Outside the carriage, Chunxi was distributing buns to a dozen children sitting on the ground.
The children were all dirty, and some had tears on their faces. When they saw Chunxi distributing buns, they wanted to go forward and grab them, but because of A Bing, Chen Feng and others standing by, they could only watch helplessly.
Fortunately, there were a lot of buns, and they each got one soon.
A little girl wolfed down the bun in her hand, and when she saw Chunxi still had buns in her hand, she hesitated for a long time, then bravely walked up to Chunxi.
"Sister, can you give me another bun? Mom and brother haven't eaten yet!"
Chun Xi sighed, walked up to her, and straightened the hair that was stuck to her face. Then she said as gently as possible: "Zhao Di, be good, just eat by yourself. Sister gave them some money, so they can buy buns by themselves."
Little Zhaodi nodded blankly, recalling the scene before her parting with her mother. Her head, which was originally raised, gradually lowered, and the light in her dark eyes gradually dimmed.
"Sister, Mom doesn't want me anymore, right? They sold me off, didn't they?
Why? Why doesn’t my father like me, and now my mother doesn’t want me either.
I have already recruited my younger brother, so why do they still not like me?
I clearly gave all the food and drinks to my brother, why do they still refuse to take me, wuwuwu..."
Chunxi hugged Zhaodi distressedly, tears welling up in her eyes, "Don't cry, they don't want you, we want you.
The young lady is building a school for you children. You should study hard in the school and learn your skills. In the future, those who don’t cherish you will regret it.”
Zhaodi cried and said, "Sister, please don't try to comfort me. Everyone likes boys, and the school only accepts boys. My father said that daughters are born to lose money and will be sold sooner or later.
Who would be willing to let girls go to school to learn skills? "
"My school is equal for both sexes. As long as you are willing to learn, I can find someone to teach you. Do you dare to come?"
Suddenly, a clear and rhythmic female voice was heard from behind. Everyone subconsciously turned their heads and saw a tall and beautiful woman coming towards them with the backlight.
Tian An walked up to Zhao Di and stood in front of her, wiping away the tears on her face. "From today on, your name is Yuhong. After the storm, there will be a rainbow.
Say goodbye to everything in the past and live only for yourself from today on."
Seeing Yuhong still staring at Tian An in a daze, Chunxi beside her immediately reminded her, "Yuhong, why don't you thank the young lady for the name."
"Miss? You are Miss?" Yuhong knelt on the ground hurriedly. "Thank you for the name, Miss. Yuhong likes it."
Although her mother sold her, she told her before leaving that if she saw the noble person who bought her, she should kneel down and kowtow. Only if the noble person was happy could she live a good life.
And she really likes this name. There are many Zhaodi in their village, besides Zhaodi, there is also Pandi, come and see, etc. But from now on her name will be Yuhong, which is different from everyone else.
Tian An personally reached out his hand to help her up, "A man's knees are made of gold, and our daughter's knees cannot be casually kneeled on the ground."
"But Miss, my father often makes me kneel as punishment. He also said that daughters are cheap..." Yuhong said a little confusedly.
Although she was young, she knew that this was an insult. Her father often scolded her mother like this, and sometimes he would punish her mother by making her kneel down with him.
She believed that daughters were born to kneel, and sometimes her younger brother would imitate his father and ask her to kneel, and she would kneel too. When his father saw this, he would happily praise his younger brother for being like a man, and she would also drink half a bowl of coarse noodle porridge because of this.
But now the lady says that we cannot kneel casually.
Is it the father who is wrong, or is it the young lady who is wrong?
Yuhong looked up at Tian An. The lady was really beautiful and gentle, and she didn’t mind that she was dirty.
And since the young lady has gone to school, she must be educated. Mother said that what educated people say is right. The young lady is educated, so what she says is right. That means Dad is wrong, so she has to listen to the young lady from now on...
Yuhong's originally dull eyes suddenly regained their spirits, and she looked at Tian An with her big eyes as bright as a fangirl's.
Tian An pulled her towards the other children. "I bought you back. You don't have to work, you won't go hungry, and as long as you don't make mistakes, I won't beat or scold you.
I will ask someone to teach you some skills, and you should study hard. Only when you have the skills can you be your own boss."
The half-grown children didn’t quite understand what Tian An said. They just knew that they would no longer be beaten or go hungry.
Although they still remember their unscrupulous parents, the material satisfaction provided by Tian An will soon overcome the already shattered family affection in their hearts.
Zhao Yiming's prediction was very good. In about an hour, the riot at the city gate was over.
After the officers and soldiers arrested several people who instigated the people and led the riot, the rest of the refugees returned to their original refugee group. However, after this incident, many more officers and soldiers were added to guard the refugee group.
The refugees' movements were also greatly restricted. Except when queuing for porridge, they were almost not allowed to move around.
After this happened, Zhao Yiming asked Chunxi and the others to put the recruitment on hold and wait a few days to see how the situation develops.
Chunxi sent the more than ten children who had been bought today to the farm first.
After entering the city, it was still prosperous and peaceful. The pedestrians coming and going had unstable expressions on their faces, not affected by the refugee riot just now, as if a city gate isolated everything.
After returning to the general's mansion, Tian An found that the mansion was decorated with new decorations, and there was a festive atmosphere inside and out.
Hearing the noise of their return, Madam An and Nanny Xiao hurried out of the house.
"You, girl, are finally back. If you hadn't come back, I would have gone to the farm to look for you." Old Madam An held her hand and scolded her.
Nanny Xiao also hurried forward and took her other hand, saying, "I just heard about the riot at the city gate and was about to send someone to look for you! I didn't expect you to come back. How are you? Are you okay?"
"What? There's a riot at the city gate, how come I didn't know about it?" Mrs. An said in surprise.
Then he hurriedly pulled Tian An up and down, left and right, front and back, and looked her over carefully. He only stopped when he saw that she was fine.
But he was still worried. "What the hell is going on? Why is there a riot at the city gate?"
Tian An briefly told the two old people what had happened.
Afraid that they would continue to worry, she immediately changed the subject, "Grandma, Mammy, is there any happy event in the mansion? Why are the decorations everywhere so festive?"
The two of them were stunned and looked at each other. Madam An was the first to speak: "What day is tomorrow? Girl, you haven't forgotten everything, right?"
Tian An frowned, "Tomorrow, tomorrow... Oh~~ It's my birthday."
Tian An touched his nose embarrassedly. He had been so busy recently that he had forgotten the time. It turned out that it was already September!
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