"Second brother, do you say that Brother Qiangzi can eat such a delicious hair cake in the army?"

In a red-looking house near the Swan River in the south of Manchester City, a girl with two ponytails, nibbling on a piece of bread, asked the boy who was looking out the window next to her, who were Qiangzi's younger siblings.

"Sanya, didn't my brother tell you! This is called bread, not fat cake, why did you forget it, be careful that other children laugh at you again. Erwa said to her sister in a slightly blaming tone.

"I know, brother, it's bread and not cake, but I don't think this bread is as delicious as what we used to eat on that big ship." The little girl looked at her brother innocently, for the changes in her life these days, she could clearly feel from the food above, every morning she can eat this bread and goat's milk milk optional.

But she always felt that the bread was not delicious, and the goat's milk was not as good as it used to be.

Erwa turned around and touched her sister's head: "You, maybe you have eaten too much, so you don't think it's delicious, if you are hungry for a few days to ensure that everything you eat is fragrant, you can't say this in front of the teachers in the future, you know, otherwise we won't have anything delicious in the future." ”

The second baby, who is two years older than Sanya, looks like an adult and warns his sister, and tells her sister not to talk about it in front of the teachers in the welfare home.

The house, named the Manchester State Welfare Institute, is currently home to more than 50 children between the ages of three and fifteen, some of whom have lost their parents during the migration and some have been directly wrapped up in the ship by the army of immigrants, with the exception of the two children and Sanya, who have immediate family members and guardians.

Although they have an older brother, but Qiangzi belongs to the new immigrants and joined the army, so the younger brothers and sisters naturally have no one to take care of, originally according to the regulations of the welfare institute they did not meet the entry requirements, not because Qiangzi joined the army, the War Department directly came forward to solve the life problems of the brothers and sisters.

The welfare homes are well paid, with three meals a day and government funding for them to go to school or to study a trade in a technical school.

Because of their age, Erwa and Sanya are currently directly sent to the first grade of Manchester National Primary School to receive systematic Australian-style education. It can be regarded as developing according to Qiangzi's expectations, and in his expectations, he hopes that his younger brothers and sisters can eat enough to study, and in the future, they will be admitted to an Australian national merit and become an official, which can be regarded as raising eyebrows for the old root family.

The second baby and the third girl did not take the Ming Dynasty when their father and mother left, so Su Meimei of the welfare institute gave the brothers and sisters a name, the second baby is called Gen Zhiqiang, and the third baby is called Gen Ying.

The brother and sister liked this big name very much, but in private, because they were used to the previous name, the brother and sister still used the previous nickname.

"Zhiqiang, Ying'er, why don't you take a nap at noon and secretly hide here and whisper, come and tell Teacher Su what your brothers and sisters are talking about." Su Meimei walked towards the two of them with a smile in a brief dress.

"Teacher Su, I'm discussing with my brother whether my eldest brother can eat such delicious hair cakes in the army." Sanya pouted and looked at Su Meimei with a cute look.

"Fa cake, hehe, you little girl still thinks about fat cake all day long, of course your brother can eat fat cake every day in the army, not only has fat cake to eat, but also fruit and fish, the living standard of the army is no worse than that in our yard, you two little guys don't worry, when your brother's recruit camp is full of March, I will be able to write to you."

"Oh, Mr. Su, can I also go to the army to eat food, I heard my brother say that you can earn a lot of money by being a soldier and eating food." Erwa asked with a serious face, although he was only twelve years old, he was obviously very sensible and wanted to reduce his brother's burden.

Su Meimei caressed the second baby lovingly, and said earnestly: "Of course Zhiqiang can be a soldier if he wants to, but the army has regulations that you must be at least sixteen years old to accept you, so now your task is to study hard and don't think too much." ”

As the director of the welfare home and a primary school teacher, Su Meimei was a kindergarten teacher before the crossing, and she has a kind and lovely personality, so she can easily mingle with these orphans, and she is very popular with everyone, and everyone will listen to her words.

In addition to her good personality, Su Meimei also has a beautiful appearance, and there are many single guys who have pursued her through the crowd, as long as it is Saturday and Sunday, the welfare home will welcome a group of fruits and toys sent by strange people with a purpose to the children.

"Okay, Zhiqiang, Ying'er, it's time for you two to take a lunch break, now is the time to grow your body, and you must have enough sleep in addition to exercise." Su Meimei said with a wink at the two.

"But, but, Mr. Su, I want to go to the street and have a look, I want to eat the Sichuan-style spicy tang that my brother took me to eat." Sanya looked at Su Meimei pitifully, this girl has obviously had a poor appetite in the past few days, so the doctor checked it and said that it was fine, obviously missing her brother.

"Well, this, okay, but you promise the teacher that you are not allowed to tell other children, and you will have to take a nap obediently in the future, and you are not allowed to run to the windowsill to play, and the teacher will take you there."

Hearing that there was something to eat and shopping, the two children jumped up happily, especially Sanya took Su Meimei's hand and walked towards the gate.

Sichuan Malatang is some distance from the welfare institute, open near the intersection of Manchester Avenue and Chuangye Avenue, is a couple from Sichuan immigrants, the husband and wife were originally into the canteen to work, and later Huang Fu knew that he indirectly guided the couple to make some snacks with chili peppers, but I didn't expect the couple to be very handy, and actually made a lot of snacks, and the spicy taste is enough.

With the support of Huang Fu, the opening of Sichuan Malatang is naturally very smooth, according to the share distribution, Huang Fu can account for 60% of the shares, and the remaining 40 are purchased by the couple with loans, originally the two of them are not optimistic about the future of Malatang, but since the opening, the business has been good. Let the proprietress of Sichuan-style spicy hot regret it very much, Huang Fu meant to let the two of them take a large share, and he held a little.

"Dean Su is here, why do you have time to come over today, tell me what you want," Wrinkled Shui Hua politely welcomed Su Meimei into the door and then returned to the door to greet other customers.

"Teacher Su, what are you going to eat? I'll invite you to this meal today," the second baby said very generously with an adult look.

"Hehe, you kid, the teacher invites you to this meal, your money is left by your brother for your usual use, keep it for yourself to buy and eat." Su Meimei politely rejected the second baby, after all, she knew that the child did not have much money.

"Teacher, you are so good, I will be like you when I grow up in the future." The second baby nodded fiercely, and the little boy's heart had already made up his mind to be a kind person like Su Meimei in the future.