37.Cultivation

Zhao Yao strolled around for a while and then went back with Liang Run. When they went back, the little beggar who was rescued by Liang Run had woken up.

Seeing the little beggar staring at them vigilantly and in an attacking state, Zhao Yao suddenly thought of the wolf. However, the little beggar in front of him could only be a skinny little wolf cub who was seriously injured.

Liang Run asked gently: "What's your name?"

The little beggar didn't speak.

  "No name?"

 The little beggar still didn't speak. Uncle Zhang on the side said: "This child doesn't seem to be able to speak." Uncle Zhang has been guarding the little beggar's bed. When he woke up, he told him about his current situation. After talking to him for most of the day, he didn't say a word."Can't speak?" Liang Run frowned, "This is a bit difficult."

"Second uncle, I'll talk to him."

Liang Run stood up and asked Zhao Yao to sit by the bed. He stood by Zhao Yao, and if the little beggar suddenly attacked Zhao Yao, he could also protect Zhao Yao in the first time.

When the little beggar saw Zhao Yao, this delicate and lovely child, the alertness on his face instantly decreased a lot.

Zhao Yao carefully noticed that the little beggar stared at Lai Man from time to time, and he waved to Lai Man.

Lai Man walked to Zhao Yao's feet and rubbed his calves coquettishly.

Zhao Yao reached out and touched Lai Man's head. The little beggar watched this scene, and the vigilance in his eyes became much less, and Zhao Yao naturally noticed this.

"Its name is Lai Man, and it's my good friend."

Lai Man shook his tail happily and nodded.

 "Do you also have a friend like Lai Man?"

The little beggar looked at Zhao Yao, then at Lai Man, and nodded slightly.

"Dogs are our best friends. They will protect us, will not dislike us, and will always be loyal to us." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Is your good friend like this too?"

The little beggar nodded again, but still did not speak.

"Where is your good friend now? Can it be friends with Lai Man?"

 Lai Man called out to the little beggar, as if to say, "I am willing to be friends with your dog."

The little beggar's face suddenly became sad. He bit his lips tightly and said nothing.

"Is your good friend dead?" Zhao Yao asked, "Was he beaten to death by those who beat you today?"

The little beggar nodded with red eyes.

"Then do you want to avenge your good friend?"

 When the little beggar heard this, his eyes lit up at first, but soon dimmed

  Zhao Yao patiently asked again, "Do you want revenge? If you want revenge, I can help you."

The little beggar's eyes lit up again. This time he did not nod again, and said, "Yes." His voice was very hoarse, as if he had not spoken for a long time.

Uncle Zhang and Liang Run said in unison, "You are not dumb."

The little beggar ignored Liang Run and the others, and stared at Zhao Yao with his eye"Do you want to personally avenge your good friend?"

The little beggar said without any hesitation: "Yes." Da Huang was beaten to death by those bastards to protect him, and he always remembered this hatred. He once swore that he would avenge Da Huang sooner or later.

"If you want to beat those people, you have to make yourself stronger first. I can make you stronger, but I have a condition."

"What condition?"

"I can take you in, so that you can have enough food every day, and you can eat meat, you don't have to beg for food anymore, and I will find someone to teach you kung fu, but you have to be obedient and loyal. Can you do it?" Zhao Yao said again, "By the way, I will also find someone to teach you to read and write."

 When the little beggar heard what Zhao Yao said, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and his dirty little face was full of shock.

 "I don't want useless people. If you promise to be my person, you must learn martial arts well, read and learn to read well..."

Before Zhao Yao finished speaking, he was interrupted by the little beggar impatiently: "I do!" The little beggar usually envied those who could read and write the most. He often went to the door of the bookstore to beg and heard those scholars talking. He always imagined that one day he would be able to read and write. Now the opportunity to read and write is in front of him, and he is a thousand times willing to do it. "I am willing to do anything. I will be obedient and loyal to you."

Zhao Yao noticed that when he was preaching about reading and writing just now, the little beggar's eyes suddenly became very bright. "Do you want to read and write?"

 "Yes!" The little beggar said very loudly.

