As soon as the van arrived at the entrance of the welfare home, the director, Xie Yajing, and the teachers came out to greet it.
"Mr. Zhou, Teacher Sun, hello, I am the director of the welfare home."
Seeing the extraordinary temperament of Zhou Guofu and Sun Yi, Xie Yajing immediately went up to them and greeted them very politely.
She already knew that one of them was a professor and the other was a high school teacher, so when she called Sun Yi, she directly called her Teacher Sun.
Zhou Guofu and Sun Yi also hurriedly greeted: "Dean Xie, hello, I really want to trouble you this time."
Xie Yajing said: "No trouble, we would really appreciate you coming so far to support the work of our welfare home. Mr. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou, let's go in, go to my office first, and let me introduce our welfare home to you."
and the situation with the children.”
Zhou Guofu and Sun Yi looked at each other, and then Sun Yi said: "Okay, let's go in."
Zhou Guofu and Sun Yi followed Xie Yajing into the orphanage. It happened to be the time for the children to move freely. Their eyes quickly scanned the children playing in the open space. If this trip goes well, they may learn from these children.
Take one of them away.
When they arrived at Xie Yajing's office, there were only three of them in the office. Xie Yajing didn't mince words and directly asked her doubts.
"Mr. Zhou, Teacher Sun, I already have an understanding of your situation, but I'm very surprised. Families like yours can go to better institutions to adopt, so why do they come to our orphanage?"
During this period, there were a lot of orphans in the country, which led to a lot of orphanages, and there were naturally differences between orphanages.
After all, Daishan is just a county town, and their welfare home is very average. It is definitely far inferior to those in big cities.
Zhou Guofu didn't speak, but Sun Yi spoke.
"Dean Xie, to tell you the truth, we have actually been to many orphanages, but we haven't found any suitable children."
Xie Yajing's face suddenly changed slightly, and she asked cautiously: "Then what kind of conditions do you two need?"
After hearing Sun Yi's words, she had already guessed the reason. It must be that these two people have relatively high requirements for their children. Otherwise, they would not have visited many orphanages and failed to find a suitable child.
But on the contrary, she felt a lot more relieved. Since these two people visited many orphanages, it meant that they really wanted to adopt.
Perhaps the biggest problem is that they have relatively high conditions for adopted children.
But this is normal. Both of them are high-quality talents, and it is natural for them to have requirements for their adopted children.
Children in orphanages may not be able to choose adoptive families, but adoptive families are qualified to choose children.
But she still knew her own children, so she didn't have much confidence.
Sun Yi did not hesitate and stated her conditions directly.
"Dean Xie, we do have some conditions, but don't worry, if we can find a suitable one, we are willing to make whatever donation we can to the welfare home."
There is no free lunch in the world. As teachers and professors, the couple knew this very well, so they promised benefits before putting forward conditions.
In most cases, welfare homes rely on social donations and government support. Families who adopt children will make certain donations, which is also a public benefit.
But since Sun Yi mentioned it emphatically, it means that their donation is definitely extraordinary.
"We'll talk about this later. Teacher Sun, tell me your requirements first so that I can screen them for you."
Sun Yi continued: "We as a couple really want a child, but there are some conditions. First of all, the child we want cannot be disabled."
Children with disabilities were immediately excluded, but Dean Xie had already been mentally prepared and nodded calmly.
"no problem."
"Secondly, the children we want to adopt should preferably be orphans without any relatives. You should also understand our concerns."
"understand."
"Also, we don't want to adopt children whose origins are unknown or have problems. As for the others..."
Xie Yajing's self-cultivation was very good. Even though Sun Yi made many demands, she did not show any impatience and still listened carefully.
She didn't speak until Sun Yi finished speaking.
"Teacher Sun, if we go by the requirements you mentioned, our welfare home may not have enough children for you to choose from."
Sun Yi: "It's okay. This kind of thing also depends on fate. Maybe your hospital just happens to have a child we are satisfied with."
Xie Yajing responded with a smile: "Yes, no matter which child you two choose, it will be a very happy thing for him."
