Chapter 227 A Tragic Family

When Xiao Zhen walked into the dilapidated thatched house, he was greeted by a rotten and moldy smell.

Die smelled the disgusting smell in the air and pinched her nose with one hand.

"A Zhen, the smell here is so strong and disgusting. How do they live here?" Die said sadly.

Xiao Zhen shook his head helplessly. This ghost place could be regarded as a slum within a slum. Qing Lin and the old woman looked almost helpless.

How can an old woman who is already old and has little ability to work, and a little girl who still speaks in a childish voice, have a good life in this place where the strong prey on the weak?

The old woman carefully placed Qinglin in her arms on the bed, her eyes full of tenderness.

Xiao Zhen flicked his fingers lightly, and a gentle fighting spirit entered Xiao Qinglin's body.

Feeling an extra energy in his body, Qinglin took a few deep breaths, and a flush appeared on his face. He felt that his body was finally better. Although the illness was not completely cured, he didn't feel so uncomfortable anymore.

Die pulled Xiao Zhen's clothes again and whispered, "Aren't you an alchemist? Hurry up and take out some pills and give them to this little girl!"

Xiao Zhen shook his head and explained, "The pills in my ring are at least third-grade. The medicinal properties in them are too strong. It is definitely not something that a child like Qinglin, who is so young and has no cultivation at all, can withstand!"

"Then you don't have any pills with milder medicinal properties?"

Xiao Zhen thought for a moment, then smiled faintly and said, "I don't have any pills, but I have a lot of medicinal materials on hand, so I can make pills on the spot."

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Zhen put out the furnace on the spot, and continued to produce several medicinal herbs, and then began to refine the elixir on the spot.

Because what he wanted to refine was not a high-level elixir, it was not even a first-grade elixir, so Xiao Zhen refined it very easily, and it took less than ten minutes.

A bottle full of pills appeared in Xiao Zhen's hand, and a faint medicinal fragrance emanated from the surrounding area, which could almost compete with the musty smell in the hut.

Xiao Zhen squatted beside the bed, gently shook the medicine bottle in his hand, poured out a pill from it, and said with a faint smile: "Xiao Qinglin, it's time to take the medicine!"

Qinglin, lying on the bed, nodded and opened her little mouth obediently.

After taking the first pill, Qinglin's condition improved significantly and he soon fell into a peaceful sleep.

The old lady at the side asked nervously, "Sir, may I ask how Qinglin is doing now?"

Xiao Zhen smiled slightly, handed the medicine bottle in his hand to the old woman, and comforted her:

"Grandma, don't worry, your granddaughter is actually fine. She is just sick because of long-term malnutrition, not having enough to eat, and the poor living environment.

In fact, even if you don’t need any medicine, as long as you go to a good environment and rest for a while, you will get better naturally. "

After hearing Xiao Zhen's explanation, the old woman sighed silently. Having a place to live was already the limit of what she could do.

Xiao Zhen glanced at Qing Lin who was sleeping soundly on the bed and whispered, "Let's go out first and let this child have a good rest!"

The old woman nodded, then gently covered her granddaughter with a tattered blanket.

Outside the thatched house, the old woman brought three broken chairs and began to tell Xiao Zhen about the hardships she had experienced over the years.

The old woman originally had a daughter, Qinglin's mother. More than two years ago, she joined a small chamber of commerce and was responsible for selling goods in different towns with the chamber of commerce.

Life was still pretty good at that time. The old woman and her husband did some odd jobs, and with the income from their daughter, the family could just about get by. At least they didn't have to suffer from the cold or hunger.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Suddenly, bad news came that the small caravan their daughter was in was attacked by snake people. Except for a few people who escaped, the others, including their daughter, were probably in danger.

The old man couldn't withstand the blow and vomited blood on the spot. Some old illnesses in his body relapsed and he died in less than half a month.

But later, only a month later, the old woman's daughter suddenly escaped back. It was said that she was caught by the snake man and tortured, and she was thought to be dead.

Later, several human traffickers appeared. Of course, they specialized in catching snake people. They took advantage of the situation and wiped out the small stronghold of that nest of snake people.

Qinglin's mother was not very pretty and all her belongings had been robbed. The snake traffickers were not interested in her either. Moreover, they were very merciful and simply gave a pot of water and some dry food to the captured humans and sent them away.

Hearing this, Die's eyes flickered. She knew that humans and snake people had been fighting in the desert for many years. Not only did the snake people suffer, but some humans also suffered, such as the old woman's daughter.

"So, Qinglin is the child of a snake man and a human!" Xiao Zhen asked knowingly.

The old woman nodded. This was difficult to conceal since the scales on Qinglin's arms were so obvious.

The old woman was also very sad about her daughter's tragic experience, but what could she, who was weak, do?

"Alas!" the old woman sighed and continued:

"After that, my daughter found out she was pregnant, and I wanted to buy some medicine to abort the baby.

But my daughter didn’t want to kill an unborn child, especially her own child, so Qinglin… was born!”

Die gritted her teeth and asked, "What about Qinglin's mother? Where is she now?"

Die felt that a woman who was unwilling to abort her unborn child would not abandon her mother and child and leave the home alone.

Hearing this question, the old woman said sadly with tears in her eyes: "My daughter died during childbirth due to complications."

Die's face suddenly froze, and she immediately bowed to the old woman, saying embarrassedly: "Sorry, I touched your sore spot!"

"It's okay!" The old woman waved her hand and smiled, "I have to thank you two. If you hadn't helped me today, I really don't know what I would have done."

Xiao Zhen rolled his eyes and then asked, "I wonder what your plans are for the future, old man?"

The old woman wiped the tears from her eyes and sighed helplessly, "Children like Qinglin have a very hard life. I have seen a few of them before. They can't live for many years. I just want to take good care of this child in the remaining time!"

Butterfly also fell into the same sorrow. The combination of snake people and humans was basically a disaster.

The most pitiful one is the old lady in front of me. I'm afraid she will have to bury her loved ones in the future.

However, Xiao Zhen had different ideas. He knew that Qinglin was not an ordinary hybrid. Qinglin, who possessed the three-flower pupils of a green snake, would definitely live longer than the old woman in front of him unless anything unexpected happened in the future.

Die clenched her fists, pulled Xiao Zhen next to her, and said coquettishly: "Ah Zhen, they look so pitiful, can you take them back to the Xiao family together? It's just two more mouths to feed, so it should be okay!"

Xiao Zhen laughed inwardly, this was exactly what he wanted. The Green Scaled Green Snake with Three Flower Pupils possessed great talent and had a bright future, so of course he had to take it in as soon as possible.

Xiao Zhen nodded and smiled faintly: "I don't care about these, but I still need to ask the old lady's opinion!"

Seeing that Xiao Zhen did not object, Die was so excited that she kissed Xiao Zhen on the face, and then asked the old woman:

"Old woman, what do you think? Come back to the capital with us! The environment there is countless times better than here. There's no need for this! If Qinglin gets sick again, maybe we can find a way to solve the short life span of mixed-bloods!"

The old woman was excited. Although she had only just met the two people in front of her, her intuition told her that they were definitely not bad people.

Some old ladies couldn't control their emotions and were about to kneel down on the spot to thank Xiao Zhen and Die, but were stopped in time by Xiao Zhen.

After all, Xiao Zhen also had ulterior motives. The reason why he agreed to take in the grandparents and grandchildren was because he was attracted by the extraordinary Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil and wanted to use them for his own purposes.