The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

They had no hay for the horses, but luckily Ye Dongjia brought them some when he came. The hay allowed the two horses to have their first full meal since they came out of the mountains.

Ye Dong's servants helped to untie the horses and taught them how to tie and untie the carriage.

They helped Lan Ning and his team a lot, so Ye Dongjia shamelessly stayed for dinner before leaving.

The next day, except for Grandma Lan who was alone at home, Meng Anran and Lan Ning drove the horse-drawn carriage to the county town during the day. Lan Ning went to complete her mission and find her target during the day to learn how to drive, and Meng Anran went to be a driver.

When they arrived outside the county town, Lan Ning was dropped off and continued to learn how to drive during the day, while Meng Anran continued to work as a driver.

The small figure walked on the road, and the vendors did not shout when they saw her, so Lan Ning was able to quietly observe the surrounding environment.

It was still as dirty and messy as the first time I came to the county town, and there seemed to be more beggars on both sides of the road than before.

With so many beggars, do they have their own goals? There shouldn't be a situation like in later generations where beggars are richer than many people.

Lan Ning was not sure, mainly because she didn't know much about the situation in this area.

Observing them carefully, she found that not all beggars were skinny. Some were really thin, while others were just of average build. There were men, women, young and old, but she discovered one problem: all the young female beggars were pregnant.

An absurd idea came to my mind. No way, it shouldn't be possible.

After observing carefully for a while, she found that all the female beggars were particularly afraid of the male beggars, and that thought became even stronger.

The children in these women's bellies must be those of these beggars.

They are all extremely poor, so poor that they cannot even afford food and have to beg for food, so there is no chance for them to get married. They have no place to vent their desires, so these women become their tools for venting their desires, so the children in the belly are theirs.

Thinking of this, Lan Ning glared at the beggars. The beggars were confused. Not only did they not give them money, but they even glared at the little kid. If it weren't for the fact that his clothes were in good condition and had no patches on them, they would definitely beat him up.

Lan Ning had no idea what these beggars were thinking. She continued walking and observing. Not long after she walked, she spotted two familiar figures. Hey, aren’t these the two little beggars who helped her spread the news before?

After such a long time, she seemed to have not grown taller at all. It turned out that she was not the only one who had not grown taller, but also the two little beggars. Thinking that they were familiar people, she took the initiative to walk up to them and say hello.

"Hey, do you remember me?"

The two little beggars huddled in an inconspicuous corner. They couldn't get a good position, and the only position they could get was this inconspicuous corner that others would not notice.

When they heard someone talking to them, they thought that someone was giving them food. They did not even bother to see who it was and quickly knelt down and kowtowed to express their gratitude.

Lan Ning was confused by their behavior. What were they doing? Did they kowtow to him and thank him because he was so excited?

Or was it because I gave them a lot of silver last time when they completed the task, and they were very grateful to me, but they hadn't been able to see me before, so they thanked me when they saw me today?

She has modern thinking, so she can't accept others kowtowing to her and thanking her like this.

She hurried over to help them up. Although she was small, she was very strong. She helped the two thin boys up easily.

Even after being helped up, they did not raise their heads and kept their heads down, which made Lan Ning think that there was something good on the ground, so she also lowered her head to look.

The man was short to begin with, and when he lowered his head, the two little beggars, who were also lowering their heads, could see that it was actually a child in front of them. This disappointed them, as it turned out that the person was not there to give them food.

So they didn't dwell on it too much and were about to go back to the corner to continue squatting in a depressed mood. Seeing that they were about to go back, Lan Ning hurriedly stopped them.

"Don't you remember me?"

"Ok?"

Only then did the two of them hear clearly what Lan Ning said?

Does this person know them? The two little guys looked at each other, then looked back and saw a pink and tender little girl who was very well-behaved.

After staring at Lanning for a while, one of the boys recognized him first.

"It's you."

"Goudan, do you know her?"

The boy named Goudan turned around and looked at the other little boy with surprise.

"She is the little sister who gave us a lot of silver and asked us to help pass on some messages."

The other little boy turned around with a look of surprise when he heard this.

"It's you, little sister. I heard that you were injured before. Are you healed now?"

Even though life was hard, the two little boys were still kind-hearted. When they saw Lan Ning, they thought about her previous injuries and whether she had healed.

Lanning smiled and nodded.

"Okay, okay. My injuries are all healed. I want to ask you something. Have you eaten? I'll take you to get some food."

These two little boys are beggars, so they should know where there are families with difficulties, where people are about to starve to death and cannot survive.

The boys looked very surprised. Lan Ning wanted to take them to dinner. They hadn't eaten for two days and were really hungry. They immediately walked out to eat with Lan Ning.

But before she had taken two steps, she looked down and saw how messy they were. No, no, they were dirty and smelly, and the sister in front of her was clean and pretty. If she went out with them, people would laugh at her.

"No, no, we're not hungry."

Lan Ning listened to their thoughts and felt deeply moved. These two children were really kind. It was really rare to see them so kind in such a living environment.

"Come on, come on, I have money, and I need to ask you something."

No matter what Lan Ning said, the two of them just refused to leave with him. Well, they are still two stubborn people.

There was no way, they really didn't want to leave with her, and she couldn't force them to go with him.

"Then you wait here for a while, I'll go buy you some food."

After saying that, she left without looking back. She first went to the bun shop and bought 10 meat buns, and then went to the restaurant. Lao Li and others were busy preparing food for the guests at noon.

Knowing that they didn't have time, Lan Ning went to get two large bowls filled with two large pots of rice, and then went to the small pot set up outside to stir-fry a large pot of twice-cooked pork.

He put the twice-cooked pork in two bowls, filled each bowl halfway, and walked out of the restaurant with the two bowls.

No one asked about her behavior throughout the whole process, because although this little girl looked small, she was very independent and her behavior often puzzled them. Rather than asking and being slapped in the face, it was better to pretend not to see.