Chapter 38: New Year's Day Party
After entering the hall, a woman saw Mu Shi and Wen Tao, her eyes lit up, and she greeted her.
This is a middle-aged woman of about 50 years old, and the years and life have left traces on her face, making her look older than all the pampered women present, but if you look through her old appearance, you can see that she was also a very beautiful woman when she was young.
She wore a long sky blue dress that had been washed and faded, with a gentle temperament and elegant manners, and looked like she had been well educated since childhood.
It seems that she is also a woman with a story, Wen Tao thought.
"Little Mu Mu~" She shouted Mu Shi affectionately, and Mu Shi's response was to throw himself into her arms, his head arching in her arms, like a child who has not grown up.
As for the big box in his hand before going out, it has already arrived in Wen Tao's hands at this time, and Wen Tao still has the demeanor to help girls take things.
There is no need to guess, this must be the mother in Mu Shi's mouth.
After Mu Shiken came out of her arms, she had time to greet Wen Tao: "This should be Mr. Wen Taowen, right?" I am Ye Yating, the director of this welfare home. ”
"Hello Dean Ye, you are an elder, just call me Wen Tao." Although Wen Tao was full of questions, he didn't open his mouth for the time being, and responded with a smile.
Ye Yating nodded, indicating that she knew, and there were some things that Mu Shi was not easy to listen to, so she sent Mu Shi away and asked her to see her "younger brothers and sisters", Wen Tao also returned the big box to Mu Shi, and then smiled kindly at Wen Tao and said, "Thank you so much for taking care of our little Mu Mu in the past two years." ”
Wen Tao didn't know what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd, but replied: "It's not about taking care of it, but because of Mu Shi, our bookstore can be taken care of so well." "That's a big truth.
Ye Yating shook her head and said: "I don't know if Xiao Mumu told you that she was 5 years old when she entered our welfare home, and she already remembered it at that time, plus the death of her biological parents in a car accident and being thrown by relatives into our welfare home hit her very hard, affecting part of her personality, so few families will want to adopt her, even if there are occasional ones, she will refuse." ”
"This child has been strong since he was a child, so after graduating from junior high school, he wanted to share the pressure for the hospital, refused to study anymore and chose to go out to work, I persuaded many times to no avail - but what kind of job can a 15 or 6-year-old girl with no high Chinese skills find?" So she can work with you and be treated better than anywhere else, what is it if it's not care? ”
Wen Tao didn't know the history of Mu Shi in this regard, and he also felt a little distressed when he heard it for the first time, he had never thought that the past of such a sunny and cheerful little girl would be gloomy.
Ask yourself, if you put yourself in the experience of Mushi, even if you are not autistic, you will become dark and suspicious.
But Mu Shi is not like this, but his current personality is lively and trusting others, presumably all this is inseparable from the dean in front of him.
Wen Tao sighed in his heart, and said, "You have won the award, and I already regard her as my sister, so there is no need to thank her." ”
Ye Yating sighed and said, "Yes, fortunately, Mu Shi can still meet a brother like you, but other children are not so lucky." ”
Wen Tao asked, "What happened to the other children?" ”
Ye Yating was slightly surprised, and said, "Didn't Xiao Mumu tell you?" ”
Wen Tao said strangely: "What do you say?" ”
Ye Yating's expression was complicated, and she said helplessly: "Our welfare institute is unable to operate, so it is about to close...... I don't know what the children will do in the future, but I hope they won't go hungry. ”
"This ......" Suddenly hearing this kind of news, Wen Tao was stunned, how to answer this?
Wait, if it's because you don't have money to close the hospital, then what are these arranged today, and do you have spare money for New Year's Day?
Could it be that you want to finally call a group of high-quality families to adopt some children and leave? But there is no need to hold a party, not to mention that there are reporters coming.
Reporter?
Well, I see.
No wonder Mu Shi was embarrassed, no wonder he invited himself instead of Chu Zixuan.
As the owner of a shop worth tens of millions of dollars, and with love, it's very simple to donate some money to the welfare home, right?
Ye Yating said with a little shame: "So I took this opportunity today to invite a group of caring people who are interested in adopting/adopting children to see if they can take a group of children away first, and by the way, donating a sum of money can let the remaining children survive the gap in the middle." As a dean, it would be a remiss of my duty to do this. ”
Hearing this, Wen Tao completely understood, and suddenly felt a little bored, but he still smiled and said to Ye Yating: "So that's the case, on behalf of Sanchenzhai, I donated 100,000 yuan to the Lezhiju Welfare Institute, although it is not much, but it is also a little bit of my heart." ”
Ye Yating was stunned: "I didn't mean that......"
