msmithbooks Chapter 269 Splitting the Cake
Chapter 269 Splitting the Cake
A group of little beggars were waiting at the door, and when they saw the figures of Ono, their eyes lit up, and they ran out in a swarm. "Boss, you are finally back!"
"Boss, what are you holding in your hand, it smells so good?!"
A group of people surrounded Xiao Ye, and kept sticking their noses out to smell the pancakes held by Xiao Ye and Xiaocao.
Ono looked at the crowd and said helplessly, "Let's go in first!"
Surrounded by everyone, Ono entered the house. This house was left by Ono's parents. If it wasn't for Ono, these little beggars would not have a place to stay in Dongfeng Mansion.
The house is not big, only about fifty square meters, the floor is covered with straw, and there is no other furniture except a table and a small cabinet.
There were nearly 40 young beggars in their group. The oldest was Xiaoye, who looked only in his early ten years old, and the youngest was only four or five years old. All of them were crowded inside, and there was no place to set foot in the house.
Ono stood on the table in the center of the room, with the pancake they brought from Chu Zhuang at his feet.
"Has everyone come back?" Ono looked at the crowd and asked.
"Our team is back!"
"Our team is back!"
"The puppy didn't come back!"
Everyone chattered away.
"The puppy is injured now and won't be coming back for a while."
Ono explained a sentence, checked to make sure there were no missing people, then breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Everyone calm down, I will start to share the pie now!"
Hearing that the big pie was going to be shared, the group of little beggars immediately fell silent, swallowing their saliva, and looking at Xiao Ye helplessly.
Ono distributed the pancakes one by one in an orderly manner. Chu Zhuang prepared a total of fifty pancakes. These people, including Ono and Xiaocao, only had 40 people. After distributing the pancakes, each of them would have a surplus. .
"This cake is delicious!"
"Really delicious!"
The little beggars couldn't help but eat the cakes in their hands, their little faces were full of satisfaction.
After distributing the big cakes, Ono locked the remaining cakes and the copper coins on his body in the only cabinet in the room, then looked at the crowd and reminded: "Don't eat all of this cake at night, save it for tomorrow morning. Go out tomorrow morning with a full meal, and continue to inquire about the news!"
I'm going to bed at night, and I'll be hungry tomorrow morning after eating this cake, so I might as well save it for breakfast, and I'll have the strength to go farther to find out the news all day tomorrow.
"Know it!"
These little beggars were also very obedient, even though they were drooling, they resisted their slander and put away the cakes, preparing to eat them tomorrow morning.
"Okay, let's start assigning tasks now, Xiaoyi, come over from your team."
Xiaoye finished distributing the big cakes and started to assign tasks. The business of Chuzhuang is very important to them. If they can earn enough money, they will be able to spend the winter safely this year without having to endure hunger I don’t have to watch the brothers around me leave.
"It's the boss!"
Xiaoyi brought his three team members over immediately.
If Chuzhuang is here, you can find that Xiaoye and his team of little beggars are very organized. Except for Xiaoye, Xiaocao and Xiaogou, there are a total of 38 other little beggars, ranked according to age, from one to the other. All the way to 38.
This is their ranking, and at the same time this is their name.
These 38 people were divided into ten groups. Each group was led by an older child with two to three children. Follow the lead of the older child.
"Today/we are going to Yongren Lane. We have found all the people with the surname Guo here. We will go to Yongyi Lane tomorrow. Xiaoyi, your team is responsible for inquiring about this street..."
Ono dipped his fingers in the water, and drew a topographical map of Yongyi Lane on the table, dividing the area for the little beggars under him to inquire about news.
"Have you written it all down?" Ono asked several team leaders after arranging the task.
"It's all written down!" Everyone immediately responded.
Ono nodded in satisfaction, took out the Guo characters he asked Guo Wen to write from his arms, put them on the table and said: "Okay, now everyone write down the Guo characters, and tomorrow, when you look at the door plaque, you will see it." We can know if it is the Guo family."
If they could memorize the word Guo, they would not have to go door-to-door knocking.
A group of little beggars gathered around the table, taking advantage of the moonlight shining through the window, to carefully write down the first word they had learned in this life.
"woohoo
Guo Wu was doing his homework with a brush while dropping Jindoudou. When he didn't pay attention, his tears fell on the words he had just written, and the ink stained suddenly.
When it smudged, a small ink blob appeared on the paper.
"Brother, don't cry, this homework is useless again." Guo Wen wiped Guo Wu's tears and took the paper away from his hand. Such stained homework is unqualified in Chu Zhuang. I was able to rewrite it.
Guo Wen put the paper aside. Although this piece of homework is useless, the rest of the paper can still be written and used to practice calligraphy.
"Wow!" Guo Wu burst into tears when he heard the words, and wailed: "I can't finish writing, it's too difficult for me!"
