"It's okay. Look, Uncle Zhao is here too!" Su Shian said while pointing to Zhao Yi who was standing behind them. Seeing that Su Shirong was still hesitant, she quickly added, "Go quickly! Don't worry about me!" Only then did Su Shirong reluctantly agree to leave.

Su Shian found a slightly cleaner place to sit down. After calming down, he began to carefully look at the two children in front of him and asked, "What are your names? How many people are begging with you? How old are you all?"

It was the older beggar who spoke first and answered, "My name is Si'er, and he is my younger brother Wu'er. We live in a dilapidated temple outside the city, where there are many other people who also make a living by begging. There are Granny Li, Granny Yan, Xiao Douzi, Yu'er, Sister Hongdou, Brother Daniu, Brother Tiedan... and finally, there is Old Man Hong who broke his leg yesterday. He wanted to go out early this morning..."

"I see...Do they usually beg on the streets like you do?"

"Yeah, today Sister Hongdou, Brother Daniu, Brother Tiedan and the others have come to the city to make a living. Granny Li and Granny Yan are old and have difficulty walking, so they stayed in the dilapidated temple to help look after Father Hong and the young Xiaodouzi and the others."

"Is that so... Then can you tell me, roughly how old are you all?" Su Shian continued to ask.

At this moment, the boy who had been silent all this time finally spoke: "Young... Master... We really don't know."

So that's how it is. It seems that she misunderstood. After all, if these children have been begging for a living since they were young, then it is naturally difficult for them to tell their real age, let alone know their origins.

At this moment, Su Shirong came back panting, holding a large plate of food in his hand: "Sister... Fourth brother, come and try it, this is bean curd dregs cake." Since his sister was wearing men's clothes, he felt it would be more appropriate to call her "brother".

Su Shian looked at his brother and couldn't help wondering, "Third brother, could it be that you stole it?"

"No way! Don't talk nonsense. This is what my mother prepared specially for me. Look, this bag contains the bean dregs that have not been made into cakes. My mother asked me to take it back for them to eat."

"Wow, mom is so kind!" Su Shian took the plate with great joy, handed the bean curd cake to the two children, and urged them, "Eat quickly!"

The two were already starving, so they quickly picked up a pancake each and said gratefully, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome." Su Shian also took one and put it in his mouth, chewing and muttering, "I'm also very hungry, Third Brother, do you want to eat?"

"I'm not hungry yet, so you can eat this one and take the rest back to them." Su Shian said softly.

"Oh, okay." Su Shirong nodded obediently.

At this time, three figures came from not far away. A closer look revealed that they were three beggars who were slightly older than the two of them. From their appearance, it could be seen that the three people were two boys and one girl. Obviously, they were all older than Su Shian and Su Shirong. They all had something in their hands, which should be the harvest of the day.

What was even more disturbing was that when the three beggars saw Su Shian and Su Shirong, they showed an unfriendly look in their eyes, as if they were hostile. This sudden change frightened Su Shian and Su Shirong, and they involuntarily took two steps back, deciding to keep a certain distance from them and silently observe their every move.

The girl first asked the two little beggars: "Fourth and Fifth, did they bully you?"

Hearing this, one of the boys immediately shouted angrily: "Yes! Are you tired of living? You dare to provoke us?" After that, he rolled up his sleeves and made a gesture ready to hit someone. Seeing this, Zhao quickly walked in front of Su Shian and Su Shirong and protected them tightly behind him.

However, the child named Si'er stood up and stopped everyone: "Brother Daniu, Brother Tiedan, Sister Hongdou, things are not what you think. They didn't bully us, but gave us food instead."

The three of them were all surprised when they heard this: "What?"

"Look, this is the bean curd dregs cake." Si'er and Wu'er said as they broke the cake in their hands into small pieces and distributed them to the other three, signaling them to have a taste.

The beggar named Daniu asked in surprise: "Could it be that the bean curd dregs you got a few days ago and the tofu you got yesterday were all from their homes?"

"That's right." Si'er nodded, then took out two copper coins from his pocket, handed them carefully to the beggar girl, and said, "Sister Hongdou, this is what we earned today."

Hearing this, Hongdou was full of disbelief: "You can actually make money?"

Su Shian, who was standing by, finally couldn't hold back any longer and reminded him, "That was the compensation given by others after they were beaten."

Hongdou got furious when she heard this. She was a bit impatient to begin with. "What? These people are going too far! Are you hurt? Come on, take me to them. We have to teach them a lesson!"

"Let's forget it, Sister Hongdou." Si'er quickly grabbed Hongdou.

"That's impossible!" Hongdou widened her eyes and was very determined.

At this moment, Zhao Yi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly laughed softly: "Hehehe!"

Hongdou suddenly felt something strange, turned to look at Zhao Yi, frowned and asked: "What are you laughing at? You are laughing so proudly..."

Zhao Yi said bluntly, "Someone in your family is injured, and the situation is quite serious. Don't delay here, and quickly take the food back home! Otherwise, if you continue to make trouble, I'm afraid your family will starve to death. And, with your thin and frail bodies, how can you possibly fight against others?"

Hearing this, Su Shian and Su Shirong were shocked, as if they had seen a ghost. They had never thought that Zhao Yi, who was always taciturn, would say such harsh and vicious words. However, now was not the time to discuss this issue. While the two were hesitating, Su Shian and Su Shirong quickly handed the food in their hands to them.

Si'er and Wu'er immediately took the food and thanked him repeatedly. Then, Su Shi'an took the copper coins in Su Shirong's hand and handed them to Hongdou together with the money he had on him. After counting, there were about twenty coins in total, which were all the pocket money they had saved up on weekdays. He said to her earnestly: "You should quickly find a doctor with good medical skills to check your father's illness. If the broken leg is not healed, it will be a big trouble if the root cause of the disease is left."

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