After the temple was silent for a while, Old Mrs. Yang stood up and walked up to the two men.

The two children took a step back in fear.

Old Yang forced a smile on her usual cold face, trying to be gentler. Although it was more frightening, she still said in a gentle voice, knowing nothing:

"Don't be afraid, kid. We are just passing through. Can we stay here for one night?"

The older child shook his legs and said:

"Grandma, if you want to stay, just stay. Why ask?"

The child behind him didn't even dare to stick his head out.

Seeing the expressions and behaviors of the two, Yuan couldn't help but raise his voice to comfort them:

"Don't be afraid, my grandma doesn't eat people!"

The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw several children about their age, and then they relaxed a little.

But when Old Yang heard this, her face suddenly turned cold again, and she almost got angry at Yuan:

What on earth is going on in this kid's mind?

The two children felt more relaxed when they saw Old Mrs. Yang's cold face.

Old Yang suddenly became even angrier:

"Is my smile really scary?"

The older child nodded subconsciously, then quickly shook his head and stammered:

"No, not scary."

The child behind me muttered very quietly:

“But it looks like it wants to eat people.”

A family with excellent hearing: Does this child know how painful it is to want to laugh but not be able to?

Some people couldn't help but burst into laughter, then quickly covered their mouths to hold it back.

Old Madam Yang was so angry that she couldn't express it. She put her hands on her waist and held it in for a long time, but she couldn't help but say:

"Humph! You have no taste! When I was young, those boys in the village gave me so many candies just to make me laugh!"

The little kid behind the older kid cautiously poked out half of his head:

"So, are the candies delicious?"

The pair of eyes sparkled in the darkness, but the older boy's head lowered in disappointment for some reason.

There is a story, and the temple is quiet again.

Fu Sanbai was about to close the door when he paused again, not because of the atmosphere, but because:

"Yo! It's snowing!"

Outside, snowflakes were falling, sparsely at first, but soon turned into heavy snow all over the sky, melting when they fell to the ground.

The wind has also started to blow, and even if it is a little warmer here, it will still snow in the winter.

Fu Sanbai quickly closed the temple door for fear that the wind would blow in and take away all the heat.

Old Yang also answered the child at this time:

“It’s delicious!”

Old Yang rummaged in her sleeves and pulled out a penny:

"Here, grandma will treat you once, and please treat me next time I see you."

This sounded familiar to Yuan. Zeng Lao and Zeng Gui had said something similar when they were friends with her in the inn, so Yuan said with certainty:

"Take this money, eat this candy, and you and grandma will be good friends! You must tell each other your names!"

The older boy hesitated:

"Are you really making friends? Not a human trafficker?"

Old Yang: ...

"You two are just little kids, and there's no one watching you. If you run into human traffickers, why don't they just grab you and take you away? Why waste your time?"

Fu Dabai yawned and said lazily.

The older child thought about it, then slowly took the coin, put it away, rubbed his hands on his clothes, and pulled the child behind him out, and they both bowed to each other.

The older one said, "My name is White Bun."

The younger one said, "My name is Bai Baozi."

Eunuch Qian didn't know what he was thinking, so he continued:

"What a good name! My name is Qianbobo!"

These words, combined with Eunuch Qian's fluffy face, are particularly credible.

A Yuan also joined in the fun: "My name is Fu Yuanzi, which means Tangyuan. You can call me A Yuan!"

They're all food.

The two children looked at him and Yuan with brighter eyes than they did at others.

"My mother said this name is good and auspicious. If you call it more often, you will never lack food!"

The white bun smiled a little.

Old Yang was not prepared to be friends with the child, but she was a good grandmother, and her granddaughter had also accepted this kind of kindness, so she also cupped her hands:

"Yang Manchun, but you are not allowed to call her by her name. You can only call her Grandma Yang, right?"

The two children nodded obediently.

Old Mrs. Yang and Fu Sanbai returned to their family.

The two of them also took out the bedding rolls from under the altar and put them on the other side.

He took the food that had just been offered to the Buddha and ate it.

Yuan came over curiously and asked them:

"Can I take back the food offered to the Buddha and eat it?"

When Yuan was a child, he went to a nearby temple once, and was not allowed to eat the offerings there.