It's nothing more than slow writing homework, and frequent mistakes, so I can only rewrite it. Seeing that the sky is already dark, Guo Wu's homework has not been finished yet.
"Brother Wu, don't cry, Xuan Xuan will write with you!" Bai Xuan patted Guo Wu's back at the table to comfort him.
No matter how much Guo Wu cried at this moment, Guo Wen and Bai Xuan didn't dare to help him with his homework, otherwise the three of them would be punished again.
"Brother, I will write with you too, don't cry."
Guo Wen and Bai Xuan brought a pen and paper and sat at the table with Guo Wu to continue writing.
Guo Wu looked at the two, his emotions gradually stabilized, and continued to write while sobbing.
Chu Zhuang looked at the three people in the house, left from the window, turned around and came to the living room, and said to Xue Qing: "Doctor Xue, let's eat first, these three little guys are still doing their homework."
Xue Yu nodded and agreed, and the two sat at the table chatting while eating.
"Doctor Xue, is Uncle Yun's health okay?" Chu Zhuang asked with a frown.
Knowing that Chu Zhuang was worried, Xue Qing comforted him: "General Yun knows martial arts and has a good foundation. As long as the toxins in his body are eliminated, he will be fine after a period of recuperation."
Hearing this, Chu Zhuang was a little relieved. He knew Xue Qing's medical skills very well and was very confident. If Xue Yu said nothing would happen, nothing would happen.
"We've been in Dongfeng Mansion for a while, and I'm thinking of going to Yao Mansion tomorrow to visit Master and the others."
Chu Zhuang mentioned this topic. Since he has worshiped Yao Pingzhi as his teacher, how could he not visit Yao Pingzhi's family when he came to Dongfeng Mansion?
In the absence of Yao Pingzhi, as a student, Chu Zhuang also had to help take care of his family.
"Well, we should really pay a visit."
The chopsticks in Xue Qing's hand paused and said: "Then I will go with you tomorrow."
There are old parents in Yaoping's house, Xue Yu came to visit on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to show them the body.
After the two had dinner, it was completely dark outside, so Guo Wen brought Bai Xuan and Guo Wu, whose eyes were red from crying, to hand in homework.
"Brother Chu, we finished our homework."
Guo Wen put the homework of the three in front of Chu Zhuang.
Chu Zhuang looked it over and nodded with satisfaction. Guo Wen had already checked all these homework before handing it over to Chu Zhuang, so the quality and arrangement could definitely pass.
"Xiao Wu, did you sneak out to play again during the day?" Chu Zhuang put his homework aside, looked at Guo Wu and asked
.
Otherwise, although he assigned a lot of homework, he would not have to finish writing it until this time.
It must be that Guo Wu secretly ran out to play during the day, and then when it was late, he desperately rushed to do his homework, made mistakes in his busy schedule, and had to rewrite it, causing the time to be delayed.
Seeing that Chu Zhuang had spotted him, Guo Wu lowered his head and clasped his little fingers, not daring to look at Chu Zhuang.
Chu Zhuang pulled Guo Wu to his side, but he didn't blame him, he just asked: "In the future, if you have homework, just finish it obediently, and then have fun, understand?"
"I see, Big Brother Chu." Guo Wu quickly responded, and this time, Guo Wen and Bai Xuan were bothered to accompany him.
"Xiao Wu is a good boy, Brother Chu believes that you can do it." Chu Zhuang touched Guo Wu's hair and said affirmatively
"En! Xiao Wu can definitely do it!" Guo Wu raised his head and glanced at Chu Zhuang, nodded heavily in response, expressing his determination.
"Xiao Wen, take the two of them down to wash your hands, and then have dinner." Chu Zhuang looked at Guo Wen and said.
After Guo Wen and the others finished their dinner, Chu Zhuang came to the study with them, wanting to read the information provided by Ono today.
"Is this a picture drawn by Xiao Ye?" Chu Zhuang looked at the blueprint Guo Wen handed over with a suspicious expression.
All the streets and alleys in Yongren Lane are clearly drawn on the drawing, and it is clear at a glance where the Guo family is located.
On the side, the family situation of these families, the number of members of the family, and what industry they are engaged in are all clearly recorded.
Guo Wen has been with Chu Zhuang for so long, Chu Zhuang naturally knows whether he can draw pictures, so this drawing can only be drawn by Ono.
"That's right, this is a picture drawn by Ono with charcoal, and next to it are my annotations."
Guo Wen looked at Chu Zhuang's expression, and asked a little nervously: "Brother Chu, is there something you haven't done well?"
Guo Wen gave away all the money, and he was worried that some things were not done well enough to make Chu Zhuang dissatisfied, and the money was wasted.
"No, it's a great job!"
Chu Zhuang shook his head, looking at the drawings on the table, a gleam flashed in his eyes.
Originally, he just wanted to find an excuse to give some money to these little beggars, so as to help them, but he didn't expect that what they made was completely beyond his expectations.