Chapter 18: The Orphanage
In the south of Yongzhou City, next to a relatively quiet road, the big iron gate of the Huaixin Orphanage stands quietly.
Long Zun walked into the gate and was stopped by the old man in the uniformed guard room.
"Young man, who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for someone, is there a child named Zhang Sheng here?"
"Zhang Sheng, a new child or an old child?" the doorman scratched his head, as if thinking.
"I guess I was sent two years ago. ”
The doorman patted his head.
"Oh! I remembered, he should rest in the boys' dormitory, I'm a little confused, the new children sent in the last six months, often come and be sent away, just the previous baby, I still have a familiar face. ”
The doorman registered Long Zun and pointed in the direction of the boy's dormitory.
Long Zun did not delay and went straight along the road.
This orphanage was officially built by Yongzhou City, and the environment is good, with classrooms, nursery schools, and children's canteens for children to grow up, as well as a playground with a large area for children to play.
Now it's just past meal time, and many children are playing ball and playing in the playground after dinner, laughing and laughing, which looks very harmonious.
Long Zun's heart was a little settled, it seemed that Zhang Qiang also carefully picked a place back then, and did not let Zhang Sheng suffer.
When he came to the men's dormitory, Long Zun pounced.
"Uncle, Zhang Sheng should be in the car wash in the courtyard now, and it's his turn to help today. ”
A boy in the same dormitory said.
"Car wash?" Long Zun was confused, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
There is a row of storefronts along the street of the orphanage, which is rented to various merchants, department stores, snacks, drinks, etc., and the rental income is used as the income of the orphanage.
The back doors of the merchants along the street all lead to the orphanage.
When Long Zun entered this car wash shop from the back door of a merchant, his face couldn't help but sink.
It's late autumn and the weather is cold.
A couple of half-grown boys, about seven or eight years old, were in the back operation room of the car wash, bare hands, holding cold water hoses to rinse customers' vehicles, splashed by the cold water, and their little faces were red from the cold.
Other younger children, about three or four years old, each with a broom about the height of their own, were cleaning in the corner of the car wash.
This shop is using orphans to do child labor for free!
After looking around, Long Zun recognized Zhang Sheng at a glance who was picking up garbage under a wall.
Because when he was a child with Zhang Jian, he looked too similar!
Long Zun slowly walked up to the little Zhang Sheng and half-squatted down.
"Zhang Sheng?"
Zhang Sheng took a step back with some trepidation, touched Long Zun's kind gaze, and said softly.
"Uncle, how do you know my name?"
That's him!
This is his nephew, Zhang Jian's only son left.
Zhang Sheng's children's clothes and pants had been stained by the dust on the ground, the floor of the car wash was full of water stains, perhaps wiped his face with his hands, and his forehead was also black.
"Haven't you finished sweeping the floor yet? Hurry up and get those paint buckets clean in a moment. ”
At this time, a dark and chubby middle-aged man walked in, and after seeing Long Zun, he asked vigilantly.
"Who are you? How did you get in?!"
Long Zun glanced at the visitor and stood up.
"You let such a young child do the work for you?"
The middle-aged man was a little weak-hearted, frowned randomly, and shouted.
"What's the matter with you, get me out immediately, or I'll call the police!"
Long Zun took a step forward, looked at the middle-aged man condescendingly, and said slowly.
"Just because you use child labor, I'm afraid you will die even worse if you call the police, and it's also a scourge for a scumbag like you to live, so it's better to send you on the road. ”
Looking at Long Zun's cold eyes, the middle-aged man broke out in a cold sweat, and the air around him seemed to be cold in an instant, and he explained tremblingly.
"No, no...... It's none of my business, I'm just paying, these kids were sent by someone else. ”
Long Zun frowned and said coldly.
"Say it clearly, or I will never let you go based on what you have done to these children, remember, to be honest, I will cut off one of your arms if there is a word of lie. ”
"I said, I'll be honest, good man, you spare ...... life"
The middle-aged man knelt on the ground and told the matter honestly, and Long Zun finally understood the reason.
