Chapter 22 Guilty Conscience
As soon as she opened her mouth, a young daughter-in-law with a big belly came over holding a boy in one hand.
"Dad, mother, help me take them down the mountains and hills. I'll go pull the cloth and buy cotton to make cotton-padded clothes for them." The little daughter-in-law let go of her hands and said with some difficulty while holding on to her waist.
“Go, go, walk slowly.” The landlady hurriedly stepped forward to greet the two children.
The little daughter-in-law did not leave immediately; "Mom, I realized after I went out that I forgot to bring my money."
Upon hearing this, the landlady quickly went to the counter, counted a handful of copper coins, picked out another silver dime and handed it over.
The little daughter-in-law said, thank you mother and left.
"This is the daughter-in-law of my second child. In three months, his third child will be born. I hope this baby will be a girl." The proprietress said to Hong Xiaoduo with a smile.
"From the second child's family? Aunt, how many sons do you have? Oh, I mean, aunt, you are so young, you are already a grandmother?" After Hong Xiaoduo blurted out the question, he felt that he had asked It’s inappropriate, he quickly added an explanation.
The proprietress smiled and said: "Third son, we two boys, the second son will give birth to the third son soon. The third son just gave birth to his first child last year."
When Hong Xiaoduo heard this, he immediately gave up the plan that had popped up in his mind.
I am already a grandparent and have many children. How can I adopt another child? Even if you have the conditions, if you kindly adopt one, I guess even my third son will not agree!
Hong Xiaoduo, who had given up his heart, looked at the seven little bald heads and enviously stared at the two boys in the shop who were hugged by their grandmother, and his heart felt as if he was being poked by a blunt object. , not very painful but just uncomfortable.
"Auntie, please be busy, I'll take them for a walk and buy some snacks." Hong Xiaoduo couldn't bear to see the envious eyes of the children and left quickly.
"Little lady, if you are not in a hurry to leave, come over and play tomorrow. I will make some hats out of cloth for them to wear in the evening. It is getting colder." The two grandsons coquettishly wanted to wear new shoes. , the landlady didn’t try to stay.
Hong Xiaoduo smiled and thanked him, and continued walking forward with the little bald heads.
Buying snacks was not because she was so attentive, but because she just looked at their envious eyes that those two boys had family members who cared for them, she felt that she should do something to make up for their young minds.
In the place she came from, children all loved eating snacks. Children in ancient times should have been the same.
However, there must have been no potato chips, lollipops, spicy strips, etc. in ancient times. She only saw bakery shops on this street, not even one selling candied haws.
In modern ancient streets, there are also sugar blowers and sugar painting painters, but these are not seen.
"Does mom really want to take us to buy cakes?"
"Yes, what I heard is true. Second brother, did you also hear it?"
"Yes."< br>
Hong Xiaoduo faintly heard the whispers behind her, and she smiled.
Thinking about the first one hundred taels of income that I was tricked into, as well as the sheep that I collected from the disciple, and had a free meal of meat buns, I felt that it seemed that in this dynasty, It’s not that difficult to make money, right?
Sure enough, one shouldn't be too rich. If you have a lot of money, it's easy to be frivolous. Look at her, isn't she generous enough to pay for strangers?
Is it difficult to make money? If it doesn’t work, isn’t there still that bad old man from the Science and Technology Museum? Ask him to add some money to the system. No, just a banknote will suffice. I can make it with seven babies by myself.
If she had money, could she fund a place to adopt beggars and orphans? Find a reliable person to take care of it, and prepare enough funds for him in advance. Even if he suddenly disappears and returns to where he came from, won't the children be able to continue to live a life without worries about food and clothing?
That’s not right. No matter how much money you have, you can’t lead them to make great achievements. If time goes by, you will pamper them into being greedy and playful without knowing how to cherish them, and they only know how to enjoy everything. Giant babies who can't do it, doesn't that mean they do bad things with good intentions and ruin them?
Hong Xiaoduo realized the seriousness of the problem of placing the children. The original idea of just finding a safe place to place them was too simplistic.
As she was walking, she felt that the hand she was holding was gently pulled. She stopped and looked down at Yao Guang, thinking that the child wanted to urinate. Unexpectedly, before I asked, I saw Yao Guang licking his lips at the shop next to him.
I saw people coming out of the shop, carrying pastry bags in their hands, and looked carefully at the signboard, Pastry Shop.
Hong Xiaoduo couldn't help but laugh, and rushed into the shop with his seven children.
The pastry shop is filled with the sweetness of pastries and the aroma of roasted walnuts, almonds and pumpkin seeds.
Hong Xiaoduo even heard a slight sniffling sound and suppressed laughter.
The shopkeeper looked at the customers who came in with curiosity. A young lady with seven beautiful little bald heads was so interesting.
"May I ask, little lady, what kind of cakes do you want to buy? Should you eat them yourself, or give them to others? If you want to give them to others, will they be old people, children, or adults?" the shopkeeper said enthusiastically and asked carefully.
Hong Xiaoduo really wanted to ask the seven little ones what kind of pastries they would like to eat, because there are so many types of pastries and they are very beautiful.
However, when I look at the children’s eyes, they seem to want everything.
"Shopkeeper, can I buy half a catty?" Hong Xiaoduo asked.
"Of course you can. In my shop, you can even buy one or two taels, let alone half a catty." The shopkeeper responded with a smile, not showing the slightest hint of not being too lazy to entertain.
Hearing this, Hong Xiaoduo looked at the seven little ones again. All of them were listening with their ears pricked up, but there was no sign of disdain on their little faces that half a pound was too little.
“It’s not too hard, and it’s not too sweet. Give me half a catty of each.” Hong Xiaoduo said.
Looking at these seven, they all looked shocked and unbelievable.
There are at least twenty kinds of pastries on the counter?
The shopkeeper was not surprised. He worked with the waiter skillfully and swiftly to pack the food and tied it up three packages in a row with fine hemp rope.
Except for the ones she said were too hard and the ones that were too sweet, the shopkeeper also took the initiative to explain that there were two kinds of pastries. They were medicinal pastries that were slightly cold and not suitable for women and children, so they did not weigh them.
That’s it, there are still twelve packages wrapped.
When I checked out, I was given a small change, and six kilograms of cakes were charged fifty cents.
Several older children took the initiative to take it, and Hong Xiaoduo didn't rush to carry it. A bag of half a catty or a bunch of three bags only weighed one and a half catties, and they were not heavy. Besides, the children are happier when they carry it by themselves.
Just as she turned around to leave, Tianshu suddenly approached her and motioned her to look out. Seeing that he was a little nervous, Hong Xiaoduo looked out. As a result, he saw several policemen comparing heights and asking about the shop opposite. Among the guys there, one of them she had seen before was Agent Jin.
You shouldn’t be looking for them, right? Hong Xiaoduo was not sure. Anyway, because there was no road guide, and the previous villain was not sure whether he was dead or alive, it inevitably made her and the children feel a little guilty.
I can’t hide from what is coming, what should I do...
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