Tang Baozhu was thinking about some random things and looked dazed when she was suddenly startled awake by the sound next to her.
"Baozhu, come here, Grandma is going to give you some rice porridge. After you eat your fill, you will grow up quickly."
It seems they found out the name she wrote on the note, and they didn't intend to change it, which suited Tang Baozhu's wishes perfectly.
She orchestrated that whole thing last night because she didn't want to change her name. Hearing Grandma Lin call her name finally brought her a sigh of relief; she had gotten what she wanted.
Grandma Lin brought over a bowl of rice porridge, and upon closer inspection, one could see that the bowl had a chip in it, indicating that the conditions were indeed very difficult.
Thinking about the pile of food I saw last night, it was indeed quite a hardship. There was very little refined grain; most of it consisted of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and cornmeal.
Being able to cook yourself a bowl of rice porridge with white rice is already considered quite good.
They obediently drank the rice porridge fed to them, one feeding the other, and it looked quite harmonious.
It would be even better if those people staring at me could tone down their gazes a little.
The children nearby looked at Tang Baozhu drinking rice porridge with obvious longing.
Tang Baozhu never expected that not only would there be no milk powder to eat, but even the rice porridge she drank was something that people envied. It seems that this loving orphanage is more difficult than she imagined.
After drinking half a bowl of rice porridge, I really couldn't drink any more. After all, before coming out to drink rice porridge, I had at least drunk half a bowl of spirit beast milk, so I really couldn't drink any more.
Grandma Lin took the rice water away, planning to reheat it in the late afternoon and give it to Baozhu again.
Tang Baozhu looked at the people around her, her eyes following the bowl of rice soup in Grandma Lin's hand, and she swallowed her saliva every now and then, which made her feel quite sad.
Most importantly, she could already imagine how difficult the days ahead would be. Tang Baozhu felt that in order to avoid going hungry in the future, she might still have to ask the puppet to help donate some food, so that at least everyone could have a bite to eat.
However, this matter cannot be done for the time being; at least it will have to wait until some time has passed. Although the puppet has investigated and found that the three people here are all quite good.
But just to be on the safe side, I'll wait until I'm more familiar with them before making a decision.
I figured they wouldn't lie to a six-month-old baby like me, and even if I overheard them, they probably wouldn't care.
Looking at her small frame, Tang Baozhu wondered when she would grow up.
The older girls in the courtyard were leading the younger children to the well and washing the dirt off their faces.
Their faces were always neatly made up, even when life was particularly difficult, each of them still kept themselves quite clean.
Although this place is extremely difficult, looking at the faces of those young girls, there wasn't a trace of feeling that life was hard; their faces were full of satisfaction with their current lives.
It seems that the Love and Care Orphanage does indeed have a particularly good atmosphere, just as the puppeteer had inquired about.
Tang Baozhu was worried that if she asked the puppet to donate a lot of things to the orphanage, it might change the current situation of the orphanage.
Because after too many people have experienced getting something for nothing, their mindset changes, and they become less diligent.
Tang Baozhu was worried that such a thing might happen, so she could only temporarily refrain from donating to the orphanage and wait until later.
At Tang Baozhu's current age, she drinks about three bowls of rice porridge a day, and has no other snacks.
The other children in the courtyard didn't eat much better either. They ate steamed cornbread and boiled cabbage, which probably only had a little bit of oil and salt in it.
However, Tang Baozhu saw them at noon that even with such a simple meal, they all ate with great relish.
It seems that for them, being able to fill their stomachs is enough; they may not care what they eat, as long as they don't go hungry.
Tang Baozhu felt that the days in the orphanage passed by very quickly. There were only three adults in the orphanage: the director and her parents.
They did most of the work, so they were busy almost all day long, taking care of things like laundry and cooking.
However, the slightly older girls also joined in the washing. They did almost everything with the headmistress, which was a way of cultivating their spirit of hard work and perseverance from a young age.
Grandpa Lin seems to have gone fishing today, saying he wanted to improve everyone's meals. Unfortunately, it's so cold that the fish aren't very active.
Grandpa Lin was so cold that his nose turned red, and in the end he only brought back a few small fish.
Then Tang Baozhu discovered that these few small fish were a rare delicacy for the orphanage.
A large pot of soup was made, and almost everyone got half a bowl. Tang Baozhu, who is only six months old, was also given a portion, so everyone got a portion.
Tang Baozhu took a sip of the fish soup, which didn't taste like fish at all. There was nothing she could do; so much water had been added that the flavor was already quite weak. Although it wasn't very tasty, she still felt quite good sharing the soup with everyone.
For the other children in the orphanage, the occasional fish that Grandpa Lin catches is considered a treat to improve their meals.
When it was time to go to sleep that night, Tang Baozhu released the puppet when no one was looking. The puppet had its own space, which, although not particularly large, was more than enough to store some medicinal herbs.
A lot of common herbs and pills were prepared for the puppet. Once he used up this batch of herbs, he was told to collect more from outside.
Let him make a name for himself elsewhere first. As long as his skills are truly that good, his reputation will spread quickly.
Tang Baozhu's life in the orphanage was rather monotonous. Because she was too young, she could barely walk and spent her days in a tiny space.
By April, when the ground was beginning to thaw, the three adults at the orphanage, along with several older children, began to cultivate the land in the front and back yards in preparation for planting crops.
They mostly plant rows of corn, intercropped with some potatoes, sweet potatoes and other coarse grains, so they don't have to worry about not having enough grain to eat after the harvest.
Then one day, Tang Baozhu discovered that there was more than just the land in the courtyard to cultivate; the three adults had been allocated a lot of land.
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