There are five elderly people in the orphanage, three men and two women, and they all look very young, they should all be sixty or seventy years old, they look relatively thin, as if they are not in good health.

Seeing that there were three people sitting or lying on the kang and not coming down, Zhang Xiaoxue estimated that they might be in poor health and not enough to get off the kang.

There are more orphans, with eight children.

Seeing Zhang Xiaoxue's mother and daughter coming to deliver the meal, two of the older children helped put the meal on the table.

The two eldest children have an 11-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl, both of them are relatively old, and the remaining six children are between three and six years old.

When they saw the big white-faced buns brought by Zhang Xiaoxue, there was surprise and eagerness in their eyes, but no one came forward to grab them.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoxue felt that these children were good, and seeing several children about the same size as Bin'er, Zhang Xiaoxue's heart was full of pity.

Seeing their eager eyes looking at the buns, Zhang Xiaoxue felt a little regretful at this time, and she should have brought more buns.

"Uncle and aunt, today the steamed buns wrapped at home are brought to you to taste, as well as the pancakes at home, I don't know if you have eaten them, and now the pancakes are popular in the whole village. ”

"At noon, I didn't cook at home, so I took some sauce and green onions, and you can roll them up and eat them with pancakes, and they taste good. ”

Mother Zhang put down the meal and said to the five old men.

"Daughter-in-law of Zhenhe's family, you are really too polite, your family wrapped white bread, and you were willing to take it to us lonely and useless people to eat, thank you so much. ”

"I can't remember how many years I've eaten steamed buns. ”

The two old men sitting on the stool spoke, one of them with a face full of memories.

"Daughter-in-law of the Zhenhe family, this one next to you is the county lord of Xueshan, what a good boy, we have also eaten pancakes, and they taste so delicious. ”

When an old grandmother saw Zhang Xiaoxue, she asked Zhang's mother.

"Grandma, you don't have to call me Lord Xueshan, you can call me Xue'er or Xiaoxue. ”

Without waiting for Zhang's mother to answer, Zhang Xiaoxue said to the kind-looking grandmother.

"Hey, then I'll call you Xue'er when I see you in the future, what a good boy. The old man replied with a smile.

"Eat while it's hot, we'll go back and bring you food in the afternoon." ”

After Zhang's mother finished speaking, she was ready to go home with Zhang Xiaoxue.

"Mother, you go first, I want to play with them here for a while, and I'll go home in a while, you don't have to wait for me, just eat first." ”

Zhang Xiaoxue saw the two older children and had an idea in her heart, so she didn't rush to leave, so she asked Zhang's mother to go home for dinner first.

"This kid just praised you for being well-behaved, why are you naughty and want to play at meal time? I can't help you, okay, don't play for too long. ”

Zhang's mother said with a smile, although she didn't agree that Zhang Xiaoxue was still playing outside during dinner time, she didn't refuse.

"Hehe, don't worry, mother, I won't play for too long, you go home first." ”

After seeing Zhang's mother leave, Zhang Xiaoxue turned her head and looked at the children.

These children were a little uncomfortable stared at by Zhang Xiaoxue's gaze, and a few pinched the corners of their clothes and lowered their heads.

"Hey, my name is Zhang Xiaoxue, I don't know what your names are?

"My name is Tuwa, her name is Dongmei, this is Dongzi, Xiaomu, Shi, Yaya......"

"I think you're hungry, so why don't you talk to me while you eat?" ”

Zhang Xiaoxue saw that a few small children were already swallowing saliva there, and she was embarrassed to let them talk to her all the time, so she let them eat first.

"Alright then!"

Tuwa herself couldn't resist the temptation of buns, and also saw that several small ones were indeed full of hope for buns.

The earth baby who spoke, as if he was a small leader in this place.

He divided the buns to the five old people first, and then to the children below, a basket of buns seemed to be a lot, and there were only two left after dividing a circle.

"Wow, it turns out that the buns taste like this, it's so delicious, it's the best food I've ever tasted. The little boy named Dongzi couldn't help but speak.

"Well, I also think buns are the best food. Yaya also nodded and said affirmatively.

Hearing what these children said, Zhang Xiaoxue couldn't help but think of what Bin'er said when she ate steamed buns for the first time.

These orphans without parents, how can they usually have delicious food, they all eat the buns in small bites, as if they are very reluctant to eat the buns at one time.

"The buns have to be eaten in a big gulp, don't worry, you are willing to eat in the afternoon, I am bringing you some." ”

Zhang Xiaoxue couldn't help but say when she saw their reluctance to eat in small bites.

Several children were very happy when they heard Zhang Xiaoxue say that they would bring them steamed buns in the afternoon.

Hearing Zhang Xiaoxue say that the buns should be eaten in a big gulp to be fragrant, I couldn't help but eat the buns in a big gulp.

The children eat steamed buns with happy expressions on their faces.

However, after they finished eating the buns, they didn't eat the pancakes again, but put the pancakes they brought.

"Are you not going to eat pancakes? Why are you putting them aside?"

Zhang Xiaoxue heard that they said that the pancakes were delicious just now, but when she saw them put the pancakes aside, she asked without knowing the reason.

"The buns I ate at noon today are almost full, and the pancakes can be left for a long time, so I can keep them for later. Tuwa explained.

"The food your family brought at noon today is the amount of food that other people's families have in a day, so it's better for us to save it. The grandmother who spoke just now opened her mouth to explain to Zhang Xiaoxue again.

Well, these foods turned out to be the amount of food they ate in a day, Zhang Xiaoxue couldn't believe it, they couldn't even mix half full every day.

The thought in Zhang Xiaoxue's heart became even firmer.

"If you only eat so much every day, then you can't eat enough every day, don't you think of any other way?"

Next, Tuwa told Zhang Xiaoxue about their usual activities.

Because the food provided by the villagers was not enough to feed them, these orphans usually went up to the mountains to dig wild vegetables or pick wild fruits to fill their stomachs.

By the way, I fetched some firewood in the mountains and stocked up for winter.

Zhang Xiaoxue was a little relieved when she heard this, they didn't stretch out their hands for clothes, open their mouths for food, and wait for help from others, but they could find ways to make their lives better.

"You usually go to the mountains to collect firewood, and we really need a lot of firewood for our pancakes, but our own family doesn't have enough firewood. ”

"Otherwise, how about you send the firewood you collect every day to my house, and give you five cents or ten pancakes with firewood?"