Arya lay on the side of the road, waiting patiently. Several well-dressed gentlemen came over, and a large group of children surrounded them: "Sir, please give me some food, sir!"
Erya didn't go up. Her legs were broken and she couldn't walk, so she could only crawl. She couldn't compete with the beggars who had healthy limbs.
Finally, a few young female students came over. Her eyes lit up. Although she couldn't walk, she crawled not much slower than the beggars with healthy limbs. "Miss!" She shouted while crawling, "Please have mercy on me and give me something to eat! I haven't eaten for two days!"
These words successfully stopped the female students in their tracks. They looked at her with a look of pity that made her extremely happy. Then she saw them start to pay money. "Give me some food, miss!" She was anxious for a moment, grabbed the female student's shoes, and whispered, "I don't want money, give me some food."
You can’t give me money! If you give me money, it will be snatched away by others! It’s better to exchange it for food!
The smell of meat buns wafted in from afar. Erya swallowed her saliva and looked over eagerly. Her stomach growled even louder. Compared to the swill that was searched out, meat buns were naturally more delicious.
The two girls also noticed Erya's look and said to her gently, "You want to eat meat buns, right?"
Arya nodded vigorously.
Soon, a big bag of meat buns was placed in front of her. Erya took the buns with both hands and stuffed them into her mouth desperately, choking and rolling her eyes.
Even if she choked to death on the buns now, she would be happy! Being hungry is more painful than death!
"Don't be anxious, eat slowly, no one will snatch it from you." The female student gently comforted.
Erya laughed at their naivety in her heart. How come no one would snatch it from her!
Sure enough, the aroma of the meat buns soon attracted many covetous eyes.
"steamed stuffed bun!"
"Give me!"
"be mine!"
A group of street kids rushed out from nowhere and fiercely snatched the buns from her hands. Erya protected the buns in her arms, ignoring the punches and kicks hitting her, as if she didn't feel any pain, she just opened her mouth as wide as possible and mechanically stuffed the buns in.
The two female students had never seen such a brutal fight for food. Even though they cried out, "Stop fighting," no one would listen to them.
In the end, the female students bought more meat buns and threw them far away. Only then did they no longer care about beating people. They quickly ran to pick up the buns and stuffed them into their mouths like Arya.
Erya lay on the ground covered with bruises, saying nothing and continuing to stuff buns into her mouth.
Suddenly, she felt something cool on her hands, as if raindrops were falling. She wondered confusedly, was it raining?
Then her head felt hot, and someone put a hand on her head. She shook the hand off reflexively, and looked up alertly while chewing the bun, only to find that the two female students were looking at her and crying.
"Come with me," she said, "I'll take you to a place where you'll never be hungry again."
Erya was stunned and even forgot to eat the bun in her mouth.
Erya's legs were broken by her father. Her father loved to drink and beat people when he was drunk. Erya had been beaten since she could remember. Finally, after her father broke her legs, she crawled out of the house without looking back and started begging on the street.
She couldn't understand why anyone would be willing to support a disabled person for nothing. But the five words "not going hungry" were too tempting for her, so she followed the two men.
She is a poor beggar with a disability and there is nothing worth deceiving her.
What made her flattered was that the two female students actually called a rickshaw just for her! Rickshaws were only affordable for rich men and women, so how could a beggar like her deserve them?
She wanted to get off, but the two female students wouldn't let her. She sat on the rickshaw trembling for a long time until the rickshaw finally stopped in front of a courtyard house in the suburbs.
The courtyard was very big, with a large yard in front of the house, and there were many children in the yard. Some of them wore clean and neat clothes, while others were dirty like her, wearing tattered beggar clothes.
Erya asked tremblingly: "Miss, where is this?"
The female student smiled and replied: "This is an orphanage. You will live here from now on. There will be people here to give you food and clothes."
Erya was stunned for a long time before she asked in confusion, "Am I already dead, and this is the legendary paradise? Are you all gods?"
The female student smiled and touched her head, and said gently: "No, this is the human world, we are all mortals, so we can't save everyone, we can only save as many as we can."
Erya nodded, not quite understanding.
The following days were like a dream for Erya! She didn't need to work or go out to beg for food every day. As long as she stayed in the house and did nothing, someone would give her food! And no one could snatch it away! Someone tried to snatch her food, but was beaten by the person in charge!
The happiness here is so great that Arya begins to feel anxious. Can she really be so happy? Will she not be punished by God? How long can such happiness last?
…
Early on Sunday morning, Le Jing and many of her classmates came to the gate of the orphanage located in the suburbs. This time, the girls in the class really mobilized a lot of people to come, and almost the entire class was out, and everyone was carrying large and small bags of things to give to the orphans.
Le Jing stood outside the door and nodded with satisfaction. The house was located in the suburbs, so at least the house price was not too expensive. And from the appearance, the house was very new, and it was obviously built only a few years ago.
