now!"
Upon hearing this, the beggars all lowered their heads, filled with shame.
When one of the beggars saw that they didn't explain, he stood up and ran behind the collapsed Buddha statue.
Pushing aside the filthy, withered branches, they pulled out a child of about seven or eight years old.
This child is so thin he's just skin and bones; you'd think he was a monkey.
His face was flushed, and his breathing was shallow and short; Qin Luo could tell at a glance that he had a heart problem.
She didn't mind the child's dirt and took him in her arms.
He took out a water pouch to give him water, and then used his supernatural abilities to examine and treat him.
It was discovered that he had heart disease, which led to weakened myocardial contractility.
The fainting was caused by insufficient blood supply to the heart due to narrowed blood vessels.
Judging from the child's condition, it seems to be caused by a bacterial infection, which suggests the family was previously well-off.
Afterwards, following these rough men, the sudden change in living environment caused my body to struggle to adapt.
She then looked at the beggars and asked...
"Who is this child to you?"
The beggar secretly reached out and took the child's hand.
“When we buried our master, his parents gave us a straw mat. Later, the city fell into chaos, and they all died except for this child, so we took him with us!”
Then he explained to Wu Hua
"We haven't robbed anyone else. The reason we wanted to rob you is because we were afraid this child would die if things continued to be delayed, so we thought..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wu Hua interrupted.
"You want to rob me to pay for this child's medical treatment? You're quite kind..."
The beggars were a little embarrassed by the sudden praise.
"Aside from bullying that bad guy, we never did anything bad. We usually just emptied the toilets for city people, did dirty or hard work, or begged for food..."
"So you didn't go back, did you wait for your family?"
Hearing this question, the beggars started crying again.
Wu Hua looked at Qin Luo like a child who had said something wrong.
Qin Luo wanted to reach out and touch it to comfort it, but the little filthy child in her arms was simply too dirty.
She smelled strange on her clothes and hands, so all I could do was offer words of comfort.
"The villages surrounding Shihan County were robbed by bandits during the disaster. They must have heard about it from the displaced people. As for their relatives... they are probably all gone!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Hua felt extremely guilty and pushed her food in front of the beggar.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, please forgive me!"
The beggars all waved their hands.
"No need, no need, it's alright! We did hear from the other victims that our village was completely burned down by the fire, and no one survived..."
Seeing that they really didn't blame her, Wu Hua calmed down and continued to ask questions.
"Then why aren't you going to the resettlement area? Is it because your household registration has been withheld?"
The beggar leader sighed and nodded.
"Yes, we can't get household registration and we dare not make a fuss. If we are discovered, we will be captured and sold as slaves!"
Another beggar added, "We've picked up the household registrations of the dead before, but they're useless. Without food and water, we're all going to die sooner or later, so we might as well stay here!"
After hearing their stories, Qin Luo realized for the first time the importance of power in this era!
Because they had no rights, their wages were withheld, they were bullied, and they were beaten and verbally abused!
They wouldn't even dare to speak up if they lost their lives, as if it were all their fault.
If they had any power at all, they wouldn't be in such a terrible situation.
Even though she's in such a miserable state, she still has a kind heart.
But this is a cannibalistic era, and their kindness seems so ridiculous!
Wu Hua was also filled with emotion, thankful that she wasn't human!
Just then, the child in Qin Luo's arms opened his eyes.
He didn't feel afraid looking at Qin Luo; he only felt that the embrace was so warm.
I must be dying, otherwise why would I be lying in such a warm embrace!
He shifted his body, then closed his eyes, as if silently welcoming death…
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