A ragged cub at the beginning

After dinner, the boatman stopped the boat on the lake and said we could go fishing, and they prepared fishing rods.

The children posed for the fish with great interest. Tang Xu was afraid that they would hurt themselves by throwing the hook, so he just let them put it down slowly.

After sitting for a while, excitement was replaced by boredom. Fang Zijun looked at the fishing float and asked, "When will there be fish?"

"Fishing requires patience," said Tang Xu.

Fang Zijun was not a man who could sit still. He could not stand such boring things. He moved around like a thorn under his butt, harassing Jiarui and Qiyue.

Qiyue pouted and put her little finger in front of her mouth, "Shh, don't talk, Brother Dandan, you scared the fish away. I want to catch a big fish for mom."

Du Jiarui sighed and said, "The fish doesn't like to eat this, it wants to eat something else."

"Maybe they like snacks?" Fang Zijun said, grabbing the snacks on the plate, crushing them and throwing them into the lake.

Du Jiarui's hand, which was about to take the snack, paused. Looking at the empty plate, he pouted and said aggrievedly, "This is the last snack." After saying that, he tried to hold it in, but couldn't help but opened his mouth and cried, "This is the last piece, wuwu..."

Fang Zijun was still sticking his head out to look into the water. When he heard the cry, he turned around to look at his plate and prepared to give him a piece, but it was also empty. He really didn't notice that it was the last piece. He didn't know what to do for a moment, and kept circling around Du Jiarui. "Hey, I, I, I'll go back and give you a piece! Don't cry, I'll give you two! Three!"

"What's wrong?" Tang Ling came over.

"Dandan fed the last piece of snack to the fish..." Tang Xu looked around and found that there were still quite a few snacks on Tang Yao and Tang Ling's plates. She brought them over and said, "Jia Rui, look, there are still a lot of snacks."

Du Jiarui sobbed as he took a look and tried but couldn't find the same one. "I saved it for last, and that's the only one left. Wow..."

Fang Zijun was so anxious that he jumped up and down. Qiyue was about to put down his fishing rod and come over when his fishing rod suddenly moved, dragging him forward a few steps and hitting the railing. "Ahhh, fish, fish, I'm going to be caught by the fish! Help, mother!"

Unexpectedly, Tang Yao reacted the fastest. He picked up July with one hand and threw the fishing rod onto the deck.

Wow, what a big fish! It must be at least two feet long. No wonder it almost dragged July down.

"Wow!" Jiarui immediately forgot about the snacks and came over to look at the big fish that was shaking its tail and struggling desperately to get back into the water.

"Guests are lucky, this is a rare big fish." The boatman smiled, "Would you like me to cook it for you?"

“No, no!” Qiyue twisted her body and got out of Tang Yao’s arms. “Mom, let’s take her back to show Yunniang! Let’s show her to the kids in the kindergarten!”

"Okay." I just don't know how long this fish can live. Tang Xu didn't want to spoil his fun, after all, he was the one who caught the fish.

"What a big fish! I want to catch one too!" Fang Zijun looked at it for a while and returned to his fishing rod.

Du Jiarui also returned to the fishing rod. Maybe it was because of the snacks they scattered, but they actually caught some fish.

Carrying a bucket of fish, the children returned happily. As soon as the group got off the boat, there was a cry of surprise and scream from the shore, "Someone fell into the water!"

"Oh my god! Whose child is this!"

"Help! Who can swim?"

"It's a little girl. Ouch! Help!"

When Tang Xu heard that it was a child, he hurried over to take a look.

"Zhao Yuexi." Tang Ling said, jumped into the water, picked up Zhao Yuexi and threw her to the shore, then climbed up himself.

"Miss, Miss! Oh my God!" The maids on the shore surrounded Zhao Yuexi.

Tang Xu leaned over to take a look. Because she was rescued in time, Zhao Yuexi was just frightened. She was wet and shivering, curled up in a woman's arms and crying pitifully. The maids wrapped her in a cloak and carried her up.

"Thank you for your kindness, young lady. Please leave your name. My wife will reward you handsomely one day." A woman stopped Tang Ling and said.

"No need, I'm her teacher." Tang Ling said and disappeared into the crowd.

The woman chased after him for two steps, but failed to catch up.

"Sister, are you okay? Let's go back quickly. Are you cold?" Tang Xu took out a handkerchief and wiped the water off her face.

After returning home, Tang Xu quickly boiled water for Tang Ling to take a bath, and began to clean the fish. Since the children could not spit out the bones, she would make fish balls. She looked at Tang Yao and showed a flattering smile.

Tang Yao felt a chill all over his body, frowned and said, "What? Be normal."

"I have a very, very important thing to ask for your help." Tang Xu came up with a smile.

Tang Yao pounded the fish mud expressionlessly, "Is this important?"

Tang Xu chuckled. The fish ball soup for dinner was very popular. July ate two big bowls. Tang Yao was still the one who finished his meal. With him around, there was never any leftover food at home.

May 11th, a school day.

After playing for two days, the children went to kindergarten in high spirits. Zhao Yuexi fell into the water yesterday and took a leave of absence today.

Tang Xu inspected the place as usual, and Banxia took his senior brother to visit everywhere, introducing things to him with pride, and even taking him to see the paintings on the wall.

Pei Wushu looked at her chattering non-stop with a proud smile on her face, as if she treated this place as her own home.

She was really happy to stay here. He touched her pigtails and felt that her hair was full of joy.

Zhu Ying took the children to the school field for morning exercise and happened to run into the two. Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she came over and knelt down to salute, "Doctor Pei, Banxia, ​​thank you both very much. I slept a full night's sleep yesterday. I haven't felt so comfortable in a few years."

