Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
She brought out another bowl of porridge and placed it in front of him, and finally handed him a multigrain bun.
Gu Jin asked, "Is this enough to eat?"
An Mingji lowered his head to look at the food in front of him. Hearing Gu Jin’s question, he couldn’t help but have his eyes turn red.
He choked up and said, "It’s enough, it’s enough—"
Gu Jin heard the unnatural tone in his voice and understood his feelings. For years, the child had been subjected to scorn in the village. It was already fortunate to have sothing to eat, let alone have enough to fill the stomach.
In her dreams, she even saw him, desperate with hunger, gnawing on the bark from the trees in the back mountain.
That was sothing she never saw after her death in her past life, and it truly tugged at the heartstrings.
Gu Jin sat beside An Mingji, stroked his head, and said softly, "Eat, there’s more if it’s not enough."
"Mm."
An Mingji took a big bite of the multigrain bun, which was not like the moldy and spoiled ones from before, but very fragrant! The taste of grain spread in his mouth.
He picked up the bowl of cornal porridge from the table and brought it to his lips. The warm porridge sent into his stomach made him feel cozy.
Seeing that he didn’t have a free hand to peel the eggs, Gu Jin picked up an egg, cracked it on the table, and skillfully peeled off the shell, placing the smooth egg in An Mingji’s bowl.
After peeling all five eggs, she stopped.
She gave three of the eggs to An Mingji, and the last two, Gu Jin placed in her own bowl.
Eating two eggs a day allows a person to fully absorb the nutrition from the eggs; eating more is pointless.
Giving the child three was simply to fill his stomach and spare him from the pain of hunger.
After finishing peeling the eggs, Gu Jin picked up her bowl of porridge and drank it down with the eggs.
The two ate quietly, and even though An Mingji had been in dire straits these past few years, he still maintained good manners. He ate quickly but not ravenously.
Gu Jin glanced at An Mingji beside her, a complicated glint in her eyes.
Though this child ca from a scholarly family, his grandmother was the daughter of a wealthy family. Unfortunately, she lived in challenging tis, and anyone alive during those days had to endure class struggles.
After the family fell into ruin, An Mingji’s grandmother married into Qingshan Village.
After all, coming from a distinguished background, they still had so family assets, and life was better than most others.
An Mingji’s grandmother had two children, both fairly intelligent, but the second child, An Mingji’s father, was frail and ill, passing away in his thirties.
An Mingji’s mother abandoned him, running away and leaving her child behind after losing her husband.
Little An Mingji was well-taught by his grandmother. From a young age, he possessed sothing other children did not: good upbringing and a cultivated inner quality, developed from a wealth of books.
Despite being a little lone wolf, battered and impoverished over the years, he still exuded an indomitable and refined aura, only slightly dimd at present.
Noticing Gu Jin’s gaze, An Mingji looked up at her, his eyes bright and full of contentnt.
Gu Jin smiled warmly and said, "Hurry and eat. I’ll take you to the village chief’s house after."
An Mingji didn’t ask why, just nodded and continued eating.
Outside, Du Aiqing had already discussed with the Gu Family how to divide the wild boar.
Previously, Gu Jin had ntioned to them that without Du Aiqing, the wild boar might have injured soone or escaped.
So, Old Master Gu suggested splitting it between the two families.
Du Aiqing naturally declined, saying that asking for a third was already being quite bold of him.
The final result was that Du Aiqing took one-third of the wild boar. As for the foolish roe deer from before, he didn’t take it but did take a wild mountain chicken instead.
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