Tang Ning sat in the corner and finished her portion, then put the two wooden ladles together, held them in her hands and walked quickly to the temple. The weather was already cold, and if the porridge and rice were cold, adding her

I'm sick again...

He lowered his head and held the wooden ladle tightly.

"Bold." There was a shout in the ear, and then a strong force came, and the body flew out involuntarily, hitting the ground with a loud bang, the wooden ladle rolled out, and the porridge and rice spilled on the ground.

Tang Ning hurriedly crawled over, collected the porridge and rice on the ground, picked it up with both hands, and put it into the wooden ladle bit by bit.

"Unbridled." There was another loud shout. Tangning's body sank and a foot stepped on his back.

"Wangdutou, what's going on?" Another voice sounded.

"Sir, there is a little beggar blocking the way."

Tang Ning secretly raised her head and saw a large red sedan lying in front of her. A person inside opened the curtain and looked at him. The man was about thirty or forty years old. He was well-mannered and very elegant.

The man waved to him: "Come here!"

The man on his back let go of his legs, and Tang Ning climbed up, holding the wooden ladle and walking over with her head lowered. He was very flustered, a little scared, and didn't know what to do.

"Who are you from?" the man asked.

"The villain is from Tangliu Village, Anning County." Tang Ning replied in a low voice.

"People from Anning County, why are you here? Are your parents safe?"

"My parents were killed, and they followed people here. They said they would have food when they got here."

"Hey!" The man sighed: "The people are displaced and the children are scattered. This is the lack of kingship. Head of the capital, you can find a place to settle this child!"

"Sir, this..." A man next to him looked confused.

"Since I am responsible for educating and educating people, I have always guided the people to be benevolent and righteous. Now that the people are poor and unable to make a living, how can I ignore them?" The man seemed quite dissatisfied with the man's attitude.

"Yes, sir."

"This matter must be taken care of." After saying that, the man pulled down the curtain, and the sedan chair rose and left slowly.

After the sedan chair had gone away, the man walked up to Tang Ning and said, "Boy, you are lucky, come with me!"

"I have a younger sister? Can I take her with me?"

The man frowned and shouted impatiently: "Just leave as soon as I tell you. What are you talking about? Do you think we specialize in raising beggars?"

"Then, forget it, I'm not going." Tangning was frightened by his drink and whispered.

Of course he couldn't leave Liu Ruhan alone there, she was his only relative.

"Eh!" The man was a little surprised: "I didn't expect that this kid like you is quite friendly. Forget it, just take one with you!"

"Thank you, thank you." When Tangning heard this, she was overjoyed and said repeatedly.

"Okay! If you want to thank me for anything, just thank Mr. Shen. I'm just following orders. I don't want to meddle in such nosy matters."

The two came to the temple. Tang Ning walked up to Liu Ruhan and pushed her gently. Liu Ruhan slowly opened her eyes. At this moment, her expression was very weak and lifeless.

"Ruru, let's go!" Tangning whispered.

Liu Ruhan nodded.

Tangning lay down in front of her, put her hands on his shoulders, carried her on his back and walked out the door. When he just stepped out of the threshold, he looked back at the people here.

They were all unkempt and ragged, some were lying there as sickly and weak as Liu Ruhan, some were curled up in a corner and shivering, and some were moaning softly.

He looked at the woman again. She was holding her child tightly with both hands and whispering, not knowing what she was talking about.

At this moment, Tangning felt a lot of complicated emotions in her heart, including happiness, pity, doubt, and even a little bit of reluctance. Then he walked out of the door.

Outside the door was another gorgeous world. From then on, he embarked on a completely different path, but this scene became an indelible memory in his future life, and he often thought of it when he was confused and confused.

Tang Ning followed the man with Liu Ruhan on her back and walked a long way to a house.

"Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui." The man opened the door and shouted loudly.

"Here you come, sir." A little girl hurried over and responded.

That little girl looked slightly older than Tang Ning, about 12 or 13 years old.

The man turned back and glanced at Tang Ning: "Come in, why are you standing at the door, afraid that others won't see you?"

"You bastard, you haven't been here for so many days and you screamed and screamed as soon as you came. You're going to die!" A pretty woman walked in front of her. She twisted her waist and spoke in a sweet voice. She glanced at Tang Ning.

: "Who are these two?"

The man went up to meet him with a smile: "Isn't this coming?"

The woman didn't buy it at all, "I ask you who are these two?"

"Master Shen met the little beggars on the roadside and insisted on me arranging a place for them. Don't you think this is just looking for trouble? There are so many people, can you take care of them? There is nothing you can do! Take them over and stay for a day, I promise.

Send them away in one day."

