Chapter 141: Accept My Daughter
It was already late when Qin Ran finished dinner. Just as she was about to go to bed to rest, Guihua came over.

"lady."

"Hmm?" Qin Ran turned around.

I saw a skinny little girl standing next to Guihua. Before I could say anything, the little girl knelt down with a plop.

"Madam, please have mercy on me and give me something to eat. My father is dying!"

As soon as the little girl finished speaking, tears started to flow down her cheeks.

“Your father is dying?” Qin Ran was stunned.

This food can't save your life. Shouldn't you see a doctor if you are sick?

"Well, my father hasn't eaten for several days. He is dying. Please give him something to eat."

The little girl crawled towards Qin Ran again and looked at her eagerly. If her father couldn't get any food, he would really starve to death.

“I haven’t eaten for a few days! Don’t they give me food?” Qin Ran pointed at the officials in the distance.

It’s impossible not to give them food!

"The officials asked me to serve them, but Dad refused. They haven't given Dad anything to eat in the past few days."

The little girl cried and wiped her tears. In order to protect her, her father had not received any black cakes for several days.

“Serve them?” Qin Ran was about to ask what this meant, but she soon understood what it meant.

He looked at the little girl of about seven or eight years old in front of him, and then at the officials in the distance, and anger suddenly rose to his forehead.

How old is this little girl? Those beasts are so inhumane.

"Please ask your father to come over. I'll give him something to eat."

"Thank you, Madam. But Daddy can't walk anymore. I can just take it back and give it to him to eat."

After the little girl finished speaking, she took out a broad leaf from her arms. She didn't have a bowl, so she could only use this to hold the food.

Looking at the leaves in the little girl's hand, Qin Ran frowned.

"How can this be used to hold food?"

I wanted to ask Guihua to bring some in a basin, but when I thought of the hungry looks on those people's faces, I wondered if the little girl would go back with just a basin.

He thought the things would be robbed on the way, so he hesitated for a moment, opened the cabinet below, took out two food bags and handed them to Guihua.

“Use this to dress up the kids’ meals.”

This way you can stuff it into your clothes so that no one else can see it.

"Yes." Guihua hurriedly took the bag and led the little girl to the kitchen cart.

He filled a large bowl of rice for her, scooped two large spoonfuls of beef and radish, and considerately tied the belt and helped the little girl hide it in her clothes.

"Hold it tight, don't let anyone see it, or it might get snatched away."

"Well, thank you, sister." The little girl nodded gratefully.

Holding the food in her arms, she trotted away. Looking at the little girl's back, Qin Ran felt very uncomfortable.

"..."

So pathetic!

No wonder this place is feudal and backward. There is not a single good person among the officials. It would be strange if it is not backward.

Just when I was about to climb onto the bed and sleep, Duan Jingyun came back with a gloomy face.

"what happened?"

His face is so long, I don’t know who he is angry with.

"..." Duan Jingyun said nothing.

Obviously, he didn't want to talk, and he got into the bed carriage angrily. Qin Ran was about to say something else when she was stopped by Wang Tiezhu.

"Madam, when the Fourth Young Master and I went to the bathroom just now, we took a look at the defensive wall. The Fourth Young Master said that they had stolen at least four-fifths of the materials and that this kind of wall could not serve as a defense at all."

As Wang Tiezhu spoke, he pointed to the city wall in the distance. The Fourth Young Master got angry when he saw it before.

"Oh." Qin Ran nodded.

This really wasn't surprising to her, as those people were capable of doing such heartless things, not to mention being greedy for something.

She climbed onto the stretcher and saw that the man's face was still stretched. Fearing that she would be in trouble, she pulled the pillow over and lay down.

Duan Jingyun's face turned very dark.

A defensive wall like this one is wide enough for several carriages to run on it, but the one we just saw was so wide that not even two people could walk on it, let alone run carriages on it.

Logically speaking, this should not be what the court required. In all likelihood, they cut corners.

How can such a short and narrow defensive wall possibly resist foreign enemies? There is no point in building it.

With corruption at the imperial court so rampant, the lives of the people can only become more difficult.

Qin Ran didn't know what the man was thinking. Not long after she lay down, she fell into a deep sleep.

As a result, I was woken up by Osmanthus the next morning.

"lady!"

“Hmm?” Qin Ran opened her eyes and saw Gui Hua standing at the door, so she quickly crawled over.

"what happened?"

"Madam, someone is looking for you."

“Looking for me?” Qin Ran leaned over and looked in the direction of Guihua’s finger.

A skinny middle-aged man and a little girl were standing there. The little girl was the one who came up to her last night to ask for food.

Seeing his benefactor, the middle-aged man brought his daughter to him and knelt down.

"Thank you, Madam, for saving my life."

"Are you her father?" Qin Ran pointed at the little girl next to her.

From the looks of it, this man should be the girl's father.

"Yes." The man nodded.

"Ah, nothing, just get up." She actually looked at him with a smile.

I'm really hungry. I heard the little girl say last night that she couldn't leave yet, and now I'm here.

"Madam, I dare to ask you a favor." The middle-aged man did not stand up.

Instead, the head hit the ground again.

“What’s the matter?” Qin Ran looked at him, probably wanting to ask him for food.

"Madam, please be merciful and accept my daughter. She is not a prisoner and can do anything. You only need to feed her one meal a day."

"You want me to take her in?" Qin Ran pointed at the little girl next to the man curiously.

I thought he would ask me for food, but I didn't expect him to say that.

"Yes, ma'am, please accept my daughter. Those officials have been thinking about my daughter. I'm afraid that my body won't be able to bear it and I will die, and my daughter will be harmed by them." The man knocked his head to the ground again.

Even though I had a full meal yesterday, I will still have to go hungry from now on. I don’t know how long I can last if I die.

Those police officers would definitely not let his daughter go, so he thought of asking his wife to accept his daughter as her own so that he would have someone to rely on even if he died.

“…” Qin Ran said nothing.

Now she wanted to curse and catch those officers and slap them dozens of times in the face.

He is so fucking inhuman!

Judging from their age, they should have children of their own. How could they have the heart to kill such a young child?

"Okay, then I'll take this child."

She's just a little kid, she doesn't need a bite of food.

"Shanxing, why don't you thank your madam quickly!" The man's eyes lit up.

He quickly looked at his daughter beside him, and the little girl kowtowed to Qin Ran happily.

"Thank you ma'am!"

“Get up. You will follow Sister Guihua from now on!” Qin Ran pointed at Guihua.

She is the oldest among them and should be able to take good care of her. She seemed to remember something and looked at the middle-aged man again.

"Since you're here, eat before you leave!"

There will be no food to eat when he returns, so let him fill his stomach before going back.


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