Chapter 19



Although Cen Huaian is only five years old, he has a very good memory and can remember everything he sees.

He grew up crawling and rolling around, and he is very familiar with this area. There are some corners that Chuxia

doesn't know as well as he does. When Chuxia was brought by him to find Bangge, Bangge got a pedal tricycle from somewhere, and transported the collected waste paper to the waste station with a few children.

Seeing Chuxia and Cen Huaian appear again, Bangge unloaded the broken sacks from the tricycle with others, and ignored Chuxia at all, and asked Cen Huaian directly: "Little broken thing, why are you back again?"

When asking, he squinted at Chuxia, with no respect on his face, and his face clearly said: What are you doing here? Not welcome!

Cen Huaian looked at Chuxia, pursed his lips, and said nothing.

He couldn't understand why his mother wanted to invite Bangge and the others to dinner. In his heart, although his mother had become a better person, he still felt that she might become bad again in the next second.

So even though he wanted to go to the state-owned hotel, he wouldn't say it unless his mother said it.

Cen Huaian looked at Chuxia to tell Bangge that it was she who was looking for him.

He was so young and had been with Bangge for so long that no one taught him the truth, but he already understood the importance of loyalty.

Chuxia smiled and thought the eye-to-eye dispute between Anan and Bangge was very interesting.

She looked at Bangge and first showed her goodwill: "It's not An An who is looking for you, it's me who is looking for you. I'm looking for all of you. Your name is Bangge?"

Bangge put the waste paper in front of the old man at the waste station and let him weigh it. He shook his legs and said casually: "They call me that. My name is Bangzi."

"Hello, Bangzi, I'm An An's mother."

Bangzi looked at Cen Huaian first and found some changes in him that he had never had before. To Chu Xia, he seemed to be unfriendly, but in fact, his body still depended on her.

Bangzi relaxed his body, but still felt strange about Chu Xia, because she treated him differently from other adults.

But he couldn't deny that she treated him as an adult, not a child, and he felt comfortable.

So his tone was much better: "What do you want from me?"

He clapped his hands and waited for the old man at the waste station to calculate the money for him.

"I'd like to invite you to the state-owned hotel for dinner, would you like to come?"

Bangzi was really surprised, and couldn't figure out Chuxia's plan.

He looked at Cen Huaian, who just nodded at him and didn't say anything. Bangzi understood what he meant, and his mother didn't lie.

"Okay!" Bangzi immediately agreed readily, and called his brothers: "Let's go, there's something delicious today!"

The tension on Cen Huaian's face relaxed a little, and he took the initiative to put his hand on Chuxia's hand, looking at her with big eyes: Are you going?

It was rare to see Cen Huaian looking forward to something so much, and she couldn't help but smile.

Only delicious food could make Cen Huaian so proactive, but thinking of the reason, she touched Cen Huaian's head.

"Let's go!"

An adult led several children to the state-owned hotel.

Not counting Cen Huaian, Bangzi and his brothers had a total of four children, and the other three children were winking at the back. They

were afraid that it was fake to go to the state-owned hotel for dinner, but they couldn't help looking forward to it.

They didn't dare to ask Cen Huaian.

Although Cen Huaian was younger than them, they couldn't compare to his ruthlessness. His eyes were fierce and he really didn't care about his life when fighting! It was scary.

Only Brother Bang could compare to him, and Brother Bang treated him differently from them.

These kids couldn't tell what was different, but their intuition told them that Cen Huaian was not easy to mess with.

"Brother Bang, is she really going to treat us for dinner?"

A thin, dark, slightly hunched little boy who looked like a bent chopstick asked Bangzi quietly.

Bangzi stared at Cen Huaian and Chuxia holding hands, and patted him on the head: "Don't you recognize this road?"

The dark and thin crooked chopsticks chuckled: "I know it, I just think it's a great thing!"

It was so good that they couldn't believe it.

The road was not long, and they arrived at the state-owned hotel in just a few minutes.

The state-owned hotel was doing a good business at this time. Chuxia took a few children in, and there were quite a lot of people inside.

An adult brought a group of children, and the children looked like homeless children on the street. As soon as Chuxia and her friends entered, they attracted the attention of many people, and their eyes were mixed with contempt and pity.

But those who could come to the state-owned hotel were all employees of the factory, so no one said anything bad, but they looked at them with disgust.

Chuxia didn't care about these the most.

Six people squeezed into a round table and sat down.

When they really came in, these kids still felt a sense of unreality.

It was the first time for them to come to a state-owned hotel, including Bangzi.

In the past, they would just pass by here and look inside with envy, and then fantasize about how great it would be to eat here.

Now that the fantasy has come true, these kids are excited and nervous, and they don’t know where to put their hands and feet.

The skinny, dark kid with bent chopsticks pulled Bangzi’s sleeve: "Brother Bang, am I really sitting in a state-owned hotel? Pinch me!"

Brother Bang reached out and patted him on the head: "You are useless!"

But to be honest, he was also nervous, although he hid it well, Chuxia could see it from his eyes that kept looking around.

Cen Huaian was in much better condition than all of them.

When he first came here, he was too hungry and only cared about eating.

This is his second time here, he is very calm, but his eyes are also secretly watching the situation in the state-owned hotel.

