The next day.
Zhang Hulan and the others went downstairs to have breakfast. When she asked Luo Changqi to deliver steamed buns to Liu Cong and the others, she found that he was not there.
The inn waiter said that they had left the inn before dawn.
They knew that if guests saw them, it would affect the inn's business.
The innkeeper let them stay for one night, and they had to be prudent.
Luo Changqi saw Liu Cong and his friends outside the inn, gave them the steamed buns, and said, "Eat first, Madam will come out after she finishes her meal."
Liu Cong took the steamed bun and said, "Thank you!"
When Zhang Hulan came out after dinner, Liu Cong came forward with a group of children and said, "Madam, please accept us."
Zhang Hulan looked at the group of children. They all looked pale and thin, but their eyes were not as lifeless as those of other beggars.
Liu Cong and the others also looked at Zhang Hulan nervously. There was light and hope in the eyes of these children...
Zhang Hulan said, "Uncle Luo told me about your situation last night. You can all come with me, but you all have to understand that you will have to work when you get there. You have to support yourself with your own hands."
Liu Cong brought all the children to kneel down and kowtow to Zhang Hulan, "Thank you, Madam, for taking us in!"
"You all should get up."
Zhang Hulan was deeply touched, but she did not show it on her face and even seemed a little cold.
She didn't want to influence Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi, and didn't want them to become overly loving people in the future, as that would easily put them at a disadvantage.
You can do good things, but you can't let your daughter become a nicety.
Later, she planned to let Luo Changqi pick any of them and take back some of the sneaky people.
Later, let Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi see the bad side of those people, and then drive them away in front of them.
…
Not far away, Hu Sanlang saw Zhang Hulan coming out, and then said to Ma Er and Huang San, "See? That's the woman and the two girls beside her."
The two nodded, "No problem, leave it to us brothers.
We will wait outside the city, and as soon as she leaves, we will follow her."
…
When we arrived at the place where Luo Changqi met the beggar last night, it was already crowded with beggars, with more than a hundred of them.
There must be more than just these beggars in the city. After discussing last night, a few beggars decided to spread the news, but not too many.
If too few people came, it would seem that they were not doing their job with all their heart; if too many people came, it would affect them. So they called more than a hundred people in total.
As soon as Luo Changqi arrived, the old beggar from last night came up and said, "Sir, most of the beggars nearby are here. We can't notify those who are too far away."
Luo Changqi nodded, "That's enough."
Then Luo Changqi started to select people.
His method was simple. He asked all the beggars and old beggars to stretch out their hands and open their palms.
Take away those with thick calluses on your hands, and discard those with thin calluses.
The little beggars were all taken away.
If an old person and a child are in danger at the same time, Zhang Hulan will definitely save the younger one.
The elderly have lived in this world for decades, while the children’s life has just begun.
A total of about 140 to 150 people, young and old, came. In the end, Luo Changqi selected more than 80 old beggars, both men and women.
There were more than forty little beggars, and including Liu Cong and his friends, there were more than fifty people.
Only twenty or thirty people didn't want them.
Luo Changqi could tell at a glance that those people were not good people.
Those who were not chosen knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Madam, please be kind and take us away with you..."
Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi watched those people kowtow continuously, and the two sisters looked up at Zhang Hulan.
Zhang Hulan just smiled at the two of them and remained unmoved.
With so many beggars surrounding here, it naturally attracted a lot of people's attention.
The onlookers saw that someone wanted to take in these beggars. Some people thought that Zhang Hulan was a kind-hearted person, while others thought that Zhang Hulan was a fool.
Someone felt sorry for the beggars who kept kowtowing, so he said, "Madam, since you are doing a good deed, don't be partial to some and take them all away."
Zhang Hulan looked at the person who was speaking, "Are you teaching me how to do things? If you feel pity for them, then just take them back."
"You..." The man was extremely angry, "You, I was just making a suggestion, why should I take them back?"
Zhang Hulan added, "Isn't love something you spend money on? Is it something you give to others? If you don't have the ability to do good deeds, don't talk."
The man was so angry that he turned away.
Some people also think that Zhang Hulan has ulterior motives and must have forced these beggars to do hard labor. There are people like this.
Some people with evil hearts would take the beggars back to do hard labor, without paying them, only giving them one meal a day, and when they died they would be dragged away and thrown into a mass grave.
Most people think this way. How could there be fools in this world willing to support these people for free?
Then someone said to the beggars who were chosen: "You better be careful, don't let others take you to do hard labor, or you will lose your life..."
Many beggars were worried about this matter. When they heard someone say this and saw Zhang Hulan's cold face and unwillingness to speak, they became even more worried.
The beggars who were kowtowing stopped kowtowing and looked at Zhang Hulan warily.
Seeing those people's hesitation, Zhang Hulan said, "Think it over carefully. Those who are willing to follow me will follow me to Changning County in a while. For those who don't want to follow me, forget it. I won't force you."
Zhang Hulan then said, "Those who want to go with me should stand behind me, and those who don't want to go can leave on their own."
Many people were hesitating whether to follow Zhang Hulan.
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