Although the girl is dressed in rags, it can be seen from the material that the material of this dress is expensive, especially the embroidery on it, which is definitely not affordable by ordinary people. The girl in front of her should at least belong to a merchant's family Daughter.

And it happened to be a bumper harvest year, not to mention merchants, even ordinary people would not push their girls into the fire pit here.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling estimated that the girl in front of her was most likely deceived or taken to Yihong Courtyard.

"I... I was taken into the Yihong Courtyard by someone. Those people wanted to force her into prostitution. I swore against it to the death. I escaped by jumping off the second floor of the Yihong Courtyard while the guards were not paying attention! Aunt... ...Auntie, what I say is true! You must believe me!" At the end of the story, the girl began to cry again.

When the girl was talking, Jiang Ling kept looking at the girl's eyes. Her eyes didn't dodge in any way, and there were obvious scratches on her arms and calves. Presumably what the girl in front of her said was true.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling got up and walked to the door of the shop, took a tael of silver from his pocket and said to Jiang Yaojie: "Go to the pastry shop and buy some good pastries and come back! For the rest of the money, go and pull a few feet of linen back!"

"Mother, how many feet do you have to pull?" Jiang Yaojie carefully collected the money and was about to run out, but immediately stopped and said.

"You just...you just say eleven or twelve-year-old women!" Jiang Ling said.

Hearing this, Jiang Yaojie ran towards the dim sum shop.

Jiang Ling glanced at the door, turned back to the house and said softly to the girl, "Go ahead!"

Hearing Jiang Ling's words, the girl seemed to have encouraged her great courage. She nodded and continued, "Auntie, don't ask who I am, I can only tell you. My surname is Shen, and my father is a businessman from Guangping County. .”

"Guangping County? The jurisdiction of County Magistrate Zhao?" Jiang Ling rested his chin on one hand and thought.

"My stepmother has always been very hostile to me. When she saw my father going out to do business, she immediately started arranging a marriage for me. She always wanted to marry me to Wang Xiu, a salt merchant in Pingxi County!"

"Wang Xiu? Why is this name familiar? Wait, Pingxi County? A salt merchant?!" Jiang Ling was taken aback when she heard the name, and she asked incredulously, "You mean Pingxi County? A salt merchant? Wang Xiu ? Then what does Wang Tianen belong to Wang Xiu?"

"Auntie, you...you...know them?" The girl looked at Jiang Ling in fear, and moved a few inches.

"I... I don't know it well, I just heard a little bit about it. Wang Tianen and my brother are from the same academy!" Jiang Ling quickly explained, seeing the girl's vigilance.

The girl patted her chest and seemed relieved, but there was still a trace of vigilance in her eyes, and she continued: "Wang Tianen is... the son of Wang Xiu!"

"What?" Hearing this, Jiang Ling couldn't sit still. This Wang Tianen was about the same age as Jiang Zhishan. There is a reason to say that in the past, such absurd things never happened in families like girls.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling frowned and asked: "This matter? It's too ridiculous! Your stepmother is completely pushing you into the pit of fire!"

The girl shook her head helplessly, bit her lips and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I...I know, naturally after my younger brother was born, my stepmother's attitude towards me has changed a lot..."

Speaking of this, Jiang Ling saw that the girl's shoulders were trembling slightly, and even her voice became choked up a lot.

At this moment, Jiang Yaojie's figure ran in from the door. He turned around quickly when he saw the girl, and shouted at Jiang Ling: "I brought all my mother's things!"

Jiang Ling got up and took the snacks and linen from Jiang Yaojie's hand, and ran to the door tactfully to keep watch.

Jiang Ling gently put the snack on the table and said to the girl: "Hungry, eat something first, I don't have anything to eat, it's just the best pastry from the dim sum shop, do you think it suits your taste?"

The girl was overjoyed when she heard the words, but the joy was fleeting. She swallowed and looked at the bag of snacks on the table from time to time.

"Auntie, I...I'm not hungry..." the girl replied almost in a mosquito-like voice.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the girl's stomach gurgled uncontrollably.Jiang Ling saw through the girl's mind, she stretched out her hand and tore off the snack bag, put it in front of the girl and said softly to the girl: "Eat first, what is more important than filling your stomach?"

The girl hesitated for a long time after hearing the words, and finally stretched out her trembling hand to pick up a piece of dessert. She ate it very reservedly at first, but soon the girl swallowed the snack in big mouthfuls.

Jiang Ling put a glass of water in front of the girl and said, "Eat slowly so you don't choke. If it's not enough, tell me, and I'll ask my son to buy you some more!"

The girl drank all the water in the cup with a "grunt" sound, and she was obviously relaxed. The girl touched her stomach and suddenly knelt down in front of Jiang Ling and said to Jiang Ling: "Auntie, your great kindness I will never forget it, you can rest assured that when my father comes back, my father will definitely repay you!"

The sudden action startled Jiang Ling, Jiang Ling immediately helped the girl up and said to the girl: "Then...then what do you want to do now?

"I..." The girl seemed to have never thought about this question. She was silent for a long time, then suddenly raised her head to look at Jiang Ling and said, "Auntie, I... can I go to your house for a while? Don't worry, my father will leave the house in a month at most." I will come back, and my father will not give you all the expenses at that time! Please..."

The girl held Jiang Ling's hand with red eyes and begged bitterly.

Jiang Ling looked at the girl's appearance, and felt pity in her heart. She nodded and took the linen cloth Jiang Yaojie bought and gently draped it on the girl's body and said, "Okay, then you and I will go back to Lujiacun in a while!"

"I am the Jiang family from Lujia Village. After you go back, you will claim to be the distant cousin of my eldest daughter Jiang Suihe!" Jiang Ling reminded.

Uncle Lu was curious about the girl's sudden appearance, but he didn't open his mouth. In this way, the bullock cart slowly returned to Lujia Village.

It was just in the afternoon, and most people were resting, so not many people saw the girl come in.

"Mother... Brother, are you back? This... this is?" Jiang Suihe looked at the shivering girl behind Jiang Ling in a strange way and asked.

"Let's go in first! You three, Yaojie, Nianci, and Zhishan, are waiting outside and you are not allowed to come in!" Jiang Ling brought the girl wrapped in sackcloth into the room.

"Change on first, this is my daughter's clothes, don't dislike it!" Jiang Ling took out a dress with fewer patches and put it in front of the girl.

"Auntie, my name is Shen Congxin. I am 14 years old. I can only tell you so much information! Don't ask me any more, and I won't answer!" Shen Congxin said while changing her clothes.

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