Bai Mantou looked at her and shook his head:

"Originally it's not allowed, but we are staying in someone else's temple, so we will give half of it."

Bai Baozi continued:

“But we met an old Taoist who was staying overnight a while ago. He said that the gods know what is in your heart and people can eat the tribute.

As long as we show respect with sincerity, reasonable gods and Buddhas will not be picky about offerings, nor will they care whether we eat the offerings or not.

If his believers are starving, but he would rather let the offerings go bad than let people eat them, then such a god or Buddha is not worthy of respect.

We thought it made sense, so after coming back every day to pray and offer sacrifices, we would take it down and eat it.”

After they got closer and talked a little, Yuan realized that Bai Baozi was also a little girl, and he felt a little closer to her.

Bai Baozi probably thought the same thing, and when he saw A Yuan, who was also a little girl of about the same age, he started talking more.

Bai Mantou was probably still a little wary of them and didn't say much.

Yuan also asked: "Are you brother and sister?"

Bai Baozi nodded.

Yuan hesitated, not knowing whether he should ask their parents. After thinking for a while, he asked:

"Why don't you go to a nearby village or city? It's so dangerous here, with no village or shop nearby."

There are also abandoned houses without owners in villages and cities, not to mention some places like Ci'an Hall that house homeless children.

If you want to live here forever, this place is definitely the worst choice.

Bai Baozi shook his head after hearing this:

"We can't leave. Mother asked us to wait for her here."

A Yuan scratched his head: "Where is your home? Why didn't that aunt let you wait at home?"

Bai Baozi sighed:

“My house was robbed by bad guys, and my mother brought us here. I couldn’t walk anymore, so we rested for a long time.

My mother was a little anxious and asked me to wait a moment while she went to find a house. When the arrangement was done, she would come to pick me up with a bullock cart.

A Yuan held up his little face and said, "When will she come back?"

Bai Baozi pursed his lips and said, "I don't know, mom said it will take a while.

I was a little scared, so my brother stayed with me."

Bai Baozi was a little angry when he said this:

"When mom left, she came back once and left some candies. But my brother was so mean! He ate all of them and didn't give me any!

I haven’t even eaten candy before!”

Bai Mantou touched her head and said:

"That one is mine. I won't give it to you. All the candies from now on will be yours."

A Yuan was a little sleepy at first, but after hearing the last part, she suddenly perked up, realized something, turned around and looked at the two siblings, and Bai Mantou was also looking at her.

The words on his lips suddenly changed direction, and Yuan felt a little worried about them:

“But it’s snowing and it’s cold, what are you going to do?

Or...you can come with me! I will share my food with you, my bed and my clothes with you!"

Fu Dabai, who was feeling sleepy at first, felt as if three heavy mountains had hit him on the head. One was called Mantou, one was called Baozi, and the other was called the cheating A Yuan. He had to raise three children, and if things continued like this, he would have a hard time taking care of any one of them.

Fu Dabai almost rolled over with excitement:

What are you talking about? Do you want to listen to what you are saying? Fubao's misfortune is not enough to teach you a lesson, right?

Li kicked him, obviously not allowing him to interrupt now.

Of course Yuan knew that it was not right to pick up people randomly, but she was just excited and said it out loud.

A Yuan actually regretted what she said as soon as she said it, but the word "righteousness" was like a rag, blocking her mouth tightly.

Yuan was crying in his heart:

I don’t know if I can find a job, even like serving dishes or washing bowls, but is there a place that takes a six-year-old?

How can I save my dignity and not spit out what I have said?

Yuan was so anxious that he was almost sweating.

But Bai Baozi rejected her without even thinking about it:

"No! A while ago, that old Taoist wanted to take us away, but if we left, my mother wouldn't be able to find us! She would be worried!"

When Yuan heard this, he said sadly again, "Why don't I dig herbs to feed you?"

She could always make money if she dug ten hours a day, but...it's winter, oooo~

Yuan cried while holding the white buns: "I'm sorry, there are no herbs to dig in winter!"

White bun: "What?"

Bai Mantou looked at the family with a wooden face, then turned back to look at Yuan, thinking to himself:

What a fool! How could her family agree to raise two more children when they are so poor?

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