Chapter 149: The Singing Orange Tree

On Saturday of this week, Lin Yu did not go to deliver food, but went to an orphanage not far from Yangcheng University with his classmates. When he arrived at the gate of the orphanage, Lin Yu learned that the orphanage was not called an orphanage, but the name it hung on the door number was a social welfare institution, which was not much different from ordinary social institutions in appearance.

It should be that the word orphan is more sensitive, Lin Yu flashed such a thought in his heart, children without parents by their side already lack love, and they don't want to see that orphans are blatantly written where they live, which will invisibly cause them secondary harm.

Before going to the orphanage, several class leaders used the class fee to buy some things for the children, such as some school supplies, snacks that children like to eat, and toys that can be found everywhere in the market.

Most of the students in the class, like Lin Yu, have never been to an orphanage, so in their opinion, going to an orphanage should be similar to going to a nursing home, as volunteers for this activity, they just need to play games with the children, chat, and help them clean up.

In fact, when they were taken in by the director of the orphanage, this was exactly what they saw. The orphanage was small in size, with about thirty children in it, all of whom sat neatly in a classroom-like room, welcoming their older siblings like ordinary kindergarten children.

On behalf of all the students of Class 7, Zhang Boyuan, the class president, delivered a greeting from Yangcheng University, this one-man show speech lasted for a full five minutes, according to Lin Yu's observation, the children present were basically in a state of confusion, but when Zhang Boyuan's speech ended, the children still very politely burst into warm applause.

Next, the time for the gifts began, and since everything was placed in the open space at the back of the orphanage, the children walked out of the room in an orderly manner under the guidance of the director. In the face of that dazzling array of gifts, the children's reaction was not to swarm, but to line up one after another.

Seeing the children behaving so obediently, several class cadres were slightly relieved, fortunately they did not swarm around, otherwise these gifts would not know how to be distributed.

When Lin Yu saw this scene, what he thought of was another picture, there were many scenes on TV when people received relief during disasters, and they were also lined up in a long line one after another, waiting for a mouthful of white porridge to fill their stomachs from the front. It was in the children's nature to flock to the snacks and toys, but now they have been trained to be so disciplined that they don't cause any trouble for the volunteers who come here.

Lin Yu thought silently that they must not be the only ones who came to the orphanage to volunteer, and after waves of strangers' condolences, the children would form such a reaction now.

Some of the children who had already been given the toys began to step aside and study on their own, and the female classmates in the class naturally stepped forward to try to play games with the children when they saw this situation. After all, this volunteer activity lasted for two whole days, and it was not the end of the gift distribution.

The backyard began to be a noisy scene, with the boys and girls in the class seemingly mingling with the orphans, the girls gathering around to share their favorite snacks, and the boys playing more intense chases and slapsticks.

Lin Yu felt that he didn't seem to be very popular with the children, maybe he was more boring in himself, and he was not the kind of lively and cheerful type, so a few children didn't like to play with him after getting along with him for a while, and ran to the more lively crowd with the toys and snacks in their hands.

But in this way, Lin Yu was a lot more relaxed, and he didn't have to please those children, so Lin Yu walked around alone in the backyard. Perhaps because of its location in the city, the orphanage is not very fenced off, and you can see the head by walking a few steps further. However, there are a lot of leafy trees planted in the backyard, each of which is not very tall, about two meters tall, Lin Yu looks at them and guesses that these should be some kind of fruit trees. However, it is not yet the season to bear fruit, so Lin Yu does not know what kind of species it is.

Walking in this orchard for a while, Lin Yu thought that he had found a good place to avoid people's eyes, but when his eyes inadvertently looked ahead, he found that a short figure was actually sitting under one of the fruit trees. He looked like he should be about five or six years old, and he was a little thin little boy, and when he heard someone walking towards him, the little boy turned his gaze in the direction of Lin Yu who was looking ahead.

This little boy must also be an orphan in the welfare home, Lin Yu said secretly in his heart, but he could meet other children in this secluded orchard, which made Lin Yu feel very surprised. He thought that all the children should be playing in that open space, after all, there were many people to play with them and receive all kinds of gifts.

Lin Yu showed a full smile to the little boy, after the lesson just now, Lin Yu realized that he was not the type that children would like, so he had to do his best to be kind. "Little friend, why are you sitting here alone?" Lin Yu asked with some curiosity.

The little boy's expression looked a little indifferent, and in the face of Lin Yu's question, he just said lightly, "I'm talking to my orange tree, it's my only friend here." ”

The tone of the little boy was very similar to that of an adult, but the words he said were still a little childish, an orange tree was his only friend, which made Lin Yu feel a little sad, maybe this was the reason why the little boy chose to stay here alone.

"Can the orange tree also speak, can you tell my brother how it speaks?" Lin Yu also sat under the fruit tree, since he met such a lonely little boy, Lin Yu felt that he should still do some of his volunteer responsibilities, at least chat with the little boy.

The boy's eyes lit up slightly, and he continued, "Its leaves, branches, and roots, every part of it can speak, and sometimes it sings a song to me in the wind." ”

Seeing what the little boy said, Lin Yu felt that the child really regarded the orange tree as his friend, and it sang in the wind? Lin Yu shook his head slightly, it was just the leaves rustling in the wind.