Poor children

Chapter 165
一
"Miss, be merciful..." The second master couldn't stand Wu'er rubbing his face like this, and hurriedly begged for mercy

"It's you, why do you have to look weird?" After Wu'er said this, he threw the towel on his face, turned around and ran back to the room.
"Why are you so angry again?" The second master looked confused.

Pao'er stood up and sat next to the second master, stretched out his hand and patted the back of his hand to comfort him, "That's just the way she is. She has a hard mouth and a soft heart. The more cruel she is to you, the more she feels sorry for you in her heart."

"Yes...really?" The second master still had only a partial understanding of what the pauper said.

"Brother Bold, you said yesterday that if I drink you down, you will listen to us." Chenghe asked

"Of course yes, what does brother Chenghe want?" the second master asked
"Who gave you the news?" Chenghe asked.

"I don't know exactly, I just know that he is a close friend of my family's military advisor," the second master replied.
"Are you in love?" Pao'er asked.

"Yes, she is a sister-in-law from a monastery in the suburbs of Beijing." The second master motioned to his servants to serve food.
"Sister-in-law?" Pao'er asked again, "How do you know that we know this clearly?"

"Then how do I know? Maybe the military advisor knows." The second master called into the room again, "You come out to eat, be careful, you are starving..."

"I heard it! I heard it!" Zi Tong heard the words and responded, "Thank you, Second Master, for thinking about me..."

"Haha! It turns out you are a young nobleman." The second master smiled and said, "Please come and take a seat."

"I want to go out for a walk after dinner, but I don't know if that's okay?" Zi Tong asked.

"Oh, my brother has given instructions. The nobles are our own. We will not send people to guard the door in the future. The nobles can go wherever they like, but they are not allowed to leave the stronghold," the second master said
"That's good. I'm always holding it back in the yard for fear that something will happen to me." The poor boy laughed.

Chenghe fell into deep thought after hearing what the second master said.

"What's wrong with you? You look like you're worried?" Pao'er asked when he saw him like this.
"If you talk about sister-in-law, I think of someone..."

two

"What are you doing here?" Zi Tong went out for a walk after lunch and saw the master sitting on the edge of the bamboo forest in a daze.
"It turns out you are a young nobleman. Why are you here?" The boss waved her over.
Zi Tong ran over and sat down next to the headmaster, "What's wrong with you? Why are you here alone?"

"I'm tired! Take a rest here," the boss replied.
"Then how about I squeeze it for you?" Zi Tong is a kind and sensible child. Hearing that the master said he was tired, he stood up and went to the master's side to help him squeeze his shoulders.
The headmaster had no words, but tears slowly oozed from the corners of his eyes.
Zi Tong saw this and quickly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hands and asked, "Why are you unhappy?"

"My late wife died in childbirth, and my daughter died a few days after she was born. If she were alive, she would be about the same age as you." The headmaster looked at Zi Tong carefully.
Hearing this, Zi Tong held the head of the family and comforted her gently, "Don't be sad. If you miss your daughter, just look at me. I am just like your daughter."

"Are you willing?" the boss asked
"Why not?"

"You are a noble person..." the leader said

"What is a noble person? Aren't they all the same people? You miss your daughter, if I can make you feel less sad, then you can just treat me as your daughter, as long as you don't feel sad anymore," Zitong said

"Okay..." The boss tried to test the tears in his eyes, "Do you want to eat dried venison?"

"Venison? Is it delicious?" Zi Tong asked

"Of course it's delicious." The boss smiled and said, "Have you ever hunted?"

"No, my mother said I was too young and she didn't allow me to go hunting, but Zi Tong really wants to go hunting..." Zi Tong said, "If the little noble wants to go, then go." The boss said
"My name is Zi Tong..."

"Oh, Zitong," the head master thought, "How about you accept me as your godfather and I take you hunting?"

"Then you are my godfather," Zi Tong said happily.
"Hahaha! Okay, okay! Come on, come on... Prepare your horses, I want to go hunting with your eldest lady," the headmaster laughed.
three

At night, dinner was served in the side courtyard, but Zi Tong never came back. The pauper became anxious and asked Wu'er to look for him several times. Just when he was about to collapse, he heard people talking and laughing outside.

"You're back?" Pao'er hurriedly went to the door to greet him.
"Mother, the child is back!" Zi Tong saw the poor boy and rushed towards him.

"Where have you been? I'm so anxious," Paoer asked while hugging Zitong.
"My son and his godfather went hunting," Zi Tong answered.

"Godfather... godfather!?" The poor boy looked at Zhen Shanhu who was standing there with a bow and arrow and smirked.
"Yes, the child has accepted the master as his godfather," Zi Tong said

"How old are you? You don't ask your mother for such important matters, so you make the decision yourself?" asked the poor boy.

"You know, if you ask your mother about this, she will definitely agree. Since mother will agree, there is no need to do anything more," Zi Tong replied

"Okay! Everything you said is right. Will you get anything from hunting with your godfather today?" Pao'er asked again.

"The boy was clumsy and didn't hit anything. The bow was too heavy and he couldn't pull it open even though he tried his best. The godfather was different. He came back after hunting a lot of wild animals. The godfather said that the foxes he brought back today were very good. In a few days, I want to use it to make me a winter coat." Zi Tong started dancing happily when he talked about hunting.
"Are you hungry, Zi Tong? Go and wash up quickly, you're dirty." Poorer smiled and said, "Wu'er, take Zi Tong to eat."

four

"Is it time that the person you sent to ask for money has come back?" The poor man and the boss came out of the side courtyard and went to the main hall together.

"It's so late, why bother coming with me?" the boss said
"I'm also anxious. I want to know if anyone will pay to redeem me." Paoer laughed.

"It's not important now. If you want to leave, it's okay to leave now. I just feel that I'm very attached to you and Zi Tong, so I treat you all as relatives..."

"You and I are both poor people. Fortunately, there are still many people who love the poor child since childhood. Now if we have more brothers to love us, it will be better. My brother said that we are relatives, so of course we are relatives." The poor child laughed

"Okay, okay! It's a double happiness today. I will have someone set up an incense table early tomorrow morning. Since we are on the mountain, we must follow the rules of the mountain. How about we burn incense and say sworn vows?" The boss arrived.

"Okay!" Paoer responded.

The two were silent for a long time, and Pao'er said again, "There is something I want to discuss with my brother."

"Whatever it is, just say it," the boss said
"If we go back, I want to keep Zi Tong here," said Pao'er

"Of course that's good..." The headmaster was very happy to hear this, "But why?"

"I heard that the reason why we are here this time is a letter reported to the village by a sister-in-law. In my impression, there is only one sister-in-law who knows my identity. When I think of this, I feel that there must be some danger in going back. It’s still unknown, Zi Zi is still young, and I don’t want to put her in danger..." Paoer said

"What's going on, sister-in-law?" asked the headmaster
"If my guess is correct, she may not only be sending the news to let her brother get some money. If it is really them, they must take their lives. We need to be more careful these days..."

(End of this chapter)