Then, a mournful sobbing sound came from the alley.
"Brother, brother, don't die..."
Ah, it's a little girl's voice!
Liu Yingying paused again, a voice inside her telling her that she had to go and see…
"I'll go take a look!"
As she spoke, she walked into the dilapidated alley, and Xue Ye and Xiao Xue followed behind to investigate...
The deeper they walked into the alley, the clearer the little girl's cries became.
At the end of the alley, four or five children were sitting in a circle, with a pile of sticks they had picked up from all around burning in the middle.
The oldest-looking one among them was the injured boy who had already fallen unconscious.
He was only about twelve or thirteen years old, with a thin, bony body, sunken cheeks, and a tattered cloth wrapped around his head with bloodstains oozing out.
The other slightly older girl looked to be around ten years old, and the remaining three children were no more than eight years old.
They were all orphans who had never seen their parents since birth and lived by begging.
Even as beggars, they are too young and will be bullied and driven away by older beggars...
Their eldest brother, the boy who is currently unconscious, was injured because he was trying to steal some steamed buns for his younger siblings.
As a result, he was caught and beaten, suffering a head injury and bleeding profusely...
"Sister Xiaohua, why are big brother's hands so cold? Is it because the fire we started was too small?"
"I'll go gather some more firewood and make the fire bigger so my brother won't be cold..."
The younger boy was the one who spoke, and he was about to stand up and go outside to find firewood.
As soon as I turned around and looked up, I saw three people standing not far away, two women and one man.
"My God!" He instinctively covered his mouth, staring at Liu Yingying and the other two with wide surprise.
This auntie in front of me is so beautiful!
She was more beautiful than any of the noble ladies he had seen in the capital!
And that older sister is so pretty, even prettier than Xiaohua!
And that older brother...
The little boy forgot to speak for a moment, and the other children also noticed Liu Yingying and the others.
Xiaohua stood up, staring at them warily. "Who are you people? What do you want here?"
She assumed these people had come to drive them away again.
However, Liu Yingying's gaze fell on the injured boy, and she asked with some concern, "How did he get so badly injured?"
"People say that people like us who don't even want their parents are born with a lowly life, and it wouldn't be surprising if we got hurt or even died!"
The one speaking was another, younger boy.
Liu Yingying could see a maturity on his face that seemed beyond his years.
These children, if they were alive today, would only be in elementary school... It's truly pitiful.
She took two more steps forward and softened her tone, saying, "I know some medicine; let me take a look at your brother."
"Auntie, are you a doctor? Can you really save me, Brother Huang?"
Liu Yingying nodded; "Of course, if you can believe me!"
The words fell.
The young beggars looked at each other, seemingly trying to discern the truth of her words.
But what other options do they have besides accepting help from this pretty auntie?
No!
Finally, the slightly older girl, Xiaohua, stood up and bowed to Liu Yingying.
"Then please, Auntie, save my brother!"
Liu Yingying nodded and walked towards the boy. The other children made way for her, staring at her nervously.
This aunt is so pretty and speaks so gently, but... does she really have the ability to save my brother's life?
The children were also unsure, but they had no choice but to trust the aunt in front of them.
Liu Yingying noticed that the child's pulse was very weak, but the injury on his head was not fatal.
She held the boy's wrist; he was clearly a teenager, but his wrist was as thin and slender as a withered tree.
It must be because he was starving for days before and after the injury, coupled with excessive blood loss, that he ended up in such a weak and feeble state.
After taking Xiaoxue's pulse, Liu Yingying gave her ten taels of silver and told her to go to the pharmacy to buy some medicinal herbs and some food.
She then secretly slipped her hand into her sleeve and, taking advantage of their inattention, quickly exchanged a bottle of glucose from her spatial storage and fed it to the boy.
After taking a bottle of glucose, the boy's pale complexion visibly regained some color.
Her eyelids and fingers twitched slightly, but she still didn't fully wake up.
But this made the children extremely happy.
"Great! Big brother is saved!"
"I just saw it, the older brother's finger was moving!"
"When will my older brother wake up?"
The child stared longingly at Liu Yingying.
Liu Yingying couldn't bear to look at the children's eyes, so she comforted them, "Don't worry, your eldest brother is not in any danger. I've already asked that older sister to get him his medicine. He'll wake up after he takes it."
Soon, Xiaoxue got the medicine and bought a big bag of meat buns.
The children had been hungry for several days, and they could smell the delicious aroma of meat buns from afar, making them swallow hard.
After Xiaoxue distributed the meat buns to them, Liu Yingying specifically instructed, "This medicine needs to be simmered over low heat. Boil three bowls of water down to one bowl and then drink it."
"Thank you, Auntie!" The girl named Xiaohua bowed gratefully to Liu Yingying after receiving the medicine from her.
“Auntie…” At this moment, another younger boy suddenly spoke up weakly, but was stopped by a look from Xiaohua.
The little boy immediately lowered his head.
Liu Yingying could tell that the little boy definitely had something to say.
She smiled gently at the boy. "I live at the Yinghui Inn in the north of the city. If you need any help in the future, you can find me there."
After saying that, he took out another fifty coins and stuffed them into Xiaohua's hand.
Among these children, apart from the boy who was unconscious, Xiaohua looked the oldest, so it was the right thing to entrust the money to her for safekeeping.
Fifty coins isn't much, but given the children's situation, even if they were given more money, they wouldn't stay.
Xiaohua didn't refuse, because they really needed money to survive!
And they really wanted to live!
At such a young age, there was something sparkling in her eyes as she looked at the money in her hand.
Just as Liu Yingying and the other two were about to leave, Xiao Hua suddenly knelt down in front of her and kowtowed three times heavily on the ground.
"Thank you, benefactor! You are a good person, and you will surely be rewarded!"
Liu Yingying turned around, smiled at her, and said, "Then I'll take your good wishes with me!"
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