"In this way, I will first select the information of the children who meet the requirements and let you take a look at it first. After reading the information, we will go to see the children. What do you think?"
Zhou Guofu and Sun Yi both nodded in agreement.
"We have no problem with that."
So Xie Yajing began to select from a pile of information, but soon she raised her head again and asked: "By the way, Mr. Zhou, Teacher Sun, I forgot to ask, is the boy or girl you want to adopt?"
Sun Yi answered without hesitation: "Boy."
Zhou Guofu, on the other hand, glanced at his wife and said, "If there is someone who meets the conditions, a girl will do."
Xie Yajing said: "I understand, just wait for a while, it will be fine soon."
She said it was fast, but it took her more than ten minutes to put together the appropriate personnel information and then handed it to Zhou Guofu and Sun Yi.
"You two, there are a total of thirteen pieces of information here, six boys and seven girls. You should take a look at their basic information first."
Because of the age, there are obviously more girls than boys in orphanages, especially in small counties like this.
Zhou Guofu and Sun Yi took the information, leaned their heads together, and read it carefully.
While they were reading, they were also discussing quietly. It took them more than half an hour to finish reading all the information.
After reading it, the two of them already knew that the thirteen children were indeed all under six years old, with the youngest just over two years old.
"Dean Xie, can we see the children now?" Sun Yi asked softly.
Xie Yajing: "Of course, I will ask the teacher to call these children over now, and you can communicate slowly."
Then, she took the two of them to the classroom and asked the teacher to call the dozen children over.
After seeing the children, Zhou Guofu and Sun Yi began to communicate with the children. Sun Yi was mainly talking, while Zhou Guofu watched from the side.
Zhou Guofu watched his wife communicating with the children with a smile on her face, and her face was also full of smiles. During this period of running around, he saw his wife's determination. She really wanted to adopt a child.
But seeing these children scrambling to express themselves one by one, with their faces full of expectation and desire, he felt particularly uncomfortable in his heart.
In this year, he has seen too many children and seen too many disappointed looks in their eyes. Whenever this happens, he can't bear it.
So Zhou Guofu quietly walked out of the classroom and stood outside. Zhou Guofu looked at the children playing. He saw many children looking here curiously and staring at him, which made him even more uncomfortable.
He could read the look in these children's eyes, which was filled with desire, but there was nothing he could do.
But he has already made a decision. Even if he doesn't find suitable children later, he will distribute the things he bought in the van to these children.
The reason why they hired a van to come here was because they bought too many things and it was inconvenient to take a bus, and these things were all prepared for the welfare home.
After walking around the orphanage for a few steps, he found that the conditions in this orphanage were really not that good. At least among the orphanages he had been to, the conditions in this orphanage were relatively poor.
When Zhou Guofu walked to a corner, he was surprised to find a child sitting there alone.
Unlike other noisy children, this child was actually very quiet, sitting at the table and not knowing what he was doing.
Curious, Zhou Guofu walked over quietly. After walking in, he discovered that the child was actually playing chess, or Go, and he was using black and white stones at the same time.
After getting closer, Zhou Guofu saw clearly that the child was about five or six years old. When he got closer, he raised his head and glanced at him, but soon he was immersed in Go again.
This made Zhou Guofu even more curious. He had been to so many orphanages, but he rarely saw children who could play Go.
I thought the child was just pretending, but after a few minutes, his expression changed.
"Here, this kid, he can actually play Go, and he can..."
One person was holding both black and white stones at the same time, and he actually played back and forth. Zhou Guofu, who was proficient in Go, was also shocked, because this child played very well.
He gradually forgot who was playing chess, and instead stared at the chessboard seriously, thinking about what he would do if it were him.
Zhou Chen stayed with himself for a while, and when he saw that the middle-aged man behind him had not left yet, he couldn't help but frowned.
He also saw this middle-aged man when he entered the orphanage.
The arrival of a strange couple, and if you think about it carefully, you will know their purpose.
It's just that if this man doesn't choose someone, why is he running behind him?
But before he could speak, Zhou Guofu behind him couldn't help but asked: "Kid, it's boring to play chess alone. Do you want uncle to play chess with you?"
