In December, the weather is cold. It's almost Christmas, too.

Gu Xiaoxiao had no plans to spend Christmas. But I don't know how Christmas became popular. The current social atmosphere is really much more open. It's not even Christmas yet, and the packaged apples are already on the table.

Su Luoxing said early on that her cousin had prepared Santa Claus clothes for them. Gu Xiaoxiao has seen it, and there are two fake white beards that look like them. It was sent back by Zhan Qi. Three sets, Zhan Yan is not there. He only comes back on weekends.

Although Muqing University is a top university, it is not located in the capital.

It is said that it was moved here during the Anti-Japanese War, and it has not been touched since then, and it has always been in the original city. The original city is right next door to Hongshi. That's why Zhan Yan can come back often.

This year's Christmas is Tuesday, and Zhan Yan has full classes all day, and he can't come back at all.

Gu Xiaoxiao and the others could only wear Santa's clothes to play after school in the afternoon.

The two of them invited the evening self-study and used a messy reason.

It's a bit strange to say. Gu Xiaoxiao is not thin, but the teachers, including her classmates, are convinced that she is very weak.

It's the kind of person who is going to fall when he moves.

So Gu Xiaoxiao is very good to ask for leave, that is, every time the old class looks at her, she has a worried expression, as if she has a serious illness, and she usually meets her on the road, and she won't chat, the old class will only say: Xiaoxiao, you are so thin, you need to eat more. You look at Su Luoxing next to you, and you will be in good health at first glance.

Gu Xiaoxiao: ......

What else can I say, she's really in good health! Very good! She doesn't get sick a few times a year! She runs fast!

In fact, Gu Xiaoxiao looks quite healthy, only a little thin.

The reason why everyone was surprised was because once she had a period, and then she was unwell in the morning and overslept, so she came to school in a hurry and didn't eat breakfast. Then during recess exercises, she obviously thought it was nothing.

It's just that my head is suddenly a little dizzy, I am a little tired from panting, and then it is dark in front of my eyes, and I will wake up in the infirmary. Su Luoxing sat next to her, her eyes were red.

Fortunately, she was only dizzy for more than 20 minutes, it was low blood sugar, and she was much better after drinking the glucose water mixed by the school doctor.

After class, a group of people in the class came, and asked Gu Xiaoxiao if she had anything to do, and brought a bunch of candy and food.

Then the head teacher thought they were too noisy, and drove them all out, and then told them to have breakfast in the future.

talked a lot, and finally asked Su Luoxing to stay with her. Since then, in the eyes of her class teacher and classmates, she is a weak little flower.

So it's very easy to ask for leave, not to mention that the old class of the two of them has never worried about their grades, let alone being in their first year of high school, so they don't have to worry so much.

Su Luoxing bought a large bag of sugar. They plan their destination. Welfare Institute in Hongshi. I got in touch by phone early and made an appointment to go this afternoon.

There is only one welfare home in Hong City. It's not big. But it's regular, and it's all there. It's just that at this time, the welfare home system was not particularly complete, and the house was also an old two-story residential building with a large courtyard.

On Monday night, during the evening self-study, the old class bought an apple for each of the forty-two students. It is wholesaled in the market. The small sugar-hearted apple with purple red and purple heart is sweet when you bite into it. At this time, it is not much waxed, and it can be eaten after washing, crunchy, apple-flavored.

He is also quite foreign, he didn't have classes in the evening self-study, and said that he wanted to spend Christmas Eve with everyone, and everyone chatted and told stories and played games for a while. This two-period evening self-study has passed.

The next day, after school, the three of them gathered at Zhao Xiaokun's house. Because the welfare home is relatively close to Zhao Xiaokun's house. Half an hour by car. And Zhao Xiaokun has been there a long time ago, and he is taken by Mother Lin once a year.

It's already quite familiar. After changing clothes at Zhao Xiaokun's house, they looked at each other and laughed, and their beards were crooked.

The classmates in the class also heard about it, but there was no reason to ask for leave to follow, they were very sad, and finally scraped together a hundred yuan, and asked Gu Xiaoxiao and them to buy something and send it over together.

In the end, I chose to buy a book bar, about forty or fifty books that children can read. Buy so much, the bookstore is also 80% off. But it's heavy, and it's put in the trunk of the car.

When I went, before I got to the door, I saw the director of the welfare institute standing at the door, already waiting for them, the director was a kind old lady, already fifty years old, and had been the director of the welfare home for more than 20 years.

The welfare home has been around for many years, with a history of fifty or sixty years, and the director is also an orphan, who grew up in this welfare home, she is a competitive girl, can read, has the ability, and has saved a lot of money at a young age.

In her thirties, she divorced her husband because she had no children, and then she quit her job, left the city, and returned to this welfare home to teach or something, she liked children very much, and finally took over this welfare home at the behest of the old director. It's been more than 20 years now.

has changed from a little girl to an old lady.