There was a young man in a gray Mao suit waiting for them at the door. He was about the same age as Le Jing, with very pale skin and squinted eyes, looking as if he hadn't woken up yet.
"Oh! You're finally here!" Although he was so happy that his mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear, he still hypocritically squinted his eyes and said, "It's enough for you to just come, why did you bring so many things... Shunzi! You have no sense, why don't you take the things from the stewards quickly? What if you tire out the students!"
Le Jing then realized that the boy was not squinting because he was still asleep, but because he couldn't open his eyes wide! He was born with small eyes like Li Ronghao.
Cao Wanying put her hands on her hips and said to "Li Ronghao": "Fu Kemao, I brought so many people to you, how are you going to thank me?"
It turns out that this person is the owner of the orphanage, Fu Kemao, also known as the second young master Fu.
Fu Kemao smiled flatteringly and said a lot of nice things to him. Cao Wanying showed mercy and let him go. She waved her hand and said in a queenly manner: "Classmates, let's go in and see the children!"
Le Jing followed the group in and looked carefully at the environment inside. There were many children running around in the yard. They looked fine and their clothes looked new.
Le Jing nodded in satisfaction, then took the initiative to talk to Fu Kemao and asked, "How many orphans has Master Fu taken in?"
Fu Kemao blinked his eyes and thought carefully: "There are probably two or three hundred people."
Two or three hundred people are not too few.
"So how does Master Fu plan to place these children in the future?"
Fu Kemao's small eyes were filled with confusion. "Just keep it. What else can I do?"
Le Jing twitched his lips, "Can you really support them for the rest of their lives?"
"Of course not!" Fu Kemao sighed, unable to resist complaining to Le Jing, "You don't know, raising children costs money! How can my little money be enough? I'm begging for money every day, like a beggar. Right now I don't know how long I can raise them, so I can only take it one step at a time."
Le Jing met those eyes that were as sincere and helpless as Li Ronghao's. He felt no emotion in his heart and even wanted to laugh.
This child is really a fool.
Le Jing analyzed the situation with him, "When you can't afford to support them anymore, they will be homeless again, and their situation will not improve at all. And as the saying goes, a little kindness pays off, a big rice pays grudge, they may even resent you for it. It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. You might as well take this opportunity to let him learn a craft. You can also let him work and study during his free time, make some handicrafts and sell them to reduce your burden."
Fu Kemao tried to open his eyes wide to show his shock. He couldn't help but patted Le Jing on the shoulder. For some reason, his accent suddenly became northeastern: "Emma, brother, how come you are so smart? You have a bright future! Do you want to work with me in the future? I guarantee you will have everything you want...wait," he finally realized a sad and terrible fact: "I have no money! I can't support my little brother! Woo woo woo woo, am I worthy of the surname Fu?!"
Le Jing: ...
He took his hand off his shoulder, looked into those watery, squinting eyes, and decided not to argue with him for Li Ronghao's sake.
He turned around, leaving behind Fu Kemao, who was suddenly overwhelmed with grief, and walked across the yard and went straight into the house, intending to inspect the facilities inside.
Here, Fu Kemao was struggling to stick to his fragile heart. Shunzi leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Master, Li Jingliang is outside the door and wants to see you."
Fu Kemao's expression became even worse, and he said unhappily, "What is he doing here? Go tell him I won't see him."
Ever since Qi Mingzhi had awakened him, he began to dislike everything about Li Jingliang. The boy's eyes were insincere, his smile was too fake, and it was obvious that he was scheming. And later he asked someone and found out that Li Jingliang often used his name to show off his power outside! Now he completely avoided Li Jingliang.
"Li Jingliang said he came here to donate money."
Fu Kemao hesitated when he heard this. He was indeed short of money recently. In order to run this orphanage, he not only emptied his private savings, but also borrowed some money from Qi Mingzhi and his brother. His father didn't give him money, but just let him figure it out on his own. He was really running out of money now.
So he reluctantly moved to the door, pinched his nose and gave Li Jingliang a fake smile, and stretched out his hand: "I heard that you are here to donate money? Where's the money?"
Li Jingliang's smile froze slightly, but after a few breaths he adjusted his expression again, revealing a pitiful look: "I've thought about it over and over again, but I can't think of anything I did wrong to upset you. Can you tell me? I will definitely change!"
After all, they have been friends for such a long time, Fu Kemao still felt a little reluctant and could only mutter: "We just have different ideas."
Li Jingliang was so angry that he almost exploded. He wanted to slap Fu Kemao, the stupid bastard, a few times. He had never been so humble and begged for help in his life! It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. He would remember today's humiliation for the time being!
He lowered his head to hide his ferocious expression, and his voice became more pitiful: "Then my philosophy must be wrong. I will change. You are my best and only friend. I don't want to lose you."
Fu Kemao softened his heart a little, "Forget it, come in first, and let's talk."
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