Zhao Yao and Liang Run were a little surprised. They didn't expect that a little beggar would want to read and write. For a beggar, the most important thing should be to have a full stomach, not to read.

  "What's your name?"    The little beggar shook his head and said, "I don't have a name."

 Zhao Yao was not surprised at the little beggar's answer. He thought for a moment and said, "Then you will be called Dingyuan from today." "

  Dingyuan?"

"Ding means to make plans. Yuan means to be far-sighted." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "I hope you will be a person with plans and foresight in the future."

  Liang Run said, "People with plans and foresight are smart people."

  "I hope you will become a smart person after reading books. Can you do it?"

  "Yes!" The little beggar's expression became excited. He wanted to sit up and kowtow to Zhao Yao, but as soon as he moved, he was injured and frowned in pain.

  "Sit well. It's not too late to thank me when you get better." Zhao Yao said, pointing to Liang Run, "You will follow my second uncle in the future. My second uncle will arrange for you to learn martial arts and read and write."

  Dingyuan's eyes looking at Liang Run were no longer guarded, but respectful.

  "Yes."

  "You should take good care of your wounds first. You can learn things only after you have healed your wounds."

  "Yes, sir."

  "From today on, you are no longer a beggar, but Dingyuan."

  Dingyuan's eyes turned red again when he heard this. He lowered his head and said in a voice with a strong cry: "I am Dingyuan..." Before he finished speaking, his stomach suddenly rumbled. He was stunned at first, and then his face turned red.

  "There are still some food in the kitchen. I'll get it."

  Soon, Liang Run brought a bowl of steamed buns.

  Dingyuan took the steamed buns and did not gobble them up, but ate them bite by bite. Although he was a beggar, he ate in an unexpectedly gentle manner.

  After Dingyuan was full, Zhao Yao asked him a few more questions, such as how old he was this year, and whether there were any other people in his family? When did he start begging, and has he been begging in the capital?

  Dingyuan told Zhao Yao that he didn't know how old he was. He had always been alone, without anyone else. He also said that he didn't remember the past, he only remembered the past two years. He didn't even remember what his name was before.

  Zhao Yao guessed that Dingyuan must have had a fever that damaged his brain, or had fallen and injured his head, causing him to lose all his previous memories.

  Dingyuan was very weak, and after talking to Zhao Yao for a while, he couldn't hold on and fell asleep.

  Zhao Yao and Liang Run went to the study, and Uncle Zhang stayed to continue to watch over Dingyuan.

  "Second uncle, Dingyuan will be left to you to train."

  "Don't worry, I will train Dingyuan well. However, before teaching him martial arts and reading and writing, I have to teach him some etiquette and rules first." "

  Second uncle, don't tell them my identity for the time being."

  Liang Run understood Zhao Yao's concerns, "Okay."

  "Second uncle, it takes a lot of money to adopt and train some people. The money you earn in the capital may not be enough."

  "Then I expand my business?"

  "Second uncle, your business can't be expanded, otherwise it will cause trouble."

  "That's right. If the money is not enough, I will ask my parents to send me some."

  Zhao Yao pondered for a while and said, "Second uncle, you have connections and power in Yangzhou. After the rebellion in Yangzhou is quelled, let my grandfather and others expand the business."

  "That's fine."

  "Let my grandfather and others do the businesses that I told my uncle about." The businesses he told his uncle about are very profitable.

  "Okay, I will write to your grandfather tomorrow."

  "Second uncle, let grandpa and his family adopt some orphans or beggars." After his eldest uncle is settled in Qingzhou, he will also let his eldest uncle train some people.

  "Okay."

  "There are many scholars in Yangzhou, and grandpa can sponsor some poor students."

  "Yaoyao, it's useless to sponsor those poor students. They can't become officials without recommendations." Just like him.

  "They can become retainers or counselors. When I go to the fiefdom in the future, I can ask them to help manage the fiefdom." Zhao Yao thought far ahead. "In addition to scholars, you can also sponsor some people, let them learn martial arts and military tactics, and then send them to the barracks." Liang Run

  was surprised when he heard this: "Yaoyao, do you want to have your own people in the barracks?"

  (End of this chapter)