Yoshida Mii

Chapter 88 Adoption
"Put on your pants first!" Dong Bao said, covering her face, she had a taste of what it means to have a spirit today.The little boy's white and tender buttocks were indeed covered with bruises, and it looked like he had been severely beaten.

The little boy sniffled, pulled up his pants quickly, turned around and still squatted on the ground, his eye circles were still red.

Dong Bao guessed that his butt hurts badly, and he hasn't seen him sitting on the ground for a long time.But it's not necessarily true, this kid is not from a peasant family, maybe because of his education since he was a child, even if he is dirty like a beggar now, he doesn't have the habit of sitting on the floor.

"Are you mischievous? Your father beat you?" Dong Bao asked.

"No!" The little boy lowered his head, but immediately raised his head when he heard the words, stared at Dongbao and panted heavily, as if he had been greatly wronged, and shouted loudly, "I didn't do anything. Hit me, if I stay at home, he will beat me to death sooner or later!"

Dong Bao saw his aggrieved appearance, tears were rolling in his eyes, but his expression was extremely angry, his little hands were tightly clenched into two fists, he probably wasn't lying.It's just that although the ancient times were good, with beautiful mountains and clear waters and no pollution, it's a pity that there is no law to protect minors, and the fate of children is completely in the hands of adults.Like Dong Bao, the Huang family wanted to sell her, and in a matter of minutes, he called someone to come over and negotiate the price, and the money was settled.Let alone a father disciplining his son, even if he killed someone, no one would hold him accountable.

"Sister, your bean curd is so delicious!" Seeing that Dong Bao was silent, the little boy yelled and licked the bowl in his hand again. "Let me go to your house."

Dong Bao looked at him a little surprised, if this kid had a tail behind his back, it would definitely be wagging from side to side in line with his flattering expression.However, being watched eagerly by a cute five or six-year-old wife, Dong Bao couldn't take it anymore, coughed, and turned around and asked, "Where is your home...? It's in Yuanshui Town, right? Where are you going?" My family, won't your father find you?"

The little boy glanced at Dong Bao, and said cautiously: "My home is in Anzhou City, not Yuanshui Town."

It's actually from Anzhou City!Dong Bao couldn't hide the surprise on his face. It would take nearly two hours to travel from Yuanshui to Anzhou City by carriage, "Why did you come here?"

The little boy lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "Walk along the main road...and you'll be here."

At this meeting, Mrs. Li didn't see Dong Bao coming for a long time, so she came over and asked Dong Bao to go home.Just now Dongbao brought bean curd to the little beggar, but she didn't stop her. The girl is kind-hearted, and she was happy to see it.

"Bao'er, go home!" said Li Shi, looking at the dirty little beggar.

The little boy immediately grabbed Dongbao with both hands and feet, and shouted: "Sister, I have nowhere to go, you take me home! I can do everything, I can wash dishes and clothes, and I can do anything!" The most important thing Yes, this sister is a nice person, if you go to her house, you might be able to eat bean curd every day!
"What can you do?" Dong Bao couldn't laugh or cry, he had scratched a few black paw marks on the lapel of his gown, "Your family must be looking for you in a hurry!"

Seeing that Dongbao was unwilling, the little boy squatted down and began to cry, crying and saying: "My father won't look for me, he is going to marry a new wife, and there will be a new child in the future. When the stepmother comes in, he will kill me..."

Li's heart softened first. Ever since she married into the Song family, she has always wanted to have more children, but God failed. She only had one child, Dongbao, which was a great regret in her heart, so she cherished it very much. My child, I can't see a child being wronged and crying, so I immediately went up to help the little boy to stand up, and said: "Look at this child... Even if your father married you a stepmother, he wouldn't want you."

The little boy was sobbing, his bright black eyes were full of grievances, he shook his head at Mrs. Li and said, "He doesn't hurt me, he hits me all the time, look..." Then he turned around, bent over A pair of little black hands stretched up his trouser waist.

Dong Bao frowned and covered his face, and immediately shouted: "Don't take it off!"

However, he had already eaten, and his naked butt was aimed at her and Li Shi again. Dong Bao looked at the little butt in front of him through his fingers, and endured for a long time before resisting the urge to kick the little butt.

Li Shi looked at the blue and purple little butt and felt distressed. She was soft-hearted. Even when Dongbao was ignorant, she was not willing to touch a finger of her daughter. She would never see a child being beaten by an adult. She scolded the little boy's father, and the image of a violent scumbag was vividly engraved in her mind. The most hateful thing about a scumbag is that he doesn't know how to cherish such a cute son, and he forgets about his former wife after marrying a new wife. child.

"Auntie, sister, take me home! I have no place to go, no food to eat! Those old beggars still won't let me here, saying that this is their territory, and they have come to kick me out several times, saying that if I return If I beg for food here, they will beat me!" said the little boy pitifully.

