Chapter 54 Baked Sweet Potatoes,
Life is always so unsatisfactory.
So even if you just make yourself feel "okay", it is actually very difficult.
During a period of life, a girl once made Ye Dongqing feel comfortable and calm. These emotions are very important to him, so in return, he wanted to give the other party a wonderful childhood.
The past time cannot be made up, but he is confident that in the next days, the girl named Zhao Liuli will live comfortably.
It is impossible to find her who is exactly the same. History has been changed by Ye Dongqing himself, so he can only hope that the other party will not lose the most precious thing. If he seems to have become a different person, he feels very disappointed.
I deliberately wore a down jacket that was not as good as Wall Street, making me look like an ordinary employee of a child welfare center. I happened to drive to the near Chinatown and walked around for a few circles before I found a shop selling roasted sweet potatoes. I carefully wrapped it up and put it in my pocket.
Worried that it was not sweet, he tried one first. Ye Dongqing wanted to leave some good impressions in the current little girl's mind. After being together for so long, how could she not know what she likes to eat?
By the way, I bought a candied haws as a backup. As long as I walked out of Chinatown, few people didn’t like them.
Society has not yet been baptized by the digital explosion era, and most people still spend face-to-face conversations, watching TV, and reading newspapers. For Chinese children, snacks are closely related to childhood memories.
Ye Dongqing's face about her parents was already blurred, but he still remembered the dumplings made by his mother and the rabbit steamed buns made by his grandfather. He was not afraid of anyone's jokes. He had eaten dumplings and cried because he added pepper to the filling, which tasted very similar to the one in his memory.
If he hadn't lost a childhood, he might have become a lawyer or an accountant from a prestigious university. Except for those with mental problems, no one is born a bad person, and most of them are closely related to the growth environment.
My father's sigh of groaning that he had not worked hard at the beginning, which led to his inability to join the big company remained vaguely in Ye Dongqing's ears. He thought about fighting for him at that time...
After all, I am not a young man. My body has returned to 18 years old, but my memory has not been erased. Before leaving, I gestured to the old man who sold sweet potatoes, and said nothing about praise.
The old man just smiled and said that selling roasted sweet potatoes is a side job, and buns are the main business. The business was very good in the morning and I didn’t have time to pay more attention to it. He replied: “I planted it at home. There is a vegetable garden next to my son’s house. I often come to buy it in the future.”
For ordinary people, it is already a proud thing to have a large vegetable garden next to their homes that can grow sweet potatoes. Manhattan has high housing prices and small per capita living area. Locals always have an inseparable feeling for big houses.
Ye Dongqing could hear the pride in the old man's words and continued with great relief: "The house is not cheap, no wonder it is so delicious."
Let’s talk about it further, it seems like you are showing off. If the customer who is prone to jealous knows, he may go to another place to buy it. The old man is well versed in the world and smiles happily and keeps talking.
I didn't really envy the big house. I saw different scenery. Ye Dongqing just thought this kind of ordinary life was quite comfortable. The only regret was that it was not suitable for him, and his ambition did not allow him to become an ordinary person.
Before the sweet potatoes get cold, hurry up and continue on the road. There is still a distance to Queens.
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The adoption procedures in the United States are quite complicated.
If a couple wants to adopt a child, they must first prove that they have the ability to make the child grow up comfortably, and they also have to undergo home visit supervision from time to time. The United States has done a good job in taking care of children, and there are many loving couples.
Western society does not attach too much importance to blood ties. Relatively speaking, Chinese families attach great importance to it. Raising other people's children, even if they never say it out, they will feel knots in their hearts.
Occasionally Ye Dongqing would be glad that at least his aunt's house was not really cold-blooded and ruthless, and gave him a house to shelter from the wind and rain. However, when he thought of the source of the rent, his gratitude would always be washed away even more. This is also the reason why he easily cut off contacts and had no psychological burden - he didn't think he was owed anything.
Newly born healthy babies are most likely to be adopted by others. They are all fine before the age of four or five. Before the child’s personality is formed, prospective parents who decide to adopt can try to shape their personality. Once they are over six years old, it will be a little trouble.
It depends on personality and appearance. Many orphans have been adopted for a long time and then sent back to orphanages, which will cast a shadow on their personality. There are many caring families, and there is still the possibility of adoption.
Zhao Liuli is only eight years old this year and has vision defects. Since she was sent to the New York Children's Relief Association, she has been living with a large group of children, and no one is willing to adopt her.
For personal adoption, the procedures are more troublesome, and it is much easier to get between associations.
After Ye Dongqing met with the hacker Paul, he brought another children's organization's written documents and easily deceived the other party and handled the entire process.
Standing in the corridor, he didn't think about how to get along with the little girl for the time being, and he showed a look of embarrassment.
On the grass a few meters away, a girl with wind-catching ears was sitting there. Her skin was fair-skinned and thick clothes. The woman who had just helped to handle the procedures was saying something to Zhao Liuli, and her luggage was all in a small bag.
Before Paul left, he looked at the candied haws in Ye Dongqing's hand, then looked at the little girl in the distance, crossed her arms and said, "Now I kind of believe that she is really your sister, otherwise a person like you would not be so good to anyone."
"You don't know me, how could you know what kind of person I am?"
"Intuition, you are definitely a dangerous, cunning guy.
I threatened me yesterday and lied to them again today. It’s normal for me to think so. Judging from your performance, I must be a habitual offender or a narcissist who thinks I won’t be caught.”
Paul's tone was affirmative.
He found Ye Dongqing's weakness and began to become arrogant. He also needed to help clear the follow-up information of the New York Children's Relief Association. Since it was useful, the risk of being killed and silenced was very small.
Ye Dongqing said indifferently: "If you change it to confidence, I will be more satisfied. What else can I do? Wait for me to treat you to a meal?
Let’s take a taxi back first. I won’t be in the mood to find you in the next few days and wait for my phone call at home. If nothing unexpected happens, working for me will definitely make more money than blackmailing you.”
Without giving Paul a chance to ask questions, he had already walked forward and came to Zhao Liuli. His fair face and wind-catching ears looked quite cute.
The little girl's nose moved, and her god-won's eyes suddenly widened, "I smell the roasted sweet potato?"
"Well, my breakfast, but I can give it to you if you want to eat it, I can take her away now, right? Ms. Clay?"
Chapter completed!