The two of them didn't chat for a few words before the nanny came out of the kitchen and urged the little girl to leave quickly.
The little girl stood up obediently and was about to go out.
"Wait a moment."
Meng Yiming went to look for an old piece of clothing of his sister and said, "Here you go." Unfortunately, there were no suitable shoes at home.
It’s so cold today, and the clothes are so short, most of the arms and legs are exposed.
Meng Yiming seemed to see scars on her exposed parts, but he didn't look closely.
The nanny gratefully put clothes on Erni and said, "Go back quickly!"
Although it was a piece of clothing that her sister could no longer wear, it was loose and large on Erni's thin body. It was knee-length and covered her hands, so it could be worn as a coat for her.
After Erni left, Meng Yiming said to the nanny, "Let her wear shoes from now on."
The babysitter murmured in response.
The weather was getting colder and colder. After a few days, Meng Yiming saw Erni huddled in the corner again.
It was snowing lightly, and there was a thin layer of snow on the ground.
She wore the clothes given to her that day and squatted on the ground, covering her entire body.
It seemed that she had been here for a while, as her clothes and soft yellow hair were covered with snow.
Meng Yiming simply felt sorry for her freezing outside in such cold weather.
He walked over and said, "Come on, follow me home."
When Erni stood up, Meng Yiming realized that she was still not wearing shoes and her feet were blue and purple from the cold.
He frowned and said, "Your family doesn't have shoes for you to wear?"
Erni said hesitantly, "I'm not cold."
Not cold? If not, you wouldn't dare put the soles of your feet on the ground, constantly switching one foot over the other?
Meng Yiming said, "Let's go."
On the way home, Meng Yiming asked, "Who else is at home?"
"Dad, grandma, sister, brother."
"You have someone at home taking care of you, why do you always run away?"
Erni said, "I'm looking for my mother."
"What does your father do?"
"Farming."
"Where's your grandma?"
"Look after my brother and cook."
"Where's your sister?"
“Carrying water, washing clothes, and farming.”
"Doesn't she read, too?"
“What is reading?”
Meng Yiming: “…”
When they returned home, the nanny started to blame again, "Er Ni, why are you here again?"
Erni whispered, "Mom, I'm hungry."
Meng Yiming felt both sympathetic and a little angry.
Did she think his house was a place to eat for free? Didn't her family give her food?
Meng Yiming said, "Give her something to eat if there's anything at home."
The nanny brought out another steamed bun.
Meng Yiming asked the nanny to go back to the kitchen to cook. He held up a steamed bun to tempt Erni, "When I ask you something, you must answer it honestly before you can eat the bun."
Erni looked at Mantou with green eyes, and she swallowed and nodded.
Meng Yiming was worried that Erni would deny it after eating, so he took the steamed bun and asked questions first.
"You don't eat at home?"
"Brother eats, sister and I drink rice soup."
Meng Yiming was shocked and asked, "You don't have shoes?"
"No."
"Do your sister and brother have shoes?"
"My brother has it, but my sister doesn't."
Meng Yiming handed the steamed bun to her in shock. She wanted to take it, but her sleeves were too long.
She raised her hands and her sleeves fell naturally. Meng Yiming clearly saw the marks on her arms.
"Who hit you?"
"Grandma and Daddy."
“Why did they beat you?
“I don’t know how to do things.”
Meng Yiming felt that his three views were completely overturned. What could such a young child do?
Seeing Erni grunting while chewing the steamed buns, Meng Yiming felt really sorry for her.
After Erni finished eating the steamed bun, the nanny urged her to leave quickly.
Meng Yiming said, "In the future, ask her to come home in the afternoon and give her something to eat whatever we cook at home."
His family is not short of a bowl of rice and a steamed bun, but he is so hungry that he looks like a skinny monkey, which is really pitiful.
The nanny didn't dare, hunched her shoulders, and rubbed her trouser legs with her hands, "Yiming, I won't let her come here anymore."
"I'm not being sarcastic!" Meng Yiming said impatiently, "Just bring her here to eat! If my parents find out, I'll take the blame!"
The nanny thanked her repeatedly, "Yiming, thank you, I will only give her one bowl or one steamed bun, never more!"
Erni didn't even know basic manners. She stared at him with her big eyes and didn't even say a word of thanks.
"By the way." Meng Yiming added, "Next time you come to my house, you must wear shoes. You won't be allowed in without them."
Meng Yiming didn't go home early every day, but he would see Erni when he did.
Sometimes I eat in the corner of the kitchen, and sometimes I meet him on the way outside after he has finished eating.
Erni would timidly call him, "Brother."
However, Meng Yiming was still not satisfied.
He asked the nanny to give Erni a pair of shoes, but what shoes did Erni wear?
The straw sandals were made of rice straw and they were very rubbing to the feet. He saw that Erni's heels were bleeding from being rubbed.
Not only that, there are leaks everywhere.
The weather was getting colder and the snow was falling heavier. When she stepped into the snow, she didn't know if her feet were numb from the cold.
The same goes for clothes. She always wears the one he gave her.
If he doesn't give it to her, she will have nothing to wear?
Meng Yiming couldn't bear it any longer, so he went to find two of his sister's old clothes and gave them to her.
However, she still wears that one every time.
Meng Yiming asked her, "I gave you two more, why don't you wear them?"
"Sister wears it."
Meng Yiming: “…” Is Erni’s family so poor that they have to beg for food?!
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