"you?"
Zhou Chen glanced at him flatly. Although this man seemed a bit elegant, he did not think that his Go level was higher than his own.
"Hey."
Zhou Guofu, who was being intrigued, suddenly became anxious when he saw Zhou Chen's eyes. This guy looks down on me?
"Kid, uncle eats more salt than you eat rice. Today, uncle will teach you how to play Go."
Zhou Chen put away the black and white pieces with an expressionless face, and then pushed the black pieces to the opposite side. The meaning was obvious.
Anyway, having sex with one person is also having sex. Since this person wants to have sex with you, then play with him and treat it as a rare pleasure in the orphanage.
There happened to be two stools here. Dean Xie and Zhou Chen would sit and play together before, so Zhou Guofu sat down in front of Zhou Chen.
"I am an elder, how can I play first? The black stones are for you, and the white stones are for me."
Zhou Guofu couldn't help but push the black piece in front of Zhou Chen and put the white piece in front of him.
"good."
Zhou Chen did not refuse. After responding, he picked up a black stone and placed it on the chessboard.
Zhou Guofu looked at the serious expression on Zhou Chen's little face and couldn't help laughing. He had been to many welfare homes and met many strange children, but this was the first time for him to be as interesting as Zhou Chen.
see.
Although he could see that Zhou Chen could play Go and was quite good at it, he was still very confident. He had been learning Go for more than 20 years. How could he easily deal with a kid of several years old?
The idea is beautiful, but the reality is ugly.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Guofu began to sweat on his forehead. You must know that it is autumn now, especially in the morning, the weather is even cooler.
He held a sunspot in his hand, but he still didn't drop it. He couldn't remember how many times he had hesitated.
At this moment, he felt extremely embarrassed.
A dignified university professor was actually stumped by a child playing Go, especially when he just said the sentence "I eat more salt than you eat rice", which made him even more embarrassed and panicked.
Looking at the middle-aged man who had been forced into a desperate situation, Zhou Chen did not show any pride in his victory, but a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.
This person's Go level is much better than Dean Xie, but compared with him, there is still a gap.
"Uncle, do you still want to get off?"
Zhou Guofu's old face turned red. He put the chess pieces back depressedly. After thinking for so long, he knew that he was in a desperate situation. Even if he continued reluctantly, he would only lose worse.
After adjusting his form, Zhou Guofu couldn't help but curiously asked Zhou Chen: "Kid, who did you learn to play Go from?"
"Auntie the dean."
Zhou Guofu was shocked when he heard this. The director of the orphanage who seemed very kind could actually have such a powerful chess skill?
"Your dean is so awesome. You seem to like her very much?"
Zhou Chen: "Of course, the dean's aunt is the best person to me in the world."
Indeed, after coming to this world for several months, only Dean Xie cared about him the most, so he already regarded this auntie as his relative.
Zhou Guofu became very interested in Zhou Chen. He also met many children, so he could clearly see that Zhou Chen was different.
From the fact that Zhou Chen is playing chess here alone, we can see that he is a relatively lonely person, but he has a very high IQ. Otherwise, it would be impossible to kill him so embarrassingly with chess.
He was here to adopt a child, and Zhou Chen happened to be a child in the orphanage, so he became very interested in Zhou Chen and even had an idea in his mind.
"May I have your name?"
"What?"
Zhou Chen looked at the middle-aged man warily, who was here for adoption, and suddenly asked him his name, which had to make him wonder if this man had evil thoughts about him.
Seeing the wariness in Zhou Chen's eyes, Zhou Guofu chuckled. The little guy was quite wary.
"How about I tell you my name and you tell me yours?"
"hehe."
Zhou Chen responded with a disdainful sneer. He really thought I was a three-year-old kid.
He was not interested in talking to Zhou Guofu. If when he first came here, he was still thinking about how to leave the orphanage, now, he no longer has this thought.
Because the dean's aunt has already told him that she will send him to school next year, and as long as he can study well, she will continue to support him.
With the words of the dean's aunt, he had no intention of leaving for the time being, and naturally there was no need to get close to the adopter.
