A ragged cub at the beginning

After school that afternoon, Tang Xu went to see Tang Ting alone.

She squatted down and looked into Tang Ting's eyes, "Did I ever tell you that you can call me mom, just like Lele, Xiaoji and the others."

Tang Ting was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head, "But I didn't come at the beginning."

"What does it matter? You are all my children now." Tang Xu was about to reach out and touch his head when she saw two drops of water falling on the bluestone, leaving two round watermarks. Her hand froze in place. Before she could think of what to say, she heard him choking and saying, "I... I don't believe you. They all came, but I didn't."

Tang Xu felt a little sad, and gently put his arm around his shoulders and hugged him, "It's okay, it's okay, it's good that you're here, this is your home."

Tang Ting cried without making any sound, but his tears kept flowing down, soaking the clothes on Tang Xu's shoulders. His small, thin shoulders kept shaking, but he never cried out loud.

"Mom! Aren't we leaving yet?" Qiyue waited at the door for a while, anxious to go home to accompany Banban, and came to the back. "Hey, what's wrong with him? Is he sick?"

"No, wait a moment." Tang Xu patted Tang Ting's shoulder.

Tang Ting turned around and wiped his tears, "You can go back, I'm fine."

"Brother is crying?" Jiarui appeared from nowhere, looked at Tang Ting's face and asked in surprise.

"I didn't!" Tang Ting turned his head away, avoiding the little round face.

"Jia Rui, come here." Tang Xu waved for him to come over, and an idea popped up in his mind, "Tang Ting, are you going home with your mother today?"

"Go home?" Tang Ting was stunned, and a surge of joy surged in his heart, but then he shook his head violently. He couldn't go, and couldn't cause trouble for her. What if someone in his family disliked him for being a beggar? She would be embarrassed. Just like the woman before, and then she would cry and beg him to leave, because he was not obedient, not likable, and only annoying.

"Brother, will you come home with us? And sleep in my bed?" Jiarui frowned, as if thinking about something.

"No, I won't sleep in your bed. I can sleep on the floor." Tang Ting waved his hand.

"The ground is so icy. I'll get sick and need to drink bitter medicine and get acupuncture." July said this and shivered a little, as if he was being stabbed right now.

"No problem! My bed is so big~ July and I slept on it, and there's still plenty of space." Jia Rui stretched out his arms, "It's so big."

"We can tell stories at night. I can tell stories. I learned it from my mother." July was full of confidence. There is no child who doesn't like listening to stories.

"I can give you a lotus seed candy, but only one." Jiarui raised his chubby finger.

"I, I..." I didn't say I wanted to go. The words came to my lips and then slid down my throat.

"Let's go, your aunt is waiting anxiously." Tang Xu took Tang Ting's hand, and the other hand was held by July. Jiarui looked around and held July.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go holding hands~" July waved her hands and started singing.

"But we are holding hands." Jia Rui looked down and said, "Go, go, go, go, we are holding hands~"

Tang Ting was very reserved along the way. He was always on guard against someone asking him questions. He kept thinking about how he should behave and how to speak so as not to be disliked. But Teacher Tang Ling did not ask, and Teacher Tang Qing did not ask either. When they arrived at the Du family.

No one asked about the Du family. The Du family was very big, with beautiful flowers and plants, although it was not as big as a kindergarten.

Ye Qiyue and Du Jiarui are so happy. Do they live here? Living with the headmistress every day, they can listen to her stories and play games with her. Does she hug them every day? The headmistress smells so good, it's the smell of a mother.

"Are you back? Let's prepare for dinner, go wash your hands." Madam Du asked Yu Wen to set the table and greeted her with a smile, "Qiyue and Jiarui are back, and they brought a little brother with them."

Tang Ting opened his mouth, but hadn't figured out how to answer.

Jia Rui said first: "This brother is the second place today!"

"He is so awesome!" July continued.

"He just cried!"

"Because there's no bed! You want him to sleep on the floor."

"I didn't! I told you my bed is big~ we can all fit in it."

"I..." Tang Ting couldn't get a word in. He wanted to say that he wasn't crying because he didn't have a bed to sleep in. He had a bed to sleep in. He wanted to say that his name was Tang Ting, but Ye Qiyue and Du Jiarui's voices got louder and louder, and then they both laughed with their stomachs held.... Is it okay to talk so loudly? He secretly glanced at the grandmother. Her smile was so... warm. Tang Ting only thought of this word.

He looked at the headmistress again. She was also laughing. Is this... funny?

"Brother, what's your name?" The two men turned around after laughing.

"Tang Ting." He picked at the small piece of mud on the hem of his clothes that was stuck to the ground after he fell today. It was so dirty. He wondered if he would be disliked.

"Xiao Ting, he's a handsome young man." Old Madam Du praised him with a smile. She didn't ask why she brought him back and asked Jiarui to take his brother to wash his hands.

While the children were washing their hands, Tang Xu briefly introduced Tang Ting's life experience. Old Madam Du sighed slightly, "Poor child, if it were our Jiarui..."

"Mom! No, Jiarui has us." Tang Xu found that he couldn't imagine his two children falling into that state. The thought of it made his heart ache.

"Yes," Mrs. Du smiled and changed the subject, "Xiao Yun hasn't come back yet?"

As soon as he finished asking this question, Du Yun walked in. When dinner was served, the three children had not returned yet, so Du Yun went to check and found that they were playing with the cat.

Tang Ting didn't dare to pick up any food at the dinner table. He just focused on eating rice, wanting to finish it quickly.

But with Jiarui around, he couldn't be at peace. Jiarui had a problem, if he ate something he thought was delicious, he would ask everyone to have a taste. He saw that the new brother didn't even try the fish he just mentioned, so he stood up and picked it up for him, "This is delicious, and it doesn't even have bones."

The bowl was full of dishes picked by Du Jiarui and the headmaster's wife. Tang Ting looked carefully at Jiarui's grandmother and Qiyue's father. No one paid attention to him. Everyone was eating their own meals. He was like a little mouse. He finished his meal with his bowl in his hand. His stomach was full and he was very happy.

At night, I took a bath in a big bucket with Ye Qiyue and Du Jiarui, and no one said he was dirty. When he lay on the bed, he was still a little unbelievable. Why didn't anyone ask about me or mention me? Can't they see me? It would be great if I could live here secretly like this.

No, I can't. I have to go back to kindergarten tomorrow. Lele and the others are not here yet. I just need to have a good time for a day and not cause any trouble. Ye Qiyue's voice of telling a story rang in his ears, and he slowly fell asleep.

In his dream, he had a father, a mother, a grandmother, and two lovely younger brothers.