C157 Goodbye (2/2)
Very soon, they arrived at the welcoming location for the Holy Envoy. It was a large garden villa.
The mansion's grandeur was majestic, making a stark contrast with the row of s. This was the difference between the poor and the rich.
The wine was also very delicious, but Chang Jing just could not eat it. She would immediately think about what those pitiful children had to eat and if they had anything to eat.
In the end, he couldn't sit still any longer. Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, he decided to gift the feast to the children. In any case, he didn't belong here, so it didn't matter who he offended.
The children were naturally overjoyed. They had never eaten such delicious food before. They didn't even use their tableware, but used their dirty hands to snatch it. After snatching it, they directly stuffed it into their own mouths.
When Chang Jing saw that a four or five-year-old little girl couldn't snatch away another person because she was too weak, she took out a handful of candies from her pocket and shoved it into her hands. She asked casually, ”Little girl, where are your parents?”
The girl, Zhang Kai, wanted to throw the candy into his mouth, but stopped himself from doing so. Staring at the chomping children, she sucked on his fingers and answered slurred, ”Dad was home sick last year and Mom went mining with the adults.”
This situation was very unusual, thus Chang Jing asked her curiously, ”Why isn't little sister eating it, afraid that she will lose her teeth?”
The little girl quickly shook her head and said, ”No, my teeth are very good, look …”
With that, he revealed a mouthful of white teeth, and then quietly said, ”Daddy is very pitiful lying in bed, I want to give him candy!”
After hearing this, Chang Jing was moved, and the hearts of Huo Wu and the other two, who had lost both of their parents since childhood, were filled with grief.
”Come, little sister,” said Huo Wu, taking her hand. ”Bring big sister to see your father.”
The little girl knew that these people were all important people, so she naturally jumped home in excitement.
The mine owners wanted to follow as well, but they were stopped by Chang Jing.
”Don't go, it'll scare the children.”
His words confused the miners, and they thought, are we that scary?
The little girl's house was at the very edge of the wood shed, and the situation was even worse than the surrounding houses. The pillars that supported the roof were rotting, the whole house was crumbling, and the planks that served as walls were riddled with holes. Even the wind could not block them.
The moment the little girl entered, she shouted into the room, ”Father, look, I'll bring TangTang for you to eat!”
Raising a piece of cloth that was used as a door, Chang Jing and the rest entered the low house.
The layout inside was simple and old, as expected.
There was only one bed in the small space, and nothing else. Looking in the direction the little girl had gone, there was a middle-aged man lying on the bed in the dark corner. Maybe he had been lying in the sun for too long, and his face was pale and he smelled bad.
His smile suddenly went blank, and he stared in horror at the well-dressed uninvited guests.
”Big brother, don't be afraid. We aren't bad people.” Chang Jing smiled and said, ”Just now, little sister said that you are sick, that's why we came to take a look.”
After hearing what Chang Jing had said, the middle-aged man seemed to have calmed down but she did not say anything.
The little girl took out a handful of candy and handed it over to the man, saying happily, ”Daddy, Big Brother gave me a lot of candy, don't you think it's a lot? I'll peel it for Daddy to eat … ”
Holding the candy his daughter had given him, the man began to cry.
Happiness is just a pile of candy?