A ragged cub at the beginning

Tang Xu slept until he woke up naturally, stretched comfortably and walked out of the room.

"Oh, you're awake." Tang Yao twirled the cup on his fingertips and glanced at her.

Tang Xu looked at him and said disdainfully: "Why are you smiling like that? Are you picking up money?"

"Money is like dirt. What's there to be happy about?" Tang Yao had a look of disdain on his face. He turned his gaze to Tang Ling who was teaching the children martial arts and became gentle.

Tang Xu followed his gaze and seemed to understand something. He whispered, "What? Did you get it?"

"No." Tang Yao smiled, "The road ahead is long and arduous~"

"Then why are you so happy?" Tang Xu muttered, went to the kitchen to find two buns, looked at the people in the yard, decided to help, and said: "Sister, aren't you going out to play today?"

Tang Ling turned around and asked, "Where are we going to play?"

"Go... rowing? Fly a kite?" Tang Xu hinted to Tang Yao to speak quickly.

Tang Yao replied with a smile, "Boating is good, have the kids been there before?" This girl is so kind all of a sudden? She must want to go and play.

"Whatever." Tang Ling said indifferently.

"Great, rowing!" Fang Zijun cheered.

"Stand still." Tang Ling said, and Fang Zijun quickly stood still.

"Can I row?" July asked.

"We'll see when the time comes. I'll go see Xiaonan first. Isn't Yunniang here yet?" Tang Xu was chewing on a bun, breaking off a piece for Du Jiarui who was looking at him eagerly, but he said, "You can't eat anymore, Jiarui. Look at your stomach."

"Uncle Yunniang is back, but he won't come today." Fang Zijun said.

"Well, you gave it to me, but Jiarui didn't want it." Du Jiarui chewed the bun and smiled with his eyes narrowed.

"You're the one who made me fat." Tang Yao exposed her.

"Look at his eyes, he's almost drooling." Tang Xu clapped his hands, "Then I'll go out first."

"See you later." July waved.

"Aunt Xu, please come back soon." Fang Zijun said.

"Do we need to bring food when boating?" Du Jiarui asked.

Tang Xu was amused by Du Jiarui's worried look about being hungry, and threatened him, "No, drink river water when you are thirsty, and eat small fish when you are hungry."

"But I can't spit thorns." Du Jiarui believed it and said with a frown.

"Jiarui, you only know how to eat." Fang Zijun complained.

Tang Xu left home with a smile and went to the shop first. Qi Qing was painting a fan and several women surrounded her and watched.

"This crabapple is mine."

"Is it my turn next?"

“It’s a really nice painting.”

"I heard you can make your own lacquer fan?"

"OK."

“I’m going to do that.”

"Hold on."

Qi Qing was smiling, dressed like other young women, and seemed to be enjoying herself. Tang Xu did not disturb her, but turned around and strolled to the braised meat shop to check out the business.

She turned around and went to the snack shop. When she came out, she saw a familiar-looking child running into the alley.

"Stop! Little beggar! Give me back my money!" A man chased in.

She followed him in, and it was indeed Gouzi. He was lifted up by the man's collar. His little face was full of anger, and a little panicked. He grabbed the man's hands with both hands and tried to pry them apart, "Let me go! I didn't take your money! I didn't take it!"

"It's you! You bumped into me and my wallet is gone. Hand it over now and I won't beat you." The man said, shaking his arms, and the dog frowned and seemed to be in great pain.

Tang Xu stepped forward and said, "Brother, let's talk it over. Put the child down first."

The man looked at her and said, "What if he runs away?"

"If he runs away, I will compensate you for how much money you lost." Tang Xu said.

When he saw Tang Xu, Gouzi was stunned, and then his chest was filled with grievances. He seemed unable to control his tears. He gritted his teeth and held back his tears, saying, "I didn't steal the money..." When he said the last word, his voice was choked with sobs.

"Okay." The man didn't want to make things difficult for such a young child, so he put him down.

"Dogzi, did you take it?" Tang Xu looked into his eyes seriously and asked.

Gouzi said angrily: "I've told you many times that I didn't!"

The man frowned and said, "He bumped into me, and when I touched my wallet, it was gone. Who else could it be if not him?"

"You didn't see him taking your money with your own eyes, you just suspected it, and then you chased him and picked up the kid to scare him, right?" Seeing that he didn't seem like the kind of person who was completely unreasonable, Tang Xu tried to reason with him.

"This... He was the only one who bumped into me when I went out today. No one else bumped into me." The man scratched his head and touched his body again, but nothing.

Tang Xu thought for a moment and asked, "Brother, how much money do you have in your purse? Will it make a sound if I shake it?"

The man recalled, "There are about ten copper coins and a few coins, which should make a sound."

"You were shaking the child just now, and you could hear the sound of silver and coins colliding." Tang Xu asked.

The man frowned, "Indeed not."

"When you found out your purse was gone, you chased after him, right?" Tang Xu looked at Gouzi, "Gouzi, open your arms and jump a few times. Let this big brother hear if you have any money."

The dog knew that he was being helped, so he obediently raised his hands and jumped a few times. He was dressed in rags, with strips of cloth hanging loosely, and it was obvious at a glance that there was no place to hide anything.

"Did I fall somewhere else?" the man touched his head.

"Brother Jie! Brother Jie!" A young man shouted while running on the street.

"Hey, Xiao Ming, here it is!" Brother Jie turned around and agreed.

The boy named Xiao Ming took a breath and took out a purse. "Brother Jie, you changed your clothes but didn't take your purse. My sister-in-law asked me to bring it to you."

