Although a certain someone was quite confident in a child's resilience and adaptability, not everyone could quickly accept the change of environment and the difference between them on the first day.
The only experience of going hungry was when he lived with the black dragon in the snow mountain, but that memory didn't seem to exist for Ezio. After all, the child was too young at that time. He didn't even know how to speak in swaddling clothes. He could only rely on the blood of creatures that the black dragon occasionally hunted to survive. Needless to say, a child in a severely malnourished state would have no memory of anything.
The fat on his body now was only because a certain someone didn't set any restrictions and allowed the child to eat as much as he wanted.
After suddenly escaping from that home, Ezio didn't know how he was going to live for a while. Even if he was hungry, he didn't think about taking some food from the bakery or the fruit stall to fill his stomach. Instead, he would torture himself by starving himself and see if anyone would pity him. So Ezio walked along the street in a daze.
Because it was drizzling, Ezio's expensive clothes didn't look human at all. He walked in a daze, and at the same time, he instinctively looked for a path to hide in. He didn't know whether he wanted to be found or not.
Even when he was tired and hungry, Ezio didn't think about going back. Only then did he come back to his senses and see that he had come to a dirty and smelly place. There were many big and small figures lying in the corners, but he didn't know if they were dead people or people sleeping there.
At this time, the child's strong adaptability showed. Ezio found a place where the ground was dry and there was no rain, and lay down on his side. He tightened the wet clothes on his body and planned to sleep along with his groggy head. But no matter how sleepy he was, the trouble of an empty stomach still made it impossible for him to sleep peacefully. The thunderous sound was extra clear in this kind of night, but it was also extra uncomfortable.
Just as Ezio curled up and hoped that his disappointing stomach would settle down, a small piece of black bread was handed to him. In the dark night, Ezio only recognized that it was a rather thin figure. With his back to the street light at the entrance of the alley, he couldn't see the other person's face clearly.
"You must be hungry. This is for you."
It was a rather thin and tender voice. To the current Little Fatty, it was undoubtedly like the sound of nature. Agio did not think much of it. He took the hard bread and mumbled, "Thank you." Then, he swallowed the hard and tasteless black bread.
At this moment, another voice was heard. There was a hint of anger in the voice as it said, "Little sister, how could you let him eat your food? That's your food for tomorrow. "
"Brother, but he doesn't have anything to eat. He's so pitiful," the little girl said in her childish voice.
A figure that was not much taller than the girl who spoke also appeared with his back facing the light. The boy wanted to snatch the bread back, but he couldn't reach into someone else's mouth to take something that had already been eaten. Therefore, he gave up. He only pulled his little sister back and lectured her, "You deserve to go hungry tomorrow. Go to bed early. Don't let anyone snatch that dry land. "
"Okay, brother."
Just like that, the brother and sister held hands and walked back to the shadows where they would sleep tonight. Although Agio wanted to follow them in, in the end, he stayed where he was and returned to the spot he had found before.
Staying in that house, Agio had actually learned a lot. He had memorized the proper etiquette, the common sense of ordinary people, and almost everything that the Magician had said or that other people had said. Just because he remembered it didn't mean that he would follow it. Not to mention that he also wanted more attention and care. Naturally, he would think of some ways to attract other people's attention.
But it seemed that he was, after all, a child that no one cared about. Agio fell into a deep sleep amidst his self-blame and lamentation. The reason why he was able to sleep was not only because he was really tired, but also because of that hard piece of black bread. Coarse grain was hard to digest, so even if the portion was not much, it was easy to feel full. It was just that he would get hungry faster.
Early the next morning, in a daze, Agio was woken up by someone. It seemed to be the brother and sister who had given him food last night. The older brother patted him on the cheek rudely and said, "Wake up, newcomer. If you want food to eat, you have to help. "
Agio, who was woken up, rubbed his sleepy eyes and realized that he was surrounded by a group of children of all sizes. But they didn't look like they were looking for trouble. Everyone looked about the same, thin and weak. Although their clothes were patched up, they still maintained the most basic cleanliness and didn't look dirty.
The oldest child among them stepped forward, leaned close to the bewildered Agio, and looked him up and down. He asked, "Newcomer, you look like a child from a rich family. Do you have a place to go back? "
Gritting his teeth, Agio shook his head and said, "I don't have a place to go back."
"Then follow me. At least I have a way to get food," said the head of the children. As the head of the children said this, he turned around and called out to the other children around him.
Although Agio didn't understand what he was going to do, he still followed. Although the small piece of black bread last night temporarily kept him from feeling hungry, when he woke up this morning, he felt even hungrier.
This group of orphans gathered together wasn't doing something like stealing or swindling. Instead, they were looking for work that ordinary people weren't willing to do to earn a meager reward. Like early in the morning, they used a trailer to carry two large buckets and went down the street to clean up the drowning buckets of every house.
Because the trailer was a bit heavy and they were all children, all of them got on, some pulled the trailer, and some pushed it. Agio followed behind the trailer, imitating the people around him, and pushed it forward until they reached the door of the next house.
Of course, the children weren't quiet either. They complained about the time a few years ago when they could still collect a lot of night incense, that is, feces and urine. But in the past one or two years, the toilets were flushed. Almost all the well-off families would install the most ordinary set. And the sewage discharge was concentrated in the sewers, so they didn't have to collect it. Therefore, the amount collected was sharply reduced.
After collecting several neighborhoods, the children went around collecting dirty clothes to wash with wooden basins of all sizes on their heads. At this time, the night incense they just collected came in handy. The feces would be dumped into the sewers, while the urine would be used to wash the clothes.
Smearing the dirty and dirty yellow parts with urine and vigorously scrubbing them can make that part of the clothes a little whiter. Then wash it with clean water, and then vigorously wring it dry.
In particular, after washing it clean and dehydrating it, two children usually worked together, each twisting one end of the clothes as much as possible. Then, they would put it back in the wooden basins and send it back to the family who sent the clothes for a reward.
In addition, they would go to the market to collect some rotten leaves, or food that others dropped on the ground. Sometimes, there would be vendors who needed extra help, and they would help after discussing the reward.
In short, a large group of children worked all day to earn enough money to buy a few pieces of complete black bread. Then, under the supervision of the king of children, the food was fairly distributed to the children who helped, including Agio, who was still unfamiliar with everything.
Looking at the small piece of black bread in his hand, it wasn't much bigger than what he ate last night. He was still thinking that when he got the food, he would return the portion he ate last night. However, if he were to return the food he received, he would have to starve for the rest of the day. Therefore, the fat boy was worried.
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