"Hey, Sister Zhu, your face is so red." Wang Ziming laughed.

"Then, is that a god?" a child pointed at Pei Wushu and asked.

"It's beautiful."

"It must be a deity descending to earth."

“I’ve never seen anyone so good-looking.”

"Isn't that called something like "The Most Beautiful Woman in the Country"? "

As the children talked, they came over and surrounded Pei Wushu.

"Brother God, can you touch my head?" a brave little boy asked, looking up.

"Huh? Why?" Pei Wushu asked, still reaching out and stroking his head gently.

"This is called immortality touching my head, and I will be immortal!" The little boy shouted, touched his head again, and ran away, "I want immortality! I want to live a hundred years!"

"I want to touch it, too! I want to touch it, too!"

"I, I, I."

The children shouted and jumped, wanting to be touched on the head.

"Kids, come back to class soon." Zhu Ying pushed her colleagues who were also stunned and called the children back.

A long bell suddenly sounded, and Tang Ling stood beside the bronze bell, "Gather."

"The big devil is coming!" Wang Ziming screamed and ran over first.

Pei Wushu didn't want to cause trouble for the kindergarten, so he patted everyone on the head and went back to the Du family.

After Tang Xu finished his lunch and sat down, Tang Yao came in carrying a child. "This kid has been wandering here for the whole morning and is trying to climb over the wall..." After saying that, he threw the child casually. The dog was startled and stood still.

"Gouzi?" Tang Xu looked at him in surprise, "Are you here to see me?"

Gouzi curled the corners of his mouth, trying to find a good excuse, but for some reason, he didn't want to lie to the person in front of him. "I, I just took a look." After saying that, he wanted to run away again.

This time Tang Xu was on guard and grabbed him, "Don't run, I'll take you to see them."

Gouzi stopped struggling and looked at the clean white hand on his wrist and his dirty arm. "Don't hold my hand. You're getting your hands dirty."

"It's okay. Let's go see them. They must miss you too." Tang Xu dragged him to the breeding area without hesitation. They were carrying their own small baskets, feeding grass to the rabbits and lambs. Some were surrounding a large tank, which contained the fish that July had caught. He stood next to the tank with his hands on his hips, looking very proud.

If it weren't for Tang Ji's unique blue eyes, Gouzi would hardly recognize Lele and the others. They had grown fatter and whiter, wearing clean new clothes, with neatly combed hair and smiles on their faces. The hands holding the grass were clean and white, just like all the children with parents he had seen on the street. There was no trace of the place where they used to be beggars.

Gouzi looked down at his tattered clothes, or they couldn't be called clothes, they had become rags. There was something black and gray on them, I don't know what it was. His fingernails were very long, and there was black mud in the gaps between his fingernails, or maybe his whole hands were not very clean, and some places couldn't be cleaned even if he rubbed them.

I shouldn't come here, they are different from me, Gouzi thought.

"Gouzi, look, I'm not lying." Tang Xu pointed at the children and looked into Gouzi's eyes. "I can support you. Are you willing to stay?"

Gouzi looked at me in disbelief, "You, you still want me?"

"I told you, as long as you want to come, you're welcome here." Tang Xu said, turning to Tang Lele and the others, "Lele, Xiaoyang, look who's here."

"Brother Gouzi!" Tang Lele was the first to run over. "Brother Gouzi, you're here! Are you okay?"

"Brother Gouzi, Brother Gouzi!" Xiaoyang and the others gathered around him, chattering to Gouzi about how good life was here and what he had learned.

"Mom, can Brother Gouzi come over?" Tang Lele pulled Tang Xu's hand, half acting coquettishly and half begging.

"Sure." Tang Xu nodded.

Tang Lele cheered and said to Gouzi, "Brother Gouzi, come here! Xiaoyang and the others have an upper bunk room for us to sleep on!"

"Me," Gouzi was very moved. There were so many children, and none of them were abandoned. They were all fine and it was obvious that they were living very happily.

Not resisting means agreeing. Tang Xu dragged him to find Xingzi. Xingzi usually took care of these children, and she decided to let Xingzi take care of Gouzi as well. They were all very well behaved, perhaps because they were afraid of being abandoned.

During the day, there were teachers watching over them, and Xingzi would just boil water for them to bathe at night. During holidays, she would provide them with meals, and they would help and wash their own clothes. She felt very sorry for these children. If it weren't for Tang Xu, perhaps her Qingqing would have ended up the same as them, or even worse.

"Sister Xingzi, please help clean up this child. He will live here from now on." Tang Xu said to Xingzi.

"Oh, okay, come on, kid, follow me." Xingzi looked at him. Gouzi was taller than most kids nowadays, and was afraid that he wouldn't be able to find clothes that would fit him.

After work, Zhu Ying went to Du's house with Tang Xu. She would need acupuncture for at least a month to alleviate the side effects of the medicine.

Tang Xu looked at her shy and timid appearance and showed an understanding expression.

She looked at Xiaonan again. She looked better and better, and her eyes seemed to have regained focus. She felt different from before, and Tang Xu looked at her several times.

"What's wrong? Aunt Tang." Jiang Xiaodong couldn't help but ask when he saw her staring at Xiaonan.

"Don't you think Xiaonan is different?" Tang Xu asked.

"Is your injury healed?" Jiang Xiaodong scratched his head, not quite understanding what she was talking about.

"Forget it, forget it, it's okay." Tang Xu went to chat with Mrs. Du for a while, and waited for a busy person.