A ragged cub at the beginning

After distributing candy to the children, she followed Wang Xiaoyu to the gambler's home. It was said that his name was Wang Zhuzi, his wife was Zhao Xinhua, and his daughter was Wang Xue.

When I entered the house, I first saw a lush vegetable patch against the wall. A little girl about eight or nine years old was weeding in the patch. When she saw someone coming in, she rushed into the house. After a while, Zhao Xinhua came out. There was a hideous wound on her neck, which was red and swollen, and it looked like she hadn't applied any medicine.

"Sister Xiaoyu, this is..." Hope suddenly shone in her eyes, "Miss Tang! I've seen you! You are Miss Tang! Please, save my daughter! Take her away! As a maid, she can do everything from washing clothes to cooking! As long as she is not sold to a brothel, she can endure any hardship! She can bear any beatings and scoldings! Please!" She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Tang Xu. The wound on her neck was split open, and blood was oozing out.

Tang Xu couldn't bear it, so he helped her up by force, "Xiao Qing, did you bring the medicine for the wound?"

Tang Qing rolled her eyes, "Who brings that thing? I won't be hurt by these people."

"Then go get some hemostatic medicine and don't say you don't know how to use it!" Tang Xu was speechless.

"It's annoying." Tang Qing complained, and soon pulled back a few thistles.

Seeing that it looked like wild grass, Tang Xu washed it, mashed it, and applied it to Zhao Xinhua's neck. "I can take your daughter away, what about you?"

"Thank you, thank you," Zhao Xinhua seemed not to feel the pain in her neck and smiled with relief, "I have lived a miserable life, but I have had enough."

Tang Xu frowned, but before he could say anything, Wang Xue suddenly rushed out of the house, "I'm not leaving! Mom! I want to be with you!"

"You are so old but still acting like a spoiled child. Go with this aunt. I will sell you to her. She will be your master from now on. Don't be lazy when you go to her house. Do more work and don't eat her food for free. Do you understand?" Zhao Xinhua touched her daughter's face, as if she wanted to look at her a few more times, and tidied her hair. "Hurry up, you won't be able to leave when your father comes back."

"Are you really not leaving? Actually, I can take you with me." Tang Xu said.

"I won't leave. I'll be fine." Zhao Xinhua smiled. "I'm old and ugly, but no one wants me."

"You can actually hide for a while and run away when the debt collectors come." Tang Xu suggested.

"I know, thank you very much. Axue, kowtow to your benefactor." Zhao Xinhua didn't say anything else. Just looking at the wound on her neck, no one could compare to her ruthlessness.

Wang Xue was crying so hard that she couldn't speak and kept shaking her head.

Zhao Xinhua's face turned cold, "If you don't leave, I don't have another neck to save you."

These words were like a sharp sword, piercing Wang Xue's heart. She even forgot to cry, staring blankly at the wound that looked even more horrible after being smeared with green grass juice. She followed Tang Xu as if she had lost her soul.

Taking Wang Xue away is only a temporary solution. Tang Xu has been thinking of ways to solve Zhao Xinhua's dilemma.

Wang Xue hadn't recovered from her shock during the meal. She sat there like a wooden man, moving only when called.

"Principal, give me a meal too. I'll pay for it." The girl who called out was from a nearby neighborhood. Her parents were doing business outside. She was lively and cheerful, and was spoiled by her family. She didn't know how to cook. Every day when the kindergarten cooked, she would watch from the second floor.

"Do you have any extra, Aunt Feng? If you do, give her one." After Tang Xu finished speaking, he thought of the vegetables in Zhao Xinhua's yard and suddenly had an idea.

"Yes, this child is very greedy. He comes here every day just by smelling the food." Aunt Feng smiled and filled a bowl with food. "How can I give it to you?"

"Thank you, Aunt Feng! I'll go find a basket!" The girl hung down a basket and put a dozen coins in it.

Aunt Feng glanced at Tang Xu, who was thinking about something and didn't notice. She thought about it and took the money. The food was also bought with money, so it can't be given for free. "The girl gave me the money for the meal."

Tang Xu looked at the copper coin placed in front of him and asked, "Auntie, if you say you want to make more food, but not add more dishes, just increase the quantity, can you handle it?"

"How much more?" asked Aunt Feng.

"Thirty or fifty copies?"

Aunt Feng thought for a moment and said, "Then we need to hire a kitchen helper, but it won't be too busy."

"Look, there are quite a few people nearby who want to eat our kindergarten's food. Do you think we can make more and sell them to them? It will be more tiring for you, so I'll double your wages. Are you willing?" Tang Xu continued, "Don't think too much. If you don't want to, we can just keep doing it as usual."

Aunt Feng also lives nearby and they are all old acquaintances. She thought about it and decided that it was an option.

Tang Xu tapped his fingertips on the table quickly, "Okay, let's do this. Talk to the neighbors nearby. If they want to eat the kindergarten's meals at noon in the future, they can come here in the morning to pay the money and bring bowls for the meals at noon. Then we will put the meals in wooden barrels and distribute them at the entrance of the kindergarten just like the children. Please help and ask how many people are willing to do so. Tell me the number."

"Okay, I'll go talk to her after work." Aunt Feng agreed.

The next day, Aunt Feng gave her a number during breakfast. Tang Xu suspected that she had misheard, "How many people?"

"Eighty." Aunt Feng smiled.

"Why so many?" Tang Xu thought it would be at most fifty, after all, everyone knew how to cook. Fifty was too much for her, and more than thirty was what she expected.

"Most of it is for the children. People say our food is good and the children are all strong." Aunt Feng said with a bit of pride, because these are all the children she feeds.

"Then even if we hire helpers, we won't be able to handle it, right?" Tang Xu frowned.

"No problem, just give me a hand. There are many stoves in the kitchen. But I'm afraid the previous vegetable vendor may not be able to supply us, so we have to find another one." Aunt Feng said.

"I have some ideas about this. I can also find helpers for you."

That's right, Tang Xu was thinking of Zhao Xinhua. There were also a few plots of land in the kindergarten, which were for the children to grow and play with. Xingzi would also tidy up some of the land on weekdays, but it was still not enough.

When the time comes, Wang Xiaoyu will grow vegetables and send them to her, which will also be a help to her. Zhao Xinhua will come directly to help in the kitchen and take care of the children.

After school, Tang Xu captured Tang Qing as a soldier and sent him to Zhao Xinhua's house.

As soon as I got there, I saw a lot of people outside their house, and many of them were shouting.

"A sin!"

"Hurry up and call the village chief!"

"There's so much blood! Someone's going to die!"

"Kill people, kill people!"

“How could he do that?”

Tang Xu was shocked and began to imagine that Wang Zhuzi could not find his daughter and hurt Zhao Xinhua. Or Zhao Xinhua could not bear the humiliation and killed Wang Zhuzi without any worries.

"Make way, make way, I'm looking for Zhao Xinhua!" Tang Xu squeezed in desperately. The yard was in a mess. Zhao Xinhua was sitting on the ground with a knife in his hand. Blood was still flowing from his head and face, but a laugh came from his throat. He didn't sound like a human, but rather a devil crawling out of hell.

Wang Zhuzi looked at her with horror and kept backing away.