A ragged cub at the beginning

"I don't know about this. I didn't meet the original owner. Later, something happened at home and I found out about this during these few days when I was free." Lin Guiping felt a little guilty because he felt that he had not done his job well.

"Do you know who bought it? Can we discuss it? Did he buy it to live in it himself or something?" Tang Xu regretted not buying the yard in time. The money he had on hand would be enough to buy it.

"I only know that she is a girl. She didn't say she wanted to rent her out, and she didn't leave an address. We can't find her." Lin Guiping said.

"The girl bought it?" Tang Xu was a little confused. He couldn't contact anyone. Could he only discuss it when someone came to catch up?

"It's a girl. I saw her signature on the store's receipt as Tang something, which is a bit similar to your name, but I don't recognize that character." Lin Guiping felt a little embarrassed. Seeing her distress, he said, "Why don't I find you someone else..."

"Wait, you said your last name is Tang, but you don't know the last character?" Tang Xu suddenly had an outrageous guess. She looked at the ground, squatted down and wrote the word "Ling" with her finger. "Is it this word?"

"Yes! That's the word!" Lin Guiping asked in surprise, "Do you know it?"

Tang Xu's expression was a little strange. "If it is really these two words, and there is no one with the same name, I should know it."

The two said goodbye, and Tang Xu walked slowly home. Tang Ling bought this small courtyard, but she didn't say anything. Why did she buy it? Did she think it was a good place to live? Or did she want to continue observing her? To confirm whether she was her biological sister?

Forget it, never mind her, she won't chase me away anyway, right? Save some money hehe.

When I opened the door, I saw several children playing a new game. Each of them was carrying a small school bag and was taking out beans from it and throwing them at the opposite wall. There was a human figure drawn on the wall with a circle at the heart.

No, sis, you are training killers here???

"I'm almost throwing it!" Du Jiarui was panting, with beads of sweat on his chubby little face.

"I hit my foot!" Zhao Yunniang jumped for joy.

"Oh, I'm just a little bit away." Fang Zijun's bean didn't even reach the human-shaped frame.

Qiyue was weak, so he said "Hi!" while throwing the beans to encourage himself. However, he could not throw the beans more than one meter.

There were beans all over the yard. I don't know how the kids threw them. They were everywhere. Don't beans cost money? But the four of them looked so focused and hardworking.

"Mom! You're back!" July was the first to notice her and jumped over to her.

The other three also came over and chattered about how they threw the beans, where they threw them, and how awesome they were.

Tang Ling leaned against the wall and saw her patting the heads and praising the children one by one, making them smile.

uninteresting.

"Aunt, do we have a reward?" Fang Zijun remembered the purpose of their throwing beans.

Hearing this, several boys gathered around. Even though Tang Ling had seen many big scenes, he was a little overwhelmed by being watched by four pairs of bright and expectant eyes.

She glanced at Tang Xu and said, "Let's do it tomorrow." Just as she was about to go back to her room, she heard Tang Xu say, "But there are so many beans on the ground. They are all edible. It will take me a long time to pick them up by myself. It would be great if someone was willing to help me." Is he playing tricks on the child?

She turned around and saw the four children raising their hands one after another, indicating that they might have done it and would pick it up immediately.

"Really? Then can I take a rest for a while? I'm a little tired after just coming back." Tang Xu pretended to be weak.

"Aunt Xu, you go and have a rest! I'll pick it up in a while!" Fang Zijun patted his little chest, making a popping sound.

Tang Xu showed a triumphant smile, "That's great, thank you."

"I'll pick them up too!" Du Jiarui raised his little hand.

"I'm good at working! I can pick up a lot at once." Zhao Yunniang said.

"Mom, I'll pick up the trash too. You go and have a rest. Are you thirsty? I'll pour you some water." July stuck to her, with worry on his little face.

"I'm thirsty. It would be better if someone could pour me some water." Tang Xu walked into the living room and sat down, smiling at Tang Ling who had a strange look in his eyes.

Qiyue walked to the kitchen with his short legs. Although he seemed unsteady when walking, he ran very fast. After Tang Xu thanked him for the water, he hurried to pick beans, fearing that he would lose to his friends.

