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Chapter 828 Little Beggar

Suning never dreamed that he would travel back in time to be a "virgin" again. You know, the last time he traveled back in time was when he was twelve-year-old Chen Hengjun in "The Youngest Son of a Chaebol Family". Looking at his tattered clothes and tender little hands, he had no choice but to accept the reality again. It's a pity that a ten-year-old child doesn't have too many memories in his mind. Most of them are the miserable life of wandering around and the remaining memories.

He looked up at the surroundings and found that this was actually an ancient temple. When he came to the outside of the temple, he found that it was a small village in the south. The passers-by coming and going did not pay much attention to the weak Suning, as if they were already accustomed to the existence of this little beggar in front of them. Suning looked up at the plaque of the temple and saw that the temple was called "Yanfu Temple". He felt as if he had heard this strange name somewhere before.

At this moment, Su Ning suddenly found himself feeling a little hungry. He happened to find a snack stand not far ahead. Without thinking, he ran over in surprise and shouted arrogantly, "Boss, give me a bowl of wonton."

"Huh? Chen, your food is here." The proprietress looked at the little beggar in front of her with disgust, then stood up in a bad mood and walked to the table next to her and said.

"Huh?" Su Ning saw the proprietress picking up the half bowl of rice that the customer had just finished and using a small spoon to scoop some pickles onto the rice. She wanted to add a few pieces of the customer's leftover braised pork, but after thinking about it, she felt reluctant. She simply scooped a few spoonfuls of broth onto the rice, then handed it to the "silly" beggar in front of her with an impatient look on her face. "Achen, this is for you."

At this moment, Suning was holding half a bowl of leftover rice that was forced upon him. He felt unwell all over and still couldn't adapt to the gap of going from a big man to a beggar.

"Madam boss, whose child is this?" An old voice suddenly sounded behind Suning, while Suning was still staring at the half bowl of rice in his hand in a daze.

"Ah? Him? An orphan in our village. The village chief felt sorry for him and named him Chen. Anyone who has extra food will give him some. At least they won't let this child starve to death." The proprietress looked at the stunned Su Ning indifferently, then looked at the old man in front of her with a smile on her face and explained.

"Oh? It's also called Acheng? What a coincidence." The old man who heard the name wrongly looked at the thin figure beside him in surprise, and couldn't help but think of his grandson. Coincidentally, his grandson was also called Acheng.

The old man also noticed that the little beggar didn't want to eat leftovers, so he smiled and looked at the proprietress in front of him and said, "Madam, give this child a bowl of wonton. I will pay for the wonton later."

"it is good."

Soon the proprietress prepared a bowl of wonton and placed it in front of Su Ning. The old man then looked at Su Ning with a smile and said, "This bowl of wonton is for you. Eat it while it's hot!"

"Thank you!" Suning looked at the old man in front of him and said with gratitude from the bottom of his heart.

"You are quite polite! Is your name Acheng?" Old people generally like polite children, and the kind-looking old man in front of them is no exception.

"No! My name is Suning." Putting down the half bowl of leftovers in his hand, Suning directly picked up the bowl of wonton and started eating with a spoon.

"Oh? Then why do the villagers call you Acheng?" The old man looked at the little beggar who was eating voraciously in front of him and asked in surprise.

"Call Achen and you'll have food to eat! Call Suning and you might get kicked out."

"Huh?" The old man looked at the little beggar in front of him in surprise, and was speechless for a moment.

The old man knew that the name Acheng was given by the village chief. If the little beggar in front of him said anything against it, it might really make the village chief feel embarrassed. It would be normal to drive the little beggar away at that time. However, he felt that the little beggar in front of him had a maturity that did not belong to this age. He guessed that it might have a lot to do with the little beggar's tragic experience.

Then the old man shook his head and stood up to pay for two bowls of wonton, then turned around and went straight back to the ancient temple next to him, because he was a well-known carpenter in the vicinity. This time he came here to repair this ancient temple. Because this Yanfu Temple was built with a wooden structure, it naturally requires regular maintenance and repairs, and the craftsmen who have been repairing Yanfu Temple for thousands of years have been passed down in an orderly manner.

