The snow-covered Beiping City is beautiful, but only those who have enough food and drink can appreciate this beautiful scenery. For many poor people, winter is the most difficult season of the year.
Every day when Le Jing went to and from school, he could see corpses lying on the roadside, mostly old people and children. It wouldn't be long before the street cleaners would pull their bodies out of Beiping.
After winter came, Chunyan officially started setting up a stall outside to sell breakfast.
She and her mother set up a small food stall on the roadside, selling simple food in the morning and evening. Because Chunyan's cooking skills are very good and the prices are affordable, the business is quite prosperous. However, after deducting the protection fee paid to the police and the capital, she can't make much money in a month. But for Chunyan, it is already a good start, and she is full of confidence in her future.
Chunyan's stall is located on the road that Lejing must take to go to school, so every time he passes by Chunyan will warmly invite him to come over for food. It must be said that Chunyan's cooking skills are really good. The buns she makes are thin in skin and thick in filling, with rich gravy and taste very good. Even Lejing, who doesn't like meat, can eat three or four in one meal.
Later, Le Jing simply had breakfast and dinner at Chunyan's snack stand, so Chunyan didn't have to do both every day.
These days, Le Jing's "Wandering Adventures" has been serialized in the "Literary Newspaper". Da Mao wandered around the city of Beiping, and encountered all kinds of strange people and things, including a cat demon who robbed the rich to help the poor, a former bandit who retired from the underworld, and a rich man who accidentally wandered away...
These various characters appeared one after another, enriching the plot while also highlighting Damao's personality traits of being smart and brave, innocent and kind, clear about what he loves and hates, and compassionate.
Unconsciously, Damao gained great popularity among readers with his superb personality charm, which also made many people start to pay attention to the homeless children group. Chunyan is one of them. Every time she closed her stall, she would give some leftovers to the homeless children nearby.
In addition to her, Le Jing also discovered that the amount of charity given to homeless children on the street has increased recently. Although this is just a drop in the bucket for the miserable situation of countless homeless children in Peking, at least things are moving in a good direction.
It was at this time that Le Jing received a special letter.
The sender was an acquaintance, and his name was Fu Kemao, the chairman of the Luming Middle School Street Children Rescue Association.
In the letter, he said that he was so moved by Le Jing's novel that he was determined to do something for poor street children like Damao. So he set up a street children's aid association in the school and encouraged his classmates to donate money and materials.
Finally, he hesitantly invited Le Jing to visit their association when he was free and give some guidance on their work.
Of course Le Jing wouldn't go.
Le Jing has been keeping an eye on the orphanage in Fu Kemao these days. Fu Kemao is not a stupid person, but he lived in a simple environment before and lacked social experience. He listened carefully to the suggestions Le Jing gave him and really made changes.
Le Jing heard that every Saturday and Sunday, Fu Kemao would organize some charity sales, auctioning some of the children's handicrafts, and then use the money to hire teachers for the children. The Fu family's reputation is there, and doing charity is also a good thing, so for a while, charity auctions became a place for many young masters and young ladies to show off their wealth. Fu Kemao also recovered some funds, which could be used for the subsequent construction of the orphanage.
At the same time, he also set strict rules and regulations within the orphanage and showed no mercy to children who violated the rules.
When Le Jing went to the orphanage again later, he found that the atmosphere there was much more positive, at least there were no more frequent fights.
So he felt that it was time to start promoting Fu Kemao's orphanage and charity in his works, hoping that Fu Kemao would not be scared at that time.
…
The next morning, Le Jing and Li Shuran came to Chunyan's snack stand as usual. While having breakfast, they found that there were a few unfamiliar children in the snack stand.
Is this child labor?
Chunyan: "Sir, have you watched "The Adventures of a Wanderer" recently?"
Le Jing remained calm: "I saw a little bit, what's wrong?"
Chunyan's eyes were filled with tears. "Mr. Maitian is such a good writer. I feel so sorry for Damao. That's why I want to help these poor children more."
Le Jing suddenly realized: "Are you doing charity?"
Chunyan waved her hands in embarrassment. "It's not charity at all. I just provided them with a meal. These kids are very skillful and helped me a lot."
"That's enough. At least I can survive."
His articles really helped some homeless children change their situations. Although the help is still small now, at least if more homeless children are rescued, there will be more hope for China's future.
Among the children who came to help, there was a girl who particularly attracted Le Jing's attention.