Seeing that Tang Ling did not return to the room and was still looking at him, Tang Xu asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"See what you're going to do, why don't you just sweep it and let them pick it up?" Tang Ling didn't understand, there were only a few hundred beans on the ground. With these four pairs of small hands, they could miss one if they picked up two. How long would it take to finish picking them up?

"Whatever they play is fun, isn't picking beans also fun?" Tang Xu laughed teasingly and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling sad?"

Tang Ling gave her a look that said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" and was about to go back to her room.

Tang Xu stopped her and asked, "Wait, did you buy this yard?"

Tang Ling nodded without turning his head and walked into the room.

What does that mean? Tang Xu muttered to himself, and seeing that the kids were picking beans very seriously, he stretched himself and went back to his room to sleep.

After dinner, Yu Xiaotao carried the child out for the first time. Tang Xu rarely saw such a small child. When he leaned over to take a look, the child was too thin, just like Qi Yue when he first met her. Like a refugee from somewhere, Tang Xu frowned and met her eyes.

Those were a pair of lively, big eyes, very pleasing. When she saw Tang Xu, her eyes curved and she waved her arms. Her arms were thin, only two fingers wide, as if they would break if she used a little force.

Tang Xu felt pity for her and asked softly, "What's her name?"

"An An." Yu Xiaotao smiled, "I didn't have the chance to thank you before. You saved the lives of my mother and me." As Yu Xiaotao spoke, her knees suddenly went weak and she knelt on the ground.

"Hey!" Tang Xu was startled, and quickly pulled her, blaming her: "Hurry up and get up, what if you drop the child!"

Yu Xiaotao's tears welled up in her eyes, and she choked up and said, "I have no way to repay your kindness."

"Don't be like this," Tang Xu pulled her up and saw Mrs. Du bringing the four children into the small classroom. Zhao Yunniang pouted and looked back, her eyes red. "Hurry up, Yunniang was scared by you."

Yu Xiaotao wiped her tears and forced a smile, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. I thought I couldn't live anymore. But I didn't dare to die, for fear that my two children would be without a mother and their lives would become even more difficult. I couldn't bear it. My An An was so young, and my Yun Niang was so well-behaved... If it weren't for you and Sister Wan, I really would..." She choked, and her tears flowed even harder, and she couldn't speak anymore.

Tang Xu felt a lump in his throat and touched An An's little face. That little face was so tender that it felt like his fingers were sinking into it when he touched it.

An An didn't know what was happening. When she saw something coming to her mouth, she subconsciously opened her mouth to take it.

Tang Xu pulled his hand back and touched An An's face again. He smiled and said to Yu Xiaotao, "It's over. When you look back in the future, you will find that it's just like that. How can a person's life always be smooth? When you encounter difficulties, you can get up with a hand. If I encounter difficulties in the future, you can also help me."

Yu Xiaotao nodded, and it took a long time for her tears to stop. She took out five hundred coins from the child's swaddling clothes and said, "Brother Sanping paid me wages yesterday. I took five hundred coins and will return them to you first. I will pay you the rest later."

"I didn't borrow the money, so why should I pay it back? Take it back." Tang Xu refused to take it.

"Xiao Xu, can I call you that? I heard Sister Wan call you that." Yu Xiaotao seemed a little embarrassed. "This money is not much, but Yunniang eats three meals a day with you and Sister Wan, and she needs you to take care of her. Last time, you gave me five taels of silver for medicine. We are unworthy of it. If you don't accept it, I will always feel that I owe you too much."

Hearing her say this, Tang Xu had no choice but to accept it. The children were still waiting for class, so she didn't talk much. She asked her to sit for a while and went into the room to attend class.

Ever since Yu Xiaotao left home, Zhao Yunniang went home for meals, but she still played with Fang Zijun and the others every day.

The braised meat business was good, Tang Xu had to look after the shop by himself and basically didn't care much. After Dong Wanwan discussed with Fang Yuanqin, Fang Yuanqin gave up being a peddler, and the couple went out to set up a stall together. The girls in Xiaoping Lane stewed meat in the house. Among them, Lu Xiaoye was the most talented, so she was responsible for the braised meat, but the marinade package was still prepared by Dong Wanwan.

Both families were busy, so there was no one to take care of the children. Tang Ling could usually take care of them, but she couldn't cook.

