Chapter 001 New Location

"She ate all my meat. I want meat, I want meat, I want meat!"

"suck--"

The muddy snot was sucked in, and a dirty hand holding a chipped, yellowed small porcelain bowl fell upside down on the large bowl. After shaking it twice, the coarse rice in the small bowl was shaken out.

The other dirty hand took away the big bowl and quickly stirred the food in the bowl with chopsticks. Soon, a bowl of oily bibimbap came out of the pot.

He held the bowl in his left hand and the chopsticks in his right hand, put them to his mouth, and quickly shoveled the rice into his mouth. Before long, he had finished half a bowl of rice.

The boy looked at her actions in shock. Then he came to his senses and burst into tears again: "Wow... She ate the meat soup too, Mommy..."

"What are you yelling about?" The woman came out of the kitchen, wiping her apron with her wet hands. She looked at the girl who was about to put the whole bowl on her face, and her mouth twitched. "Xiaoyuan, did you eat enough?"

Tang Yuan had finished his meal and was about to lick the oil from the bottom of the bowl. When he heard this, he immediately looked over excitedly and held out his hand: "Stepmother, another bowl."

"Where is the rice? You ate it all." The woman twitched her lips again.

"You're asking when there's no food. You're really a stepmother." Tang Yuan muttered in a voice that everyone in the room could hear. He continued to bring the big bowl in his hand to his mouth and lick it with his tongue until the bottom of the bowl was shiny.

The woman held her breath and was about to say something else when someone came in from outside.

"Old Tang, you're finally back. How's everything going?" She walked up to the man and whispered, "Look at her. She's in such a bad state. We can't keep her..."

Tang Jianguo looked at Tang Yuan who was still licking the bowl with his tongue, then frowned and looked at the woman.

"I'm not hungry. I gave her the whole pot of rice and a bowl of meat. Your son didn't eat a single bite." The woman said immediately, pursing her lips and pouted at the still crying child.

Tang Jianguo sighed, his brows still furrowed: "Xiaoyuan, come with me to the house. I have something to tell you."

"I'm not going back. If I go back, they'll starve me to death," Tang Yuan held the bowl. "What's wrong with you sharing my food? It's just a matter of a pair of chopsticks and a bowl. Anyway, I'm not leaving. If you chase me away, I'll hang myself at your doorstep."

"I'm not going to chase you away. You're already sixteen, and you can't keep eating at home. Since you don't want to go in, I'll tell you right here," Tang Jianguo stood still. "I've found you a job and a small dormitory. You can move out and be self-reliant in the future."

Tang Yuan raised his head and asked, "Are you going to abandon me?"

"What do you mean by thrown away? You are sixteen, not six. It is hard to find a job nowadays. I, your father, lost face so I found one for you," Tang Jianguo looked at her sternly, "You don't have to work. I will find someone for you to marry."

"I won't get married. I've heard from people in the village that the man you find for me must be a widower in his thirties or forties. I won't get married. If you force me to get married, I will go to your factory or cause trouble in your office." Tang Yuan glared at him fiercely.

"Just making a fuss, that's all you do." Tang Jianguo was furious. If Tang Yuan hadn't really dared to make a fuss, he wouldn't have bothered to find a job for her.

He looked at his dirty daughter in front of him and could not forget the scene she caused two days ago. The little girl, who could not even eat enough, cried loudly at the door of the office building.

Now everyone knows that he has a daughter who was abandoned in the countryside.

The daughter didn't have enough to eat or warm clothes at home, so when she came, she was dressed like a beggar, and not a single piece of good cloth was left on her clothes.

I finally brought her back, thinking that since my daughter was sixteen years old, I could find a partner for her and marry her off and everything would be over. But at the thought of that, she started to make trouble again and cried all night.

She kept saying that she wanted to marry him to a fool, a divorced woman, or a cripple, none of which were good. She finally managed to appease him by attracting all the neighbors. But when she turned around and asked, she found out that it was the village relatives who said that. She couldn't even find the source of the gossip.

God knows he really didn't think so. After all, he was a man of status. Even if he sold his daughter, he couldn't do it openly. What's more, his daughter was in such a state that those picky second marriages would not want her.

But since everything had gone wrong, he couldn't ask more questions and could only rush to find a job for her.

Not only do you need to find a job, you also need a place to live. Otherwise, having someone live in your home will also cause you unrest.

"As long as you treat me well, I will definitely not make trouble," Tang Yuan finally licked the bowl clean, put it in front of him and looked at Tang Jianguo obediently, "What kind of job? How much? How to live? Let me tell you first, I don't live with others, otherwise I will come back to live."

"It's good to have a place to live. Why are you so picky?" Tang Jianguo glared at her.

Tang Yuan pursed his lips, and suddenly burst into tears with a "wow" sound, the volume of which was several times louder than that of the boy who was howling opposite him, which made him stunned.

"Old Tang, why is your daughter crying again?"

"Nothing, nothing, I'm happy, really, I found a job for her," Tang Jianguo explained quickly, "I really found a job for her, not only a job, but also a dormitory, a single dormitory."

"Is it so good?" the neighbor was surprised.

"Yes, I'm lucky," Tang Jianguo gritted his teeth and looked at Tang Yuan, "Dormitory, single dormitory, aren't you too happy?"

"I'm happy," Tang Yuan stopped crying instantly and sniffed to absorb the snot. "I have a job and a single dormitory. I'm so happy."

