The nanny kept apologizing, "Yiming, she only ate a small bowl. I will never bring her here again. Don't tell your parents."
Meng Yiming knew that once his parents knew about this, he would no longer be able to keep this job as a nanny.
Meng Yiming pointed at the little girl and said, "Come out here!"
The little girl just huddled there, not daring to move, like a frightened quail.
The nanny walked up to the little girl, took the bowl from her hand, and pulled the little girl up.
"Mom..." The little girl also knew that something happened, and she called out timidly.
Only then did Meng Yiming see that the little girl was not wearing shoes, her pants were too short to reach her ankles, and there were holes at the knees.
The nanny cried and begged Meng Yiming not to tell her parents. When the little girl saw her mother crying, she started crying too.
"Brother...don't hit me..."
Meng Yiming: “…”
This little girl is really good at confusing right and wrong. He didn't even touch her with his finger, so why did he hit her?
"Stop crying!" Meng Yiming shouted irritably.
The mother and daughter stopped crying. The nanny wiped her tears and begged, "Yiming, please don't tell your parents. I only gave her a small bowl of food. I will never bring her here again."
“Please…”
Meng Yiming looked at the little girl, who was so skinny, with hairy yellow hair and a pair of big eyes that looked particularly prominent, like a skinny monkey.
She looked at him secretly with fear and timidity in her eyes.
He felt sorry for them and said sympathetically, "I won't tell my parents."
The nanny thanked him repeatedly and said, "I will never bring her here again, don't worry."
After the nanny finished speaking, she grabbed the little girl's hand and sent her out.
Meng Yiming looked at the half bowl of rice left in the bowl.
I've already eaten, who would eat more?
"Let her finish her meal!" he said impatiently.
"Hey, hey, hey..." the nanny responded and stuffed the bowl into the little girl's hands, "Eat quickly!"
The little girl grabbed the rice with her hands and stuffed it into her mouth. She ate it so voraciously that it looked like she had been hungry for days.
The rice at home is not white rice, it is mixed with sorghum.
There wasn't even a pickle in her bowl, but she ate it with relish. Even if a grain of rice fell on the ground, she would pick it up and put it into her mouth.
The little girl quickly finished the half bowl of rice. She was obviously not full. She wanted to eat more but didn't dare to say it.
The nanny grabbed her hand and walked her to the door, "Go home quickly!"
Meng Yiming was stunned. "You let her go back alone?"
He thought the little girl was only four or five years old. The nanny lived in the countryside, while his home was in the city, which was a long way away. What would he do if something happened?
Besides, the little girl didn’t even have shoes on, how could she walk back?
"She can find a home," the nanny said.
Meng Yiming did not tell his parents about this.
Later in that period, he would come home early from time to time to check whether the nanny had brought the little girl home, but he never found her bringing the child home again.
It was mid-November.
That day, Meng Yiming did not go to school again. He played outside for most of the day. When he returned to the community, he saw the little girl again.
It seems that the little girl is thinner than last time.
The weather was already very cold, but she still didn't wear shoes. Her clothes were tattered and thin, and her hair was still messy.
Doesn't she have shoes? Doesn't she even comb her hair?
Maybe it was too cold, she squatted in the corner, curled up into a ball, and if you didn't look carefully, you would think she was a stray dog.
Meng Yiming walked up to her and asked, "Hey, what are you doing here?"
The little girl squatted and looked up at him for a while, then she remembered him and said timidly, "Wait for Mom."
The nanny has to prepare dinner and wait for his parents to come home before she can go home, which is still an hour or two away.
It's so cold, and I'm huddled here like a homeless dog.
Meng Yiming felt sympathy and said, "Go home and wait."
The little girl shook her head.
"Just go if I tell you to!"
The little girl still shook her head.
Meng Yiming didn't want to care about it, but at this time a cold wind blew over, and the little girl's soft yellow hair was blown even more messy, and she shivered from the cold.
Meng Yiming said patiently, "Come to my house and I'll give you a bowl of rice."
The little girl looked at him with hungry eyes and moved her mouth, obviously wanting to eat.
After a while, she shook her head and said, "Ama will beat me."
Meng Yiming: "...I let you eat, so she won't hit you."
The little girl was still timid, and Meng Yiming lost his patience. "Hurry up, or there will be no food."
In order to get food, the little girl followed him. She looked timid all the way and didn't dare to say a word.
Meng Yiming looked down on her timid appearance.
When they returned home, the nanny saw the little girl behind Meng Yiming and the smile on her face froze.
"Er Ni, why are you here?" He raised his hand to hit her.
The little girl shrank her neck in fear. Meng Yiming said, "I asked her to come!"
The nanny was surprised.
Meng Yiming said: "I brought her home for dinner. What did we cook today?"
The nanny said in disbelief: "Mantou."
Meng Yiming said, "Then give her a steamed bun."
The nanny didn't dare to take it.
Meng Yiming said, "I asked you to take it, and I won't tell my parents."
The nanny went to the kitchen and brought out a steamed bun, but she didn't dare give it to the little girl.
Meng Yiming took the steamed bun and handed it to the little girl, "Eat it."
The little girl grabbed the steamed bun, squatted on the ground and ate it bite by bite.
Seeing her barely breathing and only focused on chewing the steamed buns, Meng Yiming couldn't help but ask, "Are you starving her?"
The nanny immediately denied it, “No!”
The little girl finished a steamed bun quickly, and it looked like she was not full yet.
Meng Yiming asked the nanny to bring another one and he asked the nanny to go into the kitchen to cook.
He said to the little girl squatting on the ground, "Sit on the stool and eat."
The little girl squatted on the ground, looking at the steamed buns and shaking her head.
Meng Yiming took the steamed bun and said, "If you squat on the ground, I won't give you any."
The little girl quickly stood up and sat on the stool.
Meng Yiming handed the steamed bun to her and she started to eat it in big mouthfuls again. But after a few bites, she slipped off the stool and squatted on the ground to eat again.
Meng Yiming: “…” Has she never sat down to eat?
After finishing another steamed bun, she looked like she wanted to eat more.
Meng Yiming didn't give it to her again.
It’s not that he was afraid of his parents finding out, but such a young child has already eaten two steamed buns, and he would be too full if he ate any more.
Meng Yiming sat on the stool and asked, "What's your name?"
The little girl squatted on the ground, "Er Ni."
"What's your full name?"
"What's the full name?"
Meng Yiming was speechless and asked again: "How old are you?"
"Six years old."
Meng Yiming: "...Don't you give you food at home?"
How can he look like a six and a half year old? He is so skinny and lean that he looks like he is only four or five years old.
The little girl's eyes showed fear again and she kept her mouth shut.
Meng Yiming asked again: "Why don't you study?"
"What is reading?"
Meng Yiming: “···” A fool!
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