20. Sins that cannot be washed away
Su Chen was doing some cleaning work in an orphanage, and he didn't have anything to do that day, so he went to the orphanage to have a look.
The janitor was a very old man, and the old man's face was full of wrinkles, and he was blind in one eye, so he always squinted in the other eye when he looked at things.
Su Chen didn't know what his name was, but he just heard the people around him call him Master Hong.
His voice was small and hoarse, and he took a jug of wine there every day and tasted it slowly.
Hong Ye is an experienced wine taster, he makes two taels of wine from a restaurant every day, and then sits in his room with his own side dishes and drinks slowly.
Hong Ye's side dishes have never been considered good dishes, just cheap things, such as a plate of edamame, or a plate of fennel beans.
When Su Chen walked by the door, Hong Ye would let him in directly, but Su Chen would say hello to him every time.
This orphanage is not a good place, at this time the war has just ended, and there is a lack of funds in all aspects, so the money for this orphanage has always been very tight.
The person in charge of taking care of the child is called Ming, that is a lovely person, she is not the kind of person who looks particularly eye-catching at a glance, her smile reveals tenderness, and there are two completely different feelings of strength and softness in the introverted and subtle.
When she faced Su Chen with a sweet smile, Su Chen felt that her heart was skipping a beat.
The heavy work in the orphanage is basically done by Su Chen, Su Chen regards this thing as part of his exercise, he has been lying in bed for too many years, so he likes this kind of exercise very much.
"Su Chen, thank you for your help, let's have some tea." Ming took a glass of water mixed with lemon and honey.
Su Chen drank tea slowly, sitting on the small bench next to Hong Ye, Hong Ye was drinking wine with taste on the side, he drank two taels of wine a day, not much, Su Chen had never seen him drunk.
"Hey, boy, some beans?" Hong Ye stretched out the dish in front of Su Chen and asked.
"Oh, thank you." Su Chen politely tasted Hong Ye's appetizers, Hong Ye was a poor man, so he didn't want Hong Ye to lack appetizers.
"Do you like tea?" Hong Ye squinted at him
Eyes asked.
Su Chen felt a little weak, but he didn't deny it, but nodded.
"Hmph, that's good, but you have to pay attention, this orphanage is about to be demolished." Hong Ye's voice was a little helpless and trembling.
"Demolished, why?" Su Chen was a little surprised, this orphanage should not be in the downtown area, how could it be demolished?
Hong Ye took another sip of wine: "Orphans are the best resource for those people. ”
"Resources?" Su Chen didn't quite understand.
"Let me tell you this, qualified children, they can be sent to the armed police training place to train their guards, those who are thin, they will use the excuse of treating them to let them take new drugs as experiments, and some are even dirtier, not to mention, no matter." Hong Ye waved his hand, with tears in his eyes.
"How do you know?"
"If you read more, you will understand." Hong Ye rubbed his only good eye.
At this time, a black sedan came to the gate of the orphanage, and a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walked out.
He was carrying a bag, wearing a crisp suit, and three or four bodyguards, who seemed to have come to announce the demolition of the orphanage.
Hearing the voice, Ming hurried over, and the middle-aged man said to her: "Miss Ming, how are you considering, if you are not satisfied with the placement fee, you can propose an increase, and we will definitely satisfy you as much as possible." ”
Ming was very resolute at this time, although the people opposite were all big men with fierce faces, but in the face of these people, Ming did not have the slightest intention of backing down: "Don't think about it, I will never agree." ”
"Hmph, then I can only show you a little bit of something." The middle-aged man took out an envelope and threw it to Ming.
When Ming saw the contents of the envelope, she collapsed on the ground as if she had lost her soul.
"It seems that Miss Ming has understood, I will come back tomorrow morning, I hope you are ready."
Su Chen immediately stepped forward to help Ming, but Ming lowered his head, pushed Su Chen away, and then ran away.
At this time, Su Chen's liaison rang, and the urgent task was at this time
I didn't know what was going on.
Su Chen looked at the situation and was a little in a dilemma.
"Go ahead, it's okay, if they want to demolish this place, unless they step on my old bones." Hong Ye urged.
Su Chen left, but when he came back, there was only a letter and the news of Ming's death.
At that time, Hong Ye was theorizing with those people, and Su Chen was furious and directly beat them all away.
When those people left, Su Chen sat down on the ground, leaned against the wall, and opened the letter that Ming had left for him.
"Mr. Su Chen, I'm sorry to bother you, I was already dead when you saw this letter, I'm sorry, I can't hide it anymore, you will know when you see the photo."
The photo inside the envelope was a picture of Ming, a photo of a military uniform, Ming was wearing a military uniform, holding a blood-stained knife in his hand, and there were seven or eight people lying on the ground.
This was the war a few years ago, and it was clear that Ming had been a part of it.
"I thought that everything I did could make me relieved, but I couldn't do it, sin can't be washed away, the only victors in the war are those at the top, we are all losers in the war, as a loser, I can only try my best to protect those children.
However, now I can't even protect these children, as long as I can't stay in this welfare home, so I can only use death to save these children, please help me stay in this welfare home, this is a selfish request, please understand. ”
Su Chen's hand holding the letter trembled a little, those high-level officials would definitely make a fuss about Ming's affairs in the war, and they forced Ming to commit suicide, even these children were not spared.
Su Chen's fist was clenched tightly and couldn't let go for a long time.
A few days later, the orphanage was demolished, and all the children in the orphanage were transferred to a new orphanage, whose nominal owner was Su Chen.
Everything Su Chen is doing is not only to help Ming's atonement, but also to help those poor children.
Protection, in this terrible era, what Su Chen did was just a drop in the bucket, but if he didn't insist, then he really couldn't find any hope of living.