Mrs. Li pulled Dongbao and smiled flatteringly. Now Dongbao is the master of the family, and she, the mother, has to ask her daughter for instructions when she encounters problems.Mrs. Li discussed: "Bao'er, it's fate to meet you. Or, let him live in our house first? When will his family come and pick him up? How can such a small baby Leave it to wander outside?" The little boy looks good, but if he is sold to some dirty place by a kidnapper, he will be ruined.

Dong Bao was a little hesitant. She was not as kind and kind as Li Shi in essence. The little boy was not like a child of a farmer's family, and what he said might not be true. If there was any trouble, they would be orphans and widows. reasoning.

Old Chen and Mrs. Geng, who were closing the stall, also came over. Old Chen said, "Hey, it's this kid. I saw it yesterday. He was chased away with sticks by those older beggars and fell to the ground. He He didn't cry or scream, just got up and ran away."

Mrs. Li and the others have been doing business on the street for so many days. They chatted with the neighbors who set up the stalls for a long time, and they also learned about the history of the market. The underworld forces colluded with the yamen servants and oppressed them who are small businessmen. The dozen or so beggars in the town also formed forces and stole things very well.After Mr. Yan took charge of the matter, he cleaned up these people and strictly restrained the beggars. If they dared to steal again, they would be punished by law. However, they couldn't stop the old beggars from bullying the new beggars.

"Then let's stay at our house first." Dong Bao nodded and smiled, if the child was bullied by a beggar, she would not bear it.Besides, even if I and Li's orphan and widow were being targeted, they would not be able to get any money out of blackmail.Taking this child in until his "violent" father finds him is considered learning to do good deeds.

So, when Dong Bao and his party returned to Tagouji, Dong Bao took a dirty and small child by his hand.

It's past Xiaoman, and it's almost time to harvest wheat. Many people's wheat has already turned yellow and matured.On the fields in the countryside, the breeze blows, and the large blue and yellow wheat waves roll, which is very magnificent and beautiful.

Looking at the endless wheat fields, Dong Bao felt envious in his heart. It would be great if he had land at home. At least he didn’t have to buy food to eat. Planting soybeans would also save a lot of the cost of buying beans.Dong Bao secretly made up his mind that after paying off the debts, he must buy land. As a farmer but without his own land, it is really terrible.

Many people rush to repair farm tools at this time, repair broken farm tools, and sharpen sickles faster, so as not to delay the harvest for a year. Dongbao encountered many people carrying iron forks and sickles to the blacksmith along the way. shop folks.

They are all folks from the same village, and everyone will stop and say hello when they meet.Seeing the child Dong Bao was holding, many people would curiously ask where this child is from.

Dong Bao smiled calmly and said, "It's a child from my concubine's natal family, who will stay at my house for two days."

The villagers were all puzzled, why did the child of the relative's family dress up like a beggar, but they all agreed not to ask any more questions. The lady Xiucai and Dongbao just brought home a five or six-year-old boy, and they didn't Bringing home a grown man is nothing to gossip about.

After entering the gate of Dongbao's house, the little boy looked around curiously, interested in everything.Seeing that he didn't have any resistance or contempt towards the dilapidated house, Dong Bao was slightly relieved, clenched his fists and thought, if this brat dares to dislike her, she would dare to beat him up.

Zhang Xiuyu first boiled a large pot of water, and together with Dong Bao poured the water into the big wooden basin in the yard, mixed the cold water, and smiled at the little boy, "Hey, come here, we'll give you a bath."

The little boy glanced at the water basin, and shrugged, "I, I wash it myself."

Dong Bao was not polite to him, stepped forward and dragged him over, ignoring the little boy's struggle, laughing with Zhang Xiuyu, stripped the little boy naked, and threw him into the big wooden basin, splashing water everywhere.

The little boy wiped the water from his face, his little face was flushed with embarrassment, his two little hands covered his little xx in front of him, and he protested loudly: "Turn around, I'll wash it myself!"

Dong Bao suddenly seemed to have returned to the past. When she was a child, her parents were not at home. She dried a large basin of water in the yard. When the water was warm in the evening, she and her brother jumped in to take a bath.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Dong Bao grinned grimly, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to squeak at him, "Who kept taking off his pants and showing his butt when we were in town?"

The little boy was tossing and turning in the basin with a creaking laugh, dodging the "magic claws" of the two girls, Zhang Xiuyu and Dong Bao. He almost laughed so hard that he yelled and retorted, "Boys and girls have long buttocks." It's all the same, what can't you see?"

"Then why are you covering your head?" Dong Bao teased him.

The little boy laughed so hard that he almost died of breath, and the water splashed all over the floor, "You are not allowed to see if a man and a woman can't kiss each other!"

(End of this chapter)