There was another aunt waiting for the dean. In his thirties. Dressed modestly. Gently and gently supported the dean.

"Hello, my surname is Zhou, you can call me Grandma Zhou, this is Aunt Xu. He said hello from afar, looking at the two of them with a smile, Uncle Zhao and Zhao Xiaokun were still carrying the books in the trunk. Originally, there were only forty or fifty copies, but Uncle Zhao bought a lot more, adding up to more than a hundred.

Gu Xiaoxiao and Su Luoxing, the two girls, carried a bag of candy.

After saying hello to the dean's grandmother, I went in, and saw a bunch of children curiously hiding behind the gate and watching them.

Some were afraid of life, and ran away as soon as they saw them. Everyone's mental head is okay, although the body is shabby, it is clean and tidy. It's just that most of them are skinny and small.

I heard from the dean's grandmother that many of them are unhealthy children, many of them are congenitally underdeveloped, and some are sick children, such as heart disease or something. It's too expensive, and some families are not so good and don't want to raise them.

The most impressive is a child named Xiaohu. Now I'm six years old, I'm smart, and I don't have any disabilities or serious illnesses. It was picked up in the winter.

In the winter, it can be quite cold. The dean's grandmother beckoned the children into the room to play, but one of the naughty children refused. Run laps in the yard.

The dean's grandmother didn't care about him, and told him that he should come in after playing for a while, and that he shouldn't play for a long time. Anyway, the courtyard door is closed, so I'm not afraid of him running out.

But after a while, he ran back, and said that there was a baby outside the door.

At first, Grandma thought he was playing a prank. Then I was anxious to see his appearance. I went out with him, and sure enough, there was a child at the door.

The child is not big, maybe four or five months old. Swaddled and hugged, didn't cry, licked his fingers, his eyes were closed, and his face was red from freezing.

"Ouch, evil. Big winter. Then Grandma Dean hurriedly went back to get the key.

The baby is still hot when he is brought back, which means that he has not been thrown away for a long time. Fortunately, the child found out in time, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable.

Heaven is going to save him. And then I never got sick when I was a child. The dean thought that there should be some defect in his body, so he went for a check-up and found that there was nothing, and he was very healthy!

It's really puzzling why it was thrown away.

Jumped up and down to six years old. Smart and lively.

He also loves to read, and the dean thinks that this boy is very similar to himself back then.

Several others are physically disabled. But they were all thrown away at a very young age, and they haven't seen the indifference of others.

Under the careful care of this welfare home, they are all lively.

Gu Xiaoxiao and Su Luoxing pretended to be Santa Claus when they entered the door, but this little child didn't know Santa Claus.

In the end, I had to say that I was here to deliver candy, and a group of children came up obediently and skillfully, and they did not make trouble, and took the candy very politely to thank them. Laughing so happily.

There are very few snacks in welfare homes, after all, most of the money has to be used for living security. So naturally, there wasn't much money.

Although this welfare home is official, the funds allocated every year are not enough, and the director's grandmother has to use her own money to subsidize it, but fortunately, she saved a lot of money when she was young. Half of it has already been spent now.

Gu Xiaoxiao and Su Luoxing looked very sad. is also born in this world, why is it so different?

She was also unfortunate in her previous life, but she grew up in love, and it was much better in comparison.

It would be nice to be able to help these children in the future.

After distributing the candy, Gu Xiaoxiao and the others finished the game for a long time, until seven or eight o'clock in the evening. Just reluctantly left, those children were very cute, even if they were very reluctant, they said goodbye obediently. It's just three or four hours to get along. But it's really warm.

When they went home, they weren't as happy as they came, and they were a little silent, and Zhao Xiaokun kept telling jokes to tease them.

Gu Xiaoxiao is okay, she is an adult, at most she feels uncomfortable, and Su Luoxing is a complete girl, uncomfortable and tight.

But it's not that you can't see it.

Since this week, Gu Xiaoxiao and her sisters have become frequent visitors to the orphanage. Every half a month, Gu Xiaoxiao and the others have to go to the orphanage. Sometimes I teach them to read and write, sometimes I tell them stories and play games.

Half of the money Gu Xiaoxiao earned from writing a book was donated to this orphanage. There is still half of it, Liu Lianhua saves. Let's wait for the orphanage to be used in an emergency. Anyway, their family is quite in favor of this.

As soon as December passed, the final exam was coming soon, and the atmosphere in the class was very tense, because of this exam, the class was divided after the exam.

This time the results determine which class you will go to. So they're all trying to revise. This kind of atmosphere unconsciously infected Gu Xiaoxiao and them, and they inexplicably reviewed very seriously.

Wait until the time of the exam.