"What a good Wang Dehu!" The woman immediately became displeased upon hearing this, and shouted: "Beggars, you come to me, why don't you send them to your family? I have seen through you, you are not good at all."

I have lost my conscience, you said that you and I have never had a good life, but now you are crowding in with beggars, and I can’t live any longer." As he said this, he started crying.

"No, I'm either going here, or I'm staying for a day and leaving tomorrow morning." The man panicked and hurriedly explained.

"Then let me ask you, have you told your family about our affairs? How did you agree to me in the first place? You said it would be three months at most, but now it's been half a year. You, an eight-foot-tall man, can't even do this.

I can’t decide anything, I’m really with the wrong person.” The woman said while crying.

"Tell her immediately, don't worry, it will be done within a month at most."

"What, it will take another month. Let me tell you, Wang Dehu, I will give you seven days in the end. If you don't tell me in seven days, I will go find her myself."

"Promise, promise, okay, don't cry, let me tell you something happy. Didn't you say Putian's satin was good last time? I specially dragged my friend to bring you four this time.

It should be here in two days." The man coaxed the woman and helped her walk to a side room.

Tangning stood there with her head lowered and didn't dare to speak until the two of them left.

"Come with me!" the little girl named Xiaocui said, leading the two of them to a room on the east side: "You can live here!"

After Xiaocui finished speaking, she turned around and left. Tangning quickly stepped aside. After she left, she opened the door and walked in. The room was very simple, with a wooden bed, a cabinet, and a table.

Tang Ning put Liu Ruhan down and leaned her body against the bed. He carried her on his back the whole way. Fortunately, she was light, so it was not too difficult to carry her.

Liu Ruhan looked at him and made gentle gestures with her fingers.

"I don't know where I'm going!" Tangning sat next to her and said, "I'm going this morning..."

Liu Ruhan lowered her head after listening to him tell her what happened in the morning, with a sad look on her face.

There were footsteps outside the door, and Xiaocui walked in, holding a plate in her hand: "This is what grandma gave you. After eating, I will take you to take a bath and change clothes."

"Thank you." Tangning choked and suddenly felt like crying, as if she had really returned home. Since that day, the two of them had been bullied a lot in the past few months, and almost everyone regarded them as...

If a rat crosses the street, either beat it or scold it.

"Don't look at grandma's usual scolding. In fact, grandma is very kind and treats us servants well." Xiao Cui said: "You guys eat first! I will come back later."

Tang Ning brought the plate to the bedside. There were some pastries and fruits on the plate. He picked up a red cake and handed it to Liu Ruhan, then picked up another one and took a bite himself.

It's soft and crunchy and melts in your mouth. Not to mention that the two of them have never eaten such delicious food even when they were at home.

Two or three of them, a plate of pastries was quickly finished by the two of them. Tangning burped. She had not felt so full for a long time.

"Ruru, are you full?" Tangning asked as she gnawed on a piece of fruit.

Liu Ruhan nodded and touched her belly to show she was full.

"You guys have finished eating! You come with me and I will take you to the place where you can get hot water." Xiaocui came in with two sets of clothes and put them on the table: "These are my old clothes. We don't have any here."

You can wear boys’ clothes however you want!”

Tangning followed her to the woodshed.

Xiao Cui pointed to the big wooden barrel next to her: "This is a wooden barrel for bathing. You can move it to the room by yourself, and then move it back after using it. There is a boiler for boiling water, and there is a fire box next to it. You can start a fire yourself.

There is water in the well, you can draw it yourself, do you understand?"

Tangning nodded: "I know."

"Don't run around, I will bring you food at noon."

After Xiaocui left, Tangning came to the well and saw a rope bucket next to it. He threw the bucket into the well and took a bucket of water to the woodshed and poured it into the boiler. It seemed that there was not enough, so he took another bucket.

The bucket is poured into the boiler.

Then pick up the fire stick and start a fire to heat it up. When the water is hot, pull out the firewood and move the big wooden barrel into the room.

"Ruru, wait a little longer, it will be fine soon."

After talking to Liu Ruhan, Tang Ning ran to the firewood shed, used a ladle to put the water in the boiler into a small wooden bucket, carried the small wooden bucket back to the room, and poured the water into the large wooden bucket.

After that, he went to the well to get cold water, returned to the room and poured it into a big wooden bucket. He went back and forth several times to fill the big wooden bucket with water.

Tang Ning tested the water temperature with her hands and found that the temperature was suitable: "Ruru, you can wash it first!"

Liu Ruhan got out of bed and pointed with her little finger outside. Maybe it was because she had enough energy to eat, but her complexion was much better than in the morning.

Tangning went out and closed the door and stood guard outside. After a while, the door opened and Liu Ruhan stood inside.
To be continued...