"As long as you're happy." The neighbor glanced at Tang Yuan, and remembered the scene of her blowing her nose just now. He suddenly felt a little nauseous, nodded to Tang Jianguo, and left quickly.

Tang Yuan looked at her neighbor leaving, immediately stood up, picked up the bag she brought from the living room, and stood next to Tang Jianguo: "Let's go."

Tang Jianguo glanced at her, then at the bag in her hand, then looked away in disdain and directed the woman in the room: "Change her bag and get her some clothes. Put on the one you bought last time."

"The last dress cost me fifteen dollars." The woman frowned.

"Hurry up! Why are you talking so much!" Tang Jianguo yelled.

Tang Yuan said nothing, just watched the woman go back to the house. When she took out her clothes, he stretched out his hands, revealing his dirty hands and nails.

The woman subconsciously took a step back.

"It's not dirty, it's the marks of labor." Tang Yuan turned his palms over, and the palms and backs of his hands were all black and could not be washed clean. "No, it's a little dirty. Can you get me another piece of soap?"

The woman looked at Tang Jianguo.

Tang Jianguo took a deep breath and said, "Give it to her."

The woman threw the clothes directly into Tang Yuan's hands, turned around to get the soap, and soon came out with a piece of intact soap.

Tang Yuan subconsciously approached and wanted to say something, but was scolded by the person next to him: "Do you still want to work?"

"Oh." Tang Yuan knew when to stop. He stuffed all the things in his hands into the new package, then he went out holding the package and wearing new clothes.

As soon as she went out, she became timid and followed Tang Jianguo carefully.

Tang Jianguo took the lead and took a few big steps. He didn't hear any movement behind him and thought Tang Yuan didn't catch up. He turned around and saw her timid and cautious look, and he was immediately furious.

"You..."

"Old Tang, this is your eldest daughter, right?"

"Yes," Tang Jianguo forced a smile, "This is my eldest daughter, Tang Yuan, Xiao Yuan, and this is your uncle Li."

Tang Yuan quickly looked up and called out in a mosquito-like voice, "Uncle Li."

Tang Jianguo roared subconsciously: "Louder!"

"Okay, okay, it's normal for children to be afraid of people. Come here, I'll give you a piece of candy, don't be afraid." Uncle Li wanted to stuff the candy into Tang Yuan's hand, but when he saw her dark hands, he didn't dare to touch her and directly threw the candy into her palm.

Tang Yuan took the candy and stuffed it directly into his mouth with his black hand.

"Why are you…"

"Okay, okay, stop scolding the child. He is still young. I have something to do first. Please don't scold the child." Uncle Li said and left in a hurry.

Tang Jianguo looked at Tang Yuan and said, "I never saw you cry so quietly at home."

Tang Yuan held the bag and raised his head, staring at him and sniffed hard.

Tang Jianguo immediately frowned in disdain: "Can't you just blow it out? Is it dirty?"

"I have a cold, and this is my own stuff, not dirty," Tang Yuan said, stretching out his hand towards Tang Jianguo, "Give me a clean handkerchief and I'll blow my nose. By the way, I don't have any money, so you have to give me money. Ten or twenty yuan is definitely not enough, at least fifty. You also have to solve my household registration problem. Now that I have a job, you have to transfer my household registration here. I don't want to share the household registration with my stepmother, you have to get me a separate household registration. And..."

"Alright, alright, go and hand over the work. You're bothering me so much." Tang Jianguo said, and quickly took Tang Yuan to the workplace. He didn't even say hello to his colleagues when he met them.

Tang Yuan was too lazy to bother with him, so she followed him to quickly complete the handover and then took her to her new residence.

Before leaving, Tang Jianguo gave her ten yuan and a few grain coupons as her living expenses, and left in a hurry after telling her not to look for him if she had nothing to do.

Tang Yuan stood at the door and watched him leave, then turned around to look at his current residence.

This residence is just a small single room. At a glance, there is a bed, a table and a few stools in the small room. It doesn't look very clean.

There was a coal stove at the door, and there were signs of it having been used, which showed that someone must have lived in this house before.

It was just after June and the weather was just right, so it was possible to sleep without a quilt, which saved Tang Jianguo a lot of money on buying a mattress.

The workplace was not far away, cooking in the boiler room. This job did not require any technical skills and anyone could do it, so the competition was quite fierce. Tang Jianguo must have used some connections and money to find this job.

Tang Yuan lowered his eyes and saw the snot flowing down. He bent down and pulled out a clean handkerchief from the dirty bag, put it to his nose and blew his nose hard.

She couldn't control her runny nose due to a cold, but it was not easy for her to pretend to be a little girl who had stayed in the countryside for a long time and had no one to teach her about hygiene.

When she arrived, the little girl had already died. When she regained consciousness, she heard that her family was going to marry her to a fool in the mountains. She dug out the situation of her original father from her memory and tried to escape.

However, it is not easy to stay in the city in this era. You either have to get married or have a job. She does not want to get married in this era, so the only option is to work. Fortunately, the new wife of the original body's biological father is capable. In order to prevent her from staying in that family, she has made a lot of efforts behind the scenes.

In her previous life, she was just an ordinary person, living an ordinary life. She just slept for a while, and when she opened her eyes, she came here. Now there is a high probability that she can't go back.

If her original body has been reincarnated, I hope she can be reborn into a good one, live a good life, and not meet a scumbag father again.