After his inner voice was read, the little cannon fodder became the darling of the world

Nangong Jiu scratched his head and tried to think of a solution.

Xiao Chengzi beside him spoke.

"Don't worry, I'll take you back to the charity hall in the evening. There'll be food to eat before dark, and a place to sleep."

Nangong Jiu nodded repeatedly and uttered two words: "Guo Guo..."

Xiao Chengzi's love instantly burst out: "Well, don't be afraid, you have brothers here, just sit here, passers-by will think you are young and will give you coins and food.

From now on, we won’t take the copper coins and food you ask for, so you should save them.

When you are older, you can go to the charity hall to learn to read and write. After you have learned the skills, you can work to support yourself and no longer have to beg. "

Nangong Jiu nodded and grinned foolishly.

The beggars spread out to both ends of the street, asking for money and food.

Nangong Jiu hurriedly used his spiritual sense to instruct Xiaoxing: "Xiaoxing, quickly find a place where no one is around and turn yourself into a five or six-year-old beggar.

I can't speak yet, so I can't ask them some questions, so you have to ask for me."

"it is good!"

Xiaoxing obeyed the order and flew away.

Xiao Wang excitedly said to Nangong Jiu: "It's not difficult to be a beggar. You will get so much food and copper coins in a short while."

“That’s because I was young, which aroused the sympathy of the people. Those older children didn’t seem to gain much.

Look at how thin and weak they are, it must be the result of being hungry and cold for a long time."

"Didn't they say that the charity hall distributes food every morning and evening?"

"Food, probably some steamed buns and porridge. Mom always said that you need to eat meat and vegetables to grow taller and stronger."

Xiao Wang fell silent.

Xiaoxing soon turned into a thin beggar and started begging not far from Nangong Jiu.

At noon.

There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, the beggars returned to Nangong Jiu, and Xiaoxing also came closer.

Nangong Jiu held Xiao Chengzi with one hand and Xiao Xing with the other: "Guo Guo..."

Xiao Chengzi looked at Xiao Xing and said to Nangong Jiu: "Since he is your friend, he is also our brother. Let's make a living together from now on."

The beggars put all the food they had asked for together.

Xiao Chengzi picked the best-looking food, half a bun, and handed it to Nangong Jiu: "Be good, eat it!"

Nangong Jiu was so moved that she burst into tears. She quietly reached her hand under her loose clothes and took out the steamed buns and a large bag of cakes that she had put into her small pocket in the morning.

"Guo Guo..."

Xiaoxing relayed Nangong Jiu's words: "This was given to her by a kind-hearted person before. She couldn't bear to eat it, so she kept it for everyone."

Xiao Chengzi rubbed Nangong Jiu's head and distributed cakes and buns to everyone.

"What my sister ordered is so delicious!" The beggars' faces were filled with happiness as they ate.

"Thanks to my sister today, we had good food and a lot of extra copper coins."

Xiao Chengzi also laughed and said, "It seems that we have to follow our sister from now on."

Xiao Xing smiled and asked, "Haven't you eaten these at the charity hall?"

The beggars nodded and said, "We have eaten this before during festivals, but it's not as delicious as this."

The charity hall serves porridge in the morning and two steamed buns per person, half a bowl of vegetables, and sometimes meat in the evening.

"Isn't there meat every day?"

The beggars smiled and shook their heads: "With so many people, it's good enough to have steamed buns and porridge to eat. How can we afford to feed them if we have meat every day?"

"Are there many people living in the charity hall where you live? Can we get in?"

Xiao Chengzi nodded and said, "The charity hall we live in was built just over a year ago.

There are about two hundred children, and someone moves in every day. Everyone is welcome.

So, are you guys together?"

"We just met, too. Where do all these children come from in the charity hall?"

“Most of them are from other counties, including us.

We heard that Gong County Charity Hall provided shelter and food for the children, so we came here.”

Nangong Jiu frowned.

But don't make it like the charity hall in the capital.

Xiao Xing then asked, "People keep coming into the charity hall. Can the charity hall accommodate so many people?"

"Some people come and some leave, so they can naturally find a place to stay."

Nangong Jiu's heart suddenly twisted into a ball and he quickly closed his eyes to control his emotions.

"It's over. What the servants said about all crows being black is true!

It seems that the charity hall in the fiefdom, like the charity hall in the capital, is a den of wolves that eat people without leaving any bones.

Magistrate Zhang, if this is proven true, I will grind you to dust and scatter your ashes, and exterminate all your clans!"

Xiao Xing looked at Nangong Jiu, whose face was tense and fists were clenched, and asked, "Did anyone leave? Were they driven away?"

Xiao Chengzi smiled and shook his head: "I'm not driving them away! When children turn twelve, they have to work to support themselves."

Nangong Jiu suddenly opened his eyes, with a hint of joy and surprise in his eyes.

"Work, where to work?"

“It’s a workshop run by the government, and it’s full of children from charity houses.

People who are smart enough can be managers, while people like me who have no skills and whose heads are filled with nothing but paste can only be laborers and run errands.

By doing odd jobs, I can earn a net of 500 coins a month.

Once you earn enough money, you can start a family, do business, and the government will welcome you.

Brother, I will be twelve years old next year, and I have a lot to look forward to in the future."

Nangong Jiu's blood boiled when he heard this, his eyes sparkled, and he grabbed Xiao Chengzi's clothes: "Guoguo?"

Xiao Xing hurriedly explained: "She is asking you, is it true?"

Xiao Chengzi patted his chest proudly and said, "Really, there is no need for brother to lie to you!

I heard there are more than ten workshops and several thousand children!

The money earned from the workshop was used to feed these younger children in addition to paying them wages.

However, I heard that the government had offended a lot of people because of this, and those people began to make things difficult for the workshop at every turn.

Therefore, business is not very good and the profit is not much, so the charity hall lets the children out to ask for food and save the lunch. "

That's it!

It’s not that people are indifferent, but they are accustomed to and have acquiesced to living with children.

Nangong Jiu bit his eight little teeth.

Grandma’s…

I will make sure that those bad guys who try to trip me up will never be able to trip me up again!

at dusk.

The kids call it a day.

Xiao Chengzi took the initiative to carry Nangong Jiu on his back, and everyone chatted and laughed all the way back to the Charity Hall.

After walking a few streets, I saw a relatively remote large courtyard in the distance.

"That's the charity hall where we live." Xiao Chengzi said happily as he walked.

After entering the yard, he shouted loudly: "Uncle Zou, I brought back a little sister!"

The middle-aged man called Uncle Zou turned his head and looked over, only to see Nangong Jiu's head lying on Xiao Chengzi's back.

"Little sister? Xiao Chengzi, you didn't kidnap a child from some family, did you?"

"No, the little sister is very pitiful."

Uncle Zou waved to Xiao Chengzi and said, "Carry it over here so I can see it."

Xiao Chengzi hurriedly put Nangong Jiu down and carried him to Uncle Zou.

Uncle Zou looked at Nangong Jiu carefully.

"This child is so young, where did you pick him up from?"