Wen Tao interrupted: "Dean Ye, I still have something to do in the store, so I'll leave first, and I will transfer the money to the account of your welfare institute later, I hope that the children of Le Zhiju will have a good home." Wen Tao was not interested in staying any longer, did not talk to Ye Yating more, and did not tell Mu Shi that he called a car and was ready to leave.
"Won't you stay and watch the children's performances?" Before the car came, Ye Yating said.
"No need."
Although Wen Tao does not discriminate against people who work hard to survive in order to survive, Ye Yating's use of Mu Shi and routines to herself still makes Wen Tao feel quite angry.
Of course, it may be that Wen Tao misunderstood, but he used the common connection of Mu Shi to bring the two closer, and he told Mu Shi's past to mobilize his pity, and then used other children to transform this pity into an impulse, such a speech skill Wen Tao didn't believe that this was a simple woman, so it was unlikely that he would misunderstand.
But even so, her purpose is not to collect money for herself, but for the sake of other children's living funds, which is why Wen Tao is willing to donate 100,000 yuan in the end.
Watching Wen Tao push the door and leave, Ye Yating's heart was sour, it was not the first time she had encountered this kind of scene during this time, but when she thought of it was for the children, the grievance she suffered was nothing.
At this time, a middle-aged man in a brand-name suit walked over and asked curiously, "Dean Ye, who is that young man?" Why did you leave all of a sudden? ”
Ye Yating just replied: "This is a caring young man. ”
At this time, Mu Shi had already sent the New Year's Day gifts in the big box to the younger brothers and sisters in the welfare home, and after coming back, Mu Shi did not see Wen Tao, so he asked the dean: "Mother of the dean, have you seen my boss?" ”
Ye Yating's expression was a little complicated: "He has already gone back." ”
"Why?" Mu Shi froze.
"There might be something urgent." Ye Yating comforted.
Ye Yating knew that Wen Tao was leaving in a negative mood, but for the sake of the children in the welfare home, she had to do so, and as the common identity of the mother and the director of the welfare home, she couldn't tell Mu Shi the real reason.
Mu Shi looked at the empty box in her hand, just like her heart.
Although Wen Tao always called her a silly girl, of course she was not really stupid, if she really didn't notice it, she wouldn't have been embarrassed to speak at the beginning because she invited Wen Tao to attend the New Year's Day party.
Mu Shi lowered his head and muttered: "I originally wanted the boss to help me give the gifts in the box to my younger brothers and sisters, the boss is such a good person, they will definitely like it, but why did it become like this in the end......"
Ye Yating was a little distressed when she saw Mu Shi's appearance, so she took Mu Shi into her arms and comforted her softly: "It's not your fault, it's my fault, if I make it clear in advance......"
Mu Shi gently broke away from Ye Yating's embrace, shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Then the boss may not come, Dean's mother, the fault is not you, nor me, nor the boss." ”
As for what was wrong, Mu Shi didn't say anything anymore, just quietly put his right hand in his pocket and touched the card given by Wen Tao.
Ye Yating thought that Mu Shi was going to cry, but it turned out to be otherwise.
It seems that Mu Shi has grown a lot over the years than before, presumably, he is tired of crying.
But all this can only make Ye Yating feel even more powerless, and now she can't even hug and comfort the crybaby at the beginning.
"At the very least, I'm going to protect the children who are left in the house." Thinking of this, Ye Yating made up her mind.
In fact, Wen Tao's behavior is still extreme, others came to chat with kindness, Wen Tao's doing this is equivalent to throwing his face away after sending Ye Yating like a flower.
But for Wen Tao, the two are not related to each other, and suddenly calling him to force him to donate money by means of moral kidnapping, there is no difference between slaughtering him as a wronged leader.
Don't say anything you can not donate, in this environment, everyone is a person with a head and a face, and there are reporters present, and everyone else has donated, if you don't donate, what will others think of you?
Of course, Wen Tao didn't mean to blame Ye Yating or Mu Shi, If the situation of the welfare home is really bad to the point where it can't be revealed, Ye Yating's approach is no problem and can even be regarded as great, Wen Tao can imagine how many times she was rejected in order to gather these people to attend the party, in order to survive, her face is not worth anything at all.
But what does that have to do with Wen Tao?
The position is different, and Wen Tao is not interested in watching the next performances of the children in the welfare home to please the rich or listening to Ye Yating's miserable sales and encouraging everyone to donate, so he left.
It's just that poor Mu Shi is caught in the middle, and neither side is pleased.
I found the donation account of the welfare institute on the Internet, remitted 100,000 yuan, and remarked Sanchen Zhai, today's task is completed.
Since you're going home early, it's better to practice for a few more hours.