Tang Xu thought of Yu Xiaotao, so he asked her tentatively. Yu Xiaotao readily agreed and did not want any wages, but only wanted to provide meals for her and Yunniang. Tang Xu said that was fine, and he did not have to pay back the money he had paid before.

Yu Xiaotao felt that this was not possible, as she only earned a few cents, so she accepted the 20-cent daily wage. She was responsible for cooking and looking after the children, and could take care of An An.

Yu Xiaotao came over to cook at noon that day, and the child was still sleeping. Thinking that since they were so close, nothing should happen, she put the child to bed.

As soon as the meal was ready, she invited Fang Zijun and the others to eat. After a while, she suddenly became very nervous. When she returned to the house, she saw An An lying on the ground quietly. She screamed and rushed over to pick up the child. She saw that the little baby's face was blue and purple, and there was dirt on his nose and mouth, and a little blood from somewhere.

Yu Xiaotao's heart almost stopped beating. She was so panicked that she didn't know what to do. She desperately called her daughter's name and pinched her Ren Zhong and slapped her cheeks.

Tang Xu was very hungry that day, so he closed the shop and came back to eat when he had nothing to do. Hearing Yu Xiaotao's uncontrolled screams, he felt uneasy and rushed in.

An An lay limply in Yu Xiaotao's arms, and no matter how she called or patted him, he didn't respond. When she saw the child's purple face, her mind went numb, and she was still asking what was going on. She had already rushed to the child, and felt the little hand was still warm, so she quickly grabbed the child and laid him flat on the bed.

While recalling the steps of artificial respiration, she pinched the child's mouth open, but it was full of sand. She quickly dug it out and wiped it clean with a handkerchief. Then she pinched An An's nose and blew air into her mouth, once, twice, pressing the chest. The child was too young, so she didn't dare to use too much force, so she only used the tip of her thumb. Once, twice, thirty times, blowing, once, twice...

Yu Xiaotao sat on the ground with her eyes wide open, and it took her a long while to sit up. Seeing Tang Xu's strange behavior, she didn't dare to disturb him, and stood aside crying silently, "I shouldn't have left her alone in the room, but how could she fall to the ground!!"

After an unknown amount of time, An An suddenly choked and coughed, followed by a weak cry.

"An An!" Yu Xiaotao shouted, and then she dared to rush over, kissing her daughter's face and forehead one by one as if she had survived a disaster. The tears on her face covered the child's face, and she cried and laughed, and she really didn't know how to thank Tang Xu for a moment.

"Oh, what's going on?" Mrs. Zhao came out from somewhere and stood at the door and said in surprise.

Yu Xiaotao paused in her crying, and looked at Zhao Pozi with a fierce look in her eyes. Then she rushed over like a madman, "It's you! It's you! I will fight you! Why did you hurt An An! I will kill you! I will kill you!"

Tang Xu picked up An An who was still crying. She didn't know why Yu Xiaotao suddenly hit Mrs. Zhao, but now there was something more important. She shouted, "Sister Xiaotao! Stop hitting me! Take An An to see a doctor first!"

Yu Xiaotao woke up as if from a dream, and just as she stopped, she was slapped twice by Mrs. Zhao. She slapped back fiercely, saying, "If anything happens to An An, I will kill you and then commit suicide!" The voice was shrill and full of strong hatred.

Mrs. Zhao shuddered, slapped her thigh and started crying.

However, Tang Xu and Yu Xiaotao had no time to care about her. They carried An An to the clinic. It was Doctor Lao Bai again. He asked An An to be placed on the table and carefully examined her whole body. He said that it was fine for now, but she should be more careful next time. It was impossible to use medicine for such a young child. He only asked her to go back and take good care of her, and asked her mother to eat more good food and supplement the child's nutrition.

Yu Xiaotao's heart finally settled down, and she turned around to kneel down to Tang Xu.

Tang Xu didn't like this, and said to her with a straight face: "Don't be like this all the time, it's all because of the child's pity."

Yu Xiaotao was frightened and scared all day, and she had a fight with Mrs. Zhao. She was almost exhausted and didn't want to go home, so Tang Xu took her back to his home.

She looked so kind, but she was so cruel. Tang Xu saw that a lot of Mrs. Zhao's hair had been pulled out and her neck was red from being pinched. It looked like she was going to kill her.