The girl looked young, about six or seven years old, with a pale face, a big head and a small body. She wore patched clothes, and her exposed neck, wrists and calves were covered with dense purple scars. She ran around barefoot to greet customers.
Chunyan introduced Le Jing, "This is Xiaoni." Then she said to Xiaoni, "Xiaoni, this is my master when I was a cook, Mr. Le Jing."
Xiao Ni was not very old, and her eyes looked a little dull. She knelt down skillfully and kowtowed to Le Jing, saying in a pause: "Xiao Ni greets the master, I will definitely work hard."
Le Jing looked at the clear marks on her neck, sighed deeply in his heart, and felt a little annoyed.
He didn't know Xiao Ni's past, but he knew it would be a disgusting and dirty story. It was just the result of the despicable and ugly animal nature of some people.
The more people and things Le Jing sees, the more curious he becomes about human nature.
Human beings are so complex and unpredictable. Good people can do bad things, and bad people can do good things. The mediocrity of evil that follows the crowd led to the Jewish Holocaust and the decade of catastrophe after the founding of the Chinese nation.
Whenever this happened, he would get very upset. If it weren't for the occasional flashes of humanity from the human starry sky, he might have been completely disappointed with humanity and become a complete anti-human element.
Le Jing squatted down, helped Xiao Ni up, looked her in the eye and smiled, "You don't have to call me master, master already makes me old, you can just call me brother. And now it's a new era, you are not allowed to kneel, just bow when you meet someone in the future."
Xiao Ni opened her mouth in surprise, as if she didn't expect that Le Jing, a rich man, would be so kind and approachable. She was stunned for a long time before nodding timidly.
When Le Jing was eating, he found that Xiao Ni was very diligent, had a lively look in her eyes, and was particularly good at reading people's expressions. Although she was young, she was very efficient in clearing the table, serving dishes, carrying plates, and washing dishes. It was obvious that she worked a lot. However, she was still too silent and her tone of voice was a little strange. Le Jing guessed that it might be because of her injured vocal cords.
However, the snack stand is small after all, and the number of customers is limited. Chunyan and her mother can only take care of it, and Xiaoni can only help a limited amount. In Lejing's opinion, Chunyan is in the early stage of her business, making little money and with a small number of customers, hiring helpers is a completely unnecessary expense. Chunyan's behavior may be related to Xiaoni's injury.
At noon, when Chunyan went to Lejing's house to cook for them, she took the initiative to explain the reason.
"Xiao Ni is a child with a hard life." Chunyan sighed and told the story of Xiao Ni's life.
All we can say is that happy families are always similar, and unhappy families always have various misfortunes.
Xiao Ni was born in a family that favored boys over girls. Before her, her parents had drowned her three older sisters. Xiao Ni was also going to be drowned, but at this time a fortune teller came to the village.
Le Jing didn't know whether the fortune teller was just talking nonsense or had good intentions, but he told Xiao Ni's father that the reason he couldn't have a son was because he drowned too many daughters, which damaged his virtue. Xiao Ni survived.
It’s just that there are many ways of living in this world that are worse than death, and there are also many ways to abuse people.
"When I saw Xiao Ni, she was tied up in a pigsty, eating pig food naked with the pigs." Chunyan's eyes were red. She was still indignant when she thought of the scene she saw that day. "Beasts, everyone in her family is a beast! Xiao Ni's status at home is worse than a dog! She eats and sleeps in the pigsty every day, and she has to do all the housework at home. Moreover, her parents beat and scold her if they are not satisfied with her! If I don't take her out, she will be beaten to death by her parents sooner or later."
That's right.
Le Jing once again thought of Xiao Ni's strange, staccato tone. Now that he thought about it, it was probably not because of damaged vocal cords, but because she hadn't spoken properly for a long time.
Chunyan, immersed in anger, did not notice that as she spoke, the boy's eyes darkened, and there seemed to be some dangerous emotions brewing in them: "Are they willing for you to take Xiaoni away?"
"Of course not!" Chunyan sneered, "I spent two dollars to buy Xiaoni!"
Two oceans.
Judging from the current purchasing power, it is equivalent to two to three hundred yuan.
It’s really...cheap.
This kind of pure malice from human beings has never disappointed Le Jing.
In this world, there are saints who cut their own flesh to save others, and there are demons who take human lives lightly. Although they are all human beings, their temperaments are so different that they are like two different species.