"I didn't bring it?" Brother Jie took the purse and was immediately embarrassed. "Here, you didn't steal it, why are you running away?"

"Will you believe me if I don't run away? Even if I didn't steal it, you will beat me up to vent your anger if you are unhappy about losing the money!" The dog gritted his teeth stubbornly, "Everyone looks down on beggars and always thinks we steal things. No matter if we steal or not, we will kick us a few times if we see us. I'm not even as good as a stray dog ​​on the roadside. If a stray dog ​​is lucky, it will have two bones to eat." He said angrily, wiped his eyes and ran away.

"Hey!" Brother Jie was embarrassed and upset by what he said. He wanted to give him some money as compensation, but the man ran away. "Girl, do you know that kid?"

"Well, I wanted to adopt him before, but he refused." Tang Xu thought he had a chance to persuade him this time, but he ran away again.

"I'm sorry, I was too reckless just now. I have some silver here, can you buy him some food?" Brother Jie said as he picked up two coins and handed them over.

Tang Xu stretched out his hand and pushed him away. "No need. If he runs away, I don't know where to find him. I have something else to do. I'm leaving now."

After a while, Xiaonan had fallen asleep when we arrived at Du's house. Xiaodong looked much better, at least he had a smile on his face.

"That's good. You should go to kindergarten tomorrow. Do you want to go?" Tang Xu asked him.

Jiang Xiaodong looked at the girl, hesitant.

"Go ahead, go ahead. My senior brother is here. I guarantee everything will be fine." Banxia vowed.

"You're not going tomorrow, school doctor?" Tang Xu turned to her and joked.

"But my senior brother just came, I... um..." Xiaodong, who was tangled just now, has changed now. Banxia's little face was squeezed into a ball, and it can be seen that she was very tangled.

Tang Xu found it funny, but he didn't make things difficult for her, saying, "Then you can take a rest tomorrow."

"Let's go tomorrow. I'll go with you and see what kind of place it is that will make her linger." Pei Wushu came in at some point.

"It's so fun there! There are so many toys! Sister Tang Xu also helped me draw a portrait and also drew illustrations for the herbal medicine collection for me. They are so beautiful!" Sun Banxia remembered this and ran back to her room to bring the things over. "Brother, look, look."

"Be steady." Pei Wushu took it. The portrait was very lifelike. Banxia was sliding down from a strange thing, raising her hands with a smile on her face. She was obviously very happy.

The next photo shows her carrying a medicine basket with a satisfied smile on her face. It seems that she has got a lot of good medicine.

There is also the look of her with her hands on her hips and stamping her feet in anger, and the look of her taking someone's pulse with a serious expression.

It can be seen that the painter is good at capturing the spirit and is very familiar with Pinellia ternata.

He flipped through the herbal medicine collection Banxia had recorded. The illustrations were very delicate, even to the point of being very detailed. Pei Wushu had never paid attention to others, but only now did he glance at Tang Xu. He remembered that she was only mesmerized by his appearance when they first met, but she came to her senses quickly. He didn't expect that she had such a talent for painting.

I heard that she will be getting married to the young master of the Du family soon, and the kindergarten she opens will take in some poor women and children. He is a child with both virtue and talent.

"Thank you, Miss Tang, for taking care of me." Pei Wushu nodded at her.

After receiving the beauty's compliment, Tang Xu muttered, "It was all for kidnapping. No," she came to her senses and quickly changed her words, "She helped me a lot."

He looks smart, but he is actually stupid. Pei Wushu shook his head in amusement, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

Tang Xu almost wanted to slap himself twice, and awkwardly changed the subject, "Well, let's go boating today, Xiaodong Banxia, ​​do you want to come and play?"

Pei Wushu glanced at the obviously moved junior sister and said, "Go ahead, Xiaodong should go too. I'll take care of this place."

There is a big lake in the south of the town, and there are boats for rent on the lakeside. Tang Xu bought food and drinks with her family, and rented a medium-sized boat. Tang Yao, Tang Ling, and Tang Xu each led one child, Xiaodong followed them nervously, and Banxia and Tang Qing walked at the end.

There were boatmen on the boat. They just sat on the deck and didn't care about anything else. The children excitedly clung to the railing and looked down.

"So much water!" Fang Zijun jumped twice excitedly.

"There is so much water!" July learned.

"There's so much water!" Jiarui laughed and joined in the fun.

After saying this, the three children burst into laughter, and no one knew what they were laughing at.

"I'm uneducated," Tang Xu said with a smile, "You've returned all the poems I learned to me, right?"

"Hehe..." Fang Zijun laughed.

"No laughing." Tang Xu's face turned serious, and he burst into laughter again in two seconds.

The children ran from the bow to the stern and from the stern to the bow. The scenery they had never seen before made them feel both curious and excited.

You can have lunch on the boat. The boatman catches the fish and sends it directly to the kitchen for processing. The freshly caught fish takes less than half an hour from being put into the pot to being served on the table. It is fresh and fragrant.

But Qiyue and Jiarui couldn’t spit out fish bones, so they waited eagerly for Tang Xu to pick them out.

Seeing that she hadn't eaten a single bite, Tang Ling was sweating from picking out the bones. He frowned and brought the fish over, "I'll pick them, you eat them."

When Tang Yao saw it, he dragged the plate in front of him and raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll do it, I love to find faults the most."

Tang Xu was relieved and said in a low voice: "Thank you, sister~"

"Go away." Tang Ling pushed away her head with disgust.