At this time, Suning quickly finished his Chaos, and then returned to the corner of the temple and huddled in a daze, because he didn't know what to do next. According to the few memories he had, he realized that it was only around the millennium. It was a pity that his current "virgin chicken" body could not do anything, and of course he was reluctant to continue to make a living by begging.

Bored Suning saw a wooden bowl in the corner and couldn't help showing an interested expression. He picked up the wooden bowl on the ground and started playing with it. With his high ability to appreciate cultural relics and handicrafts, he found that the craftsmanship of the wooden bowl in his hand was very exquisite. It can be seen that the carpenter who made this wooden bowl must have put a lot of effort into it.

"Suning, do you like this wooden bowl very much?" The old man looked at Suning who was playing with the wooden bowl with some surprise, because he was the maker and owner of this wooden bowl.

"Ah? Grandpa, this wooden bowl is indeed very beautiful. I thought that if it was ownerless, it could be used as a begging bowl for me." Of course, Suning keenly realized that the old man was the carpenter who made the wooden bowl, and he was naturally happy to say a few nice words to appease the benefactor in front of him.

"Huh? You little brat, the rice bowl I made has become your tool for begging." The old man couldn't help but reveal a ridiculous expression at this moment. He suddenly felt that the dirty little beggar in front of him was quite interesting.

"Grandpa, did you make this wooden bowl?" Suning pretended to be innocent and stared at the old man in front of him with big eyes.

"Haha, do you like it?" The old man obviously enjoyed the admiring look of the little beggar in front of him.

"I like it! This wooden bowl is so beautiful."

"Suning, will you be my grandson? Not only will I buy you wontons every day, I will also teach you how to make these wooden handicrafts." Sure enough, the old man was delighted and ready to adopt the little beggar in front of him. After all, he knew that his grandson would not be able to accompany him for long.

"Really? Grandpa?"

"Haha, Suning, what did you call me?" The old man looked at Suning in front of him with some amusement and asked.

"Ah! Grandpa."

"Well, grandpa, my name is Jing Kangshan, and you will be my grandson from now on."

"Hmm." Looking at the situation at this moment always made Su Ning feel a sense of déjà vu. Thinking of the strange name of Yanfu Temple, it seemed as if he had seen this temple from afar in the world of "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky". Suning thought for a long time before he remembered that this was the plot of "The Most Eating Fireworks in the World". This time he actually became the male protagonist of "The Most Eating Fireworks in the World", Jing Chen, the grandson adopted by Jing Kangshan, the old man of the Jing family. However, this time Su Ning did not choose to change his name to Jing Chen (chen), and there would be no plot that he would have the same name as Jing Kangshan's grandson Jing Cheng (cheng) later.

After Jing Kangshan completed all the work in the temple, Suning had no attachment to this dilapidated southern village, so he naturally left with Jing Kangshan happily. As for the villagers of this village, they also welcomed Suning's departure. They were not willing to work hard to raise this little beggar of unknown origin.

Jing Kangshan brought Suning to the lakeside Chinese courtyard where he lived. Here Suning met Jing Kangshan's grandson Jing Lu, who was three years older than his current body. Jing Kangshan's son had died of a serious illness in his early years, and his daughter-in-law had remarried a local pork seller. Currently, only Jing Kangshan and his grandson Jing Lu live in this classical Chinese courtyard.

"Jing Lu, this is Su Ning, an orphan adopted by grandpa. He will be your younger brother from now on." Looking at his grandson Jing Lu in front of him, Jing Kangshan pointed at Su Ning behind him and introduced him.

"Grandpa, why don't you let him change his surname to Jing? We should call him Jingning from now on." Jing Yu obviously did not welcome this inexplicable younger brother, and instead started to find trouble.

"Jing Lu, it doesn't matter what Suning's last name is. You just need to know that he is your brother." Jing Kangshan wanted Suning to take his last name Jing, but he noticed Suning's resentment towards the village chief for changing his name, so he didn't mention it in front of Suning.

