"There are all sorts of people here," the guard thought, somewhat annoyed, as he returned to the carriage.
The old man noticed his unusual expression but didn't pay it any mind. He figured the delivery was done, so he picked up the hem of his robe and got into the carriage.
"Hey, what are you doing? Just listen to what the adults tell you to do," someone advised their companion who had just returned from delivering the food boxes.
His companion turned his head and glanced at the carriage behind them, then whispered, "How can there be such a person? They have no vigilance at all when they're out and about. Aren't they afraid of being poisoned or drugged?"
She was out with a bunch of kids, and she wouldn't even know when she was sold off.
"What are you saying? Our adults just ate their food too. By talking about them, aren't you including our adults in your comments?" another person whispered a reminder.
“Hey Fang Tian, haven’t you realized you’ve made a fatal mistake?” another companion said.
Fang Tian turned to look at him, puzzled: "Ming Ye, tell me, what did I do wrong?"
“Over the years, has our lord ever misjudged anyone?” Mingye asked.
Without even thinking, Fang Tian blurted out, "We adults are the best at judging people, how could we be wrong about someone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Tian was stunned. Yes, what was wrong with him?
At this moment, on the donkey cart in front, Hong Xiaoduo watched as the children curiously opened the various drawers of the food box, each drawer filled with dried meat, dried fish, and the like.
Even before tasting it, just looking at its appearance, you know it won't be bad.
"Mother, that person didn't seem very willing just now." Tianxuan hesitated, but still voiced her thoughts.
Hong Xiaoduo nodded: "Yes, I know."
The other children all looked at her, wondering why she accepted the money when the other person didn't want to give it to her.
“This was given to us by the person you called ‘father’ just now. So, whether the person who gave us the gift was willing or not doesn’t matter. We don’t need to care what others think.” Hong Xiaoduo said, and also reached out to touch the food box. She didn’t know anything about the wood, but she thought the workmanship was excellent. It was even engraved with plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums.
She had seen it in the shops in Willow Town, and compared to this, it was really far inferior.
That alone would cost more than one or two taels of silver.
She didn't feel it was inappropriate to accept people's gifts, nor did she think she liked to take advantage of others. Just like generously accepting the money from Brother Dong, if he felt she and her children needed it and had the means to give it, why should she refuse?
Pretending to be high-minded? What's the point?
"Eat if you want," he said, seeing that the children clearly wanted to try it but none of them actually put any in their mouths.
The children shook their heads together: "We're already full, we can't eat anymore, we'll save it for when we're hungry again."
“That old man just now, he seemed to like you guys quite a bit,” Hong Xiaoduo said casually.
She observed very carefully. After the old man came over, his eyes never stopped looking at the seven of them, and his expression was full of kindness when he looked at them. If he were willing to adopt them...
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