It smells so good! I'm so hungry!

But when he looks at Bangge and the others, his little face becomes more serious. He has been here once, and he can't be as uncalm as them, otherwise he will look like an adult.

Cen Huaian already knows a lot of words, and he knows all the words on the small blackboard of the state-owned hotel.

But he didn't say anything, he just read silently in his heart. The more he looked, the hungrier he felt. He turned his head away and looked at Chuxia.

Chuxia couldn't sense Cen Huaian's psychological activities. She sat down and pointed to the small blackboard in the middle and asked Bangzi and the others: "What do you want to eat? Anything is fine, as long as it's supplied today!"

Bangzi glanced at the small blackboard, didn't understand, and had a headache. He quickly turned his head and said loudly: "Meat!"

"Yes, I want to eat meat, fatty and stewed meat!"

The other children also said they wanted meat.

Cen Huaian licked his lips. He also wanted to eat meat. The family had a good meal, but they didn't have meat every day.

He looked at Chuxia closely, waiting for her to say what to eat.

Chuxia understood that these children usually didn't eat much meat, and they didn't care about other things. They just wanted to eat meat, preferably large pieces of braised pork.

But she was a doctor, and she knew that if these children suddenly ate a lot of meat, their stomachs couldn't bear it for a while and they would definitely have diarrhea.

She said this in advance and asked them if they still wanted to eat? If they did, there was braised pork today, which would definitely satisfy them.

"If you don't want to eat braised pork, we have braised carp today, which is also delicious and not as greasy as braised pork. Your stomachs will be more accepting of it."

Bangge immediately said, "Then let's eat fish!"

Chuxia praised him in her heart: he is not greedy and can control his desires. Although Bangge is young, it will definitely not be easy for him to grow up in the future.

There is no point in talking at the dinner table, as everyone is starving.

After waiting for a long time, as soon as the food was served, the group of children began to eat voraciously, without caring about talking.

Even Cen Huaian was no exception. He has always been a fierce eater, eating food like snatching it away. Now is no exception. He takes turns to pick up food at the table, and few people can snatch it faster than him.

Chuxia didn't say anything, just reminded them to be careful of fish bones, and let them do as they pleased.

Six dishes, three meat and three vegetarian, plus steamed buns and a bowl of seaweed egg drop soup, all eaten up.

Chuxia took out a handkerchief and asked Cen Huaian to wipe his mouth. Bangzi watched her movements, and he himself did not realize that there was a trace of envy in his eyes.

Cen Huaian had been corrected in many hygiene habits by Chuxia in the past few days. He took the handkerchief and put it to his mouth naturally, without realizing the change in his behavior.

"What do you have to say? Say it." Bangzi was impatient with those roundabout ways. Since he had eaten Chuxia's meal, he would listen to her request.

The most likely thing was to not let them continue to be with the little brat. It was so simple.

The little brat had someone to love him, but they didn't, so it was time to separate.

Chuxia actually didn't have any requirements for Bangzi. A child of seven or eight years old, even if he could become the richest man in the country in the future, that was a matter of the future.

She invited them to dinner simply to see the character of this child Bangzi.

If he was a child with a bad root, who was good at all kinds of tricks and even sold everything for money,

then she would not let Cen Huaian contact him again.

Obviously, he was not.

Although he looked unruly and had a personality that many adults didn't like, he had a bottom line and a conscience.

Chu Xia smiled and said, "I'm fine. I just wanted to treat you to a meal. An An had a hard time in the past, thank you for helping him."

Chu Xia said this sincerely, and Cen Huaian's grievances suddenly surged up. He pursed his lips tightly, gritted his teeth, and tried not to let his tears flow.

He tried to open his eyes and look at Chu Xia: So you know everything, you know I have a hard time, you know I didn't live well in the past, it's not that you don't love me, but you still let me live that kind of life!

Cen Huaian felt even more uncomfortable, he wanted to shake off Chu Xia's hand, wanted to run out and shout.

In the end, he did nothing, just held Chu Xia's hand tightly, as if she would disappear in the next second.

Chu Xia felt that Cen Huaian was in an abnormal mood, she pulled him up, and said the last words to Bangzi.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with reading a little. It might make it easier to achieve your goals."

She saw that Bangzi was illiterate and didn't recognize a single word.

Bangzi frowned and watched Chuxia and Cen Huaian walk away, her words turning over and over in his mind.

Read? Tsk! Read shit, why would he pick up rags if he had money to read?

But he had to admit that Chuxia's words had an impact on him. When he went to sell rags again, he somehow left behind a few textbooks.

Chuxia held Cen Huaian's hand and walked home. The two walked slowly. She understood Cen Huaian's emotional changes.

A little child, when he was hungry, was held by the original owner and told to be patient. How could he not feel wronged when he watched the original owner give all the money to his grandmother who lived so well?

She touched his head and comforted him silently.

The barrier between the two of them quietly disappeared in this silent environment.

But one thing is one thing. As soon as they got home, Chu Xia asked Cen Huaian to stand in the corner with a book on his head. Just as she was about to teach him a lesson, Sister Li came over.

"Chu Xia, your husband just called the grocery store and asked you to call him back!"


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