In order to save his life, the middle-aged man not only explained all of Fang Hong's transactions, but also gave all the transaction records of the two to Long Zun.
Long Zun briefly flipped through it, this so-called vice president Fang Hong had only been in the orphanage for a year, but he had started trading child labor eight months ago.
Among them, as many as 70 child laborers were traded, and some of them were paid for by Fang Hong due to work and injured children.
Fang Hong, the vice president of Huaixin Orphanage, took advantage of the children's innocence and arranged for different orphans to do some chores in this car wash every day.
Some children who are reluctant to come, Fang Hong will also threaten and intimidate them with not giving them food, and over time, the children dare not resist, so they can only become this anonymous child labor.
The younger ones are used to sweep the floor, wash the dishes, and the older ones are used to carry tools and other chores.
For Fang Hong, he only needs to take care of these children's food, and privately keeps the income of these children's labor to himself, which is called "letting children develop a good habit of labor from an early age".
Vice President of the Caring Organization.
What a joke!
Long Zun finally suppressed the anger in his heart and said to all the children.
"Today, your dean sent me over to inform you that you don't need to exercise, you can go to eat first, and you all go back. ”
The children believed it and happily put down their tools.
The older children, with the younger ones, left the closed car wash through the back door in an orderly manner.
Long Zun wiped the dust on Zhang Sheng's face.
"You also go to eat and sleep first, and later, my uncle will go to the dormitory to see you." ”
Zhang Sheng had been staring at all this blankly, with a hint of indifference on his immature little face, and it wasn't until Long Zun spoke to him that there was a glimmer of light in his eyes.
He lowered his head and whispered.
"Thank you, uncle. ”
Long Zun didn't say anything, just touched Xiao Zhang Sheng's head, and asked him to go back with the children.
Originally, I came to the orphanage, just to take Zhang Sheng home, but now it seems that there is still a little thing to do before leaving.
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Long Zun picked up the transaction records and came to the office area of the orphanage.
It is a three-story building, the first and second floors are the children's living quarters, and the principal is on the third floor.
Long Zun slowly went upstairs, although the place here is not big, but the decoration is still relatively exquisite, the environment is also good, it seems that this kindergarten is not very short of money.
From this point of view, this vice principal named Fang Hong has a big problem.
Long Zun walked up to the third floor, and the office area was marked on the door frame at the end of the corridor, he didn't stop, he pushed the door directly and walked in.
At first glance, the office area is quite simple, with simple partitions and glass doors and windows separating several office areas, which is relatively plain compared to the whole building.
Long Zun looked up, and in the empty office area, only a young woman was busy.
This woman looks to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a slim OL dress, a capable ponytail, a purple thin-rimmed glasses, and a suitable makeup lining her facial features are extremely exquisite.
The woman seemed to be aware of Long Zun's existence, raised her head, pushed the black-framed eyes with her right hand, and asked.
"Who are you?" the beautiful woman's voice was like a yellow bird, with a cold heart.
Long Zun didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly.
"I'm looking for your vice president Fang Hong, where is he?"
"Hello, I'm Tian Xin, the director of the Huaixin Orphanage, do you have anything to do with the vice president?"
Tian Xin, who looked incomparably exquisite, looked at Long Zun slowly and seriously with deep eyes, and stood up and stretched out his hand to Long Zun to express his friendship.
This young woman was actually the dean here, which made Long Zun a little surprised, but he already had a bad impression of the Huaixin Orphanage, even if this principal was a rare beauty, Long Zun didn't bother to take a look.
Long Zun did not shake hands with Tian Xin, but directly put the transaction record in his hand on Tian Xin's outstretched hand.
Tian Xin was stunned for a moment, looked at Long Zun, and then curiously flipped through the transaction records.
After looking at it for a long time, a layer of gloom gradually appeared on the beauty's beautiful face, and a surprising anger flashed in her eyes.
Without talking to Long Zun, Tian Xin, the dean of the beauty, directly picked up the phone on his desk and began to dial the number.
"Hey?110?Hello, I'm Tian Xin, the director of Huaixin Orphanage, and I'm going to call the police. ”
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