At the entrance of the village, a group of innocent children surrounded the carriage, and everyone welcomed Hana Chitose very warmly.

"Look! It's Brother Hua back, it's Brother Hua! It's really him!"

"Xiao Lan, Xiao Feng, Xiao Yu, are you all okay?

"Well, Grandma Song took the medicine brought back by Brother Hua, and her illness has been cured. And Uncle Joe, who is right in front. ”

"Everyone is very good, and I am relieved. Xiao Lan, you go and call Uncle Qiao over and ask him to bring the carriage back to the village. Xiao Yu, Xiao Feng, you are watching things here. As for you, come with me somewhere first. ”

Hua Chitose picked up a bunch of things from the car, and Nangong Jin also carried a lot of them. They walked along the path at the entrance of the village until they came across a rather modest house.

"Grandma Song, I'm back!

In front of the thatched house, an old man with gray hair was sewing some old clothes, and when he saw the figure of Hua Chitose, he was very pleased and said: "Little flower boy! You are back! Come in, come in quickly!"

"Grandma Song, I'm relieved to see that you are safe and sound. Is everybody in there? I'll take the stuff in and give it to everyone. ”

Hua Chitose moved everything into the house, and Nangong Jin noticed that the place was simply furnished, covered by a few grass houses, and there were four or five children living in it. The youngest was only three or four years old, and the oldest was only seven or eight years old, and they could not see their parents, only an old woman who was not very mobile to take care of these children.

"Where are the parents of these children?"

"They are all orphans, with parents who died early or who have been abandoned by their relatives. This is a place dedicated to the adoption of orphans, you are a friend of Little Flower Boy, right? Seeing that you are young, you are willing to come and help these orphans. What a caring young man!"

"Little Flower Boy, mother-in-law, who are you talking about?"

"Little Flower Boy is Flower Chitose! You don't know yet, do you? He used to be an orphan here, because he was the youngest, so we all called him Little Flower Boy. He is such a good boy, he has never forgotten this place after going out for so many years, and every time he comes back, he buys a lot of things for the children here. Without his help, life here would have been very hard and difficult. ”

"What? Is he an orphan too?"

Grandma Song glanced into the house, Hua Chitose was distributing things to the children, seeing this warm and happy scene, Grandma Song couldn't help frowning, as if telling a poignant past. She said to Nangong Jin: "Little Huazi was very pitiful when he was young! Don't look at him always looking cynical and optimistic. In fact, he is also very fragile, just holding on! Xiaohuazi is a posthumous child, and his mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to him. The hard-lived baby was born without a father and mother, and the people in the village took pity on him, and the family took turns to bring him up. Xiaohuazi is very sensible and strong, and never tears in front of everyone. When he was sent here, he was the youngest here, so everyone called him Little Flower Boy. At the age of sixteen, he roamed the world alone, saying that he must get ahead and let everyone live a good life.

For the first year, there was no news. The next year, I heard that there was a young swordsman in the rivers and lakes who became famous. In the third year, he returned with a chest of gold, silver, and jewelry, and bought a lot of things for everyone. Every year after that, Little Flower Boy would come back once. I asked him what he was doing out there, and he just told me not to worry about all the money being earned cleanly. You're his friend, right? It's the first time I've brought an outsider here after so many years, and I hope you can take good care of him for me. Please!"

"This, in fact, me"

Nangong Jin originally wanted to tell the truth, but when she saw Grandma Song's concerned eyes, she couldn't bear to tell her the truth of the matter. So he made up his mind to tell the first lie in his life, "Actually, I am very good friends with Hua Chitose, grandma, don't worry, I will take good care of him for you." “