"Okay." Cao Xiangnan came out with a big bowl of fried rice. There was only this much fried rice left in the pot. Fortunately, it should be enough for two kids. When he came out, he saw his son Wanfeng washing the faces of the two kids. He raised his eyebrows, put the fried rice on the table, and walked over.

Goudan heard the footsteps and looked up. The washed face revealed its original appearance. The skin was very dark from the sun, but you could still see thick eyebrows and big eyes. He will be a handsome kid when he grows up.

As for the younger one, he was thin and small, with only a pair of big eyes left on his face.

"Come and eat." Cao Xiangnan glanced at the basin of dark water, without moving his eyebrows, and said to the two kids.

"Go." Seeing the younger one looking at him, Qi Wanfeng reached out and touched the child's face. This was a little brother like his An'an. Xiao Mao looked at the person who touched his face with his two big eyes, and said nothing.

The two children sat on the stools obediently. Cao Xiangnan poured a bowl of water for each of them and said, "Drink some water before eating. The rice is a little dry." The remaining soup had been poured out, and even the pot had been cleaned. It was impossible to boil soup again at this time.

Goudan moved his nose and smelled a fragrance. He picked up the water and drank it all in one gulp.

Cao Xiangnan sat there, holding his son An An in his arms. Seeing An An looking at other people's food, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Dad will cook for you tomorrow. These are for your brother. You have already had dinner, so don't eat them."

"Okay." An An nodded seriously and didn't want to eat other people's food.

Seeing that the children had drunk the water, Cao Xiangnan filled the two children's small bowls with rice. The small bowls could be filled, and each person only had a bowl of rice. There was no food at home at this time. He asked, "Are you full?"

"Yeah." Goudan took a bite, his mouth was full of rice. He looked up at the person who asked him the question and nodded in response.

It was getting darker and darker. Cao Xiangnan saw the two children eating big mouthfuls of rice and knew that they might be hungry and not full. He let An An go and let An An sit here. He walked into the kitchen and looked left and right.

He found that An An's bath water was boiling in the pot. Now that the weather is warm, they don't need hot water to take a bath. Only the children at home still use hot water to take a bath. Cao Xiangnan washed a few eggs and threw them in, then lit a few fires and made the fire burn brighter to cook the eggs.

Qi Wanfeng closed the door of the chicken coop in the yard, and the two puppies jumped around behind him. He cleaned up the things in the yard, and came over to find that the rice in the two children's bowls had been eaten clean. He asked, "Are you full?"

"Yes, thank you." Goudan came down, pulled his brother down with him, and prepared to take his brother away.

"You're welcome." Seeing the child being so sensible, Qi Wanfeng's eyes were a little hot, and he said, "If you and your brother are hungry in the future, come to our place. You can come anytime. We have snacks for you."

Goudan looked at Mommy who said this to him. Even after many years, he still remembered how good Qi Wanfeng was to him and his brother at that time, so later he treated this person as his mother, with respect and love in his heart.

"Wait a little while before leaving. I'll cook a few eggs for you. They will be cooked soon." Cao Xiangnan said when he saw the children about to leave.

When Goudan saw Cao Xiangnan, his two big eyes focused on him. He remembered that this man had told the village chief today that he could raise chickens and ducklings. He looked at him and asked, "I want to raise chickens, is that okay?"

"Okay, how many do you want?" Cao Xiangnan didn't mean to look down on this child, thinking that he could do anything when he was this age. Seeing the child hesitate, he asked, "Twenty is okay?"

"Okay." Goudan replied.

The eggs in the pot were cooked, and Qi Wanfeng wrapped them up for the child with a piece of cloth, "Take it, take it home and eat it when you're hungry^" He put the egg in Goudan's hand, knowing that this was a sensible child.

Now that there is more food at home, a few eggs are not a big deal. On weekdays, he would cook an egg for the children every morning according to his husband's instructions, and he would also eat one himself. His husband said that this is good for the baby in his belly.

"Wanfeng, I'll take them back." Cao Xiangnan said when he saw that it was getting late and it was not safe for the two children to walk outside.

"Okay, go quickly and come back quickly." Qi Wanfeng took a stick from the door and gave it to his husband, and instructed him.

Cao Xiangnan took the stick and led the two children home.

The big and two small walked in silence along the way. Cao Xiangnan did not ask the two children anything, just took them home. Goudan held his brother, holding the still warm egg in one hand, and his eyes looked at the person who took them home from time to time.

"Is this the place?" Cao Xiangnan asked as the three stood at the door of a dilapidated house.

"Yeah." Goudan responded, his face flushed. He didn't think it was a big deal that others knew about their predicament before, but now that this person knew about it, he felt bad. He lowered his head and said, "Thank you, uncle."

