Chapter 202 Train Crisis 2-Can you give me some money?

She was not a person who liked to brag. The reason why she mentioned Lu Jingzhen's military rank was to protect herself. If this woman had no bad intentions, she would just treat it as a casual chat. If she had bad intentions and regarded herself as a "prey", she should have thought about whether she could touch her after hearing that she was going to the army and her husband was the head of the regiment in the army.

"Oh, you're a military officer? You're so lucky!" the woman said with a smile and a look of envy, and then continued:

"My first man was good to me, but he died too young. If he were still alive, Xiao La and I wouldn't be living like this now..." At this point, tears suddenly welled up in the woman's eyes:

"Our Xiao La has a miserable life too. Later, I married this man, who not only didn't love her, but also often abused her when I'm not around. You see..." As she spoke, she put down the lunch box she had finished eating, lifted the girl's sleeves, and saw obvious purple bruises all over her arms, which showed at a glance that she had been beaten.

The train was small and there were people sitting all around. When they heard her say this, they all stretched their necks to look. After seeing the marks on the girl's hands, they all started to discuss angrily:

"This stepfather is such a ruthless person. How could he have the heart to do such a good child?"

"Why wouldn't he have the heart to do it? After all, he's a stepfather. How could he really treat his daughter like his own daughter?"

"Oh, it's so pitiful. This little girl is dumb. She doesn't even know how to say she was beaten. She's really picky about small details."

Amidst everyone's discussions, the woman continued to wipe her tears, saying as she wiped:

"I found out that he was abusing the child, and I was so angry that I started arguing with him. I didn't expect that he not only pushed me, but also told us to get out. I was so angry that I took the child and left."

The little girl next to her saw her crying, but she didn't react at all, just stood quietly.

"So where are you going on the train now?" The kind people around immediately asked.

"Where else can I go? I can only go back to my mother's house." The woman said helplessly:

"Hey, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law in my mother's house are not easy to get along with. I don't know if they will let us stay when we go back. If they don't let us stay, wuwu... We are orphans and widows, and we don't have any money..." The woman didn't say anything more, but her tears were getting more and more.

Everyone was silent after hearing what the woman said. At this time, a man suddenly took out money from his pocket, then took out ten yuan and handed it to the woman:

"Sister, don't cry, I can't help you much. Take this ten yuan and buy something for yourself and your children to eat."

Seeing the man's generosity, the people around him seemed to be infected by his kindness. They all extended a helping hand and took out money, fifty cents, one yuan, two yuan... and handed it to the woman.

The woman felt very embarrassed and quickly declined, saying,

"Oh, how can I take your money? It's not easy for everyone to go out. I can't take it, I can't take it..."

At this time, the man who first gave the money stood up and said,

"Sister, don't refuse it. This is a kind gift from everyone. Just accept it. Who would be kind enough to see a child suffer?"

"Yes, this money is for the child. Adults can bear it when they are hungry, but children will cry loudly when they are hungry."

As everyone was talking, the little girl who had been standing quietly beside them suddenly came over and took the money handed over by everyone one by one.

"Xiao La, what are you doing? Return the money to everyone." The woman hurriedly went up and said.

The girl pointed at her mother's belly, then pointed at her own mouth, and uttered "Ahhh..." several times. Even though she couldn't speak, everyone understood what she meant: she didn't want her mother to be hungry anymore.

Seeing this poor mother and daughter, everyone was very moved and quickly asked the woman to take the money. People who didn't give money at first also took out money at this time. There was an old lady who was dressed very decently and gave 20 yuan at once.

The woman didn't stop her daughter from taking the money anymore. She kept saying "thank you". After collecting all the money, she took her daughter and bowed deeply to everyone.

Xia Qingying didn't give any money, but gave some of the food that Lu Baichuan bought for her to the woman.

For some reason, she always felt something was wrong. Although she couldn't put her finger on it, she had a hunch that it was better not to show off her money when she was out. If they had any bad intentions and knew that she had money, she would be in danger. Besides,

the money that the kind people had just given to the mother and daughter was almost several dozen yuan, which was enough to support them to go back to her parents' home.

Because there was an empty seat next to Xia Qingxing, the mother and daughter sat next to her. The girl didn't lean on her mother, but on Xia Qingxing.

Xia Qingxi didn't care. At this time, the girl suddenly pulled up her hand and wrote something on her palm with her fingers. Xia Qingxi was wondering when she heard the woman say:

"Although our Xiaola can't speak, she is very smart and can write her own name at a very young age." At this, the woman began to sigh again:

"Alas! It's also my fault. I can't even pay the tuition. She can't speak or read in the future. She can only be blind for the rest of her life. My poor daughter, if your mother had money, she would definitely let you study hard..."

Xia Qingxi listened silently, focusing on her own hand. Soon she found that the little girl wrote a word "Na". She kept hearing the woman calling "Xiaola" and "Xiaola". She didn't expect that it was not Xiaola but Xiaona.

"Your name is 'Xiaona'." Xia Qingxi looked at the little girl and asked softly.

The little girl looked at Xia Qingying with her big watery eyes and nodded.

Xia Qingying was about to speak when the woman next to her suddenly came over and whispered,

"Sister, you just said that your man is a military officer, right?"

Xia Qingying didn't understand why she suddenly asked this, but she nodded anyway.

"Hey, I shouldn't have asked you this, but for our little La, I don't want to lose face." She paused here and lowered her voice:

"Can you help us with a little money? I want Xiao La to go to school."

Xia Qingying's face changed slightly. This elder sister's behavior was really contradictory. Just now someone gave her money, and she refused it vigorously. Why did she turn around and ask for money on her own initiative?

After having doubts, Xia Qingying was even more afraid to give her money.

Seeing that Xia Qingying looked very embarrassed, she said softly:

"Sister, I'll be honest with you. I only have a few dollars on me. If I had more, I would have given it to you just now."

"How could that be? Isn't your husband a military officer? Military officers get paid a lot! How is it possible that he only takes a few dollars with him when he goes out?" the woman asked immediately, obviously not believing what Xia Qingxi said.

Xia Qingxi was now almost certain that there was definitely something wrong with this elder sister.

In this era, girls are basically named Ying, Hong, Fang... The word "Na" is rarely used, and she even calls a girl's name 'Na' as 'La', which is really not in line with common sense.

Looking more carefully, the facial features of the woman and the little girl next to her are not alike at all, and it is really hard to tell that they are mother and daughter.

A woman with such a poor family, but her daughter has a very fashionable name, the mother looks very ordinary, but the daughter is surprisingly beautiful, and the luggage they brought seems to be very light, and it doesn't look like there are many things in it.

With so many doubts, Xia Qingxi had to suspect that the child was not hers. Their actions just now easily reminded people of those cases of gangs using children to commit crimes.

Xia Qingxi did not raise doubts immediately. If they were really a premeditated and planned gang, she would undoubtedly be alarming if she stood up and accused them now, and would also put herself in danger.

Xia Qingqing calmed herself down and said calmly,

"When my husband left, he only left me 20 yuan. I bought the ticket and only had a few yuan left." She paused for a moment and then continued,

"He said he was afraid that if he carried too much money, he would be targeted by bad people on the road."