Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2500 Reconciliation 42.0

Xiaotong held a piece of cake in her hand and took small bites of it, but did not answer Shen Cha's question immediately.

Shen Cha did not force him, but just waited quietly, giving him time to think it over.

Everyone present understood Xiaotong's hesitation and silence. After all, everything for this child had been arranged since he could remember. It didn't matter whether he wanted to do something or liked to do something. What mattered was to finish the things arranged by others. He didn't need to have his own ideas. He just needed to be a puppet of the class owner and Mr. Ke.

Shen Jiu sighed softly. Seeing Xiaotong like this, he thought of himself and his sister, how lucky and happy they were to be able to return to the Duke's Mansion and even find their own home again.

Shen Cha caught the emotional changes of the little guy beside him, turned his head to look at him, saw him looking at Xiaotong with compassionate eyes, reached out and patted him.

Shen Jiu turned around and grinned at his sister, grabbing her hand and shaking it, just like when he was a child and acting like a spoiled child.

"You're so old, and you're still acting like a spoiled child." Shen Cha stuffed a piece of dessert into Shen Jiu's mouth and looked at Xiao Tong, "Have you ever thought about finding your family?"

"Family?" Xiaotong thought for a moment and shook her head gently. "I don't want to look for them. I've thought about this before. When I was very young, I was beaten to death by the class leader. I thought about looking for my family, but later I found that it didn't matter whether I looked for them or not. They could abandon me when I was so young, so they never thought of asking me to go back."

"It doesn't necessarily mean they lost it, right?" Jin Miaomiao took a sip of tea and glanced at him calmly, "What if you were kidnapped when you were very young?"

"Master Jin, you think so because you don't understand the Arabs." Xiaotong shook her head gently. "Almost everyone in the Arabs is engaged in business. They either go out to sea to ship goods to Daxia, Liao, and Jin to sell, or they produce and sell their own goods, or they sell them to other countries in the Western Regions. In short, there are no particularly poor families in the Arabs, and few people would kidnap children."

"Is that so? But you..." Jin Miaomiao thought for a moment, "Why?"

"When I was in Beijing, I found the Arab merchant who sold me. I asked him where I came from and why my parents and my original family didn't want me. He didn't really know, but he just said that there was a reason why my family gave me up."

"Reason? What reason?"

"This is a tradition unique to the Arab world!" Xiaotong looked at everyone and said, "The merchant said that in the Arab world, there is no such thing as kidnapping, losing or selling children, but there are very rare cases."

"What is it?" Jin Miaomiao disagreed, "What individual circumstances could make them abandon their children?"

"In the Arab world, when a family has a baby, they will ask a magician to bless the baby. In addition to blessing, they will also check the baby's health to see if the baby is unhealthy, and to see if the baby's birth time will cause trouble for the family, or conflict with the elders or the person in charge of the family."

"What kind of excuse is that? If the child is unhealthy, just ask a doctor to take a look. As for whether it is in conflict with the gods, that is nonsense." Merlin frowned slightly and said in confusion, "Why do people still believe this?"

"Because Dashi is a business, they attach great importance to this aspect. An unhealthy child is a bad omen, and a conflict with the elders and the person in charge at home will bring disaster to the family." Xiaotong spread his hands, "This is the rule of Dashi. It's not what I say, and it won't change because of me, so..." "You were thrown out?" Seeing Xiaotong nodded, Shen Cha sighed softly and said, "But why did someone bring you to Daxia?"

"It's like this. If it is determined that the child does not belong to this family, then the family will wrap the child up and put some gold, silver or jewelry together with the child, enough for the child to live to adulthood. After wrapping the child up, they will leave the child at the door at night, and someone will naturally come to take him away. But these children will not stay in Daqin, because no one will want them. Everyone knows that these children represent disaster and bad luck. Therefore, the only place these children can go is other places in the Western Regions or places like Daxia, Liao, and Jin."

"So, you were brought here?" Shen Jiu frowned, "But that's not right!"

"What's wrong?"

"You were also wrapped with gold and silver left by your parents. These were to ensure that you could live to adulthood. Didn't the merchant who sold you give them to the boss?"

"Of course he did, but" Xiaotong sneered, "He must have kept it for himself. Our class boss is a man who values ​​money more than anything else."

"You can take his life, but you can't take his money, right?"

"Yes!" Xiaotong nodded. "So, since I got the news, I never thought about looking for my parents again. Since my existence is a hindrance to them, I'd better not show up and cause them trouble. Before I knew about this, I felt a little resentful and blamed them for abandoning me. Later, I found out that this was the case, and that they gave me enough gold and silver to raise me. The resentment in my heart suddenly disappeared. They didn't let me down. Instead, they were still concerned about whether I could grow up normally in the future."

"It's just that the merchant sold you to the wrong person, but the merchant didn't keep your gold and silver."

"They said that this is the rule and that we can't take it, otherwise we will have bad luck." Xiaotong sighed and looked at Shen Cha seriously, "Sir, is my master really not allowed to come out?"

"Probably not." Shen Cha shook her head gently. "Your master is not innocent in the matter of the theater tickets. You should know this, right?"

Xiaotong was silent for a long time, and the expression on his face changed from time to time. It can be seen that he was very conflicted and embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter. If you want to say it, just say it. If you don't want to say it, forget it. I won't force you."

"If I tell you something, can it reduce some of my master's sins? I can also persuade my master to say it himself. My master is not a confused person. He can recognize the reality. Moreover, he has been bullied by the class owner for many years. He should also be thinking of fighting back."

"If you, I mean you and your master, can tell us something we are interested in and want to know, it's OK to reduce the guilt. But if what you say is not that interesting to us, then I'm sorry." Shen Cha raised his eyebrows and said in a businesslike manner, "Can you accept this condition?"

"." Xiaotong thought for a while, "It's acceptable!"