The children were dressed in patched clothes, no different from the little beggars on the street.

This place is far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains, not very prosperous, and there are so many vicious people who are causing trouble, it is really not easy for good people to live here.

When Wu Ning entered the village just now, he had already seen everything in the village, it was very poor and backward, people lived in adobe houses, and some of them had cracks the thickness of their fingers, crumbling, and they would collapse at any time.

Wu Ning looked at the village chief and the two old men, and asked them not to be so polite, he also hated the bandits in Dongdai Mountain very much, it was because of these people that the rivers and lakes would be chaotic, and people would not be able to live a peaceful life.

The village chief of Nanhe Village and the two old men nodded their heads in deep agreement.

At this moment, the village chief made a gesture of invitation and said, "Engong, come to my house, the villagers have already prepared food, although it is not good, but please don't mind." ”

"It doesn't matter. Wu Ning waved his hand indifferently.

He had lived such a hard life before, after all, he grew up alone in such an environment.

There was no one to rely on, everything was self-reliant, and it was not until he came out of the Phantom Wind Gate that he gradually changed his fate.

Wu Ning followed the village chief of Nanhe Village to his home.

The village chief's house is not very good, very poor, although the place is relatively large, but the family is surrounded by walls.

In the backyard of the house, there are many tables and banquets, and the villagers of Nanhe Village are here, because they want to thank Wu Ning for saving his life today, so they all came, for fear that after Wu Ning left, they would not have the opportunity to thank them in person.

Seeing Wu Ning's arrival, the villagers of Nanhe Village all stood up and thanked Wu Ning, this is a life-saving grace, if it weren't for Wu Ning, they might have been killed by that group of bandits.

Wu Ning repeatedly said to this group of enthusiastic villagers that he was not polite, there were many more villagers here than he had first seen at the village gate.

It seems that the bandits arrived, and the villagers let the weak, women and children in the village all hide, and only some who could resist the bandits went to the village gate to confront each other, so Wu Ning didn't see the little girl and the very little boy at the village gate at the beginning at all.

He saw that the villagers were all patched and very shabby clothes, and his heart was full of sympathy, and he wanted to help them.

"Engong, please come here. "The village chief of Nanhe Village invited Wu Ning to take a seat.

There are no big fish and meat on the table, they are all ordinary vegetables and some wild vegetables, all of which are vegetarian dishes.

The village chief's face was full of embarrassment, because it was too cold to use such a dish to entertain guests.

But there is no way, Nanhe Village is too poor, God doesn't take care of it, the harvest of grain and the like is very bad, and there are bandits in Dongdai Mountain, they have no money to spare at all, and they can't live a good life.

Wu Ning didn't want to embarrass the villagers of Nanhe Village, and he didn't dislike this condition, so he sat down at the table, and then said: "Everyone sit down to eat, now that all the bandits in Dongdai Mountain have been exterminated, you can live a good life in the future, and you don't have to worry about it anymore." ”

Hearing that all the bandits in Dongdai Mountain had been exterminated, the villagers present all showed happy smiles, because this group of bandits had really brought them great difficulties, not to mention collecting protection money, and also wreaking havoc in the village, so that they could not improve the lives of their families.

Every time the day of the protection payment, they are worried and have trouble sleeping.

Now that all the bandits in Dongdai Mountain have been exterminated, they are all relieved, and they finally don't have to worry about living their lives anymore.

They thanked Wu Ning again, and then sat down at the table.

Wu Ning looked at the head of Nanhe Village, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Now that the bandits in Dongdai Mountain have been eliminated, Nanhe Village will also be redeveloped, and some defense methods should be formed to prevent any more bandits from making trouble." ”

The head of Nanhe Village nodded: "I also have this idea, the village must have its own defense capability, otherwise, if there are bandits to make trouble, it will not be so lucky." ”

This time it happened to be Wu Ning to help, and they didn't know if they would have such good luck next time.

Wu Ning nodded, it is good for the other party to have this sense of security, people should learn to protect themselves, and it is better to take precautions than to hold on to them temporarily.

At this moment, the cry of a doll suddenly sounded in the backyard.

A woman was eating with her one-month-old child in her arms, and for some reason, the child suddenly burst into tears.

The woman quickly stood up, expressed her embarrassment to the crowd, and then walked away with the child in her arms, for fear that they would make a noise to eat.

Wu Ning found that there were still a lot of children in this village, and it was not a good thing to grow up in such conditions.

He looked at the head of Nanhe Village and asked, "I don't know where the children in the village are studying? ”

The head of Nanhe Village frowned, the villagers had no money at all, they could not afford to hire teachers, and they could not send their children outside to study.

After listening to the explanation of the village chief of Nanhe Village, Wu Ning's eyes were gloomy for a while.

These children are so pitiful, if they don't have knowledge, they will never be productive, and they can't be trapped in this place for the rest of their lives.

Wu Ning decided to change all this, these children are very promising, and they can't end up on the same path as bandits in Dongdai Mountain because they have no culture.

After the meal, Wu Ning said goodbye to the head of Nanhe Village and prepared to leave the village, he was going to get something beneficial to the villagers to come back.

"Engong, are you going to leave now? don't stay a little longer?" said the head of Nanhe Village.

"Hmm. Wu Ning said: "I'm going to do something, and I'll come back then, but I won't stay long." ”

"That's right. The head of Nanhe Village nodded: "Since Engong has something to do, I won't do much to keep it." ”

"Hmm. Wu Ning nodded.

At this moment, the little girl who was waiting for Wu Ning to come back at the village gate with the head of Nanhe Village ran over quickly, tilted her little head, looked at Wu Ning and said, "Big brother, can I say a few words to you alone?"

Wu Ning looked at this eight or nine-year-old girl, naturally she would not refuse this request, and nodded: "Okay." ”

During the meal just now, the head of Nanhe Village talked about his own child, this little girl was his adopted daughter, and her parents died early, if he didn't happen to find out, this little girl might have starved to death.

As for the other two little boys, they are the biological sons of the village chief of Nanhe Village.

Wu Ning knew that this little girl's background was very pitiful, as long as she could do it, she would do it for the other party.