This time, Suning can be said to be really lucky. You know, there are still many imperfections in China in the millennium, and there are beggars wandering on the streets. If he had not met the kind-hearted Jing Kangshan, Suning might really have to continue wandering around. The identity information alone is a problem that Suning finds difficult to solve.

Next, Jing Kangshan took Suning to a government agency to go through the adoption procedures, and officially placed Suning's household registration in his household registration book. He also arranged for Suning to attend a local primary school. Suning didn't want to stay in school and pretend to be young, but now his body is indeed very young, so he had no choice but to temporarily accept Jing Kangshan's arrangement.

Following Jing Kangshan, he learned how to make various wood carvings and mortise and tenon joints. Soon, Jing Kangshan noticed Su Ning's extraordinary accomplishments and immediately chose to teach him everything he knew. This made his eldest grandson Jing Yu, who was standing beside him, feel dissatisfied. "Grandpa, I'm your eldest grandson, but why do I feel like you like Su Ning more?"

"Silly child! You and Suning are both my grandsons, and I love you both equally." Jing Kangshan rubbed the little head of the jealous grandson in front of him with a helpless smile.

"You're lying! You always praise him for being smart." Jing Yu pouted angrily. He felt that since Suning appeared, his grandfather didn't love him as much as before.

"Hehe, then our Ah Zhu has to work harder. You learned mortise and tenon joints earlier than Suning. It would be embarrassing if Suning surpassed you one day."

"Grandpa, I will never be surpassed by Suning, because I am Suning's older brother." Looking at his adopted brother who had a calm face, Jing Lu looked at his grandfather fiercely and set a flag.

"Haha, great! Our Ah Zhu is really ambitious."

Originally, Su Ning possessed extremely high artistic attainments. He was an expert in both calligraphy and landscape painting. Although he had never been exposed to the wood carving and mortise and tenon joint industries, because these were all art industries that could be mastered in many ways, Su Ning soon became a rare genius in Jing Kangshan's eyes. Jing Kangshan also treated Su Ning as a true successor and began to teach him.

"Suning, why don't you stop carving? You haven't finished today's homework yet, right?" Suning's love for wood carving and mortise and tenon joints every day made Jing Kangshan a little worried about Suning's studies.

"Grandpa, I have finished it at school. I never bring homework assigned by teachers home." At this time, Su Ning did not put down the wood carving in his hand. Instead, he looked up and smiled at Jing Kangshan and explained.

"Liar! Grandpa, Suning must be lying." At this time, Jing Yu on the side shouted with a questioning look on his face, as if he had discovered some serious mistake in Suning.

"No! Our Suning would never lie. I believe Suning did not lie to Grandpa."

"Grandpa." At this moment, the thirteen-year-old Jing Lu couldn't help but reveal a depressed expression, feeling that his grandfather was too partial to this younger brother.

"Alright! Ah-Zhu, go do your homework."

"Suning, I will go to school to find your teacher tomorrow. I want to see if you have really finished your homework." At this time, Jing Yu looked at Suning with a smirk on his face again, determined to expose Suning's "lie".

"Okay! But what if I actually finish my homework at school?"

"Hmph! What do you want to do?"

"A-Zhu, I heard that your mother is going to take you away soon. If you guess wrong this time, you can choose to stay with me and grandpa."

"." Grandpa Jing Kangshan, who was smiling at the side, looked at Suning in surprise. He didn't expect that Suning was so smart to notice the worry in his heart.

"Huh! What if I guessed right?" Jing Yu looked up at Su Ning in front of him with an unconvinced look on his face and questioned.

"Then I'll give you a new model of four-wheel drive car."

"Tsk! You don't have any money, so in the end, isn't it grandpa who pays for it?" Jing Lu immediately showed a disdainful expression on his face. He didn't want his grandfather to pay for it in the end.

"Ah, don't worry! Even if I have to pick up scraps, I can still get enough money for you. Besides, I can also sell my own wood carvings. I promise that grandpa won't pay a penny for the four-wheel drive vehicle."

"Okay! Then we have a deal! Don't cheat when the time comes."

"Hehe, it's a deal."

(End of this chapter)