Chapter 52 - Xiao Xia (1/2)

Yao Ling decided to go, but she agreed to Xiao Yu's term. The street was also bustling with small stalls – almost the same with the left side street. However, the types of people were pretty different. The street where 'Fu Rong' belonged to was visited by a lot of merchants and nobles. Yes, there were lower class people, but only a few of them. It was probably because it was a high-end street. While this side of the street was the opposite.

Various kinds of people could be seen here. Rich, poor, scholar, soldiers. When they just turned around, they only saw food and snack stalls – for example, tanghulu and meat bun. It made Yao Ling swallow her saliva. The smell was very inviting and everything looked so delicious.

”Xiao Yu, let's find something to eat!” Yao Ling felt like a little kid who was giddy and wanted to eat as many snacks as possible. She went to almost every stall and pointed at almost everything.

”I want this!”

”I want that!”

Xiao Yu gaped at her young mistress. Yao Ling was usually calm and collected, sometimes adorable. However, she never saw her this hyper and greedy. She also ran around like a little child. She wanted everything! Luckily, they brought money with them. Xiao Yu also ran around following Yao Ling, while paying everything that she bought. Xiao Yu almost couldn't keep up with her young mistress for a few times. She felt out of breath, but she didn't want to lower her young mistress' spirit. She could only shake her head and obediently follow hee young mistress.

When Xiao Yu couldn't hold more things anymore, she whɨnėd, ”Young Mistress, please stop buying more foods! Look at both of our hands! This servant had no space left in this servant's hands to bring more foods!”

Yao Ling looked at both of their hands and realized that she had really gone overboard. She always loved eating stall foods, but previously she had no money. She could only drool. With 'Wang Fu' allowance, she had more money than ever. Thus, she decided to buy all the things that she couldn't buy before. But… looked like she really went overboard.

She laughed and said, ”Opss… Sorry.” She didn't feel guilty at all, but yes, she should stop buying things for now. Yao Ling was going to eat her tanghulu again when she saw a little girl looking at her tanghulu. The little girl was drooling cutely. The little girl's cloth was tattered in a few places and it was in a poor condition. Her face was smudged with dirt here and there. In a glance, she knew that this little girl was a beggar.

Yao Ling felt pity to the little girl and gave her the tanghulu. The little girl reminded her of her past self. When she saw the big smile on the little girl's face, she felt like crying. She missed her deceased mother. Although they didn't have that much money, she sometimes bought one for her. The cost? Her mother didn't eat anything for several days. Only when she was older that she knew about it. Since then, she lied to her mother that she hated tanghulu and never once ate it again. Until now. Her condition at thay time wasn't as severe as this little girl.

Yao Ling looked around and found that this little girl seemed to be alone. ”Are you alone?”

The little girl nodded at her. ”Yes. I'm an orphan.” After saying that, the little girl lowered her head sadly.

”Where do you live?”

The little girl hesitantly answered her. ”It's a dirty place. Pretty lady, it's not a good place for you to go.”

Yao Ling furrowed her eyebrows. Was the place really that bad? Yao Ling decided to follow her gut and asked, ”Why don't you take me there? Maybe I can help you.”

The little girl's eyes lit up. ”Really? Are pretty lady going to help us?”

Yao Ling smiled, feeling happy that she could wash away the little girl's sadness – even only for a while. Before she answered, she felt Xiao Yu tug her sleeves, ”Young Mistress, I don't think that this is a good idea.”