When they came back, they didn't hear Mrs. Zhao's crying or shouting. The door was locked from the outside, and they didn't know where she had gone.

Yu Xiaotao snorted coldly, "She must have gone to look for her son."

Tang Xu felt hungry at this moment. The children were being taught by Tang Ling to do horse stance again today.

It is already late autumn, and everyone is standing unsteadily, trembling, with their faces flushed red.

She found that Tang Ling was good at taking care of children. She taught literature, and Tang Ling taught martial arts. Wouldn't he be good at both literature and martial arts in the future? Tang Xu laughed and went into the kitchen. The dishes were washed. But the food was cold, so she simply made fried rice, heated up the leftovers, and invited Yu Xiaotao to eat.

Yu Xiaotao came back and fed An An. The child was already asleep, but his nose was red and had some scratches, and it looked like he had fallen face down on the ground.

"Carry me to bed and sleep." Tang Xu served the food and said softly.

Yu Xiaotao hesitated for a moment, but still obeyed her.

But this meal was destined to be a bad one. Halfway through the meal, Mrs. Zhao came back yelling, along with Zhao Sanping.

Because everyone was at home, Tang Xu's courtyard door was only half closed. Mrs. Zhao rushed in, grabbed Zhao Yunniang and scolded: "Where is your mother, that bitch! How dare you hit me! I will let my son divorce her today! You and your bitch mother, get out!" She raised her hand, Zhao Sanping raised his hand to stop her, and Yu Xiaotao also rushed out.

Tang Ling flipped his palm and accurately hit the inside of Mrs. Zhao's arm with a mung bean. She wailed and her whole hand was paralyzed with pain. "Ah, who!"

"Mom! What are you doing! What did Yunniang do wrong!" Zhao Sanping was still working when his mother came crying and shouting that she was beaten by her daughter-in-law and didn't want to live anymore. The boss had been very dissatisfied with him for a while, and today he asked him to leave directly. He was now full of irritation. Why did he have such a mother!

"Yunniang, come here." Tang Ling called Yunniang, but his eyes were coldly looking at Mrs. Zhao.

Zhao Yunniang was rescued before she could react, and she quickly hid behind Tang Ling.

"Who is it! Who hit me!" Mrs. Zhao shouted.

"Mom! What on earth are you going to do!" Zhao Sanping pulled her out, "Go home! Can you please stop making trouble! How could Xiaotao hit you! Xiaotao, we..." When he saw his wife's swollen face with finger marks, he let go of Mrs. Zhao's hand in shock and walked towards Yu Xiaotao, "Xiaotao, your face!" He wanted to touch it out of heartache, but was afraid of hurting her.

Zhao Sanping's hands were shaking constantly. His wife, who had just given birth, was tortured beyond recognition. When she finally recovered, she was beaten by his mother again. His mother had ruined his life. What would the four of them eat and drink in the future? He suddenly yelled and slapped himself hard, "It's all my fault! I'm useless! It's all my fault..."

"Brother Sanping, don't do this." Yu Xiaotao was startled and pulled his hand to stop him from continuing.

"My son, what are you doing?" Mrs. Zhao was also shocked, and then she glared at Yu Xiaotao, "It's all because of you, this unlucky star! Bitch! It's all..."

"Mom!" Zhao Sanping shouted suddenly, and everyone present, except Tang Ling, trembled with fear. Tang Xu hurriedly dragged the children into the house, and even An An was woken up and cried softly.

"Mom! What do you want? Can't our family live a good life? Are you my real mother?" Zhao Sanping's voice sounded like tears. He said painfully, "Xiao Tao is my wife! Can't you treat her better? Even if she is a stranger! Why do you treat her as your enemy? I'm going crazy! You're making trouble for me and my boss told me not to go to work tomorrow and to stay at home to take care of the kids! What are we going to eat in the future? What do you want? Do you think this family must break up for you to be happy? Are you going to force me to death?"

"Brother Sanping! Brother Sanping! Don't do this! Don't do this!" Yu Xiaotao's crying, Mrs. Zhao's voice calling her son, and Zhao Sanping's painful roar intertwined.

Tang Xu couldn't see outside and didn't know what was happening.

Zhao Yunniang looked at the closed window and shed tears silently.

Oh. Tang Xu sighed and rocked An An gently to coax her to sleep.