Cao Xiangnan didn't see any adults coming out, which only confirmed his guess in his heart, and he didn't feel surprised. He followed the two children into their house and saw an empty house with almost nothing in it.

Cao Xiangnan smiled when he found Goudan looking at him with his lips pursed. He roughly knew what the child was thinking. He spoke to him in a tone like a little adult, "Come to your uncle's house tomorrow. There is a lot of work to do at your uncle's house. You can help with the work and your uncle will give you two brothers food. What do you think?"

He was addicted to hiring child laborers and now he was hiring child laborers for himself.

"Okay." Goudan raised his head when he heard this and looked at the person in front of him in surprise.

"Close the door, I'm going back." Seeing that it was getting late, Cao Xiangnan also hurried home. Fearing that the people at home would worry, he walked out of the small house. He held the stick Qi Wanfeng gave him in his hand. He knew that Qi Wanfeng was afraid that he would encounter some danger on the way home and gave it to him for protection.

Goudan followed Xiaomao and watched the people who sent him back leave. He closed the door only when they could no longer see anyone. They

returned home without any accidents.

Qi Wanfeng saw her husband coming back. He had already bathed the children and asked, "Did you send them back?"

"Dad." The child shouted.

"Yes." Cao Xiangnan bolted the door and said, "I will let Goudan come to work for us in the future. If they come, you can arrange some work for him in the yard and give him a bowl of rice. As for wages, if he does a good job, you can give him a little reward at the end of the month."

He still practices the principle of "there is a reward for every effort" and will not give his children an education that can be obtained without any effort. If you want to have enough food to eat, you have to work hard; if you want to live a good life, you have to work hard. These are also the ways of survival in his previous life. It

is better to teach someone how to fish than to give him fish.

"Okay." Qi Wanfeng smiled. He knew that his husband was a good man. He carried the children into the house and put them on the bed. He told his husband who followed him about the two children. Finally, he sighed and said, "They also have a miserable life."

"The life in the past is predetermined, and the life in the future is the result of one's own efforts. Goudan is a child who is willing to endure hardships. He can survive with a younger brother. We should not underestimate them." Cao Xiangnan never believed in fate. He believed that people can change their fate. If you just feel sorry for yourself, no one can save you.

"Yes, husband, you are right." Qi Wanfeng looked at his husband and saw something different in his husband's eyes. Cao Xiangnan didn't think there was anything wrong with Qi Wanfeng's idea. Everyone has a different way of looking at problems. He smiled and said, "Then I've found a little helper for you."

He wouldn't feel sorry for himself, nor would he pity others. There are no pitiful people in this world, only people who don't work hard enough. If you don't live well, it proves that you haven't worked hard enough. If you live well, it proves that you have worked hard, and if you want to live better, you have to work harder. What

he can give the child now is a road. As for where this road can lead, it depends on his own efforts. The stars in the sky are hanging one by one, and the small village is quiet. Night is the time for people to rest, and the people in the house sleep together.

The carriage went to the town, and they were going to set up a stall in the town.

It was just getting light, and the rice noodles were still steaming in the kitchen. Qi Wanfeng came out and looked up to see two children standing at the door of his house. He smiled and said, "Why don't you come in? Come in quickly."

Goudan heard the voice and took his brother in. Seeing the person smiling at him gently, he called out, "Wanfeng mua." "Wanfeng mua." Xiaomao also imitated his brother and called out.

"Well, be good." Qi Wanfeng led the people to sit at the table, "You sit here, eat something first and then work." He said.

Sun Bailian was working inside. When she heard the noise outside, she asked, "Who's here?"

"Two children, I'll take them some food." Qi Wanfeng took out two bowls of meat porridge from the pot. This was the porridge sold at the stall in the morning. Her husband would set aside a small pot for them to eat every day. He filled two bowls for the two children.

After putting the hot porridge on the table, Qi Wanfeng said, "Eat."

The young Xiaomao stared at the bowl and swallowed his saliva. He looked at his brother with eager eyes, waiting for his brother to say that he could eat before he would eat. Goudan noticed the way his brother was looking at him and said, "Thank you."

"Eat, and then come and help with the chores."

After the two children finished their meal, they sat in front of the stove to watch the fire for them. Sun Bailian saw that it was the two children, but she didn't say anything and glanced at Qi Wanfeng. Qi Wanfeng smiled back at him, "These two children will come over to help with the chores in the future." Sun

Bailian nodded, and understood.

Goudan pursed his lips and was watching the fire seriously, as if this was a very important task. Xiaomao followed his brother, and he did whatever his brother did. He never left his brother three steps away, as if his brother was his whole world.