Some people are covered in human skin and look like human beings.
Then another time, when Le Jing went to Chun Yan's snack stand to eat, he whispered to Xiao Ni: "Do you want to take revenge on your parents?"
Xiao Ni paused while wiping the table, and her dull eyes suddenly ignited with hot flames.
She said word for word: "I want them to die."
So Le Jing smiled and said, "Will you let me help kill them?"
Xiao Ni shook her head, her eyes were pure and natural. She smiled shyly at Le Jing and said awkwardly, "Thank you, brother, but no thanks, I will kill them later."
At this moment, Le Jing suddenly felt an urge to laugh.
Hahahahahaha how interesting.
Those scumbags have no idea what kind of monster they have raised.
The girl who was locked up in a pigsty and raised with pigs did not form any human concept of good and evil. She was only naive, ignorant and bestial.
She doesn't even have a self.
The only thing that has kept her alive till now is the instinct of living.
This girl is going to kill her parents, one day.
Then she will turn into a murderer.
Because she was not raised with empathy and has no concept of good and evil, she has no principles or bottom lines.
If she really wants to go this far, then Le Jing will have no choice but to kill her.
"Chunyan, if you trust me, just give the child to me." Le Jing said to Chunyan, "She is still missing the most important thing, I must help her find it." Otherwise, I will have to kill her.
Chunyan trusted Le Jing very much. Le Jing was the most cultured person she had ever met, so she immediately nodded in agreement.
So Le Jing took Xiao Ni to Kai Ming Middle School and completed the admission procedures for her. This time he was very arbitrary and did not ask Xiao Ni's opinion.
Xiao Ni stood in confusion on the campus, looking at the endless stream of students, and asked Le Jing: "I want to come here to study in the future, so I won't work anymore?"
"Of course not. I won't let you study for nothing." He said to Xiao Ni coldly, "You have to work for me in your spare time to pay off the debt."
Xiao Ni nodded, accepting all this docilely and without resistance. This was natural, after all, she didn't even have a self now.
Le Jing is not a saint, he chose to help Xiao Ni just because she is a child and an alien. Le Jing felt the long-lost freshness and curiosity from her.
He was very curious about what kind of person a beast that had read books and understood common sense and reason would become.
…
A few days later, Le Jing received a telegram from Ji Qi, in which Ji Qi told him that the movie "Memoirs of a Famous Prostitute" had been completed and he invited Le Jing to Shanghai to watch it.
Bai Shaoyao ultimately failed to play the leading role in Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan. No matter how much Xue liked Bai Shaoyao and how much he indulged her, he would never allow his concubine to travel thousands of miles to Shanghai to act in a play, as he and the Shanghai government were not on good terms.
So the final female lead was Qiu Ju, a former Qingyin student who had vowed not to be a concubine. After she was redeemed by the doctor from Shandong, she did not follow her husband back to his hometown in Shandong. The two of them stayed in Beijing and settled down. Qiu Ju did not bid farewell to the stage and continued her acting career on weekdays.
After Bai Shaoyao quit, the new female lead was selected from the actors of the play Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan. Qiu Ju was quickly chosen as the female lead due to her superb acting skills. Most of the other supporting actors in the film were also selected from the actors of the play.
So Le Jing took sick leave from school for himself and Li Shuran, and boarded a train to Shanghai with editor Yang Jinglun.
The author has something to say:
A hundred years later small theater:
Lee Hyeon-sun's History Lesson
History teacher: Mr. Li Jingran and the future founding female general Wang Xiaoni first met in a snowy winter...
Lee Hyun-sun is drowsy
History teacher: Mr. Le Jing is the one who discovered Wang Xiaoni, the talented horse. Without him, Wang Xiaoni would have been lost in the sea of history... Li XX!! Are you still sleeping? Get up! Let me ask you, why did your ancestors adopt General Wang Xiaoni? Did they discover General Wang Xiaoni's extraordinary talent as soon as they met?
Li Xuansun blurted out sleepily: ...No, my great-grandfather thought she was a good candidate for murder and might be anti-human in the future, so he originally wanted to kill her.
History teacher: ...Shut up! Don't just talk nonsense because you are Mr. Li Jingran's great-great-grandson! I have been teaching for decades, do you know Mr. Li Jingran as well as I do?!
Li Xuansun didn't want to talk because he still didn't deserve to have a name today.
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