Ruirui looked up and saw that she had been standing by the window, and said with concern: "Aunt Xiaoyue said that it is easy to catch a cold if you stand by the window for a long time. Mom, come and sit here with me."
Chen Lishu came back to her senses and couldn't help but smile when she saw the frowning little adult on his face. She walked up to him and said, "Ruirui, can mom take you back to the orphanage to see the children?"
Now that the weather is so cold, Chen Lishu suddenly thought that the situation of the children in the orphanage must be very difficult.
"Really?" Although almost a year has passed, Ruirui still has vague memories of her friends there.
"Sister Qiuyue, I want to go to a nearby village to buy some food for the children in the orphanage. You can get it with me."
Zhao Qiuyue was knitting a sweater for Ruirui, and when she heard Chen Lishu's words, she quickly put down her work.
The reason why Chen Lishu wanted to buy food from the villagers was that she had limited food stamps, and the cabbage and potatoes sold in the village were much cheaper than in the city.
After visiting several stores, Chen Lishu bought a total of twenty kilograms of cornmeal, ten kilograms of potatoes and two Chinese cabbages.
There were a lot of things, so Ruirui took the initiative to help carry a big cabbage. By the time the three of them moved all the things to the bus stop, they were already sweating.
…
Dean Zhu stood by the bed, looking at the cold and purple-faced baby in the swaddle, frowning, and his face was full of sorrow.
Zhang Qiaoyun forcefully patted the girl next to her who had already reached her shoulder, and said angrily: "Our welfare home is already overburdened. With so many mouths, even you can't afford to feed them. You'd better bring another one back."
, you said, where is the extra energy to take care of her? Send the child away quickly!"
"Mother Zhang, she will die if I send her out in such a cold weather." The girl lowered her head and prayed in her tone.
"Then send her to the street. With so many people, we can't just watch her freeze to death, right?"
Dean Zhu sighed: "If someone really took her in, it wouldn't be Xiaocui's turn to take her back."
"I really don't understand what those parents are thinking. This year, the hospital has admitted four children, all of them girls. Isn't this the flesh that fell from the body?"
"It's useless to complain now. Let me go and make some rice soup to warm the children first." Dean Zhu said and walked outside, but he began to feel sad in his heart.
It's cold, the children are short of food and clothing, not much firewood, and now there's an extra little one, ugh.
"Dean Zhu."
Several people entered the yard carrying their things. When they saw her coming out of the house, Chen Lishu greeted her with a smile.
"Mother Zhu." Rui Rui called soon after.
Dean Zhu raised her head, and when she looked at Rui Rui, she was a little afraid to recognize him. She hadn’t seen him for almost a year, and the child had changed so much. When he was in the hospital, he was as thin as a carrot head, but now he is not only taller
His face is fleshy, his clothes are clean and tidy, his eyes are clear and not timid, and he is well-raised at a glance.
His eyes fell on what Chen Lishu and Zhao Qiuyue were holding. Dean Zhu asked with some uncertainty: "What are you doing?"
Chen Lishu smiled: "I will send some food to the courtyard, as well as cabbage and potatoes."
When he heard that it was food, Dean Zhu's heart suddenly became excited. He quickly walked over and took the bag from Chen Lishu's hand. At the same time, he turned around and called Zhang Qiaoyun loudly: "Qiaoyun, a guest is here. Come out and help get the things."
Hearing the sound, Zhang Qiaoyun ran out with several children. When he saw what Chen Lishu and the others were carrying, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Mother Zhang, Sister Xiaocui, Erya, Shitou..." Looking at the familiar figures from the past, Ruirui greeted them one by one.
"Hey, good boy, it's cold outside, please go inside quickly." Holding the heavy bag in his hand, Zhang Qiaoyun was almost grinning from ear to ear.
As several people entered the room, the small room was instantly filled to the brim.
Zhang Qiaoyun: "I don't see any guests. Go, go, what are you doing here? Xiao Cui, go and take everyone out."
Xiaocui responded, called a group of children and turned around to go out.
Chen Lishu's eyes fell on everyone's thin winter clothes, and she quickly stopped the children: "It's cold outside, just stay indoors."
After that, she looked around the room carefully, and Chen Lishu found that there seemed to be a few more children. They all had pigtails, so they should all be girls.
"Your food has solved a big problem for the hospital. Comrade Chen, you will be rewarded for being so kind." Dean Zhu said with great gratitude.
"Don't say that. I just did what I could, and it didn't help much."
Seeing so many children and the cautious and eager eyes they looked at her, Chen Lishu was deeply moved.
"Dean Zhu, I see that some children have reached school age. Have they gone to school?"
Zhang Qiaoyun answered from the side: "You have seen the conditions here. We don't even have enough to eat. How can we have money to go to school?"
Chen Lishu frowned. If you don't receive education, you are illiterate, especially if most of her children are girls. In the future, when they enter the society, their situation will be even more difficult.
"Dean Zhu, I can first sponsor the two children to go to school until they graduate from elementary school. If their grades are excellent, I will continue to support them."
"Comrade Chen, are you telling the truth?" Dean Zhu couldn't believe her ears. She had always regarded the children in the courtyard as her own. No one wanted these children to go to school more than she did.
, but the conditions did not allow it, unexpectedly Chen Lishu actually took the initiative to mention this matter.
"Our children are all here. Do you have anyone you like to sponsor?"
Hearing Dean Zhu's question, the eyes of the children below suddenly focused on Chen Lishu, and even their small bodies tried to stand up straight.
That was a place they never dreamed of going to school.
Looking at the hopeful eyes of the children, Chen Lishu's heart stabbed uncontrollably. Opportunities that could easily be obtained by other children have become the deepest luxury for them.
"Why don't we just go by age first? After all, once the older one has learned it, he can teach the younger brothers and sisters below him."
The eldest Xiaocui and the other girl looked at each other when they heard Chen Lishu's words. They were already eleven or twelve years old and had long passed the age of going to school. They originally thought they would not have a chance, but who knew...
"Why don't you come over quickly and thank you, Aunt Chen."
Dean Zhu's words finally brought the two girls back to their senses. They came to Chen Lishu hand in hand and knelt down with a 'pop': "Thank you, Aunt Chen."
Chen Lishu was startled and quickly stood up from the stool to help others: "What are you doing? Get up quickly."